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By A Correspondent- A 34 year old man, Freedom Mleya from Bulawayo’s Pumula South suburb, has gone missing for more than a month now and police are appealing for information that may assist in finding him.

Mr Mleya was last seen on 3 September at around 6.30 PM leaving his home. Bulawayo police provincial spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said:

The missing person is slim build, tall, brown eyes, black hair, light in complexion and has a tattoo on the left arm. He was last seen wearing a pink short-sleeved shirt, maroon trousers and black puma takkies.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts may contact the Investigating Officer, Constable Madondo on 0777956135 or ZRP Pumula on (0292)-422898 or any nearest police station.-statemedia

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!

Watch:

By A Correspondent- The UANC President Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa has said his party will only work with other progressive parties besides “unprincipled” Zanu PF accusing POLAD actors of prioritising personal aggrandisement at the expense of the majority of Zimbabweans.

In a one on one interview with ZimEye, Rev Dr Muzorewa revealed the reason why he was not in POLAD adding that he could never sit in the same room with the ruling party to give them advice because of the way that the party has run down the country.

He said:

“The reason why we are not in POLAD is because I believe that I cannot sit in the same room with the ruling party to give them advice. No.

They have the freedom to rule the country the way they want but that is not the only way that is good for Zimbabweans, we have seen that.

So the UANC led by Muzorewa is different from any other parties.  It is different because we are clear that we need a country that is run on principles, a country run on moral basis, one that is run in freedom because people struggled, people fought, others died for this country.

We cannot let people starve when we are there. It’s not going to happen. To tell you the truth, the UANC that is led by Muzorewa is willing to work with all parties except those who are working with Mr Mnangagwa.”

We publish below excepts of the interview where GM is abbreviation for President Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa

Sofia: Who is Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa?

GM: Gwinyai Muzorewa is a native of Zimbabwe born and raised there. I am also the president of the UANC and I am aspiring to presidency in 2023.

Sofia: What does UANC stand for what are you bringing to table for Zimbabweans in terms of politics?

GM: The UANC means the African National Council.  We have been in existence for a long time. The UANC is a people’s party that believes in non- violence, that believes in justice for all and so for the longest time we have been on the fringes just giving room for those who are more vocal. But now the situation is so bad. The situation is so bad that we cannot afford to sit. We have to come in and we have come in.

In 2018 we participated in the harmonised elections and then this time we are geared to not only to participate but participate and win. The UANC stands for a good economy, a good life for all Zimbabweans.

We will participate in that kind of governance. As long as one has skills and they are professional and are willing to serve the people, they are good candidates for our civil service.

The UANC is different from the ruling parties that employ people in government on the basis of their party affiliation.  The first thing for me, the first thing is that I am a Zimbabwean who happens to belong to this tribe, belong to this family.

 First and foremost I am a Zimbabwean and that spirit is the spirit that will unite Zimbabwe in a meaningful way. Remember when we went out to fight, we went out to fight as a people, we were united. We came back here hence we should not be divided over political ideologies.

We should be united for the progress of the nation so that’s what the UANC stands for. That’s how our party differs from other parties that just want to go in there for personal aggrandisement. We are not after that we are after the overall national development.

Sofia: You mentioned that come 2023 you will win the elections. Are you happy with the current electoral environment, the political situation?

GM: Without serious reforms, these elections will always be the same old joke. We have to have serious reforms, electoral reforms, political reforms because we are looking for justice here. We want to be fair here.

We want to be fair with the people of Zimbabwe because people often wonder, so many have voted for a particular individual and the results don’t show that. And you wonder what has happened. Well we know what has happened. The votes are manipulated. So we are hoping that we have serious electoral reforms before 2023.

If that doesn’t happen, there can be some problems. We cannot have a repeat of the same game over and over. They say you can fool people some of the time but not all the time. This time in 2023 most Zimbabweans that I talk to, that I share with have said enough is enough. They have said we are going to do it differently.

They are saying, I need my freedom in my ballot box, I need my freedom in my participation in politics, I need my freedom in my home and I need my freedom in my country. That is what people are demanding. Unemployment is bad because so many policies needs to be put in place. Without these things, the people are just fed up.

Sofia: What is your party’s position on corruption?

GM: We have a plan to end corruption. Corruption in Zimbabwe started from top officials.  Also, the RBZ seems to be the beehive for large scale scandals for our nation. The UANC will end corruption by removing, replacing and restructuring most government agencies including public service,  commissions appointed by government.

An alternative government will eliminate cartels and a patronage based economy to replace with traditional free market. By computerising the system, nationwide auditor general’s tasks will be more manageable as computerisation ensures checks and balances that are calculated to suffocate corruption channels and loopholes.

I think in Zimbabwe, people chose to be corrupt because the rule of law itself has been corrupted,  because of state capture. The UANC leadership will open alternative channels for creating wealth. Not wealth for a few elites but for all the people. For the UANC leadership, integrity, transparency and accountability is the mantra.

We believe an alternative government brings in a new dispensation led by a vetted cabinet and servant leadership. Because the judicial system is corrupt currently, the Zimbabwe anti corruption commission is only a paper tiger.  

Corruption thrives in state capture where no one is ever held accountable. To end corruption, every Zimbabwean ought to serve as an anti corruption commissioner. This only happens when the rule of law is in effect.

The UNAC will enforce the constitutional provision for separation of the three branches of government, the executive, judiciary and the legislature. The military and the police which are apolitical will resume their traditional role for a peaceful and inclusive government. Time will come when the defence forces will defend the nation and not protect poverty lawlessness, unemployment and corruption.

Over 70 percent of Zimbabweans live in poverty in a rich country due to rampant corruption yet poverty is not the cause for corruption. Rather corruption causes poverty. The UANC will reverse this trajectory. The year 2023 will mark the beginning of measurable reduction to poverty in Zimbabwe.

Sofia: You mention that you envision a time in Zimbabwe when there will be separation of powers in Zimbabwe. Is that possible given the current trajectory?

GM: Yes because the Constitution that we have right now makes that provision. All that is missing is implementation of what the constitution provides. So that is one of the problems. We have a good document to guide us but those who are supposed to uphold it don’t uphold it.

So we will come in and do what we need to do. As government, the Constitution is our document, it is our guiding principle that we go by because that is where the nation has put all its thoughts, all its wisdom together to say: by this document we will abide. It will happen come 2023. We are coming in to make right what is not right.

Sofia: Could you share your thoughts on the importance of a coalition of opposition political parties against Zanu PF?

GM: Those remarks are interesting. I will respond to it in a sort of combination. The UANC believes in unity, national unity. The UANC belongs to the people. In fact the UANC is the first political party in Zimbabwe. It is not just a little party. It is the oldest  party along with Zanu Pf and Zapu.

MDC came in in 1999 and then other parties have come in. I am sorry the UANC is not one of tuma party that’s why colloquially it is called dzakutsaku or Huruyadzo. It is named that because it is one of the oldest parties in the country. Now anyone who thinks that the UANC led by this man Muzorewa is really like Zanu Pf , that person needs more information.

The reason we are not in POLAD is because, i believe that I could not sit in the same room with the ruling party to give them advice. No. They have the freedom to rule the country the way they want but that is not the only way that is good for Zimbabweans. We have seen that. So the UANC led by Muzorewa is different from any other parties.

 It is different because we are clear that we need a country that is run on principles run on moral basis that is run in freedom because people struggled, people fought others, died for this country. We cannot let people starve when we are there. It’s not going to happen. To tell you the truth, the UANC that is led by Muzorewa is willing to work with all parties except those who are working with  Mr Mnangagwa..

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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!

Watch:

By A Correspondent- Police in Bulawayo have been accused of shooting a 16-year-old girl and refusing to assist the family take her to hospital.

The alleged incident happened on October 4 in Mzilikazi high-density suburb.

Ayanda Tshuma, a Form 3 pupil at Sobukhazi High School, was admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital after she was allegedly shot on the cheek as law enforcement agents discharged a firearm to stop a street fight at G-Square.

She was just a bystander. The bullet went through one cheek and exited on the other.

The family claims that the police had not assisted her to get medication.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday told Southern Eye that they were yet to find out what exactly transpired on the day in question.

We received the report about the case of a member of the ZRP, who allegedly shot a girl child in Mzilikazi.

“The case is still under investigation, and so we don’t have much information to disclose,” Nyathi said.

The juvenile said she was now living in fear after police officers threatened her.

“On Friday October 15, police came to our home to take statements.

“They threatened me saying I should speak the truth.

“They also said I was changing statements.

“This surprised me as I was speaking to them for the first time,” she said.-newsday

By A Correspondent- The government has said individuals who were vaccinated with the first jab of the Indian Covaxin COVID-19 jab and failed to get the second dose can restart the vaccination process using Chinese Sinovac or Sinopharm doses.

Yesterday, Health deputy minister John Mangwiro confirmed that the country had failed to secure second jabs of the Covaxin, but sought to assure panicky citizens that government did not expect any health complications for taking another vaccine.

Mangwiro said those affected could restart the inoculation exercise using Chinese vaccines. Mangwiro said:

Those who failed to get the second Covaxin dose should go to their nearest clinics and get inoculated. They can either get Sinopharm or Sinovac. It’s known that we follow science. There is no danger to their lives. They can also opt to restart the process and receive both the first and second doses of either Sinovac or Sinopharm vaccines.

Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights secretary Norman Matara said they were in no position to tell if there are any complications or not since there is no data on that. He added:

We have had other vaccines mixed and there were no complications.  So we hope it will be the same with this one (Covaxin). It also points to inefficiency and a system that is weak as well as poor planning on government’s part.

Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association president Shingai Nyaguse said it was prudent to restart the vaccination process considering the long interval since the first dose.

Nyaguse said restarting the process was unlikely to cause health complications but urged people to “quickly report to the Health ministry in the unlikely event of adverse effects.”

Community Working Group on Health executive director Itai Rusike criticised the government for poor planning and failing to apologise to members of the public who had taken the jab.

He said this would result in distrust, adding that it was high time Zimbabwe seriously considered using single-dose vaccines.

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF factionalism has apparently turned nasty in Mashonaland Central province following a clash between War veterans Association provincial chairperson Sam Parirenyatwa and war veterans league provincial commissar Dzingai Nevhunje.

The two are neighbours at their plots in Mazowe and Parirenyatwa on Sunday lost about 4 hectares of wheat due to an inferno 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, and the battles have widened ahead of the forthcoming provincial elections with the rival war veterans’ formations being aligned to different camps.

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 confirmed the case saying, “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,” Parirenyatwa said.

Nevhunje dismissed the allegations saying Parirenyatwa is losing ground hence he is turning into smearing campaigns.

“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 said.

Quizzed on the agenda of the meeting he said it was a district elections party meeting.

“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 day light and logically it does not add up that l did that during the day.”

The war veterans association and league members have been fighting each other since the inception of the latter whose launch was  presided over by the late Perence Shiri.

–Byo24

By A Correspondent- A High Court judge Monday sentenced a Hwedza man to death for the murder of his employer in 2015 and throwing the body into Rhodesville Dam.

Tapiwa Murombo was yesterday found guilty of the premeditated murder of Partson Musarandoga whose body was found in the dam days after he went missing.

Murombo allegedly struck Musarandoga on the head with an axe at a farm along the Hwedza Highway, forged a suicide note directing him to sell properties from the deceased’s home and disappeared.

The police pursued him along the Harare-Chirundu Highway in a high-speed chase, shot him in the leg as he tried to escape and eventually arrested him.

Murombo denied killing Musarandoga saying he parted with him after the deceased had agreed to give him a vehicle as payment for a US$4 000 debt.

But Justice Justice Priscillah Munangati-Manongwa ruled that Murombo had failed to convince the court that he was innocent. Munangati-Manongwa said:

The court finds that the reasons advanced were not such as to convince the court not to pass the death sentence. In essence, after taking all factors into account, this court finds that there are no circumstances of a mitigating nature that would call for a lesser sentence.

Neither a life sentence nor a sentence of not less than 20 years will meet the justice of the case.

The accused shall be returned to prison, be held until the execution of the sentence according to law.

She said  Murombo was not in the group that is excluded from the death sentence as stipulated by section 48(2)(c) of the Constitution.-Newsday

By Own Correspondent| Zanu PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi has celebrated the death of former United States Secretary of State Collin Powell who succumbed to Covid-19 complications yesterday.

Posting on Twitter, Mugwadi famously known as Tuboy said Powell endorsed sanctions against Zimbabwe hence he was a “son of a devil”.

“Today, the endorser of illegal sanctions & @mdczimbabwe founding foreigner @PowellCollin is announced dead. Begone son of a devil!The UN SR cannot complete her task without meeting these patriotic anti-sanctions activists camped against the @usembassyharare for nearly 1000 days,” said Mugwadi.

Mugwadi further mocked Powell saying he doesn’t shed a tear for his death urging those hurt to go and mourn in America.

“Powell has died. He bears the signature of illegal sanctions on Zim & its people

Do I shed a tear over his death? Noo

Varwadziwa endai munoridza mhere ku USA. He authored our problems

He had no Ubuntu & worse than Masendeke & Chidumo. He served a criminal Bush Administration,” further mocked Mugwadi.

Powell had multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that suppresses the body’s immune response, as well as Parkinson’s, Peggy Cifrino, Powell’s longtime chief of staff, confirmed to CNN. Even if fully vaccinated against Covid-19, those who are immunocompromised are at greater risk from the virus.

By A Correspondent- Another s_ex orgy is on the cards in Hillside Harare.

ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza called the organisers of the s_ex orgy who confirmed that the party was scheduled for October 30 2021 at a yet to be revealed venue in Hillside.

Said the woman who picked up the call on one of the numbers advertised on the flyer circulating on social media:

“You just bring your drinks or alcohol and you pay $5 entrance fee at the gate.

We do not reveal the address where the party will be held because we want to avoid a police raid.

You just call around 3pm and we will send someone to come and pick you up.”

The woman however cut the phone after Chikanza revealed his identity.

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By A Correspondent- 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.

They are accused of breaching peace or bigotry.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- 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.

They are accused of breaching peace or bigotry.

-newsday

By A Correspondent- Another s_ex orgy is on the cards in Hillside Harare.

ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza called the organisers of the s_ex orgy who confirmed that the party was scheduled for October 30 2021 at a yet to be revealed venue in Hillside.

Said the woman who picked up the call on one of the numbers advertised on the flyer circulating on social media:

“You just bring your drinks or alcohol and you pay $5 entrance fee at the gate.

We do not reveal the address where the party will be held because we want to avoid a police raid.

You just call around 3pm and we will send someone to come and pick you up.”

The woman however cut the phone after Chikanza revealed his identity.

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By A Correspondent- Bulawayo police were caught off guard last month after a 16-year-old boy from Makokoba high-density suburb allegedly broke into Ross Camp police station and stole car batteries.

He was spotted by police officers selling the batteries together with his unnamed accomplice in Makokoba during police patrols.

Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident.

“On September 24 at around 8am, police received three cases of theft of car parts which occurred in Ross Camp, Bulawayo. At around 10am, police officers were on patrol and they saw two accused persons, the juvenile nicknamed “Scara” and another person selling batteries in Makokoba. The pair ran away after they were approached by police, leaving behind two batteries that were positively identified by the complainants,” Ncube said.

He said a manhunt was launched on October 11, leading to the arrest of the pair.  During investigations, the juvenile admitted stealing the batteries and also revealed that he had sold six of them.

In an unrelated incident, a 23-year-old man from Mahatshula has been arrested for attempting to kill his drinking mate after striking him with a brick on the forehead over a dispute about soccer matters at Sompisi shops.

Ncube confirmed the arrest of Talent Moyo (23).

“On October 10 at 8pm, the complainant and Moyo were drinking beer at Sompisi shops, Mahatshula while discussing soccer matters. The two had a misunderstanding about soccer matters. Moyo picked up a small brick and struck the complainant once on the left side of the forehead and he sustained injuries,” Ncube said.

He said the matter was reported to police the following day, leading to Moyo’s arrest.

Ncube said police recovered a blood-stained face brick near a braai stand at Sompisi Bottlestore, adding that the complainant was referred to United Bulawayo Hospital where his condition is said to be stable.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Fifteen of the 16 Harare residents arrested on Saturday for engaging in a se_x orgy at a private house in Kuwadzana 2 were yesterday released on free bail and remanded to today.

Magistrate Barbara Mateko, who presided over the matter, however, ordered the property owner, Reyn Mabva, to pay $3 000 bail.

They were charged with soliciting clients for the purpose of pr0stitution, while Mabva was also charged with turning his house into a brothel.

The group comprised of six ladies, namely Thokozani Tshuma, (24), Shylet Simba, Lucia Nyakutsikwa (36), Loveness Zindi (34), Sithatisiwe Kufa (21) and Moleen Mashingaidze (age not given).

Their male partners were identified as Luis Zvanhasi (24), Daniel Divala (23), Alexio Chibanda (41), Munashe Masawi (25), Praisemore Makuni (39), Samuel Makore (37), Paul Nhodza (35), Mabva (35), Mark Tafirenyika (32) and Edward Kanengoni (29).

The party was advertised from October 14, 2021 on a WhatsApp group, with each male member asked to pay $200 for acquisition of cond0ms and toiletries in addition to US$20 to get an opportunity to be intimate with all the ladies in attendance.

The State alleges that the “Sod0m and Gomorah party” allegedly organised by Mashingaidze, started at 1030pm before police bust it at around midnight, leading to the suspects’ arrest.

During the raid, police allegedly recovered a plastic bag full of cond0ms and US$85 believed to have been paid by the party goers. The videos of the participants mourning in pleasure while having se_x have gone viral on social media.

By A Correspondent- Commutters in Bulawayo are stranded after Zupco drivers went on strike.

This has forced some people to board pirate taxis to get to their respective destinations on time.

The drivers claim that they have not been paid for months.

This is not the first time for Zupco drivers to go on an industrial action over their conditions of service.

-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Ten men and six women who were on Saturday night arrested at a sex party in Kuwadzana have appeared in court.

The six ladies are Thokozani Tshuma, 24, Shylet Simba, Lucia Nyakutsikwa, 36, Loveness Zindi, 34, Sithatisiwe Kufa, 21 and Moleen Mashingaidze.

The 10 men are Luis Zvanhasi, 24, Daniel Divala, 23, Alexio Chibanda, 41, Munashe Masawi, 25, Praisemore Makuni, 39, Samuel Makore, 37, Paul Nhodza, 35, Reyn Mabva, 35, Mark Tafirenyika, 32, and Edward Kanengoni, 29.

By A Correspondent- A suspected armed robber was assaulted, stoned and sjamboked to death by an angry mob after he was apprehended by his would-be victim in Beitbridge on Monday.

It is not clear at which point the victim died, but was pronounced dead on arrival at Beitbridge district hospital on Monday morning.

Officer commanding Beitbridge police district chief superintendent Tichaona Nyongo confirmed the incident saying the suspected armed robber succumbed to injuries sustained during a mob justice.

“At the moment that is what we have. A man has died after a mob attacked him in Dulivhadzimo. He is suspected to be part of a gang that was caught at night breaking into a house,” Nyongo said.

He said the man was part of a four or five men gang, some of whom escaped, when the now deceased was cornered by residents.

It is understood that the robbers entered the victim’s house while the owner had gone to collect his wife from the bus terminus.

His young brother, whom he left at the house, called him after he saw a group of the suspected armed robbers breaking into the gate.

The man alerted neighbours and surprised the robbers who fled in different directions and one was cornered.

The body of the deceased was taken to Beitbridge district hospital mortuary.

Beitbridge has in the last two months been hit by armed robberies targeting different classes of people.

Recently, a man lost R1,2 million to armed robbers.

-newsday

By A Correspondent- It was a case of throwing a cat among pigeons when Praise Mpofu (22) a male prisoner who pretended to be a woman was almost detained in cells at Shurugwi Female Prison last week.

Mpofu was actually detained for two days from October 1-4, 2021 at Young Offenders Prison in Gweru where it was thought that he was a woman. Sources said he was dressed in a blouse and skirt, a laddish hairstyle and the brea_sts were also there since he put some stuff inside a bra.

Midland Prisons spokesperson Nevson Tagarira confirmed the case and told The Mirror that Mpofu came to court dressed as a woman.

Mpofu who goes around hooking male clients by disguising as a female pr0stitute was arrested on September 30 this year after he allegedly stole from a man in Mkoba 6 who had taken him home for the night and ran away.

He was arrested at Mkoba 6 and remanded in custody at Gweru Magistrates Court but due to transport problems he had to be taken to Gweru Young Offenders Prison in Gweru where he stayed with young female offenders.

The magistrate, court officials, Police and Prison officers did not realise Mpofu was actually male. He is being charged with theft

His status was discovered when he was sent to Shurugwi Female Prison and the procedure at the prison is that inmates are searched and vetted at the time of arrival.

“Yes there was a male inmate who came from ZRP through Gweru Magistrates Court pretending to be female. His true status was only discovered at Shurugwi Female Prison as he underwent admission processes said Tagarira.

A female nurse who was doing the screening is said to have screamed and ran away from the room after realizing that Mpofu was actually a man.

Mpofu was immediately whisked away to Whawha Maximum Prison near Gweru where he is now detained. There is speculation that Mpofu is a hom0sexual.

“Mpofu spend two days at Gweru Young Offenders rison where he did not devuldge that he was a male and he was treated as a female. The matter came to light when he was to be detained at Shurugwi Female Prison that he was not a female. One could not figure out that Mpofu is a male he had a nice hair style ,brea_sts and he was wearing a skirt just like a lady. Mpofu was arrested after he stole from a man who had hired him as a prostitute. Mpofu stole money and fled before he fulfilled the duties he was hired for,” said the source.

“Yes there was an inmate who came from ZRP through the magistrates court pretending to be a female. It was only identified at Shurugwi Female Prisons through our normal channels on admission that he was actually a male inmate not a female as he was pretending to be. Mpofu was taken from Shurugwi female prison to Hwahwa on the same day,” said Mpofu.

By A Correspondent- The public has expressed concern over the lighter sentence which was passed by a Harare magistrate on a local high school mathematics teacher who was filmed brutally assaulting a Lower Sixth student.

Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga yesterday ordered Talent Chingwaru (39), a teacher at Harare Einstein Tuition Centre, to perform 630 hours of unpaid work at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals starting today.

Chingwaru was initially jailed for 36 months, but 18 months were set aside for five years on condition of good behaviour.

The remaining months were commuted to 630 hours of community service.
Chingwaru was convicted on his own plea of guilt and immediately appealed for a lighter sentence from the court, saying he was emotionally stressed when he committed the offence.
Shambadzeni Fungura, appearing for the State, had called for a custodial sentence that deters would-be offender.

People wanted the abusive teacher to be given a custodial sentence.
-Herald

By A Correspondent-Female urban groove music pioneer, Betty Makaya, has resurfaced.

The Kurwizi hitmaker made announced her come back on her Facebook page Monday.

“I can’t wait to see you guys this 30th of October @recharge_braai_lounge alongside @djtira & my brother @noxguni,” she posted.

Betty, who has been silent for a while, is now based in South Africa. She is most known for her track Usipo, and a 2000 collaboration called Kurwizi which she did with late Urban Grooves singer, Jamal Mataure. Both songs were produced by Mutare based Tonderai Music Corporation (TMC).

 She has has also done collaborations with Alexio Kawara and Langton Deo.

By A Correspondent- One of the pioneer leaders of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Southern and Central Africa, Elizabeth Sibanda has died, aged 79.

Sibanda succumbed to diabetes at a private clinic in Bulawayo on Thursday last week and will be buried on Wednesday at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo.

Reverend Morgan Sengwayo founded the AFM of Southern and Central Africa in 1955.

Sibanda’s daughter, Ordinance M’ckarm, described her late mother as a visionary church leader. She said:

She was a dedicated church elder and leader who played a crucial role both in church and in our family.

My mother was a pillar of strength, a humble person full compassionate and a defender of the faith, who showed selfless dedication to the old-time religion.

She was a visionary church leader who had a spiritual calling to assist vulnerable groups.

She also advocated for the inclusion of youths and women and in church decision making processes.

Sibanda together with her husband, Reverend Richard Sibanda were one of the pioneers who worked with Rev Sengwayo during the church’s formative years.

She was actively involved in the missionary trips dating back to the mid-1950s, which saw the church spreading its wings to the SADC region.

More: Chronicle

By A Correspondent- One of the pioneer leaders of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Southern and Central Africa, Elizabeth Sibanda has died, aged 79.

Sibanda succumbed to diabetes at a private clinic in Bulawayo on Thursday last week and will be buried on Wednesday at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo.

Reverend Morgan Sengwayo founded the AFM of Southern and Central Africa in 1955, and MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is one of the pastors in the church.

Sibanda’s daughter, Ordinance M’ckarm, described her late mother as a visionary church leader. She said:

She was a dedicated church elder and leader who played a crucial role both in church and in our family.

My mother was a pillar of strength, a humble person full compassionate and a defender of the faith, who showed selfless dedication to the old-time religion.

She was a visionary church leader who had a spiritual calling to assist vulnerable groups.

She also advocated for the inclusion of youths and women and in church decision making processes.

Sibanda together with her husband, Reverend Richard Sibanda were one of the pioneers who worked with Rev Sengwayo during the church’s formative years.

She was actively involved in the missionary trips dating back to the mid-1950s, which saw the church spreading its wings to the SADC region.

More: Chronicle

By A Correspondent-The relationship between musician Jah Prayzah and Zanu PF has reportedly become sour after the ruling party allegedly decided to shut out the musician from its events, Standard Style can reveal.

Jah Prayzah was once a darling of the so called second republic and had his album Kutonga Kwaro used as the soundtrack to the military coup, which ousted the late former president Robert Mugabe, who was replaced by his former deputy Emerson Mnangagwa.

The relationship between the ruling party and Jah Prayzah is said to have been fading, having reached a boiling point when the lanky chanter headlined a lavish birthday party in Cape Town organised by Mugabe’s son-in-law, Adam Molai.

The event was attended by exiled politicians linked to G-40, including Saviour Kasukuwere and Patrick Zhuwao, among other former Mugabe loyalists.

Upon arrival from the Cape Town gig, Jah Prayzah and Killer T were detained at the Robert Mugabe International Airport.

Security agents at the airport accused the two artistes and their band members of possessing fake Covid-19 certificates, despite their pleas that the documents were legitimate.

A source within the ruling party told Standard Style last week that the Kutonga Kwaro hit maker will not be featuring at events linked to the government or Zanu PF.

“A resolution was made after Jah Prayzah’s actions and his loyalty became questionable,” said the source.

-Standard

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has dismissed the notion that Zanu PF has a strong support base in rural areas.

President Chamisa says he is now practically staying in the rural areas as the vibrant leader seeks to identify the needs and challenges of villagers across the country.

President Chamisa, quoted by NewsDay said:
“I now stay in rural areas, I only visit Harare
I will be in another area this week because the challenges are in the rural areas. We have problems with water, infrastructure and a whole lot of issues, and that’s why at one point, we had a whole ministry dedicated to that. It’s only that they did not understand its importance.

For one to understand rural problems, you have to stay with them (rural people), and I personally grew up in the village and that is where I am staying and am only visiting Harare so that I understand more of what needs to be done.”

He added:
“Violence is an instrument of the weak and losing. Nobody deploys violence in their strongholds, never. It’s a lie that Zanu PF has a rural stronghold, I have seen it.

The relic (of Zanu PF) is terror, weaponisation of food aid and Zanu PF support programmes. That is their only life support. They have no organic connection with the masses, vakapiwa gupuro (they were divorced by the masses).”

By A Correspondent- Several gold dealers have lost thousands of dollars to armed robbers.

In a statement Monday, the Zimbabwe Republic Police said these separate robbery incidents happened over the weekend.

Below is the ZRP statement on the robbery

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has noted with concern the number of people being targeted by robbers while keeping large sums of cash in their homes, vehicles or business premises. In some cases, the cash will be proceeds from illegal activities such as illegal gold mining.
On 16th October 2021 at around 0200 hours ten unidentified suspects pounced at a 70-year-old mine owner’s homestead at Colleen Bawn, Gwanda where they attacked two of his family members before stealing US$40 000-00 cash and a cell phone.
On the same date, the suspects went to a nearby homestead where they stole ZAR 310 000-00 cash, two cellphones, as well as car keys of an unregistered Ford Ranger pickup vehicle from a couple, suspected to be involved in illegal gold dealings.
The suspects cut the perimeter fence using an unknown object and broke into the house through the kitchen door before they demanded cash from the complainants.
On 17th October 2021 at about 0000 hours, a 32-year-old man was robbed of US$5 000-00 after he was intercepted by four suspects who were in a Honda Fit vehicle registration number AEQ 7448 while driving a Mercedes Benz C180 along Leopold Takawira Road in Bulawayo.
The suspects produced an unidentified pistol before they dragged the complainant out of the vehicle and took the money which was in a glove compartment in the dashboard.
In a related case which occurred on 17th October 2021 at around 0915 hours, in Patchway, Kadoma, two unknown suspects, armed with an unidentified rifle attacked the two shop attendants before getting away with US$3 777-00 and ZWL 8 000-00 which was in an unlocked cashbox. The owner of the shop is an accredited gold buyer.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of the suspects.
Anyone with information should contact the National Complaints Desk on (0242) 703631, Bulawayo Operations on 0292 273547 Harare Operations on (0242) 748836 or Police General Headquarters WhatsApp number 071 2 800 197 or report at any nearest Police Station.

By A Correspondent-Sakunda Holdings boss, Kuda Tagwirei has pledged to renovate the Highlanders’ offices.

Tagwirei pledged on Sunday and said that work to revamp the offices would start immediately.

Tagwirei visited the Bosso offices in Bulawayo on Sunday morning in the company of Deputy Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Tino Machakaire and Sakunda Holdings executives and held a meeting with the club’s executive committee and board.

During the meeting, Tagwirei promised to immediately renovate the club’s offices and pledged his continued support for the club. He said:

I would like to appreciate the work that has been done by Ndumiso Gumede and the team to have these offices.

I have looked at the offices and seen how dilapidated they are. We will be making arrangements such that the renovation of the offices starts on Monday.

He said when he recovered from sickness, he was informed about the dire financial situation at the former Premier League champions and decided to help. Said Tagwirei:

I was down with sickness for some months and when l came back, they told me about the situation at Highlanders and we decided to come in and help.

Primarily it was Highlanders that we wanted to assist and later on, Dynamos came into the picture.

I believe Highlanders should continue as a community team. This is the best model for the team and we will assist where we can.

Highlanders’ board chairman Luke Mnkandla thanked Sakunda for its timely support, which came when the club needed it most.

Sakunda recently announced a sponsorship package for both Dynamos and Highlanders, with US$420 000 towards payment of salaries for players and the technical team and each club receiving US$60 000 each year for signing-on fees.

There is US$200 000 for Bosso or DeMbare if they win the league title and a US$150 000 bonus for qualifying for the CAF Champions League.

-State media

By A Correspondent- A Gwanda based gold deal has lost US$40 000 to armed robbers.

In a statement Monday, the Zimbabwe Republic Police said the incident happened over the weekend.

Below is the ZRP statement on the robbery

The Zimbabwe Republic Police has noted with concern the number of people being targeted by robbers while keeping large sums of cash in their homes, vehicles or business premises. In some cases, the cash will be proceeds from illegal activities such as illegal gold mining.
On 16th October 2021 at around 0200 hours ten unidentified suspects pounced at a 70-year-old mine owner’s homestead at Colleen Bawn, Gwanda where they attacked two of his family members before stealing US$40 000-00 cash and a cell phone.
On the same date, the suspects went to a nearby homestead where they stole ZAR 310 000-00 cash, two cellphones, as well as car keys of an unregistered Ford Ranger pickup vehicle from a couple, suspected to be involved in illegal gold dealings.
The suspects cut the perimeter fence using an unknown object and broke into the house through the kitchen door before they demanded cash from the complainants.
On 17th October 2021 at about 0000 hours, a 32-year-old man was robbed of US$5 000-00 after he was intercepted by four suspects who were in a Honda Fit vehicle registration number AEQ 7448 while driving a Mercedes Benz C180 along Leopold Takawira Road in Bulawayo.
The suspects produced an unidentified pistol before they dragged the complainant out of the vehicle and took the money which was in a glove compartment in the dashboard.
In a related case which occurred on 17th October 2021 at around 0915 hours, in Patchway, Kadoma, two unknown suspects, armed with an unidentified rifle attacked the two shop attendants before getting away with US$3 777-00 and ZWL 8 000-00 which was in an unlocked cashbox. The owner of the shop is an accredited gold buyer.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of the suspects.
Anyone with information should contact the National Complaints Desk on (0242) 703631, Bulawayo Operations on 0292 273547 Harare Operations on (0242) 748836 or Police General Headquarters WhatsApp number 071 2 800 197 or report at any nearest Police Station.

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has resolved to set up more than 900 voter registration units countrywide ahead of the delimitation process set for next year.

This follows an outcry by members of the public who have been failing to access ZEC offices where voter registration is ongoing.

ZEC had also bemoaned the low uptake of voter registration that may affect the delimitation exercise which is expected next year.

Delimitation is the process of dividing the country into constituencies and wards for the purposes of elections of persons to Parliament and councils. The process is carried out in terms of sections 160 and 161 of the Constitution.

Delimitation involves coming up with a minimum threshold of registered voters to make the country’s 210 National Assembly constituencies and is conducted using the number of registered voters in an administrative jurisdiction.

Speaking during a virtual discussion on elections, ZEC spokesperson Commissioner Joyce Kazembe said lack of access was affecting voter registration of women who are a majority of voters.

“We have more than 90 districts in the country and people have been struggling to access identity cards needed before they can register. We have therefore decided to set up more than 900 biometric voter registration units so that we go to the people and give them a chance to register,” she said

By A Correspondent- Police at the weekend raided a house in Kuwadzana, which was hosting a s-x party, and arrested several people.

Below are the names of the people who were arrested at the sodom and Gomora bash:
Luis Zvanhasi (24), Daniel Divala (23), Alexio Chibanda(41), Munashe Masawi(25), Praisemore Makuni(39), Samuel Makore(37), Paul Nhodza(35), Reyn Mabva(35), Mark Tafirenyika(32), Edward Kanengoni(29).

Thokozani Tshuma(24), Shylet Simba(36), Lucia Nyakutsikwa(36), Loveness Zindi(34), Sithathisiwe Kufa(21)

By A Correspondent- The Harare high school mathematics teacher who was filmed brutally assaulting a Lower Sixth student has been ordered to perform 630 hours of community service by a Harare magistrate.

Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga ordered Talent Chingwaru (39), a teacher at Harare Einstein Tuition Centre, to perform 630 hours of unpaid work at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals starting tomorrow morning.

Chingwaru was initially jailed for 36 months but 18 months were set aside for five years on condition of good behaviour.

The remaining months were commuted to 630 hours of community service.
Chingwaru was convicted on his own plea of guilt and immediately appealed for a lighter sentence from the court, saying he was emotionally stressed when he committed the offence.
Shambadzeni Fungura, appearing for the State, had called for a custodial sentence that deters would-be offender.
-Herald

Tinashe Sambiri|The freedom train led by President Nelson Chamisa is unstoppable, MDC Alliance Namibia has said.

On Sunday MDC Alliance Namibia members met in Walvis Bay to discuss recruitment and mobilization strategies.

President Chamisa is holding key meetings with stakeholders across the country.

See MDC Alliance Namibia statement:

Mdc Alliance Namibia District successfully converged in Walvis Bay today( Sunday) as part of the #Citizens Convergence for Change.

The whole district met to recruit and radicalise more social democrats so that they can join the freedom train led by President Advocate Nelson Chamisa. At the Bay social democrats concur kuty #NgaapindeHakeMukomana.

Thank you Namibia for tirelessly fighting for the change that delivers.

By A Correspondent- The man who broke out of Harare Remand Prison was last week sentenced to a four-year effective jail term.

The now convict Sam Muropa pleaded guilty to escaping from lawful custody before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko who sentenced him to five years in prison and suspended one year on condition that he doesn’t commit a similar offence in the next five years.

Muropa had been placed in custody to answer to 21 counts of rape and robbery when he escaped.

The court had that Muropa connived with two prison officers Ngonidzashe Munhuuripi and Simbarashe Machekere who facilitated his escape by hiding him in a bathroom in the yard and later took him into the reception where they fetched his clothes on the pretext that he had been granted bail.

Munhuuripi reportedly assisted Muropa to lay concrete pillars and a chair against the pre-cast wall which Muropa climbed and was a free man.

Muropa was picked up by a taxi in Enterprise Road and was re-arrested in Kuwadzana after stealing a car.

Meanwhile, the man who attempted to flee from court on Wednesday was sentenced to nine months in prison, three of which were suspended on condition that he doesn’t commit a similar offence in the next five years, six months are effective.

The now convict Cuthbert Chidemo fled from the police officers who brought him to court and hid in the basement where he was arrested after a manhunt.

Chidemo was being charged for unlawful entry when he was initially brought to court.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board chairman Martin Dinha said that a new fleet of locomotives, wagons and coaches should be equipping the parastatal’s fleet by year-end, with ZUPCO trains to be soon rolled out to all other cities where there was a railway network.

Dinha made the remarks at the commemorations of the Southern African Railway Association safety week in Gweru on Sunday. He said:

Recently, we witnessed the introduction of ZUPCO trains to cushion commuters and the response has been overwhelming from members of the public.

We launched the ZUPCO trains in Harare and soon we will be introducing this in Bulawayo and here in Gweru as we look to revamp our railway transport system.

He also said NRZ has now managed to clear its salary arrears backdated to 2009. Said Dinha:

We have cleared all the salary areas and restructured the top management as well. We had salary arrears backdated to 2009 but we managed to clear.

Our appeal, however, is for the Government to waiver the requirement for the parastatal paying some statutory remittances like the ZIMRA for it to grow and get back on its feet.

For now, we are still to get to our feet but the significant strides being made to turn around the parastatal are being noted.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development Mike Madiro, who was the guest of honour at the function, said the Government was committed to turning around the fortunes at NRZ.

He, however, was unhappy over high levels of vandalism on railway infrastructure by thieves and even artisanal miners burrowing under the lines.

The railway transport safety week which is commemorated annually in Southern Africa was run under the theme: “Zero Compromise, Zero accident, Zero harm”.

A Harare school teacher who last week caused a social media stir after he was filmed brutally bashing a Lower Sixth student pleaded guilty to assault charges when he appeared in court on Saturday.

Michael Freeman Chingwaru (39), a teacher at Harare Einstein Tuition Centre, was represented by Advocate Joshua Chirambwe instructed by Mukudzei Moyo.

Chingwaru told Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga that although he pleaded guilty to the charges, he had committed the offence while he was overwhelmed by anger due to the student’s misbehaviour.

He said when he brutally beat up the student, he was suffering from a toothache, which was stressing him and as a result, he failed to control his anger.

Taruvinga postponed the matter for sentencing to today as there was need for the complainant’s medical affidavit to be availed to the State.

Allegations are that on October 14, Chingwaru assaulted an 18-year-old student, who later made a report at Harare Central Police Station.

State papers allege that the Lower Sixth student was found in an “O” Level classroom watching movies during lesson time and he ordered him to go back to his class.

Instead, the student allegedly went to a biology classroom where he coincidentally met the same teacher. A harsh exchange of words ensued, resulting in the teacher assaulting the learner.

– NewsDay