RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been taken to court by the National Business Council of Zimbabwe after the Apex Bank failed to pay a US$225 000 debt for bankrolling a training programme and census for war veterans.
The central bank was charged US$250 000 for the project by the National Business Council, but only paid RTGS$250 000 in August last year following changes in the monetary policy directive of scrapping the multi-currency use.
However, the National Business Council argued that it was unfair for the RBZ to settle the debt using the RTGS instead of the US currency.
“On the 16th of August 2019 following changes in the monetary policy, defendant (RBZ) paid the sum of $250 000 to the plaintiff purportedly in full and final settlement of plaintiff’s claim,” reads part of the summons.
“The National Business Council denied that the payment of $250 000 was in full and final settlement of its claim since the debt was denominated in US currency which was 1:10 at the inter-bank exchange rate at the time the payment was made.
“The $250 000 represented US$25 000 at the inter-bank rate that was prevailing then leaving an outstanding value equivalent to US$225 000 outstanding at the then prevailing inter-bank exchange rate,” further submitted the National Business Council.
According to court papers, in July 2018 the plaintiff invited RBZ to attend its symposium with war veterans.
The programme was aimed at empowering the former liberation war fighters.
After the symposium and as part of its corporate social responsibility, the RBZ undertook to fund the war veterans training in basic management, capacity building and also promised to create a fund that would be accessed by the former freedom fighters.
The National Business Council was also engaged by the RBZ in consultation with the Ministry of War Veterans to carry out a census of war veterans, their dependents and to carry out business management training.
The National Business Council drew up a budget which was presented to the RBZ for rolling out the training programme and the census.
The council said it embarked on the programme based on a revised budget for the activities that had been trimmed downwards by RBZ.
“Upon completion of the programme, they raised their invoice in the sum of US$250 000 for its services for carrying out the programme on 7 January 2019.
“The letter dated January 7 2019 advised RBZ of National Business Council’s intention to revise the figure if not paid on time because of the effects of inflation that was eroding the value of the money owed in RTGS. Despite work having been done and several reminders, defendant did not pay the amount,” the summons read.
Despite council’s demands, the RBZ has allegedly refused to settle the outstanding debt.
The National Business Council is being represented by Chakanyuka and Associates Attorneys.
African Union Commission deputy commissioner Mr Kwesi Quartey
African Union Commission deputy commissioner Mr Kwesi Quartey has called for the removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by United States and its allies, saying they were negatively impacting on the country’s efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
He said this in his remarks during the Special Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism during the Sixth Session of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Victoria Falls.
“For us to build the conditions to achieve these lofty ambitions, the AU has called for the sanctions on this country to be lifted,” Mr Quartey said.
The Sadc and AU last year resolved to call for the removal of the sanctions imposed by the West on the country.
The two bodies also resolved to use international platforms to lobby for their removal.
Mr Quartey said it was time Africa doubled its efforts to achieve goals set by the UN under Agenda 2030 to achieve the SDGs.
“The year 2030 is no longer a distance away, 2030 is already upon us so we don’t have time anymore and we have to work together closely and consistently,” he said.
“We are caught up with the fierce urgency of now, time waits for no man even more-so for our women and children who continue to suffer from the absence of peace. And as indicated in the AU theme of the year (Silencing the Guns), the most vulnerable groups are women and our children who bear the brunt of all the ill effects of armed conflicts they have nothing to do with.
“Our women and girls continue to suffer disproportionately from gender-based violence and all the abuses and violations of their human rights in armed conflicts.”
He added that armed conflicts were the biggest challenge facing the continent.
“It is fair to say the armed conflicts are the biggest challenge for the successful implementation of our Agenda 2063.
“My distinguished boss, Dr Moussa Faki Mahamat, in his address at the last AU summit reiterated that Africa requires the participation of all and most importantly the women if we are to achieve peace and development on the continent and thereby he declared the decade 2020 to 2030 the decade for the inclusion of the women of Africa,” he said.
Mr Quartey commended the efforts of the AU and the UN to solve Africa’s problems.
“As we gather here today, for the special session, I would want to recognise and commend the efforts of both institutions (UN and AU) have demonstrated in recent years to find appropriate systemic solutions to the systemic problems that face Africa and various complexities that we are confronted with on a day to day basis.
“We need to inculcate a culture of peace and tolerance at the very basics of our children and youth because through true education our children begin to see what is important in the world and become less likely to be taken by the machinations and fantasies of fanatics of religion
Through education, we can have a literate and enumerate continent who are now prepared to use science and technology for the continent’s development,” he said.
In her remarks, UN Deputy Secretary General Ms Amina Mohammed said: “The AU agenda 2063 and the 2020 AU theme, “Silencing the Guns” create conducive conditions for Africa’s development and are central today (yesterday) for our discussions in this special session as we accelerate our efforts for the realisation of the SDGs.
“The session provides an opportunity of how we can continue to work together within the context of reforms the AU and the UN are undergoing to better and more efficiently serve our people. Advancing the integration and implementation of both the Agenda 2063 and 2030 is at the core of the work of the RCM Africa.
“I appreciate and deeply value the tremendous work that has been done and the productive relationship between the UN and the AU and its building blocs, the regional economic communities which provide us a great opportunity to jointly implement and track our progress.”
THE trial of MDC MP for Njube –Lobengula, Gift Banda, who is facing charges of duping a Bulawayo man US$60 000, will kick off March 3 at the Tredgold Magistrates’ Courts.
Banda is jointly accused with Mbonisi Nkomazana of forging signatures of a Bulawayo man resulting in him losing a residential stand worth US$60 000.
According to State papers, Banda and his co- accused allegedly forged Nkululeko Ndlovu’s signature purporting that he had agreed to sell his residential stand in Selbourne Brooke, Bulawayo.
Ndlovu bought the stand in February 2015 from Sipho Mhlanga, a land developer and the previous owner of the housing stand.
Mhlanga and Ndlovu signed a memorandum of agreement of sale and in 2017, Banda approached Ndlovu and offered to buy the stand from him. The MP promised to purchase him a bigger housing stand in Paddonhurst also in Bulawayo.
“Banda and Ndlovu settled their agreement verbally. Banda failed to keep his end of the bargain of securing another stand in Paddonhurst and instead offered to pay Ndlovu cash for his Selbourne Brooke stand. He again failed to settle the cash payment,” reads part of the State papers.
On July 21 2017, Ndlovu sent Banda a message informing him that he was no longer interested in the deal. Despite Ndlovu’s cancellation of the deal, Banda allegedly went on to deposit US$2000 into the complainant‘s Steward Bank Account and proceeded to start construction.
The matter was reported to the police leading to the accused‘s arrest.
The trial was supposed to start last week, but Banda’s legal team requested for postponement claiming that they were not served with the alleged forged signatures.
Meanwhile, the case of MDC Alliance Bulawayo’s Ward 24 councillor, Arnold Dube, 33, who is facing charges of contravening the Electoral Act, failed to kick off Monday after the presiding magistrate was said to be off duty.
The case has been postponed several times since 2018. Dube is facing charges of distributing campaign leaflets in the vicinity of a polling station in 2018.
“In that on the 31st of July 2018 and at or near Salvation Army church polling station Nkulumane, Arnold Dube being a MDC Alliance local government candidate in respect of Ward 24 for the 2018 harmonised elections unlawfully distributed on a polling station day, leaflets on his behalf within three hundred metres of the Salvation Army polling station,” reads part of the State papers.
MDC Alliance candidate in the 2018 presidential elections, Nelson Chamisa, will pursue a fresh application at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to have its ruling on his election results challenge set aside.
Advocate Thabani Mpofu, who is Chamisa’s lawyer, said after studying Jonathan Moyo’s book, Excelgate, they were now making efforts to have the judgment on the 2018 presidential elections rescinded.
Mpofu further argued that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) presented false information to the courts, hence, their call for the judgment to be set aside. He said:
The general rule is that once a final judgment or order has been given, the judge who gave it or any other judge of parallel jurisdiction has no power to alter, rescind, vary or set it aside, except in the few instances recognised at common law or by the rules of the High Court.
One of the exceptions recognised at common law is when the judgment or order has been obtained through fraudulent misrepresentation.
Legal experts concurred that it is within Chamisa’s rights to approach the court to have the ruling invalidated.
Midlands State University law lecturer and human rights lawyer, Valentine Mutatu, said if there is new and compelling evidence it was possible for Chamisa to launch a fresh application.
Johannesburg – The South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has described the reaction to the warrant of arrest issued for EFF leader Julius Malema by the East London Magistrate’s Court for his gun case as being “blown out of proportion”.
The criminal case of Malema and his co-accused Adriaan Snyman – who face five charges over Malema’s discharging of a rifle in Mdantsane in 2018 as the EFF was celebrating its fifth birthday anniversary – briefly proceeded during their absence from court on Monday.
NPA regional spokesperson Luxolo Nyali said Malema was not facing imminent arrest as the State was aware that he was not going to attend the case, adding that the court had issued the warrant, which has been stayed until May 8, as part of normal procedure.
“Even if an arrangement is made, the court may issue a warrant of arrest which may be stayed. It won’t be affected. It is not like there are going to be police running around looking for Julius to arrest him,” Tyali said.
The matter was postponed in November last year to February 24, for the State to provide the defence with the docket contents and alleged video footage.
Tyali said courts issued stayed warrants of arrest daily and very few of the affected individuals actually faced imminent arrest as many could explain the reasons for their non-attendance.
“It is just that these days it is happening to people who are prominent,” he said.
Tyali said Malema’s lawyers were also aware as early as last year that Malema would be issued with a warrant of arrest.
Own Correspondent|Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya is gradually showing signs of throwing in the towel as his offices gets tougher with the crumbling economy.
In a shocking stance, the apex bank governor shocked parliamentarians when he said the central bank should not be blamed for the unpopular and inconsistent monetary policies, but instead the blame should be directed to government ministers.
He said the Central Bank was merely an advisor to the government.
Mangudya was giving oral evidence before the Parliament’s Budget, Finance and Economic Development committee Monday.
The MPs condemned Mangudya’s policies saying they had failed to realise the economic aspirations of the ordinary people of Zimbabwe.
“I will tell the role of the central bank, it is to manage money supply in the economy to guard against inflation,” he told the committee.
“The role of the central bank is to advise the Executive and central bank is not the Executive. Ours is to advise the Cabinet. You cannot then blame me the messenger for relaying the message or to say the messenger has failed.”
“The frequency of meetings in this country is a sign that things are not right. It’s a sign that the economy is not doing well. We need to work very hard, “ he said.
State Media|Government is committed to transforming the livelihoods of war veterans through the establishment of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill which is before Parliament, Minister of Defence and War Veterans Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has said.
She was speaking at an interactive meeting with the war veterans provincial leadership at the Zanu PF headquarters in Harare yesterday.
“President Mnangagwa is pushing for the Bill to sail through Parliament so that it becomes a law and ensure the challenges facing the veterans of the liberation struggle are addressed.
“The old dispensation failed to address your concerns, hence the new dispensation under the leadership of President Mnangagwa is working tirelessly to improve the livelihoods of the veterans.
“Following the coming in of the new dispensation, I pursued the matter further in Cabinet and it was agreed that my ministry carries out further consultations in response to the recommendations made by Cabinet on November 21, 2016.
“We conducted consultations with representatives from the war veterans, and ex political prisoners, detainees and restrictees in Kwekwe on the 19th of February 2019 and agreed on the need to further lobby for inclusion of war collaborators and non-combatant cadres in the Bill despite the reservations that the former Cabinet had.
“We all agreed that the liberation struggle succeeded as a result of team work, hence the definition of the veterans of the liberation struggle in the Constitution incorporated the war collaborators and non-combatant cadres. Cabinet then approved the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill which was brought before Parliament, gazetted and is now at the second reading stage,”
Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri said the Bill has incorporated all the provisions of the War Veterans Act and the Ex-Political Prisoners, Detainees and Restrictees Act.
“It is not the intention of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill to take away any rights or benefits that war veterans or ex-political prisoners, detainees and restrictees are getting into the current Act. Rather, the Bill seeks to improve the welfare of all the veterans of the liberation struggle through the inclusion of the other two categories that were not legally recognised,” she said.
The Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill has thus maintained the benefits of the old Acts, that is the pension, medical, funeral, loan and settlement benefits.
Some of the issues raised by war veterans include their welfare, age limit of their children who need support, vetting of members, allocation for agricultural land, among other issues.
The consolidation of the Acts is in compliance with the supreme law which recognises both combat and non-combat cadres.
“The War Veterans Act and the Ex-Political Prisoners, Detainees and Restrictees Act are a mirror image of each other and consolidating them would assist in easy administration. The provisions relating to the non-combatant cadres and war collaborators were also going to be similar in relation to their welfare and as such one consolidated Act has been drafted,”
“We can all agree comrades that this process is long overdue. It is therefore important that we collectively support the Bill in order to fast track the vetting of our other comrades who are now growing old and some dying without receiving legal recognition.
“The Bill forms the legal framework for the improved administration of your welfare and benefits. Let us work together and ensure the Bill is enacted. I need your support to do that,” said the Minister.
Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri added that Government is setting up war veterans offices in all the country’s 10 provinces to ensure their challenges are addressed urgently.
“The Government is also establishing war veterans’ offices across the country at district level to ensure their concerns are addressed. Interviews for officers are being undertaken. We are establishing the offices to decentralise health funds for war veterans and ensure they access it on time,” she said.
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Chabalala was not born in Makwarela, Venda, as he has previously claimed.
Sam Chabalala, AKA Mshengu, owner of Sam Holdings. Picture: Instagram
Mpumalanga businessman Sam ‘Mshengu’ Chabalala’s real name and nationality have been revealed in court after months of speculation and denial.
Sam Mshengu, as popularly known, appeared at the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court on a charge of corruption after allegedly trying to bribe a police officer to release his impounded Mercedes-Benz and to make his initial case disappear.
He is alleged to have paid R50,000 as a down payment and further added R70,000.
Mshengu was first arrested in 2019 and charged with fraud, corruption and possession of an unlicensed firearm. The Witbank Magistrate’s Court later released him on R200,000 bail.
Most South Africans had never heard of the young millionaire until he became the face of a flashy convoy of supercars that travelled to the Durban July last year.
The 28-year-old later told Aldrin Sampear on Power FM that he was born in Makwarela, Venda.
However, it was revealed in court that his real name is Gilbert Tachuona and he was born in Zimbabwe.
Daily Sun quoted state prosecutor Eric Sihlangu as saying: “The department of home affairs has indicated that the applicant obtained a South African ID through misrepresentation.”
Mshengu told Power FM that he started working at an orange farm in Limpopo at the age of 11 as a general worker whose responsibility was to pick oranges. He worked hard and earned his boss’ trust and was then moved to the trucking division of the company. There he learnt everything there was to know about trucks and the logistics business.
“I learnt everything about trucks and I loved it. I can tell you everything about a truck. He (my boss) gave me an opportunity to be a truck driver and I started delivering maize and other products for him to Zambia and other neighbouring countries. He then promoted me and I started working as a controller who was in charge of truck drivers,” he said.
The knowledge he acquired from working for his boss encouraged him to start his own trucking business. He registered his company, Sam Holdings Trading, in 2014 and used his boss’ trucks to start his business.
“I got a contract even when I didn’t have a truck at the time. I took my boss’ trucks and registered them. I was getting a commission of R10 at the time. I worked for a long time and raised money to buy my own truck. I could make R300,000 a month with commission and salary at the time.”
He kept working and saving money until it got to R3 million. He used the money to buy three trucks and trailers cash.
“Now I have 52 trucks running on the road with machines and plant hire. That’s how I made my money. I’ve never been involved in anything illegal. I do transport with Eskom, but I’m also venturing into mining now with my own mine. It’s all my mind and planning and the mercy of God,” he said
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) based at 53 Infantry Battalion in Kwekwe has appeared in court over a robbery charge involving more than US$20 000.
Emmanuel Tafirenyika Kambanje (28) appeared before Harare magistrate Babra Mateko, who remanded him to today for bail application.
It is the State’s case that on Saturday, Kambanje and four accomplices, including Tatenda Nyakudyano, one Richard and Silas, who are still at large, approached the complainant, who was seated in his Toyota Allion vehicle and assaulted him, accusing him of illegally dealing in foreign currency.
It is alleged during the assault, the accused persons dragged the complainant out of his vehicle and searched it.
The State alleges the accused persons stole US$20 000 and $420. The accused persons then fled the scene after the complainant had fired one warning shot from his pistol.
It is alleged the complainant apprehended Kambanje with the help of the public and took him to Kuwadzana Police Station.
The US$20 000 was recovered.
In another case, a ZNA member who is based at Harare Base Workshops, Rwatirera Zunde (40), appeared in court facing robbery allegations.
Zunde’s bail ruling was postponed to today by magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa.
Zunde is facing three counts of armed robbery, defeating the course of justice and contravening sections of the Explosives Act.
Allegations are that on February 17, the complainant arrived home from work and left the gate and kitchen door unlocked.
It is alleged Zunde and his three accomplices then entered the house and manhandled the complainant demanding US$200 000 which they allege was in the house, but the complainant surrendered US$150 and $100 which was in the chest drawer.
The State alleges that the accused persons proceeded to the sitting room, where they threatened to rape the complainant if she refused to hand over US$200 000, but she surrendered $20 which was in her purse.
It is alleged the accused person then left one of the complainants in the sitting room, guarded by his accomplices, and force-marched another complainant to the other rooms.
The State alleges the accused persons took another US$150 cash and $120 and clothing items and electrical gadgets.
It is alleged that the police received an anonymous call that a robbery was taking place and they proceeded to the scene and fired warning shots, resulting in the accused persons fleeing from the scene, leaving behind their getaway vehicle and mobile phone.
In an effort to cover up the robbery, Zunde allegedly went to Harare Central Police Station and reported that his vehicle had been stolen.
The police, however, linked him to the cellphone in the car and arrested him.
Searches were conducted at the accused person’s house and two explosives were discovered.
The accused person was then positively identified by the complainants.
Statement By Walpe|AS 1 000 aspiring women leaders who are members of Walpe, we submitted 1 000 letters to Parliament on Thursday 20 February, 2020 rejecting the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2.
The proposed Bill seeks to, among other proposals, extend the women’s parliamentary proportional representation (PR) quota system by 10 more years. The women leaders drawn from all the 10 provinces in Zimbabwe have been carrying out community consultative meetings with fellow women on the proposed amendment. They all agreed to reject the Bill in toto.
The main reason for rejecting the extension of the quota system is that it delays the achievement of gender equality in Zimbabwe by 10 more years. They cited that the extension is a ploy to avoid aligning gender parity laws with the Constitution, and in the process, maintain the status quo where women occupy less than 15% of all leadership positions in the country.
The quota system came into effect in 2013 when the country adopted a new Constitution. Section 124(b) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides for the women quota system of 60 seats in Parliament which are given to each political party based on their tally of votes in the National Assembly elections for each province.
“… For the life of the first two Parliaments after the effective date, an additional 60 women members, six from each of the provinces into which Zimbabwe is divided, elected through a system of proportional representation based on the votes cast for candidates representing political parties in a general election for constituency members in the provinces …”
The system had a sunset clause of 10 years and is supposed to expire in 2023.
When a constitutional Bill is proposed, Parliament through the Clerk of Parliament invites the public to submit its views regarding the proposed amendments.
The women leaders took advantage of the procedure and submitted their objections. Some of the issues raised by the women in rejecting the Bill are as follows:
Extending the PR quota system defers the achievement of gender equality in Zimbabwe by 10 more years. The existing system has been in effect since 2013. After two full cycles of harmonised elections and numerous by-elections, the net number of women in elected leadership positions has decreased. For example, the number of women MPs directly elected into constituencies dropped from 26 in the 8th Parliament to 25 in the 9th Parliament.
Political parties used the PR quota system to deny women (particularly young women) opportunities to compete for constituency seats. The system was abused by political party leaders, mainly men, to further divide women. The women were appointed on loyalty, bootlicking and factional basis, leaving out more deserving women.
The system also failed to produce many new leaders as the older women parliamentarians who had served for many years take “retirement” in the PR “safe seats”.
The PR system is a huge burden on the country’s fiscus, and a waste of taxpayers’ money as it leads to a bloated Parliament. Given the economic hardships facing Zimbabwe, the extra 60 seats on top of 210 are too many for the country and very costly.
Statistically women are the majority (52,3%) of the population yet they are disproportionately represented in leadership and decision-making platforms. Women are currently occupying an average 15% of all leadership positions nationally.
The women leaders were clear that what is needed is to fully implement sections 17, 56 and 80 of the Constitution which clearly provide for gender equality in Parliament and all other leadership positions that include community level leadership positions such as school development committees, health centre committees, village development committees, ward development committees and also local government.
These positions are critical for women to occupy as key developmental decisions that affect women and girls more are made at these levels.
Walpe will continue to engage more women to air their views regarding the Bill and shall mobilise them to attend the Parliamentary public hearings on the Bill to be conducted across the country. The women will again reject the piecemeal approach to the achievement of gender parity in Zimbabwe.
Correspondent|The World Health Organization says the coronavirus outbreak does not yet fit the criterion for a pandemic — but warns a pandemic is possible and nations should prepare.
There are now more than 77,000 cases of the virus in China and more than 2,000 elsewhere, and the overall death toll stands at over 2,600. The sudden surge of coronavirus cases in South Korea, Iran and Italy over the past few days has created fears that what had been an epidemic is now becoming a pandemic.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the virus has a potential for becoming a pandemic, but that time is not yet here.
“Our decision about whether to use the word pandemic to describe an epidemic is based on an ongoing assessment of the geographical spread of the virus, the severity of the disease it causes and the impact it has on the whole society,” Tedros said.
He says this is not a pandemic, but a series of epidemics in different parts of the world, requiring a tailored response to contain the spread of the disease.
“We must focus on containment while doing everything we can to prepare for a potential pandemic,” Tedros said. “There is no one-size-fits-all approach. Every country must make its own risk assessment for its own context.”
The WHO chief says his agency continues to do its own risk assessment and is monitoring the evolution of the epidemic around the clock. He says there are several crucial measures countries should take to protect themselves and their people.
All countries, he says, must protect health workers, who are the front-line responders of the deadly disease. Additionally, steps must be taken to protect the elderly with underlying health conditions, who are most at risk of becoming seriously ill.
On a brighter note, Tedros says international experts investigating the origin and evolution of the disease in China found that the epidemic there peaked and plateaued between January 23 and February 2. Since then, they say cases have been declining steadily.
The experts say there has been no change in the DNA of the virus. The fatality rate in China’s Wuhan province, the epicenter of the disease, is between two and four percent; outside Wuhan, it is less than one percent.
The drama continues between Prophet Passion Java and Ginimbi continues as controversial businessman Genious Kadungure claims that flamboyant US-based preacher prophet Passion Java does not own most of the expensive vehicles he flaunts on social media.
In a retaliation video making social media rounds Prophet Passion Java had this to say to Ginimbi
State Media|High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore has ordered Chitungwiza Municipality to pay its 89 former employees $631 887 after it failed to honour an agreement.
The local authority has also been ordered to pay the legal costs.
Court papers show that Chitungwiza Municipality had executed three deeds of settlements with the former employees, S. Jambawo and 88 others.
“The plaintiff’s claim is for provisional sentence in an amount of $631 887,27 together with interest on that amount at the rate of five per centum per annum from the date of issue of summons to the date of payment and cost on an attorney client scale.
“The plaintiff’s claim is based on three deeds of settlement executed by Chitungwiza Municipality and its legal representatives and dated October 22, 2019, October 22 2019 and July 3 2019. In terms of the document, an amount of $631 887,25 together with the interest at the rate of five per centum per annum is payable to Mboko T.G. Legal Practitioners Trust Account,” read part of the summons.
However, the municipality defaulted on the agreed instalments.
Despite due demand, it neglected for over 14 days of notice to remedy its breach.
The trial in which a Bulawayo businessman and three accomplices allegedly swindled a colleague US$1,4 million in a botched property deal, yesterday hit a snag following indications that the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) had no fuel to bring the second accused Ismail Moosa Lunat to Harare.
Magistrate Mr Morgan Nemadire postponed the matter to today for continuation. He ordered the State to put everything in order.
Allegations are that sometime in August last year, Moosa Lunat approached Patel saying that he was selling one of Mkwananzi’s properties in Bulawayo for US$1,5 million.
It is the State’s case that Moosa Lunat said the property was developed with a two storey building.
Indications are that Moosa Lunat invited Patel to Bulawayo to view the property, before asking for a discount.
It is alleged that Moosa Lunat reduced the price to US$1,4 million and an agreement was reached.
Patel is alleged to have been given some title deeds which turned out to be fake.
The property is alleged to have been sold to Timothy Mafuka Nkomo in 2005 by Iqbal Lunati represented by Moosa Lunat.
Patel paid US$1 million to Moosa Lunat in Bulawayo and the latter signed for the money.
On November 25 last year, it is said Moosa Lunat approached Patel seeking the balance of US$400 000 and the latter paid the money.
Moosa Lunat had the property revalued to US$2,2 million and asked Patel to top up, but Patel refused.
It is the State’s case that Patel asked for the deed of transfer, but Moosa Lunat was evasive.
Iqbal Lunat was roped into the deal and alleged that he had been sent by Moosa Lunat to demand the original deed of transfer.
It is alleged Iqbal Lunat further told Patel that the property had not been sold and that Moosa was never a Mkwananzi director hence he could not sell the property.
When Patel made further enquiries he discovered that the documents he had been shown for the property were fake and he had lost US$1,4 million and nothing was recovered.
DYNAMOS coach Tonderai Ndiraya appears intent on making the most of his time in Belgium where he is on attachment with Belgian top-flight side KV Mechelen.
The Warriors assistant coach was pictured in the company of Belgium’s World Cup skipper, Vincent Kompany, who is now back in his homeland after a successful spell in England with Manchester City.
While nothing was revealed about their meeting, it’s very likely Ndiraya could have taken the opportunity to get one or two tips from Kompany who is now at Belgian giants Anderlecht.
The DeMbare gaffer left for Belgium last week and will be attached to KV Mechelen for 10 days.
Dynamos chairman, Isiah Mupfurutsa, said the move was part of a technical co- operation deal structured by the club’s Belgian partners, through consultant Gino Laureyssen, who has long-standing links with Zimbabwean football.
“This is part of the technical partnership that we have with our Belgian partners,’’ said Mupfurutsa.
“He will observe how Mechelen prepare for their home and away games, what sort of technology and tactics, and all that which they are using there.
“As part of the agreement we have with the Belgians, he will be attached to their entire first team technical department (headed by manager Wouter Vrancken) so he will operate just like a part of the club’s technical crew during his attachment.’’
Mupfurutsa said they were hopeful Ndiraya would be a better coach when he returns home on March 2, a few weeks before the start of the 2020 Castle Lager Premiership.-state media
Emmerson Mnangagwa is a prime candidate for the International Criminal Court because of heinous crimes against humanity by rogue elements of the army who twice callously murdered innocent Zimbabweans in a space of five months under his watch.
He has dismally failed to compensate aggrieved families of the State-instigated murders in line with the recommendations of an international investigation committee that he commissioned himself. Mnangagwa has lied to international community that he has compensated the victims of the murders when in fact orphans and families of the State-sanctioned murders are wallowing in abject poverty as evidenced by the video accompanying this statement. The orphans of the six victims of the August 1, 2018 murders are failing to go to school and are scrounging for food while the murderers are still to be prosecuted, in spite of Mnangagwa lying to the world that he has complied with the recommendations of the Mothlante Commission.
The Commission found the police and the army liable for the murders, which makes Mnangagwa personally culpable because he is commander-in-chief of the military, whose rogue elements needlessly snuffed out the lives of the six innocent Zimbabweans.
The United Nations Security Council has let Zimbabwe down by failing to drag Mr. Mnangagwa before the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. While Zimbabwe is not a signatory to the Rome Statute of the ICC, there is a precedent of the world body not folding its hands when non-State parties have grossly abused human rights. The UN Security Council intervened in Sudan in 2005 and in Libya in 2011 when the respective countries’ leaders were fingered in crimes against humanity. Notwithstanding the excesses of the P5 members of the UNSC in Libya in 2011, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) remains a noble principle that should send a clear and unequivocal message to killer governments such as the Mnangagwa regime. Africa has also let Zimbabweans down as she has adequate provisions under Article 4 (h) of the constitutive Act of the African Union that allows the regional body to intervene in member States in respect of “grave circumstances.”
And the murderous predisposition of the ED regime constitutes a grave circumstance.
Zimbabweans are not safe from their own government. State security agents have twice killed people under the murderous regime of Mr. Mnangagwa while machete-wielding vigilante groups have wreaked havoc in the countryside, with no action whatsoever being taken against them. A slow genocide is also taking place in the country’s health institutions as the regime has completely abdicated its responsibility in respect of providing prudent health services to the citizenry.
Zimbabwe is ripe for intervention and Mr. Mnangagwa is a prime candidate for the ICC. No government elected by the people can kill the very people who voted for it unless such a government has no mandate from the people.
Zimbabweans will soon be taking it upon themselves to engage in a robust but legitimate call for the true people’s government they voted for in 2018.
A top Harare gynaecologist, Dr Ashel Marume, has been slapped with a $400 000 lawsuit by his patient, who is accusing him of removing her uterus without her consent while she was delivering a baby at a local hospital.
In the summons now before the High Court, Nyasha Chiweshere cited Queen of Peace Hospital as the second respondent.
The $400 000 is for psychological and emotional trauma ($150 000), future medical expenses ($50 000), loss of income ($100 000) and loss of dignity ($100 000).
According to Chiweshere, she discovered about it four days later after she had asked Dr Marume the best contraceptive method to use. However, Dr Marume informed her that she no longer had a womb.
The incident caused her emotional and psychological damages, she alleges. Chiweshere says she is now unable to carry out some of her duties as a farmer after she sustained some burns at the hospital when nurses placed unwrapped hot water bottles on her bed to warm her.
“The actions of the defendants (Dr Marume and the hospital) resulted in plaintiff (Chiweshere) getting psychological and emotional trauma. The plaintiff is still nursing wounds sustained and her left side most often gets numb and she will be unable to use her left hand,” reads part of her summons.
Circumstances are that sometime in March 2019, Chiweshere visited Dr Marume for her routine pregnancy check-ups.
When she was about to deliver, he suddenly referred her to Queen of Peace Hospital where the tragic incident took place despite being aware that she had registered with West End Hospital. – Herald/state media
ZIFA and the Premier Soccer League are on a collision course over the impending delay to the start of the 2020 season, a move seen as potentially throwing into disarray preparations for the African Nations Championship finals.
New Zimbabwe national team coach Zdravko Logarusic has demanded an early kick-off to the league campaign to allow him ample time to assess players he would want to take to Chan.
An alleged match-fixing case involving Herentals is yet to be concluded, stalling the confirmation of all teams that will take part in the 2020 season.
ZIFA spokesperson, Xolisani Gwesela, said they are in communication with the PSL for a speedy resolution of the matter.
“We are obviously engaging the PSL on that (early start of the league) to try and come up with a win-win situation. The engagement process is ongoing,” said Gwesela.
But the PSL have denied any discussions with ZIFA, a response which throws into uncertainty Logarusic’s Chan plans and angers the local football governing body.
League games had been tentatively slated to start early next month, and PSL spokesperson Kudzai Bare insisted that fixtures will only be released on March 6.
What is, however, certain so far is the Castle Challenge Cup between FC Platinum and Highlanders which is scheduled for March 14.
“We have not heard from ZIFA or their coach, we have not received any communication from ZIFA,” said Bare.
“We will discuss modalities when they communicate. We will announce (the fixtures) after our (annual general meeting) AGM on 6 March.”
However, when CHAN was previously held in January and February, Zimbabwe would go to the tournament before the start of the PSL season but after having a December training camp.
Next week ZIFA will reveal Logarusic’s CHAN plans amid talk of a 10-day training camp at the start of next month.
The PSL have already said the league will not be halted during the CHAN finals.-Farpost
A Herdsman from Matobo allegedly fatally assaulted his employer’s son (10), angry that the boy had reported him to his uncle for beating him up for coming home late.
Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness Mangena confirmed the incident which occurred on Saturday at around 8pm in Silozwi Village.
She said the suspect, Bekani Dube (32), who is still at large, assaulted Raymond Ndlovu with a whip, punched and kicked him several times until he lost consciousness and left him outside.
Insp Mangena said the boy was found dead the following morning at around 6AM by his eight-year-old sister. The boy and his sister had been left under Dube’s custody.
“I can confirm that we recorded a murder case which occurred in Silozwi Village in Matobo involving a 10-year-old boy. The suspect Bekani Dube from Domboshava Village in Matobo assaulted the boy with a whip and also punched and kicked him until he lost consciousness and he left him outside. On the following morning the boy’s younger sister aged eight found her brother lying motionless on the ground.
“She rushed to inform their uncle who stays about 600 metres from their home. The uncle informed other neighbours and the matter was reported to the police who attended the scene and found the suspect gone. The boy sustained a swollen face and bruises all over his body from the assault,” she said.
Insp Mangena appealed to members of the public with information that could lead to Dube’s arrest to contact the police.
A source who preferred anonymity said Dube who works as a herdsman was left to take care of the late boy and his younger sister.
The source said on the day in question, Raymond and his younger sister went to church and arrived home late which made Dube angry.
“Dube beat up the two children for coming home late from church and they reported him to their uncle who in turn confronted Dube over the matter. This made Dube even more furious and demanded to know why the children had reported him.
“He grabbed Raymond, dragged him out of the house and severely assaulted him until he lost consciousness. He left the boy lying on the ground outside and proceeded to bed and the boy’s body was found on the following morning,” said the source. Chronicle
Passengers in commuter omnibus travelling to Chitsunga in Mbire were lucky to escape death after the kombi was swept away by the strong current after attempting to cross the flooded Karai river.
Mashonaland Central Provincial Development Coodinator Mr Cosmas Chiringa confirmed the incident.
“I have just received a report this morning that a kombi was swept away but no fatalities were recorded. I am also told that those who suffered minor injuries were treated at Chirunya clinic,” said Mr Chiringa.
The Kombi was dragged by the raging waters for about 40 metres.-The Herald
A top Harare gynaecologist, Dr Ashel Marume, has been slapped with a $400 000 lawsuit by his patient, who is accusing him of removing her uterus without her consent while she was delivering a baby at a local hospital.
In the summons now before the High Court, Nyasha Chiweshere cited Queen of Peace Hospital as the second respondent.
The $400 000 is for psychological and emotional trauma ($150 000), future medical expenses ($50 000), loss of income ($100 000) and loss of dignity ($100 000).
According to Chiweshere, she discovered about it four days later after she had asked Dr Marume the best contraceptive method to use.
However, Dr Marume informed her that she no longer had a womb.
The incident caused her emotional and psychological damages, she alleges.
Chiweshere says she is now unable to carry out some of her duties as a farmer after she sustained some burns at the hospital when nurses placed unwrapped hot water bottles on her bed to warm her.
“The actions of the defendants (Dr Marume and the hospital) resulted in plaintiff (Chiweshere) getting psychological and emotional trauma.
The plaintiff is still nursing wounds sustained and her left side most often gets numb and she will be unable to use her left hand,” reads part of her summons.
Circumstances are that sometime in March 2019, Chiweshere visited Dr Marume for her routine pregnancy check-ups.
When she was about to deliver, he suddenly referred her to Queen of Peace Hospital where the tragic incident took place despite being aware that she had registered with West End Hospital.-state media
Farai Dziva|A woman perceived to be a spirit medium has been arrested for attempting to enter Munhumutapa Building to see Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The woman, Asinuta Dendere, demanded to see Mnangagwa at his Munhumutapa offices.She was arrested last week.
She claimed she had serious issues to discuss with Mnangagwa.
She claims she is Mbuya Nehanda.
“Dendere was arrested at Munhumutapa building after she pitched at the entrance and started to behave mischievously saying she was a spirit medium who wanted to enter the building.She was charged with criminal nuisance,” government sources said.
The woman, sources say, wants Mnangagwa to step down sue to the escalating economic crisis.
The South African government last week told ZANU PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa to his face, the country is now lawless and unsafe for investments.
This no holds barred statement was delivered by the South African ambassador, Mphakama Mbete who said Zimbabwe is now lawless on 10 fronts. He was speaking during last week’s Polad economic summit at the HICC where he said Zimbabwe:
Has non working Public Institutions.
is now totally lawless – no rule of law at all.
Now has extractive political and economic institutions.
Now run by rent-seekers and political manipulators.
Has no security of tenure .
Does not protect investments.
Does not honour of bilateral trade and investment agreements.
Does not service its debts.
The will of the people is suppressed, and active citizenry low.
Investments are not safe
Ambassador Mphakama Mbete told the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) economic summit last week,
SA advises Mnangagwa: "In terms of active citizenry, we believe that this is a very important factor of a thriving democracy. Ultimately it is the will of the people that must prevail for any democracy to be sustained." VIDEO CREDIT @ZBCNewsonline@ProfMadhukupic.twitter.com/UiGR8SgRWa
“In terms of active citizenry would believe that this is a very important factor of a thriving democracy. Ultimately it is the will of the people that must prevail for any democracy to be sustained.”
He however began his speech outlining the following:
"A comment on Public Institutions. We believe that Public institutions are key to proper economic management and must be allowed to pursue their mandate …. These institutions are important to provide a stable and predictable economic environment for business to thrive…" -SA pic.twitter.com/GZuEtbDEQ9
“A comment on Public Institutions. We believe that Public institutions are key to proper economic management and must be allowed to pursue their mandate in line with the policy framework and legislation that establishes them. These institutions are important to provide a stable and predictable economic environment for business to thrive,” Mbete said.
Business, particularly through Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe, has accused government of dragging the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe into quasi-fiscal activities and allowing it to print or generate money for political expediency and resultantly undermine the local currency.
Mbete said research showed that governments which manipulated institutions led generally poor nations.
“Nations with extractive political and economic institutions are likely to be poor compared to those with inclusive economic institutions, where the rule of law is protected against rent-seeking and political manipulation,” he said.
Mnangagwa’s government has been posturing, telling its African and international audiences that sanctions were affecting economic development in the country and hindering foreign direct investment (FDI), but Mbete sang from a different hymnbook.
“Zimbabwe has presented itself to be open for business, which we believe is an appropriate approach to developing this country and economy. However, in order to attract significant flows of direct investment, it is import that Zimbabwe improves its record concerning the following issues; security of tenure and investment protection; repatriation of proceeds by investors; the honouring of bilateral trade and investment agreements; the need to open up the economy to competition and establishment of new credibilities, lastly optimal debt servicing,” he said.
Lastly, optimal debt servicing. We believe that in a highly competitive environment for FDI, these are but a few basic conditions that must be upheld at all times…In our view failure to do so, investment capital always look past Zimbabwe to other safer havens… @ZBCNewsonlinepic.twitter.com/PF1mBYgys9
Zimbabwe has been writing laws to protect local industries from competition, especially by enforcing punitive import tariffs and closing out some sectors to foreign competition.
These include Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016, whose objective was to boost domestic production by protecting local industries from unfair competition from foreign firms.
The SI resulted in the removal of 43 products from the Open General Import Licence.
Zimbabwe, however, repealed SI 64, all its predecessors and consolidated their contents into SI 122 of 2017 with import controls, though relaxed, still haunting the nation.
The laws came under scrutiny after the country joined the African Continental Free Trade Area, which will remove economic borders and bring fierce continental competition.
Mbete told government that without addressing these issues, FDI would seek safer destinations.
“We believe that in a highly competitive environment for FDI, these are but a few of the basic conditions that must be upheld at all times. In our view, failure to do so means that investment capital will always look past Zimbabwe to other safer havens,” he said.
Touching on the core of economic decay, Mbete said the shortages of energy, fuel and water in Zimbabwe were not making matters any better.
“Zimbabwe has an industry base that has been neglected for long and needs reinvestment and re-calibrating. This neglect undermines government revenue collection potential since industry is operating below its potential. Industry and the economy by extension triumphs when basic services such as energy, fuel, water, bulk services, for example, are provided in a consistent and predictable way, this is essential for long-term planning by the productive sectors,” he said.
“We think it is important for all members of society to enter into a social contract wherein government, business, labour and citizens rally behind a common vision of the country of Zimbabwe. Success requires mutual co-operation of all players as no one section of society can do it alone.”
Added Mbete: “South Africa, we believe, has had a very successful social contract through the National Economic Development Labour Council.”
Change in our country can actually be more straightforward than we think.
We have the power to stop dictators in our land, which is the interest of our people who are yearning for freedom and prosperity.
This regime now has an inherent belligerence which is threatening us all.
We have become more susceptible to corruption, divided and failing to unite on basic principles of democracy.
All dictators divide the people to find fertile ground to selectively persecute citizens in isolation and in vulnerability. We need to be clear with our needs and what we are actually fighting for. That clarity will inspire us to unite and fight for our freedom.
Having achieved that with democracy robustly in place, our society should start thriving and our country will be respected. We are suffering from absence of democracy, leadership and good governance which has become a fatal moral flaw which cannot be ignored anymore.
Politicians in any free state, whether they like it or not, are obliged to pay attention to the needs of citizens.
This is what we are lacking, politicians who represent the will of the people.
A country without moral clarity is a country in which dictators speak of human rights and prosperity, yet they are busy killing and brutalising own citizens condemning the whole country to abject poverty and instability. Zimbabwe is not excluded.
BAKERS have increased the price of bread for the first time this year by about 17 percent from $18 to $21 for a standard loaf citing increased production costs and challenges in procurement of flour.
The increase came into effect over the weekend and by yesterday most shops had adjusted to the new price.
A snap survey by Business Chronicle in Bulawayo revealed that retailers — Greens, OK, TM Pick n Pay, Oceans, Choppies and Zapalala — had already switched to the new price. Brands such as Lobels, Baker’s Inn, Proton and Oceans are being sold for between $20 and $21.
National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe president, Mr Dennis Wallah, attributed the increase in the price of bread to the challenges regarding the flour subsidy as well as escalating costs linked to foreign currency shortages.
“The price of bread has been stable from November to date. We don’t have subsidised flour available hence the market forces are now at play,” he said.
Mr Wallah said because most of the raw materials are imported, changes in the exchange rate also affect the production costs and this had forced bakers to adjust prices.
Consumer Rights Association spokesperson, Mr Effie Ncube, said the latest increase means that the price of bread which is a basic commodity, is now beyond the reach of many families.-state media
Farai Dziva|MDC president Nelson Chamisa has encouraged party members to remain resilient and continue to push for change in the wake of economic challenges.
Addressing party supporters in Bindura said over the weekend, Chamisa said: “We have found a way of challenging ZANU PF’s hegemony in rural areas, therefore, “freedom and freedom is nigh.”
“We need to be brave, it is time for us to put bravery ahead of everything else because we are almost getting there.
We are about to deliver freedom to this country, a new beginning and prosperity, the dawn is upon us. Let us not give up hope…”
Farai Dziva|MDC president Nelson Chamisa has encouraged party members to remain resilient and continue to push for change in the wake of economic challenges.
Addressing party supporters in Bindura said over the weekend, Chamisa said: “We have found a way of challenging ZANU PF’s hegemony in rural areas, therefore, “freedom and freedom is nigh.”
“We need to be brave, it is time for us to put bravery ahead of everything else because we are almost getting there.
We are about to deliver freedom to this country, a new beginning and prosperity, the dawn is upon us. Let us not give up hope…”
Farai Dziva|MDC president Nelson Chamisa has encouraged party members to remain resilient and continue to push for change in the wake of economic challenges.
Addressing party supporters in Bindura said over the weekend, Chamisa said: “We have found a way of challenging ZANU PF’s hegemony in rural areas, therefore, “freedom and freedom nigh.”
“We need to be brave, it is time for us to put bravery ahead of everything else because we are almost getting there.
We are about to deliver freedom to this country, a new beginning and prosperity, the dawn is upon us. Let us not give up hope…”
Farai Dziva|MPs are struggling to use the new Samsung tablets they were given, Norton MP Temba Mliswa has said.
“I would also like to say these tablets that we got – I think we need to have a 30-minute lesson for all of us because some of us are used to the I-phone and not Samsung.
So anybody who needs further education on it can then see the ICT specialists. I think an understanding is needed,” said Mliswa.
It is understood some MPs are deeply reluctant to embrace digital communication.
Farai Dziva|MPs are struggling to use the new Samsung tablets they were given, Norton MP Temba Mliswa has said.
“I would also like to say these tablets that we got – I think we need to have a 30-minute lesson for all of us because some of us are used to the I-phone and not Samsung.
So anybody who needs further education on it can then see the ICT specialists. I think an understanding is needed,” said Mliswa.
It is understood some MPs are deeply reluctant to embrace digital communication.
A 68-year-old Rhodene woman allegedly strangled her nephew to death by pulling his neck tie for coming late from school the previous day before she attempted to commit suicide by poisoning, police have confirmed.
Modie Chirinda of Carry Street allegedly pulled Gokomere primary pupil, Macdonald Chirinda (13)’s neck tie as she was reprimanding him.
Upon realising that the Grade Seven boy was now unconscious due to her actions, she then took some poisonous substance, apparently in regret but survived.
The body was taken to Masvingo General Hospital mortuary for post-mortem while the elderly lady was rushed to the same for treatment.
Sources at the hospital where Chirinda was still admitted by yesterday said indications were that she took a poisonous substance and was frothing from the mouth.
It is alleged that last Wednesday at around 6am, Chirinda who was aunt questioned Macdonald who was already in uniform preparing to leave for school, why he had come late the previous day.
The late boy commuted to and fro school every day.-H-Metro
A 68-year-old Rhodene woman allegedly strangled her nephew to death by pulling his neck tie for coming late from school the previous day before she attempted to commit suicide by poisoning, police have confirmed.
Modie Chirinda of Carry Street allegedly pulled Gokomere primary pupil, Macdonald Chirinda (13)’s neck tie as she was reprimanding him.
Upon realising that the Grade Seven boy was now unconscious due to her actions, she then took some poisonous substance, apparently in regret but survived.
The body was taken to Masvingo General Hospital mortuary for post-mortem while the elderly lady was rushed to the same for treatment.
Sources at the hospital where Chirinda was still admitted by yesterday said indications were that she took a poisonous substance and was frothing from the mouth.
It is alleged that last Wednesday at around 6am, Chirinda who was aunt questioned Macdonald who was already in uniform preparing to leave for school, why he had come late the previous day.
The late boy commuted to and fro school every day.-H-Metro
By A Correspondent| Hell has broken loose on the necromancer Shepherd Bushiri over allegations of bedding former Deputy Finance Minister Terence Mukupe’s wife.
So far Bushiri has issued a statement denying the allegations while at the same time threatening newspapers from publishing the story.
Said Bushiri while responding to the allegations by Mukupe:
It is not in my nature to respond to allegations levelled against me. However, it has come to my attention that Terence Mukupe, a disgraced former deputy minister in Zimbabwe has made false allegations that I am responsible for his wife’s pregnancy.
The basis of his allegations are screenshots of chats and messages purportedly between me and his wife. For the purposes of clarity.
I am not on WhatsApp. Neither am I on iMessenger. This has been the case since late 2017. Those with access to me will know this. Those who do not, please stand guided, I AM NOT ON WHATSAPP or iMESSENGER. I have not been for 3 years,” Bushiri wrote.
Secondly, I have not traveled out of South Africa in the last 13 months, and therefore have not met this man’s wife in Malawi as he believes. This ought to be public knowledge.
Thirdly the contact number in his pictures is NOT mine and has never been mine. Therefore whoever was speaking with this man’s wife isn’t me. Given all this, it is therefore impractical and impossible for his allegations to be materially true.
Sadly this guy’s lies are part of a pattern of libel and slander that has been directed at me for over a decade.
The bible teaches us to forgive and ignore, but there also comes a time when those that make defamatory and highly damaging allegations about others must face the music of their choice.
I have consequently engaged my lawyers in Zimbabwe to urgently seek legal recourse.
As you may know, since 2019 I have been suing every newspaper that carries fake stories about me. This is on record. I have been suing and winning, and media house after media house has been apologising and paying damages for their lies. It is a strategy that has become policy.”
However, in the latest development, Mukupe has dropped the UK Zimbabwean preacher Uebert Angel’s name.
The nexus has since gotten tighter as the last time Bushiri was in the spotlight over infidelity allegations, Angel telephoned ZimEye seeking to bribe for both him and Bushiri. They wanted the story to be killed before it gets published. ZimEye reproduces the telephone convo which ended up as a full interview below. We publish all in the public interest as there is a string of several women Angel himself has pleasured himself on, per his own admissions, and one of these, a 23 year old young lady developed a mental illness following the counter.
Answering to the matter, Angel justified himself saying a moral failure is not a crime.
He said, “what crime is it what crime is that? You see moral failure is not a crime.
“I am dealing with the law here moral failure is not a crime. And remember I come from Masvingo, you know. We always say don’t cry more than the bereaved, alright?” (Time 40:00 to 41:27).
But in this development, Mukupe reveals more precise details of the alleged acts. He gets to mention Room 14 Rustenberg. WATCH BELOW:
Statement on the alleged holding of subsidized mealie-meal by millers
Harare, February 24, 2019- GMAZ would like to dismiss as misrepresentation and unwarranted, allegations that millers were holding on to subsidized roller, as being reported in some sections of the media.
As a matter of fact, some millers have the product and are failing to deliver the mealie meal to retailers in time because of the current fuel crisis which is affecting everyone in the country.
Also, we have production and deliveries schedules and its common cause that whenever one visits any milling production entity you would find some stock(s) testifying that there is production taking place. Even some of our clients (retailers and wholesalers) are failing to collect their allocations in time because of the fuel situation, as their trucks are spending hours in fuel queues.
We are, however, working round the clock to arrest this crippling problem.
It would be, therefore, malicious to claim that these ‘uncollected’ stocks would be held for speculative purposes.
Harare, February 24, 2019- GMAZ would like to dismiss as misrepresentation and unwarranted, allegations that millers were holding on to subsidized roller, as being reported in some sections of the media.
As a matter of fact, some millers have the product and are failing to deliver the mealie meal to retailers in time because of the current fuel crisis which is affecting everyone in the country.
Also, we have production and deliveries schedules and its common cause that whenever one visits any milling production entity you would find some stock(s) testifying that there is production taking place. Even some of our clients (retailers and wholesalers) are failing to collect their allocations in time because of the fuel situation, as their trucks are spending hours in fuel queues.
We are, however, working round the clock to arrest this crippling problem.
It would be, therefore, malicious to claim that these ‘uncollected’ stocks would be held for speculative purposes.
We are pan Africanists and defenders of human rights that are in the context of Afrika and our constitution. We exist and advance, defend and promote the fundamental rights of the Afrikan people. As a party we prioritise focusing on Social and Economic Development.
We believe a lot of politics has been done and we need to accept the call for delivering on the specific necessities of this dispensation.
As Labour, Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) we have SEED as our Manifesto which is Sustainable Empowerment and Economic Development (SEED). Our focus is mainly the economy.
An economy that transforms the lives of workers from mere receiving of wages and salaries into shareholders in all cooperations that employ them. Workers must not have just pensions on retirement but posterity which can be passed on to the 10th generation.
Our Philosophy: The Afrikan Way Because Africa we are being told to import America’s democracy… its not easy…its working in America because that is how America was founded..they have been perfecting if for over 200 years.
Africa we have our own characteristics and founding values, if we build a system based on our own values, culture, characteristics we will do well jus like China, China has always emphasised on implementing “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” they are doin well, Putin did that in Russia after Yelstin tried to import American democracy afta the fall of the Soviet Union and it was chaos all over until Vladimir Putin… Africa we only need to identify our characteristics and our founding values and culture then design our own democratic system based on those fundamental principles and we are good to GO…but unfortunately anyone who tries to push foward that idea is then considered a terrorist by those western imperialist. Muamma Gaddafi
We lack IDENTITY as a people. A conglomeration of all things and do not know why things are not working for us as Africans. Without defining who we are means we going nowhere very fast.
Thats why its not easy for our people to feel a sense of belonging in Africa. We are a fragmented society lacking a rallying point. For example being Zimbabwean means lots of different things to different people in Zimbabwe.
Yet in USA their freedom carter recognises: all men were created equal, is guaranteed the right to freedom and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is a rallying point for everything American. What do we have as a nation or as Africans?
LEAD is a pan Africanist party pro economic development that seeks to make reparations for past wrongs and unite the country and build a nation with a common shared vision and identity. We resist racism white supremacy and capitalism which is an intricate part to it.
We do not believe in being dominated by the West or begging policies and receipt of conditional AID and FDI that threaten our sovereignty. If ever foreign investment is to come it has to be welcomed from our position of strength and not of weakness or begging.
LEAD has the courage to be different. It might seem to be a mammoth task to bring forth a new political culture in Zimbabwe.
We are committed to ensuring that Zimbabwe moves out of the culture of politics of patronage, personalities and populism and moves in to issue based politics that will transform Zimbabwe in our quest to ensure sustainable human development and sustainable economic growth.
The former chelsea veteran has shower up at their training session just a day before the big game against the German giants Fcbayern to help life the spirits of the players, he certainly won against the German opponents in his days and believes the current Blues can do it.
The boys are responding well since the spurs win and hope is high for the fans that the team would give them a performance worth their money on Tuesday.
well Lampard is certainly glad that a fellow legend came over to help the lads gain focus on what really matters right now and he is glad to see an old team mate and friend
Zimbabwe Republic Police have reportedly recovered five thousand tonnes of mealie-meal from millers in Harare amid reports that some millers are abusing the subsidised mealie-meal.
This comes when there is an acute scarcity of mealie-meal in the country due to drought and poor agriculture policies.
There are also reports suggesting that some millers were even exporting the scarce commodity to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) when the government is importing grain and also receiving food aid from sympathisers and stakeholders.
It doesn’t make any difference whether you demonstrate or not, because these people (ZANU PF regime) will still kill you and they have got a genocidal mindset, says opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), vice chairman Job ‘Wiwa’ Sikhala.
In an interview with Alpha Media Holdings (AMH)’s Heart and Soul TV, Sikhala said the ZANU PF regime has a capacity of killing dissent, whether you are demonstrating or not.
Sikhala likened the ZANU PF regime to Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and Peter Mutharika of Malawi in terms of dictatorship adding that, “there is nothing that will never come to an end.”
“How many people in Zimbabwe have been killed without demonstrating? Those who have been killed demonstrating are heroes, rather than for you to be killed while you’re seated at home.
“It doesn’t make any sense whether you demonstrate or not, because these people will still kill you. And if you’re not going be careful, we are going to lose more and more people because these people have got a genocidal mindset.
“They love bloodbath, they love spilling blood.
“So, specifically, whether it is a risk or not, but my knowledge is that there is nothing that will never come to an end.
“Go and ask Omar al-Bashir in Sudan. Go and ask Mutharika today in Malawi.
“Omar al-Bashir killed 250 people in Sudan when they were telling him that time is up. But 250 martyrs liberated their country from the dictator,” Sikhala said.
Sikhala has urged citizens to demonstrate against absolutism or risk dying in their homes.
“It is estimated that at the reign of Omar al-Bashir, more than 1,2 million Sudanese were killed by his security agency.
“If we are going to come to the totality of the number of people who this ZANU PF government killed since 1980, they will exceed more than 25 000 people.
“They were killed in their homes. They were abducted in their homes, they were killed point blank,” added Sikhala.
Nhlamabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamnagwe Ndiweni says he has forgiven his relative Enos Nkala who was an active participant in the Gukurahundi genocide that killed more than 20 000 citizens of Matabeleland and Midlands region.
In a tweet recently, Ndiweni said the Gukurahundi genocide was not tribal but a government operation that included both Ndebeles and Shonas.
Said Ndiweni, “Here to dispel this notion that Gukurahundi was tribal, Gukurahundi belongs to the government of the day! Plenty Ndebele’s where involved including my own relative Enos Nkala. He died very remorseful trying albeit unsuccessfully to get RGM to apologise. We FORGIVE YOU just apologise!”
Are you saying I should not have forgiven my relative Nkala?
Ndiweni added that the victims of Gukurahundi were not looking for individual apology but for the government to apologise and set a precedent that killing other people is wrong.
“Fuelled being the operating word the planning, the purpose, the fuelling all belonged to the government, they deliberately encouraged the tribal angle to use it as refuge after they had achieved their agenda.
A good apology isn’t about intentions. It’s about impact.
I didn’t mean to hurt you. I’m sorry I did. And I promise to do better next time.
“That is the Essence we demand in an apology.ONLY that will lead to healing,this mirage of a perpetrator being mediator is laughable!”
“We are not looking for an individuals apology but the government, an apology accepts guilt, shows remorse and allows for reburials(which we want). An apology shows current and future soldiers that shooting civilians in cold blood is wrong!”
FILE PHOTO: Lesotho's Prime Minister Thabane gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters at the state house in the capital Maseru
Maseru – Lesotho’s high court will decide if Prime Minister Thomas Thabane can claim immunity from a charge that he murdered his wife prior to marrying his present spouse in a case that has gripped this tiny southern African country.
Thabane, 80, appeared in court in the capital Maseru in a pre-trail hearing on Monday alongside his present wife Maesaih.
He is suspected of involvement in the murder of his then wife Lipolelo, who was shot dead in June 2017 two days before he took office for a second stint as premier and two months before he married Maesaiah.
He and Lipolelo were going through divorce proceedings.
Maesaiah Thabane, 42, has been charged with the murder, and police suspect her of ordering assassins to do the job.
Both deny any involvement.
Crowds of supporters packed the magistrates’ court and gathered outside for Monday’s hearing. Thabane, wearing a blue striped suit and a powder blue shirt, looked tense. Maesaiah Thabane sat beside him in a floral dress and bucket hat.
No charges were read out and his lawyer argued the case should be referred to the high court to answer a question of possible immunity, which magistrate Phethise Motanyane granted.
Thabane has said he will resign at the end of July, while several members of his own All Basotho Convention (ABC) party have been pressuring him to go sooner to avert political chaos.
A potential plea of immunity would likely raise doubts over how willing he is to step down, further fanning the political crisis in this mountain territory of 2 million people.
Police had initially intended to charge Thabane on Friday, but he left the country for a medical appointment.
Lesotho, which is surrounded on all sides by South Africa, has a history of coups and political instability that has often led its bigger neighbour to invervene and restore order.
The Special Anti-Corruption Unit has asked the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate circumstances surrounding the release on bail of the head of marriages at the Registrar General’s office, Gordon Tsuro, after his appeal was reinstated, suggesting that the prosecutor might have acted improperly in consenting to the reinstatement and granting of bail.
Head of SACU, Mr Thabani Mpofu, wrote to ZACC chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo to look into how an officer in the National Prosecution Authority (NPA)consented to the reinstatement of Mr Tsuro’s appeal and release on bail after the appeal had been struck off the roll because Tsuro missed deadlines to pursue his appeal.
The Herald exposed the irregularity last year after Mr Tsuro, who was sentenced to three years in jail in 2012 for attacking his wife with an axe, had his appeal dismissed by the High Court in 2013 after he failed to pursue the matter.
After the dismissal of the appeal, he was supposed to be sent back to the magistrates court to be committed to prison to serve his sentence, but he continued enjoying his freedom for six years with some thinking he had been acquitted by the High Court.
He was only arrested and committed to prison at the end of last year after The Herald exposed the anomaly.
Mr Mpofu confirmed that he had written a letter to ZACC after the case was brought to his attention. “We received a complaint pertaining to Tsuro’s case and after examining the complaint we referred the issue to the relevant State institution for further interrogation,” said Mr Mpofu.
In his letter to ZACC, Mr Mpofu said upon examining records at the High Court, they noted that The Herald stories were vindicated.
“High Court records which are attached hereto vindicate The Herald articles referred to above. Justice Phiri of the High Court sitting in Chambers on December 27 reinstated Tsuro’s appeal which had been dismissed in 2013. Justice (Tawanda) Chitapi then granted bail to Tsuro on January 10, 2020,” said Mr Mpofu.
He said the handling of the matter by the prosecutor after the incarceration of Tsuro in November 2019 raises well grounded suspicions of corruption .
Investigations by The Herald revealed that Tsuro briefly showed up at work upon his release this year and went into his office, much to the surprise of his colleagues who thought he was serving jail time.
Authorities at the RG’s office, through the Department, immediately suspended Tsuro to allow them to have an appreciation of his case after they read in The Herald that he had been committed to prison to serve his three-year-jail term.
Tsuro (49) was on June 26, 2012, convicted of seriously injuring his wife, Ms Rosemary Charlie, after striking her with an axe during a domestic dispute.
He was initially charged with attempted murder, but then Harare regional magistrate Mr William Bhila found him guilty of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
On the same date, Tsuro’s lawyers, Mupindu & Mugiya, filed a notice of appeal against both conviction and sentence at the High Court, but this was not pursued.
In terms of the law, such a dismissal of the appeal must be followed by the issuance of a warrant of arrest to apprehend the convict and commit him to prison.
Press Statement|Harare, February 24, 2019- GMAZ would like to dismiss as misrepresentation and unwarranted, allegations that millers were holding on to subsidized roller, as being reported in some sections of the media.
As a matter of fact, some millers have the product and are failing to deliver the mealie meal to retailers in time because of the current fuel crisis which is affecting everyone in the country.
Also, we have production and deliveries schedules and its common cause that whenever one visits any milling production entity you would find some stock(s) testifying that there is production taking place. Even some of our clients (retailers and wholesalers) are failing to collect their allocations in time because of the fuel situation, as their trucks are spending hours in fuel queues.
We are, however, working round the clock to arrest this crippling problem.
It would be, therefore, malicious to claim that these ‘uncollected’ stocks would be held for speculative purposes.
Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda has directed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to ensure that Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairman Tafadzwa Musarara appears before the committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement if he fails to do voluntarily.
Musarara has failed to appear before the Justice Mayor Wadyajena-chaired committee after he snubbed several invitations. In a letter directed to police on 14 February, Chokuda wrote:
“You are hereby required and directed by Parliament of Zimbabwe on the sight hereto to summon Mr T. Musarara that he appears personally before the Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement that is inquiring into support services by the government of Zimbabwe into grain and wheat millers and the financing of silo repairs.”
Parliament wants Musarara and his association to explain how they used US$27 million received from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for the importation of wheat.
This comes as ZANU PF youth league leaders accused Musarara of being a cartel leader responsible for running the country’s economy into the country.
TAPIWA MASHAKADA |Understanding the (Zimbabwe) problem is fine, but let us focus more on solutions. In terms of alternative solutions we propose the following:
1. Political, Governance Institutional and Economic reforms to create a conducive environment leading to peace, stability, confidence and economic growth. Zanu PF and ED must show leadership and magnanimity. They must take responsibility for failing to run government and causing the economic free fall to date. It is in the interest of the country for ED to unite and galvanise the nation.
It is now common cause that. Nelson Chamisa, the MDC president garnered 2, 6 million votes in the 2018 elections and he carries this mass base and support with him. He cannot be ignored in the governance and leadership equation of the country. That will be equivalent to committing the Ostrich’s offence. So the issue of legitimacy should be addressed through an honest national dialogue.
2. Domestic and foreign investment is required because growth is constrained by capital deficiencies. The private sector desperately needs lines of credit. Let us remove all barriers.
3. Harnessing and mobilising domestic sources of revenue is key. The low hanging fruit is Tourism which has the potential to raise usd 1 billion in receipts per annum. The next low hanging fruit is beneficiation and value addition of raw materials and minerals which has the potential to raise usd 10 billion per annum. The third low hanging fruit is fighting corruption which has the potential to recover and lock-in usd 20 billion per annum.
4. Policy consistency can assist in building confidence
5. Addressing the currency and exchange rate conundrum should be given key priority simultenous with the building of foreign currency reserves at the Reserve Bank. For purposes of macroeconomic stability Zimbabwe needs a stable currency which is a store of value. For as long as we do not produce the Zim dollar will remain a destabilising force in the economy. The alternative is to redollarise for a time bound period in order to stabilise prices. After all the economy has since self dollarised.
6. The Diaspora should be offered financial and economic incentives so they can institutionalise their remittances.
7. The budget deficit must always be kept under lock and key. There is a temptation under sovereign currencies to print money for seigniorage revenue. The Monetary Policy Committee must vaccinate itself against the monetisation of the deficit and abuse of the central bank overdraft.
8. The Central bank must be given monetary policy independence but should guard itself against quasi-fiscal operations which are slowly creeping in.
9. Parastatal reforms are difficult to implement. I think there should be established a Parastatals Reform Commission to replace SERA which is arguably failing to usher reforms and instil financial discipline and good corporate governance.
10. Dealing with the public service and Social Sectors which are burning. Zimbabwe has to deal with a deep humanitarian crisis in the urban areas in regard to the quality of Healthcare services. Hospitals have no drugs or equipment. Medical personnel is demoralised and hospitals are now death chambers.
11. An urgent Zimbabwe Conference is required to raise new Capital to strengthen the budget and attract official development assistance.
12. Zimbabwe should engage the Paris Club for consideration under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPIC). This is a practical plan to deal with arrears and debt. Zim has no capacity to service its debts.
13. Pro-poor policies and social safety nets are necessary to protect the vulnerable social base. Austerity has never succeeded in Africa because it is not a developmental strategy. Austerity is not human-centred. It is inspired by the discredited neo-liberal Washington Consensus. It is not progressive.
14. Drought mitigation should be implemented in a non-partisan manner. Throughout the country’s 10 provinces food aid is being distributed on party lines. Food is used as a political weapon. Why are development agencies not seeing this ploy?
15. Zimbabwe must invest in its infrastructure. This sector has potential to create jobs. Investment in renewable energy should be prioritised.
NEIGHBOURING South Africa has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to stop political interference in public institutions, respect trade agreements and allow competition in business if it is serious about turning around the collapsing economy.
In a straight talk by South Africa’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Mphakama Mbete during the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) economic summit last week, government was told not to tinker with important economic institutions for political gain.
“Public institutions are key to proper economic management and must be allowed to pursue their mandate in line with the policy framework and legislation that establishes them. These institutions are important to provide a stable and predictable economic environment for business to thrive,” Mbete said.
Business, particularly through Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe, has accused government of dragging the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe into quasi-fiscal activities and allowing it to print or generate money for political expediency and resultantly undermine the local currency.
Mbete said research showed that governments which manipulated institutions led generally poor nations.
“Nations with extractive political and economic institutions are likely to be poor compared to those with inclusive economic institutions, where the rule of law is protected against rent-seeking and political manipulation,” he said.
Mnangagwa’s government has been posturing, telling its African and international audiences that sanctions were affecting economic development in the country and hindering foreign direct investment (FDI), but Mbete sang from a different hymnbook.
“Zimbabwe has presented itself to be open for business, which we believe is an appropriate approach to developing this country and economy. However, in order to attract significant flows of direct investment, it is import that Zimbabwe improves its record concerning the following issues; security of tenure and investment protection; repatriation of proceeds by investors; the honouring of bilateral trade and investment agreements; the need to open up the economy to competition and establishment of new credibilities, lastly optimal debt servicing,” he said.
Zimbabwe has been writing laws to protect local industries from competition, especially by enforcing punitive import tariffs and closing out some sectors to foreign competition.
These include Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016, whose objective was to boost domestic production by protecting local industries from unfair competition from foreign firms.
The SI resulted in the removal of 43 products from the Open General Import Licence.
Zimbabwe, however, repealed SI 64, all its predecessors and consolidated their contents into SI 122 of 2017 with import controls, though relaxed, still haunting the nation.
The laws came under scrutiny after the country joined the African Continental Free Trade Area, which will remove economic borders and bring fierce continental competition.
Mbete told government that without addressing these issues, FDI would seek safer destinations.
“We believe that in a highly competitive environment for FDI, these are but a few of the basic conditions that must be upheld at all times. In our view, failure to do so means that investment capital will always look past Zimbabwe to other safer havens,” he said.
Touching on the core of economic decay, Mbete said the shortages of energy, fuel and water in Zimbabwe were not making matters any better.
“Zimbabwe has an industry base that has been neglected for long and needs reinvestment and re-calibrating. This neglect undermines government revenue collection potential since industry is operating below its potential. Industry and the economy by extension triumphs when basic services such as energy, fuel, water, bulk services, for example, are provided in a consistent and predictable way, this is essential for long-term planning by the productive sectors,” he said.
“We think it is important for all members of society to enter into a social contract wherein government, business, labour and citizens rally behind a common vision of the country of Zimbabwe. Success requires mutual co-operation of all players as no one section of society can do it alone.”
Added Mbete: “South Africa, we believe, has had a very successful social contract through the National Economic Development Labour Council.”
Passengers in commuter omnibus travelling to Chitsunga in Mbire were lucky to escape death after the kombi was swept away by the strong current after attempting to cross the flooded Karai river.
Mashonaland Central Provincial Development Coodinator Mr Cosmas Chiringa confirmed the incident.
“I have just received a report this morning that a kombi was swept away but no fatalities were recorded. I am also told that those who suffered minor injuries were treated at Chirunya clinic,” said Mr Chiringa.
The Kombi was dragged by the raging waters for about 40 metres.
By A Correspondent | Video evidence to prove that Emmerson Mnangagwa is guilty for Gukurahundi is available, and still, what has changed in Zimbabwe since Gukurahundi apart from the signing of the unity accord and the signing of Robert Mugabe’s resignation letter Nice 2017? This is all the more proof that the Gukurahundi massacre did not at all end in 1984, it is still ongoing, proven by Mnangagwa’s statements before the 1 August crackdown, those just after the January 2019 killings while in Mwenezi, and those as late as last month while in Kuwadzana, Harare.
The People’s Party has since called Mnangagwa to order over the killings. The party says there is a clear continuation of a process of murder. It said:
We note with concern plans by the Emmerson Mnangagwa regime to fast-track the exhumation and reburial of victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities in which over 20 000 Ndebele civilians were killed.
Those who were killed were not possessions of the State but came from families that have the right to direct the manner and speed with which the exhumation and reburial of their loved ones must be conducted.
Mnangagwa in particular must take a step back from any process aimed at resolving Gukurahundi because he was one of the chief architects of the killings. At the time, serving as State Security Minister, he flatly denied that there were any such killings. Video evidence is available to support this claim. What has changed?
Gukurahundi cannot be resolved with a piecemeal approach. For there to be healing, reconciliation, unity and peace, the truth must lead together with justice and meaningful compensation.
The People’s Party believes that a national shrine equivalent to the Heroes Acre, and a memorial in the mold of the Holocaust Museum, must be setup for the reburial of all unidentified remains as well as those whose family members wish to have their loved ones buried there. This monument should serve as a reminder to future generations.
Further, it is important that the facts be litigated on national television in the same manner the Motlanthe Commission was broadcast after the killing of six unarmed civilians on August 1, 2018. The people of Matabeleland must be allowed to speak and be heard.
We believe that these substantive actions can open the path to healing from this great injustice that must never again be visited on the people of Zimbabwe.
He’s in trouble again: Julius Malema is facing another legal headache, after the East london Magistrate’s Court issued him with an arrest warrant.
Anything Jacob Zuma can do, Julius Malema claims to do better. On Monday morning, he even followed in uBaba’s footsteps when it comes to skipping court. Juju failed to show up at the Magistrate’s venue in East London, and subsequently, the presiding judge issued an official warrant of arrest for the EFF leader.
The news comes as the political firebrand was due to face five separate counts of discharging a firearm in a public space. Back in 2018, a video of Julius Malema firing a rifle into the air during an EFF rally sent shockwaves across the country – and it was eventually brought to the attention of the judiciary.
Malema has faced a few legal issues in the past 12 months, losing multiple cases to AfriForum on issues regarding rallying calls for land grabs. He is also trying to get the Riotous Assemblies Act overturned, and has been confronted with assault charges from the NPA after getting into an altercation with a security guard two years ago.
The incident in Mdantsane has been contentious to say the least. Juju claims that he was handed the firearm, not knowing that it was a real gun. He maintains that he was told it was a replica, and predictably, the EFF’s top dog suggests that he was the victim of a conspiracy.
He becomes the second high-profile political leader to be slapped with an arrest warrant in 2020. Jacob Zuma failed to appear for his corruption trial in January, and should he fail to return to court on 6 May, Msholozi could be cuffed by the authorities. The terms for Julius Malema’s warrant are less clear, though.
Correspondent|There was drama at the Harare Magistrates’ Court after a self-proclaimed Mbuya Nehanda, charged with criminal nuisance, shouted at officials.
Facing charges of criminal nuisance, she shouted that spirit mediums must not be arrested. Asinuta Dendere appeared before magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa who released her on free bail.
Her daughter-in-law, Phyllis Pikitai is supposed to take care of her and remind her to return to court on March 4.
Phyllis was also advised to take Dendere to two medical doctors so that she is examined.
The State was stopped from the allegations after Dendere interrupted shouting that she was arrested as she was trying to speed up an application she made in 2018 to see the President.
Dendere also said she wanted to see the President at his Munhumutapa offices as she wanted to discuss serious issues with him but her application was turned down. She also indicated that she was Mbuya Nehanda a spirit medium that should be respected.
Dendere also indicated that she was not crazy but the spirit of Mbuya Nehanda had pushed her to do what she did leading to her arrest.
The State was alleging that Dendere was arrested on February 19 at Munhumutapa building after she pitched at the entrance and started to behave mischievously saying she was a spirit medium who wanted entrance into the building. H Metro
Farai Dziva|Former Warriors and Dynamos goalkeeper Tatenda Mkuruva says he still has ambitions to play for the national soccer team.
Mkuruva was the Warriors first choice goalie at AFCON 2017 under now Nyasa Big Bullets coach Kalisto Pasuwa but his career hit a slight snag when he joined ABSA Premiership side Cape Town City.
“It’s every soccer player’s dream to represent his country and I am happy I did and I’m still looking forward to be called back to the Warriors,” Mkuruva told The Herald.
“ I know it’s not going to be easy because we have good goalkeepers. But, I will work hard and, hopefully, get the reward to be back again in the Warriors setup,” he added.
Farai Dziva|Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool’s success is bringing in a new set of transfer problems as his team is now so good, even the biggest names fear they couldn’t get in it.
The Reds remain unbeaten this season with a massive 19-point lead at the top of the English Premier League table. They are just five wins away from their first championship in three decades.
A couple of big names have been linked with the club in recent months with Germany’s Timo Werner the latest star who went on to describe them as the best in world.
But Klopp has other beliefs in the transfer business. He told the Mirror newspaper that it’s not easy as it looks.
He said: “If they see you are successful, it’s easier to get into talks with players. But on the other side, it’s more difficult the better your team is because they ask questions like ‘where and when would I play?’
“We need players who want to be part of this, who want to fight for their spot, who want to make the next step together with us, who want to develop and improve so that’s it.
“We have these players and whoever wants to join us, needs to have exactly this kind of attitude.”
Meanwhile, Liverpool will return to action this evening when they face West Ham in their Matchday 27 encounter at Anfield.
By A Correspondent| Hell has broken loose on the necromancer Shepherd Bushiri over allegations of bedding former Deputy Finance Minister Terence Mukupe’s wife.
So far Bushiri has issued a statement denying the allegations while at the same time threatening newspapers from publishing the story.
In the latest development, Mukupe has dropped the UK Zimbabwean preacher Uebert Angel’s name.
The nexus has since gotten tighter as the last time Bushiri was in the spotlight over infidelity allegations, Angel telephoned ZimEye seeking to bribe for both him and Bushiri. They wanted the story to be killed before it gets published. ZimEye reproduces the telephone convo which ended up as a full interview below. We publish all in the public interest as there is a string of several women Angel himself has pleasured himself on, per his own admissions, and one of these, a 23 year old young lady developed a mental illness following the counter.
Answering to the matter, Angel justified himself saying a moral failure is not a crime. He said, “what crime is it what crime is that? You see moral failure is not a crime.
“I am dealing with the law here moral failure is not a crime. And remember I come from Masvingo, you know. We always say don’t cry more than the bereaved, alright?” (Time 40:00 to 41:27).
Last week, Bushiri announced in a statement saying there is no foundation whatsoever to the allegations.
But in this development, Mukupe reveals more precise details of the alleged acts. He gets to mention Room 14 Rustenberg. WATCH BELOW:
Farai Dziva|Kaizer Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp has come out in defence of the duo of Khama Billiat and George Makuleka after their missed penalties proved decisive in the club’s Nedbank Cup exit on Saturday.
Amakhosi, after having played out a 1–1 draw with Highlands Park, went down 4-5 in the penalty shootout, with the aforementioned pair missing from 12 yards, something which the German highlighted is part of the game.
“It’s always something where we are disappointed, there’s no doubt about it, but as I said, under the circumstances, there’s not really a game that we could see normally from our side,” said Middendorp told Kick Off Magazine.
“The penalties are always something in the end that [is unpredictable]. In particular, the two players who missed on our side – George and Khama – are normally 100 percent [guaranteed to score].
“Every time in training or whenever, regularly, they score. But this is what happens in the end, and it’s not to comment on.
It’s a penalty shootout and Highlands Park qualified [for the next round]. As for us, we win together, and we’re not qualified together.” he added.
By Showbiz Reporter|Marry Chiwenga’s cousin Genius Kadungure has said the flamboyant necromancer Passion Java is not as rich as he proclaims.
He said many of the cars he flaunts are hired vehicles.
Ginimbi revealed this in a video while sitting behind the steering wheel of a heavy machine of his. He said “Java does not have a cent. The many cars are hired things.” VIDEO –
By A Correspondent- A self confessed se_x worker serving time for extorting her clients has sensationally claimed to have been convicted by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Chipo Dube vowed to turn her former clients and fellow hookers to God saying the power of the Holy Spirit convicted her when one of the inmates shared a sermon during a prayer in a cell.
Dube said this on Saturday during a church service conducted by Daughters of Virtue ministries popularly known as Ndadhiniwa Group led by Prophetess Memory Matimbire.
“I lost my time and dignity loitering in the Avenues to hook men for se_x. I was unaware that God had good plans for me and my family,” said Dube.
“The devil robbed me of my life and opened a door for me to be called a pr0stitute ndikabviswa nyadzi dzose zvekufamba ndakashama pavanhu nemumabhawa ndichitsvake mari.
“I became greedy to the extent of robbing several men who hooked me for se_x by extorting them of their hard earned money supposed to help their families.
“My life has changed here in prison, police arrested me and prison officers made sure I do not escape but something happened to my soul during a prayer when one of the inmates who has since been released shared a word with me in the cell.
“The Holy Spirit convicted me and I came to my senses and realised that I am a sinner and I felt sorry for the families I robbed their money and partners who were denied their conjugal rights during my useless time in the streets hooking men for se_x.
“God has spoken to me and my body is no longer filled with the power of sin and no longer craving for se_x,” said Dube.
She narrated how she lured lustful men for se_x in the Avenues area saying God had changed her life and could not wait to be a fisher of men upon her release in a few months to come.
“One of the inmates named Cathy shared a message with me quoting scriptures from the book of Judges where a story of Samson is written.
“Ndakabviswa rima mandiri nyama yangu yashanduka uye ndakawana mukana wekudzidziswa shoko ndirimuno mutorongo saka pandinobuda nyika ichashanduka neshoko rechiedza,” said Dube promising to take good news to pr0stitutes and lustful men.
Dube promised to be on fire for Jesus Christ alongside Prophetess Matimbire upon her release commending her for visiting them with messages of hope and prayer.
Daughters of Virtue ministries donated goods worth US$10 000 and $3000 and included sanitary pads, maize, mealie meal, cooking oil, blankets, dried fish, washing and bathing soap, tooth paste, flour and pairs of slippers.-HMetro
BLACK Rhinos have settled for Trojan Stadium as their home ground for the 2020 Premiership season.
Rhinos will announce their arrival in Bindura with a friendly match against Division Side Simba Bhora tomorrow.
The team’s secretary general Edward Mutukwa told H-Metro yesterday that they have settled for Trojan since it is already fit to host Premier Soccer League matches.
“Yes, for now, we have settled for Trojan Mine Stadium which already passed the FIB inspection, though a few areas need to be attended to,” said Mutukwa.
Chauya Chipembere had initially hinted on using Chinhoyi Stadium and Mutukwa said they had not abandoned their plans.-H-Metro
By Wilbert Mukori- My fellow Zimbabweans, we are well and truly stuck!
Nothing encapsulates Zimbabwe’s economic decline and helplessness more than what happened to our agricultural sector. We live in the day and age when human ingenuity has turned deserts in blooming fields and orchards.
Zimbabwe is for all intent and purposes the Biblical Garden of Eden and once upon a time we used to be the breadbasket of the whole region. Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies seized the farms and shared them amongst themselves, mostly, and our agricultural sector completely collapse.
“We are importing maize, wheat, carrots, potatoes . . . . We import everything!” Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Dr John Mangudya admitted in a recent video in Spotlight-z.
We are starving in the Garden of Eden! A damning testimonial of human failure!
As long as Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF cronies remain in government and thus retain the ownership of the farms; Zimbabwe’s food shortages are set to remain. These errant farmers are certainly not giving up their farms since they have been earning fortunes in farming subsidies from the government’s Command Agriculture programmes – a conduit for looting billions of dollars of public funds with little to show for it.
Of course, we are stuck! We know we are stuck; those who lord over us, know we are stuck and, worst of all, they know there is little we can do about!
“Today I have the privilege to be part of this historic occasion with representatives from the various political parties and the other sectors of our society gathered to discuss issues, share ideas and make recommendations on how we can accelerate the turnaround efforts of our country’s economy,” said President Mnangagwa, according a Daily News report.
“This event is unprecedented by that it is the first of its kind to be organised by political actors from across the political divide under the banner of the POLAD.
“No one has the monopoly of ideas on how our country can speedily modernise, industrialise and develop.
“The forum is committed to take remedial steps to address and identify gaps to enhance economic stability, growth and sustainable economic development.”
The imposition of POLAD and Mnangagwa’s insistence that it is the vehicle for Zimbabwe’s economic recovery epitomises why Zimbabwe is not only stuck but helplessly so!
Zimbabwe is in this economic mess because of 40 years of gross mismanagement and rampant corruption by this corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship. The nation has failed to remove the regime from office all these years because the party blatantly rigged the elections denying the people a meaningful say in the governance of the country.
Ever since his taking over from Robert Mugabe in the November 2017 coup, Emmerson Mnangagwa has wanted to portray himself as different from Mugabe. Whereas Mugabe had been a control freak autocrat who considered even his own fellow senior Zanu PF leaders as intellectual midgets devoid of any ideas and leadership qualities. Mnangagwa readily admits to “no one has the monopoly of ideas”. It is not what he says but what he does that matters the most, of course.
First of all, Mnangagwa blatantly rigged the July 2018 elections; contrary to his promise to hold free, fair and credible elections and thus break with Mugabe days tradition; to secure his own position as the country’s next autocratic dictator. Second, he creates POLAD to corral all his political opponents for the sake of milking them of any ideas they have and, most important of all, to stop them criticising him and holding him to account.
The root cause of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown and political paralysis (having a corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical ruling party, Zanu PF, and an equally corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless opposition parties) during Mugabe days was the dearth of open debate and democratic competition and accountability. We still have no meaningful public debate and no democracy in Mnangagwa’s new dispensation.
“It is commendable that this forum is being attended by our development partners and members of the diplomatic corps, who are all indispensable partners to our economic development,” continued Mnangagwa.
“I call on you to bear with us as we implement our wide ranging reforms towards the speedy modernisation and industrialisation of our economy.”
Zimbabwe, the pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent and vote rigging thugs under Mugabe, has remained unchanged under new management of Mnangagwa. It is infuriating that Mnangagwa should try to convince us there is change when absolutely nothing has changed. Worse still, it is even more infuriating that nations like the EU should even be encouraging him to believe he is on the right track for change when he is not!
Zanu PF will never implement the reforms necessary for free, fair and credible elections. Never!
Of course, we are stuck and it is very patronising for countries like EU to pretend Zanu PF has changed when we all know Zimbabwe is pariah state and nothing has changed. Nothing!
By A Correspondent- South Africa’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mphakama Mbete told President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to stop meddling in the functioning of public institutions and to respect the rule of law for the country to be able to revive its economy.
Mbete spoke frankly on the panacea to Zimbabwe problems during the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) economic summit last week.
He said:
“Public institutions are key to proper economic management and must be allowed to pursue their mandate in line with the policy framework and legislation that establishes them. These institutions are important to provide a stable and predictable economic environment for business to thrive.
Nations with extractive political and economic institutions are likely to be poor compared to those with inclusive economic institutions, where the rule of law is protected against rent-seeking and political manipulation.
Zimbabwe has an industrial base that has been neglected for long and needs reinvestment and re-calibrating. This neglect undermines government revenue collection potential since industry is operating below its potential.
Industry and the economy by extension triumphs when basic services such as energy, fuel, water, bulk services, for example, are provided in a consistent and predictable way, this is essential for long-term planning by the productive sectors.”
Mbete called Zimbabweans, that is, government, business, labour and citizens to enter into a social contract to tackle the country’s perennial problems.
He pointed Mnangagwa to his own country’s successful social contract through the National Economic Development Labour Council.
Change in our country can actually be more straightforward than we think.
We have the power to stop dictators in our land, which is the interest of our people who are yearning for freedom and prosperity.
This regime now has an inherent belligerence which is threatening us all.
We have become more susceptible to corruption, divided and failing to unite on basic principles of democracy.
All dictators divide the people to find fertile ground to selectively persecute citizens in isolation and in vulnerability. We need to be clear with our needs and what we are actually fighting for. That clarity will inspire us to unite and fight for our freedom.
Having achieved that with democracy robustly in place, our society should start thriving and our country will be respected. We are suffering from absence of democracy, leadership and good governance which has become a fatal moral flaw which cannot be ignored anymore.
Politicians in any free state, whether they like it or not, are obliged to pay attention to the needs of citizens.
This is what we are lacking, politicians who represent the will of the people.
A country without moral clarity is a country in which dictators speak of human rights and prosperity, yet they are busy killing and brutalising own citizens condemning the whole country to abject poverty and instability. Zimbabwe is not excluded.
Fellow Zimbabweans and fellow Africans today l celebrate 27 years of existence on this mother earth.
I thank the Almighty for giving me the opportunity to live once more and explore the world in a bid to make it a better place. I thank you all who have contributed to my journey on this planet, my biological family headed by my father Hebert as well as my evergrowing family of Democrats led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa a great revolutionary.
I salute my fellow comrades whom I’ve worked with, in this struggle to transform Zimbabwe into a modern Democratic Developmental State.
I take this day to reflect on the road l have traversed thus far and the task upon the shoulders of our generation to liberate our country from the shackles of dictatorship, corruption, nepotism, kleptocracy, nihilism, fascism, autocracy and absolute state failure!
I celebrate this day at a time when things are not well in the motherland- the decay of the social fabric, the incarceration of human rights defenders { in particular my brother Cde Mako} and the decay of our national economy which continues to serve the few at the expense of the many. I reflect on this because it is out of this crisis that our nation will be made great through our protracted and scientifically organised struggle for democratic change and transformation in our own lifetime!
My wish and desire is that l genuinely work to make the world a place habitable by all regardless of one’s social, economic and cultural status.
To fight, read, speak, transform and develop.
As long as we live, an egalitarian society is what we will continue to fight for!
A healthy lifestyle is one which helps keep and improve people’s health and well being. It focuses on elements like: healthy eating, stop substance abuse and smoking, stress management, safe sexual behaviour and exercising regularly. All these elements are important for healthy living. A healthy lifestyle is a simple way with health insurance as illness and visits to a health practitioner are markedly reduced.
Healthy eating: This is eating a meal that have all nutrients required by the body to function that is protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and mineral salts. One should take heavy meals during the day and at night take smaller meals.
Drink more water at least 2litres per day unless specified by a doctor to limit the amount of fluids per day. Salt and oil when cooking should be adequate as these also contribute to diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. With health eating one should also consider weight management. One should have a BMI (body mass index) between 18.5 to 24.9.
Stop smoking: Smoking is hazardous to health and is a risk factor for many cancers. Alcohol intake should be reduced. Binge drinking and using drugs should be stopped as it is not good for health.
Stress management: People manage stress in different ways and peace of mind is required for healthy living. One should get enough sleep at least 6 to 8 continuous hours per day. Spend time with loved ones and if you have problems share with someone you trust or a counselor.
Safe sexual behaviour: Sticking to one partner is safe and reduce the risk of contracting STIs. Always use a condom and reduce STIs and unplanw ned pregnancy.
5.Exercising: Regular exercise of at least 30mins to 1hour per day for 3 to 4 days per week can be adequate. Exercises differs from just walking to strenuous or anaerobic exercises.
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By A Correspondent| The prolific Zengeza MP who is the MDC Deputy Chairman, Job Sikhala has said Zimbabweans are dying in everyway anyway so there is no more reason to fear death.
His comments come within weeks of ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa threatening the people of Kuwadzana with military level punishment – to redeploy the army the same way he did on the 1st August 2018, to punish them “for stopping the rain,” literally.
Mnangagwa: "But once we know it is the people of Kuwadzana who do not wish it to rain, we will deploy the army to surround them to beat them up" Video- ZBC pic.twitter.com/apQ05pc4jn
Speaking to Newsday in an interview, Sikhala said, “if we stay at home we die, if we demonstrate we die still- better “to die on your feet than to live on your knees”
In Sikhala’s words, those who died demonstrating are Heroes.
The Harare Magistrates court has granted RTGS$1000 bail to Allan Moyo and Makomborero Haruzivishe with a condition to report twice a week at Harare central police station.
By Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala
MDC National Vice Chairman :
Sometimes people do not understand my straightforward sentiments on the governance of Emmerson Mnangagwa primarily because of fear of the unknown.
Fear of the unknown is fear grounded on harm visiting upon someone or falling on someone if you voice against the injustice perpetrated by the powers that be. It is planted in the pysche of the public and it leads citizens into resignation to fate. Those in power love it because they will reap the fruits of that fear and do whatever they want with the nation and its people because to them, beholden the power of fear.
It is on this background, that I want to share with many people how the Zimbabwe State, is currently under the grip of a sophisticated system that portrays itself different from what it is. This deception had takers in the initial stages soon after the coup on November 17,2018, until the period we slowly exposed it for what it is. People didn’t understand the kind of a person that they were dealing with. Some of us who had an opportunity to understand how people with intelligence backgrounds can be dangerous to be given power knew from the beginning that Mnangagwa was going to be a dangerous albatross around the freedom neck of the people of Zimbabwe. The power of the State is constructed around a powerful intelligence system that becomes its source of survival. This is the Israeli theorem. Military strength come as a complimentary and supplementary source of security. That’s why all Arab states can not do anything against the State of Israel. Israel would know what their adversaries think in advance and the toilets their enemies use.
Mnangagwa, since the coming into being of the State of Zimbabwe has been the power behind the late Robert Mugabe since independence. He created one of the most feared intelligence systems in our country in the form of the CIO.
The CIO became the source of fear through its overt and covert operations, in the assassination and murder, abductions and disappearances of political opponents, in the poisoning using chemicals imported from Russia and North Korea of government adversaries. In dealing with political opponents, they always took a leading role. The first experiment was done against Father Zimbabwe, Joshua Nkomo and ZAPU soon after independence.
The operation became overt and covert to extinguish ZAPU from the face of the earth.
The role of the CIO which was created in the image of Mnangagwa can not be overemphasized, but we all know the role they played in Zimbabwe against opponents of the system up to present. How from 2000, when the MDC was formed became the source of assassination against many leaders of our party from those in lower structures to those who were in senior party positions. That’s why it is my belief that an organization without a polished, sophisticated intelligence system will not dethrone a system whose foundation is based on the use and manipulation of the state institutions.
Mnangagwa, like Vladimir Putin, is well acquainted with the sophistry of how to manipulate systems to his maximum advantage.
Since Putin took over from Boris Yeltsin in 2002, the people of Russia Federation have been tossed upside down by the former KGB Director of External Intelligence. He uses purging, fear and manipulation to remain unshaken in power. His use and manipulation of the intelligence system is felt and feared even in far foreign lands.
Some Americans today strongly believed that Putin intelligence manipulated its electoral system and rigged Donald Trump to power. This is not a simple allegation. It somehow demonstrate the danger of people whose background is fostered in intelligence.
Today, Putin alternates from President to Prime Minister in the process manipulating the Russia Federation constitution, and the nation is stuck with him until 2024, despite huge and widespread disenchantment and discontent against his rule.
All his long run Emmerson Mnangagwa was always dreaming to succeed his master Robert Mugabe. The first thing he deviced was fight and keep Mugabe in power under whatever circumstances.
Would it be through rigging elections using the intelligence system like what he did in 2002, 2013 or 2018, or brazen murder and assassination of opponents like what he did against ZAPU from 1980-87, or in 2008, he would not care as long as he has returned power.
The video of him speaking after, the ZANU PF and Robert Mugabe defeat in 2008, where he said that he phoned looking for Didymus Mutasa who had already packed his goods to Rusape after Mugabe’s clear defeat by the icon of democracy Morgan Tsvangirai, and his hunting for Elliot Manyika who was the Political Commissar of the party who was not answering his phone, should tell any normal Zimbabwean the evil man we are dealing with.
Clearly, the intention was to subvert the will of the people, which he successfully did.
The unexplained death of General Solomon Mujuru, who was his political nemesis rings something in my head. All his internal rivalries died in circumstances that leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Edison Zvobgo, Josiah Tungamirai. The car accidents that eliminated Sydney Malunga, Chris Ushewekunze, Moven Mahachi and many more.
Knowing very well that CIO, as I earlier pointed out is not enough without the compliment of military power, the man had to find ways and means to manipulate the military to his side as it has its own intelligence system that does not report to the Minister of Intelligence.
He duped Mugabe to accept the idea of forming an organ outside the control of the State or party. It reports to its own commanders and the Minister of Defense direct to the President.
The opportunity was gracingly presented to him when Mugabe chose him as the trusted lieutenant to chair an unconstitutional body created to serve the interests of the party and not the nation called the Joint Operations Council (JOC). It presented him with an opportunity to interact with all the service chiefs of security sector.
Unbeknown to Mugabe, the man was building his fortress that will come to bite him to death. JOC is not a creation of the constitution or any statute in our country.
It’s a security coordination club that governs itself and is not answerable to any constitutive organ of the State. It is used as a platform to plan and plot against opponents of the system. It established decentralized structures down to district levels.
That is to mean, there are provincial JOC meetings chaired by the Provincial Ministers that involves provincial heads of CIO, Army, Police, Prison Services and a provincial ZANU PF Chairman.
The District JOC is chaired by the District Administrator of the designated district with the district heads of the same above institutions in attendance. They forward reports to the JOC centre which Mnangagwa was chairing.
Mnangagwa with few chosen commanders would then go and report to Mugabe.
Manipulation of intelligence details and reports along the way would be the order of the day because murume akanga oumba chinhu chake.
Thats why you realised that when the red line was drawn on the succession battle, Mnangagwa would clap, smile and feel unmoved when he was insulted, demeaned, decampaigned right on his face during the ZANU PF Youth interface Rallies.
That is the deception only unique to evil schemers.
Grace Mugabe would rant all day long finger pointing him, he would not be moved. Even people like Sarah Mahoka and Mandi Chimene would call him “dhakisi”, on his face but he would respond to it by a smile. You people, that smile was not a love smile. It was an evil smile and you wouldn’t see that he was feigning stupidity.
Despite the other group having thoroughly brained people like Prof Jonathan Moyo, the last you would see of them was when when he mounted a scooter in the forests of Mozambique into safety. That smile of idiocy is what it ended up doing.
With all those brains he made them flee in terror into the land of the aliens.
This is a man who does not need to be apologetic when you resolve to deal with. His stupid rantings that “nyangwe 2030 ndinenge ndiripo”, should not be taken lightly.
He shouts stupid, talks like an overdosed mariajuana smoker, looks like the worst empty vessel ever to be around. In such deceptive demeanor he needs to be treated with committed toughness. He needs to be treated with utmost sophistry, bravery and commitment.
Whatever I say is informed from the knowledge of how to deal with these kind of evil people. They know they can not be voted by the most insane of mind. They resort to elections which they know, they have already predetermine.
Zimbabweans shouted about NIKUV hoarses out after 2013 elections but it just died a natural death. No one talks about NIKUV today. Resorting to play the game to his tune is suicidal.
2030 tino svika varipo. They need shock and aware. They need to be surprised by the people. The people own everything. Thats why I have got a strong belief in people. We owe it to our country. Together we will break this barrier. And let me reassure you, the man is living in the illusion of his intelligence sphere. We will bring him down to the people and the people will ask him questions to answer.
By Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala
MDC National Vice Chairman :
Sometimes people do not understand my straightforward sentiments on the governance of Emmerson Mnangagwa primarily because of fear of the unknown.
Fear of the unknown is fear grounded on harm visiting upon someone or falling on someone if you voice against the injustice perpetrated by the powers that be. It is planted in the pysche of the public and it leads citizens into resignation to fate. Those in power love it because they will reap the fruits of that fear and do whatever they want with the nation and its people because to them, beholden the power of fear.
It is on this background, that I want to share with many people how the Zimbabwe State, is currently under the grip of a sophisticated system that portrays itself different from what it is. This deception had takers in the initial stages soon after the coup on November 17,2018, until the period we slowly exposed it for what it is. People didn’t understand the kind of a person that they were dealing with. Some of us who had an opportunity to understand how people with intelligence backgrounds can be dangerous to be given power knew from the beginning that Mnangagwa was going to be a dangerous albatross around the freedom neck of the people of Zimbabwe. The power of the State is constructed around a powerful intelligence system that becomes its source of survival. This is the Israeli theorem. Military strength come as a complimentary and supplementary source of security. That’s why all Arab states can not do anything against the State of Israel. Israel would know what their adversaries think in advance and the toilets their enemies use.
Mnangagwa, since the coming into being of the State of Zimbabwe has been the power behind the late Robert Mugabe since independence. He created one of the most feared intelligence systems in our country in the form of the CIO.
The CIO became the source of fear through its overt and covert operations, in the assassination and murder, abductions and disappearances of political opponents, in the poisoning using chemicals imported from Russia and North Korea of government adversaries. In dealing with political opponents, they always took a leading role. The first experiment was done against Father Zimbabwe, Joshua Nkomo and ZAPU soon after independence.
The operation became overt and covert to extinguish ZAPU from the face of the earth.
The role of the CIO which was created in the image of Mnangagwa can not be overemphasized, but we all know the role they played in Zimbabwe against opponents of the system up to present. How from 2000, when the MDC was formed became the source of assassination against many leaders of our party from those in lower structures to those who were in senior party positions. That’s why it is my belief that an organization without a polished, sophisticated intelligence system will not dethrone a system whose foundation is based on the use and manipulation of the state institutions.
Mnangagwa, like Vladimir Putin, is well acquainted with the sophistry of how to manipulate systems to his maximum advantage.
Since Putin took over from Boris Yeltsin in 2002, the people of Russia Federation have been tossed upside down by the former KGB Director of External Intelligence. He uses purging, fear and manipulation to remain unshaken in power. His use and manipulation of the intelligence system is felt and feared even in far foreign lands.
Some Americans today strongly believed that Putin intelligence manipulated its electoral system and rigged Donald Trump to power. This is not a simple allegation. It somehow demonstrate the danger of people whose background is fostered in intelligence.
Today, Putin alternates from President to Prime Minister in the process manipulating the Russia Federation constitution, and the nation is stuck with him until 2024, despite huge and widespread disenchantment and discontent against his rule.
All his long run Emmerson Mnangagwa was always dreaming to succeed his master Robert Mugabe. The first thing he deviced was fight and keep Mugabe in power under whatever circumstances.
Would it be through rigging elections using the intelligence system like what he did in 2002, 2013 or 2018, or brazen murder and assassination of opponents like what he did against ZAPU from 1980-87, or in 2008, he would not care as long as he has returned power.
The video of him speaking after, the ZANU PF and Robert Mugabe defeat in 2008, where he said that he phoned looking for Didymus Mutasa who had already packed his goods to Rusape after Mugabe’s clear defeat by the icon of democracy Morgan Tsvangirai, and his hunting for Elliot Manyika who was the Political Commissar of the party who was not answering his phone, should tell any normal Zimbabwean the evil man we are dealing with.
Clearly, the intention was to subvert the will of the people, which he successfully did.
The unexplained death of General Solomon Mujuru, who was his political nemesis rings something in my head. All his internal rivalries died in circumstances that leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Edison Zvobgo, Josiah Tungamirai. The car accidents that eliminated Sydney Malunga, Chris Ushewekunze, Moven Mahachi and many more.
Knowing very well that CIO, as I earlier pointed out is not enough without the compliment of military power, the man had to find ways and means to manipulate the military to his side as it has its own intelligence system that does not report to the Minister of Intelligence.
He duped Mugabe to accept the idea of forming an organ outside the control of the State or party. It reports to its own commanders and the Minister of Defense direct to the President.
The opportunity was gracingly presented to him when Mugabe chose him as the trusted lieutenant to chair an unconstitutional body created to serve the interests of the party and not the nation called the Joint Operations Council (JOC). It presented him with an opportunity to interact with all the service chiefs of security sector.
Unbeknown to Mugabe, the man was building his fortress that will come to bite him to death. JOC is not a creation of the constitution or any statute in our country.
It’s a security coordination club that governs itself and is not answerable to any constitutive organ of the State. It is used as a platform to plan and plot against opponents of the system. It established decentralized structures down to district levels.
That is to mean, there are provincial JOC meetings chaired by the Provincial Ministers that involves provincial heads of CIO, Army, Police, Prison Services and a provincial ZANU PF Chairman.
The District JOC is chaired by the District Administrator of the designated district with the district heads of the same above institutions in attendance. They forward reports to the JOC centre which Mnangagwa was chairing.
Mnangagwa with few chosen commanders would then go and report to Mugabe.
Manipulation of intelligence details and reports along the way would be the order of the day because murume akanga oumba chinhu chake.
Thats why you realised that when the red line was drawn on the succession battle, Mnangagwa would clap, smile and feel unmoved when he was insulted, demeaned, decampaigned right on his face during the ZANU PF Youth interface Rallies.
That is the deception only unique to evil schemers.
Grace Mugabe would rant all day long finger pointing him, he would not be moved. Even people like Sarah Mahoka and Mandi Chimene would call him “dhakisi”, on his face but he would respond to it by a smile. You people, that smile was not a love smile. It was an evil smile and you wouldn’t see that he was feigning stupidity.
Despite the other group having thoroughly brained people like Prof Jonathan Moyo, the last you would see of them was when when he mounted a scooter in the forests of Mozambique into safety. That smile of idiocy is what it ended up doing.
With all those brains he made them flee in terror into the land of the aliens.
This is a man who does not need to be apologetic when you resolve to deal with. His stupid rantings that “nyangwe 2030 ndinenge ndiripo”, should not be taken lightly.
He shouts stupid, talks like an overdosed mariajuana smoker, looks like the worst empty vessel ever to be around. In such deceptive demeanor he needs to be treated with committed toughness. He needs to be treated with utmost sophistry, bravery and commitment.
Whatever I say is informed from the knowledge of how to deal with these kind of evil people. They know they can not be voted by the most insane of mind. They resort to elections which they know, they have already predetermine.
Zimbabweans shouted about NIKUV hoarses out after 2013 elections but it just died a natural death. No one talks about NIKUV today. Resorting to play the game to his tune is suicidal.
2030 tino svika varipo. They need shock and aware. They need to be surprised by the people. The people own everything. Thats why I have got a strong belief in people. We owe it to our country. Together we will break this barrier. And let me reassure you, the man is living in the illusion of his intelligence sphere. We will bring him down to the people and the people will ask him questions to answer.
Farai Dziva|A woman perceived to the a spirit medium has been arrested for attempting to enter Munhumutapa Building to see Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The woman, Asinuta Dendere, demanded to see Mnangagwa at his Munhumutapa offices.She was arrested last week.
She claimed she had serious issues to discuss with Mnangagwa.
She claims she is Mbuya Nehanda.
“Dendere was arrested at Munhumutapa building after she pitched at the entrance and started to behave mischievously saying she was a spirit medium who wanted to enter the building.She was charged with criminal nuisance,” government sources said.
The woman, sources say, wants Mnangagwa to step down sue to the escalating economic crisis.
Farai Dziva|A woman perceived to the a spirit medium has been arrested for attempting to enter Munhumutapa Building to see Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The woman, Asinuta Dendere, demanded to see Mnangagwa at his Munhumutapa offices.She was arrested last week.
She claimed she had serious issues to discuss with Mnangagwa.
She claims she is Mbuya Nehanda.
“Dendere was arrested at Munhumutapa building after she pitched at the entrance and started to behave mischievously saying she was a spirit medium who wanted to enter the building.She was charged with criminal nuisance,” government sources said.
The woman, sources say, wants Mnangagwa to step down sue to the escalating economic crisis.
Farai Dziva|MDC president Nelson Chamisa has encouraged party members to remain resilient and continue to push for change in the wake of economic challenges.
Addressing party supporters in Bindura said over the weekend, Chamisa said: “We have found a way of challenging ZANU PF’s hegemony in rural areas, therefore, “freedom and freedom nigh.”
“We need to be brave, it is time for us to put bravery ahead of everything else because we are almost getting there.
We are about to deliver freedom to this country, a new beginning and prosperity, the dawn is upon us. Let us not give up hope…”
Farai Dziva|MDC president Nelson Chamisa has encouraged party members to remain resilient and continue to push for change in the wake of economic challenges.
Addressing party supporters in Bindura said over the weekend, Chamisa said: “We have found a way of challenging ZANU PF’s hegemony in rural areas, therefore, “freedom and freedom nigh.”
“We need to be brave, it is time for us to put bravery ahead of everything else because we are almost getting there.
We are about to deliver freedom to this country, a new beginning and prosperity, the dawn is upon us. Let us not give up hope…”
Farai Dziva|MPs are struggling to use the new Samsung tablets they were given, Norton MP Temba Mliswa has said.
“I would also like to say these tablets that we got – I think we need to have a 30-minute lesson for all of us because some of us are used to the I-phone and not Samsung.
So anybody who needs further education on it can then see the ICT specialists. I think an understanding is needed,” said Mliswa.
It is understood some MPs are deeply reluctant to embrace digital communication.
By A Correspondent- The trial of leaders of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), lawyer Douglas Coltart and Simon Drury for criminal nuisance, which was for today has been postponed to tomorrow (25 February). ARTUZ said in a statement:
ARTUZ leadership, lawyer Douglas Coltart and Simon Drury’s trial for criminal nuisance that was scheduled for today has been postponed to tomorrow (25 February) at 1415 hrs in court 6, at Harare Magistrate’s court.
It has been necessitated by the absence of Magistrate Rudo Mugwagwa who has been presiding over the case since last year.
We look forward for justice to prevail. The dragging of trial in courts since August 2019 is a deliberate act to frustrate our cdes. Justice delayed is justice denied.
Our fight for a living wage is on. We still maintain our demand for US dollar salaries.
We thank our members, like-minded individuals and organisations who came to court for solidarity today. We encourage you to maintain your support for the workers’ struggle frustrate our cdes.
We encourage you to maintain your support for the workers to struggle through your presence whenever we are prosecuted.
Farai Dziva|MPs are struggling to use the new Samsung tablets they were given, Norton MP Temba Mliswa has said.
“I would also like to say these tablets that we got – I think we need to have a 30-minute lesson for all of us because some of us are used to the I-phone and not Samsung.
So anybody who needs further education on it can then see the ICT specialists. I think an understanding is needed,” said Mliswa.
It is understood some MPs are deeply reluctant to embrace digital communication.
By Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala
MDC National Vice Chairman.
The enemy is now shaking and quaking. They are coming on us full throttle. I have noticed with anger and anguish the desperate attempts by the department of counter intelligence of the CIO, the military intelligence and the office of Emmerson Mnangagwa calling itself the Office of the President and Cabinet(OPC), pushing hard a narrative to destroy and sow seeds of division in the people’s party through by running with a nauseating narrative to shuffle the MDC leadership as constituted by the Gweru congress.
Let it be clear to George Charamba and their released dogs that, the MDC leadership as constituted at the Gweru congress with the People’s President Advocate Nelson Chamisa as our head, Hon Tendai Biti, Professor Welshman Ncube and Hon Lynette Karenyi-Kore as the Vice Presidents and Hon Thabitha Khumalo as the chair and deputised by myself will never be changed as constituted under whatever circumstances. The narrative by George Charamba as confirmed by his post on his Twitter handle @Jamwanda that I am a project of the Americans to seize power in the MDC and lead a violent take over of government is a mere regime attempt to cause maximum divisions in the people’s party, assertions that have got no takers. Leadership in our democratic movement is installed at a congress. Besides that I have got no ambitions to be the President of the movement at all. Not today, tomorrow or in the future. I have got full faith in the leadership of my President Advocate Nelson Chamisa, who unbeknown to many is my young brother. I will support, compliment his drive for a free democratic society to the hilt. I will stand with Adv Nelson Chamisa until donkeys grow horns. So continue wasting your time on puerile suppositions.
Let this also be a warning to those planted among ourselves who are advancing the propaganda of the evil regime that, “Sikhala anoda kutiza nechinhu”, that soon you will find yourself in the gallows of history. Becoming a conveyancer of the toxic regime propaganda and shenanigans driven by few coins of silver is intolerable. Gossipers whose survival in politics depends on advancing divisions in the party should be warned that your time is nearing. You will never rise again in this people’s party through rumor mongering. Our general membershi is aware of your disposition and behavior.
God bless Zimbabwe.
God bless all of you.
Freeedom is coming!!
UK & others must certainly be sued if they fail to ensure UN laws are observed all over, esp in govts that boast of deploying the army on their own citizens to punish them "for stopping the rain", as Mnangagwa says on live-video, putting sanctions on his own people.@UKinZimbabwe
By A Correspondent- An Inyathi farmer has been arrested on charges of shooting and injuring two of his neighbours for trespassing into his property.
Nhlanhla Makuyana (56), of Twin Farm in Dromoland, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges when he appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Sibonginkosi Mnkandla on Thursday.
He was remanded out of custody to February 26 for continuation of trial.
The court was told that on October 29 last year at around 8am, the complainants, Thembani Nyoni and Sebastian Mayisa, who were in the company of others, were walking along a road which passes through Makuyana’s plot towards Switch Mine carrying a minerals detector and a hoe.
They allegedly met Makuyana, who was being accompanied by his brother, Thamsanga.
Makuyana allegedly cocked his gun and pointed it at the two complainants, accusing them of illegally prospecting for gold on his property.
It is the State’s case that the two tried to run away, prompting Makuyana to fire at them, hitting both.
Nyoni and Mayisa sustained serious injuries and a report made to the police, leading to Makuyana’s arrest.
Defence lawyer Abigail Masawi told the court that Makuyana fired the shots in self-defence after the complainants allegedly attempted to attack him.-Newsday
By A Correspondent- Former Zanu Pf youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu who was last month suspended from the party for exposing cartels in the country accused the late former president Robert Mugabe for lying and playing games to rid his perceived opponents.
Tsenengamu said the youth league was tricked by the former Zimbabwean leader into playing a part in getting rid of the former vice president Joice Mujuru.
He said this in an interview with a local publication, the Daily News.
Said Tsenengamu:
“The late and former President Robert Mugabe had convinced us at a private meeting with him at State House that the then VP Mai Mujuru had planned evil against him and that as the vanguard of the party we were supposed to play our role in defending the party and the revolution which was embodied through him as the leader of the party.
Because we thought that these were real issues, we stood up to act only to realise later that he had lied to us and that these were just games he was playing to get rid of those he viewed as threats to his hold to power.”
CONTROVERSIAL and flamboyant preacher, Prophet Passion Java who torched a storm on social media following a video clip of him speaking in tongues had a wide ranging interview with H-Metro Reporter Adoration Bizure over this and many other issues.
Q: What is the purpose of your social media posts?
A: Our social media posts are meant to reach out to the idealistic so that when they want to know more on who Prophet Passion is they will end up watching my teachings and knowing more about God. I use social media as a marketing strategy of evangelizing the word of God. Nowadays things have changed, we now have modern ways of evangelizing as compared to the yesteryear church which specialized on holding tent crusades to preach the gospel. When we evangelize we target unbelievers because we don’t want members from another church to join ours we want lost souls to come to Christ.
Q: There is a video circulating on social media of you showcasing guns, most people did not expect that from a man of God since guns serve a purpose of killing people. What is the idea behind that?
A: The guns are just part of what I have at home, showing them is just excitement of what I never thought I will have. Buying them was not something I was going to do but in my man cave I have games and a lot of what’s needed for every man to have but it’s like when all men would come to my house they world ask and say where are the real man Guns. No one believed me that I didn’t have one looking at the cars outside and the jewelry in the house and the worth of my house. So I said why not then I went and bought. We all have something at our houses that we use for safety and what everyone has depends on what they can afford. In one sermon prophet Makandiwa preached a message he said iwewe kumba kwako kukauya mbavha haubude nebible but netsvimbo coz ndoirikumba kwenyu.
Q: Can you comment on the clip of speaking in tongues. Some are making fun of the tongues. What is your position on the issue of tongues versus what the bible says?
A: I cannot comment on those making fun of the tongues it is up to them but this is not something new, Pastor Chris spoke in shona ( Handei Tose ) in one of his tongues , oyedepo also said musaba musaba whilst speaking in tongues. In acts Chapter 2 verse 6 when people of all languages heard the disciples speaking in tongues they were shocked to hear them speaking their own language . That’s why 1 Corinthians Chapter 13 say they’re tongues of man and of angels, of man you hear all languages of earth etc, So when I speak in these languages it’s not like it’s the first time, it’s biblical.
Q: How do you handle your comic side with the ministry? Do people still take you seriously as a religious leader?
A: Comic life is what others call it but for me it’s called evangelical life this is what has attracted many to our ministry and social media ministry. In America they say Your looks are your hooks, how you look determines how you will attract people and my ministry does not target people who are in church already but people who are in the world. That’s why Jesus was seen with drinkers, pr0stitutes and heathens. Jesus first miracle was of changing water into wine; this was meant to win worldly souls not Pharisees. Some Christians are in cages because of religion but the Bible says where the Spirit of the Lord is there is Liberty. I am serious when it comes to evangelism I can do all that is within my means that is why on July 24 I will be coming to Zimbabwe with Pastor Benny Hinn for a conference to be held at the Harare International Conference Center.
Q: Some people call you The Gaffa others Twabam, why such names on a man of God?
A: There is a difference between Twabam, Gaffa and Prophet Passion. Twabam gives a picture that the prophet is still a human being by laughing, dancing and showing vids on social media. Gaffa helps ghetto people and sponsor Zim dancehall music to find a platform for the prophet to reach the ghetto people. All these are one person like I’m a father to my three sons and a husband to my wife and a Chief Executive Officer to my business but still one person.
We have now completed our sober and painstaking study of Excelgate. In embarking on that study, we allowed ourselves to be guided by the remarks of MALABA J (as he then was) in City of Mutare v Mawoyo 1995 (1) ZLR 258 (HC) where he held as follows:
“The question whether or not this court has jurisdiction to alter its final judgments or orders has been answered in previous decisions of courts in jurisdictions that follow the common law tradition. The general rule is that once a final judgment or order has been given, the judge who gave it or any other judge of parallel jurisdiction has no power to alter, rescind, vary or set it aside, except in the few instances recognised at common law or by the Rules of the High Court. One of the exceptions recognised at common law is when the judgment or order has been obtained through fraudulent misrepresentation.”
Doubtless, Excelgate comes with certain consequencies.
By A Correspondent- Firebrand South African opposition leader Julius Malema is facing arrest after an Eastern Cape court issued a warrant of arrest.
This comes after the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) failed to appear in the East London magistrates court on Monday morning. Malema was supposed to appear in court to answer to a charge related to the discharge of a firearm in a public space.
Malema is facing five different charges which include the unlawful possession of a firearm and reckless endangerment to a person or property after he discharged his rifle during a rally in Mdantsane back in 2018.
Commenting on the latest developments, Luxolo Tyali of the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) to the Eye Witness News:
“As is standard practice when an accused person does not appear in court, a warrant of arrest was issued but that warrant won’t be effected until the next appearance. Their absence in court was an arrangement that was made prior to them having to come to court. They won’t be in court today.”
The following was the Masvingo born Uebert Angel’s comment following the first allegations of infidelity against both him and his colleague, Shepherd Bushiri: “What crime is it, what crime is that? You see moral failure is not a crime…”
By A Correspondent| Hell has broken loose on the necromancer Shepherd Bushiri over allegations of bedding former Deputy Finance Minister Terence Mukupe’s wife.
So far Bushiri has issued a statement denying the allegations while at the same time threatening newspapers from publishing the story.
In the latest development, Mukupe has dropped the UK Zimbabwean preacher Uebert Angel’s name.
The nexus has since gotten tighter as the last time Bushiri was in the spotlight over infidelity allegations, Angel telephoned ZimEye seeking to bribe for both him and Bushiri. ZimEye reproduces the telephone convo which ended up as a full interview below. We publish all in the public interest as there is a string of several women Angel himself has pleasured himself on, per his own admissions, and one of these, a 23 year old young lady developed a mental illness following the counter.
Answering to the matter, Angel justified himself saying a moral failure is not a crime. He said, “what crime is it what crime is that? You see moral failure is not a crime.
“I am dealing with the law here moral failure is not a crime. And remember I come from Masvingo, you know. We always say don’t cry more than the bereaved, alright?” (Time 40:00 to 41:27).
Last week, Bushiri announced in a statement saying there is no foundation whatsoever to the allegations.
But in this development, Mukupe reveals more precise details of the alleged acts. He gets to mention Room 14 Rustenberg. WATCH BELOW:
By A Correspondent- An Inyathi farmer has been arrested on charges of shooting and injuring two of his neighbours for trespassing into his property.
Nhlanhla Makuyana (56), of Twin Farm in Dromoland, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges when he appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Sibonginkosi Mnkandla on Thursday.
He was remanded out of custody to February 26 for continuation of trial.
The court was told that on October 29 last year at around 8am, the complainants, Thembani Nyoni and Sebastian Mayisa, who were in the company of others, were walking along a road which passes through Makuyana’s plot towards Switch Mine carrying a minerals detector and a hoe.
They allegedly met Makuyana, who was being accompanied by his brother, Thamsanga.
Makuyana allegedly cocked his gun and pointed it at the two complainants, accusing them of illegally prospecting for gold on his property.
It is the State’s case that the two tried to run away, prompting Makuyana to fire at them, hitting both.
Nyoni and Mayisa sustained serious injuries and a report made to the police, leading to Makuyana’s arrest.
Defence lawyer Abigail Masawi told the court that Makuyana fired the shots in self-defence after the complainants allegedly attempted to attack him.-Newsday
ARTUZ leadership, lawyer Douglas Coltart and Simon Drury’s trial for criminal nuisance that was scheduled for today, has been postponed to tomorrow (25 February) at 1415 hrs in court 6, at Harare Magistrate’s court.
It has been necessitated by the absence of Magistrate Rudo Mugwagwa who has been presiding over the case since last year.
We look forward for justice to prevail. The dragging of trial in courts since August 2019 is a deliberate act to frustrate our cdes. Justice delayed is justice denied.
Our fight for a living wage is on. We still maintain our demand for US dollar salaries.
We thank our members, like minded individuals and organisations who came to court for solidarity today. We encourage you to maintain your support for the workers struggle through your presence whenever we are prosecuted.
By A Correspondent- Guitarist and music producer Clive Mono Mukundu has warned men who frequent the Avenues area for ladies of the night that they risk extortion.
Posting on his Facebook page, Mukundu narrated a colleague’s ordeal.
He said:
Saturday night on my way home towards midnight I was stopped by a man who looked very desperate. I stopped, rolled the window slightly & gave him an ear.
He had recognized me so I was his only hope. He had “catched” one of the red light district girls. After whatever they did the lady hiked her fees from $50 bond to $5US, apa he had no money left after giving her the 50bond.
So he begged me to borrow him $5Usd, in order to protect his dignity because the woman was threatening war, she was gonna call for back up and she was gonna film the fracas on camera & expose him, apa the guy is a church official.
I agreed to help him on condition that he gives me something as collateral, but when she saw that I was willing to help him she then hiked it to $50 Usd & had confiscated the guys’ car keys.
Luckily I had the 50USD, he gave me a Laptop as collateral, gave her the money & she disappeared into the night to look for another victim, that’s when he discovered that she had stolen his other cellphone phone & other small items as he was negotiating with me.
A friend of mine who stays in the avenues say such extortion cases happen daily these days, no one reports to the police because it fumuraz the victim kuti he was keching prostitutes.
But some of the guys return back with back up for ma recovery, that’s when you hear stories of prostitutes being beaten up or killed, & people are quick to equate the cases with domestic violence, no ma recovery.
So I met the guy yesterday morning, he gave me back my money & I returned his Laptop & advised him to stay away from those ladies.
He said the lady was very nice before the act, as soon as it was done she totally changed into a new person, hiked her fees & started making threats, & I hear the threats are not empty threats at all.
MAYHEM ruled supreme within a Mufakose family as they were divided over how to handle the body of a deceased man who lived in a dog kennel.
Some family members wanted the body of the late Kaitano Freitas, 53, to lie in state in the house but others argued against the move. They argued that since the family let him stay in a kennel when he was alive, they had no right trying to treat his dead body with love.
Freitas reportedly spent five years living in a dog kennel at his parents’ house as he was not allowed in the house by his sisters.
Yolanda, daughter to the deceased blocked her father’s body, saying the family failed to respect him when he was alive so it was prudent that his body lies in state outside before burial.
The sisters who made Freitas live outside were reportedly bitter that their brother neglected the family during the time he made a fortune while forgetting to buy his own house.
“This is not fair, vavakuda kuti baba vangu varare mumba nhasi nekuti vafa asi vari vapenyu vairariswa muzumbu kuchinaya and vachinyimwa chikafu.
“The damage is already done, nyika yakatoseka kare saka vanofanira kurara panze.
“My grandmother and dad’s sisters are heartless such that baba vedu vakati kana ndafa musandipinze mumba.
“Vakatoti mukangodaro dzinza rese rinopera.
“How could they do that to their own blood?” said Yolanda.
The family finally ensured that Freitas’ body lies in state in the house but not before more controversy as the deceased’s children and sisters boycotted the burial ceremony.
One of the sisters identified as Beula said she had reasons for not attending her brother’s burial.
“I have no comment and I will not say anything because I have two infants who I am taking care of.
“Besides, I have my own reasons and I don’t have to explain anything to you.
“Please get out of here and get your comments from whoever referred you to me,” shouted Beula.
Yolanda, however watered down the issue saying they were waiting for a vehicle to take them to the cemetery.
“We have our own transport which did not show up but we will definitely go to the cemetery.
“How can we go alone yet our fathers’ sister did not even make an effort?
“Pano pachaita hondo and vanhu ngavamire pachokwadi.”
Neighhours who spoke on condition of anonymity to H-Metro claimed Freitas’s death was as a result of neglect from the family and Freitas’ father experienced the same situation when he died.
“Baba vepo chaivo vakambonzwaro nevana vavo and patove nemweya wakaipa.
“Taimupa chikafu nekuti vanga vasingamupe and I am very bitter such that I have decided not to go to the cemetery.
“Painaya mvura yese iyi, ainge arimo muchimba chake ichochi and ana sisi vake ivavo ndivo vananyakukonzera.
“Zvinonyadzisa veduwe zvekuti dai makauya nezuro, mungadai makaonerera drama chairo,” said one resident.
By Showbiz Reporter|Marry Chiwenga’s cousin Genius Kadungure has said the flamboyant necromancer Passion Java is not as rich as he proclaims.
He said many of the cars he flaunts are hired vehicles.
Ginimbi revealed this in a video while sitting behind the steering wheel of a heavy machine of his. He said “Java does not have a cent. The many cars are hired things.” VIDEO –
By A Correspondent- A Zimbabwean man Tinotenda Kenny Nyeke based in South Africa has gone missing since Monday 17th of February 2020.
Said his sister:
“He was wearing a short, sleepers and a nike t-shirt…His mobile phone, passport and wallet are all at home…All his belongings are at home. We have relatives in South Africa and they have been everywhere, the hospital, the police and the mortuary, but there is still no trace of him. It’s just like he vanished. But it’s not making any sense, there is no note, nothing.
If you can hear me Kenny and you are not in any trouble or anything, please just let me know, anyone, anything, it is really a difficult time.
….My brother was physically well, and he had no previous record of any mental challenge, nothing that we know of…
There were no signs of depression, nothing. He had all the support he needed because he was relatively new in South Africa. ”
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By A Correspondent- The government is facing hurdles in its efforts to deal with corruption, despite hoping that the new Money Laundering Act will provide the answers, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told Senators this week.
Ziyambi’s sentiments came following MDC Masvingo Senator Tichinani Mavetera’s question whether the government has achieved anything in its anti-corruption fight.
“Recently, in the press, the prosecutor-general said cartels have captured various institutions in the country, including the Judiciary, the media et cetera.
“I think this issue is a serious one in this country. I would like to hear what the government has so far achieved because I think the fight against corruption started a long time ago during this second republic but we cannot continue like that. I think we owe it to the public to make sure that it is explained and publicly see tangible results of what is happening.”
Ziyambi said they are committed to fight against corruption but they are facing many hurdles.
“Indeed, any nation, when there is corruption, it will retard economic growth and as a government, we are committed to fighting corruption.
“However, fighting corruption means you will be fighting people with needs and when you do so, they use every legal route available to try to escape. So, you would find that it is actually accepted internationally that prosecuting one case of corruption needs a lot of money and you will meet a lot of impediments,” he said.
Ziyambi said what is happening in Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption fight is not peculiar but is common when you are fighting corruption.
“Having realised that, we then decided that taking the criminal route is one of the most difficult ones because the burden of proof is on the State.
“So, we brought to this Parliament an amendment to the Money Laundering Act wherein we then inserted what we call unexplained wealth orders where the prosecutor-general will now be allowed an ex-parte application …
“that will be taken to court to show property that specific individuals would have amassed. He added that the burden is now shifted to the accused to prove whether she or he is not corrupt.
“So, what we have done is — and I am glad this House passed that legislation — we now have that provision whereby if you amass wealth and we know that the amount of money that you earn does not correspond to what you have, the prosecutor-general can go to court so that an order can be issued to show why that wealth cannot be frozen and you explain the source of your wealth.
“However, failure to explain, then that is forfeited to the State. We believe this is an easier route, it is a civil route, the burden of proof shifts to the other person, and it is not on the State.
“So, we are now using several methods to fight corruption and going forward, you will see a lot of asset forfeitures happening.”-DailyNews
By A Correspondent- Police in Bulawayo have arrested a woman from Pumula suburb for allegedly kidnapping a five-week-old baby girl.
The woman was arrested after her friend called the baby’s mother informing her of the address of the suspect.
After receiving the anonymous call, the distraught mother first went to the police and was escorted to the suspect’s Pumula suburb home leading to the unharmed baby’s rescue.
In a statement yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Abednico Ncube said the incident happened on Wednesday last week.
He said the suspect, whom he did not name, went to the complainant’s house under the pretext that she was looking for her sister.
“At the time the accused person arrived at the complainant’s house, the complainant was about to leave heading to town. The accused person said she was also going to town and insisted on helping the complainant carry one of her twin babies who is five weeks old and she was given one of the twins,” said Chief Insp Ncube.
When they arrived in town at Tredgold Buildings, the accused person received a call and advised the complainant that she had no bus fare to return home so she had to rush to her friend nearby to get some cash.
She went with the baby and never came back.
“The complainant tried contacting the accused person several times to inquire on her whereabouts but she was not picking up calls until the phone went off,” said Chief Insp Ncube.
The complainant later went to Bulawayo Central Police Station and reported the matter.
“Later in the day the complainant received an anonymous call from a certain lady who claimed to be the accused’s friend advising her that she had seen the accused carrying the baby on her back and introduced her as her cousin,” said Chief Insp Ncube.
The complainant was advised to go to a certain house in Pumula suburb where the accused resides.
She went to Pumula Police Station and she was escorted by the police to the house.
The twin baby girl was rescued and the accused person was arrested-Statemedia
By A Correspondent- Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda has directed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to ensure that Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairman Tafadzwa Musarara appears before the committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement if he fails to do voluntarily.
Musarara has failed to appear before the Justice Mayor Wadyajena-chaired committee after he snubbed several invitations.
In a letter directed to police on 14 February, Chokuda wrote:
You are hereby required and directed by Parliament of Zimbabwe on the sight hereto to summon Mr T. Musarara that he appears personally before the Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement that is inquiring into support services by the government of Zimbabwe into grain and wheat millers and the financing of silo repairs.
Parliament wants Musarara and his association to explain how they used US$27 million received from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for the importation of wheat.
This comes as ZANU PF youth league leaders accused Musarara of being a cartel leader responsible for running down the country’s economy.
By A Correspondent- A mentally challenged man from Mabele village under Chief Wedza in Zvishavane struck and killed his wife with a log before burning the body on an altar.
However, High Court Judge on circuit in Gweru, Justice Martin Makonese passed a verdict of not guilty and sent Kenneth Masuku (68) to a rehabilitation center because he was ill at the time that he committed the crime.
It is the State case that on November 22, 2016 at around 6pm Masuku informed the deceased Lucia Dziwadi (51) that he was instructed by a prophet to fetch flowing water from a river for the purposes of cleansing the homestead.
Masuku requested Dziwandi to accompany him to fetch water in Ngezi River.
On their return, Masuku diverted the route and headed to Mushandugwa hill. At the hill Masuku picked up a log and struck the deceased once on the left side of the head and she fell down.
He delivered another blow on the head and the deceased became unconscious. He searched the deceased and took her Nokia cell phone together with her identity card.
Masuku placed the body on an already prepared altar of firewood, lit the fire and then left the deceased’s body to burn.
He went home and buried the deceased cell phone and ID card outside the yard.
The remains were discovered on November 25, 2016 at the hill leading to the arrest of Masuku.
Masuku was examined by a psychiatrist at Mlondolozi Special Institute from the period November 2017 to January 2018 and the doctor concluded he was insane.
