The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe will mobilise teachers across union divide in particular and civil servants in general to resist the introduction of 2.5% to feed the army.
For the Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, let alone Cabinet to agree to tax civil servants 2.5% to set up shops that will sell subsidised commodities to members of the army is the worst lunacy ever seen in human history.
Mthuli Ncube is a human epidemic bent on entrenching poverty and misery among teachers and the earlier we mobilise, organise rather than agonise, the better.
Such thuggery, thievery and robbery of $10.5 million from starvation wages of teachers per month and $18.750 million per month from civil servants is not only callous, vapid, vague and vacuous, but monumental injustice that can never be accepted by any civilised nation 40 years after independence.
That the army has guns is inconsequential, and even if it means picking up arms against Cabinet in order to be respected, so be it. We cannot be treated as if we are of no a count.
We want to make it categorically clear, without any equivocation or a ambiguity, that taking up arms against any obnoxious issue and injustice is no vice. It is even a mockery to a real national army that protects the territorial integrity and security of the nation to be treated in such insultive manner, baffling common sense and logic.
The Cabinet must be reminded that if they are so much interested in uplifting the image of the army, they must pay the army well so that individuals are able to buy from shops of their choice.
Reducing soldiers to ridicule and subsidisation by civil servants, is dangerous, a security threat and compromises civil military relations.
It is clear that economic bandits masquerading as leaders have integrated soldiers to share their plunder and loot as a safety valve that may all the way trigger a revolution from those marginalised, exploited and disarticulated.
In a meeting held on 26 February 2020, Ptuz National Executive members resolved to urgently mobilise teachers to resist the grinding 2.5% tax by any means necessary. Ptuz NEC also agreed to engage a high gear in clamouring for restoration of their purchasing power parity.
This call has further been vindicated by unofficial redollarisation of Zimbabwean economy in which rentals, medication, fuel, school fees are paid in US$ or pegged against US$. The only way forward is going forward in advancing the interests of teachers and defending any gains made.
Mthuli Ncube and Cabinet must never underestimate the power of teachers in particular and civil servants in general in their numbers. No amount of brutality and pampering of the army will stop an idea whose time has come.
When real winds of discontent blow, no amount threats can continue to bottle up pent up forces and legitimate demands of a living wage, that resonate with inter-bank rate.
A prominent Councillor for Zanu-PF in Chinhoyi and nine illegal money-changers have been jailed for an effective 36 months imprisonment for beating up a police officer and a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer, who were on duty to flush out illegal currency dealers in Chinhoyi.
The ten accused persons today (26 February) appeared before magistrate Tendai Banda, who said his judgement was motivated by the need to send a strong signal to would-be-offenders, that assaulting law enforcerers was intolerable.
Chinhoyi Ward 11 councillor, Voster Mashevedzanwa and his accomplices, Desire Mwakurudza (28), Felix Makausi Gonese (28), Njabulo Ndhlovu (25), Peter Kampeni (28), Greythan Nyamukokora (25), Simba Tapfumaneyi (30), Kudzanai Samuel (30), Melusi Ndhlovu (28) and Blessing Nyango (26) will spend the next three years in jail after undergoing a long-protracted trial.
Accused persons were facing two counts.
In count one of assaulting a peace officer, the magistrate slapped the accused to 24 months imprisonment of which six months were suspended on condition of good behaviour.
On the second count, the magistrate also adjudged the same, leaving the total effective 18 months to serve.
The State’s case led by prosecutor Partson Chirambwi was that on 16 May 2019, complainants Joseph Kamuremwa, a duly attested member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and his colleague Danny Badalani, a soldier, were on a sanctioned operation to arrest illegal forex dealers.
The pair identified themselves by producing their work identification cards to the accused who then bundled Kamuremwa, a peace officer, into a car before speeding off to 24-hour area within the CBD.
Badalani, after sending danger, followed his colleague and upon arrival found Kamuremwa being punched with fists and kicked with booted feet by a mob while lying on the ground.
Minister of home affairs Aaron Motsoaledi. The ConCourt was unimpressed by his department’s handling of applications for citizenship by children born to foreign parents.
It has taken four years of legal battles – but now, if you were born in South Africa to foreign parents, you can apply for citizenship.
It has been an “agonising journey” for those who consider South Africa to be their only home.
The department of home affairs’ opposition to the court bid by five adults, representing others in a similar situation, for the vindication of their rights, was dealt a death blow by the Constitutional Court last week. The court simply ruled that it would not hear any further argument on the matter.
The department had not filed its papers in time, and it had not given good reason for this.
What this means for Mariam Ali, Aden Salih, Kanu Nkololo, Caroline Masuki, Murphy Nganga and any others “similarly situated” is that their previous victory in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) now stands.
In terms of that order, the minister must accept their applications for citizenship and make a decision within 10 days.
The SCA declared that if you were born in South Africa to foreign parents who have not been admitted as permanent residents, you qualify to apply for South African citizenship upon becoming a major – if your birth was registered and if you have lived here all your life, irrespective of the date of your birth.
It also ordered the minister to enact the necessary forms to allow for such applications within one year. Pending this, he must accept applications on affidavit.
The application, brought with the assistance of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), was first set down in the Western Cape High Court.
It was argued that the centre’s clients had all complied with the Citizenship Amendment Act, which came into effect in January 2013. They were all born in South Africa to foreign parents and they had all turned 18, but their applications for citizenship under naturalisation laws were being refused.
In fact, they said, they were being told that such an application form did not even exist.
In that court, the minister argued that the act only applied to children born after January 2013 and could not be applied retrospectively. In fact, his lawyers argued, it did not even apply to children who turned 18 after that date but only to children born after that date.
Any retrospective application would create “an unnecessary flow of applications and burden the already strained resources of the department”.
The Western Cape High Court ruling in favour of the centre’s clients was taken on appeal to the SCA by the minister.
There, the department of home affairs changed its argument. Retrospectivity was no longer an issue. Instead, it was argued that those affected should have put the minister on terms to deal with their applications and, if they were refused, they could then launch court proceedings to review and set aside the decisions.
“But this was untenable,” the judges said. “It is difficult to understand on what basis the minister could have made any decision. They were never given an opportunity to apply. They were just turned away.
“The argument is consistent with the ongoing attempts to frustrate and delay their application. It is not in the interests of justice to send them from pillar to post, simply because the minister adopted a supine attitude that the regulations will only be promulgated in due course.”
They were being treated unfairly, the court ruled, dismissing the appeal.
We believed it was an abuse of process.
Sherylle Dass, Legal Resources Centre
Sherylle Dass, LRC regional director in Cape Town, said they had opposed the state’s application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court, saying it was an attempt to have a “second bite of the cherry” in spite of conceding the bulk of their submissions in the lower courts.
“Despite these concessions, some 10 months later, the state decided to change its stance. We believed it was an abuse of process. They plainly had no reasonable prospects of success and again it showed a total disregard for taxpayers, who have to foot the bill for these types of vexatious proceedings.”
She said that during those 10 months, when there was no indication of any appeal, the clients had submitted their citizenship applications but they were not dealt with.
“Following the dismissal of their appeal, we will now be demanding the adjudication of those citizenship applications and we will approach the courts if necessary, should a decision not be made within 10 days, in accordance with the SCA ruling.
“Our clients have had to endure a long and painful journey to obtain citizenship, with some of them all but giving up hope of being finally accepted by a country they have grown to love – the only country they have called home.
“A large part of this agonising journey could have been avoided if decision makers within the department of home affairs exercised reason and caution by not arbitrarily abusing the court processes to delay and frustrate the exercise of the clear and unequivocal right of these applicants.”
Egypt held a military funeral in Cairo yesterday to bury its former president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for 30 years until he was ousted in a 2011 popular uprising against corruption.
Horses drew Mubarak’s coffin draped in the Egyptian flag at a mosque complex, followed by a procession led by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s top military brass, Mubarak’s sons Alaa and Gamal and other Egyptian and Arab dignitaries.
Mubarak died on Tuesday in intensive care weeks after undergoing surgery, leaving Egyptians divided over his legacy presiding over an era of stagnation and repression, which some nevertheless recall as more stable than the chaos that followed. He was swept out of power as an early victim of the “Arab Spring” revolutions that swept the region in 2011. He spent many of the subsequent years in jail and military hospitals before being freed in 2017.
Egypt’s presidency and armed forces mourned the former air force officer as a hero for his role in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The presidency declared three days of national mourning.
Mubarak’s coffin was to be airlifted from the Field Marshall Tantawi mosque to the family burial grounds, state television reported.
Dozens of Mubarak supporters, some from his home village Kafr al-Meselha in the Nile Delta, gathered outside the mosque, where the military funeral will take place. “I am happy that his pride was restored” after his removal, “and for the state’s appreciation for him after his death,” said Zeenat Touhami, a 35-year old woman from Cairo. “This is the history of 30 years, the farewell of 30 years”.
Mohamed Zaree, a human rights activist, said the present era of autocracy and economic hardship was worse than Mubarak’s. President Sisi, who came to power after leading the overthrow of Mubarak’s Islamist successor, Mohamed Mursi, has overseen a broad crackdown on dissent, which rights groups say is the most severe in recent memory.
“Mubarak’s era was painful (but) this era is much more difficult and painful in terms of freedoms and economic conditions,” Zaree said.
Many of the activists who helped organise mass protests which ousted Mubarak are now behind bars or live in exile abroad. Sisi’s supporters say a crackdown was needed to stabilise the country after the turmoil that followed 2011.
Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to murder 239 demonstrators during the 18-day revolt in 2011, but was freed in 2017 after being cleared of those charges. He was also convicted in 2015 along with his two sons of diverting public funds to upgrade family properties. They were sentenced to three years in jail. – AFP
ZIFA and Bulawayo City Council officials held a four-hour meeting in Bulawayo yesterday in the aftermath of the surprise ban of Barbourfields Stadium to host international matches by Caf.
Zifa was represented by board member Bryton Malandule, First Instance Body (FIB) chairman Piraishe Mabhena and communications and competitions manager Xolisani Gwesela, while the director of housing and community services Dictor Khumalo represented BCC.
The continental football governing body dropped the bombshell on Tuesday just a month before the stadium was due to host a Caf Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between the Warriors and Algeria.
The crunch tie had been moved to Bulawayo after a Caf grounds inspection team stated in November last year that the National Sports Stadium falls short of standards to host international matches.
Barbourfields Stadium only just met the minimum requirements, but Caf reversed its provisional approval of the venue on Tuesday, meaning all national teams have to play home games outside the country.
Gwesela expressed hope that the ban could be reversed following yesterday’s meeting with BCC.
“We are delighted by the commitment and maximum cooperation from the City of Bulawayo. They presented to the meeting areas which they are committed to addressing in the immediate future and those that can be long term projects like the structural and architectural things. Their commitment has given us hope that this decision might be reversed, but we need a letter of that commitment from them. However, I must hasten to say that this is no longer a Zifa or City of Bulawayo baby, but every patriotic Zimbabwean, including central government,” said Gwesela.
Khumalo would not shed more light besides confirming meeting the Zifa officials.
“We were sharing notes on how best we can get this whole thing reversed and as the City of Bulawayo. We promised to give them that letter of assurance by end of day today (yesterday),” said Khumalo.
Should Caf lift the ban, BCC and Zifa will have less than a month to address urgent enhancements in time for the Afcon clash against Algeria.
Whilst the local football fraternity is still baffled how Caf reached the drastic decision without a follow-up inspection, it has now emerged that the continental football body acted on an adverse report compiled by a visiting Algerian advance party that reportedly complained about the size of Barbourfields Stadium’s dressing rooms.
A three-man Algerian delegation that included the North Africans’ deputy ambassador to Zimbabwe as well as the team doctor toured the city’s accommodation facilities, training pitch and food shops last week.
They also visited Barbourfields Stadium, which was the designated venue for the Afcon qualifier until Tuesday afternoon’s announcement.
“Those guys claimed Barbourfields Stadium’s dressing rooms were too small for their technical team and presented that and other complaints to Caf, which hastily acted on the Algerians’ report by effecting a ban on the use of Barbourfields Stadium, yet there was never an official follow-up inspection of the stadium,” said a senior BCC official.
Zifa yesterday distanced itself from the Algerians’ tour of Barbourfields Stadium and admitted to only facilitating the Desert Foxes’ advance party’s visit to the city.
“Maybe the city council would know how they (Algerians) got into Barbourfields Stadium,” said Gwesela.
However, Chronicle Sport has it on good authority that Zifa chief executive officer Joseph Mamutse okayed the North Africans’ visit to Barbourfields Stadium. He personally phoned Zifa Southern Region board member Tizirayi Luphahla and gave him the Algerians’ itinerary.
Gwesela also dismissed claim that Zifa diverted funds from Caf meant for improvements to areas of concern at the NSS and Barbourfields Stadium.
“Such funds are public and their use is always audited, so such unfounded utterances must and will be ignored,” he said.
Own Correspondent|MDC MPs on Wednesday walked out of parliament forcing The House to adjourn early after expressing disappointment over how stand in leader of the house State Security Minister was answering their questions.
The opposition MPs accused the Minister who was standing in for Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi of being highly incompetent.
MDC Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya had earlier begged Speaker Jacob Mudenda to adjourn the House saying most of Ncube’s answers from the back benchers lacked depth.
Ncube initially shocked the house when he said that mealie-meal was readily available in the country, but the shortage was due to hoarding of the product.
“Government has enough mealie-meal to feed the nation but we have people stocking mealie-meal. These have now been arrested, so mealie-meal will be available in the shops soon,” said Ncube.
With the comic explaination from the Minister, Chikwinya immediately requested Mudenda to adjourn the House.
“Speaker, the responsible minister is not available. We, on the left side request the House to adjourn because answers are not coming.”
With the speaker not helping the situation, MDC legislators decided walk out in protest, but Ncube looked undisturbed at all with the move.
Correspondent|The Confederation of African Football banned Barbourfields from hosting international matches following complaints by Algerian officials that the stadium’s dressing rooms were too small, the Chronicle has reported.
The Bulawayo venue was set to host the Warriors and national U20 girls in the Afcon and World Cup qualifiers respectively next month.
But following a visit by a three-man Algerian delegation last week as an advance party who had a tour of the stadium and other facilities, a complaint was lodged at the football body which resulted in the ban from using Emagumeni.
Caf had already condemned other local stadiums and this left Zifa with no other option than to seek an alternative venue in one of the neighbouring countries.
According to the publication, a senior Bulawayo City Council official said: “Those guys claimed Barbourfields Stadium’s dressing rooms were too small for their bloated technical team and they then presented that to CAF who, shockingly, listened to them and decided to effect a ban on Barbourfields Stadium, without even bothering to wait for their grounds inspection team.”
ZIFA yesterday distanced themselves from the Algerians’ tour of the match venue.
“We only facilitated their advance party’s visit to the city, which included a tour of the hotel facilities and other training venue, not the match venue, maybe the City council would know how they got to get into Barbourfields Stadium,” said ZIFA spokesperson, Xolisani Gwesela.
THE case in which a woman who claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “relative” who appeared in court facing charges of swindling a South African businessman of R290 522 has crumbled after a Harare magistrate removed her from remand due to lack of progress on the matter.
Water Connect chief executive officer Smolly Moyo’s lawyer Tsitsi Mazikana of Lunga Attorneys successfully filed the refusal for remand application saying the delay by the police for over three months to complete investigations had showed that her client had committed no offence and there was no evidence in the matter.
According to the court papers, Moyo allegedly defrauded Prince Abraham after promising to help him recover his US$700 000 after she allegedly misrepresented that she was Mnangagwa’s relative.
Mazikana said Moyo had a right to be tried within a reasonable time and it would be her who would be prejudiced if kept on remand.
“The accused is engaged with government projects and those projects need her supervisory,” Mazikana said.
“Her image has been tainted by these malicious allegations and by failing to provide her with a trial date to clean herself you will escalate the tainting of her image since she believes she committed no offence,” Mazikana said.
But the State represented by Sebastian Mutizirwa opposed the application saying the progress of the matter was clear.
Magistrate Mugwagwa ruled that the State must put its house in order since keeping the accused on remand without any progress violates the accused person’s constitutional right to be heard within a reasonable period.
Moyo, who paid $5 000 bail, was ordered to collect her bail money and all conditions attached were removed.
Allegations were that Moyo requested R470 522 in a deal allegedly meant to facilitate the release of Abraham’s money deposited into an FNB Bank account of Nediac Automation which belonged to the accused.
Abraham, however, subsequently requested Moyo to reverse the transaction, but Moyo allegedly deposited only R180 000 leaving a balance of R290 522.
State Media|THE battle to control the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) continues, with the top leadership from rival camps taking the fight to the courts following a dispute over the use of the church’s name.
AFM, one of the biggest and oldest Pentecostal churches in the country, was in 2018 ripped apart with the formation of two warring factions — one led by the church’s former general-secretary Reverend Amon Dubie Madawo and another by Rev Cossam Chiangwa, the church’s former deputy president.
The group which sympathises with the leadership of a faction aligned to Rev Chiangwa’s camp has approached the High Court seeking an order interdicting their rivals from using the registered name of the church.
The church’s most senior retired president, Dr Enos Manyika, through his lawyers Mathonsi Ncube Law Chambers run by MDC Vice President Welshman Ncube, filed an application at the Bulawayo High Court citing Reverends Madawo, Clever Mupakaidza, Brian Tembo, Christopher Chemhuru and the AFM in Zimbabwe as respondents.
In his founding affidavit, Dr Manyika said he was AFM’s founding president who spearheaded the registration of the church in 2001 under registration number CF220/01.
“I am a representative of the church and also its founding president who caused the registration of the AFM in 2001. It has come to my understanding and knowledge that the respondents are using the registered name of the church and causing the creation of a parallel constitution, which is separate and alien to the one registered and filed with the Registrar of Companies,” he said.
“The respondents do not have neither the blessings nor authority of the church to use its name or any of its symbols. They have already indicated on oath that they do not associate or align themselves with the registered constitution of the church.”
Dr Manyika wants an order directing their rivals to stop using the church name and symbols, arguing that it was their registered entity.
“The process of registration is done so as to protect a registered entity from having its name used unlawfully just like in this case. Registration is meant to preserve one’s name, status and identity and it is on this basis that we seek an order directing the respondents to stop using our name to further their agenda,” he said.
The AFM fight has allegedly mainly centred on former president Dr Aspher Madziyire’s firm hold to office for 15 years while the Rev Chiangwa group has been pushing for fresh elections to choose new leaders.
The tiff between the two led to divisions in the church with congregants taking sides with their preferred leaders.
The divisions have also cascaded to the lower ranks of the church, with even the smallest branches in Bulawayo and Harare engaging in petty fights.
SIX machete-wielding robbers raided a homestead in the Emvalweni area in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South and badly stabbed two people before stealing various groceries from a tuckshop.
The attack happened on Sunday night.
Besides machetes, the six were also armed with a gun and knives.
They disappeared into the night after committing the offence and no arrests have yet been made.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said a manhunt for the suspects has since been launched.
“On February 23, 2020 at about midnight, six unknown male adults armed with an unidentified firearm, machetes and knives pounced on a homestead at Emvalweni area, Mangwe. They fired gunshots, forced open the victim’s house and tuckshop and stole various groceries and cash.
“The two victims were stabbed with a knife and were left with hands and legs tied. The suspects are at large and investigations are in progress,” he said.
Asst Comm Nyathi warned armed robbers that the long arm of the law will soon catch up with them as the police will remain firm on the ground to thwart any criminal activities.
Meanwhile, police have arrested four armed robbers who were terrorising people in and around Southlea Park in Harare, committing robbery and rape cases.
The gang was arrested in the central business district (CBD) following investigations carried out by the police.
It then led detectives to the recovery of stolen property which included one HP laptop and cellphones.
The suspects are Emmanuel Zvidzai (26) of Glen Norah B, Mpande Hillary Mpisi Mutasa (26) of Nyatsime, Chitungwiza or Village Marongire in Gokwe, Anold Chapfuruka (22) of Hopely Zone 3, Harare or Vhareta Village in Mutoko and Aaron Chitsama (21) of Hopley Zone 3, or Munyuki Village in Mrewa.
Criminal Investigations Department (CID) spokesperson Detective Assistant Inspector Portia Chinho said the suspects are facing seven cases of armed robbery and one count of rape.
“The suspects who were operating using a Honda Fit would pick-up passengers proceeding to various destinations and rob them of their valuables along the way. In one of the counts on 2 February, 2020 at around 2300 hours they picked up two complainants along Simon Mazorodze Road, Harare.
“The suspects robbed the complainants of cash amounting to ZWL$1 200, R600 and cell phones. Thereafter, the accused persons drove to a bush near Sunningdale 2 where they parked the vehicle and took turns to rape one of the victims. They left her stranded in the bush,” she said.
She warned the public against boarding pirate taxis and private motors vehicles as they risk being robbed.
A ministerial statement on the ban of local stadiums by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) now has to be made by Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry.
The instruction was given by Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday following demands by legislators to know the circumstances surrounding the condemnation of all stadiums in Zimbabwe by CAF.
“The fact that stadiums were disqualified is a serious matter. We want a ministerial statement from the responsible minister to explain to the House about this embarrassment,” said Adv Mudenda.
CAF banned the use of Barbourfields, the latest stadium to be condemned, after the National Sports Stadium, Gwanzura and Rufaro were declared unsuitable to host international matches.
Municipalities have been accused of dragging their feet in the refurbishment of stadiums, while the National Sports Stadium is owned by Government.
Earlier on, Acting Leader of Government Business in Parliament, State Security Minister Owen Ncube, said that local authorities were to blame for failing to maintain stadiums.
“It is the responsibility of local authorities to refurbish stadiums,” said Minister Ncube who was the Acting Leader of Government Business.
He said if financial resources were available, Government would refurbish the stadium it owned, the National Sports Stadium.
TOP prisons official Senior Assistant Commissioner Phineas Chitekuteku was yesterday exposed in court after he tried to defend his boss Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi’s involvement in jailed rapist Munyaradzi Kereke’s preferential treatment in prison.
Chitekuteku yesterday testified in the matter of three ZPCS senior officers, Nobert Chomurenga (58) senior assistant commissioner Cephas Chiparausha (43), chief correctional officer and Tonderai Mutiwaringa (56) an assistant commissioner who are facing criminal abuse of office charges.
Chitekuteku told regional magistrate Amos Mbobo during the trial that during his tenure as the officer commanding Harare Metropolitan from January 2016 and December 2017, Zimondi visited Chikurubi Maximum Prisons only twice in his company.
But the prison records produced in court by the trio’s lawyer Oscar Gasva showed that Zimondi visited Chikurubi more than seven times.
The trio in their defence had told the court that Zimondi facilitated the appointment of former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe top official Kereke to supervise a prison project and donor coordination.
They further said Zimondi officially appointed Kereke as the advisor at a function which was attended by Chitekuteku, Chomurenga, Elizabert Banda and one deputy commissioner Chihobvu.
“As far as I know Zimondi visited Chikurubi only twice during my tenure as H.Metro (Harare Metropolitan) commanding officer. He visited there when there was a function to launch a gas project which is being mined there and another project which was being sponsored by Lafarge Cement company,” Chitekuteku said.
Chitekuteku said there was no way Zimondi could visit the Chikurubi Prison without him knowing, but Gasva produced a prison report revealing that Zimondi visited more than seven times. Chitekuteku then backed down saying he meant visiting the Chikurubi Prison in his presence and would not know how many times he visited.
Gasva then told Chitekuteku that in one of those several visits, that is when Zimondi met Kereke. But Chitekuteku responded saying the visit to Chikurubi was not targeted at Kereke only but meeting all prisoners.
Gasva said when Chitekuteku was promoted from officer commanding H-Metro to the post of Senior Assistant Commissioner, he refused to do a handover takeover with Chomurenga. Chitekuteku admitted that it was an omission which was not supposed to happen, but insisted that it was due to the location he was posted. Gasva then told Chitekuteku that section 25 of the ZPCS Act prohibits such conduct.
But Chitekuteku responded that sometimes they ignored the Act.
The trial is continuing.
Allegations are that the three accused gave preferential treatment to Kereke in the form of allowing unscheduled visits from his relatives, enjoying extra free time compared to other prisoners and not allowing him to carry out any manual work in terms of set-out procedures.
The Supreme Court has dismissed Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company’ (ZCDC)’s appeal against an order barring the firm from selling Mbada Diamonds’ gems in Chiadzwa.
The development is a result of an appeal against High Court Judge Tawanda Chitapi’s ruling barring ZCDC from selling the diamonds belonging to Mbada’s shareholder, Grandwell.
Mbada Diamond’s lawyer Advocate Thembinkosi Magwaliba confirmed the development yesterday.
“The court dismissed an appeal by ZCDC,” he said. “The interdict granted by the High Court on the sale of the diamonds was confirmed by the Supreme Court. ZCDC was also ordered to pay the cost of the suit.”
In its appeal, ZCDC argued that Justice Chitapi’s ruling was misdirected in favouring Grandwell.
“The court a quo erred at law and grossly misdirected itself when it granted on an urgent basis an order which has the effect of holding the appellant (ZCDC) in the Supreme Court appeal in contempt of court, when it was clear that no contempt of court proceedings had been launched by the first respondent (Grandwell) in terms of rule 388 of the High Court Rules 1971,” said ZCDC.
Mbada Diamonds, in turn, challenged the application saying ZCDC had no rights to sell the diamonds, which were at the centre of the dispute.
“There is no necessity to sell diamonds from the concession area in respect of which there are disputes,” said Grandwell’s chairperson Mr David Kassel in his founding affidavit. The terms on which the diamonds are being purchased are known. The quality of the diamonds is unknown. The buyers are unknown.”
Mr Kassel further contested, saying ZCDC had no capacity to compensate his company and Mbada Diamonds as it was unlawfully incorporated as a vehicle for joint ventures between the Government and private companies.
A victim of the 1 Aug 2018 terror attacks, Zimbabwean UK based activist Martin William Chinyanga was on Tuesday arrested by the United Kingdom anti-terror police on terrorism charges after calls believed to be from the Zimbabwean embassy and a self confessed terrorist, Flora (Ruramai) Mashingaidze.
Self confessed terrorist Ruramai Mashingaidze celebrating the killing of 6 people while saying, “I believe in ED was doing”
The police raided and arrested Chinyanga on allegations of inciting terrorism in the early hours of the 25th Feb. 3 hrs later police officers at Holborn Police station telephoned ZimEye in a pursuit to get the story published, and this was before Chinyanga had been interviewed by his lawyer. ZimEye questioned the basis for arresting Chinyanga and no clarification was given apart from the statements made via the call which also came from a withheld number.
The Zim embassy and ZANU PF members in UK have a long history of making hoax police calls for fake cases in the UK.
Furthermore, there are several proven cases investigated by the United Nations in which the Zimbabwean government has abused policing powers in order to kill civilians stretching from 1983. As indicated to the police officers, the persons reporting the arrest could have been wanting to repeat more terror attacks in Zimbabwe using Mr Chinyanga who shows signs of being emotionally disturbed from the 1 Aug 2018 attacks, as an excuse. Under that background, ZimEye chose to wait for the official announcement from lawyers, all done in the public interest bearing in mind the sensitivities of the case.
He was released on bail and barred from going within 100 metres of the Zimbabwean Embassy in London.
Part of the bail conditions read: “Not to post or support acts of violence online. To sign on at Islington Police Station every Sunday between 1400hrs and 1800hrs. No to approach/enter Zimbabwe Embassy or surrounding streets namely The Strand, Agar, William the 4th Street.”
A few hours after he was released, Chinyanga posted a video on his Facebook page confirming that he had been arrested and informing people about his bail conditions.
He confirmed that he had been barred from going near or entering the Zimbabwean Embassy.
He said about 10 police officers had raided his house at around 5am.
During the deeply emotional moments of a gun attack on MDC President Nelson Chamisa in Marondera on the 1st December last year, Chinyanga posted a video on his social media titled the roadmap to Zimbabwean freedom. He said this while weeping on his Facebook video.
In the video, he appeared as if encouraging people to burn buses, service stations, fuel tankers and buildings. It is that passing statement that the peddlers have used to say he is encouraging terrorism.
The video was reported to the UK authorities and they seemed it worth investigating. A woman by name Ruramai Mashingaidze has posted on Facebook saying she is the one who reported Mr Chinyanga.
Coincidentally Flora Mashingaidze is the first to incite terror attacks in Zimbabwe which have seen up to 25 civilians being killed since the 1st August 2018 when the military was used to change election results.
In one of her videos she scoffed as she encouraged that soldiers must continue terror attacks against civilians to punish them for protesting. An investigation done during the Motlanthe commission and afterwards United Nations probes has shown the terrorists were not even targeting protesters but any civilian and the killings done for the purpose of forcing government and civilians into a political slide of the perpetrators’ desire.
ZimEye is following up on the case – this is a developing story.
Meanwhile, a contributor, Chief Svosve ran a live solidarity programme for Chinyanga last night. Watch video downloading below:
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube (left) fields questions from journalists while Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa (centre) and Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda listen at a post-Cabinet briefing at Munhumutapa offices in Harare
26th February, 2020
Maize Producer Floor Price for the Remainder of the 2019-2020 Marketing Season
Cabinet considered and approved the maize producer floor price for the remainder of the 2019-2020 marketing season as presented by the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement as Acting Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Food Security and Nutrition (CFSN). Cabinet agreed as follows:
a) that the maize floor producer price be reviewed to ZW$6 958 per metric tonne to encourage deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) and for the replenishment of the Strategic Grain Reserve; and
b) that the floor price of traditional grains be pegged at ZW$7 260 per metric tonne for the 2019-2020 marketing
Traditional grains are what is being commonly referred to by the media as small grains, which in essence is a term inherited from the colonial era when traditional grains had no significant role to play in the agricultural economy.
Therefore, the use of the term “small grains” should be discontinued and discouraged as we begin to promote traditional grains in the face of climate change challenges, and health challenges related to consumption of maize meal. As Government invests in the production of traditional grains such as millet, rapoko, sorghum as well as research related to their development, we cannot continue to use the term “small grains”.
Maize, Wheat and Soyabean
Production Recovery Plan
Cabinet considered and approved the maize, wheat and soyabean production recovery plan. The recovery plan is an extract of the Agriculture and Food Systems Transformation Strategy, which seeks to achieve over US$8 billion Gross Agriculture Production Value by 2023. The recovery plan is anchored on the following strategic interventions:
Financial services sector-led commercial contract farming programme which will target 5 000 highly productive farmers in irrigated areas and promoting conservation agriculture and crop diversity;
The Commodity Value Chain Financing Model whereby all private sector players that get raw materials directly from agriculture are compelled to support and produce up to 40 percent of their requirements locally through contract farming backward integration;
Climate-proofed Presidential Input Support Scheme (pfumvudza) which will support 1,6 million vulnerable households to produce maize with a standardised input package of 5kg seed; 50kg basal and 50kg top dressing fertiliser;
Pre-planting producer price announcement as it has a bearing on planting and crop management decisions;
Creation of a Lowveld Maize Belt (Masvingo, Bulawayo Kraal and Kanyemba), where the country can enjoy two maize cycles per year;
Speeding up irrigation development programmes;
Embarking on the capacitation of the Extension Services Delivery Programme which will entail increased mobility, appropriate training and equipping with digital technologies for effective backstopping and coaching of farmers;
The innovation and modernisation of agriculture, resulting in the effective use of modern and smart technologies in the agriculture sector.
Cabinet acknowledged that the Maize, Wheat and Soyabean Recovery Plan, if meticulously implemented, has the potential to reverse the dependence on imports for these crops as well as to mitigate the financial burden on Treasury and ultimately put the country on a trajectory to attain Vision 2030.
Proposed Zimbabwe Investment Guide
Cabinet considered and approved the Zimbabwe Investment Guide as presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development. The Guide is a facilitative tool to the implementation of the new National Investment Policy in the wake of the promulgation of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) Act. It outlines, inter-alia, the country’s investment opportunities, the tax system and investment incentives. Government will periodically review the Investment Guide to ensure that investors remain current with regard to Zimbabwe’s investment requirements and incentives.
Proposed Civil Service Mutual Savings Fund
Following presentation by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development of the proposed Civil Service Mutual Savings Fund, Cabinet resolved as follows:
a) that the Government Employees Mutual Savings Fund (GEMS Fund) be established with effect from March, 2020;
b) that Government will immediately provide a lump sum injection of ZW$100 million from the Budget to facilitate the expedited establishment of the Fund;
c) that a 2½ percent of the total remuneration be deducted from every Government employee in consultation with the Public Service Commission;
d) that a Steering Committee comprising the Public Service Commission, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development; and the Office of the President and Cabinet be established to decide on the implementation modalities of the Fund; and
e) that Garrison Shops be established to enable all members of the defence forces who will be on the GEMS Fund to have the additional benefit of accessing subsidised basic commodities that would be sold in the specialised shops located within cantonment areas.
National Preparedness and Response Progress Regarding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak.
The Minister of Health and Child Care updated Cabinet on the country’s preparedness and response progress regarding the 2019 novel coronavirus.
He indicated that his ministry continues to follow up travellers to Zimbabwe who visited China and other affected countries, guided by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Risk Assessment Tool.
As of 23 February, a total of 4 589 travellers have been screened at our air and ground ports of entry.
A suspected case that was admitted to Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital was discharged on 20 February 2020 after testing negative for the virus.
She is now at home and will continue on the 21-day follow-up and surveillance before her self-quarantine can be lifted.
Following reports that some people from affected countries were violating self-quarantine conditions set by Government, Cabinet approved that the Ministry of Health and Child Care should intensify spot checks and enforce immediate detention and isolation of anyone who violates the said regulations.
chairperson Justice Mayor Wadyajena flanked by Parliament staff follow proceedings during oral evidence submission
State Media|Parliament will follow up on all companies that received foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to promote accountability and transparency.
This came out yesterday when the Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Parliamentary Portfolio Committee chaired by Justice Mayor Wadyajena toured Agro-Milling Company in Msasa and Alpha Grain in Workington.
The fact-finding mission followed the appearance of the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) before the committee on Tuesday to give evidence on the support services by Government to milling companies and the funding of the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) silo refurbishment.
GMAZ failed to account for the US$27 million which the association received from RBZ and could not provide evidence that they used part of the money to repair GMB silos.
When the parliamentarians arrived at Alpha Grain head office, they were escorted to the milling plant, only to find out that the company was called Drotsky.
They could not continue with the tour as their interest was on Alpha Grain operations, not those of Drotsky.
Wadyajena said they were going to sit as a committee and seek clarification on the ownership of Drotsky.
“We came here for the tour of Alpha Grain and we were advised it’s not Alpha Grain, but Drotsky,” he said.
“We are going to seek clarification on the ownership of Drotsky, so we cannot continue with the tour. We will have another day to tour Drotsky.
“The committee is not only following up on GMAZ, but on every company that has received foreign currency from the RBZ, including Fossil Agro, FSG Fertiliser and Windmill.”
On whether the committee was going to take disciplinary action against GMAZ, Wadyajena said it was too early to comment as the committee was still waiting for the association to bring more papers.
The association had promised to present the papers by tomorrow.
“GMAZ appeared before the committee on Tuesday, but failed to present any paper to show they had imported wheat,” he said.
“GMAZ gave us papers that showed the wheat was imported by Drotsky, but GMAZ was the one that had sourced the money from the RBZ.”
GMAZ chairman, Mr Tafadzwa Musarara, said he did not know the reason why the parliamentarians abandoned the tour, as Alpha Grain and Drotsky were one.
“It’s Drotsky trading as Alpha Grain,” he said. “It’s a group of companies. Milling is done by Drotsky trading as Alpha Grain. We also have Drotsky trading as Natbake.”
Mr Musarara said there was no need for him to be on the site since senior managers were present to take the parliamentarians around.
At Agro-milling, the managing director, Mr Davison Norupiri, told the committee that they were a member of GMAZ paying a subscription fee of $5 000 annually, but did not benefit directly from the association.
“We attend GMAZ meetings so we can know what is happening in the industry, but in terms of maize supplies we get allocations from the GMB.
“We source our maize through the formal system and we have never benefited from the subsidised price of US$240 per tonne. We bought at US$270 per tonne.”
Mr Norupiri said he started milling in 2018, but was having challenges accessing maize.
He said the situation could improve if the GMB sold grain to all millers at import parity price or Government allowed all millers to import grain.
“We cannot import maize at the moment since some will be getting the commodity at a lower price from GMB,” said Mr Norupiri. “Policy inconsistencies have also affected us. We cannot move grain in bulk and its affecting our operations.”
Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi should explain what he meant when he said most State institutions were captured by cartels, Vice President Kembo Mohadi has said.
VP Mohadi said this in the National Assembly yesterday during the Question and Answer session.
Norton MP Mr Temba Mliswa (Independent) wanted to know why Government had not commented whether the assertions by Mr Hodzi were true or false, that some key State institutions, including the National Prosecuting Authority were “captured”.
As Prosecutor-General, Mr Hodzi’s independence was guaranteed by the Constitution and it would be worrying if it turned out that institutions he referred to were indeed captured.
Mr Mliswa said there was need for a Ministerial statement from Government explaining what they understood about that statement.
In response, VP Mohadi said it was imperative that Government conducts investigations on the statement to establish whether it was true or not.
“He has to explain to us what he meant by that statement. I agree with you that he needs to be brought to account on what he meant. On issuance of a Ministerial statement I think that can be done,” said VP Mohadi.
Kambuzuma MP Mr Willias Madzimure (MDC-Alliance) asked why it was taking long for the Government to seek explanation on something “which should shock the whole nation”.
But VP Mohadi said Government was seized with the matter.
In his statement, Mr Hodzi said cartels had captured key Government institutions that included the police, judiciary and the media, making it difficult to tackle graft or bring people to book.
Mr Hodzi made his assertions a fortnight ago while addressing participants at a Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) economic thematic committee capacity-building workshop in Bulawayo.
State Media|The maize producer price has been increased to $6 958 a tonne from $4 000, for the present marketing season, with that for traditional grains increased to $7 260.
Further, a recovery plan for maize, wheat and soyabean production, which seeks to achieve over US$8 billion gross agriculture production value by 2023, has been introduced to increase output.
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa announced the prices and plans in a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday.
She said Cabinet considered and approved the maize producer floor price for the remainder of the present marketing season after considering proposals from Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri, as acting chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Food Security and Nutrition.
Cabinet agreed to the new maize producer price to encourage deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) and for the replenishment of the Strategic Grain Reserve.
The floor price of traditional grains — generally millet, rapoko and sorghum — at $7 260 a tonne would help promote these grains in the face of climate change and health challenges related to the consumption of maize-meal.
Minister Mutsvangwa said traditional grains, which were commonly but wrongly referred to as small grains by the media, had no significant role to play in the colonial agricultural economy.
She called for the discontinuation and discouragement of the term “small grains” as Government has started promoting traditional grains.
“As Government invests in the production of traditional grains such as millet, rapoko, sorghum as well as research related to their development, we cannot continue to use the term ‘small grains’,” she said.
Farmers’ organisations immediately welcomed the decision to increase the floor price for maize and traditional grains.
Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) executive director Mr Paul Zakariya said: “This is a welcome development, but the issue of input costs still needs to be interrogated as they continue to go up. There is need for mechanisms to stabilise that.
“There is also need for Government, through its institutions like the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, to continue working on stabilising the economy; otherwise the maize producer price will continue to go up.”
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) president Mr Shadreck Makombe also welcomed the new price.
“We are happy with sensitivity of Government, but we would have expected a much higher figure considering the current environment farmers are operating under.
“But at least we are grateful since half a loaf is better than nothing,” he said.
Minister Mutsvangwa said Cabinet also considered and approved the maize, wheat and soya bean production recovery plan.
She said the recovery plan was an extract of the Agriculture and Food Systems Transformation Strategy, which seeks to achieve over US$8 billion Gross Agriculture Production Value by 2023.
The recovery plan is anchored on six factors: targeting the best farmers to produce more; ensuring agro-businesses procure at least 40 percent of raw materials through contract farming; an upgrade of the Presidential Input Support Scheme to 1,6 million vulnerable households; the creation of a Lowveld maize belt; upgrades of irrigation; and better extension services for farmers using modern technology.
The sector-led commercial contract farming programme will target 5 000 highly productive farmers in irrigated areas and promote conservation agriculture and crop diversity.
The commodity value chain financing model whereby all private sector players that get raw material directly from agriculture will be compelled to produce 40 percent of their requirements locally through contract farming,
The climate-proofed Presidential Input Support Scheme (Pfumvudza), will support 1,6 million vulnerable households to produce maize with a standardised input package of 5kg seed, and 50kg of basal fertiliser and 50kg of top dressing fertiliser.
The pre-planting producer price announcement had a bearing on planting and crop management decisions and creation of a Lowveld Maize Belt (Masvingo), Bulawayo Kraal and Kanyemba where the country can enjoy two maize cycles a year.
Irrigation development programmes will be accelerated and an extension services delivery programme will be capacitated.
This will entail increased mobility, appropriate training and equipping with digital technologies for effective backstopping and coaching of farmers, the innovation and modernisation of agriculture, resulting in the effective use of modern and smart technologies in the agriculture sector.
Minister Mutsvangwa said Cabinet acknowledged that the maize, wheat and soyabean recovery plan, if meticulously implemented, had the potential to reverse dependence on imports for the crops.
It will also mitigate the financial burden on Treasury and ultimately put the country on a trajectory to attain Vision 2030 of an upper middle income economy.
Warriors’ legend, Japhet ” Shortcat” Mparutsa, who runs his Japhet Mparutsa Shortcat Foundation from his base in the United Kingdom, yesterday reacted with shock to the ban imposed on stadiums in Zimbabwe by CAF.
“Yes I am sad, as a Foundation we are sad. I spent nearly 10 years with the national team, and I had an unforgettable journey. I never thought that a day would come when our national team would be forced to play home games away from home because our stadiums are not good enough!
“We sat, watched and did not act when we saw stadiums falling apart. Gwanzura, Rufaro, Dzivarasekwa, NSS, Cam and Motor and now Barbourfields cannot host our national team.
“I cry for our football and I know my departed comrades in the football journey are turning in their graves, too. How can this happen?” fumed Mparutsa.
He said it wasn’t time for the blame game.
“Some are blaming the councils who run these facilities.
Some are blaming the Government for not caring enough about sport despite having a whole ministry responsible for this sector,’’ he said.
“I think they are both to blame because they have failed to work together to ensure that our stadiums are fit for purpose.
“As a Foundation, I think the time is now to correct this situation.
Government should make an effort to restore the nation’s pride, the National Sports Stadium.
“Councils should work hard to restore all stadiums and the community grassroots pitches.
We urge them to find partners who can provide funds so that the process moves fast.’’-State media
A ministerial statement on the ban of local stadiums by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) now has to be made by Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Kirsty Coventry.
The instruction was given by Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday following demands by legislators to know the circumstances surrounding the condemnation of all stadiums in Zimbabwe by CAF.
“The fact that stadiums were disqualified is a serious matter.
We want a ministerial statement from the responsible minister to explain to the House about this embarrassment,” said Adv Mudenda.
CAF banned the use of Barbourfields, the latest stadium to be condemned, after the National Sports Stadium, Gwanzura and Rufaro were declared unsuitable to host international matches.
Municipalities have been accused of dragging their feet in the refurbishment of stadiums, while the National Sports Stadium is owned by Government.
Earlier on, Acting Leader of Government Business in Parliament, State Security Minister Owen Ncube, said that local authorities were to blame for failing to maintain stadiums.
“It is the responsibility of local authorities to refurbish stadiums,” said Minister Ncube who was the Acting Leader of Government Business.
He said if financial resources were available, Government would refurbish the stadium it owned, the National Sports Stadium.-state media
SIX machete-wielding robbers raided a homestead in the Emvalweni area in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South and badly stabbed two people before stealing various groceries from a tuckshop.
The attack happened on Sunday night.
Besides machetes, the six were also armed with a gun and knives.
They disappeared into the night after committing the offence and no arrests have yet been made.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said a manhunt for the suspects has since been launched.
“On February 23, 2020 at about midnight, six unknown male adults armed with an unidentified firearm, machetes and knives pounced on a homestead at Emvalweni area, Mangwe.
They fired gunshots, forced open the victim’s house and tuckshop and stole various groceries and cash.
“The two victims were stabbed with a knife and were left with hands and legs tied. The suspects are at large and investigations are in progress,” he said.
Asst Comm Nyathi warned armed robbers that the long arm of the law will soon catch up with them as the police will remain firm on the ground to thwart any criminal activities.
Meanwhile, police have arrested four armed robbers who were terrorising people in and around Southlea Park in Harare, committing robbery and rape cases.
The gang was arrested in the central business district (CBD) following investigations carried out by the police.-state media
To function properly, all the cells and organs of the body need water.
Here are some reasons our body needs water:
It lubricates the joints
Cartilage, found in joints and the disks of the spine, contains around 80 percent water.
Long-term dehydration can reduce the joints’ shock-absorbing ability, leading to joint pain.
It forms saliva and mucus
Saliva helps us digest our food and keeps the mouth, nose, and eyes moist. This prevents friction and damage. Drinking water also keeps the mouth clean.
Consumed instead of sweetened beverages, it can also reduce tooth decay.
It delivers oxygen throughout the body
Blood is more than 90 percent water, and blood carries oxygen to different parts of the body.
It boosts skin health and beauty
With dehydration, the skin can become more vulnerable to skin disorders and premature wrinkling.
It cushions the brain, spinal cord, and other sensitive tissues
Dehydration can affect brain structure and function. It is also involved in the production of hormones and neurotransmitters. Prolonged dehydration can lead to problems with thinking and reasoning.
It regulates body temperature
Water that is stored in the middle layers of the skin comes to the skin’s surface as sweat when the body heats up. As it evaporates, it cools the body. In sport.
Some scientists have suggested that when there is too little water in the body, heat storage increases and the individual is less able to tolerate heat strain.
Having a lot of water in the body may reduce physical strain if heat stress occurs during exercise. However, more research is needed into these effects.
7, The digestive system depends on it
The bowel needs water to work properly. Dehydration can lead to digestive problems, constipation , and an overly acidic stomach. This increases the risk of
heartburn and stomach ulcers.
It flushes body waste
Water is needed in the processes of sweating and removal of urine and waste.
It helps maintain blood pressure
A lack of water can cause blood to become thicker, increasing blood pressure.
The airways need it
When dehydrated, airways are restricted by the body in an effort to minimize water loss. This can make asthma and allergies worse.
It makes minerals and nutrients accessible
These dissolve in water , which makes it possible for them to reach different parts of the body.
It prevents kidney damage
The kidneys regulate fluid in the body. Insufficient water can lead to kidney stones and other problems.
It boosts performance during exercise
Dehydration during exercise may hinder performance.
Some scientists have proposed that consuming more water might enhance performance during strenuous activity.
More research is needed to confirm this, but one review found that dehydration reduces performance in activities lasting longer than 30 minutes.
Weight loss
Water may also help with weight loss, if it is consumed instead of sweetened juices and sodas. “Preloading” with water before meals can help prevent overeating by creating a sense of fullness.
It reduces the chance of a hangover
When partying, unsweetened soda water with ice and lemon alternated with alcoholic drinks can help prevent overconsumption of alcohol.
Water helps dissolve minerals and nutrients, making them more accessible to the body. It also helps remove waste products.
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There are fears that some shops and homes in the country have poisoned pilchards following a recall of a batch of the brand from a processing plant in South Africa due to a canning deficiency.
A number of Zimbabweans buy their groceries in South Africa and some receive parcels from relatives based in the neighbouring country. Business people also buy their wares, including food items, from South Africa for resale in the country.
South Africa’s West Point Processors, which supplies the fish, announced the recall on Saturday, citing a “canning deficiency” that may make the product “unfit for human consumption”.
“Because consumer safety is our top priority, we wish to recall some Pilchards in Tomato Sauce products,” the company said in a statement quoted in the South African press.
“The recall is only related to the 400g Pilchards in Tomato Sauce products which have the specific batch codes starting with ZST2 and ZSC2. There is a small possibility that some tins may have a canning deficiency which could make the product unfit for consumption. We are working to identify the issue and ensure that our product meets the high standard our consumers rightly expect from us.”
In an interview yesterday, Industry and Commerce Ministry Deputy Minister Cde Raj Modi urged people to be on the lookout for the condemned batch of fish.
He said people must not be tempted to eat it as it was unsafe.Cde Modi also urged retailers to remove the condemned product from their shelves.
He said businesspeople who may have bought large consignments of the condemned fish can approach his ministry so that he can engage South African authorities for the Zimbabwean businesspeople to be compensated.
“I advise our wholesalers and retailers in this country to check on the brands they have. If it is any of the brands mentioned in the report and of the affected batch, may they kindly remove them from the shelves. I also call upon border authorities at our ports of entry to ensure that this condemned batch does not find its way into the country. Consumers must report to authorities anyone found selling this product after this warning,” said the Deputy minister.
Tinned foods including various South African brands of pilchards are widely sold in the city, especially in shops that demand cash payments only.
In an interview yesterday, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe regional manager Mr Comfort Muchekeza said it was highly likely that some Zimbabwean households and retailers have the condemned product.
“The fact that the consignment is being recalled is a sure indication that they are not fit for human consumption. Consumers should be wary of them. There are so many effects on the human body in particular and health-wise in general caused by consuming food not fit for human consumption. Those in the medical field will better know what real effect these particular fish will cause on the human body but as consumers what they need to do even before they fully understand what effects are likely to be caused by consuming them is not to consume them then seek medical advice in case they have already consumed the fish. If need be, get legal advice and assistance in case there is need for redress,” he said.
National Consumer Rights Association coordinator Mr Effie Ncube urged consumers to comply with the recall as it was meant to protect them from potential harm.
“Whenever suppliers recall goods that they sold to consumers, it is important that consumers abide by that recall. That is the case throughout the world because the supplier will be having specific reasons why they are recalling those goods. It may be that they are containing some harmful chemicals or they are defective in one way or the other,” said Mr Ncube.
Shops and supermarkets in the CBD visited by the Chronicle had pilchards’ brands but not the condemned batch code ZST2 and ZSC2.
However, some consumers in Bulawayo who spoke to Chronicle said they had large quantities of tinned fish in their homes that they had bought for “groceries club” to be shared in June and December.
“We buy our groceries in bulk and tinned foods are some of the products we buy early on in the year as they have a long shelf life. We are yet to check all our stuff but it is really worrying. If they are part of the recalled stuff, we would have lost a lot,” said Mrs Sibonelo Dube of Pumula East suburb.
On Tuesday, Botswana’s government issued a statement warning its citizens to be on the lookout for the condemned fish.
“The Ministry of Health and Wellness is in receipt of a communication from the National regulator for compulsory specifications, South Africa, with regards to recall above mentioned products. All pilchard products with the batch code ZST29 and ZSC29 on top of the can are subject to recall. The cause of the recall is due to a deficiency in the canning process. The ministry has advised consumers not to eat the affected products as they are unfit for human consumption and return the affected pilchards products to respective shops for a full refund,” read the statement from the health ministry in Botswana.-state media
The revelations by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission that US$7 billion worth of cash and property has been stashed outside the country by the political and business elite have exposed unbridled avarice and corruption–and not sanctions—as being at the core of the national crisis.
Now that they know, the challenge for ZACC is to show that it has teeth by prosecuting the well-heeled political and business elite that is at the centre of the national rot that has spawned the unmitigated suffering in the country.
The ZACC chair Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has stunningly revealed that former and current senior government officials as well as well-heeled business executives have stashed outside the country cash and properties worth over US$7 billion outside the country. That the value of the massive bounty stashed outside the country by this criminal network is double the country’s national budget vindicates our position that at the centre of the national crisis is corruption and not this empty rhetoric about the so-called sanctions. The ZACC revelations expose State capture by a close-knit and well-heeled political and business elite that has bled our country dry.
Now that they know, we await ZACC to show its fangs by arresting and prosecuting this crooked lot that has milked our country and brought this massive suffering on the people.
That is why the fight against corruption and sleaze is one of the five fights to be waged by the people in 2020, alongside the key fight against illegitimacy that must lead to the reclamation of the people’s government that Zimbabweans voted for in 2018.
This unmitigated corruption is all the more reason why Zimbabweans will sonorously express themselves in the streets and in the valleys against this despicable national decay.
Farai Dziva|Zanu PF youths say they will visit MDC vice president Tendai Biti’s house because he is the one who invited sanctions.
Taurai Kundishaya, leader of Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe Citizens Forum and member of the ruling party Harare youth league, quoted by NewsDay said:
“Tendai Biti said he would make sure the Zimbabwe government would not get a penny from the international community.
Had it been that government got such pennies we could all be benefiting.
Now that nothing came, we are suffering so we assume he got it himself or that he has other means of surviving.
We are going to his place and eat what he is eating.
The reason for going to their houses is because they said this in their individual capacities. It is at our homes where we are suffering; it is to their homes where good living exists. We are just visitors, but in huge numbers.”
Biti responded:
“The desperate actions of a desperate rogue regime. Zanu PF is truly sick, Emmerson has lost his marbles.”
Farai Dziva|Zanu PF youths say they will visit MDC vice president Tendai Biti’s house because he is the one who invited sanctions.
Taurai Kundishaya, leader of Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe Citizens Forum and member of the ruling party Harare youth league, quoted by NewsDay said:
“Tendai Biti said he would make sure the Zimbabwe government would not get a penny from the international community.
Had it been that government got such pennies we could all be benefiting.
Now that nothing came, we are suffering so we assume he got it himself or that he has other means of surviving.
We are going to his place and eat what he is eating.
The reason for going to their houses is because they said this in their individual capacities. It is at our homes where we are suffering; it is to their homes where good living exists. We are just visitors, but in huge numbers.”
Biti responded:
“The desperate actions of a desperate rogue regime. Zanu PF is truly sick, Emmerson has lost his marbles.”
This is a go fund made for my cousin/brother Tanaka Tsikayi who sadly passed away Wednesday 19th of February 2020 in China. Tanaka was a very loving and caring person who was willing to go out of his way to make sure everyone was comfortable. These funds are needed for repatriation of his body fro…
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that their details have recovered an amount of USD$ 229 000 of the USD$400 000 which was reportedly stolen at a security company.
The police said the money was shared among 5 company employees and 4 of them have been arrested and referred to court while one suspect Edward Kapfuya is on the run.
The security company which is based in Waterfalls, Harare had reported that they lost cash amounting to US$400, 000 in a suspected inside job involving employees. The stolen money was in a cash box that went missing from the company vault.
The cash box was later recovered outside the company premises without the money.
By A Correspondent- Bulawayo serial robbers have been taken to court for robbing several residents property worth $11 500.
Nick Ngwenya (23) and Malcon Ngondo (18) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Lizwe Jamela where they pleaded guilty.
They will be back in court on February 28.
On February 18, Nothando Ncube (20) of Killiney Bulawayo was walking along the tared road when the two in the company of another one still at large pounced on her. They were abode Honda fit vehicle.
Ngwenya disembarked from the vehicle and strangled Ncube while Ngondo was searching her handbag and took her Hisense, Huawei Y3, Silver mobicel mobile phone, earphones, cash R1550 US$24 and $28.
It is alleged that they dragged Sibanda while the car was in motion.
She sustained several injuries on her body.
The total value of property and cash stolen was $7500 and $600O worth of it was recovered.
In another offence on February 18 in Parklands suburb, Gladys Murove (21) was near Choppies Supermarket in the suburb when Ngwenya and Ngondo used violence in order to rob her of Samsung note 8 cell phone.
The total value of property was $4000 and nothing was recovered.
The socialite Linda Chapel has responded to allegations made by her ex husband, the singer Tytan Skhokho who alleged during a YouTube program that she deceived him on her HIV status before marrying. She said: (transcript – unedited text rolling below)
When someone is contradicting themselves …good liars should have long memories.
All I want to do is to move on with my life as you all know when I returned from Paris I discovered summons …here that my child’s father had reported me to the police I saw a non-molestation order request but the judge refused and said you must sit down and agree between yourselves. The judge refused and said if you want a non-molestation order you must agree with your wife.
He said that I was destroying his life on social media that is when I then blocked him on social media and said enough is enough and now I have read these sermons I will send you the screenshot. now with the non-molestation order he used a statement that he had used at the home office and and he printed it with the date. This the level of his lies.
Before we talk about the abuse what what he calls an expose… The day he says that he was about to be beaten up by Sean, he has been abusing me me.and he said that he was threatening me that if I abuse him, he he will reveal my medical records.
He knew about my history from the time he was in Zimbabwe. he knows I am in a very small group called a small progressor you know what a small progressor is?
I will send you another statement to show you how many times I got admitted in hospital it was more than 50 times and at each point I was being admitted in hospital he was standing right beside me he is the one who would drive me to the hospital he’s the one who would be near me but now he is now using all that as a weapon against me.
There is a time when the people at the hospital said this man is taking advantage. He is the one who used to even tell me to hospital and tell me that it is time to take your medication; he has been holding me a prisoner all this while and using that as a form of psychological abuse. Tytan is a serial cheater. While I am in hospital, I would come back to find out he is now busy sleeping with other women.
You know that someone who is in my shoes right now what he has just done it would destroy them but I will not allow him because that is giving him the power.
Tytan would go and collect medication for me. Tytan would administer that medication for (to) me.
Tytan was very much aware before he had boarded the plane from Zimbabwe and I made sure that I recorded that conversation with him because I knew that this would happen I made sure myself that he knew.
When he left Zimbabwe on the 31st of July I was 5 weeks pregnant after we decided to have another child where did that pregnancy come from? …
This man I wish I could bring my child on the phone… You went to my child to say, your mother has something that she has not been telling.
That is even illegal to do what he did and even with Rumbidzai …
But I am no longer a prisoner now he can f*** off.
I am HIV that is not Corona virus… but I am free of his hold on me. If I wronged him he must go and report to the police,how come I have not been arrested by the police?
He has been using this as a weapon against me the desperation to seek for papers is really shocking.
QUESTION: HE SAID THAT WHEN HE FOUND OUT HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HE WAS GIVEN PEP. AFTER WHAT PERIOD DO YOU GET PEP TO THOSE WHO KNOW ABOUT PEP AFTER WHAT PERIOD ARE YOU MEANTVTO BE GIVEN PEP?
I am going to reveal everything today it is independence Day for me because no weapon formed up against me will prevail over me.
When you left this place I put a picture of pregnancy test I was 5-weeks pregnant who gave me that pregnancy? …
For him to do a 360-degree turn simply because he is now looking for papers…?
When is started using that as a weapon against me He started being controlling you started phoning even my relatives calling my grandmother he was using that as a weapon. He telling me I am going to do this I am going to do that.
DOES… AT THE SAME ALLEGATIONS HE WAS USING AGAINST YOU THAT YOU WERE USING VISA THREAT
If I was using a visa to controlling the day you left this property would have been the day he would have been deported but I only informed the home office at the end of November July august-september October November after 5 months and it was only after I had been told that he had gone to submit at the home office in application for domestic violence.
My lawyers went to the home office to submit evidence and the home office replied saying that they are sorry about the reservations. Does he even have the visa now does he have the visa now after all this then? It is a desperate act; I am independent.
A positive person can have a relationship with a person was negative without any problem you are actually safer in such a situation. End up having beautiful children like Nandi. But Tytan is an an educated fool he is an educated fool.
We are supposed to be going to the courts on the 4th of March.
Rumbidzai Bvunzawabaya is under investigation by the solicitors regulation authority. They had no right to do that and it is illegal to do what they did so now now we shall end this matter when they have paid me.. is time I am not going to stop. He lies to social workers… There is a child protection conference they wanted to hold they said I can invite people and I asked if I can bring people from the hospital and the people the person at the hospital said that is wrong.
They said there is no appointment that Oinda used to enter which this man did not know. On the live program he said that he had to google the medication but on the statement he sent to the home office he said that he found out while looking into the child’s papers.
I want you to read this statement on the live program you heard what you are saying so I want you to compare. On paragraph 20 when my daughter was gone and I read the most shocking thing… I discovered that Linda is HIV positive.
On his live with Rumbi he said that he googled but on the statement he sent to the court he said that after the child had been born the red book came. The Red book comes before a child has been born….
On his life programme what did he say? again I will see on his statement what did he say when my daughter was born I received the book and I read the most shocking thing ever and it stated that Olinda is HIV positive… It made sense to me… All this while she told me she is HIV negative… I cried so much. I finally decided to confront her …and I spilled the beans…
Tytan weigh before he had flown from Zimbabwe he knew about it and I even asked him to leave me if he had problems and he said that I do not mind, I love you the way you are.
I even I said to him and I swear with my own mother he said to me know I want to be with you I want to be with you. He has lied to so many people with so many different stories he is a liar.
Moving on, he should now now move on with his life.
Him and Jayden… That night he went to meet Brita he had lied to me I saw the text messages.
Brita is very tall and I am short…he says I said she is not attractive to me.
After coming from such a terrible marriage with scanner now I jump into this….
I quarrelled with this woman called Stephanie Chiyangwa. I asked Stephanie and what happens the following week I fill you in this house my pregnancy and assessment going to hospital and the phone rang and it was Stephanie I came out of the car crying out loud I almost had a miscarriage. I told her to stay away from me the day she came 2 to my birthday… next time I see Stephanie is texting him and I said you are still with this woman ?
You lied to me saying that he is not communicating with her. All these things I have evidence of let him continue you making noise and I will embarrass him.
He spoke about counseling how do you go for counselling while you are sleeping around?…
I also saw on his Twitter portal begging another woman for sex that is when I called my grandmother asking him to go and pay a divorce token.
I got pregnant in August we got married in June I got pregnant in Dubai who was the first person to see I was pregnant before Tytan?
What’s that first week of August or it was end of August now Titan is saying that we got married in April… That is how confused he is…
You remember when I was pregnant and I was returning from South Africa I was calling him and he was not picking up calls my calls. I’ve been phoned the hotel and I said I want to talk to my husband and and he was not picking up that is one I discovered that he was busy sleeping around. He then picked up the phone the following day saying that he was busy drinking while in the pub….
I then confronted him while I was pregnant with Nandi….
Tytan walked out, he then walked out.
He has always been womanizing cheating the only thing is is because we are public figures there is no woman who is going to come out and speak but there are women out there who know the truth. There was Megan in 2007.
You lose your reputation when you are a good wife.
That’s according to British law is as good as revenge p***. If God is hearing me, all those places where he is busy sleeping around I hope that it catches him. imagine how it feels for all this while a person to use this as a weapon against you I feel so broken. Titan was one person who knew everything to do with my life if a person that I could tell about my life today he went on Rumbi show to talk about my life. Nobody, but he is one person that I trusted and I said I can show my whole life for him to then use all that against me. For him to be crowd chasing together with Rumbi just so that they can get video views that is abuse altogether.
No one should be afraid or be concerned even right now isn’t it a lot of people are dying with Corona virus what’s new?
I will say this again how come every professional he has been to to does not believe him including social services have not believed him how come? How come he doesn’t have a visa as we speak how come? I want that man out of my life the only problem is that I have kids with him but I cannot stay in the same country with that man. If I say that I want him to go to Zimbabwe he will take me to court so what do I do? I want to be free of that man. The day is spent time on his social media page posting things about coercive behaviour…
They just want to build a story I am so tired being abused like this. If this is the case then it is better that I die.
The things that he has said about pep how many people have now come up to say that he was lying?
That marriage was never valid. Right now as I’m telling you, he was banned in Australia on the matter to do with Rumbidzai…
In August he did a press release.. the thing he has done with his lawyer is very immoral in so many ways it is very immoral.
To me is the fact that this guy boarded the plane coming here while knowing all this this guy flew from Zimbabwe knowing all this while I was in Zimbabwe I used to go to hospitals with him while ill I used to go to hospitals I went to the hospital in Borrowdale with him…
He was always there even while he was in Zimbabwe this guy is lying and he is trying to destroy my life…
After they finished the program Rumbidzai and Tytan are now being chased by the police…being told that what they are doing is illegal….
Farai Dziva|
Zimbabwean Hip-hop gospel artist,
Mudiwa Hood, has come to the rescue of a teacher who reportedly stole maize cobs to feed his family.
According to Hood, the teacher is based in Harare, contrary to claims that he is from Mutoko.
He has started helping the man and also appealed to those who want to help him to get in touch.
Posting on Facebook, Hood said:
Good News Zimbabwe? … I visited Mr Chatikobo today jus to hear and verify the story…it was him and we will go back formally to help him big…
He teaches at a private school in Harare, not in Mutoko as rumoured.
I sat in his class while he teaches his students, mmmm pure Genius!
I settled the compensation demanded by maize cobs owner and he is a free man and promised me to stay out of trouble.
Among other things, I will pay school fees for all his 3 kids, he needs it ma cousins….the man is a highly qualified science teacher…who is nothing but a genius…he did everything our parents always asked us to do…”Dzidza mwanangu”…
He is a genuine family man. On Saturday I am taking him out for lunch, and will bless him again with few other things.
Those who want to assist, we (me and him) for accountability purposes we agreed that his closest person in his life, will manage all donations and EcoCash…if you want to send cash kindly send to Faustine Svuvure on 0772999156.
Farai Dziva|
Zimbabwean Hip-hop gospel artist,
Mudiwa Hood, has come to the rescue of a teacher who reportedly stole maize cobs to feed his family.
According to Hood, the teacher is based in Harare, contrary to claims that he is from Mutoko.
He has started helping the man and also appealed to those who want to help him to get in touch.
Posting on Facebook, Hood said:
Good News Zimbabwe? … I visited Mr Chatikobo today jus to hear and verify the story…it was him and we will go back formally to help him big…
He teaches at a private school in Harare, not in Mutoko as rumoured.
I sat in his class while he teaches his students, mmmm pure Genius!
I settled the compensation demanded by maize cobs owner and he is a free man and promised me to stay out of trouble.
Among other things, I will pay school fees for all his 3 kids, he needs it ma cousins….the man is a highly qualified science teacher…who is nothing but a genius…he did everything our parents always asked us to do…”Dzidza mwanangu”…
He is a genuine family man. On Saturday I am taking him out for lunch, and will bless him again with few other things.
Those who want to assist, we (me and him) for accountability purposes we agreed that his closest person in his life, will manage all donations and EcoCash…if you want to send cash kindly send to Faustine Svuvure on 0772999156.
The socialite Linda Chapel has responded to allegations made by her ex husband, the singer Tytan Skhokho who alleged during a YouTube program that she deceived him on her HIV status before marrying.
She said: (transcript text rolling below)
When someone is contradicting themselves …good liars should have long memories
All I want to do is to move on with my life as you all know when I returned from Paris I discovered summons hear that my child’s father had reported me to the police I saw a non-molestation order request but the judge refused and said you must sit down and agree between yourselves. The judge refused and said if you want a non-molestation order you must agree with your wife.
He said that I was destroying his life on social media that is when I then blocked him on social media and said enough is enough and now I have read these sermons I will send you the screenshot. now with the non-molestation order he used a statement that he had used at the home office and and he printed it with the date. This the level of his lies.
Before we talk about the abuse what what he calls an expose… The day he says that he was about to be beaten up by Sean, he has been abusing me me.and he said that he was threatening me that if I abuse him, he he will reveal my medical records.
He new about my history from the time he was in Zimbabwe. he knows I am in a very small group called a small progressor you know what a small progressor is?
I will send you another statement to show you how many times I got admitted in hospital it was more than 50 times and at each point I was being admitted in hospital he was standing right beside me he is the one who would drive me to the hospital he’s the one who would be near me but now he is now using all that as a weapon against me.
There is a time when the people at the hospital said this man is taking advantage. He is the one who used to even tell me to hospital and tell me that it is time to take your medication; he has been holding me a prisoner all this while and using that as a form of psychological abuse. Tytan is a serial cheater. While I am in hospital, I would come back to find out he is now busy sleeping with other women.
You know that someone who is in my shoes right now what he has just done it would destroy them but I will not allow him because that is giving him the power.
Tytan would go and collect medication for me. Tytan would administer that medication for (to) me.
Tytan was very much aware before he had boarded the plane from Zimbabwe and I made sure that I recorded that conversation with him because I knew that this would happen I made sure myself that he knew.
When he left Zimbabwe on the 31st of July I was 5 weeks pregnant after we decided to have another child where did that pregnancy come from? …
This man I wish I could bring my child on the phone… You went to my child to say, your mother has something that she has not been telling.
That is even illegal to do what he did and even with Rumbidzai …
But I am no longer a prisoner now he can f*** off.
I am HIV that is not Corona virus… but I am free of his hold on me. If I wronged him he must go and report to the police,how come I have not been arrested by the police?
He has been using this as a weapon against me the desperation to seek for papers is really shocking.
QUESTION: HE SAID THAT WHEN HE FOUND OUT HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HE WAS GIVEN PEP. AFTER WHAT PERIOD DO YOU GET PEP TO THOSE WHO KNOW ABOUT PEP AFTER WHAT PERIOD ARE YOU MEANTVTO BE GIVEN PEP?
I am going to reveal everything today it is independence Day for me because no weapon formed up against me will prevail over me.
When you left this place I put a picture of pregnancy test I was 5-weeks pregnant who gave me that pregnancy? …
For him to do a 360-degree turn simply because he is now looking for papers…?
When is started using that as a weapon against me He started being controlling you started phoning even my relatives calling my grandmother he was using that as a weapon. He telling me I am going to do this I am going to do that.
DOES AT THE SAME ALLEGATIONS HE WAS USING AGAINST YOU THAT YOU WERE USING VISA THREAT
If I was using a visa to controlling the day you left this property would have been the day he would have been deported but I only informed the home office at the end of November July august-september October November after 5 months and it was only after I had been told that he had gone to submit at the home office in application for domestic violence.
My lawyers went to the home office to submit evidence and the home office replied saying that they are sorry about the reservations. Does he even have the visa now does he have the visa now after all this then? It is a desperate act; I am independent.
A positive person can have a relationship with a person was negative without any problem you are actually safer in such a situation. End up having beautiful children like Nandi. But Tytan is an an educated fool he is an educated fool.
We are supposed to be going to the courts on the 4th of March.
Rumbidzai Bvunzawabaya is under investigation by the solicitors regulation authority. They had no right to do that and it is illegal to do what they did so now now we shall end this matter when they have paid me.. is time I am not going to stop. Be lies to social workers… There is a child protection conference they wanted to hold they said I can invite people and I asked if I can bring people from the hospital and the people the person at the hospital said that is wrong.
They said there is no appointment that Oinda used to enter which this man did not know. On the live program he said that he had to google the medication but on the statement he sent to the home office he said that he found out while looking into the child’s papers.
I want you to read this statement on the live program you heard what you are saying so I want you to compare. On paragraph 20 when my daughter was gone and I read the most shocking thing… I discovered that Linda is HIV positive.
On his live with Rumbi he said that he googled but on the statement he sent to the court he said that after the child had been born the red book came. The Red book comes before a child has been born….
On his life programme what did he say? again I will see on his statement what did he say when my daughter was born I received the book and I read the most shocking thing ever and it stated that Olinda is HIV positive… It made sense to me… All this while she told me she is HIV negative… I cried so much. I finally decided to confront her …and I spilled the beans…
Tytan weigh before he had flown from Zimbabwe he knew about it and I even asked him to leave me if he had problems and he said that I do not mind, I love you the way you are.
I even I said to him and I swear with my own mother he said to me know I want to be with you I want to be with you. He has lied to so many people with so many different stories he is a liar.
Moving on, he should now now move on with his life.
Him and Jayden… That night he went to meet Brita he had lied to me I saw the text messages.
Brita is very tall and I am short…he says I said she is not attractive to me.
After coming from such a terrible marriage with scanner now I jump into this….
I quarrelled with this woman called Stephanie Chiyangwa. I asked Stephanie and what happens the following week I fill you in this house my pregnancy and assessment going to hospital and the phone rang and it was Stephanie I came out of the car crying out loud I almost had a miscarriage. I told her to stay away from me the day she came 2 to my birthday… next time I see Stephanie is texting him and I said you are still with this woman ?
You lied to me saying that he is not communicating with her. All these things I have evidence of let him continue you making noise and I will embarrass him.
He spoke about counseling how do you go for counselling while you are sleeping around?…
I also saw on his Twitter portal begging another woman for sex that is when I called my grandmother asking him to go and pay a divorce token.
I got pregnant in August we got married in June I got pregnant in Dubai who was the first person to see I was pregnant before Tytan?
What’s that first week of August or it was end of August now Titan is saying that we got married in April… That is how confused he is…
You remember when I was pregnant and I was returning from South Africa I was calling him and he was not picking up calls my calls. I’ve been phoned the hotel and I said I want to talk to my husband and and he was not picking up that is one I discovered that he was busy sleeping around. He then picked up the phone the following day saying that he was busy drinking while in the pub….
I then confronted him while I was pregnant with Nandi….
Tytan walked out, he then walked out.
He has always been womanizing cheating the only thing is is because we are public figures there is no woman who is going to come out and speak but there are women out there who know the truth. There was Megan in 2007.
You lose your reputation when you are a good wife.
That’s according to British law is as good as revenge p***. If God is hearing me, all those places where he is busy sleeping around I hope that it catches him. imagine how it feels for all this while a person to use this as a weapon against you I feel so broken. Titan was one person who knew everything to do with my life if a person that I could tell about my life today he went on Rumbi show to talk about my life. Nobody, but he is one person that I trusted and I said I can show my whole life for him to then use all that against me. For him to be crowd chasing together with Rumbi just so that they can get video views that is abuse altogether.
No one should be afraid or be concerned even right now isn’t it a lot of people are dying with Corona virus what’s new?
I will say this again how come every professional he has been to to does not believe him including social services have not believed him how come? How come he doesn’t have a visa as we speak how come? I want that man out of my life the only problem is that I have kids with him but I cannot stay in the same country with that man. If I say that I want him to go to Zimbabwe he will take me to court so what do I do? I want to be free of that man. The day is spent time on his social media page posting things about coercive behaviour…
They just want to build a story I am so tired being abused like this. If this is the case then it is better that I die.
The things that he has said about pep how many people have now come up to say that he was lying?
Following a decision by CAF to bar Zimbabwe from hosting any international games because of the poor state of local stadiums, Zifa has released a statement confirming their next move ahead of a busy month in March.
The senior men’s national team will be in action against Algeria in the 2020 Afcon qualifiers while the U20 girls will play Ethiopia in the World Cup qualifiers.
According to the statement, local football body will appeal against the decision with a hope of bringing the games on home soil as soon as possible.
But at the moment, Zifa is already looking for an alternative venue in the neighbouring countries to host the upcoming matches.
“While ZIFA is engaging CAF with a view to appeal this decision, we have asked stadium authorities to send us commitment letters detailing timelines on work that needs to be done before CAF comes for another inspection. Once we receive such commitment, we will send to CAF,” reads the statement.
“In this moment we urge all stakeholders to work for a common cause for us to quickly right this wrong which takes away our sovereignty. We have been using stadiums which do not meet CAF and FIFA standards for a while now, but we need to put our heads together as a country to ensure that our stadiums are renovated to meet required standards.”
“We unreservedly apologise to all football stakeholders for inconveniences that the decision has brought.
“We are hopeful that everyone who has influence to expedite the process of bringing our teams back home will do their part.
“Meanwhile , we have also started the process of looking for an alternative venue in neighbouring countries to host our upcoming matches.”-Soccer 24
Following a decision by CAF to bar Zimbabwe from hosting any international games because of the poor state of local stadiums, Zifa has released a statement confirming their next move ahead of a busy month in March.
The senior men’s national team will be in action against Algeria in the 2020 Afcon qualifiers while the U20 girls will play Ethiopia in the World Cup qualifiers.
According to the statement, local football body will appeal against the decision with a hope of bringing the games on home soil as soon as possible.
But at the moment, Zifa is already looking for an alternative venue in the neighbouring countries to host the upcoming matches.
“While ZIFA is engaging CAF with a view to appeal this decision, we have asked stadium authorities to send us commitment letters detailing timelines on work that needs to be done before CAF comes for another inspection. Once we receive such commitment, we will send to CAF,” reads the statement.
“In this moment we urge all stakeholders to work for a common cause for us to quickly right this wrong which takes away our sovereignty. We have been using stadiums which do not meet CAF and FIFA standards for a while now, but we need to put our heads together as a country to ensure that our stadiums are renovated to meet required standards.”
“We unreservedly apologise to all football stakeholders for inconveniences that the decision has brought.
“We are hopeful that everyone who has influence to expedite the process of bringing our teams back home will do their part.
“Meanwhile , we have also started the process of looking for an alternative venue in neighbouring countries to host our upcoming matches.”-Soccer 24
Information Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has scoffed at MDC leader Nelson Chamisa after the main opposition president’s lawyer, Thabani Mpofu hinted that there is new evidence sourced from Professor Jonathan Moyo’s Book that could be filed before the Constitutional Court to challenge Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s 2018 presidential result ruling.
However, posting on Twitter, Mutodi said it was laughable that a party like MDC wants to rely on Moyo’s book to launch another court challenge against Mnangagwa’s win.
MDC lawyers in their shallow minds think they have discovered new evidence of electoral manipulation to present to Concourt through ‘Excelgate’. One wonders if they have tested the credibility, reliability & admissibility of such hearsay evidence.
Victoria Falls Mayor welcomes President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the airport on Monday.
THE MDC has expelled Victoria Falls mayor Somvelo Dlamini from the main opposition party and as the resort town’s mayor on charges of breaching party obligations and instructions.
In a letter dated 24 February 2020, party secretary general Chalton Hwende wrote to Dlamini Monday informing him that the party’s highest decision making body in between congresses, the National Council, had resolved to boot him out of the party for disobedience.
Hwende’s letter Dlamini did clearly state the exact breaches the latter made.
“This letter serves to inform you and confirm the termination by the National Council of your membership of the party with immediate effect as per the resolution of the National Council of 23rd November 2018,”Hwende wrote.
“Your expulsion is in terms of Article 5.11(a)of the Movement for Democratic Change Constitution as read with unanimous National Council resolution of 23rd November 2018.
“Consequently, the party is immediately invoking the provisions of section 278 (1)of the Zimbabwe Constitution as read with Section 129 of the same to have you removed from the position of Councillor of the Victoria Falls Municipality,” reads part of the letter.
MDC Local Government Deputy Secretary Clifford Hlatshwayo confirmed the expulsion and said Dlamini was not taking residents’ issues seriously.
“He was also failing to implement party SMART policy document.Councillor Patricia Mwale is the acting mayor. We have written to the Minister of Local Government (July Moyo) and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission informing them of the latest development,” said Hlatshwayo.
Party President Nelson Chamisa, recently threatened to wield the axe on all corrupt councillors.
The government of Zimbabwe will soon roll out “garrison or cantonment shops” for serving security sector members as a way of cushioning them from the vagaries of inflation.
In a weekly post-cabinet briefing to journalists in Harare, Finance and Economic Development minister Prof. Mthuli Ncube said the cantonment shops are different from silo or people’s shops which government promised to introduce last year but have not taken off.
Under the scheme, those serving in the security sector will be “issued with a card or credit limit to buy what they want monthly”.
Watch Mthuli Ncube speak in the video below:
-Two and half percent of the total remuneration be deducted from every Government employee in consultation with the Public Service Commission -Garrison Shops be established to enable all members of the defence forces to access subsidised basic commodities pic.twitter.com/5asybRCn7t
— Ministry of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting (@InfoMinZW) February 26, 2020
South African Airways (SAA) will receive a much-needed government bailout to the value of R16.4 billion, announced during Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s 2020 Budget Speech on Wednesday afternoon.
After suffering a series of consecutive disasters at the end of 2019, which culminated in the national carrier being placed under business rescue administration and having major routes chopped from its roster, SAA remains a thorn in the side of government’s ailing fiscus.
While SAA may welcome the National Treasury’s gratuitous bailout, this latest ‘helping hand’ announced by Mboweni has garnered fierce condemnation from the embattled tax payer. In the wake of Mboweni’s Budget Speech, the Democratic Alliance (DA) released a scathing statement on government’s “vanity project”, noting:
“The whole business rescue of SAA was clearly a farce on the part of the ANC in an effort to prevent liquidation and keep control of SAA. Nothing has really changed and SAA will continue to be a massive drain on state revenue.
“It is outrageous that funds desperately needed to stimulate the economy and the creation of jobs is to poured into the SAA vanity project.”
Alf Lees, DA member of the standing committee on public accounts (SCOPA), added that the SAA bailout was “shameful” when compared to the meagre 5% increase allocated to child grants.
A national carrier in distress
The latest government bailout follows dire financial and operational circumstances which saw the national carrier grounded in late November 2019. Adding to the airline’s woes, trade unions embarked on debilitating strike action which resulted in a serious drop in revenue – at a time when SAA could least afford it.
Shortly before being placed under business rescue administration, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan afforded SAA a brief reprieve in the form of a R2 bailout. Gordhan, however, denied that the financial help was to be classed as a bailout, instead noting:
“It must be clear that this is not a bailout. This is the provision of financial assistance to facilitate a radical restructure of the airline.”
Since 2010, the government has ploughed approximately R16.5 billion into the embattled airline. This latest bailout matches that total amount.
THE Government has awarded its pensioners a Cost of Living Adjustment (Cola) that will be backdated to January.
In a statement on Wednesday Public Service Commission Ambassador Jonathan Wutaunashe said the payments will be made from next month.
“The Public Service Commission notifies Government pensioners that procedures relating to Cost of Living Adjustment for all pensioners have been finalised and the adjustment will be effected in March 2020, backdated to January 2020,” he said.
This comes as the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) also doubled the payouts for pensioners from a minimum of $80 to $200 while workers compensation scheme moved from $80 to $200 last year in November.
The increases were backdated to October 2019.
While the payouts were increased, pensioners lamented that they were failing to access cash at the bank which has seen the senior citizens spending at least two nights in a queue trying to access their money.
However, the Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) says pensioners receiving annual pay outs of less than $6000 dollars can salvage their earnings by applying for lump sums.
IPEC said the prevailing hyper inflationary environment posed a threat to the preservation of pension values and it was an option to get a lump sum instead.
The @psczimbabwe notifies Gvt Pensioners that a cost of living adjustment has been made and will be effected in March 2020. It is backdated to January 2020. pic.twitter.com/hxkrms8aep
— Ministry of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting (@InfoMinZW) February 25, 2020
Tomorrow, President Nelson Chamisa @nelsonchamisa will launch his electoral reform blueprint, outlining the key reforms that are necessary for Zimbabwe to hold credible elections. These are one of the key fights to be resolved in 2020.
Zimbabwean socialite and businesswoman Pokello Nare is reported to have found herself in Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)’s crosshairs over a property she allegedly acquired in Dubai. The entrepreneur who owns an upmarket boutique at Sam Levy’s Village and keeps her cards close to her chest is alleged to have exploited her proximity to stepfather and former finance minister Ignatius Chombo and benefited from his illicit dealings through online Zimorningpost reports.
The anti-graft body recently revealed that vast amounts of wealth were siphoned outside the country and the entrepreneur’s name has been hauled onto the list of the alleged culprits. An insider at ZACC divulged the details.
‘Yes, Pokello is on the list for a property she bought in Dubai. We have since instituted investigations, and we want to make sure we do not commit an error at law, hence we are being thorough,’ said the source.
This comes a week after ZACC chairperson Justice Loice Matanda Moyo told state media that they discovered US$7 billion in cash and properties stashed outside the country by former and current senior Government officials and captains of industry.
Informally, we have now identified over US$7 billion worth of property and cash all over the world which was siphoned by our former leaders, current leaders, private sector and individuals. So this information we only got informally; so now we have to formalise the process so that we start the processes of repatriating the monies back home.
This also comes after the former big brother Africa contestant sent tongues wagging late last year after buying a Range Rover Luxury SUV, 2019 edition, which is estimated to cost over US$ 100 000. Social media users were left wondering who bankrolled the luxurious car with some alleging that it had been bought for her by her ‘mystery’ lover.
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) ‘s councillor for Chipinge rural’s Ward 2, Agrippah Mayanga has been arrested by the Chipinge Criminal Investigation Department after he was found in possession of large quantities of stolen TelOne Copper cables.
Police suspect that the accused has a hand in several reported cases of stolen telephone cables in the district.
According to police records, the accused is also being implicated in a syndicate that reportedly sells copper cables in neighbouring South Africa.
Mayanga who is in police custody will appear before the Chipinge Magistrate courts this Thursday for initial hearings.
TWO senior officials in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Sekesai Zinyowera and Crossman Mayavo, who were attached to the National Microbiology Reference Centre (NMRC), today appeared in court facing criminal abuse of office charges.
Zinyowera was employed as a coordinator while Mayavo was employed as an administrator at NMRC. The Ministry of Health is alleged to have lost US$61 143 paid in allowances to NMRC employees after Zinyoweni and Mayavo made a resolution to apportion 60 percent of user fees to the NMRC while 40 percent was to be shared among employees.
Zinyoweni and Mayavo are said to have made the resolution without approval from the Ministry of Finance and knowledge of the permanent secretary in the Health ministry. The duo are also standing accused of issuing fuel to undeserving employees and paying tuition fees for one of the NMRC staff members at Midlands State University resulting in the ministry losing a total of $95 592.
Zinyoweni and Mayavo were not asked to plead to the charges when they appeared before Harare regional magistrate Hoseah Mujaya who remanded them March 17 for their routine appearance. Zinyoweni was granted $2000 bail while Mayavo is on $1000 bail.
Norton Member of Parliament has called upon Zimbabweans to wage a revolution against white people who have captured the state through its cartel system.
In an address to the nation on Wednesday Mliswa said, “I have come to compliment Lewis Matutu and Godfrey Tsenengamu’s noise. They did not have the evidence, but now I have it….we must start a revolution to reclaim what is ours from the white monopoly.”
Mliswa said white people like Billy Rautenbach had captured the police, the state and July Moyo.
“Police without a court order, with the support unit armed with AKs removed people from their land because they support Billy Rautenbach…July Moyo has told Mnangagwa that Billy Rautenbach has title deeds.” Mliswa said. “Billy Rautenbach has captured police and some government officials. The white man will never be arrested yet ZACC says we must report cases of corruption.”
Mliswa said he is ready to die for the war against white monopoly which includes Innscor.
“I’m ready to die. I don’t care about that. We have comrades who say they went to war but today they are selling out as they work with Billy Rautenbach. Former prosecutor General Ray Goba was captured by Innscor Africa. Who controls food distribution in this country? Who owns National Foods? It’s not black people.
“Innscor Africa, Bakers Inn, Colcom, Irvines, are all a white monopoly. Don’t tell us that blacks are destroying the economy. Now they are into the mining sector. How do we have a situation where Insscor Africa controls the entire food sector? Why is the government allowing that? 40 % of everything that we buy goes to Insscor. Where does that money go? Does it go to a black person? No. It is a white monopoly.”
Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council has won an appeal against a High Court decision blocking it from ordering a re-write for the 2017 Ordinary Level English Paper 2, which had leaked resulting in the widespread cheating by candidates who sat for the examination in that paper.
Though the appeal by Zimsec seemed academic considering the fact that affected students have since moved on, it has a strong bearing in future examinations in the event cheating occurs. The examination body had approached the Supreme Court challenging the judgment by the then High Court Judge Justice Loice Matanda Moyo who presided over the matter along with Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa.
The two judges reversed the Zimsec decision to order a rewrite for the 2017 Ordinary Level English Paper 2 saying it was inconsiderate.
They, however, agreed that the court cannot condone criminality as cheating had indeed taken place and confirmed the decision to nullify the results for the English Language Paper 2.
Two parents, Mr Victor Mukomeka and Mr Chingasiyeni Govhati — representing two minor children who wrote their Ordinary Level examinations in 2017— had challenged the decision by the then Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor Paul Mavima to nullify the results and filed an urgent chamber application.
In its appeal, Zimsec wanted the Supreme Court set aside the decision refusing it to direct a resit of that examination which had been scheduled February 16, 2018.
Justice Bharat Patel allowed the appeal.
“The application to set aside the first respondent’s decision to have the Ordinary Level English Paper 2 examination retaken be and is hereby dismissed,” he said.
The judge found that Zimsec decision to nullify the results and order a rewrite of the examination, were entirely concordant with the provisions of Section 34(1) of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council Act.
The Section empowers Zimsec to annul the results of any examination which is flawed by a specified irregularity, while the provisions of the Interpretation Act extends that power to address the consequences and exigencies of any such nullification.
First Lady Auxilla Mnangangwa on Tuesday threw caution to the wind after she ordered her driver to pursue a speeding Zupco bus at the 370 kilometre peg near Shangani according to Zim Morning Post.
The First Lady went on to confront the speeding Zupco driver in an incident that occurred around 4pm.
In an exclusive interview with Zim Morning Post, Auxillia told of how she had spotted a speeding Zupco bus along the Bulawayo-Shangani Road.
She instructed her driver to flash several times, signalling the bus to stop. The driver ignored, she said.
“I saw a Zupco bus speeding as if it was in a race,” Auxillia told Zim Morning Post.
“I was shocked at the speed at which it was traveling at. I instructed my driver to flash the bus notifying it to stop but to no avail. It continued moving at its despicable speed,” she said.
“I quickly instructed my driver to go in hot pursuit of the bus. My vehicle overtook the bus and we had to flag it down from in front of it. The driver then stopped,” she explained.
The First Lady asked the driver to get out of the bus and explain why he was over-speeding, putting lives at risk.
“I was angry at the driver. I asked him why he was putting passengers’ lives at risk,” she said.
Moyo Hombarume, the driver of the Zupco bus number 596, could not look the First Lady in the eye after he was confronted.
First Lady said she went on to contact the Harare Zupco headquarters to ascertain the qualifications of the named driver.
She said passengers should urge their drivers not to put their lives at risk through over-speeding and reckless driving.
The feminist academic and writer Stella Nyanzi has been released from prison after her 18-month sentence for insulting Uganda’s president was quashed.
Nyanzi collapsed as she left court in Kampala on Thursday, and scuffles broke out between her supporters and prison wardens, who fired live rounds into the air to disperse the crowd.
Nyanzi was found guilty of cyber harassment of the president last year, after writing a poem about the president’s mother’s vagina.
But high court judge Henry Peter Adonyo said Nyanzi’s right to a fair trial was violated because magistrates denied her the right to identify, prepare and call defence witnesses.
“The lower court didn’t have the jurisdiction to hear the case. The appellant should be released immediately,” he said.
The judge also dismissed the state appeal on Nyanzi’s acquittal on charges of offensive communication.
Her supporters packed the courtroom in the capital, Kampala, and cheered at the verdict.
After the ruling, Nyanzi said: “Why was I in court for all these months? Why is the current regime of Uganda oppressing Ugandans who are expressing their constitutional rights? I am the voice for the opposition of Uganda.
“Museveni must go. Yoweri Museveni you are on notice. I give you notice, Museveni. You can do whatever you want. We are ready for you, Museveni. We are tired. Stop oppressing Ugandans,” she said.
“It’s important for us the opposition to find bases of unity that are going to help us in our solidarity against the current regime.”
The journalist turned researcher added: “Why was I in prison because I wrote a poem? Because I expressed my deep disinterests and disgust of the NRM [National Resistance Movement] regime?
“Is it because I told the current illegal president of Uganda that I really want him to go? Museveni is sending so many opposition activists to prisons – for what?” asked Nyanzi, who has been held in Luzira women’s prison.
In 2017, Nyanzi spent 33 days in prison for a Facebook post in which she described Museveni as a “pair of buttocks”, after the president backtracked on a pledge to distribute sanitary towels to schoolgirls.
She previously branded the first lady, who is also education minister, “empty-brained”. She was acquitted of a charge of offensive communication.
“Throughout the trial, she [Nyanzi] has consistently voiced the fight will not be won in courts. Her struggle is for equality and [the] end of dictatorship in Uganda,” said Rosebell Kagumire, a feminist activist.
Mwafrika Mbarikiwa Nana, a human rights defender and friend, said a weekend-long welcome home party was being organised.
“Her release is of course encouraging,” said Nana. “It puts [the] courts of Uganda on trial. As women we are very encouraged that a woman could stand to challenge power, challenge places of power.
“It’s a big win for activists, it’s a big win for women and it’s a big win for Ugandans.”
In a statement, the Clooney Foundation for Justice said it welcomed the release of Nyanzi, who it she had been unfairly imprisoned. “After a blatantly unfair trial that was given a ‘D’ by the TrialWatch experts that monitored and graded the trial, the appeals court in Uganda threw out the conviction partly on the basis that the defence team did not have adequate time to prepare a defence. This finding echoes the TrialWatch Fairness Report, which concluded that the trial court ‘violated Dr. Nyanzi’s right to call and examine witnesses and, correspondingly, her right to adequate time and facilities for the preparation of a defence’.”
Nyanzi, a mother of three who was dismissed from her research job at Makerere University, was last month awarded the Oxfam Novib/PEN International award for freedom of expression.
Following a decision by CAF to bar Zimbabwe from hosting any international games because of the poor state of local stadiums, Zifa has released a statement confirming their next move ahead of a busy month in March.
The senior men’s national team will be in action against Algeria in the 2020 Afcon qualifiers while the U20 girls will play Ethiopia in the World Cup qualifiers.
According to the statement, local football body will appeal against the decision with a hope of bringing the games on home soil as soon as possible.
But at the moment, Zifa is already looking for an alternative venue in the neighbouring countries to host the upcoming matches.
“While ZIFA is engaging CAF with a view to appeal this decision, we have asked stadium authorities to send us commitment letters detailing timelines on work that needs to be done before CAF comes for another inspection. Once we receive such commitment, we will send to CAF,” reads the statement.
“In this moment we urge all stakeholders to work for a common cause for us to quickly right this wrong which takes away our sovereignty. We have been using stadiums which do not meet CAF and FIFA standards for a while now, but we need to put our heads together as a country to ensure that our stadiums are renovated to meet required standards.”
“We unreservedly apologise to all football stakeholders for inconveniences that the decision has brought.
“We are hopeful that everyone who has influence to expedite the process of bringing our teams back home will do their part.
“Meanwhile , we have also started the process of looking for an alternative venue in neighbouring countries to host our upcoming matches.”-Soccer 24
With the local football fraternity still shell-shocked and trying to come to terms with the Confederation of African Football (CAF)’s decision to bar local stadiums from hosting international matches citing inadequate standards, it is inevitable that at some point all that has to pass for there to be a solution to this disaster.
With less than a month to go before Zdravko Logarusic’s troops play defending champions Algeria in an Africa Cup of Nations Group H qualifier, which was initially pencilled for Bulawayo before the latest disaster struck Zimbabwean football, it’s clear that ZIFA are already exploring the options for an alternative venue.
Since the statement issued by ZIFA clearly pointed neighboring countries as alternatives, South Africa might a good choice, if not the best.
The rainbow nation is home to millions of Zimbabweans, including 28 players who play for various clubs in the country’s top flight, constituting 25% of the total number of foreign players in the ABSA Premiership.
Usually, the bulk of any Warriors squad at a given time consists of largerly South Africa-based players, a scenario which might benefit the cash-strapped ZIFA because they would cut air tickets costs.
The idea to host the Desert Foxes in South Africa might also be nobble considering that the Warriors will obviously have support from the fans who stay there and also becaue the ones who stay in Zimbabwe might even travel to ‘Mzansi’ to cheer the team on.-Soccer 24
Frank Lampard’s Chelsea quest to return to the stadium where they won their only Champions League title with a another victory hit a snag after they were hammered 3-0 by Baryen Munich on Tuesday.
Serge Nabri’’s seond half brace and Robert Lewandowski’s strike gave Baryen a massive first leg advantage in the round of 16 tie on a night to forget for the Blues, who also finished the clash with ten men after left-back Marcos Alonso’s late dismissal.
In Naples, Antonine Griezmann ensured that Barcelona will go into the return leg with a precious away goal after cancelling out Chris Mertens’ early opener in a 1-1 stalemate.
Mertens had thrust Genaro Gattuso’s men ahead on the half-hour mark with an exquisite strike but the Frenchman had the final say.-UEFA
Frank Lampard’s Chelsea quest to return to the stadium where they won their only Champions League title with a another victory hit a snag after they were hammered 3-0 by Baryen Munich on Tuesday.
Serge Nabri’’s seond half brace and Robert Lewandowski’s strike gave Baryen a massive first leg advantage in the round of 16 tie on a night to forget for the Blues, who also finished the clash with ten men after left-back Marcos Alonso’s late dismissal.
In Naples, Antonine Griezmann ensured that Barcelona will go into the return leg with a precious away goal after cancelling out Chris Mertens’ early opener in a 1-1 stalemate.
Mertens had thrust Genaro Gattuso’s men ahead on the half-hour mark with an exquisite strike but the Frenchman had the final say.-UEFA
To function properly, all the cells and organs of the body need water.
Here are some reasons our body needs water:
It lubricates the joints
Cartilage, found in joints and the disks of the spine, contains around 80 percent water.
Long-term dehydration can reduce the joints’ shock-absorbing ability, leading to joint pain.
It forms saliva and mucus
Saliva helps us digest our food and keeps the mouth, nose, and eyes moist. This prevents friction and damage. Drinking water also keeps the mouth clean.
Consumed instead of sweetened beverages, it can also reduce tooth decay.
It delivers oxygen throughout the body
Blood is more than 90 percent water, and blood carries oxygen to different parts of the body.
It boosts skin health and beauty
With dehydration, the skin can become more vulnerable to skin disorders and premature wrinkling.
It cushions the brain, spinal cord, and other sensitive tissues
Dehydration can affect brain structure and function. It is also involved in the production of hormones and neurotransmitters. Prolonged dehydration can lead to problems with thinking and reasoning.
It regulates body temperature
Water that is stored in the middle layers of the skin comes to the skin’s surface as sweat when the body heats up. As it evaporates, it cools the body. In sport.
Some scientists have suggested that when there is too little water in the body, heat storage increases and the individual is less able to tolerate heat strain.
Having a lot of water in the body may reduce physical strain if heat stress occurs during exercise. However, more research is needed into these effects.
7, The digestive system depends on it
The bowel needs water to work properly. Dehydration can lead to digestive problems, constipation , and an overly acidic stomach. This increases the risk of
heartburn and stomach ulcers.
It flushes body waste
Water is needed in the processes of sweating and removal of urine and waste.
It helps maintain blood pressure
A lack of water can cause blood to become thicker, increasing blood pressure.
The airways need it
When dehydrated, airways are restricted by the body in an effort to minimize water loss. This can make asthma and allergies worse.
It makes minerals and nutrients accessible
These dissolve in water , which makes it possible for them to reach different parts of the body.
It prevents kidney damage
The kidneys regulate fluid in the body. Insufficient water can lead to kidney stones and other problems.
It boosts performance during exercise
Dehydration during exercise may hinder performance.
Some scientists have proposed that consuming more water might enhance performance during strenuous activity.
More research is needed to confirm this, but one review found that dehydration reduces performance in activities lasting longer than 30 minutes.
Weight loss
Water may also help with weight loss, if it is consumed instead of sweetened juices and sodas. “Preloading” with water before meals can help prevent overeating by creating a sense of fullness.
It reduces the chance of a hangover
When partying, unsweetened soda water with ice and lemon alternated with alcoholic drinks can help prevent overconsumption of alcohol.
Water helps dissolve minerals and nutrients, making them more accessible to the body. It also helps remove waste products.
Credit:Medical News Today
Compiled by Zimbabwe Online Health Centre
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The revelations by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission that US$7 billion worth of cash and property has been stashed outside the country by the political and business elite have exposed unbridled avarice and corruption–and not sanctions—as being at the core of the national crisis.
Now that they know, the challenge for ZACC is to show that it has teeth by prosecuting the well-heeled political and business elite that is at the centre of the national rot that has spawned the unmitigated suffering in the country.
The ZACC chair Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has stunningly revealed that former and current senior government officials as well as well-heeled business executives have stashed outside the country cash and properties worth over US$7 billion outside the country. That the value of the massive bounty stashed outside the country by this criminal network is double the country’s national budget vindicates our position that at the centre of the national crisis is corruption and not this empty rhetoric about the so-called sanctions. The ZACC revelations expose State capture by a close-knit and well-heeled political and business elite that has bled our country dry.
Now that they know, we await ZACC to show its fangs by arresting and prosecuting this crooked lot that has milked our country and brought this massive suffering on the people.
That is why the fight against corruption and sleaze is one of the five fights to be waged by the people in 2020, alongside the key fight against illegitimacy that must lead to the reclamation of the people’s government that Zimbabweans voted for in 2018.
This unmitigated corruption is all the more reason why Zimbabweans will sonorously express themselves in the streets and in the valleys against this despicable national decay.
The revelations by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission that US$7 billion worth of cash and property has been stashed outside the country by the political and business elite have exposed unbridled avarice and corruption–and not sanctions—as being at the core of the national crisis.
Now that they know, the challenge for ZACC is to show that it has teeth by prosecuting the well-heeled political and business elite that is at the centre of the national rot that has spawned the unmitigated suffering in the country.
The ZACC chair Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has stunningly revealed that former and current senior government officials as well as well-heeled business executives have stashed outside the country cash and properties worth over US$7 billion outside the country. That the value of the massive bounty stashed outside the country by this criminal network is double the country’s national budget vindicates our position that at the centre of the national crisis is corruption and not this empty rhetoric about the so-called sanctions. The ZACC revelations expose State capture by a close-knit and well-heeled political and business elite that has bled our country dry.
Now that they know, we await ZACC to show its fangs by arresting and prosecuting this crooked lot that has milked our country and brought this massive suffering on the people.
That is why the fight against corruption and sleaze is one of the five fights to be waged by the people in 2020, alongside the key fight against illegitimacy that must lead to the reclamation of the people’s government that Zimbabweans voted for in 2018.
This unmitigated corruption is all the more reason why Zimbabweans will sonorously express themselves in the streets and in the valleys against this despicable national decay.
Farai Dziva|Zanu PF youths say they will visit MDC vice president Tendai Biti’s house because he is the one who invited sanctions.
Taurai Kundishaya, leader of Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe Citizens Forum and member of the ruling party Harare youth league, quoted by NewsDay said:
“Tendai Biti said he would make sure the Zimbabwe government would not get a penny from the international community.
Had it been that government got such pennies we could all be benefiting.
Now that nothing came, we are suffering so we assume he got it himself or that he has other means of surviving.
We are going to his place and eat what he is eating.
The reason for going to their houses is because they said this in their individual capacities. It is at our homes where we are suffering; it is to their homes where good living exists. We are just visitors, but in huge numbers.”
Biti responded:
“The desperate actions of a desperate rogue regime. Zanu PF is truly sick, Emmerson has lost his marbles.”
Farai Dziva|Zanu PF youths say they will visit MDC vice president Tendai Biti’s house because he is the one who invited sanctions.
Taurai Kundishaya, leader of Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe Citizens Forum and member of the ruling party Harare youth league, quoted by NewsDay said:
“Tendai Biti said he would make sure the Zimbabwe government would not get a penny from the international community.
Had it been that government got such pennies we could all be benefiting.
Now that nothing came, we are suffering so we assume he got it himself or that he has other means of surviving.
We are going to his place and eat what he is eating.
The reason for going to their houses is because they said this in their individual capacities. It is at our homes where we are suffering; it is to their homes where good living exists. We are just visitors, but in huge numbers.”
Biti responded:
“The desperate actions of a desperate rogue regime. Zanu PF is truly sick, Emmerson has lost his marbles.”
Farai Dziva|
Zimbabwean Hip-hop gospel artist,
Mudiwa Hood, has come to the rescue of a teacher who reportedly stole maize cobs to feed his family.
According to Hood, the teacher is based in Harare, contrary to claims that he is from Mutoko.
He has started helping the man and also appealed to those who want to help him to get in touch.
Posting on Facebook, Hood said:
Good News Zimbabwe? … I visited Mr Chatikobo today jus to hear and verify the story…it was him and we will go back formally to help him big…
He teaches at a private school in Harare, not in Mutoko as rumoured.
I sat in his class while he teaches his students, mmmm pure Genius!
I settled the compensation demanded by maize cobs owner and he is a free man and promised me to stay out of trouble.
Among other things, I will pay school fees for all his 3 kids, he needs it ma cousins….the man is a highly qualified science teacher…who is nothing but a genius…he did everything our parents always asked us to do…”Dzidza mwanangu”…
He is a genuine family man. On Saturday I am taking him out for lunch, and will bless him again with few other things.
Those who want to assist, we (me and him) for accountability purposes we agreed that his closest person in his life, will manage all donations and EcoCash…if you want to send cash kindly send to Faustine Svuvure on 0772999156.
Farai Dziva|
Zimbabwean Hip-hop gospel artist,
Mudiwa Hood, has come to the rescue of a teacher who reportedly stole maize cobs to feed his family.
According to Hood, the teacher is based in Harare, contrary to claims that he is from Mutoko.
He has started helping the man and also appealed to those who want to help him to get in touch.
Posting on Facebook, Hood said:
Good News Zimbabwe? … I visited Mr Chatikobo today jus to hear and verify the story…it was him and we will go back formally to help him big…
He teaches at a private school in Harare, not in Mutoko as rumoured.
I sat in his class while he teaches his students, mmmm pure Genius!
I settled the compensation demanded by maize cobs owner and he is a free man and promised me to stay out of trouble.
Among other things, I will pay school fees for all his 3 kids, he needs it ma cousins….the man is a highly qualified science teacher…who is nothing but a genius…he did everything our parents always asked us to do…”Dzidza mwanangu”…
He is a genuine family man. On Saturday I am taking him out for lunch, and will bless him again with few other things.
Those who want to assist, we (me and him) for accountability purposes we agreed that his closest person in his life, will manage all donations and EcoCash…if you want to send cash kindly send to Faustine Svuvure on 0772999156.
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has said the central bank should not be taken as a scapegoat with regards to the country’s ‘bad’ monetary policies.
The apex bank governor shocked parliamentarians when he said that central bank should not be blamed for the unpopular and inconsistent monetary policies, but instead the blame should be directed to government ministers.
Mangudya made these sentiments on Monday while giving oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development
“I will tell you the role of the central bank; it is to manage money supply in the economy to guard against inflation,” he told the committee.
He said blaming him is therefore misplaced. His comments came after the MPs had accused him of promulgating bad policies, saying they had failed to fulfil the economic aspirations of ordinary Zimbabweans.
Mangudya defended the central bank, saying the institution was just a mere advisor to the government.
“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.”
Mangudya said the country was facing deep economic challenges and there was need to work hard in reviving the economy.
“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.
However, MDC Vice President and Harare East MP, who is also former the country’s Finance Minister, Tendai Biti maintained that the RBZ is to blame especially for carrying out rogue money printing activities.
“Thanks to high fiscal deficits monetised through rogue money printing activities by the RBZ, the SMP (Staff Monitoring Programme) is dead and irredeemably dead.
“The mismanagement of foreign currency and monetary policy, corruption, lack of reforms and political banditry make Zimbabwe a basket case that should be avoided like a plague,” said Biti.
Meanwhile, renowned political commentator and International Human Rights Lawyer Dr Pedzisai Ruhanya said Mangudya should accept the blame, for he is an active participant in the government’s ruinous activities.
He said Mangudya should have resigned instead, rather than continue accessing unlimited perks from the same government that is rejecting his ‘good’ advice.
“If your advice is not taken seriously by the government and you don’t want to take responsibility for your failed monetary policies, why does your management at RBZ remain in place; access to unlimited resources,” he said through his twitter handle.
Apparently, applied economist at Johns Hopkins University and senior Fellow & Director at Troubled Currencies, Professor Steve Hanke is on record for saying that as long as Zimbabwe through the central bank continues to print money the country’s financial madness will not stop.
“As long as Zimbabwe continues to print its own money, it will remain in the grips of monetary madness. It must dollarise to crush inflation and assure growth,” Hanke once said.
Meanwhile, since Zimbabwe abandoned the multi-currency system a few years ago, the country has been printing money, as inflation continues to dog the local currency, amid rumours of higher denominations being planned.
By Lynnette Jumwa| What rubbish is Temba Mliswa talking about? Is it wrong to have a business and prosper as a white man or business owners in Zimbabwe? Innscor is an indigenous company created by white natives of Zimbabwe, a successful story which is now an international pride bringing in forex, Mliswa wants to stop.
History shows us all former white businesses Mliswa has, suddenly lost both life and productivity soon after becoming his.
It is a company which is providing a lot of employment for black Zimbabweans mainly. This is smart business that Temba is fighting. What beef does he have with Innscor or is it mere jealousy? He talks about Innscor owning 40% of the economy, is the real issue or the matter is about an irritation with race? Then you blame sanctions for Zimbabwe’s economy – people like Temba Mliswa are the real enemy of the state, bigger than the sanctions.
Who will invest in our country , when people who have worked and helped our country to prosper are victimised and labeled as cartels? Have you ever thought what Zimbabwe would be like if it wasn’t for people or companies like Innscor? They are the whites who decided to stay on and accepted Robert Mugabe’s reconciliation policy.
Watch the live video loading below for this and more……..
What industry on Harare Drive is Temba talking about? Those are just hardwares. Is there a problem that the whites have taken the opportunities represented to them on Harare Drive, or is it just that Temba Mliswa is a racialist and he hates white. That is not the Zimbabwe that people like Tongogara died for. If the truth be said all the good companies that whites used to own and run and were taken over by blacks are no more. I am pure black Zimbabwean by the way.
I used to work for Rolls Royce under NEI Zimbabwe for 13 years under the leadership of whites, from the late 80s and left in 2000. We controlled all the mines in Zimbabwe provided them with Switchgear, we did most, if not all of the ZESA power stations(Hwange Power Station), brought in all their transformers. Reyrolle, Ziscosteel – we had people stationed there. City of Harare Morton Jaffrary waterworks Ape Pumps, All boilers, Harare Hospital, Parirenyatwa hospital, Olivine, Chibuku, Lever Brothers, too many to mention. In 1998 Rolls Royce (whites ) pulled out of Zimbabwe. Where are we now with our black brothers? Now that is done by briefcase businessmen like Wicknel Chivayo. Temba get real and smell the coffee, don’t be a hater.
For us people in the northern suburbs, the hardwares are so welcome and I am sure I speak for a lot of people. Temba Mliswa stop, stop and I repeat destroying what’s left of Zimbabwe’s only working industries. Let’s have a Zimbabwe that is for everybody black and whites with equal opportunities.
By A Correspondent- Asa UK Plc chairman David Murangari has passed on after a short illness. He was 79.
Murangani passed on yesterday at Avenue Clinic in Harare. Murangari’s son Tangai confirmed this morning to The Anchor.
“Yes the big man passed on yesterday at Avenues Clinic after succumbing to an illness.”
Murangari was one of the leading minds in the Zimbabwean mining industry which saw him serve as Mines permanent secretary from 1988 to 1997. He was Chamber of Mines chief executive officer from 1999 to 2007. He also worked in Zambia and the United States of America before independence.
At the time of his death, he was was serving as a Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) board member, and served in the boards of Bindura Nickel Corporation, the Mineral and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe.
By A Correspondent- MDC president Nelson Chamisa and top party officials were yesterday banned from attending the court hearing of organizing secretary Amos Chibaya and deputy Sibusisiwe Masara causing a scene that resulted in heavy deployment of police at the Harare Magistrates Courts.
Chamisa made a surprise appearance at the Harare Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning to offer support to Chibaya and Budha who were appearing before Magistrate Gloria Takundwa.
Chamisa was however only able to sit through the first session before the court adjourned and did not return when the case resumed.
According to the state Chibaya and Budha face allegations of failing to stop the public from engaging in a demonstration when they were legally obliged to do so.
Chibaya and Budha sought refusal of further remand when they appeared before the court, arguing that the State’s witnesses had failed to attend hence the matter was not supposed to be postponed.
Magistrate Takundwa however allowed the postponement, saying that though the State witnesses were not present the court would give the prosecution its last chance.
She ruled that the case continues on March 11, but if the State witnesses were not in attendance, the court would remove Chibaya and Budha from remand.
Chibaya and Budha through their lawyers then submitted that they were applying for Magistrate Takundwa to recuse herself from the matter, arguing that she seemed impartial.
“We have instructions from the accused person that if the matter is proceeding on that day, we will make an application for the magistrate’s recusal.
“The basis of that application is that we are seriously doubting the impartiality of the court,” submitted defence lawyer Obey Shava.
Magistrate Takundwa will rule on the application for recusal on March 11.
Allegations are that on August 6 last year, Chibaya and Budha notified the regulating authority for Harare Central Police district, of an intended public demonstration in central business district (CBD) on August 16 last year, in the terms of section 25 of the Public Order and Security Act.
It is said that on August 15, Chibaya and Budha were served with a prohibition notice by Chief Superintendent Billa James Simbanechako.
The court heard that on August 16, Chibaya and Budha convened a public demonstration or caused members of the public to gather for a public demonstration in the Harare CBD in defiance of the prohibition notice.
It is alleged Chibaya and Budha as the conveners of the public demonstration, failed to comply with the prohibition notice and did not stop the public from engaging in the public demonstration when they had a legal duty to do so. -Wires
By A Correspondent- Social media celeb wars in Zimbabwe have become the norm lately and the latest pair to lock horns is none other than Mai Titi and Lorraine Guyo of the ‘Ndinyengeiwo’ fame.
Yesterday, a furious Mai Titi took to Facebook to drag Lorraine and air her dirty laundry for all to see. This follows a skit done by Lorraine which Mai Titi took offense to.
Although Mai Titi was not mentioned by name in the skit, it was heavily implied that she was the topic of discussion. In the skit Lorraine and her friend talk about an older woman who is dating a younger man.
Mai Titi insisted that they were talking about her and her young lover Zizoe. Lorraine and her friend went on to make fun of her haircut which they said resembled singer Sulumani Chimbetu’s.
By A Correspondent- Independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa has accused the private sector of running down the country and holding the nation at ransom.
He singled out SFG of siphoning out forex despite getting first preference from the central bank. The government does not believe in its black citizens.”
By A Correspondent- Controversial Mpumalanga businessman and tycoon in the trucking business Sam “Mshengu” Chabalala’s true identity has been revealed. Court papers exposed that his real name is Gilbert Tachuona and he was born in Zimbabwe.
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. -Wires
By A Correspondent- Malawi Parliament Monday agreed that the country’s fresh presidential poll should be held on May 19 this year following the constitutional court’s February 3 nullification of the May 2019 presidential poll.
The constitutional court had ordered in its ruling that fresh presidential elections should be held in 150 days and that Parliament should meet in 21 days to make electoral reforms to accommodate the order and adoption of the 50+1 electoral rule.
Following the order, Parliament has also passed the bill to amend the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Act (PPEA) to have the next general elections on the third Tuesday of 2025.
The august House also amended the Electoral Commission Act (ECA) to among others allow all political parties represented in the house to nominate Malawi Electoral Commission commissioners.
Parliamentary experts have argued that the amendments of the two Acts alone “are in conflict with the Constitution” and that “any bill/law that is in conflict with the Constitution is unconstitutional therefore cannot be applicable”.
They have further observed that as Section 80 of the Constitution says a Presidential election shall take place concurrently with a Parliamentary election, to have a fresh Presidential election, “there’s need to amend the Constitution with two-thirds majority so that the country votes for the President on his/her own without a vote for MPs”.
Section 67 of the Malawi Constitution stipulates that a general election shall be held 5 years after voting, thus after voting in 2019, the next General election was due in 2024. President Peter Mutharika is yet to assent to the passed bills of the PPEA and ECA amendments.-Xinhua
By A Correspondent- Harare is sitting on a health time bomb as most of its public toilets are in bad shape and no longer fit for use.
While council has refurbished public toilets in some parts of the central business district (CBD), those in high-density suburbs remain a cause for concern.
Most of the toilets no longer have running water and functional washing basins and flushing systems.
Poor maintenance and irregular cleaning have resulted in users shunning these facilities and choosing to relieve themselves outside.
A recent survey showed that most public toilets around the city, especially in busy areas were either out of order or had closed despite being critical infrastructure.
A classic example is that of public toilets at the intersection of Bank and Leopold Takawira streets that have been closed for some time.
The toilets are near a commuter omnibus rank for people going to southern suburbs such as Glen Norah, Chitungwiza and Southlea Park.
The air around the toilet reeks of urine and one has to be careful not to step on faeces.
So putrid is the smell that shoppers who used to walk on nearby pavements have created new crossing points.
At the busy Mbare Musika, only one toilet was functional, though it neither had sinks nor flushing systems.
Human waste was all over as there was no water, while the urinary was out of order.
In Highfield, at Machipisa Shopping Centre, the toilet was closed, but the one at the bus terminus was adopted by Batanai Affirmative Youths Trust.
The youths have turned the facility into a pay toilet and are charging $2.
The toilets are in a good state.
Toilets at Glen Norah B shops, Chitubu Shopping Centre and Specimen at Glen Norah A shops are not working despite all of them being popular spots.
Thomas Mabvire of Glen Norah expressed sadness over the poor state of public toilets in their area, saying council was taking residents for granted.
“These public toilets have been closed for quite some time because there is no water. The toilets were not even maintained and people were relieving themselves everywhere,” he said.
“I do not know why council is hanging on to facilities that are not adding any value to ratepayers. They should refurbish them.”
Another resident who only identified herself as Mai Musara had no kind words as she accused city fathers of spending money recklessly.
“Council is not even apologetic. We are at risk of disease outbreaks here because people are relieving themselves in nearby bushes because the public toilets are not working,” she said.
“The last outbreaks that occurred here were caused by boreholes that were contaminated by human waste due to open defecations. It appears council has not learnt anything from the experience or it’s just a case of our city fathers being arrogant.”
Toilets at Charge Office, Copacabana, Market Square and Chinhoyi Street bus terminuses were fairly maintained with council workers charging $2.
In low-density suburbs, the toilets were maintained and some have been adopted by local businesses.
However, at shopping centres such as Runnivile/Glenroy, Sunridge Shops and Marimba Shops among many others have no public toilets.
City of Harare spokesperson Mr Michael Chideme could not be reached for comment.
Town clerk Engineer Hosea Chisango is on record saying council was working on reviving ablution facilities across the city.
“We are calling on the private sector to come in and partner with us whenever we can. They can put up those pay toilets which are well maintained.
“The city will also be putting special services facilities which are cheaper, but we need to cooperate with the private sector in this regard,” Eng Chisango said.-Statemedia
By A Correspondent- Vice President Kembo Mohadi has withdrawn an application for the dismissal of his ex-wife Tambudzai Muleya’s application for review of a ruling by a magistrate who dealt with the VP’s application for a protection order.
Mohadi was seeking to defend an application by his ex-wife, Tambudzani, seeking termination of protection order he successfully sought against her last year.
Mohadi initially failed to respond to the application by his ex-wife, after his lawyer bungled.
Now he was seeking condonation for late filing of heads of argument, saying the failure was not wilful.
Through his lawyer, Reliance Ndou, Mohadi was seeking upliftment of a bar preventing him from contesting the application by Tambudzani.
“This is an application for the filing heads of argument by the applicant in HC/9929/18 out of time to be condoned and for the bar currently operating against the applicant to be uplifted,” reads a declaration by Ndou.
“The parties in casu have been embroiled in several legal cases. Tambudzani filed an application for review against the decision of magistrate Noah Gwatidzo. When Tambudzani filed her heads in HC/9929/18 they were mistakenly placed in the file for HC 8991/18.
“Heads of argument for HC 9929/18 were filed. However, heads of arguments for HC8991/18 were not filed due to my mistake as I failed to realise in time that these were two different cases in which decisions by the same magistrate were being brought under review.”
The lawyer said he only realised this mistake when the prescribed time period within which Mohadi’s heads of argument had to be filed – June 6, 2019 – had lapsed. He then managed to file on June 10, 2019, out of time.
Tambudzani approached the High Court accusing magistrate Gwatidzo of mishandling the protection order application by Mohadi.
She accused Gwatidzo of conducting a shoddy job and sought an order reviewing the magistrate’s decision.
Mohadi and his wife Tambudzani began divorce proceedings in 2017, before divorce was granted last year. As their fight raged on, Mohadi among other court applications sought a protection order against Tambudzani, accusing his wife of being violent. The Vice President told a court that he fears for his life.
The two have been in and out of the courts and have several pending cases. In one case, Tambudzani is asking a court for $13,000 monthly maintenance.
Tambudzani also sued Mohadi’s new wife, Juliet Mutavhatsindi, for $1,5 million in adultery damages.-DailyNews
By A Correspondent- Zanu PF Mashonaland East provincial chairman Biggie Joel Matiza has challenged the party’s leadership in Goromonzi South to unite to reclaim the seat that was lost to the MDC-Alliance in the 2018 harmonised elections.
Zanu-PF candidate and former Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Petronella Kagonye was defeated by Mr Reuben Chikudo of the MDC-Alliance in the constituency.
Matiza was speaking at a meeting held at Caledonia and organised by the provincial Zanu-PF youth executive members for the provincial leadership to assess the state of the party in the constituency.
The youth raised several concerns such as the state of the party, lack of co-ordination in terms of food distribution to vulnerable families, lack of empowerment projects for the youths and delays in the allocation of land to the youth.
The Goromonzi South leadership was accused of failing to work with the youth to strengthen the party in the area.
The youth appealed to senior party leadership to regularise the allocation of stands at Melfort, which are meant to benefit the constituency’s youths.
The meeting was organised by the provincial youth league secretary for education, Ndichatsiva Rogers Pote.
Addressing party members at Tongovile Primary School in Caledonia, Matiza said the party will put up proper structures and restore the party to its glory days in Goromonzi South.
He said there was need for discipline among party members to ensure that they reclaimed the seat in the next election.
“We cannot watch the party sinking, while serving the interests of a few individuals,” said Matiza. “The party is bigger than an individual. Discipline in the party is all that we want.
“If there is a gap, we become weak in Parliament because of this. I have heard the issue of land barons and weak leadership in this area. We are going to look into that and ensure unity prevails for the good of the party.”
Turning, to youth empowerment projects in the area, Matiza promised to work with the relevant authorities to ensure projects were regularised.
Mashonaland East Minister of Provincial Affairs Apolonia Munzverengi said they were working to ensure food security at household level was achieved in the area and that food was distributed properly.
Youth League provincial political commissar Lincolin Matare said the youth needed support from the leadership to diligently drive party programmes.
“We expect the party leadership to work with the youth in mobilising people to join the party,” he said. -StateMedia
By A Correspondent- A gang of 10 armed robbers attacked a businessman at his homestead in Gwanda and fled with R15 000 and US$275.
Four of the suspects, Loveness Nyathi (34), Savious Sibanda (30) and Luckmore Siziba (21) all from Makwe area in Gwanda and Mbonisi Moyo (30) from Mpopoma Suburb in Bulawayo were not asked to plead when they appeared briefly before Gwanda magistrate, Mrs Nomagugu Sibanda, facing a robbery charge.
They were remanded in custody to March 3.
Prosecuting, Ms Glenda Nare said the gang, three of whom are the complainant’s neighbours, invaded the home of Mr Sheunesu Dube who owns a shop at Makwe Business Centre on January 13 at around 9PM.
“The four accused persons together with six others who are still at large went to the complainant’s homestead at around 9PM in a Toyota Hiace while armed with axes and bolt cutters. They cut a perimeter fence and broke the door lock with a bolt cutter and gained entry into the house where Mr Dube was asleep with his wife.
“Mr Dube tried to flee but the robbers struck him twice with an axe while his wife managed to flee. They ransacked the complainant’s bedroom and took R10 000. They went to his car which was parked in his yard, smashed the windows, took R5 000 and US$275 before fleeing the scene in their vehicle,” said.
Ms Nare said the complainant’s wife alerted neighbours of the robbery.
She said villagers pursued the gang in another vehicle and caught up with them in a neighbouring village after a 20km chase.
Ms Nare said the four accused persons were arrested on the spot while their accomplices fled. -Statemedia
By A Correspondent- A Masvingo-based businessman (42) has been arrested for allegedly raping his shopkeeper (18) on two consecutive nights as punishment for having shortfalls from her daily banking from his shop.
Fradeck Nhubu of Chirere business centre under Chief Masunda in Zvishavane pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape before Gweru Regional Magistrate Mrs Phathekile Msipa.
Mrs Msipa remanded him out of custody on his own cognisance to March 1 for continuation of trial.
In his defence, Nhubu also a soldier, told the court that he had consensual sex with the complainant, whose name is being withheld to protect her identity.
He said the teenager was his lover, part time employee and resided at his shop.
However, the complainant branded Nhubu a liar, saying she was just two days into the job and was not in a relationship with him.
“He said I had a shortfall of $150 the first day before raping me the first night and the following night while my daughter slept by my side. I wasn’t in love with him. I have a boyfriend,” she said.
Prosecutor Mr Kelvin Guvheya told the court that on October 25 last year at around 12.01AM, Nhubu entered the shop where the complainant was sleeping with her 11-month-old daughter and sneaked into the complainant’s blankets and they wrestled for a while.
The court heard that Nhubu overpowered the complainant, tore her under-garments and raped her once.
“The following night at around 10PM, again Nhubu came into the shop where the complainant was fast asleep with her daughter.
“He ordered the complainant to keep quiet and not to report the matter to anyone since he is a member of the Zimbabwe National Army and again raped her,” said Mr Guvheya.
“The complainant again did not tell anyone because Nhubu threatened to file a counter report to the effect that she stole his money.”
The court heard that on October 27 Nhubu phoned the complainant at around 9PM to come to his room but she refused.
She later collected her belongings and went to the Ward councillor’s house where she narrated her ordeal leading to the arrest of Nhubu. -StateMedia
By A Correspondent- Whistleblowers who make false corruption reports to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) will soon be prosecuted, a senior official has said.
ZACC Commissioner Gabriel Chaibva said they were concerned with the proliferation of individuals attempting to use the commission to settle personal scores. He said this during the National Anti-Corruption Strategy validation workshop in Masvingo on Monday.
“We are currently revisiting laws and statutes with the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
“In the near future, there shall be a penalty for those that supply ZACC with false information.
“It is worrisome that ZACC is inundated with false corruption reports from politicians, businesspeople and other individuals. This then will force us to waste our resources in pursuance of the false leads,” said Commissioner Chaibva.
Commissioner Chaibva, who was flanked by the University of Zimbabwe economics lecturer Professor Albert Makochekanwa, said some individuals were accusing their enemies of corruption.
“Now, because of this we don’t rush into arresting parties in a case before assessing its authenticity.
“That is why at times we take time to deliver the outcome of the case,” he said.
“Some of these so-called corruption reports are mere political statements from unscrupulous politicians expecting ZACC to settle their scores,” Commissioner Chaibva said.
He emphasised the need for tangible evidence in corruption cases.-Statemedia
By A Correspondent- Former Midlands State University (MSU) bursar Mamelo Moyo and her husband Melusi, who formed a briefcase company that saw the institution of higher learning being swindled of more than US$150 000 through unprocedural business transactions, have approached the High Court challenging their conviction.
Mamelo and Melusi, who is also the university’s former acting director of works, prejudiced the university of US$154 393,05 in underhand dealings.
The couple connived and flouted tender processes by awarding a deal for the supply of stationery and chickens at uncompetitive prices to a private firm in which they had interests.
They were convicted on charges of corruptly concealing from a principal, a personal interest by Gweru regional magistrate Mr Morgan Nemadire and sentenced to five years jail each.
The magistrate suspended two years from their sentence on condition that they pay US$4 000 each and a further three years were suspended for five years on condition that they do not within that period commit a similar offence.
Mamelo and Melusi, through their lawyers Mutuso, Taruvinga and Mhiribidi Attorneys, filed a notice of appeal against conviction.
In their grounds of appeal, they argued that the magistrate erred by failing to appreciate that corruption was an essential element of the offence and that the State did not place any evidence of corruption before the court.
They said there was no evidence before the court to prove intention to deceive.
“The court a quo erred and misdirected itself at law by making unfathomable credibility findings on the evidence of accomplice witnesses who had a motive to exaggerate,” argued the lawyers.
Mamelo and Melusi said the court misdirected itself by ignoring the fact that there was an acrimonious relationship between themselves and the university council chairman.
“Failure by the State to call the evidence of the council chairman in rebuttal of the appellants’ defence was a misdirection on the part of the court a quo.
“The magistrate further erred by failing to consider that the appellants had no hand in the awarding of the tenders,” said the lawyers. They argued that they did not participate in adjudication processes in respect of all the 24 transactions.
According to court papers, it was stated that between September 11, 2014, and September 25, 2015, the couple made supplies to MSU via Netabelt Investments through a tender process as well as the competitive quotation bidding process without having declared their interests to the university in violation of the institution’s financial regulations.
Mamelo authorised for 14 of the 19 transactions which were made to Netabelt Investments via bank transfers into its CBZ account.
On October 26, 2015, MSU represented by Mr Erasmus Mupfiga, got a tip-off that the two had an undisclosed relationship with one of the university’s suppliers of stationery and computer accessories called Netabelt Investments Pvt Limited.
The institution then called Deloitte and Touche to investigate the relationship between the couple and the company. On realising that procurement procedures of the university were about to be audited, Mamelo completed declaration of conflicts form and declared that Melusi was her husband and director of Netabelt Investments Pvt Limited.
Mamelo also brought a declaration of conflicts form completed by her husband declaring he was the director of the company. She went on and forced her two subordinates Nyaradzai Kutsira and Jonathan Satande to sign in the forms as witnesses.
The audit, however, disclosed that Melusi also had 30 transactions through Netabelt Investment (Pvt) Limited worth $154 393,05 with MSU for the supply of stationery and food which were preceded through competitive quotation bidding process. Mamelo would authorise the payments made to the company. A report was made to the police leading to the couple’s arrest.-Statemedia
GWANDA-based gold producer, Blanket Mine, has secured a power generation licence from the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) which will allow the mining company to install an 18MW solar power plant.
Last October Blanket Mine, through its parent firm, Caledonia Mining Corporation announced plans to install a solar power plant to further reduce dependence on the national grid as well as reduce operational costs.
Blanket Mine has been a foreign currency cash cow for ZESA as it was settling its huge electricity in US Dollars in order to enjoy uninterrupted power supply.
Caledonia Mining Corporation on its Twitter handle said:
“Caledonia has received a generating licence for the proposed 18MW solar project to supply Blanket Mine and we are evaluating tenders received to build the project.
“In the meantime, we can start work clearing the 38-hectare (approximately 94 acre) site for the project.”
Speaking by telephone from Harare yesterday, Zera acting chief executive officer Mr Eddington Mazambani confirmed the development.
“Yes, we have issued them with a licence to generate power but for own consumption. They will put to the grid what they will not use but we expect that they will use most of the power that they are going to produce,” he said.
The mining group expects to fund the project but the tender process would invite proposals from potential funders who may be able to offer a more cost-effective funding structure.
In the future, Caledonia also projects that Blanket will have blended electricity supply from grid, solar and back-up diesel generators, which would deliver greater operational reliability, lower operating costs and improved environmental sustainability.
Between July and early August 2019, Blanket Mine experienced electricity supply disruptions and the mine had to rely heavily on its installed diesel generator back-up capacity.
Meanwhile, gold production during 2019 was approximately 55 182 ounces, ahead of revised production guidance of 53 000 ounces driven by improved power availability and grade control.
In the quarter ended December 31, 2019, a total of 16 876 ounces of gold were produced — 24 percent higher than the previous quarter — exceeding a prior production record of 16 425 ounces set in the final quarter of 2017.
This year, Caledonia anticipates gold production to be between 53 000 and 56 000 ounces.
The mining group recently increased its stake to 64 percent in Blanket Mine following the acquisition of an additional 15 percent shareholding from Fremiro Private Limited (Fremiro).
Fremiro will now hold approximately 6,3 percent of the miner’s enlarged issued share capital following a US$16,6 million gross consideration for the 15 percent stake.
The deal was settled through the cancellation of a loan — which stood at $11,5 million as at June 30, 2018 — between Fremiro and Caledonia and the issue of 727 266 new shares in Caledonia.
Last year, Caledonia announced it had entered into a legally binding agreement with Fremiro to purchase the 15 percent stake in Blanket.
Fremiro acquired its shareholding in Blanket when Caledonia implemented transactions in 2012 to comply with the Zimbabwean Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act.
As part of the transactions, Caledonia sold 41 percent of Blanket to indigenous Zimbabwean shareholders.
At least 15 percent was sold to Fremiro, 16 percent went to the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Fund, while the Blanket Employee Trust Services (Private) Limited received 10 percent. The financing of these acquisitions was facilitated through an estimated US$30 million of facilitation loans to the above parties apportioned pro rata between the parties based on shareholding.
In addition, 10 percent of Blanket was donated to the local community in the form of the Gwanda Community Share Ownership Trust.
Following amendment of the Indigenisation Act in 2018 to remove the 51 percent indigenisation requirement for gold mining businesses, Caledonia and Fremiro agreed on a transaction whereby Caledonia would purchase Fremiro’s shareholding in Blanket.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi
POLICE have arrested a serial fraudster who got away with about US$60 000 after swindling illegal money changers in Bulawayo and Harare.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the arrest of Malvirn Mtanda (35) from Harare.
Asst Comm Nyathi did not reveal the number of fraud cases Mtanda is facing but said he allegedly committed the offences between July last year and last month.
“The Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested a serial fraudster for swindling unsuspecting members of the public of more than US$60 000 in Harare and Bulawayo. The suspect Malvirn Mtanda aged 35 years was found in possession of identity particulars in the name of Gerald Magaya aged 36,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.
He said Mtanda would develop good relations with his victims before pouncing on them.
Asst Comm Nyathi said the accused defrauded a money changer from Bulawayo on Monday last week before cops tracked him to his hideout in Harare. “On the 17th of February 2020, the accused approached the complainant and asked him to assist change a substantial amount of money into RTGS. The accused claimed that he had US$ and wanted ZWL cash. The complainant gave the accused person RTGS $105 000 after collecting the money from his colleagues. The accused thereafter said he wanted to change an additional US$4 000 to RTGS through Ecocash,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.
He said after being given the money, Mtanda told his victim to drive to a city hotel where he said he was booked.
Asst Comm Nyathi said upon arrival at the hotel, he told his victim to remain in his car while he went to collect the money but instead he vanished.
He said Mtanda’s victim reported the matter to the police, leading to his arrest in Harare.
“It was also established that the suspect had been defrauding people since July 2019 using the same modus operandi. One of the complainants in Harare was swindled of US$35 000,” said Asst Comm Nyathi.
He said the victim who lost the US$35 000 was a businessperson who buys and sells computers.
Asst Comm Nyathi said Mtanda told his victim that he could change his US$35 000 into RTGS but he disappeared with the money.
“Members of the public are implored to engage in legal and clear financial transactions with banks and registered merchants,” warned Asst Comm Nyathi.-
Former Zimbabwe Deputy Finance Minister, Terence Mukupe is involved in a heated verbal fight with the highly controversial ECG Church leader Shepherd Bushiri accusing the self proclaimed prophet of sleeping with his wife and getting her pregnant in the process.
Bushiri has vehemently denied the claims while Mukupe has thrown in what he describes as evidence of the relationship between Bushiri and his wife as the drama rages on.
In the ZimEye.com interview video below, Bushiri’s bodyguards have come forward to reveal shocking “top secrets” and they announce that contrary to Bushiri’s denials, he was truly on the WhatsApp network between 2017-18 and only went on Telegram in 2019. They also speak on Sparkling Waters in Rustenberg where they say they once transported Mukupe’s wife to. The description confirms Mukupe’s account while somewhat proving Bushiri as the liar.
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The last time Bushiri was in the spotlight over infidelity allegations, his UK based colleague Uebert 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).
By Jane Mlambo| Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa will today hold a press conference to name his own list of corrupt cartels.
This comes hard on the heels of another press conference by former Zanu PF youth leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu who fingered three business people including Billy Rautenbach, Tafadzwa Musarara and Kudakwashe Tagwirei among corrupt cartels bleeding the economy.
Mliswa is likely to resume his battle with Billy Rautenbach following their fall out a few years ago over a deal gone bad.
The firebrand former Zanu PF provincial chair for Mash west has never missed an opportunity to hit at the controversial businessman, a few time questioning his monopoly in the ethanol sector among other issues.
ZimEye will stream live Mliswa’s press conference.
I repeat Emmerson Mnangagwa’s words when he bounced into Zanu PF after being expelled by Mugabe as the State’ s Vice President, I quote ” Zanu PF haisi yemunhu, ukada kuiisa muhomwe haikwani”
Anything that happens in Zanu PF is painted on an individual whilst the system is hidden. The hand of the system is never revealed. The evil painted on an individual whilst the system remains mystery and unsavory.
With Zanu PF they ensure that their institution remains clean and not touched whilst blame is shifted to an individual.
From 1999 to 2017 , opposition spend almost twenty years focusing on an individual which is ” Mugabe”, whilst the system was hidden. What Zanu PF does is that they ensure that the individual suffers major setbacks and becomes desperate to an extend that the individual seeks refuge to the system. They creat that situation.
In 2018 when Mnangagwa was on the edge during the announcement of the results, it is the system that came to his rescue and secured his Presidency. This is how the system works. When you refuse to obey orders, they will simply remind you of your past sins or how they rescued you from the jaws of darkness.
ED’s remarks
Apparently ED meant that anyone can be hounted out of the party but it remains intact. It is difficult to predict Zanu and noone is bigger than the party.
My simple analysis is this is a system which is difficult to dismantle. ED was expelled by Zanu PF and Mugabe in 2017 and the same happened to Mugabe and his wife together with his G40 cabal, and the party remained intact.
I have seen many opposition stalwarts calling for the removal of Emerson Mnangagwa from State Presidency, and the one who succeeds him will still do the same. The problem is not the individual but the entire ” system”.
Basically what this means is that the evil painted on the individual comes from the system.
What opposition don’t understand is that they are dealing with a system which is intact and well oiled. Their focus is not on an individual but on interests. You need to get this right. Zanu PF can offload anyone, they have no problem with that, they can sacrifice anyone, but the system remains intact. The hidden mystery is on the ” system”.
Opposition lacks researchers on why the system remains intact.
Questions can be raised :
1. What is the system?
2. Who is the system?
3. Is the system a human being?
4. Is it a structure?
5. Where is the pivot of the system?
6. Where is the strength of the system?
7. Does the system have pillars ?
8. The historical context of the system?
9. Where does the system operate from ?
10. Who are those who are part of the system?
Even those who are in Zanu PF, not all who understand how it operates. Some were ministers for the past fifteen years and they left without any knowledge of how it operates. Jonathan Moyo joined Zanu PF and left and it is still intact, Grace Mugabe left, Kasukuwere the one who used to call Mugabe ” Mudhara gushungo chinhu ndechenyu ndakachengeta” , some held powerful positions and they left and it is still intact.
” this is cultic”
Brief history on how Mugabe got into power around the 70s will entail how the system operates. Militarization of the state was one of Mugabe’s key strategies of how to remain in power. He created a system which I feel he didn’t understand how it operates.
So for those who are calling for Mnangagwa’ s departure, soon and very soon you will be starting to heep praise on ED.
The problem is not an individual but the “system.” You won’t be surprised that ED could be a face but behind the face a lot is happening which is beyond control.
We need researchers and critical thinkers when defining a problem.
This is a research topic which a think tank can focus on.
Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo is a Policy Advisor and Researcher and he can be contacted at tinamuzala@gmail.com
BYNTANDO MAKHUBU|Religion and the controversy around belief systems has again been thrust into the spotlight, forcing society to ask questions on the who, what and why. Every day we are faced with questions around the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church led by self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri.
He has been in the spotlight, especially since he hit the streets of Pretoria. The first thing that comes to mind is the stampede of worshippers at the Tshwane Events Centre on December 28. Reports were that there were too many people at the gates when the ushers, or whoever does it, opened them for people to go in, and they clambered over one another in their rush to be in front.
As we asked ourselves who is this guy?, we were inundated with videos taken from inside the church of the young religious leader healing the sick and getting the lame up and running.
Just as we were asking ourselves questions, footage of Bushiri levitating emerged; also some in which he performed miracles by calling on random congregants and revealing intimate details of their lives, or connecting them to relatives far from Tshwane.
Wow!
Who thinks they can fool us by doing the supernatural, my family, friends and I asked, but even as we dismissed him as a charlatan, so did the numbers of those who believed in him grow. The hall he initially used became too small, we heard, so outer halls and areas of the centre’s grounds became his church, and thousands went there, never minding that they would not actually see him. All many wanted was to be in his presence, and then they knew they were right with God, we heard.
The magnitude with which his church grew, to almost 1 million people every Sunday, shocked those who preferred to go to the Anglican Church for a couple of hours every Sunday, and occasionally an hour or so during the week if the need arose.
But as I ignored his popularity, the conversation around his power and ability grew, and as it filtered down a friend of mine approached me, desperate for a miracle as things went south in her life. She asked that I accompany her to Bushiri’s church one Sunday she needed his touch.
I had seen early one Saturday morning while driving to Pretoria west a queue of people lining the fence of Tshwane Events Centre, some still in their sleeping bags, others under blankets, and a few with camp chairs, obviously waiting for something.
I approached security personnel to ask what was happening. They explained that there was a church service the next day and some people had been camping outside the grounds for two nights.
Their words translated to “madness” to me because I could not understand why anyone would do that to themselves.
So I told my friend I could not go with her. I explained that I did not think we would see Bushiri and that camping out from the Thursday evening was taking it too far.
She did go, and a month later, her fortunes changed – she got a new job and a new man in her life, both which brought her much happiness and financial benefit. I was not convinced.
Six months later she was job hunting again and the man she had met after participating in the mass prayer had abused and left her.
As we read about his shenanigans I would like to say to her and many others “I told you so”, because shady dealings mean a shady man. But I will not.
Instead, I react with horror and shock, not at what he does, but at the people who scream his innocence and curse everyone else for his persecution.
Own Correspondent|Arsene Wenger believes Chelsea broke ‘rule number one’ during their Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening.
Frank Lampard’s side had chances to take the lead in the first half but failed to captalise and Bayern’s dominant second-half display saw them run out 3-0 winners at Stamford Bridge.
A quick-fire double from Serge Gnabry gave Bayern a comfortable advantage before Robert Lewandowski sealed the victory.
Chelsea now face a mountain to climb ahead of their second leg in Germany on March 18.
And Wenger admits Frank Lampard’s side were punished as soon as they lost control in midfield.
‘What has he [Lampard] learned… but he knew already, because you don’t lose five home games if your team is superior to every other team,’ Wenger told beIN Sports.
‘But at that level, to give possession away you’re punished at some stage because they make you run too much, and you cannot survive for 90 minutes.
‘In the Champions League, if you lost the midfield you’re in trouble, it’s rule number one.
Bayern Munich finished with the authority of a side with no interest in ever letting Chelsea off the hook again. The gulf in class was enormous from beginning to end and, while there will be no shortage of nostalgia before the second leg takes place at the Allianz Arena on 18 March, it is unlikely to feel like much more than a sightseeing exercise when Frank Lampard’s erratic side visit the scene of their greatest triumph.
The painful truth is that a 3-0 defeat flattered Chelsea and, barring one of the greatest comebacks in the history of this competition, this tie is surely over. Bayern, seemingly on a mission to erase the memories of their inexplicable defeat to Chelsea in the 2012 final, were just as devastating as they were when they smashed Tottenham 7-2 in October. The Bundesliga pacesetters made the side sitting fourth in the Premier League look second-rate and all but secured their place in the last eight of the Champions League during a brutal second half, sealing an emphatic win with two goals from Serge Gnabry and Robert Lewandowski’s 39th goal of the season.
It was Gnabry who took the game away from Chelsea with an electrifying four-minute burst shortly after half-time; to think Arsenal let him slip from their grasp. Gnabry has scored six in his last two visits to London and his understanding with Lewandowski, who created both of the German’s goals, was far too slick for Chelsea.
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono has lost $310 000 worth of property from his Buhera rural home and this was allegedly stolen by his relatives and a manager.
The suspects appeared before Magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai at Murambinda Magistrate’s Court this week.
George Chihota (41), Langton Choga (35), both from Gavaza Village under Chief Nerutanga in Buhera, Hakuna Panyika (48) of 35 Hesel, Borrowdale, Harare and Tavonga Gono (43) are charged with theft.
THE Zisco board and management are set to beef-up security at the company following reports of rampant looting of resources at the defunct iron and steel giant allegedly by former workers and thieves.
Besides former workers who are well acquainted with the plant, machete-wielding goons popularly known as “Mashurugwi”, have not spared the company as they are reportedly threatening to attack security personnel with machetes to gain entry into the plant.
The world’s longest conveyor belt at one time, measuring 15,6 kilometres, was the first to be stripped down by thieves.
Zisco acting board chairman Dr Gift Mugano confirmed the massive looting at the sleeping giant, saying this was retarding revival of the steel manufacturer.
He said former workers were leading and orchestrating the stealing of assets like cables, pipes and the conveyor belt.
“The situation on the ground is that there is looting at the company by some former workers and thieves who are taking away cables and other material from the plant for resale.
“Machete-wielding thieves have targeted the company as they go and threaten the security with machetes before getting inside the company premises and looting resources,” Dr Mugano said.
Going forward, he said management would beef-up security and carry out a forensic audit to account for stolen property.
“We are going to beef up our security to avoid such happenings from being repeated.
“We are going to carry out a forensic audit and an evaluation of assets so that
we account for every asset,” said Dr Mugano.
He said the parent ministry had already been notified about the need for an audit.
“Plans for an audit are at an advanced stage as we have notified the Ministry of Industry and Commerce about it and any time it can be carried out so that we account for every asset,” he said, adding that investigations would be carried out and those found on the wrong side of the law would be prosecuted.
“Yes, we have suspects and investigations are to be carried out and whoever will be found on the wrong side of the law will be prosecuted.”
The Redcliff-based steel plant closed down at the height of hyperinflation in 2008.
Following its closure, Zimbabwe is importing US$400 million worth of steel and its products annually.
In this light, Government has proclaimed the urgent need to invest and develop anchor industries for strategic sectors.
At its peak in the 1990s, the former steel giant employed over 5 000 people.
Huge continent of MDC leaders who attended the court.
Own Correspondent|Dozens of riot police officers on Tuesday descended on Harare Magistrates’ courts after the leader of the opposition MDC, Nelson Chamisa’s ‘unplanned’ appearance.
It is believed that the police expected a scene as Chamisa and scores of MDC supporters were appearing at the courts in solidarity with their party’s National Organising Secretary and Member of Parliament for Mkoba, Amos Chibaya.
Chibaya is accused of failing to take necessary measures to stop the public from engaging in a protest when he was legally obliged to do so.
Amos Chibaya arriving at the courts with his deputy and several mdc leaders
He had appeared in court this Tuesday in anticipation of the commencement of trial but it failed to kick-off as the state’s witnesses were absent due to a motor-vehicle mechanical fault while the other one could not be reached on his mobile phone.
Magistrate Gloria Takundwa remanded Chibaya to 11 March for a possible trial at the same time warning the state that if their witnesses fail to appear at the next remand date, the court set, they will have to proceed by way of summons.
The defence impressed upon the magistrate that if the State fails to provide witnesses to the case on 11 March, the two must be removed from remand so that the State proceeds with summons, if it so wishes. The magistrate agreed with the defence that if the State fails to provide witnesses, then the two MDC leaders will be removed from remand.
The defence lawyers also asked the matter to be put before a different magistrate on the grounds that the magistrate presiding over the case was not impartial.
The two MDC leaders are part of a huge contingent of party leaders and activists who are being persecuted through prosecution by the Mnangagwa regime.
VETERAN football administrator and FIFA instructor administration and management, Kenny Ndebele, believes the domestic football constituency slept on duty regarding club licensing and this has come to haunt the game.
Another respected football voice, former Warriors team doctor and WADA Southern Africa chairman, Nicholas Munyonga, says there is a tendency to be reactionary, and not proactive, in this country’s football fraternity.
Munyonga said, exactly 20 years after the rights to host the Africa Cup of Nations were taken away from Zimbabwe, there has been no improvement in the quality of the stadiums.
They were reacting to the CAF ban on all domestic football stadiums from hosting international matches.
Ndebele said although he would have loved to see the full report of the recommendations made by CAF on their last visit last year, he believes the same areas which are important in the pillars of infrastructure, in club licensing, were required.
“We have been talking about club licensing since 2010 and this is one facet of club licensing which we are falling foul of,’’ the PSL chief executive said.
“Club licensing was introduced some 10 years ago and its objective is to provide a safe and secure environment.
“I am not too sure what is in the report, the requirements which needed consideration before the match. But FIFA recognise the role of media, and treat them with respect, and that means you must have a tribune fully furnished with internet services.
‘‘An anti-doping room must be equipped with a refrigerator.
“We can’t be sitting on concrete, in this day, and then argue how many people fit into Rufaro. If you don’t have a correct seating capacity, you may overload the stadium and block the seat ways, which should not be blocked, and block movement of people during a match.
“The principles behind club licensing were made to provide a safe and secure environment. Someone was circulating Pitso Mosimane’s backroom staff, which had about 19 people, so you need those big rooms.
“And then the issue of ticketing, CAF and FIFA have a share, so you cannot rely on manual ticketing.
“We do appreciate that the council has bigger issues that are to provide water, good roads and refuse collection to ratepayers so it becomes a challenge to provide these services.’’
Munyonga echoed the same sentiments.
“The challenge that we have is that sometimes we don’t put into action things that we would have been told a long time ago,’’ he said.
“When the rights to host 2000 Africa Cup of Nations were taken away from us, we were told we didn’t have facilities to host and were behind time in terms of renovating the facilities.
‘’That’s exactly 20 years ago.
“If we check, the only resemblance of renovation that took place was related to the African Union Sports Council Region Five Under-20 Youth Games which were held in Bulawayo, leaving Babourfields in its own category, compared to other stadiums.
“Today, at the National Sports Stadium, players sit on the floor in the changing rooms. It means it doesn’t need CAF to tell us our stadium doesn’t qualify to host. It is something which is given and something that we know.
“When CAF came in and inspected the National Sports Stadium, Babourfields and Mandava last year, they left a list for things to be done and said we will come back to inspect before March and nothing was done.
‘‘Teams need to plan. CAF are entitled to then make a decision that supports best practice where teams must know where they are going to play, condition of the turf, and quality of hotels.’’
He said there was a lot that needed to be done.
“A good facility doesn’t favour the away team but the home team as well. Our squad now consists of international players, playing in some of the good leagues, so they are also affected,’’ said Munyonga.
“If we look ourselves in the eye, I think we have become more of talkers, than doers, and sometimes think that weeding grass in the stands is renovation yet we need to guarantee safety for the players, safety of spectators and everyone, this is why FIFA insists on good stands, facilities and good parking as well as comfortable changing rooms.’’
State Media|WHEN we launched the Fix Our Grounds campaign recently, the reaction from some circles was that we were wrong, and misguided, and we took quite a real battering from them.
But, we also received overwhelming support from others, who felt this was long overdue, concerned citizens who understood the pathetic state of our stadiums.
These are people who, just like us, were fed up with this depressing tale of lies, which we have been fed by those tasked with maintaining our stadiums, who have been promising that they will do something, to bring back glamour to the facilities, but yet did nothing.
Our journey started last December, when this newspaper toured Gwanzura, Rufaro and Dzivaresekwa stadiums and we highlighted the embarrassing poor state of the three facilities.
Gwanzura, which used to be the spiritual home of football in the capital before Rufaro was built, had not hosted a domestic Premiership game for five years after the top-flight league’s bosses were concerned the raw sewage, which was spilling onto the pitch, was now a health hazard to the players and officials.
Gwanzura Stadium
Dzvivaresekwa had been off the radar longer, abandoned even by the Harare City Council officials who were supposed to maintain it, and its stands were collapsing, the security wall was disappearing and the playing surface had not been attended to in more than seven years.
Chibuku in Chitungwiza, Lafarge in Mabvuku and even the National Sports Stadium were also in various states of decay.
Gwanzura stadium
We launched the FOG campaign because we were so sure that, if we highlight the crisis we were facing, this would force authorities to refurbish the country’s football grounds, which had been condemned by the Confederation of African Football.
We highlighted that Gwanzura now appeared like a ghost facility, a stadium left behind by time and the changing seasons, a facility which the authorities left to crumble into something that now looks like a haunted ground, where even vampires won’t dare to play their ball games.
We chronicled how various groups of Harare City Council officials had toured Gwanzura, taken the media on tours of deception and shame, promising they would fix the stadiums, came up with budgets for the refurbishments, and even a time-line of when they would reopen the ground.
And, we revealed that the whole country had been sold a dummy by council officials, preaching the gospel of angels when, in actual fact they were merchants of doom, who painted an image that they were about to renovate the stadiums, only for them to do nothing in the last few years.
We showed that on March 22, 2017, the then Harare City’s acting town clerk, Josephine Ncube, said her council was working on renovating Rufaro and they were expecting to start erecting bucket seats and introducing Wi-Fi at the stadium and, by the end of April, the ground would be ready.
We reminded the nation that she said a contractor, Highmel Investments, had been hired to be part of the Rufaro facelift and there was no need for the domestic football family to continue worrying.
“In terms of Wi-Fi we have an arrangement with a local provider and you will see that Wi-Fi will be available at Rufaro and also at Gwanzura this coming season,” Ncube told The Herald.
“In terms of the bucket seats, they are already on our budget for council and we will start putting bucket seats this year and we are also going to put up an electronic scoreboard at Rufaro.”
That was in 2017, this is 2020, and nothing has moved — there was no Wi-Fi at Rufaro, only a few bucket seats were erected in the VVIP Enclosure, there is no electronic scoreboard at the stadium and the state of the pitch, and other facilities at the ground are worse off than back then.
She wasn’t the only one knitting this gospel of deception. We revealed that in April 2017, Harare City Council officials revealed they had set aside $150 000 to renovate Gwanzura with councillors resolving to invoke the powers vested in the then Mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni, to find the funds for the exercise.
National Sports Stadium
“Following discussions, the committee noted the urgency of the matter and resolved that subject to the approval of His Worship, the Mayor, council approves the refurbishment of Gwanzura Stadium to meet ZIFA and PSL standards at an estimated cost of $150 000 for use during the 2017 PSL season.”
The refurbishments, according to council, would target enlarging the changing rooms, refurbish public toilets, referees changing room and terraces. Council also wants to construct a medical room, ticket room, repair the security wall, and upgrade turnstiles and media area.
It would also replace the playing turf with kikuyu lawn and attend to the sewer backflow challenges.
More than three years later, nothing had happened.
Then, we also revealed, that on October 4 2018, the same Harare City Council said they had committed over $700 000 for the refurbishment of Gwanzura ahead of the 2019-2020 Premiership season.
“The Harare City Council will in the coming weeks start the full-scale refurbishment of one of our sporting facilities, Gwanzura Stadium in Highfield,” Council spokesperson, Michael Chideme said.
“The council has set aside $700 000 for the work. The first aspect is to address the issue of water supply to which the city council has already made payment for borehole drilling.
“The contractor engaged for the turf attendance will be on the ground as soon as the installation of the borehole is completed. The contractor for the turf will also address drainage issues.”
However, more than 14 months later, nothing has changed at Gwanzura and no one knows what happened to the $700 000 which was said to have been earmarked for the refurbishment.
We revealed last month that FIFA were sitting on US$2,4 million of ZIFA’s unclaimed funds, by the end of 2018, the bulk of which could have been used by the association for development of infrastructural projects.
The funds were part of the first cycle of the Forward Development Programme.
We also showed that the Football Association of Malawi renovated their 10 000-seater Mpira stadium, which opened its doors last year, using some of the funds earmarked by FIFA for such purposes.
We warned of dire consequences, if people didn’t react to the crisis we were facing and take remedial action but, unfortunately, our pleas appear to have fallen on deaf ears.
Yesterday, our fears came to pass when CAF outlawed all the local stadiums from hosting international matches which means that, for the first time in their history, the Warriors will be forced to play their next AFCON qualifier on neutral soil.
It’s embarrassing and, sadly, it appears, there are some people who simply don’t care.
