The chaos that erupted at the politburo meeting outside the ZANU PF headquarters building yesterday resulted in Robert Mugabe expelling War Veterans Chairman Jabulani Sibanda, ZimEye has been told, soon after Mugabe had blasted Sibanda for allegedly trying to run the country.
Sibanda was described by Mugabe as a man trying to rule Zimbabwe “like a King,” during his address before hundreds of roudy youths who had been bussed in from rural areas across the country. In a classical Julius Caesar-chaos style, Mugabe and Buhera legislator Joseph Chinotimba, exchanged the podium blasting Jabulani Sibanda just as the commotion continued in crowd which was baying for the blood of three main people, Jabulani Sibanda, ‘described as a fake war veteran’, Joice Mujuru labeled “Doctor 10%,” and Didymus Mutasa titled Mr “Gamatox”.
“Saka Jabulani akutotonga munyika muno?,” shouted Mugabe before the crowd who behaved like a pack of warthogs but as soon as Mugabe was speaking they quickly transformed themselves into an orderly like a choir before their master.

Soon after the main commotion as the youths dispersed, ZimEye caught up with Joseph Chinotimba who confirmed that Jabulani Sibanda has been expelled from both ZANU PF and the War Veterans Association.
“Munhu kana uri pamba pako, kana mwana wako akakutuka unoita seyi? Saka Jabu is gone, haamiri. Isu as War Veterans we can’t allow that a person can attack his father, so he has gone, ayenda.”
When asked to clarify his allegations against Sibanda that he has insulted Mugabe, Chitotimba was adamant, saying “you (ZimEye) cannot translate the language of Jabu. We know what we will do we are War Veterans, saka ayenda… atobva haachisipo – he has gone, he is no longer there” said Chinotimba.
Chinotimba said even the MDC can take Sibanda away as their member if they wish.
“Jabu is gone, if he is your friend, please take your friend to Britain not here in Zimbabwe that’s all,” said Chinotimba.
The marauding youths at the incident scene, attacked Secretary for Administration Didymus Mutasa drowning him while he was speaking and ordering him to repeat their slogan, “Down With Gamatox.”

Presdient Robert Mugabe pleaded with Zimbabweans Thursday afternoon to allow his wife to become Head of State.[lightbox link=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/07/mugabeoldestpresident.jpg” thumb=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/07/mugabeoldestpresident-412×232.jpg” width=”412″ align=”right” title=”Pleading…Robert Mugabe” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=”Pleading…Robert Mugabe”]

Addressing hundreds of youths gathered at the shake shake building who had been hurriedly bussed in from various provinces, Mugabe asked why certain people were refusing his wife to lead in the presidium.
Grace Mugabe is already ZANU PF Women’s League Secretary Elect without a single dispute, and so Mugabe spoke of a higher elevation. Grace Mugabe has to date openly indicated she wishes to become President.
Said Mugabe, “Munorambireyi kuti mudzimai waPresident aite mutungamiri, zvakaipeyi – Why do you people deny the President’s wife a chance to lead?,” he said.
The meeting was created after the youths staged a protest at the ZANU PF headquarters entrance just before the politburo meeting had opened, denouncing Vice President Joice Mujuru who Grace Mugabe has ordered to resign with immediate effect or else.
Some analysts say Grace Mugabe is likely going to be raised to the position of Head of State. But Bulawayo based political analyst Prophet Steve Blomefield hinted that only Emmerson Mnangagwa can be president in the current circumstances.
Said Blomefield, “Mugabe will resign after congress [if he is just too sick to rule]….. Even though Mugabe has stated on many occasions he will die in office, the pain and stress of office may be just too much for him and he will prefer to rest. Mnangagwa will be 1st Vice President, at congress. Soon after congress Mugabe will resign and “Mnangagwa will then be president.
“Mnangagwa will choose a loyalist to be 1st vice president, [Possibly Sydney Sekeremai] and Grace 2nd Vice President. She will be a Vice President for the women. She will safeguard the Mugabe fortune. She will be inspirational, not governmental. I see Mnangagwa changing tactics to being a kinder, gentler Mnangagwa who will have to appoint experts to government, not incompetent, dependent praise singers.
“Mnangagwa will engage the west as well as China. sanctions [USA, EU, Britain] will be dropped. The USA is too poor to give us aid, but there will be token aid and maybe trade will loosen up.”  READ MORE ON UPDATES

LIVE UPDATE:
14:27 Joseph Chinotimba takes charge of the podium and announces that soon after Congress ZANU PF will have a new executive. “Vatakadzidzisa mupolitics ndovava muPolitburo,” he says.
14:25 Mugabe goes inside the building for the politburo meeting after addressing the crowd.
14: 15 Mugabe continues:  “inga kana muchato unodambuka wani?
“We are the sovereign rulers of Zim
“Asi vaMutasa ndivo Secretary vedu (crowd boos Mutasa in denial)…. Asi hamuchavada?  (Crowd begins to cheer saying in unison “yes”)
“Zvamataura tazvinzwa.”
Mugabe ends his address and the crowd begins to disperse from the place orderly.
14:10    Mugabe: Munorambireyi kuti mudzimai waPresident aite mutungamiri, zvakaipeyi?
KuMarondera kune karume kanonzi Kaukonde…
13: 42   SAYS MUGABE “To war veterans Jabu hameno ndimi munonzi makamutengera motaka navaMutasa akagozopiwha dzimwe five from Butau’s business and he is now worshipping those who gave him. Don’t buy people they are not commodities. We want to be focused on improving people’s lives, that’s why we were in China. We didn’t know our old leaders wanted money.”
1339: Mugabe blasts people for for blocking the “Meet the people” tours. He says leaders cannot choose themselves in the party pointing to the constitution which he says must be respected. He says leaders hsould be chosen on merit.
“If you are a power hungry person practising vote buying then you are not fit to be in our party. Even if you are a veteran we will kick you out. I said to Cde Mutasa, you are being accused of mobilising youths and he said they were not youths from Manicaland but Harare.
“Mashonaland West chairman thinks he is now king kupfuura VaMugabe. What you don’t know is that when chosen it’s not a green light to lead all over. You should lead people and not be selective in your approach.
“We want those attending the Congress to be selected transparently.”
1320: Mugabe comes out and thanks the people for coming. He says they were carried by the spirits of the ancestors of the Chimurengwa Wars “Makatakurwa nemhepo yeChimurenga”….”Matundundunu enyu azere neshungu ekuti nhasi pano paZanu PF chokwadi chibude. Handisati ndanzwa kuti gamatox zvinorevei muchatondidzidzisa, VaMutasa ndakabvunza nokuti zvinonzi ndovakatanga naro. I talked with him for two hours telling about the allegations and he said no. Vanoda chehupresident vamwewo. Zvino kana vaine shungu yakuda chemberi ndoyovo fira here?
When I said party yava nezvipfukuto vanoti ndakati zviisei gamatox hino gamatox mumwe chete ndozvovofira here? Our party is a revolutionary party, it was formed by many leaders who have died , I am one of them we didn’t form the party for ourselves but for the people. We didn’t have that culture of fighting for positions ever since.
13:17   Didymus Mutasa once again attempts to authoritatively address the crowd and is instead drowned by the chanting against him saying Pasi neGamatox . He withdraws away from the podium.
13:04   Shuvai Mahofa takes over podium. Says senior Women in the League (appearing to refer to Mujuru) are dishing out farms to whites. “Because of this we then asked Mai Mugabe to take over,” she says.
12: 59  War Vet Nyaruwata standing at the podium says “Robert Mugabe must rule forever”.
 12: 58 Harare Youth Chair comes to the podium says the party is tired of corruption, and that there are people plotting to remove Mugabe from power.
12: 53  Shuvai Mahofa, (Politburo member) starts addressing the demonstrators.
12: 52   A man said to be Harare Provincial Chairman blasts the police for hindering the youths from protesting and blocking those hoping to enter the demo area
12:45  Mugabe  now to address crowd
12:34   Mugabe’s bodyguards begin clearing the area for calm.
12: 33  Mugabe comes out preparing to address the crowd now… Musician Energy Mutodi singing among the crowd .
12:33  Chinotimba remains with the crowd appearing to be trying to cool down the crowd, which does not work.[lightbox link=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/10/PICCCCCC.jpg” thumb=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/10/PICCCCCC-412×203.jpg” width=”412″ align=”right” title=”PICCCCCC” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=””]

12:31  – The crowd instructs him to say Pasi neGamatox,” he instead says Pasi ne MDC. They cause more nosies ordering him to leave, he is nearly attacked by tw youths and is forced to leave the area…
12:30 – Didymus Mutasa himself comes out and is now addressing the protesters but the crowd refuses to be addressed by him.
12:05 – Crowd defies CIO calls for order. They continue shouting insults on Didymus Mutasa calling him Gamatox and shouting “Pasi ne mbavha dziri mu paper – apparent reference to Vice President Joice Mujuru who appeared in today’s Herald paper in an article attacking her on extortion charges.
11:52 – CIOs begin moving around to prepare the crowd for Mugabe to address the crowd.
11:49 – Flora Buka, Jacob Mudenda, Douglas Mombeshora arrive.
11:50 – Robert Mugabe arrives and the crowd erupts into chaotic noise. Mugabe appears to evade the crowd and uses a the basement entrance into the building.
1145  – Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives flanked by other politburo members. There is an chaos as people begin screaming saying  “unodyiwa neshumba””
 
1045 am Way before the politburo meeting started, Zanu PF supporters converged at the party headquarters before to the crunch politburo meeting that is to discuss among other issues charges against Joice Mujuru and the thorny factionalism subject that now threatens to rip the party apart for the first time since independence.
 
 – Some placards are reading “Dr Grace Mugabe is 100% Correct”, while others are reading “Down with DR 10%,” referring to Joice Mujuru. They are singing insults of Joice Mujuru saying “Zimbuya muroyi repaDotito!” Other placards read, ““Pamberi nekufumura mbavha….” “Ngenani muhofisi dhokotela Grace…” “Chimbonwawo Mazowe Orange Crush.”

– Buhera legislator Joseph Chinotimba is part among the youths
 
– Joice Mujuru entered the building early around 6.30am, a source told ZimEye.
– Youths were drawn from almost all provinces around the country apart from Matebeleland South which reprotedly refused to come. A source told ZimEye, the protests was planned four days before when buses were arranged to transport the youths en-masse.
 
Near violence as youths at 1045  clashed with riot police who are telling them to leave the premises.[lightbox link=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/10/violence.jpg” thumb=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/10/violence-412×203.jpg” width=”412″ align=”right” title=”violence” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=””]

Below is an update on the Politburo meeting which is hearing statements against Vice President Joice Mujuru for the case in which she is being accused of allegedly sponsoring opposition parties and engaging in corrupt business activities.
The meeting which was meant to have been held today Wednesday was postponed again to Thursday (tommorrrow). Reasons for the postponement were not given.
“What will happen tommorrow is that Women’s League Secretary Oppah Muchinguri is going to open her report and present it to the politburo. In that report will be the allegations against Mai Mujuru which will then be debated,” a source said. (Also read Politburo Stands By Mujuru, Grace Mugabe Rubbished)
Grace Allegations:
In Grace’s unrestrained attacks on Mujuru, she said the vice-president should have waited her turn, instead of trying to wrest power from her husband whom she says she is defending.
“Mnangagwa — that man I respect him,” she said.
“In 2004, he agreed to step down to allow Mujuru to take over when he had been voted by eight provinces.
“Likewise, like Mnangagwa, Mujuru should just do the honourable thing and resign.”
Mnangagwa is allegedly leading a faction fighting the Mujuru camp to succeed Mugabe. Both deny leading factions, insisting they support the president.

There was chaos at ZRP Murambinda police station as the residents of Murambinda Growth Point jostled to get a glimpse of the notorious Panganai Tangwena who had been on the run for attacking and sodomising men in and around Murambinda.
ZimEye can now reveal Tangwena, previously unknown to both the police and the state media.

He was arrested yesterday in Macheke by 2 police officers based at Murambinda police station who had gone to Macheke to arrest a cattle rustler. In a true case of sour grapes, the cattle rustler then tipped the officers on the whereabouts of Tangwena who was now doing menial jobs in Macheke farming area, weeding in people’s farms.
Early this month Officer-in-charge Murambinda Police Station, Chief Inspector Gorden Sibanda, confirmed that they had received reports of men who were attacked by Tangwena and sexually abused.
“It is true that we are dealing with such a case. We got the first report on August 31.
“He was reported to have committed aggravated indecent assault. It appears he has specific tactics he employs when carrying out his shenanigans.
“At one point, he is said to have seen an 18-year-old bathing along the river and attacked him. The young victim was admitted at Murambinda Mission Hospital after he was sodomised allegedly by Tangwena.
“We also got another report on September 2 when he met his male neighbour who was on his way home. Tangwena is said to have approached him and started molesting him.
“He allegedly bit his ‘prey’ on both breasts and on his back. There were visible scars on the victim. However, the neighbour was lucky to escape before Tangwena had accomplished his mission, but he had managed to identify him.
“When this guy came to make a report, it took less than an hour before another male came to report a similar case.
“Last week we got another report from a woman who was gathering firewood in the bush in the company of her mother.
“He is said to have tried to attack the woman until the mother threatened him with an axe and he ran away,” he said.
“We have tried on several occasions to raid his home and all areas where he is said to be hiding, but it has yielded nothing so far.
“To some extent there could be the use of juju in the way the suspect behaves. Even the way he escapes after being seen in public is a puzzle to us. We have tried all the tricks in the bag.
“We are also embarking on campaigns to alert the public and one such initiative is this interview apart from campaigns in the residential areas,” he said.

The Zimbabwean government through it’s Ministry of Health, has reportedly “ignored” the doctors’ strike that has yet crippled all state hospitals nationwide as surgeons demand a pay rise from current their paltry $283 per month.
A spokesperson for the Doctors Association for Matebelenand, Dr Emmerson Pazara has told ZimEye.com the government has not responded at all to the strike which began yeterday, Monday. There has been no response from the ministry. No indication whatsoever.”
He added:

“The government has shown arrogance which is irritating the doctors’ camp. All our please are falling on deaf ears.”
Harare Central Hospital’s clinical director, George Vera quoted by a local daily said the industrial action had paralysed operations in many departments.
“The strike has affected us such that in some of the departments, we are dealing with emergencies only,” Vera said.
“The patients are being inconvenienced as we speak. But it’s not all members that have gone on strike, some are available.”
At Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, patients complained of spending hours on end in queues without being attended to.
A nurse who declined to be named said service delivery was slow as the majority of junior doctors were on strike.
However, the situation was different at Chitungwiza Central Hospital with CEO Obadiah Moyo saying all his medical staff had reported for duty.
“They are all at work because they have patients at heart,” Moyo said.
In Bulawayo, the doctors’ strike got off to a slow start although they appeared to be on a go-slow with long queues forming in the outpatients department and admissions rooms at Mpilo Central and United Bulawayo Hospitals.
People visiting patients at Mpilo told Southern Eye that service delivery was markedly slower, with doctors taking longer to attend to patients.
“I recall coming here at around 6am during the visiting hour and I was told to wait for the doctors,” a visitor, who requested anonymity, said.
“It took about three hours to be told my relative’s condition.”
The junior doctors are demanding that their salaries be reviewed from the current $282 a month to a minimum of $1 200 per month excluding allowances.
They are also demanding free accommodation in government-owned flats.
Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association secretary-general Farai Makoni confirmed that their members had embarked on industrial action in accordance with the new Constitution.
“Section 65 subsection 3 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe states that, except for members of the security services, every employee has the right to participate in collective job action, including the right to strike, sit in, withdraw their labour and to take other similar concerted action,” he said.
“Indeed we are on industrial action until our issues are addressed duly.”
Makoni said that they had not received any concrete and verifiable evidence from the authorities on progress towards their demands.
Health minister David Parirenyatwa confirmed the work stoppage and appealed to the negotiators to urgently resolve the impassé before the strike paralysed the health sector.
“When the doctors gave their notice [to strike], I sent the Health Services Board (HSB) to get together with the doctors and work out a plan so as to come up with a way forward. The strike is unfortunate and I hope the discussions should go on so that we resolve this issue very quickly. The whole of government is very engaged with this matter,” Parirenyatwa said.
When asked if the doctors have experienced their own personal setbacks, Dr Emmerson Pazara told ZimEye.com, “We have plenty, but we won’t tire until we are heard.

Large crowds numbering in their hundreds thronged to Vice President Joice Mujuru’s function in Mutare on Monday, despite her cancelling the engagement at the last minute.
The function which was meant for the re-burial of heroes, was swamped by professionals of every rank and file many who are not traditional loyal ZANU PF supporters but whose hearts now sympathise and support Joice Mujuru. Several lawyers known to be MDC-T supporters made their way to the meeting site in Old Mutare.
“I knocked off early just so that I could see her face,” said one local lawyer who refused to be named since he is not a ZANU PF card carrying member.
It was not clear why Mujuru cancelled her attendance and no explanation was given at the time of writing. Speculation was however rife that she had become suddenly seized with government business slated for Tuesday. However, the function continue without her … More to follow…

War Veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda, has spoken in the wake of reports claiming he has been removed from his powerful job for bunking Grace Mugabe’s rallies.
Mr Sibanda told ZimEye in an exclusive interview Saturday the people claiming to have suspended him are confused, desperate ‘goblins’ who are not even members of the war veterans association. He told ZimEye‘s Simbarashe Chikanza there is no substance in the state media reports saying he has been kicked out simply because he did not attend Grace Mugabe’s rallies and did not turn up at her Mazowe farm meeting with war vets. He has already received support from the rest of ZANU PF heavyweights including Mash West Chairman Temba Mliswa who praised him for being a hard worker who was actually conducting scheduled ZimAsset workshops across Matebeleland. (Read More Mliswa Praises Jabulani Sibanda on Grace Mugabe Rally Tirade )
 
Below was part of his interview:
J.S: That is part of the nonsense, these people are not even part of the association. I don’t even take it seriously. They have been put there by someone.
SC: Do you know the people who made these statements?
J.S: They are not even in our association; If you ask any member of our association(sic). I have more support and am not threatened by anything.
SC : Have they informed you that they have suspended you?
J.S: They don’t have any channel to do that, that’s why they have gone to the press; the only way they can show their foolishness. There is nothing like that.
SC:  What about allegations that you are part of the Mujuru camp?
J.S: I’m not in any camp, I didn’t attend the rallies of [Mai Mugabe] because I was busy doing [party work]. FULL INTERVIEW FOLLOWS…

[lightbox link=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/10/mujuru.jpg” thumb=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/10/mujuru.jpg” width=”713″ align=”right” title=”mujuru” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=””]President Mugabe on Friday shoved Joice Mujuru into a closed meeting shortly before the politburo main meeting commenced. It was not clear what was discussed in that meeting, but speculation has been rife that Mugabe wife’s raging rants were the bone of contention.
But the main Politburo meeting was aborted after a power blackout engulfed Harare, and a generator at the ZANU PF headquarters failed too, forcing the meeting to end prematurely.
On the agenda was preparations for the 6^th Zanu PF elective congress to be held in December and the recent women’s league rallies held by the incoming Secretary for the Women’s League, Dr Grace Mugabe.
Mugabe and company remained holed up in the meeting room for a while.. The Mujuru issue was not discussed and it will only come up when the outgoing Womens’ chairperson Oppah Muchinguri presents her report next week. The Mujuru issue was scheduled for discussion per Oppah’s report but she indicated that she was not aware that the issue was on agenda leading to a deferral to next week Wednesday.
The sensational allegations against Joice Mujuru made by Grace Mugabe were expected to take center stage . It is now expected that the Mujuru saga would be dealt with when Oppah present her report.
 

Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Association leader Jabulani Sibanda has postponed a press briefing that was initially scheduled for 1800 hrs, today amid revelations that he has been booted from his post . The press briefing has since been moved to Saturday.
Latest information coordinated by Professor Jonathan Moyo’s media states that war vets secretly passed a vote of no confidence on Sibanda, for “snubbing Grace’s rallies”. Sources say plans to remove Sibanda from the top post are at an advanced stage. The war vets accuse Sibanda of making the association dysfunctional
Sibanda who was set to respond to recent accusation that he deliberately skipped Grace Mugabe’s rallies because he is aligned to the Mujuru camp, will now have to respond to the latest developments as well.
On Thursday war veterans met Grace Mugabe in a meeting which sidelined Sibanda, amid revelations that there was an underhand plot to oust him.
Addressing the war vets at her farm, Grace deliberately addressed the controversial Buhera legislator Joseph Chinotimba as war vets as the Acting Chairperson, giving credence to an earlier pronouncement that it was time for the war vets to elect new leadership.
 
 
 

President Robert Mugabe and Joice Mujruri held a closed meeting shortly before the politibro meeting. It was not clear what was discussed during that confined meeting CONTINUE READING- Click Here :

Updated: 8.30pm
– FINAL UPDATE: Politburo meeting postponed to Wednesday 29th October following the ZESA powercut.
– President Robert Mugabe and the senior politburo officers are still locked in meeting and cannot come out…. Sources inside say the meeting likely to be aborted because of the ZESA power cut…
– ZESA power cut (just after 7pm) as politburo meeting continues to stretch. The power-cut extends the larger part of Harare’s entire CBD.

A senior source inside the shake shake building has told ZimEye that President Robert Mugabe and Joice Mujruri held a closed meeting shortly before the main politburo meeting in the main conference room. It was not clear what was discussed during that confined meeting but speculation has been rife that it had everything to do with the current raging rants by Mugabe’s wife against Mujuru. Meanwhile BELOW was the ongoing update:
President Robert Gabriel Mugabe’s wife, Grace is not attending the privileged politburo meeting currently being held today at ZANU PF’s shake shake building. Grace who is the key subject of bitter squabbles that gave rise to the proposed main agenda for this meeting, is not welcome since she is also not a politburo member.
The meeting began this morning and senior ZANU PF officials marched into the building amid the glare and gaze of journalists stationed near the Rainbow Towers hotel waiting for the final moment when resolutions are communicated.
But by 7.02 PM, the meeting was far from over.
A senior source had reported earlier that Mujuru is challenging President Robert Mugabe face to face over his wife’s allegations against her. She will later speak out on her ordeal for the first time vocally tomorrow, Saturday. (Also read Swimming Between Hippos and Crocodiles| Zimbabwe..)
It will be brick upon brick as the party attempts to save itself from total collapse with this challenge the first of its kind since 1960.
ZimEye will update our valued readers as the meeting progresses

The leader of Zimbabwe’s war veterans Jabulani Sibanda speaks in the aftermath of the Grace Mugabe’s rallies in which she has announced she will kill everyone and anyone who threatens her interests.
Jabulani Sibanda was deliberately excluded by Grace in her invitations to her private farm in Mazowe yesterday, when she decided to call instead the controversial Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba who does not hold any position whatsoever among war veterans. Sibanda did not show up at any of Grace Mugabe’s controversial rallies which gobbled millions of the taxpayers’ money.
ZimEye is covering Cde Sibanda’s  address today LIVE from Bulawayo and calls on you our faithful news readers to send your questions. What do you want Mr Sibanda to answer on or clarify?
 
 

Vice President Joice Mujuru is going nowhere and will remain firmly in position second only to the President, ZimEye can reveal, in this development which has left President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace with eggs on her face as the senior party spokesman described some allegations as “nonsense.”
The comments come on the same day as Grace Mugabe made a public call for Mujuru to resign ‘or else’.

ZimEye can exclusively reveal that ZANU PF’s senior decision making body, the politburo is not moving to suspend Mujuru in the face of the numerous allegations raised by Grace Mugabe. ZANU PF spokesman Rugare Gumbo told ZimEye Thursday night,
“There is nothing that is going to happen to Mai Mujuru. Mai Mujuru is the Vice President of this country, Second Secretary of the party and she remains in that position,” said Gumbo.
But there have been serious allegations that she is harbouring corruption, and she is engaged in corruption and she has done all sorts including sponsoring opposition parties, our reporter asked. To this Gumbo replied,
“Have you proven that? That’s why we are saying we don’t operate on allegations. We operate on facts. We don’t operate on hearsay and all that nonsense,” he said.
The development confirms an earlier expose by ZimEye in which another senior politburo boss said Jonathan Moyo is to be probed for his role in facilitating the creation of negative news stories painting Joice Mujuru as a corrupt person which may have influenced Grace Mugabe into her current “rage of stupor”(as said)  against Mujuru. (See Jonathan Moyo Under Fire…). It also comes after secretly recorded tapes were handed Mugabe claimed to be authentic recordings of Mujuru insulting Mugabe saying he has overstayed his welcome (See EXCLUSIVE – Mugabe’s Secret Spy Tapes of Mujuru…).
Gumbo said that the politburo meeting is to be held tomorrow, Friday.

EXCLUSIVE:Chinotimba reveals agenda for Grace’s private meeting

President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace, has summoned a select group of war veterans to an exclusive meeting at her Mazowe farm due in less than 24 hours.
Many war vets of note who include the leader himself Jabulani Sibanda have been sidelined from this meeting, ZimEye has learnt. ZimEye has however obtained an exclusive interview with Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba who revealed in his own words what is the agenda for the meeting. Meanwhile Mr Sibanda said Wednesday morning he has no knowledge of the meeting,
“I don’t know about the meeting you are talking about. As a national liberation association, we have requested through the secretary-general to see the President (Robert Mugabe). That is what we are waiting for. The other one I am yet to be appraised. I just heard that the meeting was supposed to be held two weeks ago, and was postponed,” said Sibanda.
Meanwhile Chinotimba speaking on the agenda (audio-recording) Chinotimba linked the meeting with a letter the war vets wish to submit to her husband. Chinoz, as he is popularly called denied firing Jabulani Sibanda stating that he remains the chairman of the War Veterans.
“Jabulani Sibanda is the chairman of the war veterans,” charged Chinotimba.
He said he only criticised Sibanda for not attending any of Grace Mugabe’s rallies.
When asked however if Sibanda will be attending the Mazowe meeting since according to his words, he is still the leader, Chinoz fumbled over words. “Uku kuMazowe hakungonzi asinga asingadi kuenda wonzi waregerereyi – there is no link between not attending the Mazowe meeting, and being fired,” Chinotimba said.  AUDIO RECORDING:
 

President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party has approved Mozambique’s just ended national elections conducted early last week, despite shocking delays in announcing the outcome which stretched for close to a whole week.

The neighbouring country’s results took more than five days to announce sparking outrage in the community and the opposition crying foul as the liberation party Frelimo was finally made the winner.
Speaking exclusively to ZimEye, ZANU PF spokesman Rugare Gumbo on Sunday said the elections were free and fair. In a celebratory tone, Mr Gumbo said, “Well we have our delegation there and they report that the elections went well. The campaigning during the last days of the election went well, and the voting process …was also done well; And so far the results show that Frelimo is winning and as a party we are very happy because we were in the trenches together with Frelimo during the liberation struggle and we have very excellent cordial relations, and we wish them well,” he said,
The delay and other problems, though, have been enough to prompt presidential challenger Afonso Dhlakama to cry foul. His opposition party, Renamo, has alleged fraud and ballot-box stuffing, though observer groups from the European Union, the African Union and the Southern African Development Community have said that irregularities were isolated and that the vote was largely free and fair.
Mozambican journalist and analyst Fernando Lima quoted by VOA, said it is notable that Dhlakama, despite his complaints, drew twice as many votes as he did the last time he ran for president. One factor, he says, is a noticeable drop in confidence for Frelimo, which won 75 percent in both the presidential and parliamentary polls in 2009.
However Afonso Dhlakama has said he will not resort to violence even though he’s become a five-time loser.
The former rebel leader has opted for dialogue with ruling party, the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo).

“Information reaching us says there is a plan to assassinate Mai Mujuru while Mugabe and wife are away”, an unsolicited message circulated on social media Monday night reads.

It continues: “The reason why Mugabe made a fake trip to Rome is to allow his vulture to eliminate the poor lady, plus kunzvenga magwaro a Itai Dzamara.”
This claim came just as the Jonathan Moyo controlled State Media launched a new level of attacks on Joice Mujuru accelerating their claims that Mujuru sponsored the country’s fiery opposition parties, MDC-T and Mavambo which dislodged Mugabe in 2008 threatening bringing an end his 3 decade rule, which was only perpetuated by the army when the military performed a coup in the
SADC mediator Thabo Mbeki led talks which created the GNU government. Reporting on Tuesday morning, the State Media lurched at Mujuru saying she is receiving resounding support from her opposition project. The Herald further claimed in a strong 1,800 word news article that the MDC-T allegedly sponsored by Mujuru, is a British project formed on the 109^th anniversary eve of the Pioneer Column, the 11^th September 1999 which coincides with the arrival of the white regime settlers on the 12^th September 1890.

However commenting on the assassination attempt on Mujuru claims, political commentator Ndaba Nhuku said they are baseless. “It is inconceivable that Jonathan Moyo could do that on such a popular person like Mujuru, it is not true” he said.
 
The Herald’s lengthy 1,800 word piece reads:
Functionaries from opposition parties whose formation the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe traced to the house of Vice President Joice Mujuru have sprung to the VP’s defence with gushing tributes which analysts said were not only unprecedented, but pointed to a hitherto unknown relationship between the VP and the opposition parties.
Addressing the last leg of her “Meet The People Tour’’ at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera last Friday, Amai Mugabe revealed that the opposition MDC and Mavambo/Kusile/ Dawn were formed at VP Mujuru’s house.
While VP Mujuru had not responded to the revelations by the time of going to Press yesterday, the opposition parties and their functionaries were lining up to her defence amid reports that MKD leader Dr Simba Makoni was scheduled to address a Press conference this morning pursuant to defending VP Mujuru.
Sources close to Dr Makoni say he planned to claim Mavambo was formed after the 2008 elections, yet records show that the party was only formalised after the elections but was formed prior to the polls when Dr Makoni was booted out of the Politburo.
The opposition functionaries, most of whom are junior office holders, were also dismissed as lacking the locus standi to speak about the origins of the MDC, a party they only joined midstream as it was conceived in Westminster Abbey when the three main British political parties, the Tories, Labour and Liberal Democrats came together under the Westminster Foundation for Democracy to conceive an opposition party to spearhead regime change in the wake of the Zanu-PF Government’s decision to embark on the fast-track land reform programme.
Political analysts dismissed MDC-T spokesperson Mr Douglas Mwonzora as “a mere passenger on a train bound for nowhere’’ saying he was not even in party structures when the MDC was launched on September 11, 1999, a date they said was chosen to signify the arrival of the Pioneer Column in Mashonaland on September 12, 1890.
Contrary to Mr Mwonzora’s claims that processes that took place prior to MDC’s formation were done in public, the Westminster Foundation admitted its parentage of the MDC on its website which it later took down after Zanu-PF latched on to the admission to expose the MDC as a neo-colonial project.
MDC leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai also admitted in his memoirs “At the Deep End” that there was strong involvement of the white community in the formation of the party.
A coterie of opposition elements among them Dr Ibbo Mandaza and Retired Major Kudzai Mbudzi, all founding members of Mavambo, MDC-T spokesperson Mwonzora, former MDC99 leader Job Sikhala and Dr Lovemore Madhuku of the NCA have all come to the VP’s defence by launching acerbic attacks on Mai Mugabe.
Prof Madhuku, in an article titled “Grace takeover: Madhuku threatens war” (The Standard October 19, 2014), pledged to go to war to prevent Mai Mugabe’s political ascendancy.
‘‘We will go to war, we do not want the Mugabe family or any related person directly or indirectly to be the President.
“People have to find unlawful means to stop this. You cannot have a country where you say one ran it for 34 years and when he left his wife took over,” Prof Madhuku said.
Mr Sikhala in a Facebook post dated October 19 called on MDC-T supporters to target Amai Mugabe for abuse accusing her of wanting to block VP Mujuru’s ascendance to the presidency of Zimbabwe.
“We must make our plans as the largest political party in the opposition in Zimbabwe with our eyes centered on Grace Mugabe’s rise in Zanu-PF politics,” he said.
“There is no doubt that watching closely Grace’s political rallies she is aiming to disrupt any attempt of the Mujuru rise in internal Zanu-PF politics. So it is in that new developments that our arsenals must be targeting Grace.
“She will be our nemesis in the future of our politics. With me that will be an interesting duel for Grace epitomises a lot of Zimbabwe’s failure today.
Come on MDC cadres. We must ravage Grace Mugabe from today onwards.”
Mr Sikhala’s sentiments, analysts said, were quite surprising given that he should be pitching for his party president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, and not a senior Zanu-PF leader like VP Mujuru.
The Zimbabwe Independent of October 17 quoted Dr Mandaza asserting that Amai Mugabe would lose if she dared to challenge VP Mujuru.
“It seems the Mnangagwa faction is going for broke, but I don’t see them achieve anything because there is no way they can stop Mujuru, she is through the door already. They are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted,” said Dr Mandaza.’’
Rtd Maj Mbudzi also launched a scathing attack on Amai Mugabe.
“Amai (First Lady) by the look of things is, seems to be too individualistic, immature, is incalculative and opportunistic and rather poor in mental construction of reality,” he said.
“Dr Mai Joice Mujuru is her direct opposite who is cool, calm, reserved, tolerant, objective and intelligently calculative of what is good or bad for Zimbabwe. No wonder political crooks want her out sooner than later. She will not in the too distant future, tolerate their crooked way.”
MDC-T spokesperson Mr Douglas Mwnzora weighed in describing Amai Mugabe’s assertions that MDC-T was formed at VP Mujuru’s house as “wild.”
“It’s absolute rubbish,” said Mr Mwonzora.
“This is a wild accusation. MDC was not formed in a private place. The processes that took place before the formation of MDC were held in public arenas.”
Analysts have, however, said the opposition parties’ coordinated defence of VP Mujuru and her history of omitting ‘’Pasi ne MDC (down with the MDC)’’ whenever she chants the Zanu-PF slogan raised serious questions about her relationship with the opposition parties whose brand of reactionary politics had brought so much suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans.
Others lambasted Mr Mwonzora as a junior member in the MDC-T who had no locus standi to comment on the formation of the British sponsored party.
Some argued that Mr Mwonzora was still a member of the Bishop Abel Muzorewa’s United Africa National Congress when MDC was formed.
War veteran and Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Cde Chris Mutsvangwa said the onus was on the VP to prove she had no links with the opposition.
“Kana uchida kuziva Mai vemhuru bata muswe wayo (scratch the calf, draw out the cow) It is high time that she (VP Mujuru) comes in the open and dissociate herself from that oppositional support,” he said.
“It is one thing to be accused by the First Lady and another thing to be eulogised by opposition figures.
“It is incumbent on her as a cadre of the party to say that I do not want your oppositional sympathy and defence I will talk to my President if there are any issues.
“If she remained quiet, it gives credence to what the First Lady has said.
“As a party cadre, how can you be seen supported by Major Mbudzi who betrayed his fellow cadres in the military or Ibbo who never liked Zanu-F or Mwonzora who is a member of the opposition?”
Political analyst Mr Godwine Mureriwa had no kind words for Mr Mwonzora.
He said Mr Mwonzora was not privy to the history of MDC-T.
“Mwonzora is not aware that there was a meeting that was held on January 23 1999 at the Chatham House which is owned by the Royal Institute of International Affairs,” he said.
“This was after the European Union had agreed that President Mugabe should be removed from office either through a military coup or through an opposition founded and funded by the British or through subversion of Zanu-PF.”
Through subversion, Mr Mureriwa said, the British wanted to divert Zanu-PF from the ethos and ideals of the liberation struggle.
He said Mr Mwonzora should not make uninformed pronouncements and avoid unnecessary fights with Zanu-PF but direct his energies towards his political nemesis Mr Nelson Chamisa who had outwitted him ahead of the party’s congress slated for next week.
“Mwonzora needs to fight Chamisa and not Zanu-PF,” he said.
“If he has been outwitted by Chamisa what makes him think that he can outmaneuver Zanu-PF?
“He is a desperate lawyer trying to create some semblance of relevance by attacking Zanu-PF. He is just trying to get a lifeline from a perceived disintegration in Zanu-PF.”
Mr Mureriwa said the First’s Lady’s remarks should not be treated as meaningless because she was privy to classified information on developments in the country.
“Comments of the First Lady are perhaps mistaken as coming from nowhere but she is privy to the operations of the State and other things in the country,” he said.
“She is well informed and has intelligence of what is happening.”
University of Zimbabwe political scientist Dr Charity Manyeruke said Mr Mwonzora was not a realist in politics as he had joined the MDC train in the middle of its journey.
She said: “If you are not a realist you think the ideal situation is what is real but a realist knows what is happening and what the First Lady said is the real situation.
“When you join a train on the middle of a journey you do not know how it started off.”
Dr Manyeruke said most of the architects of opposition parties in Zimbabwe after 1980 were formed in Western capitals.
She said people like Mr Mwonzora needed political education to deliver them from the Utopian world of imaginary politics.
Acting president of the Multiracial Christian Democrats Mr Mathias Guchutu said although Mr Mwonzora was the MDC-T spokesperson, he was not the best person to comment on that issue.
“He may not be the best qualified person to comment and it could have been good if journalists make efforts to seek a comment from someone who was present when the party was formed,” he said.
Mr Guchutu said the MDC-T can only clear its name if a founding member set the record straight with regards to allegations that it was founded and funded by foreigners.
In his book At the Deep End Mr Tsvangirai said: “In due course, as the movement grew, especially among agricultural and agro-industrial workers, led by their union, more whites saw the MDC’s potential. We included some of them in the interim leadership of the party as a demonstration of our policies and values.”
Former British premier Tony Blair told the House of Commons that he worked closely with the MDC to subvert the Government while former US ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell was quoted in leaked diplomatic cables opining that if westerners had better partners than the weak and indecisive Tsvangirai they would have achieved their regime change objectives in Zimbabwe.
 
 
 

ZANU PF Mash West Chairman Temba Mliswa has come to War Veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda’s aid, currently under attack for not attending any of Grace Mugabe’s marathon rallies, saying people should give Sibanda a break. (Also read Jabulani Sibanda Punished for Bunking Grace Mugabe’s Rallies  )
Mr Mliswa told ZimEye in an exclusive interview Monday afternoon, “Jabulani Sibanda is a worker. He is the Commissar for the party and … there is no man you can attribute the resounding victory of the 2013 elections other than Jabulani Sibanda. He doesn’t say a lot, but he grafts, he is a grafter. He has been all over, so already he is ahead of all of us in terms of preparing for the 2018 elections, targeting institutions making them understand ZimAsset and to critique if they have to, and supporting if they have to.
 
Yes he did defend himself that he did not even attend the Presidential rallies, because he was busy mobilising people for the party so he has a role to play; he is part of the mobilizing committee for the party, so “mobilizing committee” means that he is constantly working. So I thought it was a bit unfair on anyone to attack Comrade Sibanda for that. You don’t have to be seen where the First Lady or the President is for you to be said that you are working. There are people who have surrounded themselves around the President who have lost in elections. Professor Moyo lost in Tsholotsho, Phillip Chiyangwa lost, Patrick Zhuwawo lost, but does that mean that others who won for the party who are not there, are not supportive of her?, that’s not true,” said Mliswa.

ZANU PF’s highest decision making body, the politburo, is set to discuss the party’s position organisational position regarding the First Lady and her historic pronouncements on political enemies at her rallies, at a meeting next week, ZimEye can reveal.
This development comes after spokesperson Rugare Gumbo refused to reply further questions on conflicts between him and the President’s wife indicating that journalists can only ask him questions about the First Lady after the Wednesday meeting, believed to be a make or break session. (Also read EXCLUSIVE – Mugabe’s Secret Spy Tapes of Mujuru ‘Saying Bob Resting on Own Faeces’)
Mr Gumbo was on Friday morning asked concerning apparent conflicts between him and the First Lady according to quotations published by a local daily in the morning.
“I don’t know what Newsday is saying, in any case I don’t discuss party issues in the media. There is a politburo meeting on Wednesday the 22nd October, it is only after that meeting that you can ask me and I will respond,” he said.
There has been a public outcry for or against the First Lady coming for all quarters following her denouncing of Joice Mujuru and other perceived enemies ho she told to do, rush and apologise to President Mugabe before it is too late. Meanwhile Mrs Mugabe on Friday was seen blasting Marondera businessman Ray Kaukonde before the crowd at her Mash East rally. More to follow….

First Lady Grace Mugabe has said that she once made a simple prayer while holding a journalist’s book and the journo killed herself shortly after that.
Speaking at her Bindura rally of writer of Dinner With Mugabe, Heidi Holland , the First Lady voiced that she makes potent prayers that can kill.
She said Holland had insulted her in her bookseller saying that she is an exceedingly evil person.
“Pane mukadzi murungu so akanyora book achitaura kuti mukadzi wavaMugabe akaipa. Ndakaritora book racho ndikanamata ndikati Mwari if this is true what is saidd about me in this book, reprimand me but kana ari manyepo, deal with this person.

Akazviuraa mukadzi uyu.” – There is a woman who wrote a book saying Mugabe’s wife is an dreadful person. I simply took taht book and prayed to God, if this is true, reprimand me, but if they are lies, deal with this person. The woman killed herself as a result,” said Grace.
Heidi Holland died on the 11th August 2012  under unclear circumstances at her home.
Meanwhile commenting on Grace’s words, social media comic Cynic Harare tweeted, “So Dr Grace says she read a book criticising her. She prayed over the book & the writer (Heidi Holland) killed herself. Be very afraid.
God have mercy on Zimbabwe!! We will all die like flies not of Ebola but from fatal political pregnant mystic prayers. Makandiwa, please save us wooo kkkkkl..zvegore rinoka, Mwari pindirayi!”

First Lady Grace Mugabe has fired warning shots at Joice Mujuru and Didymus Mutasa threatening to eliminate them politically if they do not promptly beg for forgiveness.
Speaking for the first time in clearer terms, Grace finger pointed at Mujuru stating that Zimbabwe’s only faciotn leader comes from Mashonaland Central. A furious Grace spoke out saying the end has come fro Mujuru.
 

 
UPDATE:
The First Lady Grace Mugabe is set to Meet the People of Mashonaland Central at Chipadze Stadium in Bindura and also thank them for endorsing her nomination to the post of Secretary for Women’s League.
Mugabe has addressed rallies in eight provinces so far. Yesterday she addressed a multitude of Zanu PF supporters in Bulawayo. In her address, she slammed inept ministers, saying time has come for only those meriting their ministerial posts to stay in Government. Our reporter Felex Share will be giving us the updates of the events as it unfolds.
10:20 Thousands of Zanu PF supporters have gathered at Chipadze Stadium in Bindura for the First Lady Grace Mugabe Meet the People Tour and thousands more are still patiently queuing outside as they wait to enter the venue.
10:33 The first Lady is yet to arrive but meanwhile people are being entertained by Sulumani Chimbetu.
10:43 Senior Zanu PF officials and Government Ministers, Prof Jonathan Moyo, Cde Saviour Kasukuwere and Cde Josiah Hungwe are already in the stadium waiting for the First Lady. Cde Phillip Chiyangwa, Cde Patrick Zhuwawo and Cde Supa Mandiwanzira are also part of the proceedings here.
11:30: Mugabe has arrived in Bindura and is currently in a closed door briefing with members of Zanu PF Women’s League at Bindura University.
12:05 The First Lady has arrived at Chipadze Stadium amid “, , ” chants by Zanu PF supporters. She is accompanied by Cde Edna Madzongwe, Cde Eunice Sandi Moyo and Cde Oppah Muchinguri.
12:18 Mashonaland Central Provincial Chairman, Cde Luke Mushore is now introducing delegates and Mashonaland Central Youth Chairperson appeals to Mugabe to stop senior officials who are inciting members to turn against elected leaders.
14:00 First Lady Mugabe addressing the gathering and says Mashonaland Central is the province where a faction leader comes from. She adds, “but soon we are going to baby dump your faction leader, come congress in December.
14:03 She says people will soon come to know what they mean by the slogan ‘down with Gamatox’ adding that a moment of truth has come for corrupt leaders some of whom own diamond mines in the country.
14:05 Those are the same people who go around denouncing the President and her ( Mugabe) projects in Mazoe. She said the same faction leader is the one who has directed and influenced provincial youth chairpersons from Mashonaland East, Masvingo and Manicaland provinces to snub her rallies.
14:08 “Kana uri kuzvinzwa iwe faction leader, simuka kwauri ikoko uende kunavaMugabe unokumbira ruregerero,” she says
14:10 “If the President does not dump you, we are personally going to dump you isu,” she added.
14:13 The First Lady also warned those associated with the so called faction leader to realise that they are being used . . . “Nemi varume vakuru siyanai nezvamuri kuita nekuti very soon you are going to be dumped also.”
14:15 Factionalism, she says, is stalling government programs adding that people should be focused on delivering election promises than stampeding for posts. Mugabe said her election to lead

The booing of Morgan Tsvangirai over elections in Manicaland on Sunday was planned beforehand, it has emerged.
A senior MDC- Renewal officer in the region told ZimEye the dressing down of Tsvangirai had been  ordered way before the incident.

Mr Pishai Muchauraya who is the Renewal Spokesman for Manicaland, told ZimEye the MDC cadres had planned to embarass the embattled Tsvangirai.

Manicaland is the home of the Renewal movement which saw Tsvangiria being challenged to step down by Deputy Treasurer Elton Mangoma backed by a host of other Manica heavyweights including Roy Bennett and Muchauraya himself.
When asked whether it is true that the cadres had embarrassed Tsvangirai, Muchauraya replied saying: it is true, but planned.”
 
Tsvangirai was on Sunday booed by Manicaland supporters after he personally presided over an alleged “sham” provincial election to ensure his favoured candidates won. According to Newsday, this was after the executive led by Shuah Mudiwa walked out in protest, but Tsvangirai caused another storm when he skipped Kuwadzana East MP and party national organising secretary Nelson Chamisa’s name while introducing candidates vying for the secretary-general’s position and only mentioned party spokesperson and ex-Nyanga North MP Douglas Mwonzora.

A Mutare preacher Moreblessing Rwambiwa who was being accused of adultery, was on Friday

cleared of the charges.
The complainant, Brian Sibanda, who was claiming the preacher had an affair with his wife, withdrew the case on Friday morning shortly before apologising to the man of the cloth.
ZimEye caught up with Prophet Rwambiwa as he was leaving Mutare courts a free man. Our reporters also caught up with the complainant. However, Brian Sibanda, claimed that Rwambiwa had not been released but was merely out on bail.

“What are you talking about, I didn’t pull out, he was given bail, ” he said.

When pressed on the circumstances of the alleged bail grant and how much Rwambiwa was made to pay for his release, Sibanda however said he was not telling the truth. He replied saying…

” I will have to think about that, “, he said.

Meanwhile it has emerged that the trip that the accused man made to Zambia was actually an ordinary pilgrimage trip that had already been planned for. Unlike the false allegations that the man of the cloth was on the run, this was a planned journey and had nothing to do with the sensational allegations. Rwambiwa revealed to ZimEye that he had traveled to Zambia for a conference and was not fleeing at all. He also disclosed to ZimEye that reports that he had been beaten up were false. A report by the accuser that he has an audio recording of the prophet which clip allegedly links the man of the cloth to his wife, was found to be unreliable as Sibanda refused to to avail it for examination.
More to follow….

Mutare- A Pentecostal church preacher, Prophet Moreblessing Rwambiwa, has been accused in a damning sex scandal involving a congregant’s wife. (ALSO READ – Prophet Rwambiwa Cleared of Adultery Charges).
ZimEye can exclusively reveal that Prophet Rwambiwa of Mutare’s Tabernacles of Grace church, is currently in chains under Mutare police where he is awaiting trial for adultery after he was arrested shortly after returning from Zambia where he had sought spiritual refuge.

The accuser, who cannot be named at present, has said he has an audio recording of the prophet which clip allegedly links the man of the cloth to his wife.
Prophet Rwambiwa is not new to allegations of immorality. He was in 2010 named in another scandal in which other senior pastors and married women within his church were named. A former pastor who was subsequently expelled from the church, Admire Mukombiwa once sensationally claimed saying:
“At one time, Rwambiwa proposed love to a girl who works in a saloon. She got furious on why her married pastor would do such a thing and wanted to report the matter to your newspaper, but we chipped in and pampered her not to do so as this would tarnish the image of the church,” he said.
Mukombiwa said the two pastors would on numerous occasions lie to their wives that they were going to all-night prayers, yet they will be camping somewhere else with their girlfriends.
“Just recently, they told their wives that they were going to an all-night prayer at the Social Centre in Mutare, but they left the church at around 1am and went with their girlfriends to Dangamvura Area 14. Their escapades finally came out and they then started accusing me of not covering them up on their adulterous behaviour.
“They then resolved to fire me from the church, since I was now a liability to their activities,” he said.
More to follow….

There was daylight drama in Mutoko on Wednesday when the resident magistrate went into a party with the lawyer of a man charged for a $40,000 Standard Chartered Bank theft, a few hours before acquitting the accused in mysteriously circumstances that have left the whole community shell shocked.
Resident Magistrate Edwin Marecha caused a scene Wednesday when he led a party hosted by the lawyer of the accused on the same case he would on the same day acquit the charged, Mr. Effort Chimhamba, the primary suspect in the case.
Mr Chimhamba is the chief suspect in the theft case which has seen two other colleagues being found guilty while he goes away scot free. The lawyer, a Mr Moyo, represented Effort Chimhamba, the first accused in the theft offence of $40 000 which went missing at Standard Chartered Bank in December last year. The second accused Clemence Nkalimbo, a bank teller and the third accused Tafara Ben Muunze were found guilty and will be sentenced on October 13 2014.
Most of the people who followed the proceedings of the case were left open-mouthed when Effort Chimhamba, who was the chief accused in the matter was found not guilty.
But what further shocked people was that the party was held right at the backyard of the court prior to the judgement on the case. There was an excess of braai-meat and there were still left overs afterwards.
The meat mysteriously bought in abundance, was acquired from a butchery owned by the magistrate.
Mr Moyo, the lawyer who represented Effort Chimhamba bought the meat from the resident magistrate Mr Marecha’s butchery which is a few meters from the magistrate’s court. Just after the party, the judgement on the case resumed, and Mr Moyo’s client was acquitted.
When contacted on Thursday morning, Magistrate Marecha did not deny attending the party hosted by the accused’s lawyer. He was asked: “Since you had a braai with the accused’s lawyer yesterday, people are saying you received money. How do you answer that?”. Asked thus if he received bribe money, he replied ZimEye saying: “ipfungwa dzavo, ipfungwa dzavo – these are just their thoughts,” he said while albeit agreeing that he did party with the accused’s lawyer.

FIRST LADY GRACE MUGABE has said that every Zimbabwean must observe her birthday.
Speaking during an address to pastors of various churches at her Mazoe farm, Dr Mugabe said people must remember her birthday which is the 23rd of July.
They must also send her presents, she ordered before pleading that she would share them and not use them for her pleasure.
“…you must remember my birthday please. And always send me presents,” she said. RECORDING:

Grace turns 50 next year.

President Robert Mugabe has tightened his security on members of his party whom he suspects of opposing the election of his wife Grace to lead the party’s Women’s League. Mugabe it is said wants to nominate his wife Grace the party’s 2018 presidential candidate if she is elected the leader of the Women’s league at ZANU (PF) congress due this December.
Grace last week rolled out her campaign with a rally in Chinhoyi which was attended by thousands of bussed supporters from the Mashonaland West province. High placed sources within the country’s spy organisation the Central Intelligence Organisation said the aging leader is reshuffling security staff in all the government departments as he fears an ouster.
“There is a massive reshuffle of aides to government ministers (CIO officials who guard government officials) which started last week with the  most targeted being those who belong to the camps which are opposed to the elevation of the First lady to lead the women’s league. The reshuffle has also affected security attachés’ to countries out of the country who are also suspected of working against the President. We have a number of such security personnel who were deployed oversees who have been recalled,” said the sources.
ZimEye failed to get in touch of Foreign Affairs department to confirm whether there were such redeployments of security officials assigned to work outside the country as both the Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and his Deputy Christopher Mutsvangwa’s phones could not be reached. The sources said Mugabe (90) had indicated that he would step down before the next election but the CIO advised him that there are senior ZANU (PF) officials sitting in the party’s highest decision making body, the Politburo, who would push for his prosecution. “We are not resting as we are closely monitoring every party official’s movements because of these developments. We have the list of such senior party officials who are working against President who we are closely monitoring and this is not an easy task”, added the official.

A Zimbabwean granny from Nyazura was last month struck by cancer and is in need of financial assistance to undergo treatment.
Mrs Venesencia Kanjanda who is 66 years old and lives at stand no.192 Nyazura, Rusape, needs to go for an appointment at Prirenyatwa Hospital on Thursday 9th October.
Said her grandson Never Jekese who is based in South Africa, “please assist my grandmother has breast cancer so the need to remove the breast the medical fees, are very high.
Well wishers are asked to send contact Mrs Kanjanda and send donations via Ecocash to her no +263777807178.

The Minister of Health and Child Care has remained silent following reports of an alleged Ebola attack in Murehwa circulating on social media on Friday.
The report reads in part, “Health Alert – Ebola is now in Zimbabwe. A Zimbabwean truck driver affected by Eloba has died in Murehwa Hospital today on his way through Murehwa from Nyamapanda . Be warned Zimbaweans avoid unnecessary movements Murehwa is now at risk we will inform eveyone on everything taking place in Murehwa hospital as we still gathering more information we are informed that two nurses now are in intensive care suspectes that they affected by Eloba.”
When contacted on Friday afternoon, Health Minister David Parirenyatwa’s office appeared as if unmoved by the reports. Even after the office phones kept ringing without answer for more than half and hour, an officer believed to be the secretary only replied saying she needed to forward the call to the appropriate office following which the call was abruptly terminated.
Rumours of an ebola outbreak in the country have been rife since the epidemic struck West Africa a few weeks ago. Our reporter has since been assured that a comment will be made by the Minister by end of day Saturday.

ZANU PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo has voiced out that former Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono’s hopes
to enter the senate are not closed at all as previously claimed by Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mr. Gumbo indicated to ZimEye that Mnangagwa is actually causing sabotage on Gono’s hopes for the senate.
Gumbo told ZimEye that following the politburo meeting on Tuesday, Mnangagwa was tasked to lead a committee that should engage the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission with a view of finding legal ways of ensuring Gono who as an unregistered candidate for the Buhera area does not qualify, is given access for the elevation.
Mnangagwa who is believed to be leading his own faction in the race to succeed President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday said that Gono’s chances for the senate were now sealed for good. This contradicted Rugare Gumbo’s position on the matter.
“I stand by my story. I am the party spokesperson and I stand by my statement (which is final),” Mr Gumbo told ZimEye on Thursday morning.
When asked if there are any prospects of Gideon Gono being raised to the contentious senatorial seat, he replied saying, “what we are saying is what I said that we are going to go along with chairperson Makarau’s position. But it is unfortunate because Mnangagwa is supposed to be chairing the committee tasked to look into the matter but he is doing the opposite of what he is supposed to do,” said Gumbo.
 
 
 
Herald Offside claims.
Gumbo also earlier dismissed claims in a Herald editorial claiming that he had gone offside in attacking the paper. He said that Mugabe is concerned over The Herald’s said “biased reportage”. President Mugabe has already blasted Minister of Information and Media Jonathan Moyo for washing the party’s dirty linen in public.
A source told ZimEye of the rebuke Mugabe felled into Jonathan Moyo, saying “yesterday after the cabinet meeting, the President approached Minister Moyo and asked him why he was victimizing Mliswa.In his words he said ‘why are you victimizing that boy?,’ a senior ZANU(PF) cabinet minister who sits in the politburo told ZimEye Wednesday. They continued,
“the president in our presence said the fight should stop forthwith but we do not know whether the ‘old man’ meant to forgive Mliswa or what because we are going to discuss his issue in the politburo meeting today,” they said.
 
Meanwhile, it emerged both Gideon Gono and Rugare Gumbo allegedly belong to the Joice Mujuru faction which is seeking to have her succeed President Robert Mugabe.

Pretoria – A train driver is feared dead in a sudden train mishap in Pretoria when the locomotive went off the rails while carrying commuters.
There was chaos and panic Thursday afternoon when the train derailed at Centurion in Pretoria, close to Sport Park station.
It was traveling from Johannesburg to Pretoria.
Although no passengers were injured, the driver’s condition was unknown at the time of writing.
Many Zimbabweans aboard the train, walked out in haste fleeing any possible secondary incident.

 

PART 1 – The Gokwe inferno which nearly razed down the CBZ bank building last month, was started by a Gokwe businessman with two accomplices while they were dabbling with deadly juju trying to get rich fast, an investigation has unearthed.
ZimEye on Thursday morning reveals how the named businessman casting fires trying to get rich fast had deadly concortions backfire on him. But the fire did not stop at him but flamed all the way to the nearby CBZ bank, destroying part of the property and leaving many jobless.
Properties adjoining the bank have since been reduced to rubble as a result. Read more Thursday morning on ZimEye.com

President Robert Mugabe Tuesday asked Information Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Jonathan Moyo to stop victimizing ZANU(PF) Mashonaland West provincial Chair Temba Mliswa.

Earthquakes are expected in the politburo today as ZANU PF politburo seeks a resolve to the Temba Mliswa and Gideo Gono duo headache. There have been heated calls for Mash West Chairman Temba Mliswa to be pubished for having disgraced several politburo heavyweeights who include Jonathan Moyo, Ignatius Chombo, President Robert Mugabe’s cousin Patrick Zhuwao, and the President himself. But Mugabe has come out in apparent support of Mliswa.
Moyo who is said to belong to the Mnangangwa camp, is accused of staging a media war against the Mujuru camp which Temba Mliswa publicly said he supports.
The Zanu PF politician on Monday punched at Zanu PF cabinet ministers Jonathan Moyo and Saviour Kasukuwere labelling them “Gay Gangstars”.
He extended the gay description to politburo member and President Robert Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao.
“Yesterday after the cabinet meeting, the President approached Minister Moyo and asked him why he was victimizing Mliswa.In his words he said ‘why are you victimizing that boy?,’ a senior ZANU(PF) member who is a cabinet minister and also seats in the politburo told ZimEye in Harare Wednesday.
“The president in our presence said the fight should stop forthwith but we do not know whether the ‘old man’ meant to forgive Mliswa or what because we are going to discuss his issue in the politburo meeting today,” they said.

IN PICTURES: The large trench (gully) now threatening to destroy the local magistrate’s court is fast increasing. Chiefs (pictured) say a mermaid is angry with government and as a result is creating the gullies…  FULL STORY

A ferocious lioness kicknamed “Bloody Mary,” has caused a headache for Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers after it escaped shortly after killing a man in Kariba last week, Thursday.

The beast together with two others caused trouble when they killed an employee of Somabula Safaris in Matusadonha.
The employee had at the time been docking his house boat at the lake.
The employee, name supplied, was killed by the three lionesses on the 4th of September . Matusadonha field station was immediately informed and went to attend the scene as one of the lionesses has a collar. Rangers tried to scare the predators by firing shots resulting in two of the three lionesses were being wounded.
After a laborious overnight search, two of the lionesses were later killed, but bloody Mary escaped. Bloody Mary was still being tracked down at the time of writing.
To date 5 people have been killed while 12 have been injured country-wide owing to human wildlife conflict. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has appealed to the public to respect the distance between themselves and wildlife and to always report the presence of wildlife in their areas to the local traditional leadership,the police or Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority offices.
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has said it is going to continue to hold awareness campaign programmes with communities with view to minimizing human wildlife conflict cases while increasing public safety.

The MDC Renewal party has rushed to the rescue managing to help a woman who was abused by nurse practitioners at Old Mutare hospital.
The Renewal Team sent a donation of an expensive wheelchair together with medical supplies to Baisai’ Muchakache who was given injection the wrong way last month in July which botched up medical procedure caused her to be amputated as a result.
The party’s spokesman for Manicaland Pishai Muchauraya presented the donation earlier in the week to Miss Muchakache’s husband.
The family members are not MDC supporters and this gesture was only done to assist following the horrific incident, it has been reported.
Mr Muchauraya told ZimEye they will not stop there, but will go forward and assist the patient with referrals for legal help PICTURES:

A man was yesterday mauled by a lion while docking his boat.
The incident happened right at Lake Kariba’s shores while the man identified as Mr Mapfunde, was docking his vessel.
He was alone.
Details were sketchy at the time of writing but the man was the breadwinner in his family according to the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority.
Many people have been killed by crocodiles in the lake area in recent months and this incident is the first of its kind in 2014.
More to follow…

A Zimbabwean man has died in the UK’s city of Leicester.
Mr Bothwell Dlamini died of a short illness on Wednesday.
He died of multiple organ failure a condition said to be caused by severe bacterial infection.

An appeal has since been launched (published below) by friends and relatives.
Dear fellow Zimbabweans and well wishers. It is with great sadness that our brother and father Bothwell Dlamini passed away today Wednesday 27 th August 2014. We are planning to repatriate his body to his home land Chibuwe in Chipinge, Zimbabwe where he will be laid to rest. As such we kindly asking for your donations big and small to make this possible. L T Sithole Halifax acc 01814250 s / c 110516 For details of the arrangements. Could you please contact Bothwell Dhlamini’s aunt Thandazaini Lorraine Sithole (Chiororo) Sandra Vuso’s mum on 07916786407 also from Chibuwe in Chipinge or Mr Mungoshi on 07776169845 from Leicester. Prosper Mudamvanji Sabau 07446118050

The Eaglesvale High School saga which has led to the institution failing to pay workers, has caused consternation amid an official report ZimEye now exclusively reveals that $143,000 mysteriously disappeared from the school coffers.
According to the suspended headmaster, Mr Naison Tirivavi, the large sum of money disappeared after he had been removed and he only discovered when he returned to his job having himself torpedoed the suspension. He however was silent on any involvement of the police in investigating the disappearance of the money.
He told ZimEye during the week:
“In terms of the finances of the school in 2011 I was forced (into events that )then developed to (sic) last year, and when I came back, a sum of $143,000  was no where to be seen.
“And as from last year onwards the first case was built on the management board that was then suspended. They used a lot of money, and they made sure that the school is bankrupt, but we have managed to manage the cashflow up to now, and I don’t now who gave you the information that the workers were not going to be paid because our workers are going to be paid and in fact are among the best paid workers in the country. The other issue is Eaglesvale is not the most expensive , its actually the cheapest private school, and the figures by one of your commentators were wrong.
Eaglesvale doesn’t charge those. Eaglesvale charges very little”, said Tirivavi.
This article is the frist in a series on the school as events unravel over the Eaglesvale new leadership saga.

Broadcast Journalist Ezra Sibanda has dismissed reports that he is working with Transport Minister Obert Mpofu in the Skies FM radio project.
“I’m not running a radio station with Obert Mpofu. Chronicle created those lies,” Mr Sibanda told ZimEye on Monday.

In a recent story the state owned Chronicle ran a report alleging that Mr Sibanda is a director for the radio project being bankrolled by Transport Minister Obert Mpofu.
The paper quoted Sibanda speaking about his company’s prospects stating, “Skies FM — if granted this licence — will focus on news and current affairs, including mining, farming, business, sports as well as arts and culture. It will have something for everyone,”
“We want to make sure that people in the region are active participants on the national issues that affect them, and also give them a platform to air their views on those issues,” he said without at any point and in no way mentioning Minister Mpofu’s name.
Mr Sibanda was speaking shortly after offices he shares with his brother in Bulawayo were stormed by robbers who stole various valuables.

London – The late legendary TV presenter Alice Chavunduka’s brother, Walter,

was attacked at Ras Pombi’s show in Chingford at the end of July in an incident that has left UK residents shell shocked.
ZimEye can reveal that Mr Walter Chavunduka was wounded by a known UK thug in a mishap that has left him battling with just one eye. He has been told by medical experts there is no more hope for his left eye which was battered during the attack said to have been unprovoked.
A source told ZimEye of Chavunduka’s ordeal:
“It wasn’t even during the show (that the attack took place); the show had finished and we were out in the car park getting ready to go.”
It was when he was about to head to his car that the offender (name withheld) suddenly without cause approached him and struck him in the face, briefly becoming unconscious.
The attacker is said to be a man of Zim origin said to have just come out of prison on a charge of stabbing someone and also for drugging.
A Zimbabwean national, currently on an asylum claim has been named as the culprit who gouged Mr Chavunduka’s eye in the vicious attack whose motive is yet to be established.

Harare’s most prestigious private school and one of the most expensive in the country, Eaglesvale has gone bankrupt shortly after being taken over by a standing member of President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party, Mr. Naison Tirivavi (the former headmaster) the school board had suspended for misappropriating school funds and assets, ZimEye can exclusively reveal.
 

When the suspended headmaster mysteriously returned to work and fired the same board which was investigating him, the school which is owned by THE philanthropic Dutch Reformed Church, was then scrambled with assistance of ZANU PF officials, and finally seized early this year, ZimEye can reveal. This development is one of many in which institutions and businesses have come under the control of black Zimbabweans loyal to the ruling party. A dubious organisation based in Masvingo Mr Tirivavi calls The Reformed Church of Zimbabwe took over resulting in the school going bankrupt.
 
Mr Tirivavi announced this week that the school can no longer pay general workers their full wages and so he is looking to cut down on work hours. “As for August pay for instance, I don’t know if we will be able to pay and when,” Tirivavi said on Monday.
 
This was so despite the school charging amounts up to $3600 per student. The fee structure is as follows: boarding $3600, day high school $2300 and junior school $1450 per term.
 
After overturning his own suspension early this year, Tirivavi returned to work and conducted a ceremony where he announced the school was now indigenised and because the Dutch Reformed Church is of foreign origin.
 
When questioned for further details on the development and also on why the indigenisation ceremony was not officially published in the ordinary way, Mr Tirivavi refused to answer requesting rather to meet our reporter face to face at an undisclosed location: “Ko zvingaita here kuti tisangane muHarare titaure takatarisana zviso zvedu”, Tirivavi asked our reporter.
 
He said he has been reinstated after the seizure. The ceremony conducted attended by the controversial Local Government and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo, together with Education Minister Mr. Lazarus Dokora, also had Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa as an invited guest. READ MORE

A Herald story that states MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai only managed to scrap a little over £400 from his fundraising UK dinner is false and misleading, Mr Tsvangirai’s EU office has said.

“It is Herald at it again, the whole story is cooked up. There were in excess of 40 people who paid for dinner, the budgeted for subject to space. Each table had 8 people and there were 10 tables,” Mr. Tsvangirai’s ambassador to the EU Elliot Pfebve told ZimEye Wednesday morning.
The dinner was held in Birmingham last month and was charging £50 per head. ZimEye can reliably confirm that there were indeed more than 40 people in the hall. However attempts to photograph the dinner hall were fruitless as a Mugabe agent operating in the UK, Makusha Mugabe believed to be the source of the Herald story, blocked journos from doing their work. As a result of Makusha Mugabe’s meddling it has thus been speculated that the £400 figure reported by the Herald could represent net proceeds (after expenses) instead of actual collections.
The MDC UK & Ireland chairman, Tonderai Samanyanga also dismissed the report but refused to pass a comment. “The Herald can say whatever it wants but we are not worried and our struggle will still continue. The Dinner was an MDC internal function and it will remain that way. I cannot discuss any internal matters in the press,” he said.
 
The attendance for the main meeting which was before the dinner was 97. See pictures:

There was shock when a Harare based female TV presenter on the government owned broadcaster, ZBC, showed up dressed in male outfit.
Social networks were ablaze when the named presenter (pictured) conducted a program while robed in a man’s attire, black suit and tie.

One news reader wrote to ZimEye : Editor, we are told it is a crime to publicly practice homosexuality but here we are a news presenter working for the same anti gay government flashes onto the TV screen akapfeka nguwo dzemurume, zvirikumbofambaseyi shuwa?”
A Facebooker scoffed saying she was dressed like an undertaker.
Attempts to obtain a comment from ZBC’s public relations department were fruitless as their phone rang without being answered.
The broadcaster has in recent years fallen on a financial hard rock failing to pay workers’ salaries for up to six months. It has been speculated that ZBC staff are struggling to make ends meet after numerous journos were seen begging for private loans.
 

Lisa Taruvinga, Sandra Vhurande and Cecilia Tandi blast Robert Mugabe on the sidelines of Morgan Tsvangirai’s Birmingham rally. PICTURES BELOW:

Several passengers were injured and taken to the hospital following an accident involving a Kombi travelling from Babourfields and Mzilikazi township to the City Centre and a small car with two passengers at the corner of First Ave and Herbert Chitepo in Bulawayo this afternoon.
The driver of the small car failed to give way and collided with a Kombi full of passengers resulting in the Kombi veering off

the road and smashing into a durawall. The driver of the Kombi ran away leaving injured passengers struggling to come out of his Kombi. It is believed he
had no driver’s licence and appeared very young.
The Kombi driver wasn’t on the wrong but to run away from an accident is a serious crime. I believe it’s high time to go hard on Kombi owners who give young, inexperienced and unlicensed drivers to carry passengers. Simple confiscate their Kombis.

full story – Click Here to read

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife has said that all and any problems Tendai Biti and his Renewal MDC faction are having will be easily solved through a chat with her husband.
“Those who left the party who are now called The Renewal they must just talk with their leader”, Mai Tsvangirai said.
Liz Tsvangirai was speaking at a rally in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon shortly before her husband took to the podium. When Mr Tsvangirai rose he began by dismissing the Renewal Team as a pure ZANU PF project addding that Biti and his camp cannot be taken seriously at all.

“The Renewal was formed to defend ZANU PF that is all, said Tsvangirai.
He attacked Biti for allegedly taking ZANU PF bribes. “If you consumed ZANU PF money, wait and see, hayiende mahara,” said Tsvangirai. He continued, “when you took that money we were there together and now you want us take you seriously?”
On the issue of challenges against his character Mr Tsvangirai said Biti has no moral grounds to challenge him on issues of morality.
“If it was a question of character debate, lets do it; openly we do character debate. But you must know that you also have your own issues. If you live in a glass house. Handiti ndizvo?
Tsvangirai also added towards saying that Biti cannot be taken seriously.
“When people decide to leave the party, it is their democratic right to go and form their party, said Tsvangirai.
“You think we can take those people serious?,” he said.

Former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s UK rally at the weekend brought an embarrassing supporter turnout after the MDC party allowed the appointment of a Mugabe agent as Tsvangirai’s public affairs and press officer three weeks before.

Makusha Mugabe, a former ZANU PF agent working in its media echelons, reportedly self appointed himself amid his own claims that Mr Tsvangirai had given him the influential post, at a time when members queried with Mr Tsvangirai how he is working to address infiltration by fake members.
Tsvangirai as  a result attracted a paltry 97 supporters to his rally becoming outnumbered by insignificant functions conducted by his own juniors who include Bulawayo South MP Thabitha Khumalo who has before gathered double what the MDC leader achieved at branch level. Empty chairs and open spaces were a prominent feature at the poorly attended Birmingham (entire UK & Ireland) rally supporters attended without charge. However at Thabitha Khumalo’s recent Oxford meeting in November, more than 200 people converged to the Oxford city small function which yet drew at least 170 people who further paid a £10 fee.
Mugabe was also visibly drunk throwing a pungent smell of alcohol during the function.

A senior official sitting close to Tsvangirai who declined being named told ZimEye Makusha Mugabe had however “self proclaimed himself Tsvangirai’s personal press officer” and had not been appointed by anyone at all.
“I can confirm to you that Makusha Mugabe was not appointed at all by the President,” the official said.
More reports to follow…

A woman was attacked and killed by a crocodile in lake Kariba on Monday, becoming the tenth person to die of such attacks in 2014.
The incident occurred on Monday afternoon in Nyamhunga.
The woman identified as Mrs Mbewe in her 50s, was fishing with half of her body in the lake’s waters when the reptile went after her. She was fishing with the water up to waste level at the time.

By Wednesday afternoon, National Parks and Wildlife were yet to find her body in the waters.
National Parks have issued a warning for people to desist from fishing while in Lake waters.

FULL STORY – Prince Harry Chooses 10 Zimbabwean Youths to Work as Media Champs –

Prince Harry once had a Zimbabwean girlfriend he almost married – today His Royal Highness has chosen ten Zim youths to work for him as media coordinators – Ten Zimbabwean youths have been selected to work with the fourth heir to the throne on his recently launched Invictus Games program for wounded soldiers.
The ten youths part of a larger group of 60 Londoners, have been roped in as social media champions who will publish the upcoming games slated for September this year, and were selected with the help of the Active Horizons and Citizens UK NGOs.
President Robert Mugabe has described the royal family as friendly to Zimbabweans, and in the picture below, the Prince poses for feature photos with three Zimbabweans prominently leading the sixty-strong group.

The prince met the group at Bethnal Green Academy in east London where he revealed that he hates micro-blogging website Twitter. “I really quite hate Twitter,” said Harry as he took opportunity to hit out at the website for what he sees as its ‘invasion’ of his privacy during an impromptu question and & answer session.
“The issue for myself and my family, put quite simply, is that it’s very hard for me to tweet about the Invictus Games and tweet about something that means a lot to me, whereas I at the same time really quite hate Twitter by the invasion of privacy. I think you all understand what I’m talking about,” he said.
The ten Zimbabwean youths have achieved various strides in their careers. Below are their profiles:
 
Cynthia Masiyiwa 
Cynthia Masiyiwa (22) program manager for Active Horizons a youth – led Charity Organisation a member of Citizens UK. Young Woman of the Year 2013 (Women on the Move Awards) and ZAA Young achiever of the year 2013 for her outstanding work in the community advocating for young people and migrants.
 
 
 
Tawanda Mukoko 
Tawanda is a Graduate from Bournemouth University and currently works as a Digital Project Manager for Flamingo Group. Tawanda has managed, set up and delivered innovative business platforms which directly impact communities globally. Tawanda is one of the co-founders of a young, award winning organisation which focuses on increasing the participation of young global citizens in nation building programmes in Zimbabwe.
 
 
 
Sibongile Mazivisa 
Sibongile is a student at Westminster Kingsway College, studying Government and Politics, English, History and Economics. She is also CEO of the college and as well as Student Governor, which means she is involved in the decision making of things that affect the college.
 
 
 
Chido Mukoko 
Currently at 6th form studying biology, chemistry, maths & business studies. Aspires to be a pharmacist. Mentored younger pupils in maths & Iooking to work for a company to tutor younger children.Volunteered for the Olympics & recently did volunteer work at an RSPCA store in Woking. Volunteered at a care home doing activities with the elderly
 
 
Ashley Tawodzera 
Ashley Tawodzera, is a graduate from the University of Zimbabwe, Bachelor degree in Nutrition. Wants to be a Public health nutritionist and help eradicate world hunger and malnutrion
 
 
 
Niclette Mutandwa
Niclette represents her college in different sports activities and other extra curricular activities. She has done different voluntary works but her most memorable is when she spent 10 weeks in Tanzania helping the community. Her most challenging experience was when she worked on a project with mature German students and had to go there for a week and present her final project. Through all this she has also managed to maintain A* grades in her college work. Niclette volunteered to work as a kit carer during the Paralympics and has also volunteered to help get primary school kids involved in different sports activities.
 
 
 
Passi Mbaya 
Passi is currently a student at Lesoco College and has just completed her health and social care level 3 course. This September  she will be going to do ‘Access to Nursing’. Passi is I’m one of the youth leaders at her church and I gets involved with various activities such as choir, bookshop, charity projects and many more.
 
 
 
Samantha Tapfumaneyi 
Samantha Tapfumaneyi (18) who goes by the name ( Samantha Allan ) is a freelance presenter wanting to follow in the footsteps of Oprah. She has worked with numerous companies, which has given her the opportunity to report at places such as Downing Street and interview celebrities at movie premiers. She’s also the founder of a new online youth broadcaster ( Samantha.Allan.Online TV) which seeks inspire,empower and entertain the young generation. Samantha is inspired by strong women who refused to be ignored whilst aspiring to be a strong voice & presence for her generation.
 
 
 
Benjamin Hamandishe 
Benjamin (19) has a strong balance of character and charisma. He aspires to study Political Science and International Relations at University of Birmingham this year. Serving the community is his top priority, and at whatever level or scale possible from street cleaning campaigns to charity, he loves to serve people. Benjamin’s passion also lies in music, particularly singing. One of the highlights in his career has been sharing the stage with world renowned and multi-award winning artist Donnie McClurkin in 2010. Having received advocacy training from Active Horizons, together with my intrigue in politics, he is determined to be an advocate for all who are facing any form of injustice in any part of the world, be it social, legal or political. Fashion styling, athletics long distance running and rugby are some of his other interests.
 
 
 
Nyasha Zaranyika
Nyasha is currently in her final year at Kingston University doing a Masters in Social Work. She has been working with young people in Maidstone with a local church since 2009. The role includes meeting weekly to discuss issues that affect young people such as bullying, peer pressure and self-love. Last year as part of her course she went to Mysore, India. The group she was with worked for Kiriya Pushpa, ChildFund. She had the opportunity to go to the slums and raise awareness of the importance of education, speaking against child labour and corporate punishment. She also spent a few days working with women that had been rescued after being trafficked and forced into prostitution. The experience was challenging but very rewarding for her. For the past couple of years she has worked in diverse roles with individuals at risk of harm. “Working with women who are in the criminal justice system but are on community orders made me see how stereotypical societal opinions impact the way people are treated and viewed. People stop seeing the person but see the vulnerability.” Says Nyasha, so for six months, from January she has worked for a Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults team in one of the London Boroughs. Working with this team affirmed the reasons why she decided to do social work, seeing a visible positive change in individuals’ lives which is gratifying. Her passion has always been to work with people in a way that is empowering and anti-oppressive.
 

An article on the ZimEye website on 11th July 2014  titled “OK Supermarket Forced to Close” referred to Mrs Chipo Mashingaidze, a former worker with the supermarket group.
We have since established that an employee of the company provided information and misleading representation that led to Mrs Mashingaidze’s name being printed in the article and words ascribed to her.
We apologise to Mrs Mashingaidze for any embarrassment caused.
We, therefore, wish to extend to Mrs Mashingaidze our sincerest apologies.

ZimEye this week launched a new interactive mobile website.
The website is built on the latest responsive technologies to improve user experiences. This development comes after the site now 6 years old needed a makeover.
ZimEye Editorial Moderators do hereby apologise for any inconvenience caused during this transitional period.

Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba has blasted former Daily News editor Geoff Nyarota.
Speaking on the sidelines of an interview concerning his criticism of the Media Commission headed by Nyarota, Honourable Chinotimba said he remains concerned that government money is allegedly being wasted on people like Nyarota at a time when MPs are not getting their allowances and orphans of war veterans are struggling with school fees.

“My question is still the same and that why is it that Professor Moyo is wasting money on Nyarota ‘s media commission while our children suffer,” said HON Chinotimba.
He added:
“Is he not the same person who destroyed the Daily News recently?,” he asked.
In January 2001 HON Chinotimba’s party ZANU PF presided over the bombing of Nyarota’s Daily News printing press at a time when Chinotimba’s predecessor Dr Chenjerai Hunzvi were vowing to put the paper out of business because of its radical anti-government investigative reportage. Nyarota who became jobless following the attacks, has since been appointed to the media commission which HON Chitotimba says is squandering government money at a time when MPs are not being paid… Read more ….

Below are pictures of the man who duped among many Army General Constantine Chiwenga’s wife and top musician Oliver Mtukudzi into accepting fake honorary doctorate awards. Read more
Makandiwa Duped in “Fake Doctorate Scandal”;   Tuku dressed in fake robes.

Buhera South MP HON Joseph Chinotimba has said that he does not hate either Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa or Information Minister Jonathan Moyo.
HON Chinotimba told ZimEye there is no factionalism in ZANU PF and his recent drilling of Professor Jonathan Moyo on the Zimbabwe Media Commission and alleged squandering of money had nothing to do with the alleged party factionalism.
INTERVIEW:
HON Chinotimba There is no faction in Zanu PF. I don’t have any person that I support except Robert Mugabe who is followed by Joice Mujuru; followed by Simon Khaya and followed by Didymus Mutasa going down in that order.
ZimEye: It is alleged that when you questioned Mr Johnathan Moyo about the Zimbabwe Media Commission you were pursuing a factional agenda.
HON Chinotimba: Do you think if things are not done in the right way I should not ask? Remember I understand my job and my role as an MP. As it is right now, the children of War Veterans are no receiving money from the ministry of Finance. …..sic.
I am asking Johnathan Moyo as a Minister of Zimbabwe not as an individual. I am a war Veteran who stands for the disadvantaged children and I am anti corruption. When I talk of corruption am asking why the country’s CEOs are given more money; What about those who are given $100?
And those who are working outside how much are they getting? I am fighting corruption.
ZimEye: Is there any hatred between you and Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa.?
HON Chinotimba There is no hatred at all. They are my leaders. Jonathan Moyo is my friend and I don’t hate anyone.

A UK based Zimbabwean man has succumbed to cancer in Manchester after a long battle.
Mr Tonderai Mamboininga (38), died on Saturday at Christies Hospital after a lengthy battle with the ailment. Mr Mamboininga, a divorcee, has left behind a ten year old daughter. His ex inlaws (reportedly the only next of kin in the UK), launched the below passionate statement to humbly appeal for financial assistance:

Hama neshamwari tawirwawo nedambudziko rinoda rubatsiro rwedu sevana veZimbabwe. Tonderai Mamboininga/Unendoro/Nyamasvisva akashaika musi wemugovera 28.06.14 kuChristies hospital Macclesfield aine makore 38 mushure mekunge arwara nelung cancer . asiya mwana musikana ane 10 years. Tinokumbirawo rubatsiro rwenyu kuti mutumbi wake uendeswe kumusha kuZimbabwe kundochengeterwa ikoko. Isu tiri masahwira ake, akanga akasiyana ne mudzimai (mai wemwana wake). Vabereki wake wari kumusha. Takaungana panhamba 16 Almond close Salford A6 5AT. Tiri kufunga kuti mutumbi uendeswe kumusha in few days to come.
Contact details 07403872688.
Bank details ..
Halifax
sort code 11 06 72
account 00649046 R Mutaki
OR
Santander
account 13716585
sort code 090127 C Croasdale.
Thank you

Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party went into celebration on Friday when the High Court ruled against Tendai Biti’s Renewal team faction obtaining an interim order to defer disciplinary action against Morgan Tsvangirai following the Mandel Training Centre National Council resolutions that suspended Tsvangirai in March.
The Mandel Training Centre Resolutions would have seen Tsvangirai being expelled this week and a renowned insider running the “Radio Chokwadi” Facebook page had already reported claiming that Tsvangirai would be expelled by Friday.
But the High Court granted a stay order in Tsvangirai’s favour which according to MDC-T spokesman Douglas Mwonzora ‘suspends the Mandel Training Centre resolutions,’ a claim which led to MDC members reporting that the Mandel Resolutions were been declared void. Justice Zhou however ruled that the Renewal Team must not implement any of the resolutions of their National Council meeting held at Mandel Training Centre in April this year, which suspended Mr. Tsvangirai and five other top officials, until a case brought by the Tsvangirai faction challenging the legality of that meeting is finalized by the court.
Mr Douglas Mwonzora who himself had also been suspended by Biti’s team, told ZimEye on Friday, “the determination (by the judge) is that the application we filed against Mangoma and others to suspend the resolutions of Mandel especially to bring certain leaders into disciplinary action (sic) has been granted, in other words the resolutions of Mandel have been suspended until the determination of a case that was brought challenging Mandel, brought by 130(sic) members of the National Council has been ruled on. So what that means is that pending that there is nothing that can be done in furtherance of Mandel,” said Mwonzora.
Renewal Spokesman Jacob Mafume commenting said ” It is not true, there is only an interim order to suspend the hearing,” he said confirming court records on the Friday hearing.
Political commentator Ndaba Nhuku wrote saying that Tsvangirai’s team committed suicide by going to court. Said Nhuku, “Tsvangirai through the party legal guru Douglas Mwonzora sought an INTERIM order for the postponement of disciplinary hearing against himself and others six pending finalisation of the pending court case. Justice Zhou has granted him an interim order to the effect that the court dispute must be completed first before disciplinary action. Thus the political and legal meaning of this judgement is that Tsvangirai has recognised the Mandel meeting and its resolutions; Secondly that Tsvangirai who has all along been refusing to be drawn into the legal battle with the Renewal team has now danced to the Renewal tune; Tsvangirai cannot proceed to do anything without court ruling for example, he cannot proceed with the issue of assets or recalling of MPs; Politically, Tsvangirai is reacting to Renewal.
“I will emphasise that what Tsvangirayi got is an Interim Order and that has drawn him into the game which, as is the norm with political court cases, will sometimes last for ten years or more, the entire Parliamentary life span. Meanwhile party cars and other moveable party properties will be absolute. Again, Tsvangirayi has finished himself by going to court.
I understand a comprehensive statement is being drafted by Prof Madhuku and Tendai Biti and will be released soon but in short, its victory for Renewal team,” said Nhuku.

Harare – Vivid signs of Harare’s fast aging trees, a gigantic Jacaranda tree fell onto a Chinese man’s car on Monday afternoon severely damaging his vehicle. [envira-gallery id=”110543″]
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The incident occurred at around 5PM (30 minutes ago) at corner Mazowe Street and Chinamano Avenue.
The old jacaranda tree suddenly fell onto the Chinese driven VW car, the Harare Resident’s Trust said. The huge tree fell onto the silver VW vehicle belonging to David, a Chinese national, who miraculously escaped unhurt, alongside his two-year old daughter.



The road was closed for traffic due to the sudden tree-fall.
The Precious Shumba led HRT, expressed concern saying people will die of the tree falls if the council does not do perform replacements.
“The Harare Residents Trust(HRT) has consistently advocated for the replacement of the old trees along our avenues before lives are lost,” the HRT said.

 

The MDC-T Renewal effort in the UK has been rubbished by MDC firebrand Chalton Hwende.
Commenting shortly after the launching of the Renewal Team in the United Kingdom, Mr Hwende who supports founding President Morgan Tsvangirai said: “This is non event a Dog’s breakfast, the individuals involved were at one time expelled or suspended for abuse of money from our UK structures. Forming structures by a political party is not even newsworthy because all small parties have got structures countrywide and in diaspora even ZAPU, ZUD, ZUM all have structures so we are not at all concerned.”
A meeting was conducted in Luton on Saturday afternoon where a number of key MDC members resolved to form a wing of the so called MDC renewal UK team who align themselves with “expelled” Secretary General Tendai Biti,deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma and Youth Leader Solomon Madzore.

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s hold on power was further strained at the weekend when a team of MDC-T heavyweights joined hands to form the first rebel MDC-T offshoot in the United Kingdom, ZimEye can reveal.
The group who align themselves with those expelled by Morgan Tsvangirai in March this year, include among others former MDC UK chairman Ephraim Tapa, together with Tendai Biti’s brother, Stanford. Ephraim Tapa is influential among thousands of UK based citizens and albeit amid controversy, has a network of supporters throughout the United Kingdom through the ZimVigil organisation.
A preliminary meeting was convened on Saturday in the UK’s Luton town where the senior executives met.
The meeting was held two hours before a fundraising session of the Luton branch later held at 5PM.
A meeting briefer was expected at the time of writing.
Morgan Tsvangirai was on the 26th March suspended by the National Council convened by Secretary General Tendai Biti and several others who have since been labelled ‘rebels’ by Morgan Tsvangirai’s camp.
ZimEye has in recent years been key to reveal secret party launches which include that of ZANU PF in the UK last year.
More to follow…

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai remains suspended from the party since his booting announced on the 26th March this year, the rightful chairperson of the Renewal Team Sam Sipepa Nkomo has said.
Mr Nkomo said despite the Guardian Council fracas last week Thursday which saw Mrs Sekai Holland announcing that Tsvangirai’s presidency had been restored, the MDC leader is still to appear before a tribunal. Speaking to ZimEye at the weekend shortly after the debacle, Mr Nkomo said decisions made by the MDC-T National Council which suspended Tsvangirai on the 26th March, cannot be reversed by the Guardian Council. “Well as you know I didn’t attend the Guardian Council meeting, I refused myself(sic) The communication which came out of the Guardian Council meeting stated that the Guardian Council has nothing to do with the Mandel Training (National Council) meeting and constitutionally the guardian council is below the National Council and therefore it has has nothing to do with renewal team,” said Mr Nkomo.
He continued hinting that “still on this issue the fact that her (Sekai Holland’s) statement was ‘doctored’ by Mwonzora and Luke Tamborenyoka and that the true statement that was signed by 22 out of 24 members; this statement has nothing to do with the Mandel meeting. Obvious she she talks about (sic) she talks like a person who is trying to mediate between the renewal team and the Tsvangirai faction, and that’s why she said that the suspension of Mangoma and that of Tsvangirai were unconstitutional. She is trying to say both sides were wrong, let us talk, that’s what she is saying. So I don’t see anything that is strange. She was talking from a position of the Guardian Council.
But “the Guardian Council is below the National Council, and therefore what is said about the suspensions are off,” said Sipepa-Nkomo.
Mr Nkomo was speaking shortly after Guardian Council member Sekai Holland caused a stir in the MDC party having announced that all suspensions carried out this year are no longer binding, and these included that of Morgan Tsvangirai.

• Morgan Tsvangirai now the fully recognised MDC leader after he was suspended in March.

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is now the fully recognised President of the party and his suspension is null and void, according to Sekai Holland, the 72 year old nominated chairperson of the MDC faction aligned to Secretary General Tendai Biti.

Following confusion about Mrs Holland, the latter who belongs to the Renewal Team, has reinstated Tsvangirai who was kicked out on the 26th March 2014 by a National Council resolution held at Mandel Training Centre in Harare.

In a statement issued after a spell of confusion on her political position in which she also claimed Morgan Tsvangirai’s aides on Thursday forced her to make a public statement disassociating herself from Tendai Biti, Mrs Holland ironically came out instead announcing among others that Morgan Tsvangirai’s suspension in March was illegal. This was at a time when it was thought she would rather have sought to re-establish her integrity reportedly tampered with by Tsvangirai’s aides Luke Tamborinyoka and Douglas Mwonzora as said on Thursday. Holland’s public declarations are set to cause future legal problems for Tendai Biti’s MDC faction since she is the recognised interim leader after she labelled Tsvangirai’s suspension “unconstitutional.” Her statement read in part:

“These Party factions have been acting unconstitutionally by claiming to have suspended each others’ leaders and there is talk of MPs and Senators being recalled from Parliament, thereby creating confusion and instability in the Party.

“The prospects of the MDC remaining a strong and viable opposition Party to strengthen our fragile democracy are being destroyed, potentially ensuring the corrupt and authoritarian rule of ZANU/PF for many more years to come.”
The Guardian Council resolutions communicated by Holland ignored treasurer general Elton Mangoma and secretary Tendai Biti who were expelled by Tsvangirai three weeks ago.
Holland’s statement is a direct contradiction of Tendai Biti’s public presser released on the 26th March where he said : “We no longer recognise Morgan Tsvangirai as leader of the MDC party” for violating the party’s founding principles and values. Before Holland’s statement, Tsvangirai had been due to be disciplined in a tribunal hearing this week.

Harare- A community icon and philanthropist Jabulani Charlie whose picture was erroneously flighted by the state owned Sunday Mail paper at the weekend, was on Wednesday attacked by a furious mob labeling him by the notorious Facebook activist, Baba Jukwa’s name.
Mr Charlie was saved at the last minute by a speeding kombi driving away from the spot he was at in Mbare yesterday morning.
Charlie’s photograph was published in the Sunday Mail at the weekend as a leading graphic on the Baba Jukwa scandal story in which the paper claimed that they were in possession of an email he allegedly sent to the faceless character. The email is said to have contained socialite Pokello Nare’s pornographic video with her then boyfriend Desmond Chideme (Stunner) a few years before. The video was however not published by Baba Jukwa.
The placing of the photograph lifted from his Facebook social portal in which the man was coincidentally wearing military-looking camouflage attire (albeit civilian) in the publication’s story, has since given a false impression that Charlie is the faceless character himself since Baba Jukwa has been associated with a group of ex-government servicemen called the Vapanduki group.
Charlie’s whereabouts were not known at the time of writing as friends said he had gone into hiding as a result of the threats on his life. He however has in recent years been seen hailed for notable sacrificial work for the community at large for no pay, and was recently in and out of the Chingwizi camp assisting the Tokwe0Mukosi flood victims.

A UK coroner has sparked fury after refusing to release the body of a Zimbabwean man who died on the 4th May, all because the suspected killer-driver has requested a second postmortem.
Following a fatal car accident that claimed the life of the man, Mr Kainos Mupungu, the suspect is now at large and on the run. Meanwhile, more than two weeks after the tragedy, the local UK coroner for Leicestershire has said the body will not be released until the suspect’s request is fulfilled. That action has caused immense grief to the anxious family amid challenges to foot the funeral bills for the long-awaited burial.
Mr Kainos Mupungu perished in the car accident on the 4th May in Leicester under suspicious circumstances.  A subsequent postmortem report confirmed that he had lost his life in the traffic accident. The driver and suspect in the crime said to have caused the accident, actually fled the scene, abandoning the man to die, reports say. “The coroner concluded that Kainos died of positional asphyxia. His body’s position closed in on him blocking airways and it was not any bleeding that killed him, ” a close relative has said.
The official postmortem was concluded less than 5 days after the accident, but the suspect allegedly fearing criminal charges, soon requested a second postmortem causing the continuous delays in releasing the body. Reports on Monday stated that the suspect (name withheld) is currently on the run, a situation which has made the coroner withhold the body from repatriation to Zimbabwe.
“The suspect is taking advantage of legal loopholes and has hired lawyers to force a second postmortem”, another family source told ZimEye.
“But is it not our right as the family to have his body in all this,”? the asked.
Zimbabwean funerals attract huge daily costs since relatives usually camp at the mourning place until the deceased is buried.
When contacted, both the coroner and the investigating officer refused to comment with just a police source saying in general that: “Suspects also have rights.”
The Mupungu family in Zimbabwe have been waiting for more than two weeks for the release of the loved one’s body, and to date thousands of dollars have been blown as they wait for their loved one’s body.
More to follow…

A highly disturbing video has emerged of Harare seven 19 year olds assaulting a female colleague, one of their own.
The video, recorded from a Harare avenues location, shows the seven teenagers ganging up to attack the helpless young women.
One of the attackers, a woman, is seen approaching the victim and accusing her of hurling insults at her. “You called me a prostitute did you not?” asks the second attacker after the first had swung a thick horse pipe on her.
Th second attacker is then seen punching and kicking the victim, while brutally pulling her hair several times.The victim begins to ask for mercy, but the unnamed attacker appears not moved as she continues to intensify the butchering.
Could these occurrences be a norm in Harare nowadays?  – This is because during the numerous oft times loud attacks, two adults pass by the same lane and they are seen ignoring the vivid commotion, despite the agony the victim is suffering.
The names of the attackers together with the victim were not known at the time of writing, and neither the identity of the youth recording the video.

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Morgan Tsvangirai is like “Jesus Christ riding on a donkey to Jerusalem and the donkey must stay with its master”  – these words were uttered by a forumist at the Mass Public Opinion discussion held on Friday as they referred to all who are advocating for the so called “renewal agenda.”
The meeting became thorny, and had to be called off when MDC-T spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora said that Tendai Biti and Elton Mangoma are traitors. A report by the Daily News states that the meeting ended instead after spokesperson for the MDC faction led by Tendai Biti, Jacob Mafume had attacked Morgan Tsvangirai. Jacob Mafume spoke to ZimEye in an interview on Friday night answering to these allegations. Below was an excerpt of the interview:
Q: There have been reports that you had a forum meeting today which is claimed to have ended after you attacked (Morgan) Tsvangirai. I am trying to get facts on what really happened.
A: No no that’s not what happened. All of us had a presentation ready so we had Mwonzora to give a presentation. It was not an MDC meeting it was a Mass Public Opinion  meeting where I gave a presentation on the history of MDC up to now and where it should be going. As Mwonzora presented, he then attacked Mangoma and Biti personally. In my response he was saying they are sellouts they have sold out, they are responsible for the failures of the inclusive government and they are corrupt. My questions were simply on relation to that, of for instance saying they are sellouts: Who got $1.5m when everyone had boycotted government? Who had built a house that is big and has more toilets than constituencies while it’s only for one person. Then someone has alluded to the suggestion that Tsvangirai is Jesus riding on donkey into Jerusalem, but the donkey is mistaken (sic), if it goes on its own, and so will not be accepted. I said you have been complaining that Mugabe is riding us like donkeys, does this guy believe that we are donkeys which we are supposed to take him to Jerusalem?
We as the donkeys we refuse to go to Jerusalem and he would have to walk on his own and we can not allow a situation where other people see themselves as riding and others are donkeys. When we started this party it was a union of democrats, no rider and the ridden. This was the context of what happened, they had a hired crowd to echo anyone else who spoke except Mwonzora and to try and drown everything, that’s when I insisted that if I am to remain in this meeting I should be allowed to finish my speech, if I am not allowed to do so I’m going to walkout of that meeting together with the people who came with me. That’s why the reporter said I stood my ground to finish my speech”.
Q: You said Mwonzora has attacked Biti and Mangoma that they are sellouts, was there anything that he stated in terms of an attack? ”
A:” Yes he said they were the ones who had negotiated in bad faith setting up people to fail. They had given wrong advice to Tsvangirai and also when they got in they have been unfaithful in the execution of their duties. So I pointed out that those two were the best performing ministers of the inclusive government combined. Mangoma did wonderful work in energy and eradicated the fuel queues. Minister of finance Tendai Biti stabilised the economy and gave meaningful wages to the people and basically kick started an economy that had shut down. I also said these people have tried to prove their ways but they have been weighed down by the unfocused performance of their principals in terms of exercising his powers.”

A Zimbabwean journo who writes for The Zimbabwean paper has threatened to sue people who uploaded a Youtube video which publishes his name and documents said to link him to the notorious Baba Jukwa Facebook page.
The Youtube video released on Saturday lists Mr Mkhululi Chimoio as an alleged perpetrator behind the Facebook page. The evidence reportedly comes from a hacked GMail account the video‘s producers say contains the names of the those behind the page.
The person who uploaded the video was not known at the time of writing, while unverified reports stated that they are a CIO agent.

Chimoio revealed his intentions in a Facebook post on his wall saying that the persons had only downloaded his photos before linking them to the Facebook page.
He wrote, “It’s not surprising that some desperate fools can download my pics and use them in their funny YouTube and other social network wars. We will meet in a court of law, will teach you a lesson not to dare scandalise, character assassinate or drag my name into your own squabbles. This needs straight legal action for defamation of character and publishing false info about me.”
Meanwhile it was assumed that it is not the Baba Jukwa Facebook that has been hacked, but an email address said to link to the page.

Another child became second victim of suspected mother cruelty having been found dead in a sewage pit.
The deceased child(pictured) was discovered by school children in Harare on Thursday afternoon at around 1400Hrs. The body was found floating in the sewage overflow which is in High Glen road near Great Stride college, according to a ZimEye Citizen Reporter. Click below to view:   The incident comes shortly a mother in Victoria Falls beheaded her own child.



Police had not attended to the scene at the time of writing.

Fifteen (15) Zimbabweans who include a senior MDC-T leader are set to be deported out of the United Kingdom in the next 24 hours.
The Zimbos have already been issued with plane tickets, ZimEye can reveal.
They are currently housed at Colnbrook detention centre which is close to Heathrow international airport due to be flown to Zimbabwe Thursday at 8 pm aboard a Kenyan airways flight.
They include MDC-T Chairman for Croydon Branch, Bright Manjengwa who was detained on 11th April. The Home office has attempted to deport Mr Manjengwa three times without success.
An appeal raised for them states that at least £4500 in legal fees is required to save them from deportation. More to follow…

Harare residents were left furious on Wednesday when ZANU PF MP for Harare HON South Shadreck Mashayamombe fled a public parliamentary hearing called for by the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Portfolio Committee.
Mashayamombe was fingered for disrespecting the crowd of mothers and fathers who had assembled to discuss the Electoral Amendment Bill, at the Ambassador Hotel.
At the beginning seven MPs were present, but halfway through the meeting they started to trickle out forcing chairperson, Harare West legislator Jessie Majome, to call the meeting off. Mashayambombe and five others were labelled NIKUV MPs during the furor. “These are the very NIKUV MPs who call meetings and then they disappear,” one woman said in anger.
“He is irresponsible and lacks seriousness! He should be voted out in 2018,” said an equally furious man who had gathered at the hotel for the meeting.
Harare West MP Jessie Majome was forced to apologise as she remained the only legislator left to face the angry crowd.

– Newsday/ Additional Reporting.

A UK, Leeds based mother is appealing for help from fellow Zimbabweans following a fatal car accident that killed her son, 24-year-old Trust Nqobile Tshuma, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Mr. Trust Nqobile Tshuma was doing his final year at the University of Huddersfield.
Tshuma died when a Vauxhall Corsa he was traveling in collided with a boundary wall on the westbound Leeds Inner Ring Road, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
A second casualty, a 23-year-old man who was also in the car, suffered serious injuries and was rushed to Leeds General Infirmary.
Following the incident, police Constable Wayne Mason, of the police’s Major Collision Enquiry Team, said: “We are appealing for witnesses to this incident or anyone who saw the collision or the car just prior to the collision to contact myself at the Major Collision Enquiry Team on 101.”
The family has made an appeal for help from fellow Zimbabweans and any well wishers to help raise the money to repatriate the body to Zimbabwe. Contributions can be made to the Bank Account or at the listed address below.
 

THIS IS AN APPEAL TO ALL ZIMBABWEANS IN UK AND OTHER WELL WISHERS
It is with great sadness and sorrow that we have had a great tragedy in our Zimbabwean Family. 24 year old Trust Nqobile Tshuma was doing his last year at Huddersfield University. He got involved in a fatal car accident on Inner ring road A58 Leeds, West Yorkshire and unfortunately lost his life. The accident happened on Saturday morning of the 20th April 2014. We are therefore appealing to everyone wherever to help with anything in order to fund Trust’s burial. The little that any one can donate will make a big difference. Your contribution will be highly appreciated.  This is a very very sad and traumatic situation indeed.
MOURNERS ARE GATHERED AT:
34 Kepstorn Close
Leeds
LS5 3EL
ON BEHALF OF THE TSHUMA FAMILY WE ARE APPEALING TO YOU ALL WELL WISHERS TO ASSIST OUR FELLOW FAMILY MEMBERS WITH ANY LITTLE THAT YOU CAN CHIP IN.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR DONATIONS TO:
Miss E Tshuma
Santander Bank
S/C: 09-01-27
ACC: 44133315
Tel: 07578427410
REMEMBER EVERY LITTLE HELPS. YOUR £0.50, £1, £10, £20, £50, £100, £1000 WILL GO A LONG WAY.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR KINDNESS

The MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai has been publicly criticized for producing and launching a music album with songs that replace the name of Jesus Christ with that of their leader Tsvangirai. Christian believers have taken umbrage at that conduct for they deem it blasphemous. In any case, they have argued that it is improper to mingle politics with religion.
The album is called Tsikamutanda.
The party this week launched the controversial album they recorded for fundraising purposes. It carries church songs that have been altered  into party morphs. The album contains church hits such as “Ndiye Jesu Wacho Anerudo” previously praising Creator. Now the same compilation is branded with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s name as the object of worship (See video). The video shows national spokesman and senior lawyer, Douglas Mwonzora featuring as a lead vocalist.

Bulawayo legislator Thabitha Khumalo has however spoken against the criticism made against the party as unfair since other political parties like ZANU PF have done the same in the past.
Noted below was a panel discussion conducted on Thursday soon after Miss Khumalo had complained. The discourse involved ZANU PF Chairman Nick Mangwana, Political Analyst Gracian Masiyiwa, and MDC UK chairperson Tonderai Samanyanga who added his contribution afterwards.
 
Thabitha Khumalo (MDC-T): It’s amazing how when as MDC we convert church songs to revolution songs we are accused of turning Tsvangirai into a mini God but when it is done by any other party, it’s okay. How sad. Anyway, nothing will dent our spirits as no-one can touch them, and victory is certain.
Nick Mangwana (ZANU PF): Oh well the first thing I would say is where is the evidence? And then the second thing is to see the context under which everything has been done. We are just about to approach Easter, and then you release a song in a community which is a predominantly Christian society(Zimbabwe), and you release that song which replaces Jesus with Tsvangirai after a couple months ago, when we witnessed the deification of Tsvangirai by (Nelson) Chamisa; I think we are going to a level somebody is going to be made a god soon. So in essence of what ZANU PF is alleged to have done, without putting a song there, I cannot comment, but here we have a song and to see clearly a distortion of Christianity, where Tsvangirai is actually made into a son of God, and I think its almost blasphemous (sic). That’s my position.
Simbarashe Chikanza(ZimEye): Mr Masiyiwa you are connected to the Christian community and you have been involved in opposition politics, what is your view on this Sir?
Gracian Masiyiwa: First of all I haven’t listened to the songs. But just answering from my knowledge of politics and my knowledge of religion as well, I agree with someone who says that ZANU PF has done this type of a thing before, during the liberation struggle, and in some way; But the fact that ZANU PF has done it before, doesn’t make it a good thing. In general I don’t think it is a wise thing to replace Jesus with someone else’s name. Care should have been taken:  – when seeing the religious songs I know they are impressive and the tunes and the melodies and the discourse around them are very easy to appeal to people’s minds but should we replace Jesus or God with someone else’s name? It is not good………
Simbarashe Chikanza: So are you all saying that there is no song that praises Robert Mugabe, taken from a church song? Are you saying this is something that only happened during the liberation era?
Gracian Masiyiwa: As a Christian society it is very easy to convert some religious songs into political. But it depends on how  we use them. But we cannot replace a name of a deity and put an individual’s name there such that credit goes to that person and not God .
Nick Mangwana:  Your question was whether there is a song out there, which praises Robert Mugabe? I am not aware. I am not saying there is none, but I simply am not aware. If you ask for my personal view, whoever does it is wrong. And we are celebrating the crucifixion of Jesus, and the redemption of the world, and at that point you release an album which tallies where Jesus is actually replaced by  Tsvangirai, which makes Tsvangirai the sacrificial lamb of God. I think it is actually blasphemous and I will maintain that. And my co-panelist has said, whether ZANU PF has done it, or whatever time they did it or allegedly, it doesn’t make it right. It is not right. …. In that case they are losing relevance and they are trying to gain Tsvangirai some relevance by doing this. Actually the lyrics of the song are Jesus Ndakamuona Nekurururama. Now everywhere there is Jesus, they are putting Tsvangirai.
Tonderai Samanyanga:   Songs can be transformed into anything. There are original songs that came about; Even in the church itself, there are some songs that have been transformed from somewhere. If you look today some church songs have already been sung in other organisations….When people form songs, they will be focusing at the directions of the day, and looking at the past directions. So it is not only in politics, even in the church people transform songs. So whether they are talking about replacing the Lord with Tsvangirai, no one would subscribe to that and I don’t see anything pertaining to that. During the war we did have songs which we sang for our leaders. We did have songs from the church which we sang taking them into our situation, and that is common. So for us to focus on that album which is coming out and make it an issue or a subject matter, myself I don’t think it is justified for those who are saying we have transformed church songs to glorify somebody. We are in a struggle and we have to look at what inspires us. If we are coming from a Biblical background, we are usually associated with the Biblical songs, and that’s why it is easy to do that. If we are coming from a liberation struggle we would see that there are songs that talk about the liberation struggle. You would see that there are songs that talk about our own tradition, where we petition the ancestors, those are the songs that transformed our struggle today; so I don’t see anything abnormal in all those things. But it’s only that some people feel so bad that they could be popular that they can sway the focus of the people when you are talking about somebody in a way that resonates with many people . That is why there are those critics.

In a development that has seen Chitungwiza Town Council sell land for residential purposes and dished out planning permission, the same council will now force hundreds of families onto the streets after abruptly issuing them with demolition orders.
Council who approved the building of the residential properties, has said these houses are not fit for purpose having been built on wetlands as is prohibited. This comes despite clear prior written planning permission having been passed by the same council.
One of the victims of the pending demolitions is an ex-soldier, one Mrs Chipato. She like many others was not aware of the demolition listing of their houses until the council announcement was made last week.
Mrs Chipato’s house has no street-number although having offer letters from the council, a development which stands to open a can of worms on corruption in the principality. She told ZimEye  in an exclusive interview: ” I have with me papers allowing me to build after I bought this land from the council. Why they now want to destroy my house I do not understand.”
A source told ZimEye on Tuesday, “the issue of corruption is rampant at Chitungwiza city council to the extent that a whole council was held at bay during the tenure of Tanyanyiwa to the extent of relegating housing issues to a certain conman Mabambe,”

“What is surprising is the collusion between council, former councilors and a certain former deputy mayor Mabamba.All these corrupt these corrupt dogs must be thrown in jail and keys thrown away,” they said.
DARE (Democratic Assembly for Restoration and Empowerment) party president, Mr. Gilbert Dzikiti told ZimEye: “The government has once again failed to serve its people and must resign en-mass or call for fresh elections as soon as possible.
“The crisis of governance extents to the GNU period and exposed lack of principled leadership in local council,” he said.
Mr Dzikiti added saying that council officials here deserve prison for these acts of selling unfit land for residential purposes.
“The rot in Chitungwiza Town Council calls for Chikurubi to be wide open and all former councilors and mayors from 2000 to be thrown in the jail and keys thrown away. Even dogs respect each other more than these people who turned Chitungwiza
into a sewage and waterless city.
“At the same colluded to sell unsuspecting people housing wetlands. It’s a crime against humanity and Chombo is complicit in those affairs as the responsible Minister from nineteen gochanhembe. The government cannot be Satanical as to render these people homeless without an alternative.
“It’s disgusting and the government officials must all resign and pave way for a progressive generation of leaders. The government is clueless on the on housing, water, economy,constitutionalism ,corruption and devoid of human empathy and common sense that tells you there is punishment for looting and thievery,” he said.
The DARE party has protested to government saying that the residents should be compensated before they are evicted.

Some policemen caused a scene in Harare when they disturbed Harare-West MP Jessie Majome demanding what may likely have been a bribe.
In what will now form part of her legal challenge against the ZANU PF controlled broadcaster, ZBC, the officers delayed the MP for close to thirty minutes while she was driving to work in Addington Lane in the morning. The cops then demanded to see her drivers’ licence before changing to a ZBC radio licence without checking what they had asked for in the first place; they charged her  for that alleged breach.
Miss Majome narrated her ordeal saying,

“Just this morning a good 30 minutes of mine was wasted by ZRP and ZBC along Addington Lane. They stopped me on the pretext that a police officer wanted to see my driver’s licence but he never bothered to come and see it. A ZBC licence inspector then pounced and demanded that I pay a $30 spot fine for not having a ZBC radio licence.
“I explained to him that as I do not support ZANU PF I have no intention of paying for it until ZBC abides by the Constitution and broadcasts in a non partisan and independent manner as per Section 61 (4) (a)and (b) of the Constitution. He demanded that I pay a $30 spot fine and I refused.
“I insisted on a ticket and eventually I got it. Here’s my trophy! I wish the Constitutional Court would hear my case on this soon.”

Meanwhile it emerged that indeed ZBC does not publish balanced views on its political coverage. In one story published Monday for instance on a parliamentary debate on the Electoral Amendment Bill, all political commentaries were carefully extracted from Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party. The story while claiming that “the Electoral Amendment Bill (HB7, 2013) has raised diverse views from several quarters as interested parties debate on the legislation’s implications,” would go ahead to quote only ZANU PF political analyst Psychology Maziwisa saying “calling for public hearings smacks of cheap politicking” after MDC-T Southerton legislator, Gift Chimanikire last week moved the motion which was shot down by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Cde Emmerson Munangagwa.

Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC faction announced Saturday its intention to expel members who refuse to pay the newly announced mandatory Underwriting Fees by the end of April 2014.
The party’s new deputy treasurer who replaced Elton Mangoma, Tapiwa Mashakada, told ZimEye any member who refuses to abide by the orders of paying the new underwriting fee should “find another home.”

Mashakada’s comments came after members complained about the fee and the “shady” method of collecting and submitting it which they said is unconstitutional since the whole purse will not be handled by the treasury, but be sent privately and directly to Mr Tsvangirai office mostly via the Western Union money transfer service. This the members said is a violation of the constitution.
Wrote Mashakada responding to the complaints:
“The MDC – T party should rightfully be resourced by its valuable general membership. Even a burial society is membership driven.
“What is crucial is that there should be accountability and transparency in the financial affairs of the party. Bona fide MDC -T should find no problem with following the pointed direction. After all, the party is a voluntary organization. Members who do not want to be bound by the rules and decisions of the party should simply find another home. The people’s project is poised to succeed”.
“Back home people are selling goats and chickens to support their party. I doubt that anyone who is questioning the decision of the National Council is serious. However, are alive to the fact that our detractors are panicking with this new innovation as they had putatively written the epitaph of MDC – T. This party is greater than individuals. All decisions are arrived by majority decision in the party’s decision making organs. The National Council has resolved to restore full provincial executive status to all Diasporan provincial assemblies. In between Congress the National Council has the loci standing to take decisions that further the interests of the party. These decisions will be taken to the Congress for ratification. So what we are doing is very constitutional. The people’ s struggle has now entered its final and decisive phase of its trajectory to push for fresh but free fair and credible elections in Zimbabwe before 2018.
Dr Tapiwa Mashakada

• Chombo tells Tokwe victims relocate to resettlement plot without food or compensation

• Govt actually has no land to resettle the victims

• Villagers told plough 1 hectare of land first before getting the next meal
  
• Govt fails to pay a paltry $3,664

There was drama when poor Tokwe Mukosi villagers living at Chingwizi camp, vowed to fry President Robert Mugabe alive yesterday when his Minister of Local Government, Ignatius Chombo openly ignored their plight watching them go hungry and devastated while at the same time instructing them to go away.
Chombo’s instructions came as the 3000 survivors of a storm which destroyed 90% of all tent-shelters on Wednesday, were being ordered to work one hectare of land first before government gives them their next meal.

I have nine children and since the 11th March I have been given just 1kg of beans, a man in the video below narrated. “I sleep in the same tent with nine (9) children and since the 11th March I have been given just 1kg of beans for food. They have told me that if I want anything else I must first work on one hectare of land before I receive anything,” he said.
There was drama when in anger one woman openly said they are being forced to grow sugar-cane when they have no experience whatsoever of that business. “If it needs be we will remove Mugabe today,” the furious woman shouted.
 
No food, no compensation
But despite these concerns Minister Chombo said the victims should vacate the camp without any compensation, and the state owned Herald paper did not mention these complaints voiced by hundreds of victims who were also affected by the Wednesday storm. Minister Ignatius Chombo was yesterday however seen dismissing the devastated victims and telling them to vacate the camp with no compensation whatsoever.
He admitted government was failing to pay the families a paltry $3,664 per household saying this money would be paid when it has been found. The villagers should relocate and government will not provide any food for them, Chombo indicated.
“Every family will get its dues from Government once the funds have been mobilised and lack of compensation should not stop people from moving to permanent plots as there is a real high risk of outbreak of diseases such as typhoid because of overcrowding.
“We are going to give every family that has not been compensated a document acknowledging that they are owed money by Government. The amount owed was based on valuations done on their property will also be written on that document which should be produced for a family to get compensation when resources are eventually found,’’ he said.
Chombo warned that Government would not continue to provide food to families who resist moving to permanent plots.
This was after Chombo’s ministry claimed that some of the flood victims were now comfortable in the camp where they get free food handouts.
“Why should we continue to provide food to families who insist on staying in the camp when their plots to build permanent structures are ready? We should make it clear that food assistance will only be given to those families who agree to move to their permanent plots because, we need to de-congest Chingwizi temporary camp,’’ he said.
The minister stressed that Government wanted a modern resettlement model to be followed in settling the flood victims who should benefit from Tokwe-Mukosi Dam water.
Minister of State in Vice President Joice Mujuru’s Office Sylvester Nguni said it was important for the Tokwe-Mukosi relocation co-ordinating committee to ensure that genuine flood victims get plots for irrigation.
 
Government actually has no land to resettle the victims
But DARE party president Mr. Gilbert Dzikiti who visited the camp within hours of Chombo’s tour has found that government actually has no land to resettle the victims.
Mr Dzikiti told ZimEye : “Information on the events at Chingwizi says that the government actually has no land to resettle people. There are mainly two reasons to this:
1. The land down there has some mineral deposits (diamonds) and if ever people are settled there, they will have to be moved again to make way for mining activities.
2. The land was also earmarked for expansion of the ethanol project and the government has to agree with Billy on the terms of resettling people there. On Wednesday night there was a storm in the lowveld and information coming from there is that less than 10% of the tents survived the storms. The rest of the tents were torn including the ones covering food and medicines for the families at Chingwizi.
“We have been wondering whether the forced removal of people because of game parks was true and now information is suggesting the prevalence of diamonds at Tokwe Mukosi and Manzou in Mazoe.
“Why does the government need to beg an alleged thief like Billy Rautenbach as Temba Mliswa alleges? Why don’t the government compulsorily acquire the land for the national disaster?
“The people at Chingwizi have organised themselves but they do not have financial resources to go beyond what they can do at Chingwizi. Are we prepared to help these people, not only morally but financially and with our intellectual resources?,” said Dzikiti.

He added that:
“The local area MP is elusive and seems to have been gagged from speaking out on the issue of minerals and beneficiaries to the mines and share holders of both the game park and diamond concessions.”

The disgraced ZBC CEO Happison Muchechetere under investigation for allegedly defrauding the corporation of $900,000, is in a rush to sell some of his last remaining assets, ZimEye can reveal.
Muchechetere is currently selling  (3) three properties: a Borrowdale flash property, a half-built house in Ashdown Park going for $55,000, and a 400sq metre stand in Greendale being sold for just $6000.
A named agent hired by the suspended ZBC chief was spotted Friday going around Harare looking for potential buyers while refusing to disclose the Muchechetere identity. The agent was at pains trying to convince buyers that for instance the Ashdown Park property is in council approved shape.

DARE party president, the fiery Gilbert Dzikiti blasted the former ZBC boss on this development:
“We are saddened that  Mr Muchechetere is now disposing ill gotten gains from scandalous salary gate and the do called television van tender or purchase.” he said.
He added:
“As a party we have petitioned the president to capacitate a judicial or parliamentary commission to bring to closure the rot and greed which had manifested itself within the public sector parastatals and boards.
“The refusal of the president to accept a purported offer to resign from Mr George Charamba is not only retrogressive but damaging to the stature and office of the president.In light of these failures assets are being sold as a cover up to lavish outlandish lives which characterised the looting and grab of public resources at the expense of public delivery of service.

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has begun collecting mandatory underwriting fees from all members.
The party becoming the first in the world to do this, was hit by a funding crisis after failing to get into power through the just ended disputed July elections.
His newly appointed interim deputy treasurer, Tapiwa Mashakada wrote to members in the diaspora telling them they must pay up £50 per person (those in leadership of whatever level), and £5 from every ordinary member.
Saying MDC-T is currently owed US$3 million by government, MDC-T spokesman Douglas Mwonzora said the party was forced to come up with innovative ways of funding itself.
“The underwriting fee is meant to ensure that we sponsor ourselves as a party as government is refusing to fund us. The national executive received and deliberated the recommendations by our acting treasurer-general and it was agreed that legislators would contribute a certain sum,” he said.
“Similarly the party leadership from national to provincial and district levels will also contribute towards the party.
“The amounts will vary according to seniority. The membership is also being asked to contribute.”
The letter written by Mashakada and titled “PAYMENT Of CONTRIBUTIONS 2014” reads in part:
“You are hereby informed that the National Executive Committee at its meeting of 25th March 2014, resolved that party structures and members are supposed to pay underwriting fees as a way of fundraising for the Party.
“The National Executive resolved that the UK & Ireland Provincial and District Executive members pay UK Pounds E50.00 and ordinary members in the Province to pay (5 .00 underwriting fees to be paid as a once off amount by end of this month.
“May you also be notified that a monthly subscription for the UK & Ireland Province membership is (2, 00 per month f f 24 annually). The party can only be sustained to continue with the struggle by your worthy contributions.
“The money can be channeled to the party through Money Gram or Western Union to the attention of Edith Munyaka, President’s Office or contact the above email for any enquiries”

Confusion and panic reigned in the MDC-T party yesterday when Morgan Tsvangirai through party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora summarily expelled Deputy Treasurer General Elton Mangoma.
There was drama when Mwonzora stood in contradiction with Organising Secretary Nelson Chamisa who a few hours before had stated the contrary, that Mangoma would not be expelled.
Chamisa categorically told the Daily News that none of the party members fingered for creating confusion in the party, including those calling for Tsvangirai’s ouster, had been fired from the party.
He said Mangoma and eccentric Manicaland provincial spokesman Pishayi Muchauraya had only been suspended pending internal disciplinary processes.
“No one has been dismissed from the party. Mangoma’s matter is now at the disciplinary tribunal and the party is in the same mode as it has always been. We are focusing on real challenges that are affecting the people of Zimbabwe, the problems of a non-functioning economy and non-functioning government.
“This is not the time to mark the next man. We must mark the ball. We cannot afford own goals at this particular time. It is Zanu PF which says bhora mugedhi not us,” he said.
However Mwonzora issued a statement to the contrary saying a resolution had been passed “to initiate the process of expelling honourable Mangoma.”
“He will be notified of the decision and according to the constitution of the party, he will be given an opportunity to respond in writing,” said Mwonzora.
He added:
“We are putting a closure to this issue so that we can start to rebuild the party. Mangoma is being expelled for continuing to disgrace while facing disciplinary measures, so the national executive and the national council voted for this decision,
“He is not fired for the first case, but for continuing on transgression. I call it foolish bravely. I think he was wrongly advised legally and that could be his case.”
Mwonzora said the decision to act on Mangoma came as a result of later actions, “The national council, acting in terms of clause 5.11 of the constitution, decided to summarily expel Mr Mangoma from the party not for the offenses that are before the court but for the subsequent offenses that he did commit,” he said.
He added: “The national executive and the national council noted further that subsequent to the charges laid before him, Mr Mangoma continued with transgressions complained of, in particular, he continued going to the press denigrating the image of the party, holding parallel meetings in the party and fanning factionalism in relation to the new offenses he is said to have committed.”

A London based 23 year old Zimbabwean woman has begun turning the heat on police officers of all ranks daily, on issues of discrimination and fair treatment of citizens. If she had been in her home country, Cynthia Masiyiwa (pictured-right)could never had received such a chance to talk to for instance Commissioner Augustine Chihuri, let alone challenge him on his work – the London based Cynthia appeared on international BBC 1  TV quizzing London’s Met Police Commissioner Hogan Howe.

Cynthia’s job at the Citizens UK NGO, which she rose through the ranks doing, is to check on the police if they are treating suspects fairly on London’s streets, while also pulling young adults from street life into employment.
Years before the British police force has been blamed for numerous cases of alleged racism.
In the televised BBC discussion on the state of London’s streets, PC Howe’s face turned rigid and pale when Cynthia opened her mouth after other participants had threatened they would fry the police boss on police alleged abuses which began in the 1960s.
“The police must be held accountable for their actions on people and that is what we are here for,” said Cynthia in agreement with the others.
But we should not just attack the police every time, but also praise them, however, said Cynthia (who had begun on a fiery note) to the sudden relief of the Commissioner. She continued saying there are many “good things that police are actually doing that are not coming out. we’ve done so much work with Citizens UK and engaging police and across London we’ve got 600 city safe havens, a place where young people can run, or anybody in immediate danger can run to,” she said.

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A Harare bound PCJ Motorways bus travelling from Botswana to Harare overturned today at the 110 kilometre peg on the Bulawayo to Harare highway at 4am. Scores of people were injured with some said to have lost their limbs. There were no fatalities recorded on site. MORE PICTURES: Click here to view.
“We do not know what the driver encountered but there was no other vehicle nearby when the bus overturned,” said an unidentified female passenger who was bleeding from the ear.

A police officer said ambulances rushed seriously injured passengers to hospitals in Bulawayo. Some of the ambulances transported the injured to Gweru.
“We do not know how many were injured as the ambulances arrived before we got here,” said a police officer at the scene.
The accident scene was like a dirty dump site as the passengers’ luggage was strewn all over. There were big and ugly red patches of blood on the road that hinted at the ordeal the passengers went through.
The Shangani area is now a black spot for motorists and passengers. Last year a Pathfinder Bus overturned killing seven and injuring scores of passengers. Several fatal accidents have been witnessed in the same area before.