FEATURE: REPORT ON THE PLANNED ASSASSINATION OF MARRY CHIWENGA ALLEGATION.

– history

–  definition.

–  justification.

–  Classification.

–  The Assassin.

–  Planning.

–  Techniques.

–  Manual.

– Marry Chiwenga.

HISTORY

When retired Gen Solomon Mujuru was killed in 2011, Gen Constantino Chiwenga pleaded with soldiers during the parade of the late’s body as filmed on the state broadcaster, ZBC saying, “We need to have peace, we need to have peace among ourselves.” Many people believe that the late general was assassinated like other suspicious deaths since 1975: Herbert Chitepo(bomb), Josiah Tongogara(truck accident, William Ndangana (accident with a puma), Border Gezi(car accident), Elliot Manyika( car accident), Morvern Mahachi( car accident), Susan Tsvangirai (car accident), Edward Chindori Chininga(car accident), Inviolleta Dumbutshena (car accident).

DEFINITION.

Assassination is a term thought to be derived from “Hashish”, a drug similar to marijuana, said to have been used by Hasan-Dan-Sabah to induce motivation in his followers, who were assigned to carry out political and other murders, usually at the cost of their lives, a study by the George Washington University reads.

It continues: It is here used to describe the planned killing of a person who is not under the legal jurisdiction of the killer, who is not physically in the hands of the killer, who has been selected by a resistance organization for death, and who has been selected by a resistance organization for death, and whose death provides positive advantages to that organization.

JUSTIFICATION

Murder is not morally justifiable. Self-defense may be argued if the victim has knowledge which may destroy the resistance organization if divulged. Assassination of persons responsible for atrocities or reprisals may be regarded as just puni shment. Killing a political leader whose burgeoning career is a clear and present danger to the cause of freedom may be held necessary.

But assassination can seldom be employed with a clear conscience. Persons who are morally squeamish should not attempt it.

CLASSIFICATIONS

The techniques employed will vary according to whether the subject is unaware of his danger, aware but unguarded, or guarded. They will also be affected by whether or not the assassin is to be killed with the subject hereafter, assassinations in which the subject is unaware will be termed “simple”; those where the subject is aware but unguarded will be termed “chase”; those where the victim is guarded will be termed “guarded.”

If the assassin is to die with the subject, the act will be called “lost.” If the assassin is to escape, the adjective will be “safe.” It should be noted that no compromises should exist here. The assassin must not fall alive into enemy hands.

A further type division is caused by the need to conceal the fact that the subject was actually the victim of assassination, rather than an accident or natural causes. If such concealment is desirable the operation will be called “secret” ;; if concealment is immaterial, the act will be called “open”; while if the assassination requires publicity to be effective it will be termed “terroristic.”

Following these definitions, the assassination of Julius Caesar was safe, simple, and terroristic, while that of Huey Long was lost, guarded and open. Obviously, successful secret assassinations are not recorded as assassination at all. [Illeg] o f Thailand and Augustus Caesar may have been the victims of safe, guarded and secret assassination. Chase assassinations usually involve clandestine agents or members of criminal organizations.

THE ASSASSIN

In safe assassinations, the assassin needs the usual qualities of a clandestine agent. He should be determined, courageous, intelligent, resourceful, and physically active. If special equipment is to be used, such as firearms or drugs, it is clear that he must have outstanding skill with such equipment.

Except in terroristic assassinations, it is desirable that the assassin be transient in the area. He should have an absolute minimum of contact with the rest of the organization and his instructions should be given orally by one person only. His safe evacuation after the act is absolutely essential, but here again contact should be as limited as possible. It is preferable that the person issuing instructions also conduct any withdrawal or covering action which may be necessary.

In lost assassination, the assassin must be a fanatic of some sort. Politics, religion, and revenge are about the only feasible motives. Since a fanatic is unstable psychologically, he must be handled with extreme care. He must not know the iden tities of the other members of the organization, for although it is intended that he die in the act, something may go wrong. While the Assassin of Trotsky has never revealed any significant information, it was unsound to depend on this when the act was p lanned.

PLANNING

When the decision to assassinate has been reached, the tactics of the operation must be planned, based upon an estimate of the situation similar to that used in military operations. The preliminary estimate will reveal gaps in information and possibly indicate a need for special equipment which must be procured or constructed. When all necessary data has been collected, an effective tactical plan can be prepared. All planning must be mental; no papers should ever contain evidence of the oper ation.

In resistance situations, assassination may be used as a counter-reprisal. Since this requires advertising to be effective, the resistance organization must be in a position to warn high officials publicly that their lives will be the price of rep risal action against innocent people. Such a threat is of no value unless it can be carried out, so it may be necessary to plan the assassination of various responsible officers of the oppressive regime and hold such plans in readiness to be used only i f provoked by excessive brutality. Such plans must be modified frequently to meet changes in the tactical situation.

TECHNIQUES

The essential point of assassination is the death of the subject. A human being may be killed in many ways but sureness is often overlooked by those who may be emotionally unstrung by the seriousness of this act they intend to commit. The spe cific technique employed will depend upon a large number of variables, but should be constant in one point: Death must be absolutely certain. The attempt on Hitler’s life failed because the conspiracy did not give this matter proper attention.

Techniques may be considered as follows:

1. Manual.

It is possible to kill a person with the bare hands, but very few are skillful enough to do it well. Even a highly trained Judo expert will hesitate to risk killing by hand unless he has absolutely no alternative. However, the simplest local tools a re often much the most efficient means of assassination. A hammer, axe, wrench, screw driver, fire poker, kitchen knife, lamp stand, or anything hard, heavy and handy will suffice. A length of rope or wire or a belt will do if the assassin is strong and agile. All such improvised weapons have the important advantage of availability and apparent innocence. The obviously lethal machine gun failed to kill Trotsky where an item of sporting goods succeeded.

In all safe cases where the assassin may be subject to search, either before or after the act, specialized weapons should not be used. Even in the lost case, the assassin may accidentally be searched before the act and should not carry an incrimin ating device if any sort of lethal weapon can be improvised at or near the site. If the assassin normally carries weapons because of the nature of his job, it may still be desirable to improvise and implement at the scene to avoid disclosure of his ident ity.

2. Accidents.

For secret assassination, either simple or chase, the contrived accident is the most effective technique. When successfully executed, it causes little excitement and is only casually investigated.

The most efficient accident, in simple assassination, is a fall of 75 feet or more onto a hard surface. Elevator shafts, stair wells, unscreened windows and bridges will serve. Bridge falls into water are not reliable. In simple cases a private meeting with the subject may be arranged at a properly-cased location. The act may be executed by sudden, vigorous [excised] of the ankles, tipping the subject over the edge. If the assassin immediately sets up an outcry, playing the “horrified wit ness”, no alibi or surreptitious withdrawal is necessary. In chase cases it will usually be necessary to stun or drug the subject before dropping him. Care is required to insure that no wound or condition not attributable to the fall is discernible after death.

Falls into the sea or swiftly flowing rivers may suffice if the subject cannot swim. It will be more reliable if the assassin can arrange to attempt rescue, as he can thus be sure of the subject’s death and at the same time establish a workable al ibi.

If the subject’s personal habits make it feasible, alcohol may be used [2 words excised] to prepare him for a contrived accident of any kind.

Falls before trains or subway cars are usually effective, but require exact timing and can seldom be free from unexpected observation.

Automobile accidents are a less satisfactory means of assassination. If the subject is deliberately run down, very exact timing is necessary and investigation is likely to be thorough. If the subject’s car is tampered with, reliability is very lo w. The subject may be stunned or drugged and then placed in the car, but this is only reliable when the car can be run off a high cliff or into deep water without observation.

Arson can cause accidental death if the subject is drugged and left in a burning building. Reliability is not satisfactory unless the building is isolated and highly combustible.

3. Drugs.

In all types of assassination except terroristic, drugs can be very effective. If the assassin is trained as a doctor or nurse and the subject is under medical care, this is an easy and rare method. An overdose of morphine administered as a sedat ive will cause death without disturbance and is difficult to detect. The size of the dose will depend upon whether the subject has been using narcotics regularly. If not, two grains will suffice.

If the subject drinks heavily, morphine or a similar narcotic can be injected at the passing out stage, and the cause of death will often be held to be acute alcoholism.

Specific poisons, such as arsenic or strychine, are effective but their possession or procurement is incriminating, and accurate dosage is problematical. Poison was used unsuccessfully in the assassination of Rasputin and Kolohan, though the latte r case is more accurately described as a murder.

4. Edge Weapons

Any locally obtained edge device may be successfully employed. A certain minimum of anatomical knowledge is needed for reliability.

Puncture wounds of the body cavity may not be reliable unless the heart is reached. The heart is protected by the rib cage and is not always easy to locate.

Abdominal wounds were once nearly always mortal, but modern medical treatment has made this no longer true.

Absolute reliability is obtained by severing the spinal cord in the cervical region. This can be done with the point of a knife or a light blow of an axe or hatchet.

Another reliable method is the severing of both jugular and carotid blood vessels on both sides of the windpipe.

If the subject has been rendered unconscious by other wounds or drugs, either of the above methods can be used to insure death.

5. Blunt Weapons

As with edge weapons, blunt weapons require some anatomical knowledge for effective use. Their main advantage is their universal availability. A hammer may be picked up almost anywhere in the world. Baseball and [illeg] bats are very widely distributed. Even a rock or a heavy stick will do, and nothing resembling a weapon need be procured, carried or subsequently disposed of.

Blows should be directed to the temple, the area just below and behind the ear, and the lower, rear portion of the skull. Of course, if the blow is very heavy, any portion of the upper skull will do. The lower frontal portion of the head, from th e eyes to the throat, can withstand enormous blows without fatal consequences.

MARRY CHIWENGA (MUBAIWA) CASE.

A whistlblower has narrated an allegation to ZimEye that there is a plan underway to kill the wife of vice president Constantino Chiwenga, Marry using an accident.

“I opened a ghost account, ” they began.

They went on to say, “if you have access Mary she must not travel a long distance because mmmm an accident bug have been planned wangu.”

They passed this report on at 8:17 in the morning on Wednesday (today). Identity details of the people behind this alleged plot were not revealed at the time of writing. It could neither be established when this operation will be carried out and which routes and methods have been planned.

This is a developing story refresh this page for the updates. – Do you know something about this plot? – Contact ZimEye.com right now

Dear Editor

If you have access to Marry, please could you warn her against travelling long distances because an “accident” bug has been planted.

I am just concerned for her safety and thought that i should really help her.

Concerned Zimbabwean

By Hope Chizuzu| The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) offices at number 53 Livingstone House is being stripped to the ground by the messenger of court over a debt owed to creditors, despite the association running and operating secret accounts, including one hidden under Northern Region armpit.

This is the first taste of what running Zifa affairs at FA for de facto Zifa President Phelimon Machana, who now calls himself zimfootballleaks on Twitter since usurping power from the confused Kamambo has been.

Reports hitting The Page are that even the employees after suffering several threats of being fired if they continue to ask for their salaries running into several months, remain unpaid as Machana has gone viral in his fight against Chiyangwa and Sibanda, the former Zifa Presidium.

By A Correspondent- A self-styled prophet has appeared in court on allegations of causing the death of one of his clients’ during a cleansing ceremony.

The client allegedly died after the prophet dipped his head three times in the Mukuvisi River.

Edmond Nyahwo, of Glen View 8 allegedly caused the death of Protasias Marimo after dipping his head into the river and forcing him to sniff traditional snuff while conducting the cleansing ceremony.

Nyahwo is facing culpable homicide charges. He was not asked to plead to the charges when he appeared before magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa, who remanded him to February 17 on $200 bail.

Circumstances leading to his arrest were that on July 1 last year, Marimo approached Nyahwo, who took him to Mukuvisi River in Glen Norah.

Upon their arrival, Nyahwo stepped into a shallow pool and invited Marimo to get in.

The court heard that Nyahwo started dipping Marimo’s head in the water on three different times while causing him to sniff some snuff, which was in a wooden plate.

Reports are that Marimo later fell unconscious forcing other people who had accompanied the two to the cleansing ceremony to intervene in a bid to resuscitate him but failed.

Nyahwo went to Glen Norah police station where he informed them what had happened.

Marimo’s body was then taken to Harare Central Hospital where one Dr Sachikonye confirmed him dead.

A post mortem was conducted on the following day by Dr Aisa Gerrano and Yechilyn Igusias, who confirmed that Marimo had died from brain damage, left frontal intraparenchimatose and brain vessels damage rapture.

Nyahwo was later arrested and he is expected to be back in court on February 17 for his routine remand.

-StateMedia

By A Correspondent- A gold panner in Shangani has been taken to court for attacking a colleague with a machete in a dispute over cigarette.

Mkondisi Nyathi (35) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomasiko Ndlovu.

He was granted $300 bail and  remanded to December 31.

On December 16 Nyathi confronted Mandlenkosi Thwala (33) armed with a machete and asked for a cigarette.

Thwala said he had none and Nyathi suddenly attacked him with the machete three times on the head.

 Nyathi was arrested following a report made to the police.

Farai Dziva|MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is expected to announce the much awaited way forward following the lengthy political stalemate in the country.

Chamisa has indicated that the people of Zimbabwe have suffered for too long such that there is need for decisive action.

“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.We’ve exhausted all channels.

We can’t continue to be victims of unjust application of the law.Rights are for all.

On Tuesday 21st Jan we will deliver the people’s Agenda 2020 to the nation come what may.#peoplesgovernment,” Chamisa wrote on Twitter.

By A Correspondent- A 33 year old Harare woman was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment yesterday by a Bindura magistrate for ill-treating her baby girl by leaving her with an unknown vendor at Bindura market.

Charity Nyabadza pleaded guilty to the charge before magistrate Moreblessing Makati who commuted the sentence to 105 hours of community service.

Prosecutor Vincent Marunya told the court that on December 29 the convict left Rusape with her new born baby for Bindura.

Upon arriving in Bindura Nyabadza saw an unknown vendor whom she gave her baby and escaped to her brother’s place in Chitungwiza.

Her brother quizzed her about her missing baby and she came back to Bindura to search for the vendor.

The vendor had filed a police report and the baby had been taken to Bindura hospital.

The police conducted investigations leading to Nyabadza’s arrest.

By A Correspondent- Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the youngest son of the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has engaged in a no holds barred verbal war with his alleged ex-girlfriend only identified as Mimi Chirasa whom he has labelled a commercial s_ex worker.

The cause of the fallout is not known but came to light when Zimcelebs posted on Instagram suggesting that Mimie was Chatunga’s ex-girlfriend to which he asked: “how is she my ex?”

Social media users became interested in the matter asking Chatunga to explain what he meant. They asked to know if they were still together, if not, he had to reveal his latest girlfriend.

The no holds barred tiff took an unprecedented turn after Chirasa attacked Chatunga alleging that his manhood is very small.

Chatunga, however, laughed off Charasa’s claims. In his response, Chatunga alleged that Charasa was a bitter golddigger who was “out of his league”, “very cheap” and had slept with several men.

Some of the insults between Chirasa and Chatunga are unprintable.

By A Correspondent- Over 124 artisanal miners were arrested at Mazowe mine, (Jumbo) yesterday following an operation to clear machete wielding illegal gold panners at the mine.

The operation which started yesterday forced over 1000 armed police officers from Support unit, Guruve, Mt Darwin and Bindura districts to flood the area.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the case.

“We started the operation yesterday and about 124 illegal miners were arrested the operation is still on-going,” he said.

However, some police officers on duty are disgruntled over the exercise as they were forced to go to work without much preparation and food.

“This operation is not good enough for us as we were just forced to go to work without preparing we do not have food here and life has proved tough for us lamented,” police officers.

Unconfirmed reports claim the operation is meant to pave way for president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son Tongai who wants to take over the mine as he is the major buyer of gold there.

There is a gold rush at the mine with Zanu-PF big wigs using their party cars to loot the precious mineral from the private owned mine.

Farai Dziva|Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi says government will prioritize investments from China ahead of offers from the West.

Writing on Twitter Mutodi literally indicated government would not accept investments from Western countries.

“The historic visit to Zimbabwe by the Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Wang Yi is a slap in the face of Britain, US and the EU who have remained hostile. We will in return, prioritize Chinese business interests ahead of any Western country,” wrote Mutodi on Twitter.

State Media|The November 2019 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council’s Advanced Level results are out with girls outsmarting boys, again.
A marginal 1,2 percent increase in the pass rate has been achieved from 81,9 percent in 2018.

The results which were announced by Zimsec board chairman, Professor Eddie Mwenje in Harare yesterday brought a silver lining to the country’s education system as a decline in pass rates was being recorded over the years.

Both the November 2019 Zimsec Grade Seven and the Higher Education Examination Council (Hexco) recorded a decline in pass rates.
The Grade Seven pass rate declined to 46,9 percent in 2019 from 52,08 in 2018, while the Hexco pass rate declined from 74.1 percent in 2018 to 58,3 percent.

Announcing the results, which candidates can now collect from their respective centres or access online, Prof Mwenje said: “The total number of candidates who sat for the November 2019 examination was 51 862. The candidature increased by 5 348 from 46 478 in 2018, which translates to an increase of 11,6 percent.

“In 2019, 50 774 candidates wrote two or more subjects and 42 1 69 obtained Grade E or better in two or more subjects. This translated to 83,1 percent pass rate, an increase of 1,2 percentage points from 81,9 percent as recorded in 2018.”

Public schools had more candidates compared to the mushrooming private schools.
The total number of school candidates was 42 543, of this number 42 157 wrote two or more subjects.

A total of 36 515 candidates obtained Grade E or better in two or more subjects, yielding a pass rate of 86, 6 percent compared to a pass rate of 65,6 percent pass rate recorded by private candidates.

The total number of private candidates was 9 319, while 8 617 wrote two or more subjects.

“The number of school female candidates that set for the 2019 A’ Level examinations was 19 877. Out of this number, 19 689 wrote two or more subjects and 17 525 passed two or more subjects, yielding a 89 percent pass-rate.

“There were 22 666 male candidates and 18 990 passed two or more subjects, translating to 84,5 percent,” said Prof Mwenje.
Special needs candidates were 55 and 35 candidates passed two or more subjects.
While the general pass rate was high, most science subject learners find the going tough and recorded a 31,6 percent pass rate.

“It is important for the nation to note that out of 17 749 candidates who registered to write Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics 5 610 passed two or more subjects with a Grade E or better.

“The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education needs to closely look into this area. There could be a number of factors which need further interrogation that could be contributing to this poor performance. We need to closely look at each subject because these are the second results from the recently introduced competency-based curriculum.

“The other contributing factor can be that science subjects require a lot of input and equipment which most schools do not possess,” said Prof Mwenje.

Director of one of Mutare’s leading private schools, First Class Academy, Mr Stephen Mutsongodza, said the increase in this year’s pass rate was welcome news to the education sector.

Mr Mutsongodza also hailed the girl child for going the extra mile in producing better results every year.

“Girls have been doing wonders in schools and they should continue working hard.

“We need more ladies in positions of authority like Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri (Minister of Defence and War Veterans) and Monica Mutsvangwa (Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services), Mrs Chipo Mtasa (TelOne managing director) and Captain Chipo Matimba (a woman pilot).

By Jane Mlambo| Opposition MDC President Nelson Chamisa has threatened to proceed with his Hope of the Nation address dubbed The people’s Vision 2020 despite desperate state antics to block his planned action.

Yesterday, police banned a planned MDC gathering that was set for Mai Musodzi hall in Mbare citing depleted workforce due to school opening hive.

But a defiant Chamisa said his party had exhausted all the channels and will not continue respecting the unjustified application of the law against the MDC by the state.

He vowed to proceed with the planned function on Tuesday the 21st of January.

“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.We’ve exhausted all channels.We can’t continue to be victims of unjust application of the law.Rights are for all.On Tuesday 21st Jan we will deliver the people’s Agenda 2020 to the nation come what may.#peoplesgovernment,” said Chamisa.

Own Correspondent| The Secretary-General of the opposition MDC led by advocate Nelson Chamisa has revealed that Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights refused to represent him in his treason case.

He said that ZLHR refused to represent him for political reasons adding that he is a prisoner of the State who did not apply to be arrested. He tweeted:

We have now started the process of preparing for my upcoming Treason Trial. Mr Harrison Nkomo will be leading my defense and thanks to him for agreeing to represent me after @ZlHR refused to take up my matter. The reasons which are political will be revealed after the Trial

Hwende was arrested in March last year for his alleged role in the January protests which followed an unprecedented fuel price hike by the government.

It is alleged that Hwende incited violence by his tweet which he has since disowned saying that the State has no evidence to say the twitter account belongs to him.

Hwende was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International airport early in March on his return from Namibia where he had been visiting his family.

DEPUTY Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza has berated law enforcement agents who are in the habit of rushing to arrest before thoroughly investigating their suspects, saying this had the effect of eroding public confidence and frustrating the tail end of the justice delivery system.

Speaking at the official opening of the 2020 legal year at the Bulawayo High Court yesterday, Justice Gwaunza said investigators and arresting officers should continue honing their skills and conduct thorough investigations before arresting those suspected of engaging in criminal activities.

“Knee-jerk arrests only serve to frustrate the ends of justice,” she said.

“The public will consequently feel let down by the system and such a scenario lends credence to the notorious accusations of catch and release.

“In my address last year, I intimated that there were plans to cascade the anti-corruption courts to all 10 provinces of the country. I am happy to advise that in the past year, the Judicial Service Commission established anti-corruption courts in five additional provinces, Midlands included.”

Justice Gwaunza added that two anti-corruption courts had been established in Harare and Bulawayo, with the identified judges earmarked for training in Uganda later this month.

“The fight against corruption requires the collective effort of all institutions involved in the administration of justice. The public is equally expected to play its part,” she said.

She urged the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) to properly advise the police and Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on the strength of evidence required to secure prosecutions.

“The pursuit of justice should resonate with a careful, conscientious and professional execution of the constitutional mandate of prosecuting criminal matters in courts,” Justice Gwaunza said.

“Legal practitioners are equally enjoined to play their constitutional role of representing their clients to the best of their abilities and in terms of the law. Legal practitioners are officers of the court and are expected not only to assist the court arrive at just decisions but to behave ethically as well.”

Last year, the country witnessed several arrests of top government officials and ex-ministers on allegations of corruption, but most of the cases have either collapsed or yet to be concluded.

Officially opening the 2020 legal year at the Constitutional Court in Harare yesterday, Chief Justice Luke Malaba revealed that the judiciary will this year introduce live-streaming of cases attracting public and national interest..

Chief Justice Malaba said live broadcasting of cases is vital in promoting transparency and accountability, while members of the general public, who cannot attend court sessions, will be able to know what goes on in courts.

He said live-streaming of the 2018 presidential election petition hearing was an eye opener to the Judiciary, hence the idea to make this a permanent feature.

-Newsday

By A Correspondent- After her recent visit to Harare’s popular cleric Prophet Walter Magaya’s Church Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Church (PHD), Bounty Lisa’s fortune is yet to turn for the best as her tumour is still haunting her.

The social media personality Mai Titi decided to make a courtesy call at Bounty Lisa’s residence and said:

“Went to see Bounty Lisa oh she not feeling well let’s pray for her. Get well soon chimhamha”

This definitely affects her work which involves standing on two feet for hours.

She was once married to fellow musician Soul Jah Luv and they broke up under unclear circumstances.

Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has issued a statement in remembrance of the people who died during the January 14, 2019 fuel protest dubbed #ZimShutdown.

The protest degenerated into chaos with protestors vandalising and looting, in that order, infrastructure and commodities.

State security forces were unleashed into homes as a result and they tortured, killed and sexually abused some members of the public.

Below is the statement by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum.

Own Correspondent|Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has postponed his Vision 2020 address that was set for Mai Musodzi hall in Mbare after police refused to clear the gathering citing personnel shortage due to school opening.

In banning the event, police said they were not able to provide enough security during the event as their members were busy with the current schools opening.

The ban on the main opposition’s event elicited fierce rebuke by MDC deputy national spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka who claimed the state was treating his party like a terrorist organisation.

“The police have today proscribed Agenda 2020, a key event for the party that was scheduled for tomorrow in Mbare, Harare, citing flimsy excuses that the event cannot proceed because the police are busy with the schools that are opening this week, as if the police have anything to do with opening of schools,” said Tamborinyoka while addressing local media at Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House.

“We are noting a disturbing trend where the police are routinely proscribing MDC events and treating the party as a banned organisation in the country.

“We continue to be treated like a banned or a terrorist organisation when we are a legitimate political party that is in Parliament and that controls 28 out of 32 urban local authorities.

“For fear of our (supporters) lives against this brutal dictatorship, and given what this regime has done before, we have decided to postpone the Agenda 2020 event to next week on Tuesday at a venue to be announced.

“We have postponed the event because the regime was budgeting for a clash, for blood and for violence and as a party we will not sacrifice the lives of innocent Zimbabweans.”

An attempt to hold a similar event in November last year ended with police beating up and injuring scores of MDC supporters who had gathered outside the party’s Harare headquarters for Chamisa’s address.

Chamisa was set to give his Hope of the Nation Address.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has kept a tight rein on MDC activities amid growing fears of a popular uprising against the under-fire national leader.

Own Correspondent|Former Turkey international Hakan Sukur says he resorted to driving an Uber and selling books for living after he lost all his assets to the Turkish government.

Sukur however on the verge of being honoured with a fare play award for how he managed to get his life back on track following the incident with the Turkish government.

Surkur who played for Inter Milan , Blackburn Rovers and Galatasary said Turkish preside Recep Erdogan took all he has from him and sent his dad to jail, before he decided to flee from Turkey.

“I drive for Uber and I sell books. I am starting to work now.

“Everyone that has a connection with me has financial troubles. I don’t have anything left. I have tens of millions of dollars of property in Turkey, but everything is confiscated.

“Erdogan took everything from me: my right to freedom, my right to express myself, my right to work.

“My wife’s boutique was stoned, my children were harassed and my father sent to jail.

“When I left for the US, my father was locked up and my assets taken.”

Sukur scored 52 goals from 112 caps for Turkey and helped to qualify the national team for Euro 2000 Champinship and FIFA world cup in 2002 where they finished third.

Surkur who scored the fastest goal in the history of FIFA World Cup when he netted after 19 seconds in the third place match against Korea said he still loves his Country.

News Agents

Embattled wife to Vice President Emmerson Chiwenga is a holder of two valid Zimbabwean diplomatic passports and another ordinary one.

The startling revelations were made in opposing papers filed by the VP against Marry Mubaiwa’s recent suit on the him.

In the suit, Marry claimed the country’s number 2 abducted the couple’s minor children and had blocked her access to the family’s Borrowdale home.

But in trying to discredit his estranged wife, VP Chiwenga revealed through his lawyers that Marry was a holder of three passports.

Marry is currently on bail after she was arrested last year and charged with attempted murder, money laundering and fraud.

She surrendered her diplomatic passport as part of her bail conditions, and retained two other valid passports, according to the VP.

According to Chiwenga in his court papers, Marry is a holder of two diplomatic passports (AD005170) and (AD005759).

They are due to expire on December 11 this year and November 2, 2022 respectively.

The third passport (CN701555) will expire on February 21, 2022.

Zimbabweans are entitled to a single passport each.

The revelations of her holding more than a single passport would most likely be received with anger among many local passport applicants who have endured months of waiting for the precious document amid claims by authorities the country was short of special paper to print them.

The country’s passport backlog currently runs into hundreds of thousands with government seemingly at a loss on how to remedy the situation.

By A Correspondent- An attempt by a Lupane based family to conceal a case of se_xual abuse has been exposed after a rap_e victim finally broke her silence four years after she was allegedly violated by her brother.

Allegations are that on an unknown date in 2015, the accused met the complainant who was coming from school and asked her to assist him in carrying some logs from a nearby bush.

It is further alleged that he then rap_ed her but family members agreed not to report the matter to the police.

However, four years after the alleged incident, the complainant reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the accused.

The case is being heard before Hwange Magistrate Collet Ncube with the accused remanded in custody.

-StateMedia

By Talent Gondo- The Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Manicaland Diocese Anglican Bishop, Eric Ruwona over profiteering from the compulsory sale of Bibles and hymn books to desperate pupils seeking places at Anglican schools in the province.

The Bishop is currently detained at Mutare Central Police Station and is expected to appear in court tomorrow.

Allegations against Bishop Ruwona are that the cleric would force pupils seeking places at Anglican schools to pay a staggering $800 for the Holy Bible.  It is alleged that those who failed to pay were turned away.

Bishop Ruwona was arrested following a tip-off by frustrated parents.

This is a developing story. Refresh this page for latest updates.

Qoki v Mr Dumi Moyo matter.

As promised I have carried my own investigations in the aforesaid matter. There is no proof that the alleged(£80,000) amount of money was even paid so l cant make any conclusions on that.

Furthermore the Ladies in question have failed to substantiate their allegations with tangible evidence so as to help in getting to the bottom of the matter.

There is also no evidence that this amount of money even left UK unless it was carried illegally out of UK.

There are transactions of money transferred to Zim using money transfer companies by people in the subject of this matter but was tiny fraction of the said amount.

So l found no evidence that huge money was legal transferred to Zim by any of the people involved in this matter. The court case against Mr Moyo was also withdrawn by the Ladies who were the plaintiff in this matter without reasons.

I asked a lot of questions to the Qoki ladies and Mr Moyo yesterday soliciting responses in order to put the matter to rest. I must say Mr Moyo responded to all the issues relating to the matter.To my dismay the Qoki Ladies failed or neglected to respond to any questions relating to this issue.

They have decided to turn their backs against the truth, I have no reasons to dispute what Mr Moyo has furnished me with including documents l have regarding the issues. I am satisfied that the allegation and accusation of fraud is not substantiated in this matter.

I listened to my sister Sithule’s live video, she actually reiterated that “Akula muntu otshontshele omunye”.

The BIG question if kungela “tsotsi otshontshele omunye”, why was such malicious and reckless statement put in public domain that Mr Moyo had defrauded the ladies. Following the interviews l have conducted and evidence at hand, I can now conclude that Mr Moyo was subjected to unethical behaviour by some scrupulous people within the ambit of Qoki Association.

Unless and until I’m supplied with evidence, l cant find any wrong doing by Mr Moyo. Mr Moyo confirmed to me that he refused to agree to remove the other 8 ladies out of the agreement as initially proposed by Sithule & Karen.

Mr Moyo also says he refused to let a company purely owned by 2 ladies to register the land, which would ONLY benefit the 2 individual ladies. Mr Moyo says he wanted to live with a clear conscience and believed in doing the right thing.

Mr Moyo also says Ladies never communicated with their legal team before resorting to a social media attack and his legal team will be taking action against all those who attacked, bullied and abused him.

As posted yesterday Mr Moyo also confirmed that his lawyers attended High Coiurt hearing and found themselves being the only ones in court room because the ladies and their lawyers had withdrawn the case.

I have all legal supporting documents supporting this evidence which l posted yesterday and also available at both legal teams offices for verification. Mr Moyo also sent me a letter from his lawyers which strongly advised him against responding to any social media attacks.

By the way these are my findings and no one is stopped to do the same. Meanwhile Mr Moyo’s Lawyers have sued Qoki to recover their legal costs.

By A Correspondent- The Acting President of Zimbabwe, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has revealed that he took the children away from his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa-Chiwenga to have them cleansed “of memories of the horrors they experienced” when they were with their mother Marry.

Chiwenga revealed this in his court papers which challenge the former model’s application to be allowed into their Borrowdale Brooke house. He said:

My clothes in some cases were heaped together and sprayed by the applicant with some unknown substances.

I had to take the children away to cleanse them of memories of the horrors they experienced.

Marry who was arrested by ZACC on the 15th of December accused of attempting to kill the vice president, money laundering, externalisation of funds and fraudulently seeking to upgrade her customary union to a civil marriage without her husband’s consent, is currently out on bail.

One of the bail’s condition was for her to stay at their Borrowdale House but the former military boss is denying her entrance saying that she cannot stay with him since he is a State witness.

-StateMedia

By Staff Reporter- The Secretary-General of the opposition MDC led by advocate Nelson Chamisa has revealed that Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights refused to represent him in his treason case.

He said that ZLHR refused to represent him for political reasons adding that he is a prisoner of the State who did not apply to be arrested. He tweeted:

We have now started the process of preparing for my upcoming Treason Trial. Mr Harrison Nkomo will be leading my defense and thanks to him for agreeing to represent me after @ZlHR refused to take up my matter. The reasons which are political will be revealed after the Trial

Hwende was arrested in March last year for his alleged role in the January protests which followed an unprecedented fuel price hike by the government.

It is alleged that Hwende incited violence by his tweet which he has since disowned saying that the State has no evidence to say the twitter account belongs to him.

Hwende was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International airport early in March on his return from Namibia where he had been visiting his family.

State Media|Manicaland Diocese Anglican Bishop Eric Ruwona has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission in connection with fraud involving $700 000.

Bishop Ruwona and his accomplices in 2016 allegedly used Manicaland Diocese to apply for a loan of $100 000 from Agribank claiming they wanted to built Saint Catherine’s Girls High School in Rusape and buy a vehicle for the bishop.

The accused persons allegedly used a piece of land belonging to the church as collateral without the knowledge of the church standing committee and congregants.

As a result of the alleged misrepresentation, the loan was approved and the accused pocketed the money.

On the second count, the accused in the same year fraudulently applied for another loan from the same bank for $350 000.

The bishop and his accomplices later allegedly withdrew an overdraft of $250 000 from the Agribank account without the knowledge of the church.

Bishop Ruwona spent the night at Mutare Central Police Station and is expected to appear in court today.

After nearly two months inside Zimbabwe, ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa, yesterday flew out of Harare for Maputo, Mozambique.

Mnangagwa is attending the inauguration of the President-Elect, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi following his disputed re-election for a second term last October.

The development means, Mnangagwa is still at work since Friday last week [only spent 2 days off work, while closely monitoring Constantino Chiwenga] despite being to be on annual leave.

That Mozambican election saw incidents filmed on camera in which Zimbabwean citizens were bused on ZUPCO buses to polling stations as far as Masvingo where they declared they were transported by Mr Nyusi to vote for him.

Arriving in Maputo, Mnangagwa was met at the International Airport by Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Mozambique, Ambassador Douglas Nyikayaramba, and local officials there.

Meanwhile, the state owned broadcaster, ZBC reported that Mnangagwa’s absence, he will be represented by Vice Presidents General (Rtd) Dr C.G.D.N. Chiwenga and Colonel (Rtd) Cde K.C.D. Mohadi

Manicaland Diocese Anglican Bishop Eric Ruwona has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission in connection with fraud involving $700 000.

Bishop Ruwona and his accomplices in 2016 allegedly used Manicaland Diocese to apply for a loan of $100 000 from Agribank claiming they wanted to built Saint Catherine’s Girls High School in Rusape and buy a vehicle for the bishop.

The accused persons allegedly used a piece of land belonging to the church as collateral without the knowledge of the church standing committee and congregants.
As a result of the alleged misrepresentation, the loan was approved and the accused pocketed the money.

On the second count, the accused in the same year fraudulently applied for another loan from the same bank for $350 000.

The bishop and his accomplices later allegedly withdrew an overdraft of $250 000 from the Agribank account without the knowledge of the church.

Bishop Ruwona spent the night at Mutare Central Police Station and is expected to appear in court today.-State media

By Farai D Hove | NCA leader Lovemore Madhuku has inferred the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa is not a political party.

Writing on Tuesday, Madhuku went further to describe parties which are not in Emmerson Mnangagwa’s group of political actors, Polad, as “other citizens.”

To the MDC, Madhuku is:

– a competitor (leader of the NCA party.

– a legal adversary (the lawyer of MDC renegade, Thokozani Khupe).

– An incriminator – prosecutor equivalent, a decision maker in the Kgalema Motlanthe Commission set up to put blame on Chamisa’s MDC party for Emmerson Mnangagwa’s crimes against humanity on the 1st August 2018.

FULL THREAD –

Lovemore Madhuku: Polad is a platform created by political parties. Other citizens may create other platforms. When I criticised the President for not taking the Polad position on the gazetting of constitutional amendments, it was all about engagement. Polad will achieve its objective: engagement.

Nichole: What kind of professor are you though? Engagement without results? Sic

Madhuku: Engagement is in itself an excellent result for the building of our democracy in Zimbabwe.

HouMuza: Engagement is two way. And actions speak louder the words. The snub has spoken. If intentions are pure, the snub should have hurt because there’s lack of two-way participation.

Farai Dziva|The Movement for Democratic Change has dismissed claims that party Secretary General Charlton Hwende is linked to MaShurugwi.

See the party’s full statement below:
The MDC condemns the sensational claims by Justice Wadyajena in which he tries to link the menace of Mashurugwi to our Secretary General Hon Chalton Hwende.

Wadyajena’s alarmist claims border on insanity.

They are but a desperate attempt to deflate pressure on senior politicians in Zanu PF who are the creators and kingpins of the vigilante groups. It is public secret that the machete-wielding Al Shabaab and Mashurugwi vigilante groups are fronted right from the securocratic corridors of power.

They were founded solely to defend the elastic extractive interests of the highest offices in the country. To maintain, hold, instil fear and elude all the tax obligations of proper mining in the country.

To then link such to the MDC or its senior officers is not only far-fetched but defies logic. It is an attempt to mud-sling where it won’t stick.

The fact of the matter is that Mashurugwi are an indictment on Mnangagwa and his team.
Their lack of respect for human life and their inability to administer the rule of law and the killings are a clear sign of a total breakdown of the rule of law and disregard of Constitutional order. More fundamentally, it is a reflection of economic decay, poverty and unemployment now pervasive in the country.

This combination brings unpalatable suffering to the nation which ultimately pushes especially young people to extremist means of survival. Instead of blaming the MDC, Zanu PF must accept the blame, take full responsibility of lives lost and confront their front-men who now own the gangs.

Beyond this, there must be serious reform in the mining sector including the promulgation of a new Mining and Minerals Act which, among other things, must address the following.

1. That obtaining of mining claims be done in a professional and transparent manner
2. Redefinition of mining licences and mineral purchasing, marketing, holding licences
3. That there be a cap on exportation of minerals in their raw form and that there must be deliberate beneficiation to create more decent jobs.
4. That a significant chunk of resources generated in mining be retained to develop and benefit local mining communities.
5. That the Revenue Authority be allowed to station officers at any stage of mining they require to stem revenue bleeding.

Beyond mining reforms, there must be strengthening of law enforcement, culprits must be arrested and prosecuted.

The police service in its work must be guided by the National Constitution particularly the conduct provided in section 208 of the Constitution.

They must do their work without let or hindrance.

MDC Communications

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Farai Dziva|People’s Progressive Party leader Pastor Timothy Chiguvare has urged Zimbabweans to unite and liberate themselves from Zanu PF oppression.

See statement below:

By Timothy Chiguvare -PPPZ president

Without action and unity, we are doomed to live far from our land of birth, or to live in poverty where basic needs are an everyday struggle, where law and justice only serve the rich and corrupt because they have infiltrated the justice system, or turn a blind eye to corruption.

It is only going to get worse, as now we see gangs and cartels running around killing and terrorising local populations, and this indeed is very bad, as it means that the rule or law is almost non -existent …this will be the beginning of civil war and strife if it is not stopped in its tracks NOW.

Below is the full text of the phone discussion with Emmerson Mnangagwa’s deputy Constantino Chiwenga. He spoke to ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza (SC) Tuesday the 15th January 2019 morning.

SC: Good morning VP.
Chiwenga: Yes?
SC: Murikutaura naSimba Chikanza. (You are speaking with Simba Chikanza)
Chiwenga: Nani? ( with who?)
SC: NaSimba Chikanza ( With Simba Chikanza)
Chiwenga: Simba Chikanza?

SC: Yes sir, ndini ndakambokubatsirai last time ne nyaya yemudzimai uya wekuDomboshawa aiti akanga arohwa. ( I am the one who helped you with the case of that woman from Domboshawa who was alleging that she had been assaulted…  [BACKGROUND – 2 months before, an injured woman had requested Simba Chikanza access to speak with Chiwenga over an alleged assault matter by Chiwenga’s wife’s bodyguards]
Chiwenga: Akanga arohwa nani? ( Who had been assaulted by who?)
SC: Mudzimai uya aiti akanga arohwa nemaguards amai. (That woman who alleged that she had been beaten by Mrs Chiwenga’s guards).
Chiwenga: Wakataura neni? ( Did you talk to me?)
SC: Yes, Matondikanganwa? (Don’t you remember me?)
Chiwenga: Anyway ngatitaure hedu, hongu. (Anyway we can go ahead with the conversation).
SC: VP ndanetseka, ndiri kuona kuti internet yaitwa shut down on your instruction, yeEconet ne Net One. ( I am troubled. I can see that the internet has been shut down on your instruction.)
Chiwenga: Handizive, ndiani ari kutaura izvozvo? (I don’t know, who is saying that?)
SC: Eh itori shut down as we are speaking so , izvozvi. ( It is has been shut down even as we speak right now)

Chiwenga: No, I don’t know anything about that. Minister mambovafonera here kumanhingi kwacho? Mambotaura navo? ( Have you called the responsible minister? Have you spoken to him?
SC: Okay
Chiwenga: Hello?
SC: Variko maworkers vari kutaura kuti this is a government directive. ( The Workers there are saying this was a government directive)
Chiwenga: Ah, hatina chatinoziva. Hatiite directive yakadaro. Ende hatina capacity yekuitazvinhu zvakadaro. ( Ah, we don’t know anything about that. We don’t make such directives; and we have have no capacity to do that)
SC: Okay, yah, okay. Then pane mavideos akaita circulate nezuro of masoja, sorry, in this case not masoja but of varume vaiva vakabata maAK 47 nemassault rifles in civilian clothes. Vanhu vakapfurwa several and 5 have died so far. Makambonzwawo nezvawo? (What of the videos that were circulated yesterday of men in civilian clothes with AK 47s and other assault rifles. As a result people were shot, leaving 5 dead. Have you heard about them?)
Chiwenga: Asi mapfurwa? Endai kumapurisa ka monotaura nhingi izvozvo. Madarirei kudaro? Uri Simba Chipunza… uri kufona uri kupi? ( Who are you saying was shot? Why don’t you take such matters to the police then? Why are you doing this? You said you are Simba Chipunza, where are you calling from?)
SC: Ndiri kufona ndiri kuLondon. ( I am calling from London)
Chiwenga: Sorry! ..(hangs up)
SC: Hello! VP? VaChiwenga?
(Hello, VP? Mr Chiwenga?)

WE WILL BE GOING LIVE SHORTLY 

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Farai Dziva|MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has castigated the ruling party Zanu PF leadership for attempting to “personalize the state.”

“The Constitution being a sacred document defines the contract between the governed and governing. Changes can’t be made against we the people.

The personalisation of the state must be emphatically rejected in parliament and across by all progressive citizens.#AlignmentNotAmendment,” wrote Chamisa on Twitter.

Lovemore Madhuku: Polad is a platform created by political parties. Other citizens may create other platforms. When I criticised the President for not taking the Polad position on the gazetting of constitutional amendments, it was all about engagement. Polad will achieve its objective: engagement.

Nichole: What kind of professor are you though? Engagement without results? Sic

Madhuku: Engagement is in itself an excellent result for the building of our democracy in Zimbabwe.

HouMuza: Engagement is two way. And actions speak louder the words. The snub has spoken. If intentions are pure, the snub should have hurt because there’s lack of two-way participation.

As your future President, I would not approve of a Wild West monetary system. Economies are complex and not single-dimensional, thus require broad and inclusive multifaceted Prescriptions. Zimbabwe must urgently stop the Godfather syndrome. We’re not a private enterprise.

The citizens must have confidence in the value systems and securities presented. Mutuality is critical for the practical functioning of any economy. Command money and policies a more egocentric and unsustainable because citizens will opt for the best alternative.

Private wealth, trade or investments can’t be stolen from citizens while the ‘Have’ are insulated. What about the ‘Have not’? Parliament established that Gono was doing was illegal and unconstitutional but Zanu PF MP’s were wiped to legitimize the biggest robbery of all time.

No one is above the law, yet Gono presided and actively participated in the operation of the Recon Act (Expropriation) and more. The country fed from Gono’s hands (Army, Police, including many quasi-fiscal activities). This opened the floodgates of the mess we are in today.

To fix the economy we must reset all national drivers. Constitutionalism, rule of law, uncapture the Judiciary, repeal of all unconstitutional laws and statutes, human rights, and corruption. No to indiscretions. No to the printing of money.

The United Democratic Alliance (UDA)

By A Correspondent- Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday poured cold water on civil servants’ demand for United States dollar-benchmarked salary adjustments, saying the broke Zanu PF government will, instead, continue giving them cushioning allowances.

Civil servants have threatened to down tools unless government adjusts their salaries to the equivalent of what they used to earn during the US dollar era.

At the moment, the least-paid government employee gets a gross salary of around $1 100.

While presenting the 2020 national budget last November, Ncube reviewed the tax threshold from $700 to $2 000.

Last week, the public service workers shot down a 97% salary increase offered by government and threatened a crippling nationwide strike, with teachers boycotting classes starting today.

Addressing journalists on the sidelines of a meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and visiting Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi at State House, Ncube ruled out substantial salary increases for civil servants, saying government had other pressing commitments at the moment, among them drought relief food and energy imports.

He said civil servants will get their January allowances of between $400 (US$16) and $750 (US$32) starting today.

“The government is committed to paying our civil servants a decent salary and you know when you negotiate, there are disagreements. At times that is normal, but we are expecting to reach an agreement with them in a few weeks,” he said.

“We are not going to agree on a once-off agreement, but we will follow last year’s trend, where we were cushioning them whenever there is inflation. We will (have) multiple negotiations as we did when we gave them cushioning allowance in May, salary increment and another cushion in July.

“We do have some urgent issues like climate change, food security and energy and also we are mobilising resources for Command Agriculture. We are also seized with issuing licences to independent energy suppliers to produce energy.”

The Apex Council, the umbrella body for civil servants’ unions, described Ncube’s remarks as misplaced and out of sync with the reality on the ground.

“We only respect pronouncements that arise out of resolutions made in the National Joint Negotiating Council, as they are binding. If at all this is the government’s position, then it really shows how out of touch it is with the dire incapacitation that is set to impact negatively on service delivery and the livelihoods of its workers,” Apex Council spokesperson David Dzatsunga said.

Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Obert Masaraure confirmed that their members were not reporting for duty today.

“Government last paid teachers a full salary in September 2018. We have been earning 7% of the last negotiated income. Attempts to engage the government have been futile since then. An ordinary teacher’s salary cannot fend for food, shelter, transport, education and healthcare,” he said.

-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Acting President Chiwenga, who is facing charges of attempted murder, money laundering, foreign currency externalisation and fraud has appeared for routine remand at the Harare Magistrates court and has been remanded out of custody to the 14th of February 2020.

When Mubaiwa appeared for routine remand this Tuesday she notified the state that when next she appears in court she will be demanding a trial date or else she will apply for refusal of further remand.

Mubaiwa was granted ZWL$50 000 bail by the High Court on the 6th of January 2020 after spending the Christmas and New year holidays in custody.

Mubaiwa is accused of trying to kill her former husband, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga during the time he was sick in South Africa by allegedly removing life support medical equipment on her husband.

In granting bail, the High Court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda indicated that submissions by the State that were accepted by the court in denying Mubaiwa bail at the lower court were not fair.

“The State submitted with a perception of catch and release. The State suggested that the perception arose from the fact that persons facing corruption charges who are admitted to bail absconded trial after their passports were returned to them and in some cases without passports,” read the ruling, by Justice Kwenda.

“The decision of the court a quo is substituted with the following, the accused is hereby admitted to bail pending trial, the accused shall deposit the sum of $50 000 with the clerk of court at Harare Magistrates court, the accused shall reside at her Borrowdale Brooke residence in Harare. The accused shall surrender her diplomatic passport to the clerk of court at Harare Magistrate’s court. The accused shall report to the Police at Borrowdale Police Station once a fortnight on a Friday. The accused shall not interfere with State witnesses.”

On Charges of attempted murder on the vice president, the 38-year-old Mubaiwa denies attempting to kill her former husband saying the charges were fabricated. She argues that her former husband had brought the murder charges against her in an attempt to force her hand in divorce proceedings that are pending in the high court.

Mubaiwa told the court through her lawyers that her alleged offence occurred when the vice president was already physically frail and nursing injuries sustained in a bomb attack in Bulawayo in June last year.

In denying charges of attempting to murder her husband, Mubaiwa told the high court that Rtd Gen Chiwenga had asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to make arrangements to have her sent to China, where he was being treated, and also gave her money.

Mubaiwa said in her bail application that President Mnangagwa “even sent his personal security with US$30,000 for her personal upkeep and use”.

All this occurred after July 2019, Mubaiwa’s lawyers told the court, adding that “it is inconceivable that this would have happened had she tried to murder her husband”.

On charges of externalisation of foreign currency, money laundering and fraud, Mubaiwa argued that the State has no reason to charge her, as the offences she is accused of were committed through her companies, where she is only a director. She said the State was supposed to charge the companies and not her.

-StateMedia

By A Correspondent- There was drama at Concession magistrate court today when a Mazowe man claimed to be a wizard after  appearing before Nyasha Machiriori on a stock theft charge.

Zivai Lusuious (32) of Summerdale, Mazowe was remanded in custody to tomorrow for judgement.

“I am a wizard and I can change human flesh to goat meat so this goat you are referring to you is human flesh which I changed,” said Lusuious during trial.

Prosecutor Munyaradzi Nengomasha told the court that on December 28 Lusuious approached Givemore Chimusuva’s pen and stole a she goat before disappearing.

Chimusuva discovered that one of his goat was missing and got assistance from his son Stephen and some members of the community to conduct a search.

They followed footprints which led them to the suspect’s house and they found a skin under his pillow leading to his arrest.

The police have today proscribed Agenda 2020, a key event for the party that was scheduled for tomorrow in Mbare, Harare, citing flimsy excuses that the event cannot proceed because the police are busy with the schools that are opening this week, as if the police have anything to do with opening of schools.

Tomorrow’s event was scheduled to be addressed by the party leadership. We are noting a disturbing trend where the police are routinely proscribing MDC events and treating the party as a banned organization in the country.

Starting with our scheduled peaceful and constitutional public protests in the various cities that were brutalLy quelled by the police in August last year, as well as President Nelson Chamisa’s Hope of the Nation Address that was violently proscribed on 20 November 2019, we have noted a very disturbing trend where the police are banning legitimate and constitutional activities by the party.

In each of these instances, we had complied with the law and given the police due notification but we continue to be treated like a banned or a terrorist organization when we are a legitimate political party that is in Parliament and that controls 28 out of 32 urban local authorities.

The police have periodically abused our compliance with the law and as a party, we are reviewing whether under the current circumstances, we should continue to co-operate with unjust laws and unjust requirements. We have had enough.

The MDC national leadership has met today and as a mark of responsible leadership has said no to confrontation and is having to stop the people who were ready to attend the event in Mbare tomorrow.

For fear of their lives against this brutal dictatorship, and given what this regime has done before, we have decided to postpone the Agenda 2020 event to next week on Tuesday at a venue to be announced.

But this does not mean that we are complying with dictatorship. We have given the regime due notice of all our constitutional activities and they have denied us the chance to exercise our democratic rights.

This is a peaceful event, a mammoth event on this year’s national calendar to that is set to be attended by ordinary people as well as diplomats in which the party will lay to the people its agenda for the year, including its programme of action as well as the party’s programme of activities for the year.

We have postponed the event because the regime was budgeting for a clash, for blood and for violence and as a party we will not sacrifice the lives of innocent Zimbabweans.

I reiterate that we are reviewing the position of whether we should continue to comply and co-operate with unjust laws and unjust requirements that are inimical to democracy.

We have postponed our event because we do not want any sideshow. We want to give Zimbabweans a chance to hear the party’s calendar of critical path targets for the year that will address the key challenges affecting the ordinary people as well as the party’s plan to rescue the nation out of the current morass.

Luke Tamborinyoka Deputy National Spokesperson

High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora has condemned the widespread practice of inmates masquerading as lawyers in the country’s jails, writing legal motions for fellow prisoners in exchange for meals and other favours.

Many self-actors applying for bail at the High Court now have a tendency of submitting poorly crafted applications before a bail judge, outlining what they term “compelling reasons” why they should be granted bail.

However, Justice Chinamora said such practices cannot provide assistance to the court and urged prison authorities to help inmates to get professional lawyers.

The judge made the remarks in a bail application by Onismo Tafirejee, who was seeking bail pending appeal on both conviction and 10-year imprisonment term imposed on him for contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act.

Justice Chinamora asked Tafireje, a self-actor, who had drafted the application for him, after noting that there was no application before him based on changed circumstances.

In his response, Tafireje said a fellow inmate had drafted the application for him in exchange for his meal. The judge then asked the prison officer who was in court to advise the officer-in-charge to discourage such practices.

“Inmates should not be utilising the services of unqualified fellow inmates masquerading as lawyers,” said Justice Chinamora.

“They should be encouraged and assisted in securing the services of professional practising legal practitioners or be helped in accessing lawyers from the Legal Aid Directorate.

“Applications by unqualified inmates unnecessarily clog the court roll without providing any assistance to the court or value to the accused inmate.”

Tafireje was convicted of illegal possession of ivory. Dissatisfied with both conviction and sentence Tafireje filed an appeal at the High Court.

He is now seeking bail pending the determination of his appeal. Opposing the application, prosecutor Mr Douglas Chesa argued that the conviction against Tafireje was unassailable.

Mr Chesa said the defence offered by Tafireje was bare denial as he failed to explain to the trial court as to how he came into possession of the ivory without authority.

“The trial court conducted an inquiry into special circumstances and none were found,” said Mr Chesa.

“Once the court found no special circumstances its hands were tied and it had to impose the minimum mandatory sentence.”

Mr Chesa said there was no misdirection on the part of the trial magistrate in the manner in which the proceedings were conducted to warrant the High Court to interfere with either the conviction and sentence.

The Kariba Dam, one of Zimbabwe’s main sources of hydropower, has seen an increase in water level, the reports confirmed on Monday.

The water level in the facility which dropped from the operational 485 meters down to 476 meters during 2019’s drought has recently jumped back to 482 meters due to the heavy rains.

“Flows at Ngonye increased due to sporadic rainfall activities being recorded around the catchment, closing the week at 426 cubic metres per second on 27th December 2019, while last year’s flow on the same date was 295 cubic metres per second,” the Zambezi River officials stated.

The Kariba Dam generates 1, 050 MW of electric energy ensuring the constant power supply across the country while the national grid remains unstable.

Own Correspondent|Acting President Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Marry Chiwenga, has demanded the court to give her a formal charge and a trial date or else she will apply for refusal of further remand when she next appears in court on Valentine’s day.

Marry is facing charges of fraud, money laundering, externalisation and attempted murder. She is currently out on bail.

She has denied the charges arguing that they were levelled against her to force her hand in the divorce case with her husband.

She was arrested in December last year.

Zimbabwe School Examination Council has released the November 2019 A’level results.Candidates who sat for the examinations are expected to collect results from their respective schools and centres starting tomorrow.

Own Correspondent|Bulawayo magistrate Lizwe Jamela has set free a Saviour Kasukuwere supporter who was arrested by police for distributing campaign material of the #tysonwabantu campaign.

Jamela, a former Human Rights Lawyer with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Lawyers placed Andifasi Banda off remand on Tuesday and ruled that the matter will proceed by way of summons.

Banda was arraigned before the courts for distributing fliers and party regalia in Nkulumane and Makokoba suburbs in Bulawayo.

Tyson Wabantu Movement is a suspected political outfit reportedly fronted by exiled former Zanu PF heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere.

Banda (41) was not asked to plead to a charge of failure to comply with a prohibition notice.

Magistrate Jamela said the case had not been properly investigated and there was no evidence clearly linking Banda to the offence.

According to State papers as presented by Terrence Chakabuda, on December 2, 2019, Banda gave notice to the police that he intended to do public processions in Bulawayo West and Nkulumane police districts.

“The accused person did processions in support of the National Patriotic Front (NPF). The offence was discovered by the police and leading to investigations and the arrest of Banda. Exhibits in the form of fliers drumming up support for one Savior Kasukuwere were recovered.”

The State further alleged that there was information from vendors that about 15 NPF party members were distributing fliers and giving out party regalia, T-shirts at Sokusile shopping center from around 1300hrs to 1315 hrs.

“At around 1430hrs in Makokoba 2 BMW vehicles and three BUPTA kombis had several passengers putting on green t-shirts whistling and throwing fliers through the windows. The convoy turned to 6th street and proceeded to Fusini shopping Centre,” said Chakabuda.

By A Correspondent- Marry Mubaiwa Chiwenga, the estranged wife of Acting President Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga, who is facing charges of attempted murder, money laundering, foreign currency externalisation and fraud has appeared for routine remand at the Harare Magistrates court and has been remanded out of custody to the 14th of February 2020.

When Mubaiwa appeared for routine remand this Tuesday she notified the state that when next she appears in court she will be demanding a trial date or else she will apply for refusal of further remand.

Mubaiwa was granted ZWL$50 000 bail by the High Court on the 6th of January 2020 after spending the Christmas and New year holidays in custody.

Mubaiwa is accused of trying to kill her former husband, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga during the time he was sick in South Africa by allegedly removing life support medical equipment on her husband.

In granting bail, the High Court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda indicated that submissions by the State that were accepted by the court in denying Mubaiwa bail at the lower court were not fair.

“The State submitted with a perception of catch and release. The State suggested that the perception arose from the fact that persons facing corruption charges who are admitted to bail absconded trial after their passports were returned to them and in some cases without passports,” read the ruling, by Justice Kwenda.

“The decision of the court a quo is substituted with the following, the accused is hereby admitted to bail pending trial, the accused shall deposit the sum of $50 000 with the clerk of court at Harare Magistrates court, the accused shall reside at her Borrowdale Brooke residence in Harare. The accused shall surrender her diplomatic passport to the clerk of court at Harare Magistrate’s court. The accused shall report to the Police at Borrowdale Police Station once a fortnight on a Friday. The accused shall not interfere with State witnesses.”

On Charges of attempted murder on the vice president, the 38-year-old Mubaiwa denies attempting to kill her former husband saying the charges were fabricated. She argues that her former husband had brought the murder charges against her in an attempt to force her hand in divorce proceedings that are pending in the high court.

Mubaiwa told the court through her lawyers that her alleged offence occurred when the vice president was already physically frail and nursing injuries sustained in a bomb attack in Bulawayo in June last year.

In denying charges of attempting to murder her husband, Mubaiwa told the high court that Rtd Gen Chiwenga had asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to make arrangements to have her sent to China, where he was being treated, and also gave her money.

Mubaiwa said in her bail application that President Mnangagwa “even sent his personal security with US$30,000 for her personal upkeep and use”.

All this occurred after July 2019, Mubaiwa’s lawyers told the court, adding that “it is inconceivable that this would have happened had she tried to murder her husband”.

On charges of externalisation of foreign currency, money laundering and fraud, Mubaiwa argued that the State has no reason to charge her, as the offences she is accused of were committed through her companies, where she is only a director. She said the State was supposed to charge the companies and not her.

-StateMedia

By A Correspondent- There was drama at Concession magistrate court today when a Mazowe man claimed to be a wizard after  appearing before Nyasha Machiriori on a stock theft charge.

Zivai Lusuious (32) of Summerdale, Mazowe was remanded in custody to tomorrow for judgement.

“I am a wizard and I can change human flesh to goat meat so this goat you are referring to you is human flesh which I changed,” said Lusuious during trial.

Prosecutor Munyaradzi Nengomasha told the court that on December 28 Lusuious approached Givemore Chimusuva’s pen and stole a she goat before disappearing.

Chimusuva discovered that one of his goat was missing and got assistance from his son Stephen and some members of the community to conduct a search.

They followed footprints which led them to the suspect’s house and they found a skin under his pillow leading to his arrest.

Correspondent|ZIMBABWEAN cricket player, Tarisai Musakanda is back home after he was fired by his Australian club, New City Cricket Club following his conviction for driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Musakanda came home last week, with New City president Chris Green stating that they had to take a strong stand by sending the player packing since his conduct is not part of the principles they seek to uphold as an institution.

“His behaviour is not representative of the values we hold dear at the New City Cricket Club. “We’ll grow into a very strong club for a long time, but if we didn’t make a stand now, we won’t,’’ Green was quoted.

Musakanda headed off to Australia in November last year, having played for Budleigh Cricket Club in England.

The 25-year Musakanda, a middle order batsman has represented Zimbabwe 22 times across the three formats of the game, with his best score being the 43 runs he compiled against Pakistan on his Twenty20 International debut at Harare Sports Club in July 2018.

His sacking for deplorable conduct will not do his reputation any good as he was seen as one of the candidates for future leadership of the Zimbabwe senior national team. He had already showed his leadership qualities by captaining the Zimbabwe Select XI at the 2018 edition of the Africa T20 in South Africa. He was in superb form in that particular competition and his brilliance with the bat saw him named as captain of the Team of the Tournament.

Musakanda’s remarkable display at the crease was key in Zimbabwe Select XI winning three of their four group games.

Police thwart MDC event scheduled for tomorrow

The police have today proscribed Agenda 2020, a key event for the party that was scheduled for tomorrow in Mbare, Harare, citing flimsy excuses that the event cannot proceed because the police are busy with the schools that are opening this week, as if the police have anything to do with opening of schools.

Tomorrow’s event was scheduled to be addressed by the party leadership. We are noting a disturbing trend where the police are routinely proscribing MDC events and treating the party as a banned organization in the country.

Starting with our scheduled peaceful and constitutional public protests in the various cities that were brutaly quelled by the police in August last year, as well as President Nelson Chamisa’s Hope of the Nation Address that was violently proscribed on 20 November 2019, we have noted a very disturbing trend where the police are banning legitimate and constitutional activities by the party.

In each of these instances, we had complied with the law and given the police due notification but we continue to be treated like a banned or a terrorist organization when we are a legitimate political party that is in Parliament and that controls 28 out of 32 urban local authorities.

The police have periodically abused our compliance with the law and as a party, we are reviewing whether under the current circumstances, we should continue to co-operate with unjust laws and unjust requirements. We have had enough.

The MDC national leadership has met today and as a mark of responsible leadership has said no to confrontation and is having to stop the people who were ready to attend the event in Mbare tomorrow.

For fear of their lives against this brutal dictatorship, and given what this regime has done before, we have decided to postpone the Agenda 2020 event to next week on Tuesday at a venue to be announced. But this does not mean that we are complying with dictatorship.

We have given the regime due notice of all our constitutional activities and they have denied us the chance to exercise our democratic rights.

This is a peaceful event, a mammoth event on this year’s national calendar to that is set to be attended by ordinary people as well as diplomats in which the party will lay to the people its agenda for the year, including its programme of action as well as the party’s programme of activities for the year.

We have postponed the event because the regime was budgeting for a clash, for blood and for violence and as a party we will not sacrifice the lives of innocent Zimbabweans.

I reiterate that we are reviewing the position of whether we should continue to comply and co-operate with unjust laws and unjust requirements that are inimical to democracy. We have postponed our event because we do not want any sideshow.

We want to give Zimbabweans a chance to hear the party’s calendar of critical path targets for the year that will address the key challenges affecting the ordinary people as well as the party’s plan to rescue the nation out of the current morass.

Luke Tamborinyoka Deputy National Spokesperson

Own Correspondent|MDC National Deputy Spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka has declared that the opposition party has lost patience with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s continued blockage of its programmes.

In the latest incident, government blocked the party from holding an event in Mbare High Density Suburb claiming that they did not have enough police details to cover the event.

An angry Tamborinyoka declared on Facebook;

“We are about to draw the line on the sand, we cannot continue obeying repressive laws….”

“If they refuse us muchaona zvatichaita”

Full Statement from the party read as follows:

Police thwart MDC event scheduled for tomorrow

The police have today proscribed Agenda 2020, a key event for the party that was scheduled for tomorrow in Mbare, Harare, citing flimsy excuses that the event cannot proceed because the police are busy with the schools that are opening this week, as if the police have anything to do with opening of schools.

Tomorrow’s event was scheduled to be addressed by the party leadership.

We are noting a disturbing trend where the police are routinely proscribing MDC events and treating the party as a banned organization in the country.

Starting with our scheduled peaceful and constitutional public protests in the various cities that were brutaly quelled by the police in August last year, as well as President Nelson Chamisa’s Hope of the Nation Address that was violently proscribed on 20 November 2019, we have noted a very disturbing trend where the police are banning legitimate and constitutional activities by the party.

In each of these instances, we had complied with the law and given the police due notification but we continue to be treated like a banned or a terrorist organization when we are a legitimate political party that is in Parliament and that controls 28 out of 32 urban local authorities.

The police have periodically abused our compliance with the law and as a party, we are reviewing whether under the current circumstances, we should continue to co-operate with unjust laws and unjust requirements.

We have had enough.

The MDC national leadership has met today and as a mark of responsible leadership has said no to confrontation and is having to stop the people who were ready to attend the event in Mbare tomorrow.

For fear of their lives against this brutal dictatorship, and given what this regime has done before, we have decided to postpone the Agenda 2020 event to next week on Tuesday at a venue to be announced.

But this does not mean that we are complying with dictatorship. We have given the regime due notice of all our constitutional activities and they have denied us the chance to exercise our democratic rights.

This is a peaceful event, a mammoth event on this year’s national calendar to that is set to be attended by ordinary people as well as diplomats in which the party will lay to the people its agenda for the year, including its programme of action as well as the party’s programme of activities for the year.

We have postponed the event because the regime was budgeting for a clash, for blood and for violence and as a party we will not sacrifice the lives of innocent Zimbabweans.

I reiterate that we are reviewing the position of whether we should continue to comply and co-operate with unjust laws and unjust requirements that are inimical to democracy.

We have postponed our event because we do not want any sideshow. We want to give Zimbabweans a chance to hear the party’s calendar of critical path targets for the year that will address the key challenges affecting the ordinary people as well as the party’s plan to rescue the nation out of the current morass.

Luke Tamborinyoka
Deputy National Spokesperson

Own Correspondent|ZESA Holdings has revealed that it is paying its employees a Hardship Allowance. The allowance comes twenty four hours after government awarded its employees a cushion allowance.

The development also comes when the power utility has been failing to provide enough power to the country and also owes lots of money to a number of foreign and local creditors.

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