By A Correspondent| Opposition MDC Alliance vice President Tendai Biti’s lawyer Alec Muchadehama has castigated Acting Deputy Prosecutor General Michael Reza for being obsessed with his client’s case.
Biti is facing charges of assaulting a controversial Russian woman Tatiana Aleshina, who is also a runner for at large land baron Kenneth Raydon Sharpe.
In an affidavit in support of Biti’s application for recusal of Harare Regional Magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti Guwuriro and Reza from hearing his assault case, Muchadehama dropped a bombshell on what he termed a coordination of his client’s matter outside the Court room.
Ms-Tatiana-Aleshina the woman at the centre of Biti’s assault case
“I further confirm that on the 8th of October 2021 I wrote a letter to 3rd Respondent about my inability to be available at 0900 hrs on 13 October 2021.
“I had indicated that I could be available at 11:15am hoping that I would be done with the matter I was dealing with at the Master’s Court. I had also given this time to allay any fears that I intended to use the matter before the Master for purposes of delaying Applicant’s matter.
“I must indicate to the court that any application for postponement by the Accused no matter how genuine has been met by the submission by 3rd Respondent that it is intended to delay. 3rd Respondent has become so obsessed with the Applicant’s case that he will stop at nothing but to proceed,” said Muchadehama.
He then spilled the beans on Guwuriro, whom he accused of taking the matter into her own hands to call the Master of High Court on behalf of Reza.
“Quite unsolicited Mr Gapare said that around 1100hrs, Mrs Guwuriro, 1st Respondent had called him asking whether I had attended at the Master’s office and whether I was still there.
“It must be from 1st Respondent’s calls to Mr Gapare (Master of High Court) that 1st Respondent got the impression that I was not at the Master’s office a suggestion which is factually incorrect,” added Muchadehama.
Muchadehama said there is a desire by both Guwuriro and Reza to have Biti’s case dealt with quicker than usual which smacks of a sinister plot to deal with the Harare East legislator.
He also exposed how the two Guwuriro and Reza appear to have too much interest in Biti’s case to the extend that they had to disregard his right to a fair trial by refusing to postpone his case to allow his lawyer to attend.
“All things being equal Respondents would have postponed the matter and request me to explain my absence on the 13th of October 2021.
“Alternatively Respondents should have given Applicant to look and brief an alternative lawyer in my absence.
“To order Applicant to proceed simply because I was absent was unfair to him yet I had a valid explanation for my absence as stated above,” added Muchadehama.
Biti has previously raised concern that Reza who is a senior prosecutor handling a mere assault case proved that there are interest besides justice.
By A Correspondent- Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said he narrowly escaped Zanu PF assassination attempts.
He posted on Twitter on Wednesdaychamisa said he was lucky to be alive.
He wants me killed and dead. They want blood and more blood. They missed by seconds because Our #Godisinit. Violence & assassinations won’t solve complex national challenges. I’m (in) Nyanga today meeting the community. Change must happen. The citizens are clear!
THEY NEARLY TOOK ME OUT..He wants me killed and dead.They want blood and more blood.They missed by seconds because Our #Godisinit.Violence & assassinations won’t solve complex national challenges.I’m Nyanga today meeting the community.Change must happen.The citizens are clear!
Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday admitted that his party was in shambles and threatened to descend heavily on party members locked in bloody power struggles.
Addressing an extraordinary session of the Zanu PF politburo, Mnangagwa said unruly members violating the party constitution would be dealt with.
Emmerson Mnangagwa – file
Mnangagwa, who said those divisions had no place in Zanu PF, pleaded for unity and harmony in the ruling party ahead of the 2023 elections where he will seek re-election.
“The party has no room for divisive elements who want positions at the expense of the party’s discipline, unity, love and harmony and development,” he said.
“It is alien for our party members to fight for posts; violence of any kind whether physical or verbal has no place in Zanu PF or in our country.”
Zanu PF has been rocked by violent power struggles during its internal party elections over the past months. The fights, which erupted in Mutare and other districts, portends a deeply divided Zanu PF limping towards the 2023 elections.
Mnangagwa was last month forced to postpone provincial elections indefinitely as fights for positions turned nasty.
The party’s district elections also turned violent in Harare and Manicaland provinces, while haggling has forced delays in some provinces.
In Mutare, protests against provincial chairperson Mike Madiro ended badly, with some party youth led by Danmore Mambondiyani bashed by the provincial leader’s backers. In Harare, a fight between Godwin Gomwe and Godwills Masimirembwa ended in court.
In Mashonaland Central, a nasty fight between incumbent chairperson Kazembe Kazembe and businessman Tafadzwa Musarara has triggered friction and an exchange of words in party WhatsApp groups.
“Those who wantonly violate and desecrate our party constitution’s peaceful culture and values must be dealt with decisively without fear or favour,” Mnangagwa said.
He added that Zanu PF must now unleash its machinery towards mobilising voters to register, since it was now all systems go ahead for the elections.
“It is now all systems go towards harmonised elections, the electorate must be mobilised to vote and appreciate the scope of the polling station-based exercise,” Mnangagwa said.
Facing a crumbling economy, unhappy civil service and a hungry ordinary voter, Mnangagwa brandished the Western sanctions card, telling politburo members that the restrictions were the reason behind human rights abuses, poverty and lack of development in the country.
He accused the West of trying to effect regime change, adding that they had been stopped by alert young people.
“Young people continue to resist these sanctions and other manoeuvres as tools of regime change. This is more critical as our detractors continue to exhibit their nefarious modus operandi with regards marring our national image. Moreso, as we approach the 2023 harmonised elections,” Mnangagwa said.
Acting party political commissar Patrick Chinamasa also confirmed the infighting, promising to deploy senior party members to provinces and districts to iron out differences among members.
“We are promising to deploy politburo members to provinces to address them and the DCC’s to receive any complains about the restructuring excises and take any solutions that are needed where possible,” Chinamasa told a post-politburo briefing.
Zanu PF acting spokesperson Mike Bimha said the ruling party had received defectors from the MDC Alliance and the National Patriotic Front (NPF) in Kwekwe.
“Zanu PF received 200 members who defected from MDC and the NPF, all of whom have defected to the party in Kwekwe alone. Their message has been the same that they are coming back home. The politburo directed all party structures to embrace and welcome our returning comrades with both hands and also help them to settle and contribute towards the party,” Bimha said. – Newsday
A Chitungwiza police officer has been taken to court for assaulting a 12-year-old boy for igniting firecrackers in January last year.
Constable Lisini Ngilazi allegedly beat up the juvenile (name withheld), causing him to develop nose-bleeding problems.
Ngilazi on Tuesday appeared before Chitungwiza magistrate Brighton Danana after the assault case was reported under case number CRB 1280/21.
The case was postponed to next Friday. It was initially brought before the court in April and on September 24, a medical doctor, Alvis Katsande testified.
It is alleged that Ngilazi assaulted the juvenile for making noise with fire crackers by clamping the child’s head between his legs and slapping him on the back and neck.
In the process, the victim’s head hit wall several times, resulting in him developing a nose-bleeding problem.
In his medical report on September 24, Katsande said he examined the minor on March 3, upon request by the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
“As a result of the examination, I found the patient to be suffering from head injury, headache and epistaxis. The injuries were consistent with having been inflicted by a sharp object,” Katsande said.
He said the injuries were serious although there was no possibility of permanent disability. – Newsday
The Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has said the conditions of service for prosecutors have to be improved effectively fight corruption.
In an interview in Kwekwe on Monday, Mr Hodzi said fighting corruption requires a well remunerated prosecutor.
Kumbirai-Hodzi…
He said prosecutors must be catered for to ensure that they refuse accepting bribes.
“Well, the remuneration of the prosecutors is what we are seized with at the moment. We need to improve the conditions of service of the prosecutors so that we ring fence them against corruption. We want a situation where a prosecutor will refuse any amount of bribe knowing that he is well remunerated and we are in consultations with the treasury over that,” he said.
He said prosecutors also need decent accommodation so that they don’t fall prey to sophisticated criminals.
“The prosecutors are an important part of the justice delivery system and for it to be top-notch without any mishap, we need to ring fence them by offering them better conditions of service. They need vehicles, they need accommodation and it all comes into shape as we work towards the new prosecution guidelines,” said Mr Hodzi.
In May, it was reported that corruption syndicates comprising police officers, prosecutors and magistrates were reportedly soliciting bribes from suspects before organising acquittals through sloppy investigations and prosecution.
All this started at the police station where suspects were discouraged from engaging lawyers, with rogue officers assuring them of acquittal and seeking bribes that are lower than what a lawyer would charge in any case, without that same degree of certainty of acquittal.
Half-baked investigations were then done before the bribed investigating officer took the case to a prosecutor, who would be part of the syndicate, for vetting.
During the trial, there would be under-prosecution, leaving the magistrate with no option, but to clear the suspect.
The allegations were made at an all-stakeholders’ anti-corruption conference by Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) executive secretary Mr Edward Mapara and backed by Police Assistant Commissioner Joseph Nyabasa.
The conference was organised by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and Transparency International Zimbabwe.
In most cases, Mr Mapara said, the suspects were acquitted, hence corruption continued unabated. -Chronicle
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) has deployed hundreds of heavily armed soldiers in and around Chiredzi.
This has left villagers panicking because of the bad memories they have about the gunmen.
Some villagers from Chilonga where Government plans to evict 12 000 families to give way to a Lucerne grass project who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they were afraid that the Army would use force to evict them.
Said one village head who declined to be named:
There are hundreds of soldiers who are armed like they are in the battlefield. They are armed to the teeth, it’s frightening.
Deputy director of Army public relations, Lieutenant Colonel Alex Zuva confirmed the deployments in a statement to The Mirror but said that these were routine training programmes.
He said: The exercise is part of routine training that ZDF conducts regularly in fulfilment of its Consitutional mandate. The field training exercise is beig conducted jointly with other security services including ZRP and the President’s Department. The training is being conducted in areas under Chief Sengwe, Chief Chitanga, chief Mpapa, Chief Neromwe, Chief Chilonga and Chief Gezani. As part of the ZDF Community Assistance programmes, a COVID-19 vaccination programme will run concurrently with the exercise. The field training exercise which started on September 27, 2021 is expected to end on October 23, 2021.
Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Development (MACRAD) director, Ephraim Mtombeni said it is unprofessional and wrong for the Army to deploy in a civilian area without giving clear information to allay inevitable fear. Mtombeni said what raised more eyebrows is that Zanu PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) chairperson for Chiredzi Siyaki Mundungehama is doing the public relations for the Army by issuing statements to villagers. He added: ZDF should make use of areas like Gonarenzhou. The presence of ZDF in Chilonga without clear communication instills fear in communities. Further, Zanu PF should not issue statements on behalf of ZDF. These are distinct institutions which must perform their duties as stipulated by the law.
Mundungehama’s statement to the villagers indicated that soldiers (ZDF) will be displaying their drills (Military Exercises) in most of the wards if not all, starting from October 7, 2021, until the end of the month. It urged villagers to carry on with their usual chores and not to be afraid of them, “but you should respect them because they are your children, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters who protect you from the enemies.
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police have ignored to act on Zanu PF supporters who are attacking the opposition MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa.
Chamisa has been under attack since last week when he embarked on national political campaign tours.
Last week he was attacked in his Masvingo home area by suspected Zanu PF supporters in Charumbira village.
On Tuesday in Mutare, he also faced the same fate.
The opposition leader Wednesday managed to escape after a suspected Zanu PF mob tried to block his path in Makoni, Manicaland.
The ZRP has not even issued a statement on these several incidences.
By A Correspondent- Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has been sued for failing to pay for farming inputs.
Masuka is failed to pay US$83 937.52 worth of tobacco farming inputs they supplied him by Tian Ze Tobacco Company (Private) Limited.
According to Harare High Court summons served, the inputs were supplied in terms of the Tobacco Farming Contract the two parties agreed upon. The terms of the contract were such that Tian Ze was supposed to supply United States denominated farming inputs to Masuka. This was after the company had obtained Exchange control approval from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to transact in United States dollars. “Payment of USD$ 83 937.52 or its equivalent ZWL$ at the prevailing interbank rate due and owing to Plaintiff (Tian Ze) for USD$ denominated tobacco farming inputs supplied to Defendant (Masuka) in terms of the tobacco Farming Contract and acknowledgement of the date….”
In turn Masuka was supposed to produce Virginia tobacco and sell it to Tian Ze after curing it.
However, Masuka breached the contract by failing to “produce and or sell tobacco and pay Tian Ze in terms of the contract”. The papers state that on January 20, 2017 Masuka acknowledged his indebtedness and made an undertaking to pay the debt by October 2019 as agreed when the contract was signed. According to Tian Ze he has opted to pay in Zimbabwe dollars. “Defendant has been making ridiculously low ZWL$ payments which were being rated to the prevailing interbank rate for that day by Plaintiff,” reads the papers. -Zim Morning Post
Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday admitted that his party was in shambles and threatened to descend heavily on party members locked in bloody power struggles.
Addressing an extraordinary session of the Zanu PF politburo, Mnangagwa said unruly members violating the party constitution would be dealt with.
Mnangagwa, who said those divisions had no place in Zanu PF, pleaded for unity and harmony in the ruling party ahead of the 2023 elections where he will seek re-election.
“The party has no room for divisive elements who want positions at the expense of the party’s discipline, unity, love and harmony and development,” he said.
“It is alien for our party members to fight for posts; violence of any kind whether physical or verbal has no place in Zanu PF or in our country.”
Zanu PF has been rocked by violent power struggles during its internal party elections over the past months. The fights, which erupted in Mutare and other districts, portends a deeply divided Zanu PF limping towards the 2023 elections.
Mnangagwa was last month forced to postpone provincial elections indefinitely as fights for positions turned nasty.
The party’s district elections also turned violent in Harare and Manicaland provinces, while haggling has forced delays in some provinces.
In Mutare, protests against provincial chairperson Mike Madiro ended badly, with some party youth led by Danmore Mambondiyani bashed by the provincial leader’s backers. In Harare, a fight between Godwin Gomwe and Godwills Masimirembwa ended in court.
In Mashonaland Central, a nasty fight between incumbent chairperson Kazembe Kazembe and businessman Tafadzwa Musarara has triggered friction and an exchange of words in party WhatsApp groups.
“Those who wantonly violate and desecrate our party constitution’s peaceful culture and values must be dealt with decisively without fear or favour,” Mnangagwa said.
He added that Zanu PF must now unleash its machinery towards mobilising voters to register, since it was now all systems go ahead for the elections.
“It is now all systems go towards harmonised elections, the electorate must be mobilised to vote and appreciate the scope of the polling station-based exercise,” Mnangagwa said.
Facing a crumbling economy, unhappy civil service and a hungry ordinary voter, Mnangagwa brandished the Western sanctions card, telling politburo members that the restrictions were the reason behind human rights abuses, poverty and lack of development in the country.
He accused the West of trying to effect regime change, adding that they had been stopped by alert young people.
“Young people continue to resist these sanctions and other manoeuvres as tools of regime change. This is more critical as our detractors continue to exhibit their nefarious modus operandi with regards marring our national image. Moreso, as we approach the 2023 harmonised elections,” Mnangagwa said.
Acting party political commissar Patrick Chinamasa also confirmed the infighting, promising to deploy senior party members to provinces and districts to iron out differences among members.- NewsDay
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) has deployed hundreds of heavily armed soldiers in and around Chiredzi.
This has left villagers panicking because of the bad memories they have about the gunmen.
Some villagers from Chilonga where Government plans to evict 12 000 families to give way to a Lucerne grass project who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they were afraid that the Army would use force to evict them.
Said one village head who declined to be named:
There are hundreds of soldiers who are armed like they are in the battlefield. They are armed to the teeth, it’s frightening.
Deputy director of Army public relations, Lieutenant Colonel Alex Zuva confirmed the deployments in a statement to The Mirror but said that these were routine training programmes.
He said: The exercise is part of routine training that ZDF conducts regularly in fulfilment of its Consitutional mandate. The field training exercise is beig conducted jointly with other security services including ZRP and the President’s Department. The training is being conducted in areas under Chief Sengwe, Chief Chitanga, chief Mpapa, Chief Neromwe, Chief Chilonga and Chief Gezani. As part of the ZDF Community Assistance programmes, a COVID-19 vaccination programme will run concurrently with the exercise. The field training exercise which started on September 27, 2021 is expected to end on October 23, 2021.
Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Development (MACRAD) director, Ephraim Mtombeni said it is unprofessional and wrong for the Army to deploy in a civilian area without giving clear information to allay inevitable fear. Mtombeni said what raised more eyebrows is that Zanu PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) chairperson for Chiredzi Siyaki Mundungehama is doing the public relations for the Army by issuing statements to villagers. He added: ZDF should make use of areas like Gonarenzhou. The presence of ZDF in Chilonga without clear communication instills fear in communities. Further, Zanu PF should not issue statements on behalf of ZDF. These are distinct institutions which must perform their duties as stipulated by the law.
Mundungehama’s statement to the villagers indicated that soldiers (ZDF) will be displaying their drills (Military Exercises) in most of the wards if not all, starting from October 7, 2021, until the end of the month. It urged villagers to carry on with their usual chores and not to be afraid of them, “but you should respect them because they are your children, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters who protect you from the enemies.
Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday admitted that his party was in shambles and threatened to descend heavily on party members locked in bloody power struggles.
Addressing an extraordinary session of the Zanu PF politburo, Mnangagwa said unruly members violating the party constitution would be dealt with.
Mnangagwa, who said those divisions had no place in Zanu PF, pleaded for unity and harmony in the ruling party ahead of the 2023 elections where he will seek re-election.
“The party has no room for divisive elements who want positions at the expense of the party’s discipline, unity, love and harmony and development,” he said.
“It is alien for our party members to fight for posts; violence of any kind whether physical or verbal has no place in Zanu PF or in our country.”
Zanu PF has been rocked by violent power struggles during its internal party elections over the past months. The fights, which erupted in Mutare and other districts, portends a deeply divided Zanu PF limping towards the 2023 elections.
Mnangagwa was last month forced to postpone provincial elections indefinitely as fights for positions turned nasty.
The party’s district elections also turned violent in Harare and Manicaland provinces, while haggling has forced delays in some provinces.
In Mutare, protests against provincial chairperson Mike Madiro ended badly, with some party youth led by Danmore Mambondiyani bashed by the provincial leader’s backers. In Harare, a fight between Godwin Gomwe and Godwills Masimirembwa ended in court.
In Mashonaland Central, a nasty fight between incumbent chairperson Kazembe Kazembe and businessman Tafadzwa Musarara has triggered friction and an exchange of words in party WhatsApp groups.
“Those who wantonly violate and desecrate our party constitution’s peaceful culture and values must be dealt with decisively without fear or favour,” Mnangagwa said.
He added that Zanu PF must now unleash its machinery towards mobilising voters to register, since it was now all systems go ahead for the elections.
“It is now all systems go towards harmonised elections, the electorate must be mobilised to vote and appreciate the scope of the polling station-based exercise,” Mnangagwa said.
Facing a crumbling economy, unhappy civil service and a hungry ordinary voter, Mnangagwa brandished the Western sanctions card, telling politburo members that the restrictions were the reason behind human rights abuses, poverty and lack of development in the country.
He accused the West of trying to effect regime change, adding that they had been stopped by alert young people.
“Young people continue to resist these sanctions and other manoeuvres as tools of regime change. This is more critical as our detractors continue to exhibit their nefarious modus operandi with regards marring our national image. Moreso, as we approach the 2023 harmonised elections,” Mnangagwa said.
Acting party political commissar Patrick Chinamasa also confirmed the infighting, promising to deploy senior party members to provinces and districts to iron out differences among members.- NewsDay
By A Correspondent- A 47 year old man set his grandmother’s house in Entumbane, Bulawayo on fire after he accused tenants of not paying rent on time and trying to steal the house.
His grandmother, Gogo Gladys Sibanda reported that Nkululeko Mpofu who was drunk torched the house on Monday night, burning property that belonged to a tenant only known as MaTshuma.
The property lost in the inferno was worth $50 000 and Gogo Sibanda does not know how to pay her tenants. Narrated Gogo Sibanda:
My grandson arrived in the evening drunk and found myself and MaTshuma talking. We were discussing the Bible. He then started accusing us that we are gossiping about him and then we replied saying why should we gossip about you when we are discussing the Bible.
He then started saying the tenants were not paying rent money on time. MaTshuma replied to him saying, how many times did he want her to pay rent. I also added that how can he ask me about money that doesn’t concern him.
She said Nkululeko insulted MaTshuma and they had a heated exchange outside the house.
Gogo Sibanda said she tried to quell the situation but failed, prompting her to seek the assistance of a resident’s association representative.
Before her return, she was informed that her house was of fire and immediately came back with the residents and the police. Nkululeko was then arrested.
She said she has been with him since his birth.
Gogo Sibanda is temporarily living with relatives in Pumula Old.
Bulawayo City Council Chief Fire Officer Linos Phiri confirmed the incident.
This should concern a true leader you are not suitable to utter any words of encouragement when you fail to denounce the behaviour of your supporters. https://t.co/D1iRCn0xBV
Zvinoimbwa zvacho nxa. Sure voting should have a serious criteria. Izvi zve 18yrs chete haaa no mhani. "Vaudzei vavhotere pamasvingo, hondo hatidi" WTF does that mean??? Voting and procreation should be special rights for a selected people. ?
By A Correspondent- Professor Lovemore Madhuku’s National Assembly party has condemned the Tuesday attacks on the MDC-Alliance Leader, Nelson Chamisa.
Chamisa was attacked by suspected Zanu PF supporters near Mutare on his way to Chipinge Tuesday afternoon.
The opposition leader claimed his attackers fired live bullets and damaged his car.
Commenting on the attack, NCA spokesperson Madock Chibasa said the police should investigate and arrest the perpetrators.
On his Facebook page Wednesday, said Chivasa: I have been following shocking comments about the violence and attempt on MDC leader Advocate Chamisa’s life. As a responsible society we should condemn the barbaric acts and the concerns must not be about whether or not the holes are bullet holes or not. Instead ZRP must investigate and arrest the perpetrators of this violence. Who is attacking the opposition leader and what are the reasons behind the barbaric attacks. In 2017 during a Bikita by election where I was contesting representing my party NCA I was attacked and assaulted by guns and left for dead by Zanu pf thugs. The cowardly attacks were led by Katsiru who was Zanu pf Mp for Marondera and I positively identified him and reported to the police that he was the one leading the thugs who attacked me and no arrests were made up to now. When I survived I was disheartened to follow Facebook comments that suggested that I was faking the attack because Zanu pf could not attack me since NCA was not a threat in that election. But to cut the story short if anyone is attacked the police must investigate and arrest the perpetrators to spend time discussing the nature of the attack shows the level that we have sinked low as a society and this is not the Zimbabwe we all want.
A woman was raped last Wednesday night on a train near Philadelphia while fellow passengers were watching.
Authorities said some passengers may have even taken pictures and videos while it happened.
Officers reviewed surveillance footage from a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) train that shows a man boarding shortly after a woman and sitting next to her.
The footage shows the man talking to her, then “gradually” got aggressive, eventually ripping her clothes off and assaulting her.
Upper Darby Township Police Department Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt said “He sat next to her for a conversation. . . . And then he just completely overpowered the woman and forcibly raped her.”
Andrew Busch, a SEPTA spokesman said the assault took about eight minutes – but onlookers did not help the woman. Busch said:
If somebody who witnessed this had called 911, it’s possible that we would have been able to intervene even sooner. Because this had apparently started before the employee who was on board noticed what was going on.
Court records say the suspect, Fiston Ngoy, 35, has been charged with several crimes, including rape and aggravated indecent assault.
He is being held at the Delaware County jail on $180 000 bail. Once Ngoy was arrested, the woman – who has not been publicly identified – was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Bernhardt, the Upper Darby superintendent, Saturday said that the most “appalling” part of the event was the lack of empathy displayed by the other individuals riding the train.
Investigators are going over the surveillance footage, and police received reports of riders recording video or taking pictures while the rape took place. He said:
“I’m just speechless… I don’t know where we are in society that people can’t help other people out in a time of need.”- IOL
We are highly stunned to learn that MDC Alliance President Adv Nelson Chamisa’s convoy was shot at in Mutare by hired ZANU PF thugs.
The aim was to block him from entering Mutare.It is appalling that bloodthirsty violence mongering vampires had the audacity and bravado to shoot at the car carrying Adv Chamisa.
This development is very worrisome and unfortunate.
It is such dispositions which has the prospensity of plunging the nation into stagnation and and strife.The country is regressing and retrograding to medieval and feudal era where great political questions of day were settled by violence.We have since adopted the principle that,”if ideology fail we will resort to geology” that is the use of stones as a politcal solution.
The violence in Mutare is crystal cleared evidence like the azure blue sky that ZANU PF has found politcal messiah in violence.
They are now using their well oiled violence spewing machinery as a means to coerce and punish dissenting voices.We call upon the ZANU PF leadership to desist from violence and whip their followers in line.
The Rights to Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly are Fundamental Universal Basic Human Rights and are Indispensable components of Constitutional Democracy, Mdc Alliance Namibia echoes.
20 October 2021
Mdc Alliance Namibia is deeply concerned by the repression of political activists, human rights defenders and all voices dissent who are persecuted for being a democratic alternative. We are quite transfixed to learn that the clueless Zanupf regime, in an attempt to conceal the revolutionary appetite in the masses went on to barricade the Peoples’ President Advocate Nelson Chamisa’s convoy just outside Mutare. Social democrats in Namibia learnt that armed Zanupf thugocrats who were carrying guns ,knives and knobkerries attacked the president’s car blocking him a peaceful entrance into the city. The road entrance was barricaded with stones and they advanced violently towards his convoy. We absolutely condemn the incessant attempts to assassinate the people’s hope.
As advocates for constitutional democracy, we are very cognisant of the fact that the African Union ( and the Organisation of African Unity before it ) has repeatedly reaffirmed the significance of human rights and the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Initially, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Ministerial Conference on Human Rights at Grand Bay, Mauritius in April 1999, the OAU clamoured “on African satanic governments to employ appropriate measures to effectively implement the Declaration in Africa. We are seriously calling for the intervention of the African Union and SADC to take sterner action against dictatorship in our motherland. ZanuPF should pay heed to the call to respect the constitution and rule of law in Zimbabwe. It is not a crime to have astounding political capital. #NgaapindeHakeMukomana.
Further, the African Commission’s Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa ,adopted at the 32nd session of the African Commission held in October 2002 in Gambia, reaffirms the fundamental importance of freedom of expression as a sure means of guaranteeing absolute respect for all human rights, stating that freedom is a basic universal human right and an indispensable component of constitutional democracy. The politically-bankrupt Zanupf Satanists should respect our basic human freedoms in Zimbabwe. The Declaration makes it point blank that any restrictions on freedom of expression should be prescribed by law ,serve a legitimate interest and be necessary in a democratic society.
Moreover, the African Commission Resolution on the right to Freedom of Association also pronounces specific reference to the limits of any restriction on the fundamental right to freedom of association. This is the antithesis of the recommendations submitted by both the African Union and the United Nations Declaration. It’s now high time these two continental and world organisations take serious action on the perpetrators of state-sponsored violence. Mdc Alliance Namibia demands the intervention of the United Nations as defined in its objectives:1) to keep world peace,2)to grant countries their total emancipation from repression,3) to uphold human rights. We understand that any grieved country or person has the reserved right to bring cases of the violation of human rights to the attention of the United Nations. As a district we urge all stakeholders in Zimbabwe politics to petition SADC , African Union and the United Nations so that our president and his legion of supporters could be saved from the marauding Zanupf morons and their surrogates.
Besides two attempts at our dynamic and organic leadership in Masvingo and Mutare respectively, some democratic fighters have been subjected to torture ,inhuman or degrading treatment including the unconstitutional imprisonment of ardent change seekers such as Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere who were incarcerated for 10 years on trumped up charges only to be acquitted not forgetting the late victim Rebecca Mafikeni who died at Chikurubi Maximum prison after being brutalized by the captured state security agents. Right now Makomborero Haruzivishe is languishing in jail for demanding justice and transparency on the abduction of our youth assembly leader Tawanda Muchehiwa. We comprehend that the UN replaced the League of Nations after the( WW2 ) World War 2 because the organisation was purported to be a toothless bulldog which could buck but not bite.
ZanuPF is obliged to repeal all domestic laws that are anti-people to ensure that they are consistent with international treaties as well to adopt measures to enhance the implementation of the obligations contained in the treaties to which they are part. Mdc Alliance Namibia’s message to the belly politicians in Zanupf is very clear that state parties must refrain from violation of the rights recognised by the Covenant. Desperate Zanupf morons should not override constitutional provisions guaranteed by the constitution and international standards. These belly politicians should not enact provisions which would limit the exercise of the stipulated freedom. The regulation of the exercise of the right to freedom of association should be in tantem with the State’s obligations under the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
Social democrats in Namibia did not forget that in 2002,the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights sent a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe after the bloody elections when poor Mugabe allowed his people to kill opposition activists in cold blood for being an alternative. The African Commission found that Zanupf had dismally failed to chart a path that signalled a commitment and dedication to the rule of law and in its recommendations it stated that the independence of the judiciary should be assured and that court orders should be followed religiously. The Commission figured out that the greedy stomach politicians had introduced laws which undermined freedom of expression and recommended that such autocratic laws be amended to meet international standards for freedom of expression. We are calling for international assistance against Zanupf dictatorship.
Recently, we witnessed at least 7 people being shot in Harare after 2018 harmonised elections. We also saw at least 17 shot dead between 14 and 17 January 2019 for demonstrating against rigging of elections and the astronomical rise of fuel respectively. The Mothlante Commission was put in place to investigate the August 1 sad shooting of innocent citizens by soldiers. In his recommendations, he was clear that the victims were butchered by Zanupf captured soldiers. He said the perpetrators of state-sponsored deaths should be brought to book but nothing transpired to date. This must be resisted with equal measure. It’s the opportune time to petition SADC, African Union and the United Nations.
In a nutshell, Mdc Alliance Namibia encourages all Zimbabweans globally register to vote,vote in 2023 and equally defend the vote against Zanupf serial electoral fraudsters. The attempt to assassinate our political generator President Advocate Nelson Chamisa Wamba Dia Wamba shall be surely resisted till our total emancipation from the Zanupf shenanigans. We are ready to prosecute the struggle for socio-economic transformation to its logical conclusion. Voting is one kind of social and political independence. #NgaapindeHakeMukomana
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report.
In 2020, more people died from TB, with far fewer people being diagnosed and treated or provided with TB preventive treatment compared with 2019, and overall spending on essential TB services falling.
The first challenge is disruption in access to TB services and a reduction in resources. In many countries, human, financial and other resources have been reallocated from tackling TB to the COVID-19 response, limiting the availability of essential services.
The second is that people have struggled to seek care in the context of lockdowns.
“This report confirms our fears that the disruption of essential health services due to the pandemic could start to unravel years of progress against tuberculosis,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This is alarming news that must serve as a global wake-up call to the urgent need for investments and innovation to close the gaps in diagnosis, treatment and care for the millions of people affected by this ancient but preventable and treatable disease.”
TB services are among many others disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the impact on TB has been particularly severe.
For example, approximately, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2020 (including 214 000 among HIV positive people).
The increase in the number of TB deaths occurred mainly in the 30 countries with the highest burden of TB[1]. WHO modelling projections suggest the number of people developing TB and dying from the disease could be much higher in 2021 and 2022.
Challenges with providing and accessing essential TB services have meant that many people with TB were not diagnosed in 2020. The number of people newly diagnosed with TB and those reported to national governments fell from 7.1 million in 2019 to 5.8 million in 2020.
WHO estimates that some 4.1 million people currently suffer from TB but have not been diagnosed with the disease or have not officially reported to national authorities. This figure is up from 2.9 million in 2019.
The countries that contributed most to the global reduction in TB notifications between 2019 and 2020 were India (41%), Indonesia (14%), the Philippines (12%) and China (8%). These and 12 other countries accounted for 93% of the total global drop in notifications.
There was also a reduction in provision of TB preventive treatment. Some 2.8 million people accessed this in 2020, a 21% reduction since 2019. In addition, the number of people treated for drug-resistant TB fell by 15%, from 177 000 in 2019 to 150 000 in 2020, equivalent to only about 1 in 3 of those in need.
Global investment for TB falls Funding in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that account for 98% of reported TB cases remains a challenge. Of the total funding available in 2020, 81% came from domestic sources, with the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) accounting for 65% of total domestic funding.
The largest bilateral donor is the Government of the United States of America. The biggest international donor is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The report notes a fall in global spending on TB diagnostic, treatment and prevention services, from US$ 5.8 billion to US$ 5.3 billion, which is less than half of the global target for fully funding the TB response of US$ 13 billion annually by 2022.
Meanwhile, although there is progress in the development of new TB diagnostics, drugs and vaccines, this is constrained by the overall level of R&D investment, which at US$ 0.9 billion in 2019 falls far short of the global target of US$ 2 billion per year.
Global TB targets off track Reversals in progress mean that the global TB targets are off track and appear increasingly out of reach, however there are some successes. Globally, the reduction in the number of TB deaths between 2015 and 2020 was only 9.2% – about one quarter of the way to the 2020 milestone of 35%.
Globally, the number of people falling ill with TB each year (relative to population) dropped 11% from 2015 to 2020, just over half-way to the 2020 milestone of 20%.
However, the WHO European Region exceeded the 2020 milestone, with a reduction of 25%. This was mostly driven by the decline in the Russian Federation, where incidence fell by 6% per year between 2010 to 2020. The WHO African Region came close to reaching the milestone, with a reduction of 19%, which reflects impressive reductions of 4–10% per year in South Africa and several other countries in southern Africa, following a peak in the HIV epidemic and the expansion of TB and HIV prevention and care.
“We have just one year left to reach the historic 2022 TB targets committed by Heads of State at the first UN High Level Meeting on TB. The report provides important information and a strong reminder to countries to urgently fast-track their TB responses and save lives,” said Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of WHO’s Global TB Programme. “This will be crucial as preparations begin for the 2nd UN High Level Meeting on TB mandated for 2023.”
The report calls on countries to put in place urgent measures to restore access to essential TB services. It further calls for a doubling of investments in TB research and innovation as well as concerted action across the health sector and others to address the social, environmental and economic determinants of TB and its consequences.
The new report features data on disease trends and the response to the epidemic from 197 countries and areas, including 182 of the 194 World Health Organization (WHO) Member States.
THE MDC Alliance yesterday said party leader Nelson Chamisa’s convoy was intercepted by heavily suspected armed Zanu PF youths who fired gunshots, hitting a rear window on the opposition leader’s vehicle on the outskirts of Mutare.
Chamisa is on a tour of Manicaland province drumming up support for his party.
He was coming from Birchenough Bridge and Chipinge headed for Mutare when he was intercepted by the Zanu PF youths who were travelling in over a dozen unmarked twin-cab vehicles.
Party spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said Chamisa’s convoy was intercepted by Zanu PF activists led by Manicaland youth leader Danmore Mambondiyani.
“The youths were armed with axes, guns and machetes,” she said.
“There were 12 to 15 vehicles that were trailing the president’s motorcade. The motorcade was delayed by numerous roadblocks to allow the youths to close in.
“Just towards Mutare, there were gunshots which hit one window. Other vehicles were stoned.”
Mahere said party organising secretary Amos Chibaya made a police report.
But national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said: “I have checked with Manicaland, we did not receive such a report.”
Mahere’s deputy, Gift “Ostallos” Siziba, who was part of Chamisa’s entourage, said he suspected security details were part of the group that intercepted the motorcade.
“We have strong suspicions that some of them were soldiers in civilian clothes,” he said, adding that the road was barricaded with stones.
“One Mambondiani was co-ordinating the group that had been trailing president Nelson Chamisa’s vehicle. They were armed and threatening violence against the president.”- NewsDay
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has deployed hundreds of heavily armed soldiers in and around Chiredzi.
This has left villagers panicking because of the bad memories they have about the gunmen.
Some villagers from Chilonga where Government plans to evict 12 000 families to give way to a Lucerne grass project who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they were afraid that the Army would use force to evict them.
Said one village head who declined to be named:
There are hundreds of soldiers who are armed like they are in the battlefield. They are armed to the teeth, it’s frightening.
Deputy director of Army public relations, Lieutenant Colonel Alex Zuva confirmed the deployments in a statement to The Mirror but said that these were routine training programmes.
He said: The exercise is part of routine training that ZDF conducts regularly in fulfilment of its Consitutional mandate. The field training exercise is beig conducted jointly with other security services including ZRP and the President’s Department. The training is being conducted in areas under Chief Sengwe, Chief Chitanga, chief Mpapa, Chief Neromwe, Chief Chilonga and Chief Gezani. As part of the ZDF Community Assistance programmes, a COVID-19 vaccination programme will run concurrently with the exercise. The field training exercise which started on September 27, 2021 is expected to end on October 23, 2021.
Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Development (MACRAD) director, Ephraim Mtombeni said it is unprofessional and wrong for the Army to deploy in a civilian area without giving clear information to allay inevitable fear. Mtombeni said what raised more eyebrows is that Zanu PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) chairperson for Chiredzi Siyaki Mundungehama is doing the public relations for the Army by issuing statements to villagers. He added: ZDF should make use of areas like Gonarenzhou. The presence of ZDF in Chilonga without clear communication instills fear in communities. Further, Zanu PF should not issue statements on behalf of ZDF. These are distinct institutions which must perform their duties as stipulated by the law.
Mundungehama’s statement to the villagers indicated that soldiers (ZDF) will be displaying their drills (Military Exercises) in most of the wards if not all, starting from October 7, 2021, until the end of the month. It urged villagers to carry on with their usual chores and not to be afraid of them, “but you should respect them because they are your children, brothers, fathers, mothers, and sisters who protect you from the enemies.
By A Correspondent- Zanu PF in Makoni district in Manicaland Wednesday blocked villagers from meeting with the opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa.
Chamisa is in the province where he is taking his campaign to rural areas. Today dozens of Zanu PF supporters blocked his cars and ordered villagers who had gathered for his address to disperse.
Last week he was in Masvingo, where he met party supporters and ordinary villagers.
By A Correspondent- Professor Lovemore Madhuku’s National Assembly party spokesperson Madock Chivasa has condemned the attacks on the MDC-Alliance Leader, Nelson Chamisa and said that he also escaped the same in 2017.
Chamisa has been under attack from suspected Zanu PF supporters since last week when he launched his meet the people national tour.
On Tuesday he was attacked in Mutare on his way to Chipinge. The same happened Wednesday in Makoni where he was also going to meet with villagers.
Commenting on the attacks, NCA spokesperson Madock Chivasa said he also endured the same in the hand of Zanu PF during the run up to the 2018 elections.
NCA National Spokesperson Madock Chivasa
Said Chivasa on a Facebook post Wednesday: I have been following shocking comments about the violence and attempt on MDC leader Advocate Chamisa’s life. As a responsible society, we should condemn the barbaric acts and the concerns must not be about whether or not the holes are bullet holes or not. Instead ZRP must investigate and arrest the perpetrators of this violence. Who is attacking the opposition leader and what are the reasons behind the barbaric attacks. In 2017 during a Bikita by election where I was contesting representing my party NCA I was attacked and assaulted by guns and left for dead by Zanu pf thugs. The cowardly attacks were led by Katsiru who was Zanu pf Mp for Marondera and I positively identified him and reported to the police that he was the one leading the thugs who attacked me and no arrests were made up to now. When I survived I was disheartened to follow Facebook comments that suggested that I was faking the attack because Zanu pf could not attack me since NCA was not a threat in that election. But to cut the story short if anyone is attacked the police must investigate and arrest the perpetrators to spend time discussing the nature of the attack shows the level that we have sinked low as a society and this is not the Zimbabwe we all want.
By A Correspondent- The opposition MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has managed to escape after a suspected Zanu PF mob tried to block his path in Makoni, Manicaland.
Zanu PF has been attacking the opposition leader since last week.
Chamisa is in Manicaland touring the province. The alleged blockade comes barely hours after MDC Alliance claimed that Chamisa was narrowly missed by a bullet shot at his car in an attempted assassination attempt. His party announced Wednesday:
Zanu PF thugs have unleashed an orgy of violence & mounted an illegal ambush at the Troutbeck turn off en route to Nyanga. They are armed with machetes & weapons. Civilians are being searched & the movement of vehicles has been blocked. No reaction from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).
Reports suggest that the mob tried to block Chamisa’s path with a diagonally parked Mitsubishi with its bonnet open.
Surprisingly, the alleged attacks come when a United Nations special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, is in the country to assess the impact of sanctions that were imposed on the country over the deteriorating democratic space.
Douhan’s report will likely result in the removal of sanctions if there is proof that the sanctions are affecting the general populace.
By A Correspondent- The continued attacks on MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa by Zanu PF supporters have exposed the true colours of Zanu PF.
Zanu PF has been attacking the opposition leader since last week.
Today morning Chamisa eportedly managed to escape after a suspected Zanu PF mob tried to block his path in Makoni, Manicaland.
Chamisa is in Manicaland touring the province. The alleged blockade comes barely hours after MDC Alliance claimed that Chamisa was narrowly missed by a bullet shot at his car in an attempted assassination attempt. His party announced Wednesday:
Zanu PF thugs have unleashed an orgy of violence & mounted an illegal ambush at the Troutbeck turn off en route to Nyanga. They are armed with machetes & weapons. Civilians are being searched & the movement of vehicles has been blocked. No reaction from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).
Reports suggest that the mob tried to block Chamisa’s path with a diagonally parked Mitsubishi with its bonnet open.
Surprisingly, the alleged attacks come when a United Nations special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, is in the country to assess the impact of sanctions that were imposed on the country over the deteriorating democratic space.
Douhan’s report will likely result in the removal of sanctions if there is proof that the sanctions are affecting the general populace.
By A Correspondent- MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, Wednesday morning reportedly managed to escape after a suspected Zanu PF mob tried to block his path in Makoni, Manicaland.
Chamisa is in Manicaland touring the province. The alleged blockade comes barely hours after MDC Alliance claimed that Chamisa was narrowly missed by a bullet shot at his car in an attempted assassination attempt. His party announced Wednesday:
Zanu PF thugs have unleashed an orgy of violence & mounted an illegal ambush at the Troutbeck turn off en route to Nyanga. They are armed with machetes & weapons. Civilians are being searched & the movement of vehicles has been blocked. No reaction from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP).
Reports suggest that the mob tried to block Chamisa’s path with a diagonally parked Mitsubishi with its bonnet open.
Surprisingly, the alleged attacks come when a United Nations special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, is in the country to assess the impact of sanctions that were imposed on the country over the deteriorating democratic space.
Douhan’s report will likely result in the removal of sanctions if there is proof that the sanctions are affecting the general populace.
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition implores the ruling party; Zanu PF to desist from acts of violence against the opposition.
Today, October 20, 2021 Zanu PF youths clad in the party’s regalia tried to block opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa’s convoy in Nyanga, Manicaland province.
We are concerned over reports of an assassination attempt on the MDC Alliance leader in Manicaland on October 19, 2021.
Reports indicate that armed Zanu PF youths intercepted the opposition leader’s convoy and fired gunshots at his vehicle.
The incident follows another attack against the opposition leader by alleged Zanu PF activists in Masvingo Province on October 11, 2021.
On the same day (October 11, 2021), Chamisa and his team were teargased by riot police while they were holding a private meeting in Masvingo town.
The continued clampdown on the opposition goes against the ideals of a democratic society.
Of major concern is the fact that the state media and state security institutions are aiding the clampdown on the opposition and this has raised fears of yet another bloody election in 2023.
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition implores state security institutions to desist from partisan politics.
In our capacity as an umbrella body of civil society organisations operating in Zimbabwe, we implore law enforcement agents to investigate the incidences of violence and bring perpetrators to book.
Allowing Zanu PF activists to operate above the law can only serve to further shrink the democratic space and fuel rights violations against opposition supporters.
The Residents Coalition for Electoral Reforms a coalition of Residents Associations advocating for electoral and local governance reforms in Zimbabwe denounces the escalation of politically motivated violence in the country.
We condemn acts of political violence in the form of clampdown on the opposition that have been witnessed in areas that include Masvingo and Manicaland as well acts of intra-party violence being reported from different parts of the country.
The high level of political intolerance which has resulted in intra-party and interparty violence escalating ahead of the by-elections and the 2023 general elections is disturbing and unacceptable.
We call for immediate intervention before the situation gets out of hand. Politically motivated violence ahead of a general election has the potential to create another disputed election which will further plunge the nation into a serious political and economic crisis as witnessed in past elections.
Furthermore, a political environment characterised by violence is a deterrent for vulnerable groups such as women, youths, the elderly and people with disabilities to participate in electoral processes including standing for public offices in the upcoming elections.
We bemoan the lack of capacity among politicians and state institutions to embrace the principles of tolerance, democracy and constitutionalism. Political intolerance has no place in a democracy.
We affirm that the supreme law of the land and in particular, Section 67(1) and (2) gives every citizen the right to form, to join and to participate in the activities of a political party or organisation of their choice, campaign freely and peacefully for a political party.
Accordingly, all political parties should respect this constitutional principle. We reiterate that criminalising diversity of political opinion and affiliation and labelling of fellow countrymen as enemies based on differences in political convictions is unconstitutional and counters development as it will further divide an already polarised citizenry.
While the constitution of Zimbabwe calls on traditional leaders to be apolitical and not to act in a partisan manner, the involvement of some traditional leaders in the matrix of politically motivated violence is worrying.
Traditional leaders must stay away from partisan politics and desist from perpetrating violence. We call upon the security sector, the police in particular, to respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens as enshrined in the Constitution.
Allowing hundreds of citizens to demonstrate while other groups and parties are not given the same privilege exposes the police and gives room for perceptions among citizens that the police force is furthering political interests and acting in a partisan manner which is against the dictates of the constitution.
We commend the action by leaders of special interest groups and associations who have demonstrated leadership by adding their voice in condemning political violence and media houses that have been exposing political violence without misinforming the public.
We therefore recommend the following;
1. Adherence to constitutionalism by political parties, police, pubic office holders and traditional leadership.
2. The police must investigate and arrest all perpetrators of the recent political violence that took place in Masvingo and Manicaland without fear or favour and without furthering the interests of politicians and their political parties.
3. We urge traditional leaders to desist from partisanship and serve the people rather than political parties.
4. Political leaders must act responsibly and desist from hate speech which is aimed at fuelling politically motivated violence and ultimately divide an already fragmented citizenry.
5. Parliament must expedite the Independent Complaints Law that will provide ways for reporting, receiving and investigating complaints from members of the public on various issues including misconduct of security forces and for remedying any harm caused by such misconduct.
Endorsed by;
– Chiredzi Residents and Ratepayers Association, Chitungwiza and Manyame Rural Residents Association, Chinhoyi Residents and Ratepayer Association Trust, Combined Harare Residents Association, Combined Mvurwi Residents and Ratepayers Association, Epworth Residents Development Association, Gutu United Residents and Ratepayers Association, Gweru Residents Forum, Greater Whange Residents Trust, Harare Residents Trust, Marondera Progressive Residents and Ratepayers Association, Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Alliance, Mutare Residents and Ratepayers Association, Ruwa Residents and Ratepayers Association Trust, Simukai Residents Trust, United Chiredzi Residents and Ratepayers Association, United Mutare Residents and Ratepayers Trust, Victoria Falls Combined Residents Association, Wedza Rural Development Initiative Trust
Newcastle United have fired their coach Steve Bruce.
Bruce’s sacking was expected following the EPL club’s takeover by billionaire Saudi owners Public Investment Fund (PIF).
The 60-year-old final match in charge was the 3-2 defeat to Tottenham on Sunday. The game marked his 1,000th match as a manager – with non-executive chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan and director Amanda Staveley watching on at St James’ Park.
Speaking after his sacking, Bruce said: “”I am grateful to everyone connected with Newcastle United for the opportunity to manage this unique football club.
“I would like to thank my coaching team, the players and the support staff in particular for all their hard work. There have been highs and lows, but they have given everything even in difficult moments and should be proud of their efforts.
“This is a club with incredible support, and I hope the new owners can take it forward to where we all want it to be. I wish everyone the very best of luck for the rest of this season and beyond.”
Newcastle had shortlisted Zinedine Zidane among the potential coaches to replace Bruce but the Frenchman rejected the offer.
Other coaches who have also turned down an the club’s approach include Brendan Rodgers and Antonio Conte.
Graeme Jones will lead the team on an interim basis, starting with Saturday’s trip to Crystal Palace.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Table-topping AFC Bournemouth extended their lead at the summit of the English Championship, courtesy of a crucial 1-0 win away at Stoke City last night.
The Cherries, home to Zimbabwean sensation Jordan Zemura, have now opened a six-point gap at the top of the table after an impressive start to the 2021-22 season.
Zemura started for Scott Parker’s charges, who have now put some daylight between them, and second-placed West Bromwich Albion.
Bournemouth occupy top spot with 31 points from 13 matches.
They are undefeated and host Huddersfield Town next, on Saturday.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Former Orlando Pirates and Zambian senior national team coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has been found guilty on sexual harassment charges.
The Serbian gaffer was charged with sexually harassing a waitress during the COSAFA U20 tournament in Port Elizabeth last year. He made his first appearance in court in December and was released on R10,000 bail.
According to Soccer Laduma, Sredojevic, who is now in charge of Uganda, has received a three-year sentence in prison, which is wholly suspended for five years.
The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) spokesperson in Port Elizabeth, Anelisa Ngcakani, confirmed to the publication that the mentor has been found guilty.
“Yes, I can confirm that he has been found guilty,” she said while promising to reveal further details in a statement.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
The People’s President, Adv @nelsonchamisa has just held a citizen conversation interface at Ruvangwe in Nyanga. Zanu PF bused in pple to try and disrupt the interface but were thwarted by vigilant MDCA youths. The President held meetings with community leaders & stakeholders.
— Citizens' Coalition for Change (@CCCZimbabwe) October 20, 2021
Brendan Galloway scored his second League One goal of the season in Plymouth Argyle’s 3-0 home victory against Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday.
The defender returned to the starting XI and put on man-of-the-match performance. He netted the goal in the 6th minute to open the scoring in the game.
His other strike came early in the month against Lincoln City.
Macauley Bonne was also on target in League One, netting the opener in Ipswich Town’s 4-0 victory over Portsmouth.
The striker has now scored ten goals in thirteen appearances this campaign.
Elsewhere, it wasn’t the best night for Tendayi Darikwa, who endured a frustrating outing with Wigan Athletic.
The Zimbabwean defender scored an own-goal in his team’s 2-1 home defeat to MK Dons. This was the second time in this season he converted into his net.
In the English Championship, Luton Town striker Admiral Muskwe came on as a first-half substitute versus Derby County to make his second appearance since returning from a month-long spell on the sidelines due to an injury.
Jordan Zemura played the entire match as Bournemouth beat Stoke City 1-0 to extend their lead at the top of the table.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Bullets Can’t Stop People’s Struggle- MDC Alliance On Zanu PF Attempt To Assassinate President Chamisa
The Rights to Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly are Fundamental Universal Basic Human Rights and are Indispensable components of Constitutional Democracy, Mdc Alliance Namibia echoes.
20 October 2021
Mdc Alliance Namibia is deeply concerned by the repression of political activists, human rights defenders and all voices dissent who are persecuted for being a democratic alternative. We are quite transfixed to learn that the clueless Zanupf regime, in an attempt to conceal the revolutionary appetite in the masses went on to barricade the Peoples’ President Advocate Nelson Chamisa’s convoy just outside Mutare. Social democrats in Namibia learnt that armed Zanupf thugocrats who were carrying guns ,knives and knobkerries attacked the president’s car blocking him a peaceful entrance into the city. The road entrance was barricaded with stones and they advanced violently towards his convoy. We absolutely condemn the incessant attempts to assassinate the people’s hope.
As advocates for constitutional democracy, we are very cognisant of the fact that the African Union ( and the Organisation of African Unity before it ) has repeatedly reaffirmed the significance of human rights and the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Initially, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Ministerial Conference on Human Rights at Grand Bay, Mauritius in April 1999, the OAU clamoured “on African satanic governments to employ appropriate measures to effectively implement the Declaration in Africa. We are seriously calling for the intervention of the African Union and SADC to take sterner action against dictatorship in our motherland. ZanuPF should pay heed to the call to respect the constitution and rule of law in Zimbabwe. It is not a crime to have astounding political capital. #NgaapindeHakeMukomana.
Further, the African Commission’s Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa ,adopted at the 32nd session of the African Commission held in October 2002 in Gambia, reaffirms the fundamental importance of freedom of expression as a sure means of guaranteeing absolute respect for all human rights, stating that freedom is a basic universal human right and an indispensable component of constitutional democracy. The politically-bankrupt Zanupf Satanists should respect our basic human freedoms in Zimbabwe. The Declaration makes it point blank that any restrictions on freedom of expression should be prescribed by law ,serve a legitimate interest and be necessary in a democratic society.
Moreover, the African Commission Resolution on the right to Freedom of Association also pronounces specific reference to the limits of any restriction on the fundamental right to freedom of association. This is the antithesis of the recommendations submitted by both the African Union and the United Nations Declaration. It’s now high time these two continental and world organisations take serious action on the perpetrators of state-sponsored violence. Mdc Alliance Namibia demands the intervention of the United Nations as defined in its objectives:1) to keep world peace,2)to grant countries their total emancipation from repression,3) to uphold human rights. We understand that any grieved country or person has the reserved right to bring cases of the violation of human rights to the attention of the United Nations. As a district we urge all stakeholders in Zimbabwe politics to petition SADC , African Union and the United Nations so that our president and his legion of supporters could be saved from the marauding Zanupf morons and their surrogates.
Besides two attempts at our dynamic and organic leadership in Masvingo and Mutare respectively, some democratic fighters have been subjected to torture ,inhuman or degrading treatment including the unconstitutional imprisonment of ardent change seekers such as Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere who were incarcerated for 10 years on trumped up charges only to be acquitted not forgetting the late victim Rebecca Mafikeni who died at Chikurubi Maximum prison after being brutalized by the captured state security agents. Right now Makomborero Haruzivishe is languishing in jail for demanding justice and transparency on the abduction of our youth assembly leader Tawanda Muchehiwa. We comprehend that the UN replaced the League of Nations after the( WW2 ) World War 2 because the organisation was purported to be a toothless bulldog which could buck but not bite.
ZanuPF is obliged to repeal all domestic laws that are anti-people to ensure that they are consistent with international treaties as well to adopt measures to enhance the implementation of the obligations contained in the treaties to which they are part. Mdc Alliance Namibia’s message to the belly politicians in Zanupf is very clear that state parties must refrain from violation of the rights recognised by the Covenant. Desperate Zanupf morons should not override constitutional provisions guaranteed by the constitution and international standards. These belly politicians should not enact provisions which would limit the exercise of the stipulated freedom. The regulation of the exercise of the right to freedom of association should be in tantem with the State’s obligations under the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
Social democrats in Namibia did not forget that in 2002,the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights sent a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe after the bloody elections when poor Mugabe allowed his people to kill opposition activists in cold blood for being an alternative. The African Commission found that Zanupf had dismally failed to chart a path that signalled a commitment and dedication to the rule of law and in its recommendations it stated that the independence of the judiciary should be assured and that court orders should be followed religiously. The Commission figured out that the greedy stomach politicians had introduced laws which undermined freedom of expression and recommended that such autocratic laws be amended to meet international standards for freedom of expression. We are calling for international assistance against Zanupf dictatorship.
Recently, we witnessed at least 7 people being shot in Harare after 2018 harmonised elections. We also saw at least 17 shot dead between 14 and 17 January 2019 for demonstrating against rigging of elections and the astronomical rise of fuel respectively. The Mothlante Commission was put in place to investigate the August 1 sad shooting of innocent citizens by soldiers. In his recommendations, he was clear that the victims were butchered by Zanupf captured soldiers. He said the perpetrators of state-sponsored deaths should be brought to book but nothing transpired to date. This must be resisted with equal measure. It’s the opportune time to petition SADC, African Union and the United Nations.
In a nutshell, Mdc Alliance Namibia encourages all Zimbabweans globally register to vote,vote in 2023 and equally defend the vote against Zanupf serial electoral fraudsters. The attempt to assassinate our political generator President Advocate Nelson Chamisa Wamba Dia Wamba shall be surely resisted till our total emancipation from the Zanupf shenanigans. We are ready to prosecute the struggle for socio-economic transformation to its logical conclusion. Voting is one kind of social and political independence. #NgaapindeHakeMukomana
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report.
In 2020, more people died from TB, with far fewer people being diagnosed and treated or provided with TB preventive treatment compared with 2019, and overall spending on essential TB services falling.
The first challenge is disruption in access to TB services and a reduction in resources. In many countries, human, financial and other resources have been reallocated from tackling TB to the COVID-19 response, limiting the availability of essential services.
The second is that people have struggled to seek care in the context of lockdowns.
“This report confirms our fears that the disruption of essential health services due to the pandemic could start to unravel years of progress against tuberculosis,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This is alarming news that must serve as a global wake-up call to the urgent need for investments and innovation to close the gaps in diagnosis, treatment and care for the millions of people affected by this ancient but preventable and treatable disease.”
TB services are among many others disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the impact on TB has been particularly severe.
For example, approximately, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2020 (including 214 000 among HIV positive people).
The increase in the number of TB deaths occurred mainly in the 30 countries with the highest burden of TB[1]. WHO modelling projections suggest the number of people developing TB and dying from the disease could be much higher in 2021 and 2022.
Challenges with providing and accessing essential TB services have meant that many people with TB were not diagnosed in 2020. The number of people newly diagnosed with TB and those reported to national governments fell from 7.1 million in 2019 to 5.8 million in 2020.
WHO estimates that some 4.1 million people currently suffer from TB but have not been diagnosed with the disease or have not officially reported to national authorities. This figure is up from 2.9 million in 2019.
The countries that contributed most to the global reduction in TB notifications between 2019 and 2020 were India (41%), Indonesia (14%), the Philippines (12%) and China (8%). These and 12 other countries accounted for 93% of the total global drop in notifications.
There was also a reduction in provision of TB preventive treatment. Some 2.8 million people accessed this in 2020, a 21% reduction since 2019. In addition, the number of people treated for drug-resistant TB fell by 15%, from 177 000 in 2019 to 150 000 in 2020, equivalent to only about 1 in 3 of those in need.
Global investment for TB falls Funding in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that account for 98% of reported TB cases remains a challenge. Of the total funding available in 2020, 81% came from domestic sources, with the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) accounting for 65% of total domestic funding.
The largest bilateral donor is the Government of the United States of America. The biggest international donor is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The report notes a fall in global spending on TB diagnostic, treatment and prevention services, from US$ 5.8 billion to US$ 5.3 billion, which is less than half of the global target for fully funding the TB response of US$ 13 billion annually by 2022.
Meanwhile, although there is progress in the development of new TB diagnostics, drugs and vaccines, this is constrained by the overall level of R&D investment, which at US$ 0.9 billion in 2019 falls far short of the global target of US$ 2 billion per year.
Global TB targets off track Reversals in progress mean that the global TB targets are off track and appear increasingly out of reach, however there are some successes. Globally, the reduction in the number of TB deaths between 2015 and 2020 was only 9.2% – about one quarter of the way to the 2020 milestone of 35%.
Globally, the number of people falling ill with TB each year (relative to population) dropped 11% from 2015 to 2020, just over half-way to the 2020 milestone of 20%.
However, the WHO European Region exceeded the 2020 milestone, with a reduction of 25%. This was mostly driven by the decline in the Russian Federation, where incidence fell by 6% per year between 2010 to 2020. The WHO African Region came close to reaching the milestone, with a reduction of 19%, which reflects impressive reductions of 4–10% per year in South Africa and several other countries in southern Africa, following a peak in the HIV epidemic and the expansion of TB and HIV prevention and care.
“We have just one year left to reach the historic 2022 TB targets committed by Heads of State at the first UN High Level Meeting on TB. The report provides important information and a strong reminder to countries to urgently fast-track their TB responses and save lives,” said Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of WHO’s Global TB Programme. “This will be crucial as preparations begin for the 2nd UN High Level Meeting on TB mandated for 2023.”
The report calls on countries to put in place urgent measures to restore access to essential TB services. It further calls for a doubling of investments in TB research and innovation as well as concerted action across the health sector and others to address the social, environmental and economic determinants of TB and its consequences.
The new report features data on disease trends and the response to the epidemic from 197 countries and areas, including 182 of the 194 World Health Organization (WHO) Member States.
We are highly stunned to learn that MDC Alliance President Adv Nelson Chamisa’s convoy was shot at in Mutare by hired ZANU PF thugs.
The aim was to block him from entering Mutare.It is appalling that bloodthirsty violence mongering vampires had the audacity and bravado to shoot at the car carrying Adv Chamisa.
This development is very worrisome and unfortunate.
It is such dispositions which has the prospensity of plunging the nation into stagnation and and strife.The country is regressing and retrograding to medieval and feudal era where great political questions of day were settled by violence.We have since adopted the principle that,”if ideology fail we will resort to geology” that is the use of stones as a politcal solution.
The violence in Mutare is crystal cleared evidence like the azure blue sky that ZANU PF has found politcal messiah in violence.
They are now using their well oiled violence spewing machinery as a means to coerce and punish dissenting voices.We call upon the ZANU PF leadership to desist from violence and whip their followers in line.
Zanu PF thugs have unleashed an orgy of violence & mounted an illegal ambush at the Troutbeck turn off en route to Nyanga. They are armed with machetes & weapons. Civilians are being searched & the movement of vehicles has been blocked. No reaction from @PoliceZimbabwe. pic.twitter.com/A4WVNmzZSS
— Citizens' Coalition for Change (@CCCZimbabwe) October 20, 2021
By A Correspondent- MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has said that he is not going to make any changes at the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and the Zimbabwe Republic Police if he wins the 2023 national elections.
This is the first time that the leader of the country’s biggest opposition has made such pronouncement in what is thought to be a message of reassurance to all and sundry that everyone is safe and secure under Chamisa’s government.
The message is also an election strategy to eat into the traditional Zanu PF support base.
Speaking at a gathering at Mataruse Village under Chief Charumbira where he had gone to pass his condolences on the passing on of Joseph Mutema, Chamisa said elections are there to change politicians and not the Army or the Police.
“We are not bringing in a new Army or a new Police force when we get into power. The Police and Army that are there are the forces of our country. You don’t change the Army, you don’t change the Police what you change are politicians and they must be changed from time to time.
“We want a stable country,” said Chamisa.
He bemoaned the living standards of liberation war veterans which he described as pathetic. He said all over the World including countries like Vietnam war veterans are well looked after by the State and promised to make sure that the same happens in Zimbabwe.
“I am saddened when I meet war veterans,” said Chamisa.
Turning to corruption Chamisa said the State is going to take back all looted wealth. He however, said there will be no retributive justice.
“We cannot spend all our time on each other’s throats and running after each other. Let’s open a new page and create stability and peace in our country but whatever looted State property we find you with we will recover.
What you have squandered is however, between you and God,” he said.
Those who killed for political reasons will not be hanged under Chamisa’s government.
“It is not for humans to punish by killing other humans but one thing certain is that murderers are going to meet their God,” said Chamisa.
Chamisa predicted a 70% to 30% victory against Mnangagwa. He said that his victory will be so resounding that Mnangagwa would cry foul and declare that the elections were rigged.
“Muchaona chipani chatiri kukuunzirai (You will see the team that we will set). We are not going to beat Zanu PF by a small margin. We should get 70% and my brother of the scarf will get less than 30%. I will ask him to read the election results and chances are that he will cry foul and complain that the elections were rigged,” said Chamisa to wild applause.
Mutema is one of the earliest MDC members after joining the party a year after its formation in 2000. He contested Parliamentary elections on several occasions under the MDC ticket. He died in August this year.
By A Correspondent- Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said people in the rural areas were living in fear due to intimidation ahead of the 2023 general elections, adding that Zimbabweans from all walks of life were in perpetual grief over the worsening socio-economic crisis in the country.
Chamisa, who met traditional leaders, the business community, villagers, students and party supporters during his stakeholders’ engagement drive in Manicaland province, said his outreach programme had enabled him to appreciate the poverty levels in the country.
His tour of Masvingo province last week was characterised by violent scenes, which saw his convoy and security aides attacked by suspected Zanu PF supporters.
He was also teargassed while attending a meeting at a private residence in Masvingo.
Zanu PF, as usual, described the alleged attacks as stage-managed ahead of the visit by the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Alena Douhan who is currently in the country to assess the impact of sanctions.
In Manicaland, Chamisa addressed villagers in Chimanimani, Birchenough Bridge and Musikavanhu, where he said people were in grief over the worsening crisis bedevilling the country.
“We can’t have a country where everyone is complaining. Workers are crying, traditional leaders are crying, students are crying, women are crying, people in rural areas are crying and it is a difficult thing.”
“I am yet to see anyone who is happy and satisfied with the situation in the country. These are the things we are working on,” he said.
Chamisa said there was so much fear in the rural areas where villagers were being intimidated.
“Fear is the big issue, there is a lot of intimidation.
“There is also weaponisation of food aid and fertilizer. Those are the issues people are generally saying that life is now unbearable. Those are issues that are everywhere. I am telling them that we must put a fullstop to these challenges and then let us win Zimbabwe for change.”
The opposition leader, who narrowly lost the presidential race to Zanu PF’s Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2018 harmonised elections, said he was now focusing on rural areas, the ruling party’s stronghold.
By A Correspondent- Gogo Malisebo Lebuso believes se_x is a demon and she fights it with the Bible!
The 72 year old from Victory Farm, near Clocolan in the Free State, told Daily Sun she had won the battle against se_x and was still a vir_gin.
She said she lived a sin-free life and used prayer to ward off temptation.
Gogo Malisebo, who lives alone in a two-roomed shack, said: “I don’t need a man in my life. Poking is for the weak.
“I have had hundreds of men asking me out in my life and I turned them all down.
“I lived with my sister, who died six years ago, and we both abstained from se_x. I do have feelings but when they come, I take out my Bible, kneel and pray for the temptation to go away.
“My problem with sleeping with men started when I lived with my parents and I saw boys abandoning their girlfriends when they got preg_nant.
“I saw these girls getting beaten up by their boyfriends and vowed never to be in a relationship.”
The gogo said her shack had no windows because in the past, men would knock on her window and ask to sleep with her.
“Six years ago, three men came to my shack and broke the window,” she said.
“They wanted to rap_e me, but after I kneeled down and prayed they left.
“I then decided to remove my windows.”
Thando Mojali (74) has been asking gogo Malisebo to marry him for eight years without success.
“I offered her six cows for lobola but she refused.
“I was married but my wife died 20 years ago,” he said.
“I love her and I know she’s a virg_in. If she married me, I would be a good husband to her.”
By A Correspondent- Former finance minister Simba Makoni appeared in court Tuesday accused of using black market currency exchange rates at his business.
Makoni was not asked to plead to a charge of contravening exchange control regulations during a brief appearance before magistrate, Stanford Mambanje.
Mambanje released the 71-year-old on free bail.
The National Prosecuting Authority charged Makoni in his capacity as the chairman of Powerspeed, which owns Electrosales.
An Electrosales outlet in Harare was allegedly found using black market exchange rates for its goods. The official exchange rate was one United States dollar to 93.08 Zimbabwe dollars on Tuesday, but the greenback fetches as much as 200 on the black market.
Many businesses which import most of their stock provide discounts for customers buying in United States dollar.
By A Correspondent- A Southview Park young couple was left homeless after its cabin was struck and burnt to ashes by lightning on Monday.
The incident occurred around 2pm.
Vimbai Mupoperi-Madondo said she was at her marketing stall when the mishap occurred.
Her husband Wellington Mupoperi only found the remains of the cabin when he got home.
“It is fortunate that there was no one in the house. I had the children with me at the market.”
The evidently distressed Wellington said:
“Zvese zvatsvira mumba; hembe dzese, ma birth certificates ne US$25 zvatsviramo.
“Nothing was recovered from the inferno.
“Property worth about US$500 was burnt to ashes and we were left with nothing, no clothes,” he said.
The neighbours couldn’t do anything to save the cabin as the disaster struck in the twinkling of an eye.
One of the neighbours identified as Mativenga said the couple had been offered temporary accommodation by one of the residents, whilst the community was mobilising donations to help them.
By A Correspondent| Police on Thursday said they had busted a “sod0my and se_xual abuse” syndicate after a Harare schoolboy reported missing in June was found at a house in Bulawayo.
A 48-year-old man, Emmanuel Chatikobo, appeared in court on Thursday accused of Nyasha Jayaguru’s kidnapping.
Police said a second suspect, Richard Padzarondora, 44, “passed on recently whilst police were conducting investigations.”
Young boys are being groomed on Facebook and WhatsApp leading to “se_xual activities that are conducted at certain lodges and houses,” national police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said.
Nyasha, a Form 4 pupil at Mbare High School, disappeared without trace on June 29 on his way from school as his desperate parents pleaded for his safe return.
Nyathi said detectives found the 16-year-old at a house in Bulawayo on Wednesday “after he was made to hide by members of a social media group.”
“He has since been reunited with his parents Farayi Jayaguru and Hamunyari Shumba in Harare while awaiting a full medical examination and counselling,” Nyathi said in a statement.
Before Nyasha was found, his mother told the ZBC: “I have sleepless nights wondering whether my son is alive or not. I had so much to look forward to because he is the first born, but they dealt me a huge blow. Will I ever see my son?”
Nyathi said the investigation into Nyasha’s disappearance “revealed that there is a social media group of syndicate which is targeting school boys for sod0my and se_xual abuse.”
“The group comprises both the young and old who communicate mostly through Facebook and WhatsApp. The communication is discreet and leads to dating where se_xual activities are conducted at certain lodges and houses,” Nyathi said.
He identified Padzarondora as one of the kingpins of the “syndicate”. Police did not say how he died, but a ZBC report on Wednesday said he “died in remand prison” following his arrest on July 3.
Nyasha’s father said before Padzarondora died, “he admitted” to taking the boy “and apologised.”
“He actually said he felt sorry for him and dropped him off after picking him up at NSSA,” Farayi Jayaguru said.
Chatikobo, who also uses the name Lemmy Gwaku, was a member of the syndicate, police said.
According to senior Jayaguru, a call log history on Padzarondora’s phone showed “intense communication” with Chatikobo during the time the boy disappeared, and there was evidence that Chatikobo had paid some money into Padzarondora’s bank account.
“The Zimbabwe Republic Police is now conducting comprehensive investigations in order to establish the extent of this threat of se_xual perverts to school children especially considering the fact that some lessons are now being conducted through social media platforms,” Nyathi said.
“Parents and guardians are urged to be acquainted with individuals and groups who befriend their children on social media platforms during the course of educational and social interaction.”
Police said they were also engaging the ministry of primary and secondary education to raise awareness of the risk posed by the syndicates to children.
“The police is ready to work together with all relevant stakeholders to unearth and account for the suspects who are involved in this criminal enterprise,” Nyathi added.
By A Correspondent- United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Coercive Measures and Human Rights, Alena Douhan has been accused of ignoring contributions made by opposition political parties in Venezuela.
Douhan, who arrived in Zimbabwe Monday, was accused of propping up Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s sanctions mantra in what they termed “regime propaganda” during her visit to that country early this year.
She is in Zimbabwe on a 10-day visit to ascertain the effects of sanctions imposed on individuals and specific corporates in the country.
In Venezuela, Douhan was investigating how sanctions imposed by the U.S., the European Union and other coutries had affected the citizens’ rights in the South American state.
Douhan concluded that the “unilateral sanctions increasingly imposed by the United States, the European Union, and other countries have exacerbated the above-mentioned calamities.”
However, the opposition in Venezuela said it regretted the outcome of Douhan’s final report. Opposition party Popular Will’s envoy to the UN Miguel Pizarro said in February:
We regret the rapporteur’s imprecisions and the lack of mention of subjects like corruption, inefficiency, political violence and the use of hunger as a tool of social and political control.
That is allowing oneself to be used for regime’s propaganda.
In Zimbabwe, Douhan is expected to meet government ministers, Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda, and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya.
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum executive director Musa Kika told NewZimbabwe.com they expected to meet and engage her physically after sending written submissions and an informal online engagement.
Journalists have not been granted access to Douhan with Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi saying the media interviews could hinder her investigations.
Cost of living keeps rising. Fuel prices’ knock on effect has been seen even on ZUPCO fares. Ours remains the most expensive in the region. Dear @MthuliNcube#HowFar on making our currency the strongest in the region & ease on citizen’s livelihood? More: https://t.co/3G0GgNgqG9pic.twitter.com/eCrZOKOJX0
By A Correspondent- Police are looking for a 24 year old woman who gave birth to a baby boy at her house before deserting the child at Budiriro Poly Clinic.
Joyce Chinyama is reported to have given birth on Saturday at her house in Budiriro before she was later escorted to the clinic by three women where she was admitted.
The offence was discovered around midnight on Sunday by nurses who were making some checks on patients.
They had been informed by another patient that there was a baby crying but she had failed to locate the mother.
Investigations revealed that Chinyama had used a chair to escape through a window of the maternity ward. She also disappeared with the maternity and baby cards.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident. He said:
The ZRP is appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of Joyce Chinyama (24) who dumped a newborn baby boy on October 17, 2021, at Budiriro Poly Clinic in Harare where she was admitted.
The incident comes as police are still investigating another case of baby dumping which occurred at Mbare Musika in Harare, on October 4 at around 3 pm, where an unknown woman boarded an Inter Africa bus before asking a fellow passenger aged 33 to keep her baby who was approximately two weeks old.
The woman did not return to take the baby leading to a police report being lodged. Police took the baby to Sally Mugabe Hospital for further management.
By A Correspondent- The government has extended the level 2 lockdown by a further two weeks despite a decline in new coronavirus infections and deaths in recent weeks.
Speaking during a Post-Cabinet meeting media briefing, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said law enforcement agents shall continue enforcing the measures.
Said Mutsvangwa:
In spite of the declining cases of Covid-19 cases the Level Two lockdown will be maintained for a further two weeks and members of the public should strictly adhere to the stipulated measures.
Given that the Covid-19 intensity and duration both increase with each wave, citizens should continue to observe the Covid-19 protocols and preventive measures in place in order to prevent a fourth wave.
Law enforcement agents and the Public Service Commission will continue to strictly enforce the Covid-19 containment measures, especially the vaccination requirements pertaining to gatherings, opening of bars and nightclubs, and the requirement for civil servants to be vaccinated in order to be allowed to report for work.
The government recently allowed the leisure sector to reopen, but only for the fully vaccinated.
Only those who have had both jabs can eat in restaurants, go to the cinema and theatre, enter a bar or nightclub, or play sport.
By A Correspondent- A Mushikashika driver with Oriel Boys and Girls High school pupils on board was involved in a terrible accident at the corner of Nelson Mandela and Angwa street Wednesday morning.
According to witnesses, the cream mushikashika vehicle was speeding and passed through a red robot hitting a crossing honda fit on its left side which only stopped after hitting the robot pole.
The mushikashika hit another stationery honda fit parked along Nelson Mandela way.
The driver of the cream mushikashika vehicle tried to flee the accident scene before he was apprehended by passerbys.
It is alleged that the driver of the mushikashika is not licenced.
By A Correspondent- A Gweru farmer on Monday stumbled on a plastic bag with three AK47 assault rifles on a plot on the outskirts of Gweru.
Gweru police have since requested help from the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) bomb disposal unit and army engineers to inspect the bag.
Mr Malvin Chimwe (40) of Mkoba 14 was digging on a small plot along the Lower Gweru Road when his hoe hit the pack of three AK47s assault riffles stashed in a plastic bag underground. He said:
At first, I thought my long and sharpened hoe had ripped into debris of some sort, but when I swung the hoe a second time I realised there were metal objects.
Mr Chimwe said he was frightened when he then realised that his hoe had hit some dangerous weapons and quickly dashed to an elderly man a stone throw away.
The elderly man confirmed that Chimwe had stumbled upon guns. Chimwe then made a report at Nehanda Police Station in Mkoba.
Mr Chimwe said police came and sealed off the area and sought the services of army experts.
A police source close to investigations said the army bomb disposal experts and engineers discovered that in addition to the AK47 assault rifles, there were also four fully charged AK 47 magazines, again hidden underground.
The AK47 rifles were rusty, a sign that shows that they had been hidden underground probably for more than 5 years.
Similarly, the four fully charged AK47 magazines were also looking old and were wrapped in a plastic material.
While some in the area wondered if the weapons had been hidden during the liberation war, police sources said there was a possibility that the weapons could have been used and abandoned by armed robbers.
JUST IN- #ZNA announces the death of Colonel Dennis Pahla, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a road traffic accident yesterday. pic.twitter.com/6p9E50oLt3
By A Correspondent- War veterans leader has lost a 4 hectare of wheat to fire started by his rival.
Sam Parirenyatwa who is the Association provincial chairperson and war veterans league provincial commissar Dzingai Nevhunje reportedly clashed over a fire that destroyed Parirenyatwa’s wheat.
The two are neighbours at their plots in Mazowe and the fire that destroyed Parirenyatwa’s crop was allegedly caused by his rival Nevhunje.
The case was reported at Marlborough police and is being investigated under RRB number 4917064.
Allegations are that Parirenyatwa and his association is at loggerheads with Nevhunje’s league.
There are reports suggesting that the duo does not see eye to eye over politics.
It is further alleged that Nevhunje who is aligned to the provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe’s camp held a meeting on Saturday and reportedly hatched a plot to fix Parirenyatwa by burning his wheat field.
Parirenyatwa told Bulawayo24 that, “it is true my field was destroyed by fire and yes l heard of the meeting conducted though was not sure of their agenda since it was a league meeting, not an association.”
Nevhunje dismissed the allegations saying Parirenyatwa is losing ground hence he is turning into smearing campaigns. Nevhunje said:
This case is not politically connected Parirenyatwa is losing ground and is now resorting to smearing campaigns, he should find grassroots support rather than fighting the party league instead we are mobilizing support, but he is dividing the party.
Nevhunje added, “That meeting was for district elections no one was ordered to go and burn his field but instead his workers failed to control the fire mind you this happened during daylight and logically it does not add up that l did that during the day.
By A Correspondent- MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa last night survived an assassination attempt in Mutare.
Hit by a live bullet… a side of Chamisa’s car
The opposition leader confirmed he was blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu PF activists who fired gunshots at his convoy.
Video footage shows the moments before gunshots were fired at Chamisa, late Tuesday, by suspected Zanu PF thugs, after 2 trucks had blocked his way in the road.
Chamisa was on his way to Mutare from Chipinge.
His deputy Lynnette Kore briefly spoke to ZimEye during the moments.
By A Correspondent- The MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, said he will seize all looted state funds and maintain the current heads of the country’s security departments if he wins the 2023 elections.
This is the first time that the leader of the country’s biggest opposition has made such a pronouncement in what is thought to be a message of reassurance to all and sundry that everyone is safe and secure under Chamisa’s government.
The message is also an election strategy to eat into the traditional Zanu PF support base.
Speaking at a gathering at Mataruse Village under Chief Charumbira where he had gone to pass his condolences on the passing on of Joseph Mutema, Chamisa said elections are there to change politicians and not the Army or the Police.
“We are not bringing in a new Army or a new Police force when we get into power. The Police and Army that are there are the forces of our country. You don’t change the Army, you don’t change the Police what you change are politicians and they must be changed from time to time.
“We want a stable country,” said Chamisa.
He bemoaned the living standards of liberation war veterans which he described as pathetic.
He said all over the World including countries like Vietnam war veterans are well looked after by the State and promised to make sure that the same happens in Zimbabwe.
“I am saddened when I meet war veterans,” said Chamisa.
Turning to corruption, Chamisa said the State is going to take back all looted wealth. He, however, said there would be no retributive justice. –MasvingoMirror
By A Correspondent | A British woman stabbed her husband to death and then telephoned the police to tell them she did it and would have done more.
The below footage is for the case whose trial is ongoing at present.
SUSPECT: I admit it all, alright?
SUSPECT: There’s nothing nasty… I should have stabbed him a bit more. Yes I stabbed him once because he is an aggressive bully and nasty and I have had enough. And when he said he won’t do it…”
COP: My advice is don’t talk about it now, okay?,
SUSPECT: Oh no, no, no I have no intention of not agreeing to what I have done. I know what I have done, and I know why I have done it, and if I had not done it properly I would be really annoyed.
COP: I am further arresting you for murder, errm I have already cautioned you, so your necessity is for your arrest is for an appropriate and effective investigation and to stop further harm.
By A Correspondent- The MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, said he will not fire the security sector’s top brass if he wins the 2023 elections.
This is the first time that the leader of the country’s biggest opposition has made such a pronouncement in what is thought to be a message of reassurance to all and sundry that everyone is safe and secure under Chamisa’s government.
The message is also an election strategy to eat into the traditional Zanu PF support base.
Speaking at a gathering at Mataruse Village under Chief Charumbira where he had gone to pass his condolences on the passing on of Joseph Mutema, Chamisa said elections are there to change politicians and not the Army or the Police.
“We are not bringing in a new Army or a new Police force when we get into power. The Police and Army that are there are the forces of our country. You don’t change the Army, you don’t change the Police what you change are politicians and they must be changed from time to time.
“We want a stable country,” said Chamisa.
He bemoaned the living standards of liberation war veterans which he described as pathetic.
He said all over the World including countries like Vietnam war veterans are well looked after by the State and promised to make sure that the same happens in Zimbabwe.
“I am saddened when I meet war veterans,” said Chamisa.
Turning to corruption, Chamisa said the State is going to take back all looted wealth. He, however, said there would be no retributive justice. –MasvingoMirror
By A Correspondent-The police have launched a manhunt for over 70 MDC Alliance supporters who engaged in a voter registration campaign in Chitungwiza over the weekend.
Seven activists were arrested and yesterday, five of them were granted $6 000 bail each by Chitungwiza magistrate Sheunesu Matova and ordered to report to Zengeza Police Station once a week.
Among the arrested were juveniles aged 16 and 17 who were released into the custody of their parents. They are facing a charge of participating in a public gathering with intent to promote public violence.
The seven were represented by Tapiwa Muchineripi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.
According to State papers, Detective Constable Lovemore Machazire stationed at CID Law and Order Harare, who is the investigating officer, said the activists were arrested after a tip-off as they were in a procession, clad in T-shirts inscribed Register to Vote at the front and Ngaapinde Hake Chamisa at the back, while chanting MDC Alliance slogans.
“On October 16, 2021, around 1230hrs, the accused persons and their accomplices, who are still at large, numbering about 80 convened in Unit D Seke, Chitungwiza and conducted a procession along Hadzinanhanga Road heading towards Unit J Seke,” the papers read in part.
By A Correspondent- Zanu PF activists have said the police should impound MDC-Alliance’s vehicles and search for empty cartridges of bullets used to shoot at his car.
Chamisa yesterday said he was attacked by suspected Zanu PF youths who also fired some live bullets at his car.
Posting on their Zanupf patriots Twitter account Tuesday evening Zanu PF said Chamisa was playing games.
“Chamisa should stop these silly antics.
Police should impound and investigate this car, they should show the world the exits of the bullets or where they landed in the car,” Zanu Pf patriots posted.
Chamisa should stop these silly antics‼️
Police should impound and investigate this car, they should show the world the exits of the bullets or where they landed in the car. pic.twitter.com/nbBBGElrcl
THE Mighty Warriors will this afternoon begin their quest for qualification to next year’s Africa Women Cup of Nations (Awcon) finals when they host eSwatini at the National Sports Stadium in the first round first leg match.
This tournament was supposed to have been played last year, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zimbabwe will be looking to make a return to the finals which they last featured in the 2016 edition in Cameroon.
Next year’s tournament will be held in Morocco and for the first time in its history, will feature 12 teams from the previous eight.
The addition of participating teams at the finals will obviously give teams such as the Mighty Warriors a chance to qualify.
They also have, on paper, what looks like an easy passage to their qualification prospects.
With all due respect to eSwatini, they are one of the weakest teams in the region and the Mighty Warriors should not have any problem in dispatching them in the two legs.
The return match is on Tuesday next week.
eSwatini were one of the whipping sides at the Cosafa tournament that was held last month, losing all their three group matches and conceding a staggering 11 goals in the process.
Zimbabwe on the other hand, narrowly missed the semi-final spot by goal difference.
Head-to-head statistics between the two teams also show that the Mighty Warriors have never lost to eSwatini.- NewsDay
By A Correspondent- MDC-Alliance national executive member Caston Mateu has lost his mother.
Posting on his Facebook page Tuesday, Mateu, who did not disclose the cause of her mother’s death, said his family had lost a caring parent.
“My mother, Mai Zvomuya has been taken by angels to be with the Lord. She lived an extraordinary life. I was very fond of her and loved her to the core. She will join her children Fidelis and Gillian. I will always remember her kindness and love towards me. Go well Amai i am truly pained,” he posted.
Pretoria Callies forward Edmore Chirambadare has joined the leading pack in the South African National First Division golden boot race.
The Zimbabwean striker took his tally to five goals after scoring a hat-trick in the 6-1 victory over Cape Town Spurs on Sunday. He is now third on the scoring chart and two goals behind leading scorer Khuda Muyaba of Polokwane City.
Another Zimbabwean striker, Ishmael Wadi, is second on the table with six goals.
Wadi scored his latest goal over the weekend in JDR Stars’ 1-0 win against Black Leopards on Matchday seven.
Both Chirambadare and Wadi are playing in debut seasons at their clubs after signing in the pre-season.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
THE MDC Alliance yesterday said party leader Nelson Chamisa’s convoy was intercepted by heavily suspected armed Zanu PF youths who fired gunshots, hitting a rear window on the opposition leader’s vehicle on the outskirts of Mutare.
Chamisa is on a tour of Manicaland province drumming up support for his party.
He was coming from Birchenough Bridge and Chipinge headed for Mutare when he was intercepted by the Zanu PF youths who were travelling in over a dozen unmarked twin-cab vehicles.
Party spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said Chamisa’s convoy was intercepted by Zanu PF activists led by Manicaland youth leader Danmore Mambondiyani.
“The youths were armed with axes, guns and machetes,” she said.
“There were 12 to 15 vehicles that were trailing the president’s motorcade. The motorcade was delayed by numerous roadblocks to allow the youths to close in.
“Just towards Mutare, there were gunshots which hit one window. Other vehicles were stoned.”
Mahere said party organising secretary Amos Chibaya made a police report.
But national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said: “I have checked with Manicaland, we did not receive such a report.”
Mahere’s deputy, Gift “Ostallos” Siziba, who was part of Chamisa’s entourage, said he suspected security details were part of the group that intercepted the motorcade.
“We have strong suspicions that some of them were soldiers in civilian clothes,” he said, adding that the road was barricaded with stones.
“One Mambondiani was co-ordinating the group that had been trailing president Nelson Chamisa’s vehicle. They were armed and threatening violence against the president.”- NewsDay
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has taken the community engagement programme to Manicaland Province.
On Monday, he was at Ngangu, Chimanimani where he addressed local residents.
According to President Chamisa, the wave of change is unstoppable.
“At Ngangu in Chimanimani, Manicaland for a citizens and community interface. Zimbabwe needs real change,” President Chamisa wrote on Twitter.
In a statement the MDC Alliance said :
President Nelson Chamisa continues his citizen conversation interface tour of Manicaland Province.
He went to Kurwaisimba Business Centre in Chimanimani where he met community leaders, vendors, opinion makers & special interest groups in line with our People’s Agenda.
In Biriiri, President @nelsonchamisa made a stop to visit the community, hear their concerns and sell our message for hope. The people shared their support for the transformation agenda. They’re registering to vote en masse & are ready to defend our #6million votes!
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In Biriiri, President @nelsonchamisa made a stop to visit the community, hear their concerns & sell our message for hope. The people shared their support for the transformation agenda. They’re registering to vote en masse & are ready to defend our #6million votes! pic.twitter.com/sxn0KXULep
— Citizens' Coalition for Change (@CCCZimbabwe) October 18, 2021
Tinashe Sambiri|The panicky regime led by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is desperate to thwart the struggle for freedom…
Known Central Intelligence Organization operatives raided MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial spokesperson Timoth Muswere and harassed his family at the weekend.
Speaking to ZimEye.com on Tuesday, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial secretary, Gilbet Mutubuki described the level of barbarism in Mr Mnangagwa’s administration as appalling.
Tinashe Sambiri|The panicky regime led by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is desperate to thwart the struggle for freedom…
Known Central Intelligence Organization operatives raided MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial spokesperson Timoth Muswere and harassed his family at the weekend.
Speaking to ZimEye.com on Tuesday, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly provincial secretary, Gilbet Mutubuki described the level of barbarism in Mr Mnangagwa’s administration as appalling.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report.
In 2020, more people died from TB, with far fewer people being diagnosed and treated or provided with TB preventive treatment compared with 2019, and overall spending on essential TB services falling.
The first challenge is disruption in access to TB services and a reduction in resources. In many countries, human, financial and other resources have been reallocated from tackling TB to the COVID-19 response, limiting the availability of essential services.
The second is that people have struggled to seek care in the context of lockdowns.
“This report confirms our fears that the disruption of essential health services due to the pandemic could start to unravel years of progress against tuberculosis,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This is alarming news that must serve as a global wake-up call to the urgent need for investments and innovation to close the gaps in diagnosis, treatment and care for the millions of people affected by this ancient but preventable and treatable disease.”
TB services are among many others disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the impact on TB has been particularly severe.
For example, approximately, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2020 (including 214 000 among HIV positive people).
The increase in the number of TB deaths occurred mainly in the 30 countries with the highest burden of TB[1]. WHO modelling projections suggest the number of people developing TB and dying from the disease could be much higher in 2021 and 2022.
Challenges with providing and accessing essential TB services have meant that many people with TB were not diagnosed in 2020. The number of people newly diagnosed with TB and those reported to national governments fell from 7.1 million in 2019 to 5.8 million in 2020.
WHO estimates that some 4.1 million people currently suffer from TB but have not been diagnosed with the disease or have not officially reported to national authorities. This figure is up from 2.9 million in 2019.
The countries that contributed most to the global reduction in TB notifications between 2019 and 2020 were India (41%), Indonesia (14%), the Philippines (12%) and China (8%). These and 12 other countries accounted for 93% of the total global drop in notifications.
There was also a reduction in provision of TB preventive treatment. Some 2.8 million people accessed this in 2020, a 21% reduction since 2019. In addition, the number of people treated for drug-resistant TB fell by 15%, from 177 000 in 2019 to 150 000 in 2020, equivalent to only about 1 in 3 of those in need.
Global investment for TB falls Funding in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that account for 98% of reported TB cases remains a challenge. Of the total funding available in 2020, 81% came from domestic sources, with the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) accounting for 65% of total domestic funding.
The largest bilateral donor is the Government of the United States of America. The biggest international donor is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The report notes a fall in global spending on TB diagnostic, treatment and prevention services, from US$ 5.8 billion to US$ 5.3 billion, which is less than half of the global target for fully funding the TB response of US$ 13 billion annually by 2022.
Meanwhile, although there is progress in the development of new TB diagnostics, drugs and vaccines, this is constrained by the overall level of R&D investment, which at US$ 0.9 billion in 2019 falls far short of the global target of US$ 2 billion per year.
Global TB targets off track Reversals in progress mean that the global TB targets are off track and appear increasingly out of reach, however there are some successes. Globally, the reduction in the number of TB deaths between 2015 and 2020 was only 9.2% – about one quarter of the way to the 2020 milestone of 35%.
Globally, the number of people falling ill with TB each year (relative to population) dropped 11% from 2015 to 2020, just over half-way to the 2020 milestone of 20%.
However, the WHO European Region exceeded the 2020 milestone, with a reduction of 25%. This was mostly driven by the decline in the Russian Federation, where incidence fell by 6% per year between 2010 to 2020. The WHO African Region came close to reaching the milestone, with a reduction of 19%, which reflects impressive reductions of 4–10% per year in South Africa and several other countries in southern Africa, following a peak in the HIV epidemic and the expansion of TB and HIV prevention and care.
“We have just one year left to reach the historic 2022 TB targets committed by Heads of State at the first UN High Level Meeting on TB. The report provides important information and a strong reminder to countries to urgently fast-track their TB responses and save lives,” said Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of WHO’s Global TB Programme. “This will be crucial as preparations begin for the 2nd UN High Level Meeting on TB mandated for 2023.”
The report calls on countries to put in place urgent measures to restore access to essential TB services. It further calls for a doubling of investments in TB research and innovation as well as concerted action across the health sector and others to address the social, environmental and economic determinants of TB and its consequences.
The new report features data on disease trends and the response to the epidemic from 197 countries and areas, including 182 of the 194 World Health Organization (WHO) Member States.
POLICE in Chiweshe have launched a manhunt for three male villagers who allegedly bashed a suspected goat thief to death on Saturday.
Denmore Taruvinga, Henry Chaparadza and Aluwis Chigure are said to be on the run in connection with a murder case after they allegedly bashed Jokonia Makumbe to death, accusing him of stealing a goat.
Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the case.
“I can confirm a murder case in Chiweshe where three male adults assaulted the now-deceased, killing him on the spot,” Mundembe said.
“We are appealing for information which can lead to the arrest of the suspects.”
It is alleged that the trio teamed up after receiving a tip-off that Makumbe had stolen their goat.
They dragged him from a certain homestead where he was drinking to his home while beating him up.
Upon arrival, they searched his homestead and could not find any goat meat.
They took him away from his house and fatally assaulted him.
The body of the deceased was found by his brother Paradzai Magwede, who filed a police report after being advised by neighbours that he was killed by the trio.
Surprisingly, the goat was found in a bush hanging on a tree.
Police warned members of the public not to take the law into their own hands by meting instant justice.- NewsDay
By A Correspondent- Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga has clashed with Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) executive chairperson Sydney Gata over the power generation tender.
Newzimbawe, reports that the latter is accusing the former of refusing to guarantee Independent Power Producers’ (IPPs) deals and unlock their funding.
The deals have the potential to produce 300 megawatts of electricity, which would go a long way in easing the current power crisis that has seriously affected the operations of business and industry.
In his address during a tour of the Hwange Power Plant Monday, Gata said the IPPs were failing to take off because Guvamatanga, as the Finance Ministry Secretary, was taking too long to guarantee the projects.
The government last year licensed dozens of IPPs but they require the Finance Ministry to provide the necessary surety. Gata said: The secretary for Finance is the main culprit. I can put it in writing so that you can go and tell him this is what I said. It is the Ministry of Finance that is responsible for issuing those guarantees which can unlock a lot of capacity that can end load shedding. Not only that, we could export electricity to South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia which are more desperate than ourselves.
Zimbabwe’s energy supply remains fragile and relies on power imports to plug the shortfall, and due to the depressed generation capacity, only 40% of houses in the country have access to electricity with 83% in urban areas and the remainder in rural areas. Zimbabwe is targeting to add more than 2 000 MW to the national grid mostly from renewable and cleaner sources, including solar, wind, and other sources by 2030
By A Correspondent- MDC-Alliance Vice President, Tendai Biti, has accused Harare Magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti and Prosecutor Michael Reza of being biased after she forced him to stand in the dock without his lawyer.
He is facing charges of insulting a Russian woman Tatiana Aleshina.
Biti wants the charge dropped and the magistrate to recuse herself from the case and the prosecutor, Michael Reza.
In his application filed this week at the High Court, the opposition politician said Muchuchuti and Reza were not fit officials for the judicial offices they hold.
He also told the court the two officials had personal interests against him.
Biti is seeking a review of Muchuchuti’s ruling of October 13 2021 in which she turned down his application for postponement of trial before ordering the case to proceed in the absence of his lawyer.
Biti said the magistrate’s ruling was “grossly irregular.”
He also said Muchuchuti had personal interests against him, adding that her decision and actions were actuated by malice and bias.
“Since then, Muchuchuti has shown consistent bias against myself. She has constantly refused any indulgence to my legal practitioners.
“Moreover, Reza is the Deputy Prosecutor General. He deputises Mr Kumbirai Hodzi. How does a Deputy PG prosecute a case of verbal abuse in a regional court? NewZim
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba, has dismissed as fake the attacks on the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s convoy in Mutare.
Chamisa, Tuesday afternoon, was attacked by suspected Zanu PF thugs in Mutare.
The opposition leader said he was blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu PF activists who fired gunshots at his convoy.
Chamisa was on his way to Mutare from Chipinge.
Posting on his Jamwanda Twitter handle, Charamba mocked the Chamisa’s attack claims.
“By a Funny enough mota dzavo dzinongotemwa pasame place on every occasion!”., he posted Tuesday, suggesting that Chamisa was faking the attack.
By A Correspondent- MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has survived an assassination attempt in Mutare.
Chamisa, Tuesday afternoon, was attacked by suspected Zanu PF thugs in Mutare.
The opposition leader said he was blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu PF activists who fired gunshots at his convoy.
By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba, has dismissed as fake the attacks on the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s convoy in Mutare.
Chamisa, Tuesday afternoon, was attacked by suspected Zanu PF thugs in Mutare.
The opposition leader said he was blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu PF activists who fired gunshots at his convoy.
Chamisa was on his way to Mutare from Chipinge.
Posting on his Jamwanda Twitter handle, Charamba mocked the Chamisa’s attack claims.
“By a Funny enough mota dzavo dzinongotemwa pasame place on every occasion!”., he posted Tuesday, suggesting that Chamisa was faking the attack.
By A Correspondent- Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga has clashed with Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) executive chairperson Sydney Gata over the power generation tender.
Newzimbabwe, reports that the latter is accusing the former of refusing to guarantee Independent Power Producers’ (IPPs) deals and unlock their funding.
The deals have the potential to produce 300 megawatts of electricity, which would go a long way in easing the current power crisis that has seriously affected the operations of business and industry.
In his address during a tour of the Hwange Power Plant Monday, Gata said the IPPs were failing to take off because Guvamatanga, as the Finance Ministry Secretary, was taking too long to guarantee the projects.
The government last year licensed dozens of IPPs but they require the Finance Ministry to provide the necessary surety. Gata said: The secretary for Finance is the main culprit. I can put it in writing so that you can go and tell him this is what I said. It is the Ministry of Finance that is responsible for issuing those guarantees which can unlock a lot of capacity that can end load shedding. Not only that, we could export electricity to South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia which are more desperate than ourselves.
Zimbabwe’s energy supply remains fragile and relies on power imports to plug the shortfall, and due to the depressed generation capacity, only 40% of houses in the country have access to electricity with 83% in urban areas and the remainder in rural areas. Zimbabwe is targeting to add more than 2 000 MW to the national grid mostly from renewable and cleaner sources, including solar, wind, and other sources by 2030
The National Sports Stadium will be banned from hosting senior teams’ international matches and other CAF Men’s Inter-Club Competitions until outstanding issues noted in previous reports have been addressed.
The Harare venue underwent inspection last week and its temporary approval will expire in November after the final World Cup Qualifier against Ethiopia.
According to ZIFA, areas that require urgent attention for the stadium to meet required standards include:
Individual seats in the stadium There should be fixed seats in all sectors of the stadium. Seats for spectators must be individual, fixed (e.g. to the floor), separated from one another, shaped, numbered, made of an unbreakable and non-flammable material, and have a backrest of a minimum height of thirty (30) cm when measured from the seat. Electronic Turnstiles The stadium should be equipped with modern electronic turnstiles and automated systems Venue Operations Centre (VOC) The stadium must have a functional Venue Operations Centre (VOC) with a good overview of the stadium equipped with CCTV monitors. It should have an override capability over the Public Address System in case of emergency announcements. The VOC should be staffed and serve as the command centre for security and safety operations. Renovation of B – Arena The B Arena of the stadium should be renovated in line with CAF Training field infrastructure requirements. Other facilities in the stadium are still not up to the required CAF standard. The stadium needs to be fully modernized and brought up to the international standard requirements. ZIFA has already communicated CAF’s latest decision to the Sport and Recreation Commission.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
