By A Correspondent| The sun has set for legendary preacher and former Radio 2 presenter, Gift “The Praying Mantis” Mabhaudi.

Mabhaudhi was 68.

According to family sources, Mabhaudhi died on Friday morning.

His son, Rowdy, posted on Twitter:

My father Mufundisi Mabaudhi, most of you know him from radio programmes, Zvidzidzo Zvebhaiberi, ChiKritsu neTsika, Sunday Morning Service. He is no more. I’m not okay!”

ZCC secretary-general Kenneth Mtata described Mabhaudhi as a highly celebrated indigenous clergyman whose messages inspired thousands.

By A Correspondent- An alleged philandering man from Chivi died after he was stabbed to death by his lover’s husband. The suspicious husband lured the cheating man into an elaborately planned ambush before pouncing on him and stabbing him several times, leading to his death.

iHarare has learned from the Zimbabwe Republic Police that the alleged killer has been identified as 25-year-old Laurey Tafirei from Madungwe Village in Chivi. The deceased’s identity has not yet been released. The police only confirmed that he was 36-years-old.

According to the police, Tafirei suspected that his wife was having an adulterous affair with the deceased. He then plotted to lure him into an ambush in order to exact his revenge.

Tafirei then took control of his wife’s phone and impersonated her in text messages with her alleged lover. While pretending to be his wife, he informed the now deceased that he wanted to spend some quality time with him.

He then directed the deceased to a secluded place for the illicit rendezvous. The deceased, who was unsuspecting, duly showed up at the rendezvous spot where Tafirei was lying in wait.

Tafirei allegedly stabbed him several times. After killing the cheating man, Tafirei went on the run and is yet to be apprehended.

In an update on the crime, the police said,

The ZRP is investigating a case of murder which occurred in Madungwe Village, Chivi on 15/10/21, where a Laurey Tafirei (25) stabbed his wife’s boyfriend (36) after seeing a love message on his spouse’s cellphone.

The suspect chatted using the wife’s cellphone inviting the unwary victim to a secluded place near a borehole and stabbed him on the back and chest. Meanwhile, Police have launched a manhunt for the suspect who disappeared after committing the offence.

By A Correspondent| Fifteen police officers, who were arrested on Wednesday, have been taken to court for allegedly disrupting a Zanu PF meeting and assaulting party members in Bindura, Mashonaland Central province, two weeks ago.

The 15 were taken to court yesterday to answer to a charge of public violence. They were thrown into cells in police uniform, according to police sources.

Dick Wisdom Mhonda (38), Munyaradzi Mwaka Marowa (32), Tatenda Bradwell Makuvaza (28), Ndlela Madhenkosi (29), Darlington Tsikai (34), Evidence Kusemwaenda (33), Yeukai Beatrice Guvamombe (36), Allex Zviramwa (43), Raymond Guveya (35), Trymore Nyambo (37), Tawanda Chakanyuka (32), Martin Mutize (32), Victor Sibanda (34), Emmanuel Timoti (39) and Brian Hlahla (41) are all from Bindura Rural Police Station.

Part of the charge sheet read: “On October 5, 2021, at Mupandira Business Centre, Musana, Bindura, the accused, who are police officers and their accomplices, who are still at large, went to the place of occurrence armed with batons and tear canisters.

“The accused also had two police dogs and were driving in three private motor vehicles, a Honda Fit, a Nissan Vanette belonging to Lloyd Chiropa, who is still outstanding, and a Nissan Sunny belonging to accused number one.

“The accused were numbering 18. Upon arrival at the business centre, the accused, without being provoked, disembarked from the motor vehicles and indiscriminately assaulted the complainants using batons.”

The charge sheet further read: “The accused also set the police dogs and released tear smoke on the complainants which caused pandemonium at the business centre. By so doing, the accused forcibly and, to a serious extent, disturbed peace, security or order of the public and invaded the rights of the complainants.

“The complainants sustained varying degrees of injuries and were referred to hospital for treatment. The medical
reports can be produced as evidence.”

They appeared before Bindura magistrate Tinashe Ndokera with prosecutor Clement Kuwanda saying the 15 did not deserve bail because as police officers they were conversant with the country’s porous borders, which makes them potential flight risks.

They were remanded in custody to today for bail ruling.

Some of the complainants, the police said, were old and disabled, hence the moral blameworthiness of the accused was very high.

According to police sources, the 15 were arrested for bashing Zanu PF supporters who were at a district restructuring meeting at the business centre.

This was after three of their members had been beaten up by ruling party supporters while trying to arrest a suspect, who is believed to be a Zanu PF member.

“Three police officers went to arrest a wanted person and upon arresting, people from the village including the accused began to attack the police, leading to one of the police officers getting seriously injured,” a police source said.

“The other police officers then reacted in a bid to arrest the culprits, so in the process interrupted a Zanu PF meeting. Now the police are under fire for reacting and disrupting Zanu PF elections. Things have turned nasty.”- NewsDay

By A Correspondent- Civil servants who defied government’s order to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should not report for duty starting Monday, their employer said yesterday.

The civil servants will also be denied their salaries and allowances.

Though it could not be immediately established how many civil servants will be affected by the order, there are fears that thousands have not been vaccinated due to logistical challenges, religion and other factors.

Government, through a gazette of September 17, gave its workers until yesterday to get jabbed, failure which will result in them being barred from work, forfeiting their salaries and allowances.

COVID-19 chief co-ordinator in the President’s Office, Agnes Mahomva, said no unvaccinated civil servants would be allowed at work starting Monday until they get their doses.

She said the move was not meant to punish, but to protect the general public.

“Everybody is following Statutory Instrument 234 of 2021 and legally, that is what is binding everyone. So, whether there are any other decisions that come later but for now, everybody is bound by the law,” Mahomva said.

“People might appeal, talk about this and so on but within the timelines of the law, that is what is on the ground now. It’s like saying someone should have a licence, but have someone saying he or she is appealing not to have one.

“As long as that law is there, it is the one speaking to what is on the ground. We just need to abide by the law and if the people haven’t, they stay home according to the law and if something changes, it will be communicated as usual.

“It is really genuinely trying to say, look, you have to be protected, not to say, we want people not to work as punishment. Government is taking health as a priority.”

Information permanent secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana said the civil servants who refuse to be vaccinated would be subjected to disciplinary action.

“D-Day for civil servants (as) today is the deadline for civil servants to get vaccinated or be barred from the workplace and not get paid while so barred,” Mangwana said.

“Those who refuse to be fully vaccinated shall be subject to disciplinary action for refusing to obey a lawful instruction,” he added.

But civil servants described the move as grossly unfair.

Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions secretary-general David Dzatsunga described the move as victimisation.

“When it comes to workers, it should be a product of dialogue. Let us sit down and agree on how this can be administered so that we don’t have victimisation,” he said.

“You cannot just make pronouncements that affect people without involving them. You cannot use a counterproductive command approach on such issues. It can have a disruptive effect and is clear victimisation.”

Last month, government said it would force unvaccinated civil servants and teachers to resign in a bid to ramp up the uptake of COVID-19 jabs.

Meanwhile, Mahomva told a Science Café in Harare that Zimbabwe’s vaccination programme has been marred by setbacks despite being viewed as one of the best in Africa.

She said the challenges were mainly technical with human resources leading the toll.

“The vaccination programme has been doing much better but it has its own challenges, we will never lie about it. We have challenges with human resources,” she said.

There has been widespread criticism of the programme which started in February this year as a control measure to the deadly global pandemic that has been ravaging the world since December 2019.

“In terms of our resources, we said we need to look at financing mechanisms that are innovative. We had budgeted for US$100 million but we have used more than that. I’m glad to say we have used more than US$127 million and we did wait on donors, though we did some paperwork for that,” she said.

More than 2,4 million people are fully vaccinated against a set target of 10 million.- NewsDay

Source : MDC Alliance

1)Ezra Chadzamira lorry was used by Cde Shangwa to ferry makorokoza and m*hure from Mashava to Charumbira area.

These are the people who were mainly at Gwengavi intersection where President Nelson Chamisa’s entourage was stoned.

2)Godfrey Mukungunugwa Chivi RDC chairman.He was seen organising and instructing Youth at Zaoga church ward 5 in Masvingo City.

These are the youths whose pictures were awash on social media. He bought bread , cold drinks and hotstaff for the youths

3)Clr Mahwende of ward 6 Masvingo City was seen distributing placards at Pangolin tower light. He personally visited Mr Sitemere’s house to disturb Executive meeting.He contributed beer and drinks.

4)Clr Manyanga ward 10 Masvingo City.He was the “recruitment officer” of youths in Masvingo City. He identified the hardcore violence masters from the 10 wards and he assembled the killing machine.

5)Nhamoinesu Nemanwa a village head near Chirichoga Secondary school in Charumbira area. He was responsible for recruiting hardcore violence masters from Manyama and surrounding gold panning mines in the area.He was the commander of the biggest group of violence team stationed at Nemanwa turnoff in Charumbira area.

6)Mai Shangwa a horrible , cruel and violent hardened Chief Charumbira area villager.She is a Chadzamira righthand woman.Very unpopular in Chief Charumbira area .

7)Givhasi a rankmarshal at Croco Masvingo Harare-Byo passanger pick up point.He stays in Ward 1 of Masvingo. Currently he sleep in an ironsheet and scrap metal framed shelter behind Shushine Garage.Very boastful of his violent behavior against MDC Alliance people.

8)Tonderai a Zicosu GZU student ZanuPF leader.He is a son of a Zimbabwe National Army father.He is beer patron at Majange Business Centre in Masvingo ward 6.He is like a son to ward 6 councilor Mahwende. Clr Mahwende fund his violent behavior by buying him beer.

List to be continued…

Below is the brief interaction between Simba Chikanza (SC) and an unwitting ZRP Provincial boss Assistant Commissioner Florence Marume, who ended up titling him her mother’s son.

https://youtu.be/8M6EFFAIwNI

This was early Thursday afternoon, concerning the violence against MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa.

SC: Hello, Hello, Ass Comm Marume.

AM: Makadini?

SC: I am in the hospital I have been given your message.

Have you phoned vaChinamasa, they are requiring information to understand the program against Nelson Chamisa, so it can be spread to the provinces

AM: Who am I talking to?

SC: Are you hearing me?

AM: I don’t know the person I am talking to.

SC: This phone, this phone. I’m in the hospital.

AM: Who am I talking to?

SC: I am in the hospital.

AM: Who is it?

SC: Ass Comm. Ass Comm.

AM: Who are you?

SC: Phone vaChinamasa, did you phone, phone vaChinamasa?

AM: Who are you?

SC: Ass Comm, you are not hearing me?

AM: But who are you?

SC: Comrade, comrade Marume, it’s Simba-neuta,

It’s Simba-neuta!

It’s Simba-neuta!

Do you not have my number in your phone?

AM: I don’t have it

SC: Phone vaChinamasa, he wants the program for Chamisa so to spread it to other provinces.

AM: Send me his numbers, send me his numbers.

SC: Did you hear him on ZBC, did you hear him thanking you for blocking Chamisa?

AM: Ehe-Yes.

Send me his numbers

SC: Check in your phone right now, just as you cut this phone call.

AM: Alright

SC: AssComm Marume, are you hearing me?

PHONE CUT.

Chikanza calls her again.

SC: Hello Ass Comm, did you find them did you find them?

Ensure that you phone him right now, he said that you must call him on his direct line, AssComm

AM: I heard you my mother’s son. Once you’ve sent me I will phone.

SC: AssComm.

AM: I heard you.

SC: It’s been said you must call him before 1 p.m. today.

AM: Alright let me phone.

SC: Also it’s been said that there are boys coming from ZBC to the Mucheke Hall today. So it’s been said you must be there because on that other plan of following Chamisa everywhere you must be there to coordinate information to all provinces, so they said you must not forget. They were actually busy at the time together with mukuru- the president.

AM: Let me actually jump into it right now.

SC: isn’t it? Have you seen the message?

AM: Once you’ve cut the phone I will check

SC: Okay.

SC: There is a video from ZBC in which he is thanking you for blocking Chamisa. If you watch it first on the internet or on your TV, you watch it so that when you do your program at the Michele Hall, your wording will be structured and you don’t make mistakes.

AM: Alright my mother’s son.

SC: Okay.

Ass Comm Marume!

AM: Yes

SC: Ass Comm Marume! I am called Simba Chikanza, I am a newsman at ZimEye, what you did to Chamisa what you admitted there, was actually a crime, so now I have put you on a live broadcast; so right now people are seeing your phone number and I’m going to advertise your,

-PHONE CUT-

SC: This is Ass Comm Marume, Assistant Commissioner Marume, and she is also in the Women’s League, so this is the Provincial Women’s League, executive, and this is her name that we see here.

She has just there confirmed she was responsible for sabotaging Nelson Chamisa. Secretary for Legal Affairs for ZANU PF party, and she is the Assistant Commissioner for the ZRP in Masvingo. That is who she is there. She has several cases before. She used to be in Mutare, where she served as Dispol for Mutate District and at one time she got someone charged for merely insulting her; over a WhatsApp insult.

And what I did there, I just called her and I’ve also displayed her number; legal experts may obtain this number and save this live video for legal purposes and also UN agencies may also use this live video as a reference. I’ve called assistant commissioner Florence Marume in the public interest due to the brutalities that happened and one person is in hospital right now; one of Nelson Chamisa’s aides and.. today is the 14th of October, it is 11:26 in the United Kingdom, in Zimbabwe it is 12:26.

And the type of operation that I’ve done there are you is one in which you simply talk to a sauce but one you have positively identified notified and you can show evidence that they are actually committing a crime…

– ZimEye.net

By A Correspondent- The High court nullified the self appointment of Alfred Mwazha and Paul Mwazha is to retain to his position as the Archbishop.

His brothers  filed an appeal at the Supreme court in a bid to restore peace and end the succession disputes that has been going on since last year.

The ruling  was delivered bythe supreme court judges Justices Susan Mavangira, Tendai Uchena and George Chiweshe.

Mavangira said:

“The  High Court’s decision is to be upheld as the note written by Mwazha did not specifically name Alfred as the successor”.

Alfred had publicly announced himself as the successor to Archbishop Paul Mwazha and purported to have taken over the reigns of the church, soures claimed.

By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF councillor Kiven Mutimbanyoka was yesterday sworn in as Chitungwiza deputy mayor at a colourful ceremony that was snubbed by opposition councillors.

He replaces Musa Mukweza who was recalled by the MDC-Alliance.

Clr Mutimbanyoka took the oath of office before Chitungwiza acting town clerk Mrs Evangelista Machona promising to make the town great again.

“I am glad to have been sworn in as the deputy mayor at a programme that was well attended without any glitches. I want to thank the people for having faith in me.

“Having bestowed all the trust in me I will do everything possible to make sure that the inhabitants of Chitungwiza are accorded the best in terms of service delivery,” he said.

Clr Mutimbanyoka said his focus was only on delivering, serving the people and to make Chitungwiza great again.

“My team and I are going to work tirelessly in making sure that things happen in Chitungwiza.

The culture of doing business at the council should change in a positive way such that our people will appreciate and feel compelled to pay the bills knowing fully well that the hard earned money is going towards service delivery,” he said.

The deputy mayor also pledged to work harmoniously with everyone willing and interested to make sure that the town changes for the better.

“We are here to serve and work for the people. Failure, we should be held accountable. I thank residents for the support they are rendering to us as the councillors.

“We need to just work together as a team, as a team we are definitely going to win,” he said.

Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo appointed Clr Mutimbanyoka saying the council had failed to do so, or had neglected to appoint a deputy mayor in terms of Section 104 of the Urban Councils Act.

With the lack of action by the council, with an MDC majority, the minister was then responsible for the appointment.

“In terms Section 104 of the Urban Council’s Act I hereby appoint Kiven Mutimbanyoka ward 13 councillor as the deputy mayor for Chitungwiza Municipality with immediate effect,” he said.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- A Harare magistrate has deferred to Monday the ruling on whether Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife Marry Mubaiwa is fit to stand trial on allegations of fraudulently acquiring a marriage certificate while her husband was bedridden.

On Monday, the State claimed doctors who examined Mubaiwa said she was fit to stand trial, a claim denied by her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa.

Magistrate Lazini Ncube summoned Mubaiwa’s personal doctor to give a second opinion on her health condition.

Mubaiwa is accused of trying to fraudulently obtain an upgraded marriage certificate without Chiwenga’s consent while he was bedridden.

The couple had been married for eight years under Zimbabwe’s customary law.

Supreme Court judge Justice George Chiweshe, who is a retired soldier, and former chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi, who is now a High Court judge, are witnesses in the matter.-newsday

By A Correspondent- The High Court has released land developer Felix Munyaradzi from remand in a case in which he was accused of defeating the course of justice.

The complainant in the matter was police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza.

Munyaradzi had challenged his placement on remand after being accused of interfering with witnesses in the case Makodza had reported him for fraud.

Magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guvuriro had dismissed the application challenging placement on remand, forcing Munyaradzi to seek a review of her ruling.

But Justice David Mangota ordered that Muchuchuti-Guvuriro’s ruling be set aside.

“It is ordered that the decision of the first respondent (Muchuchuti-Guvuriro) delivered on the 20th March 2021 under CRB HRE 1893/21 be and is hereby reviewed and set aside. The placement of the applicant on remand be and is hereby revoked and each party to bear its own costs,” Justice Mangota ruled.

Allegations were that sometime in July 2020, Makodza made a report of fraud against Munyaradzi after he resold stand number 1315 Sandton Mt Hampden, Harare, which he had sold to the complainant.

Munyaradzi was arrested and taken to court, where he was released on bail by the High Court.

His bail conditions were not to interfere with State witnesses, but according to the State, in January this year, on a date unknown to the prosecutor, Munyaradzi allegedly sent some people including Shadreck Homera to influence the complainant to withdraw the charges and have an out of court settlement in the fraud case.

Justice Mangota absolved Munyaradzi.

Last week, Munyaradzi was also acquitted by the High Court on a charge of bribery.

By A Correspondent| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has said the Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa is sponsoring violence and acts of hooliganism.

President Chamisa’s vehicles were attacked by Zanu PF thugs while there was an attempt to assassinate him in Chiredzi on Tuesday.

The MDC Alliance leader described the attack on party members as stone age hooliganism.

He wrote on Twitter:
THE RISE OF VIGILANTISM IN ZIMBABWE..Zpf vigilante groups have immunity & impunity.They’re state assisted & protected in their acts of terrorism & unlawful operations.The stoning of cars,violence &barricading of roads is criminal,stone-age& primitive hooliganism.Peace is fragile!

How is this possible in an ‘independent country’ with a ‘liberated people?

Below an MDC Alliance official relates how Zanu PF hooligans attacked him…

By A Correspondent- The Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministry founder Walter Magaya is facing a fresh headache as rape charges takes new twist. 

This comes after the Supreme Court has thrown away the appeal made by the clergy man that sought to stop investigation into his rape cases by the Zimbabwe Gender Commission. 

In a land mark ruling handed by the Supreme Court Judge, Justice Patel, the Zimbabwe Gender Commission is authorized by the constitution to investigate any cases that the Commission feels have impact on gender, sexually harassment or similar cases in the event that complainants with draw. 

Sometime in 2018 several rape cases were reported against the clergyman, with most of those cases dying a natural death after witnesses and victims withdrew the cases. 

It was that point that the Zimbabwe Gender Commission sought to pursue the courts to go ahead with the investigations. 

At that point Prophet Magaya approached the Supreme Court to stop the commission from investigating him. 

However the Supreme Court has now ruled in favor of the commission. 

“The  court a quo concluded that the Commission, had, under s 7 of the Act, the power to conduct an investigation and, where the investigation reveals systemic barriers prejudicial to gender equality, etc, after informing the Minister, make a report to Parliament  on its findings. The court a quo found that there was no immediate impact on the appellant from the investigation as contemplated by the Commission,” read part of the judgement.

The clergyman is not new to court rooms as he has over the time being held in deck in connection with sexual harassment of his congregates.

By A Correspondent- Opposition MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is nothing like the late statesman Robert Mugabe and that he would “beat him” if a snap election was called today.

MDC Alliance leader Chamisa said that Mugabe at least had a bag of tricks at his disposal to win people over, but Mnangagwa wasn’t in the same league.

Though rallies are outlawed in the country because of Covid-19 lockdown measures, Chamisa seized an opportunity to visit Charumbira village in Masvingo to see the family of Joseph Mutema, a veteran member of his party who died in August this year. Addressing the gathering, Chamisa said:

That brother of mine who likes wearing a scarf [Mnangagwa], I can beat him [electorally] in broad daylight. Mugabe would at least confuse people with English, but this one, he can’t. He also can’t read, he has no vision. He’s unpopular, he has no friends.

Chamisa had a hard time getting to Mutema’s house as his convoy of 13 cars was attacked by unidentified assailants.

MDC Alliance claims it was Zanu-PF hooligans, with the help of the police, who were responsible.

Zanu-PF claimed the former ICT minister was attacked as he forced himself on “Villagers (who) did not want to be addressed by him [Chamisa] for obvious reasons.”

Sources in Zanu-PF told TimesLIVE there would be a fact-finding mission to establish how Chamisa managed to penetrate the area.

But information secretary Nick Mangwana said he found it strange that the political violence happens just a week before the UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of sanctions on the enjoyment of human rights is expected in Zimbabwe.

This is happening as Zimbabwe prepares for the 2023 elections.

By A Correspondent- The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has reported students’ results and payment history were deleted from the institution’s computer system after hackers injected malware into the system.

The malware also made the student portal inaccessible to many other students.

The malware attack at NUST has left many students and lecturers in a lurch as ICT experts at the institution have so far been unable to fix the system.

A third-year student at the institution told The Chronicle that the university was working on resolving the situation adding that the incident had a massive effect on students supposed to be going for attachment since NUST set deadlines for securing internships.

Another student expressed concern about the missing results, saying if the online system is not fixed, students will be forced to retake courses they have done already. Said the student:

I pray that our results will not change when the system is restored. When I managed to open my portal two days ago the results of my supplemented courses were no longer there.

I hope that can be resolved because if not I will have to re-register and re-write the same course again next year because special exams for final students this year have been written. It is my hope that the payment history does not get interrupted.

The university said that it is working flat out on rectifying the issue and fixing the online system, Navision. The institution added that mass registration for students and cleaning up exercise of their portals is underway.

Said the institution:

To ensure a successful graduation ceremony and smooth running of blended teaching and learning, the university has moved to the old system of processing students’ results.

The university urged students to exercise patience adding that it will be updating students about progress through the university website.-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Police in Harare have busted a social media criminal syndicate which has been targeting and luring schoolboys for sodomy.

Addressing journalists in the capital yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the perverts were using social media to induct young boys to sodomy and gay activities.

Nyathi said one of the suspects, Emmanuel Chatikobo alias Lemmie Gwaku (48) had been arrested and arraigned before the courts.

He said the other suspect, Richard Padzarondora (44), who was linked to the group passed away while police were still conducting investigations.

“The future of young stars is at stake and is threatened by this social media where we now have a group which is waylaying children at schools. In the process, boys are being abused and initiated into sodomy activities and gay activities,” Nyathi said.

Police said the case of a 16-year-old schoolboy (name withheld), who was kidnapped in Mbare, Harare, on June 29, 2021, opened the can of worms.

He said the boy was located by the Criminal Investigations Department detectives in Bulawayo on October 13, 2021, after being hidden by a member of the social media group, but has since been reunited with his parents while awaiting medical examinations and counselling.

“The group comprises both young and old who communicate mostly through Facebook and WhatsApp,” Nyathi said.

“The communication is discreet and leads to dating where sexual activities are conducted at certain lodges and houses. This group has some people who own businesses, people who live in these flashy suburbs and some people who live in towns throughout the country.”

Nyathi called on stakeholders, including parents and the community, to provide the police with information that could help them to the arrest of more suspects.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Bessie Ndlovu of Pumula South suburb is facing tough times at the hands of her daughter Monalisa Mabeza who labels her a witch and accuses her of having bewitched her.

Her wayward and furious daughter threatens to kill her.

Bessie said Monalisa comes home late at night and when she asks her where she would have been, Monalisa would hurl insults at her while telling her straight to her face that she was a witch and she bewitched her causing her to suffer bad luck.

Monalisa has an eight-month-old child and most of the times she does not sleep at home, she would come home on the following day at around 9am. When her mother asks her why she leaves the child unattended the whole night, she gets violent while threatening to assault her to death.

Fearing for her life, Bessie engaged the Western Commonage Civil Court so that her daughter would reform.

“I am applying for a protection order against my daughter Monalisa Mabeza. She accuses me of having bewitched her causing her to have bad luck and fail to make money.

The other problem with her is that she leaves behind her eight-month-old child and spends the night somewhere and would come in the following day at around 9am. When I ask her where she would have been, she insults me and threatens to kill me.

She even steals my clothes and plates and sells them,” she said.

The presiding magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube granted Bessie a protection order against her troublesome daughter.

Monalisa was ordered to refrain from verbally and emotionally abusing her mother.

And was ordered not to steal her mother’s plates and clothes.-BMetro

By Court Reporter | In a historic case, the Supreme Court Of Zimbabwe has ruled over the abuse of women involving the late Nigerian preacher, TB Joshua, that the investigation on his mentee, Walter Magaya must go ahead.

TB Joshua was in 2016 recorded while trying to subvert the court of justice on one of the Magaya victims in the verified-case of Zimbabwean woman, Angela Charakupa, and in Nigeria he himself had up to the time of his death, piles of children and older women who are complainants against him.

A long list of other women are complainants in cases reported on ZimEye since the unexplained sudden death of one of Magaya’s girlfriends in 2014, Chipo Chakanyuka. Following the latest three cases, Walter Magaya had taken the Gender Commission Of Zimbabwe to the Supreme Court.

On the 23rd August 2019, the Commission issued General Notice 1444 of 2019 on Walter Magaya which it published in the Government Gazette. The General Notice authorized the respondent to conduct an investigation into complaints of sexual abuse generally made against the appellant.

In response, on 3 September 2019, Magaya filed an application with the High Court for a review of the decision by the respondent to launch the investigation pursuant to the General Notice. He followed this up with an urgent chamber application in which he sought by way of interim relief an interdict against the conduct of the investigation by the respondent.

On 22 October 2019, the High Court dismissed the urgent chamber application with costs.

Magaya then appealed to the Supreme Court against that judgment.

He contended that he had good prospects of succeeding on the review and that his rights from the review process would be rendered nugatory if the investigations were not halted pending the review. His stance was that neither the Constitution nor the Act afforded the Commission the authority to conduct the contemplated investigation. To that extent, any investigation by the Commission constituted an illegality. He contended further that what the Commission intended from the published notice was outside its statutory mandate and as a result, Magaya was entitled to the protection of the law which he was seeking from the court.

But ruling against him, Supreme Court justices, Gowora, Patel and Uchena stated as follows:

I have read the lead judgment of my learned sister Gowora JA and consider it necessary to briefly analyse and address the nature of the relief sought by the appellant in the proceedings a quo.

            As regards this aspect, Gowora JA quite correctly observes that in the review application the principal relief sought is that the decision of the Commission in issuing the General Notice be set aside. Again, the provisional order sought in the urgent chamber application simply prays for the intended investigation of the appellant by the Commission in terms of the General Notice to be stayed. It is only in the final order sought that the appellant prays that the General Notice be declared null and void and of no force or effect. Consequently, my learned sister concludes that the appellant cannot seek to police lawful conduct through an interdict, given that the validity of the General Notice, which is presumed to be valid until it is set aside, has yet to be determined. In keeping with the case authorities cited and relied upon by Gowora JA, I fully agree that an interdict cannot ordinarily be granted against conduct that is prima facie lawful.

            Regrettably for the appellant, he has tactically miscalculated the nature of the relief that he sought in the urgent chamber application before the court a quo. He has also failed to correlate and align the draft order in the chamber application with the relief sought in the application for review pending before the High Court.

            In the final analysis, the applicant has failed to take into account the formidable hurdle presented by the rule that an interdict cannot in principle be granted against conduct that is prima facie lawful and carried out in terms of an extant statutory instrument that is presumed to be valid until it is duly set aside by a competent court that is properly seized with the question of its validity. In any case, as a matter of procedural correctness, the validity of the impugned General Notice could not properly have been an issue before the court a quo until the return day had arrived. By the same token, it cannot be properly ventilated before and determined by this Court on appeal against the judgment a quo. For these essentially technical reasons, I would agree with Gowora JA that the present appeal should not be allowed.     

By A Correspondent- A Chitungwiza woman was barred from her husband’s funeral which was moved from her house to the in-laws’.

Margaret Chinogurei, 44, was humiliated and ordered to watch her hubby’s burial from a distance.

Chinogurei’s mother in-law Annastancia Rhoda Bando was reported to have hurled vul_gar words that startled mourners and went on to accuse the former of bewitching her late son Vengai ‘Rambo’ Bando, 59.

Gogo Chinogurei went on to demand a beast and a goat from Chinogurei as fine so that she attends her husband’s funeral wake at the in-laws’ house.

Rambo, as he was affectionately known in soccer circles, was found dead at his house along Gunguwo Street in Zengeza 2 and postmortem results showed high blood pressure as cause of death.

Narrating her ordeal to H-Metro, Chinogurei said she was humiliated and pained as she was not allowed to take any part in her husband’s funeral proceedings.

“Ndakachemedzwa zvekufunga kuti dai ndakabereka mwana mukomana angadai akandirwira uye kumira neni,” said Chinogurei.

“My health has not been sound for some time and when I went to a pharmacy for medication, I found my husband dead.

“His relatives teamed up against me accusing me of bewitching my husband.

“We built the house together but his relatives decided to address mourners that they were changing place for mourning.

“I was ordered to remain outside gate at my mother-in-law’s house where they took my husband’s body to.

“They accused me of calling Gogo Bando a witch and asked me to pay a beast and a goat as fine to be allowed to enter her gate.

“After paying a goat they denied me access to the house but instead hired a woman they claimed was my husband’s second wife to be by Rambo’s coffin side.

“The woman was paid to mock me and I became a laughing stock at my own husband’s funeral.

“They went on to buy new clothes to dress the body describing me as a witch,” said Chinogurei.

The late Rambo’s neighbours told H-Metro that they had been denied access to the house and their contributions were not welcomed for sympathising with Chinogurei.

“Takaimbirwa karwiyo zvichinzi hatidi makunguwo pano vabva kunaGunguwo Street ngavabve pano pane zvipfukuto,” said one of the neighbours.

Rambo’s younger brother Tawanda Bando confirmed the differences that marred the funeral saying Chinogurei was fined for labelling Gogo Bando a witch.

“There was drama and Gogo Bando was not comfortable to attend her son’s funeral at my late brother’s house considering her differences with Chinogurei,” said Tawanda.

“Gogo Bando claimed that Chinogurei had called her a witch and she was fined for the utterances.

“She has gone to Mutoko to attend another funeral and is expected back later today,” said Tawanda.

Bando was laid to rest at Unit L cemetery in Chitungwiza.-HMetro

By A Correspondent- Civil servants who have not been vaccinated for unjustifiable reasons, today face an uncertain future with government insisting they should not report for duty because they may infect those who have been vaccinated.

Government last month gave October 15 as the deadline for all its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Under Statutory Instrument (SI) 234 gazetted on September 17, unvaccinated civil servants will be fired from work and their salaries frozen.

Asked how many civil servants have complied with the order, Agnes Mahomva, the chief co-ordinator of COVID-19 response in the Office of the President and Cabinet, yesterday said she was yet to get the figures.

“I don’t know how many have been vaccinated or not, the relevant ministries will tell us tomorrow (today) to see those who would have reported for work and those who haven’t,” Mahomva said on the sidelines of a science cafe organised by the Health Communicators Forum and the Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre.

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions recently filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court challenging compulsory vaccination as companies force employees to be inoculated, but the High Court said the matter was not urgent. The case is still pending.

Mahomva, however, defended compulsory vaccination of the civil servants, saying they were given ample time, adding that those not yet jabbed were unwilling to do so.

“The requirement (of having all civil servants to be vaccinated) was announced way back and people have been given ample time to make sure they get vaccinated,” she said.

“For those not yet vaccinated, it means they do not want to do so. This has nothing to do with barring people from work; the government wants people to come to work, but we have to protect others.

“It is really about public health and safety in the workplace. You also have to understand that there are exemptions for extenuating circumstances from the SI which are very reasonable.”

The move will likely be a litmus test for government, which is likely to clash with its restive 300 000 employees.

A majority of government workers were not yet vaccinated by the time of the gazetting of the SI.

However, the SI gives excuses to those who have convincing reasons.

Those not vaccinated, according to the SI, should produce COVID-19 test results, which will be expensive and not practical since the tests expire after 72 hours. Tests range from US$30-$40.

-newsday

By A Correspondent-Zanu PF director of information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, has admitted that Zimbabweans do not believe in his party’s sanctions propaganda.

Posting on his Twitter handle Mugwadi said they wanted the laws to allow the arrest and incarceration of citizens who deny the existence of the western imposed economic embargoes.

“Deep in thought…. I never knew that after 20 years of sanctions, there is still a third of our population that supports those who called for and lobby for more sanctions. I think we are not doing enough to teach them a lesson. Our laws should not be too lenient,” he posted.

By A Correspondent| Former Zaka Central MP Harison Mudzuri says MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa is the right man to lead the country to prosperity.

Harison, who has flatly refused to be swayed by his uncle, Elias Mudzuri, believes the People’s President will romp to victory in 2023 polls.

Mudzuri told ZimEye.com on Wednesday the wave of change was unstoppable.

“What we have seen is impressive- President Chamisa is the right man to lead the country to prosperity.

We are appalled by the behaviour of State security agents here.

They tried in vain to block President Chamisa from holding key meetings with stakeholders.

The level idiocy that we have witnessed is shocking,” said Mudzuri.

He added:” We are not looking back at all, Cyclone Chamisa is unstoppable.”

By A Correspondent- A Beitbridge based senior police officer has been jailed for stealing smuggled goods.

Inspector Elias Mawomba (47), and his subordinate, Assistant Inspector Dickson Siakwimbi have been jailed for an effective 15 months for diverting two vehicles from offloading smuggled goods inside the Beitbridge Border Post.

Mawomba and Siakwimbi, who were deployed to Beitbridge to conduct security and anti-smuggling duties to the country’s border with South Africa under operation “No to Cross-border Crimes’’ were arrested in July.

The state told the court that the duo was on 18 July assigned to escort two vehicles carrying an assortment of smuggled goods that had been intercepted along the Limpopo River soon after smuggling the goods from South Africa.

The contraband included, 250 boxes of MAQ washing powder and 57 boxes (12 by 400ml) Nivea body lotion creams at Panda Mine security checkpoint some 60km east of Beitbridge town.

The two police officers connived with the drivers to offload part of the contraband in a bushy area near the Zinwa water treatment pump.

Some members of the public spotted them and informed border security officials leading to their arrest soon after offloading 175 boxes of washing powder and 53 others of Nivea body lotion.

Insp Mawomba of the ZRP Support Unit Mike Troops Buchwa was immediately arrested, while Siakwimbi disappeared. It’s not clear how Siakwimbi was eventually arrested

By A Correspondent| Fifteen police officers, who were arrested on Wednesday, have been taken to court for allegedly disrupting a Zanu PF meeting and assaulting party members in Bindura, Mashonaland Central province, two weeks ago.

The 15 were taken to court yesterday to answer to a charge of public violence. They were thrown into cells in police uniform, according to police sources.

Dick Wisdom Mhonda (38), Munyaradzi Mwaka Marowa (32), Tatenda Bradwell Makuvaza (28), Ndlela Madhenkosi (29), Darlington Tsikai (34), Evidence Kusemwaenda (33), Yeukai Beatrice Guvamombe (36), Allex Zviramwa (43), Raymond Guveya (35), Trymore Nyambo (37), Tawanda Chakanyuka (32), Martin Mutize (32), Victor Sibanda (34), Emmanuel Timoti (39) and Brian Hlahla (41) are all from Bindura Rural Police Station.

Part of the charge sheet read: “On October 5, 2021, at Mupandira Business Centre, Musana, Bindura, the accused, who are police officers and their accomplices, who are still at large, went to the place of occurrence armed with batons and tear canisters.

“The accused also had two police dogs and were driving in three private motor vehicles, a Honda Fit, a Nissan Vanette belonging to Lloyd Chiropa, who is still outstanding, and a Nissan Sunny belonging to accused number one.

“The accused were numbering 18. Upon arrival at the business centre, the accused, without being provoked, disembarked from the motor vehicles and indiscriminately assaulted the complainants using batons.”

The charge sheet further read: “The accused also set the police dogs and released tear smoke on the complainants which caused pandemonium at the business centre. By so doing, the accused forcibly and, to a serious extent, disturbed peace, security or order of the public and invaded the rights of the complainants.

“The complainants sustained varying degrees of injuries and were referred to hospital for treatment. The medical
reports can be produced as evidence.”

They appeared before Bindura magistrate Tinashe Ndokera with prosecutor Clement Kuwanda saying the 15 did not deserve bail because as police officers they were conversant with the country’s porous borders, which makes them potential flight risks.

They were remanded in custody to today for bail ruling.

Some of the complainants, the police said, were old and disabled, hence the moral blameworthiness of the accused was very high.

According to police sources, the 15 were arrested for bashing Zanu PF supporters who were at a district restructuring meeting at the business centre.

This was after three of their members had been beaten up by ruling party supporters while trying to arrest a suspect, who is believed to be a Zanu PF member.

“Three police officers went to arrest a wanted person and upon arresting, people from the village including the accused began to attack the police, leading to one of the police officers getting seriously injured,” a police source said.

“The other police officers then reacted in a bid to arrest the culprits, so in the process interrupted a Zanu PF meeting. Now the police are under fire for reacting and disrupting Zanu PF elections. Things have turned nasty.”- NewsDay

By A Correspondent- UANC President Rev Dr Gwinyai Muzorewa has said opposition political parties in POLAD are captured and not genuine saying only those opposing Zanu Pf outside POLAD are the genuine alternative.

In an interview on ZimEye, President Muzorewa said the opposition will win the 2023 elections.

“There is need for reforms. But if Zimbabweans vote in their numbers, there is no room for rigging. The onus is on real opposition political parties to mobilise the people to vote. Zimbabweans are now fed up with the ruling Zanu Pf and it is about time,” he said.

Watch the interview below………

By A Correspondent-The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya that sought to nullify a 2019 High Court ruling that authorised investigations on allegations of sexual abuses levelled against him.

The High Court had allowed the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) to investigate the preacher.

In her judgment, Justice Anne-Marie Gowora said the High Court’s decision should be upheld arguing that barring the ZGC from conducting investigations would be a violation of the law. Ruled Justice Gowora:

The premise of the interdict was that the intended investigation was illegal from several bases, the first being the want of jurisdiction to conduct an investigation and the alleged illegal exercise of that jurisdiction by the Commission. It was the intention of the appellant to subject the decision to issue the Notice to a review process.

It is pertinent to point out that for every law that is gazetted there is a presumption of validity and appropriate legal mechanisms have been put in place in terms of the law where one intends to challenge the validity of a legal instrument. Until it has been set aside, the General Notice has the force of law and anything done under it is presumed to be lawful and valid. An application for an interdict is not and cannot by any stretch of the imagination be considered as one of those mechanisms.

Many people have in the past accused Magaya of sexually abusing them.

-iHarare

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s business partner, Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s company Fossil Contracting fronted by Obey Chimuka will share a US$85 million funding facility for the Mbudzi interchange flyover.

Fossil Contracting which specialises in civil works, contract mining, road construction, earth works, building, structural works and plant hire, will share the Mbudzi interchange flyover cake in a consortium called TEFOMA.

TEFOMA consortium consists of Tensor Construction, Fossil Contracting and Masimba Holdings.

Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Felix Mhona described the companies as reputable.

However, the three companies appeared in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s foreign currency externalization list released in 2018 and it remains unclear whether the companies “returned what belongs to Caesar.”

The dirty list of externalises siphoned billions of dollars to off shore accounts during former president Robert Mugabe’s era.

Meanwhile, Mhona signed the US$85 million loan facility framework funding for the project with Fossil Contracting Managing Director Obey Chimuka at his offices in Harare yesterday.

“As part of the loan facility, the financier will offer technical and construction facilities, hence a contractor, TEFOMA joint venture, will be appointed the engineering procurement and construction contractor for the project.”

Mhona added that as part of “financial inclusion, other local contractors will be subcontracted to perform certain works. The loan facility indicatively US$85 million,” he said.

Mhona said all affected parties “will be compensated as provided for by the law and I appeal to all members of the public to be cooperative.”

“In Hopley residential area, all those who were residing within the road reserve were served with notices and most have complied and started demolishing their structures and relocating,” he said. Minister Mhona said diversion routes will be required to carry traffic during the construction of the Mbudzi interchange as the site will be closed to traffic,” he continued.

Mhona further told ZBC’s Current Affairs Programme Face the Nation that actual construction works will begin in December and expected to be completed within 12 months.

Mhona assured Zimbabwe that funding for the project has been secured and once construction begins there will be no obstructions until completion.

Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a post-Cabinet briefing on Tuesday that “for the Mbudzi Interchange, designs have been completed as well as the selection of the detour roads namely, Chimhanda, Stoneridge, Amalinda and Forbes.”

-ZimMorningPost

By A Correspondent- Controversial preacher and socialite Passion Java held a private meeting with the head of the Zanu PF Junta and Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri.

The junta meeting was discussing Muchinguri’s today Mutasa district visit.

Muchinguri will be the guest-of-honour at the Nyanga-Mutasa district sports tournament launch at Mutasa DC sports ground.

Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry is part of the event.

Writing on his Instagram account dubbed; @prophetpassion, Java confirmed holding a “successful” one-hour meeting with Muchinguri. He also uploaded photos posing with the Defence Minister.

By A Correspondent- Masvingo villagers have exposed police officers who forced them to denounce Nelson Chamisa, the leader of opposition MDC Alliance.

This came out at one of Chamisa’s meetings with villagers in Masvingo, which succeeded after several attempts to block it by Zanu PF activists.

Zanu PF mobs blocked roads for his aides and vandalised their cars while at some point, he was forced to leave the scene after the mobs moved to attack him.

One of the MDC Alliance activists posted a video on social media that said the police assaulted him along Gutu-Harare Highway.
He said the police forced him and others to denounce Chamisa. Watch the video below for more.
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He added that the development is an indication that there will be violence during the 2023 elections. He said it was a sign that president Emmerson Mnangagwa was motivated to do anything to retain power.

By A Correspondent- Controversial preacher and socialite Passion Java, Friday attended a Zanu PF junta meeting with Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri.

The junta meeting was discussing Muchinguri’s today Mutasa district visit.

Muchinguri will be the guest-of-honour at the Nyanga-Mutasa district sports tournament launch at Mutasa DC sports ground.

Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry is part of the event.

Writing on his Instagram account dubbed; @prophetpassion, Java confirmed holding a “successful” one-hour meeting with Muchinguri. He also uploaded photos posing with the Defence Minister.

Prophet Passion later uploaded a video on his Instagram account announcing officials from the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) and a business lobby group, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) would also grace the maiden district sports tournament.

He jokingly questioned why some people are ungrateful for development projects initiated under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “New Dispensation”.

“Gafa Prophet Passion Java, I am together with Honourable Minister Muchinguri and AAG cash for team is here to tell you that this coming Saturday there will be Mutasa-Nyanga sports tournament.

“Minister of Sports will be available as well as ZIFA, whilst AAG will make cash rain on the top competitors.

” So why would you deny things which are developing in our country that belongs to President E D Mnangagwa?” Passion said, urging the public to attend the sports tournament or watch the event online.

In the video, Java was flanked by AAG president Mike Chimombe who is also Zanu PF youth empowerment secretary.

At the AAG Chimombe is deputised by Java and others.

NewZimbabwe

ZANU PF acting national political commissar Patrick Chinamasa’s dramatic Press conference on Tuesday represents everything rotten about the leadership of this country.

From arrogance, insatiable appetite for violence and the careless statements, Chinamasa represents everything bad in Zanu PF. He simply reminded Zimbabweans that the ruling party is out for the blood of anyone who thinks differently.

Blocking opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa from meeting villagers in Masvingo with the aid of riot police stinks. Chinamasa and his ilk are behaving like street thugs.

Infact, what Chinamasa and Zanu PF are simply saying is that the use of violence in political contestation is acceptable and the abuse of police should be standard.What we hear Chinamasa and Zanu PF saying is that the opposition will be barred from campaigning across the country, especially in rural areas ahead of the 2023 elections.

It is apparent also that Zanu PF will have the aid of the police to block opposition meetings and that the State media will neither see nor hear any evil.Why bar Chamisa from his interactive meetings as if he is inconsequential and an outcast? If he has no plan? If he is useless? If he is not a threat to the status quo? Did we not see MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora and NCA’s Lovemore Madhuku traversing Masvingo on political campaigns freely the previous week and the silence from the usual quarters was defeaning.

Chamisa is a Zimbabwean politician who got nearly 2,2 million votes in the 2018 elections — according to official count, (President Emmerson) Mnangagwa only managed 300 000 more — and, therefore, Chamisa deserves the freedom guaranteed in the Constitution, including protection from State-sponsored hooligans and security agents.

For someone like Chinamasa, who lost in his constituency in the 2018 elections to come up with imprudent justifications for a wrong is a new but an unsurprising low for Zanu PF in general and its leadership in particular.

Zanu PF’s “moments of madness” are far from over, starting from the Gukurahundi atrocities, the 2000 violent farm invasions, the 2008 election runoff murder spree, the post-2018 elections killings, the 2019 fuel riot murders and now a preview of the likely mayhem the party is plotting for 2023 election.

How the police, Zanu PF and its hired goons are treating Chamisa is exactly how Zambian former President Edgar Lungu, State security and the Patriotic Front did to then opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema before the election in that country and the results were there for all to see.

Zanu PF cannot go to town about being a new dispensation when it has people like Chinamasa, who have lost all sense of shame.

Clearly, these are individuals working hard against Mnangagwa, derail his programmes and then push him out sooner rather than later, yet they claim otherwise.

Health professionals yesterday scoffed at government’s offer to stop mass resignations through the provision of non-monetary incentives such as WiFi and loans, saying their employer was focusing on trivialities which will not solve the brain drain problem dedevilling the health sector.

On Tuesday, during a post-Cabinet briefing, government said the country was experiencing massive brain drain in the health sector and would offer non-monetary incentives to abate the situation.

Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said an inter-ministerial committee identified measures to accelerate provision of non-monetary incentives such as staff accommodation, transport, vehicle loans, provision of meals and WiFi facilities.

Zimbabwe Senior Doctors Association president Shingai Nyaguse accused government of ignoring the salary issue, which he said was the real problem which was causing the brain drain.

“We remain concerned with suggestions that WiFi and canteens are incentives that will resolve the ongoing challenges,” Nyaguse tweeted on Thursday.

“The employer has been ignoring the elephants in the room, which includes issues of fair and commensurate remuneration, an enabling, conducive working environment and medical insurance for healthcare workers. The lack of consultative dialogue is glaring.”

Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Enoch Dongo said: “It’s the employer’s responsibility to give Wi-Fi and canteen at workplaces as a courtesy, not allowance or incentive.

“The government offer was not supposed to be publicised since it’s their responsibly to do that. It is obvious the so-called incentive will not stop nurses from going outside the country whatsoever.”

Dongo said what health professionals want is a living wage and improvement of the working environment.

“Nurses do not take their children to school through WiFi or getting sadza at work,” Dongo said.

Doctors and nurses have gone on strike on several occasions since 2017 to pressure government to review their salaries, but their employer has been employing military tactics to force them back to work.

-Newsday

CIVIL servants who defied government’s order to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should not report for duty starting Monday, their employer said yesterday.The civil servants will also be denied their salaries and allowances.

Though it could not be immediately established how many civil servants will be affected by the order, there are fears that thousands have not been vaccinated due to logistical challenges, religion and other factors.

Government, through a gazette of September 17, gave its workers until yesterday to get jabbed, failure which will result in them being barred from work, forfeiting their salaries and allowances.

COVID-19 chief co-ordinator in the President’s Office, Agnes Mahomva, said no unvaccinated civil servants would be allowed at work starting Monday until they get their doses.

She said the move was not meant to punish, but to protect the general public.

“Everybody is following Statutory Instrument 234 of 2021 and legally, that is what is binding everyone. So, whether there are any other decisions that come later but for now, everybody is bound by the law,” Mahomva said.

“People might appeal, talk about this and so on but within the timelines of the law, that is what is on the ground now.

It’s like saying someone should have a licence, but have someone saying he or she is appealing not to have one.“As long as that law is there, it is the one speaking to what is on the ground.

We just need to abide by the law and if the people haven’t, they stay home according to the law and if something changes, it will be communicated as usual.

“It is really genuinely trying to say, look, you have to be protected, not to say, we want people not to work as punishment. Government is taking health as a priority.”

Information permanent secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana said the civil servants who refuse to be vaccinated would be subjected to disciplinary action.

“D-Day for civil servants (as) today is the deadline for civil servants to get vaccinated or be barred from the workplace and not get paid while so barred,” Mangwana said.

“Those who refuse to be fully vaccinated shall be subject to disciplinary action for refusing to obey a lawful instruction,” he added.

But civil servants described the move as grossly unfair.Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions secretary-general David Dzatsunga described the move as victimisation.

“When it comes to workers, it should be a product of dialogue.  Let us sit down and agree on how this can be administered so that we don’t have victimisation,” he said.

“You cannot just make pronouncements that affect people without involving them. You cannot use a counterproductive command approach on such issues. It can have a disruptive effect and is clear victimisation.”

Last month, government said it would force unvaccinated civil servants and teachers to resign in a bid to ramp up the uptake of COVID-19 jabs.

Meanwhile, Mahomva told a Science Café in Harare that Zimbabwe’s vaccination programme has been marred by setbacks despite being viewed as one of the best in Africa.

She said the challenges were mainly technical with human resources leading the toll.

“The vaccination programme has been doing much better but it has its own challenges, we will never lie about it. We have challenges with human resources,” she said.

There has been widespread criticism of the programme which started in February this year as a control measure to the deadly global pandemic that has been ravaging the world since December 2019.

“In terms of our resources, we said we need to look at financing mechanisms that are innovative. We had budgeted for US$100 million but we have used more than that. I’m glad to say we have used more than US$127 million and we did wait on donors, though we did some paperwork for that,” she said.

More than 2,4 million people are fully vaccinated against a set target of  10 million.

-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Controversial preacher and socialite Passion Java has attended a Zanu PF junta meeting with Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri.

The junta meeting was discussing Muchinguri’s visit to Mutasa district Saturday.

Muchinguri will be the guest-of-honour at the launch of the Nyanga-Mutasa district sports tournament, held at Mutasa DC sports ground.

Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry will also grace the event.

Writing on his Instagram account dubbed; @prophetpassion, Java confirmed holding a “successful” one-hour meeting with Muchinguri. He also uploaded photos posing with the Defence Minister.

Prophet Passion later uploaded a video on his Instagram account announcing officials from the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) and a business lobby group, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) would also grace the maiden district sports tournament.

He jokingly questioned why some people are ungrateful for development projects initiated under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “New Dispensation”.

“Gafa Prophet Passion Java, I am together with Honourable Minister Muchinguri and AAG cash for team is here to tell you that this coming Saturday there will be Mutasa-Nyanga sports tournament.

“Minister of Sports will be available as well as ZIFA, whilst AAG will make cash rain on the top competitors.

” So why would you deny things which are developing in our country that belongs to President E D Mnangagwa?” Passion said, urging the public to attend the sports tournament or watch the event online.

In the video, Java was flanked by AAG president Mike Chimombe who is also Zanu PF youth empowerment secretary.

At the AAG Chimombe is deputised by Java and others.

NewZimbabwe

By A Correspondent- Masvingo villager has said police officers forced him to denounce Nelson Chamisa, the leader of opposition MDC Alliance.

There has been chaos in Masvingo as Chamisa visited the province to commence his provincial tour.

MDC Alliance says ZANU PF mobs blocked roads for his aides and vandalised their cars while at some point he was forced to leave the scene after the mobs moved to attack him.

ZANU PF says the assailants are MDC members who just want to soil the governing party’s image ahead of the visit of a United Nations envoy who was mandated to assess the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe.

The assailants had placards denouncing both Chamisa and sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. The MDC Alliance activist in the video posted on social media said he was assaulted by the police along Gutu-Harare Highway.
He said the police forced him and others to denounce Chamisa. Watch the video below for more.
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He added that the development is an indication that there will be violence during the 2023 elections. He said it was a sign that president Emmerson Mnangagwa was motivated to do anything to retain power.

Dear Editor

I am a concerned citizen and abhor the violence perpetrated against MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa in Masvingo a few days ago.

My heart is bleeding because these guys are likely to do it again if they are not brought to book.

I would like to name and shame them. I pray that the police do their job and get these thugs arrested and put where they belong- prison.

List of Charumbira Area Perpetrators Of Violence Against Chamisa On 11 October 2021!!*

1)Ezra Chadzamira his lorry which was used by Cde Shangwa ferried makorokoza and mahure from Mashava to Charumbira area. These are the people who were mainly at Gwengavi intersection where President Nelson Chamisa’s entourage was stoned.

2)Godfrey Mukungunugwa Chivi RDC chairman.He was seen organising and instructing Youth at Zaoga church ward 5 in Masvingo City.These are the youths whose pictures were awash on social media. He bought bread , cold drinks and hotstaff for the youths 

3)Clr Mahwende of ward 6 Masvingo City was seen distributing placards at Pangolin tower light. He personally visited Mr Sitemere’s house to disturb Executive meeting.He contributed beer and drinks.

4)Clr Manyanga ward 10 Masvingo City.He was the *”recruitment officer”* of youths in Masvingo City. He identified the hardcore violence masters from the 10 wards and he assembled the killing machine.

5)Nhamoinesu Nemanwa  a village head near Chirichoga Secondary school in Charumbira area. He was responsible for recruiting hardcore violence masters from Manyama and surrounding gold panning mines in the area.He was the commander of the biggest group of violence team stationed at Nemanwa turnoff in Charumbira area. 

6)Mai Shangwa a horrible , cruel and violent hardened Chief Charumbira area villager.She is a Chadzamira righthand woman.Very unpopular in Chief Charumbira area .

7)Givhasi a rankmarshal at Croco Masvingo Harare-Byo passanger pick up point.He stays in Ward 1 of Masvingo. Currently he sleep in an ironsheet and scrap metal framed shelter behind Shushine Garage.Very boastful of his violent behavior against MDC Alliance people. 

8)Tonderai a Zicosu GZU student ZanuPF leader.He is a son of a Zimbabwe National Army father.He is beer patron at Majange Business Centre in Masvingo ward 6.He is like a son to ward 6 councilor Mahwende. Clr Mahwende fund his violent behavior by buying him beer.

*Please forward to many so that Zimbabweans know the terrorists !!!*

By Concerned Citizen

Tinashe Sambiri| President Nelson Chamisa is satisfied with the overwhelming support he received from enthusiastic villagers across the province.

Despite frantic attempts by the regime to disrupt his marathon programme, President Chamisa believes the wave of change is unstoppable.

The MDC Alliance leader’s motor vehicles were stoned by rowdy Zanu PF members near Chief Charumbira’s homestead and State security agents attempted to assassinate him in Chiredzi.

In Gutu, vehicles belonging to MDC Alliance members were stoned by Zanu PF hooligans and party members were abducted by suspected government agents.

Police details watched as marauding Zanu PF activists terrorised MDC Alliance officials.

President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page:

I’m in Zaka, Bikita then Gutu.Chiredzi was refreshing.Fantastic conservations.The feedback and support is overwhelming.

The hope for change is compelling. I’m so heart-warmed by the support for change in the rural areas. Citizens are converging for change.It’s now #Ngaapindehakemukomana #Godisinit

CCC….

I LOVE ZIMBABWE so much. It is a great country,the only one that God gave us on this earth.

It pains me greatly to see the country this divided haunted by easy-to-fix economic problems and toxic broken politics.The ANSWER is a political settlement on REFORMS and free elections.

Also watch:

Tinashe Sambiri| Former Zaka Central MP Harison Mudzuri says MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa is the right man to lead the country to prosperity.

Harison, who has flatly refused to be swayed by his uncle, Elias Mudzuri, believes the People’s President will romp to victory in 2023 polls.

Mudzuri told ZimEye.com on Wednesday the wave of change was unstoppable.

“What we have seen is impressive- President Chamisa is the right man to lead the country to prosperity.

We are appalled by the behaviour of State security agents here.

They tried in vain to block President Chamisa from holding key meetings with stakeholders.

The level idiocy that we have witnessed is shocking,” said Mudzuri.

He added:” We are not looking back at all, Cyclone Chamisa is unstoppable.”

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s business partner, Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s company Fossil Contracting fronted by Obey Chimuka will share a US$85 million funding facility for the Mbudzi interchange flyover.

Fossil Contracting which specialises in civil works, contract mining, road construction, earth works, building, structural works and plant hire, will share the Mbudzi interchange flyover cake in a consortium called TEFOMA.

TEFOMA consortium consists of Tensor Construction, Fossil Contracting and Masimba Holdings.

Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Felix Mhona described the companies as reputable.

However, the three companies appeared in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s foreign currency externalization list released in 2018 and it remains unclear whether the companies “returned what belongs to Caesar.”

The dirty list of externalises siphoned billions of dollars to off shore accounts during former president Robert Mugabe’s era.

Meanwhile, Mhona signed the US$85 million loan facility framework funding for the project with Fossil Contracting Managing Director Obey Chimuka at his offices in Harare yesterday.

“As part of the loan facility, the financier will offer technical and construction facilities, hence a contractor, TEFOMA joint venture, will be appointed the engineering procurement and construction contractor for the project.”

Mhona added that as part of “financial inclusion, other local contractors will be subcontracted to perform certain works. The loan facility indicatively US$85 million,” he said.

Mhona said all affected parties “will be compensated as provided for by the law and I appeal to all members of the public to be cooperative.”

“In Hopley residential area, all those who were residing within the road reserve were served with notices and most have complied and started demolishing their structures and relocating,” he said. Minister Mhona said diversion routes will be required to carry traffic during the construction of the Mbudzi interchange as the site will be closed to traffic,” he continued.

Mhona further told ZBC’s Current Affairs Programme Face the Nation that actual construction works will begin in December and expected to be completed within 12 months.

Mhona assured Zimbabwe that funding for the project has been secured and once construction begins there will be no obstructions until completion.

Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a post-Cabinet briefing on Tuesday that “for the Mbudzi Interchange, designs have been completed as well as the selection of the detour roads namely, Chimhanda, Stoneridge, Amalinda and Forbes.”

-ZimMorningPost

By A Correspondent- A Bulawayo woman regrets the day she fell in love with her ex-boyfriend because he now destroys her property in a bid to revenge for being dumped.

Wellington Mpofu from Old Lobengula suburb is determined to make Margaret Ncube’s life hell for dumping him.

 As if destroying his ex-lover’s property is not enough, Mpofu also follows Margaret to her vending stall and starts insulting her publicly.

Since Margaret broke up with Mpofu she has known no peace. To make matters worse she is now a laughing stock in her community. She has been left with no option but to seek relief from the courts.

“I am applying for a protection order against my ex-boyfriend Wellington Mpofu. He comes to my house and damages my property.

Also he is verbally and emotionally abusing me. He comes where I stay and insults me with vulgar language in public for no apparent reason.

He also comes to my vending site and insults me in public. May the court assist me by stopping him from coming to my place of residence, to visit my vending place and also not to talk to me,” said Margaret.

Magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube ordered Mpofu not to enter Margaret’s house, not to approach her vending stall and not to verbally abuse her.
-BMetro

By A Correspondent- Masvingo villager has said police officers forced him to denounce Nelson Chamisa, the leader of opposition MDC Alliance.

There has been chaos in Masvingo as Chamisa visited the province to commence his provincial tour.

MDC Alliance says ZANU PF mobs blocked roads for his aides and vandalised their cars while at some point he was forced to leave the scene after the mobs moved to attack him.

ZANU PF says the assailants are MDC members who just want to soil the governing party’s image ahead of the visit of a United Nations envoy who was mandated to assess the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe.

The assailants had placards denouncing both Chamisa and sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. The MDC Alliance activist in the video posted on social media said he was assaulted by the police along Gutu-Harare Highway.
He said the police forced him and others to denounce Chamisa. Watch the video below for more.
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He added that the development is an indication that there will be violence during the 2023 elections. He said it was a sign that president Emmerson Mnangagwa was motivated to do anything to retain power.

By A Correspondent-Former Zaka Central MP Harison Mudzuri says MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa is the right man to lead the country to prosperity.

Harison, who has flatly refused to be swayed by his uncle, Elias Mudzuri, believes the People’s President will romp to victory in 2023 polls.

Mudzuri told ZimEye.com on Wednesday the wave of change was unstoppable.

“What we have seen is impressive- President Chamisa is the right man to lead the country to prosperity.

We are appalled by the behaviour of State security agents here.

They tried in vain to block President Chamisa from holding key meetings with stakeholders.

The level idiocy that we have witnessed is shocking,” said Mudzuri.

He added:” We are not looking back at all, Cyclone Chamisa is unstoppable.” ZimEye

By A Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s business partner, Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s company Fossil Contracting fronted by Obey Chimuka will share a US$85 million funding facility for the Mbudzi interchange flyover.

Fossil Contracting which specialises in civil works, contract mining, road construction, earth works, building, structural works and plant hire, will share the Mbudzi interchange flyover cake in a consortium called TEFOMA.

TEFOMA consortium consists of Tensor Construction, Fossil Contracting and Masimba Holdings.

Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister, Felix Mhona described the companies as reputable.

However, the three companies appeared in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s foreign currency externalization list released in 2018 and it remains unclear whether the companies “returned what belongs to Caesar.”

The dirty list of externalises siphoned billions of dollars to off shore accounts during former president Robert Mugabe’s era.

Meanwhile, Mhona signed the US$85 million loan facility framework funding for the project with Fossil Contracting Managing Director Obey Chimuka at his offices in Harare yesterday.

“As part of the loan facility, the financier will offer technical and construction facilities, hence a contractor, TEFOMA joint venture, will be appointed the engineering procurement and construction contractor for the project.”

Mhona added that as part of “financial inclusion, other local contractors will be subcontracted to perform certain works. The loan facility indicatively US$85 million,” he said.

Mhona said all affected parties “will be compensated as provided for by the law and I appeal to all members of the public to be cooperative.”

“In Hopley residential area, all those who were residing within the road reserve were served with notices and most have complied and started demolishing their structures and relocating,” he said. Minister Mhona said diversion routes will be required to carry traffic during the construction of the Mbudzi interchange as the site will be closed to traffic,” he continued.

Mhona further told ZBC’s Current Affairs Programme Face the Nation that actual construction works will begin in December and expected to be completed within 12 months.

Mhona assured Zimbabwe that funding for the project has been secured and once construction begins there will be no obstructions until completion.

Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told a post-Cabinet briefing on Tuesday that “for the Mbudzi Interchange, designs have been completed as well as the selection of the detour roads namely, Chimhanda, Stoneridge, Amalinda and Forbes.”

-ZimMorningPost

By A Correspondent-An alleged serial robber and rapist has been caught and jailed for an effective four years for escaping from lawful custody. 

Sam Muropa (31) of Kuwadzana in Harare, was initially jailed for five years when he appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court before Mrs Barbra Mateko but suspended a year of his sentence on condition that he does not commit a similar offence.

This sentence will be on top of whatever the courts give him if he is convicted of the string of robbery and rape charges allegedly committed while giving lifts to women around Harare. 

He was convicted on his own plea of guilty but implicated prison officers Ngonidzashe Munhuuripi and Simbarashe Machekera. 

They have since appeared in court on charges of aiding a prisoner to escape from lawful custody. 

They were not asked to plead to the charges when they appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi, who denied them bail, meaning they are now held in Harare Remand Prison, the same prison where they were very recently on duty as the staff. Muropa is now in custody in another prison serving his four years. 

On October 1, Munhuuripi and Machekera were on duty at Harare Remand Prison where they were allegedly approached by Muropa, who was in a D Class cell, C12. 

Munhuuripi allegedly told Muropa that he wanted to help him to escape since it was difficult to be granted bail by the court because of the nature of criminal offences he was facing as an alleged serial robber and rapist. 

Allegations are that two prison officers then hid Muropa in a bathroom in the prison yard and later took him to the reception area where they recovered his civilian clothes on the pretext that he had been granted bail. It is said the two prison officers briefed Muropa on the security set up at the prison and advised him of the route he would take to avoid being spotted. Muropa then escaped. 

He was only re-arrested after detectives tracked him down and took him to court where he admitted to the offence. 

On August 16 this year, Muropa appeared before the same court on allegations of robbing and raping nearly 20 women, with eight of them having positively identified him when he was placed in an identification parade by police upon his arrest.

Muropa, alias Gunners, was allegedly found in possession of a Zimbabwe Military Police and ZNA identity card and a lawyer’s practicing certificate upon his arrest. He was also found with two cars that he was suspected to be using in his attacks on women. 

The State led by Mr Anesu Chirenje alleges that on July 27, Muropa, along with his three accomplices who are still at large, picked up a woman in the city centre, robbed her of US$600 before dumping her near Chikurubi Prison Farm. 

Two days later, Muropa and his team robbed another woman of US$20 and cell phone in Ardbernnie and drove her to the nearby Mukuvisi River where they dumped her. 

On July 30, Muropa and his gang are alleged to have picked a woman in Granary, Harare, and drove her to Nharira Farm where they allegedly raped her and robbed her of US$750 and other valuables. 

On their way back from Nharira Farm, where they had dumped the first woman, they picked another woman whom they threatened to kill with a knife if she made a sound and then drove to a bushy area near Whitehouse Shopping Centre where they asked her if she was HIV positive before sexually assaulting her. They then allegedly stole her valuables worth US$170. 

On August 1, they robbed another woman whom they undressed and shoved her out of their car after robbing her of valuables worth US$200. 

On August 6, Muropa and his team robbed yet another woman in Kuwadzana, with one of them sexually assaulting her. 

The court heard that they used the same method on other women they allegedly robbed and raped between August 16 and 17. 

Upon his arrest, Muropa was then found with a Zimbabwe Military Police identity card in the name of Thilli Adnico and Zimbabwe National Army identity card belonging to Elate Mutembedza. 

He was also found in possession of an expired Practice Certificate identity card of Norman Chimuka, which he would use to impersonate as a lawyer. 

The court also heard that Muropa bought an Audi A4 (AFA 0272) from the proceeds of his string of robberies.

Herald

By A Correspondent- Police in Masvingo has shot and killed one of the four armed robbers who have been terrorising the town.

In a statement Friday, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) the shootout happened after the 4-member gang had descended on Jerera Growth Point in Masvingo and robbed a family of some properties.

The suspect was shot in the armpit and died while his accomplices escaped.

Below is the ZRP statement on the shootout:
The ZRP is investigating two armed robbery cases which occurred at Jerera G/point, Masvingo on 15/10/21 at about 0159 hrs, where four unknown suspects armed with an unidentified pistol, pick, wooden broom and a log stormed a home and demanded cash.
They were given US $1000, ZAR 400, four cellphones and two inverters. The complainant made a quick report to Police and as the scene was being attended to, another report was received. Police swiftly attended the scene and met the quartet at the doorstep.
A shootout ensued before the suspects scaled over the pre-cast wall and one suspect who was carrying the loot in a satchel bag was shot on the armpit and died while others escaped.

The police recovered all the stolen property except for the two inverters.

By A Correspondent- A Chitungwiza woman was barred from her husband’s funeral which was moved from her house to the in-laws’.

Margaret Chinogurei, 44, was humiliated and ordered to watch her hubby’s burial from a distance.

Chinogurei’s mother in-law Annastancia Rhoda Bando was reported to have hurled vul_gar words that startled mourners and went on to accuse the former of bewitching her late son Vengai ‘Rambo’ Bando, 59.

Gogo Chinogurei went on to demand a beast and a goat from Chinogurei as fine so that she attends her husband’s funeral wake at the in-laws’ house.

Rambo, as he was affectionately known in soccer circles, was found dead at his house along Gunguwo Street in Zengeza 2 and postmortem results showed high blood pressure as cause of death.

Narrating her ordeal to H-Metro, Chinogurei said she was humiliated and pained as she was not allowed to take any part in her husband’s funeral proceedings.

“Ndakachemedzwa zvekufunga kuti dai ndakabereka mwana mukomana angadai akandirwira uye kumira neni,” said Chinogurei.

“My health has not been sound for some time and when I went to a pharmacy for medication, I found my husband dead.

“His relatives teamed up against me accusing me of bewitching my husband.

“We built the house together but his relatives decided to address mourners that they were changing place for mourning.

“I was ordered to remain outside gate at my mother-in-law’s house where they took my husband’s body to.

“They accused me of calling Gogo Bando a witch and asked me to pay a beast and a goat as fine to be allowed to enter her gate.

“After paying a goat they denied me access to the house but instead hired a woman they claimed was my husband’s second wife to be by Rambo’s coffin side.

“The woman was paid to mock me and I became a laughing stock at my own husband’s funeral.

“They went on to buy new clothes to dress the body describing me as a witch,” said Chinogurei.

The late Rambo’s neighbours told H-Metro that they had been denied access to the house and their contributions were not welcomed for sympathising with Chinogurei.

“Takaimbirwa karwiyo zvichinzi hatidi makunguwo pano vabva kunaGunguwo Street ngavabve pano pane zvipfukuto,” said one of the neighbours.

Rambo’s younger brother Tawanda Bando confirmed the differences that marred the funeral saying Chinogurei was fined for labelling Gogo Bando a witch.

“There was drama and Gogo Bando was not comfortable to attend her son’s funeral at my late brother’s house considering her differences with Chinogurei,” said Tawanda.

“Gogo Bando claimed that Chinogurei had called her a witch and she was fined for the utterances.

“She has gone to Mutoko to attend another funeral and is expected back later today,” said Tawanda.

Bando was laid to rest at Unit L cemetery in Chitungwiza.-HMetro

Tinashe Sambiri| Former Zaka Central MP Harison Mudzuri says MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa is the right man to lead the country to prosperity.

Harison, who has flatly refused to be swayed by his uncle, Elias Mudzuri, believes the People’s President will romp to victory in 2023 polls.

Mudzuri told ZimEye.com on Wednesday the wave of change was unstoppable.

“What we have seen is impressive- President Chamisa is the right man to lead the country to prosperity.

We are appalled by the behaviour of State security agents here.

They tried in vain to block President Chamisa from holding key meetings with stakeholders.

The level idiocy that we have witnessed is shocking,” said Mudzuri.

He added:” We are not looking back at all, Cyclone Chamisa is unstoppable.”

Tinashe Sambiri| President Nelson Chamisa is satisfied with the overwhelming support he received from enthusiastic villagers across the province.

Despite frantic attempts by the regime to disrupt his marathon programme, President Chamisa believes the wave of change is unstoppable.

The MDC Alliance leader’s motor vehicles were stoned by rowdy Zanu PF members near Chief Charumbira’s homestead and State security agents attempted to assassinate him in Chiredzi.

In Gutu, vehicles belonging to MDC Alliance members were stoned by Zanu PF hooligans and party members were abducted by suspected government agents.

Police details watched as marauding Zanu PF activists terrorised MDC Alliance officials.

President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page:

I’m in Zaka, Bikita then Gutu.Chiredzi was refreshing.Fantastic conservations.The feedback and support is overwhelming.

The hope for change is compelling. I’m so heart-warmed by the support for change in the rural areas. Citizens are converging for change.It’s now #Ngaapindehakemukomana #Godisinit

CCC….

I LOVE ZIMBABWE so much. It is a great country,the only one that God gave us on this earth.

It pains me greatly to see the country this divided haunted by easy-to-fix economic problems and toxic broken politics.The ANSWER is a political settlement on REFORMS and free elections.

Also watch:

By A Correspondent- The MDC Alliance yesterday claimed that Zanu PF supporters mounted a “roadblock” in Gutu, kidnapped and beat up some opposition supporters at their meeting with party leader Nelson Chamisa, who is on a whirlwind tour of Masvingo province.

Chamisa’s tour has been marred by violence, with Zanu PF supporters blocking and attacking his entourage, protesting against what they claim was his support for the Western-imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe.

The kidnapping and torture claims by Chamisa’s party came at a time when civic organisations, United Kingdom and the United States condemned political violence in the country.

Said the party’s youth wing:

“ZANU PF thugs this afternoon vandalized a vehicle in which our Youth Acting Organiser, Lovejoy Chitengu was travelling. This happened at Mupandawana,Gutu. He was headed to Bhasera. We shall not fold our hands in face of provocation!”

Meanwhile, the MDC-A said six of its members were kidnapped and beaten at an illegal roadblock allegedly mounted by ZANU PF activists.

They were on their way back from a meeting being addressed by the party’s president Nelson Chamisa.

The MDC-A posted on Twitter:6 MDC Alliance members have been kidnapped & beaten on their way back from a meeting being addressed by Chamisa.

They were attacked at Gutu Garage in Mupandawana. This was at an illegal roadblock manned by Zanu PF youth. @PoliceZimbabwe were present watching the attack.

We have been contacted by @CouncilorMutub1 who advises that his vehicle was stoned in Gutu. He was with 3 others who are now missing.

He fled for his life after Zanu PF youth attacked their car. Illegal roadblocks manned by Zanu PF have been mounted throughout Gutu.

Zanu PF youths have unleashed an orgy of violence in Gutu following a meeting held there by President @nelsonchamisa.

Those who are coming back from the meeting are being arbitrarily kidnapped & beaten. Cars are being stoned. A number of members are missing.

Earlier on Thursday, Chamisa held a meeting with community leaders, war veterans, opinion makers, vendors and special interest groups in Gutu.

The party said it is forming a broad alliance to secure six million votes in the 2023 general elections.

-Newsday/ZimEye

By A Correspondent- Fifteen police officers, who were arrested on Wednesday, have been taken to court for allegedly disrupting a Zanu PF meeting and assaulting party members in Bindura, Mashonaland Central province, two weeks ago.

The 15 were taken to court yesterday to answer to a charge of public violence. They were thrown into cells in police uniform, according to police sources.

Dick Wisdom Mhonda (38), Munyaradzi Mwaka Marowa (32), Tatenda Bradwell Makuvaza (28), Ndlela Madhenkosi (29), Darlington Tsikai (34), Evidence Kusemwaenda (33), Yeukai Beatrice Guvamombe (36), Allex Zviramwa (43), Raymond Guveya (35), Trymore Nyambo (37), Tawanda Chakanyuka (32), Martin Mutize (32), Victor Sibanda (34), Emmanuel Timoti (39) and Brian Hlahla (41) are all from Bindura Rural Police Station.

Part of the charge sheet read: “On October 5, 2021, at Mupandira Business Centre, Musana, Bindura, the accused, who are police officers and their accomplices, who are still at large, went to the place of occurrence armed with batons and tear canisters.

“The accused also had two police dogs and were driving in three private motor vehicles, a Honda Fit, a Nissan Vanette belonging to Lloyd Chiropa, who is still outstanding, and a Nissan Sunny belonging to accused number one.

“The accused were numbering 18. Upon arrival at the business centre, the accused, without being provoked, disembarked from the motor vehicles and indiscriminately assaulted the complainants using batons.”

The charge sheet further read:  “The accused also set the police dogs and released tear smoke on the complainants which caused pandemonium at the business centre. By so doing, the accused forcibly and, to a serious extent, disturbed peace, security or order of the public and invaded the rights of the complainants.

“The complainants sustained varying degrees of injuries and were referred to hospital for treatment. The medical reports can be produced as evidence.”

They appeared before Bindura magistrate Tinashe Ndokera with prosecutor Clement Kuwanda saying the 15 did not deserve bail because as police officers they were conversant with the country’s porous borders, which makes them potential flight risks.

They were remanded in custody to today for bail ruling.

Some of the complainants, the police said, were old and disabled, hence the moral blameworthiness of the accused was very high.

According to police sources, the 15 were arrested for bashing Zanu PF supporters who were at a district restructuring meeting at the business centre.

This was after three of their members had been beaten up by  ruling party supporters while trying to arrest a suspect, who is believed to be a Zanu PF member.

“Three police officers went to arrest a wanted person and upon arresting, people from the village including the accused began to attack the police, leading to one of the police officers getting seriously injured,” a police source said.

“The other police officers then reacted in a bid to arrest the culprits, so in the process interrupted a Zanu PF meeting. Now the police are under fire for reacting and disrupting Zanu PF elections. Things have turned nasty.”

On October 11, officer commanding Mashonaland Central province Commissioner Priscilla Makotose and one Superintendent J Pauta of police intelligence were transferred from the province in what sources claimed was victimisation for allowing police officers to assault Zanu PF members.

Makotose has been transferred to Manicaland where she is swapping with Commissioner W Makechemu while Pauta has been posted to Midlands where he is swapping with Superintendent T Chikarahate.

National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the transfers were routine and sanctioned by Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga.

But sources said the officer-in-charge of Bindura Rural Police Station was summoned to Harare to explain why his subordinates attacked the Zanu PF supporters.

The source claimed political pressure from the ruling party. Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe hails from Mashonaland Central province.

Before the officers’ arrest, Zanu PF members were posting on WhatsApp groups in the province expressing shock that police had the audacity to attack ruling party supporters, something they claimed never happened during the late former President Robert Mugabe’s rule.

Early this month, police in Mashonaland Central warned of an increase in police officers violating the Police Act.

By A Correspondent- Mazowe South MP Fortune Chasi has said an investigation into the circumstances relating to the death of eight workers at a Chinese-run mine after an oxygen tank last week exploded has commenced.

Six Chinese nationals and two Zimbabweans perished when oxygen cylinders burst at SAS Mine Lowdale.

Operations were halted  at the mine to pave way for investigations. The inquiry is being carried out by officials from the Mines ministry.

Addressing a Press conference yesterday, Chasi described the accident as “unprecedented and sad.”

“It is premature to try and cast blame on anyone as investigations are underway,” Chasi said, adding that families of the deceased would be compensated.

The burial of the two Zimbabweans was financed by the company, which commenced operations in Zimbabwe in 2006. The Chinese’s remains will be repatriated to China.

“As MP, my interest was to ensure that the locals are buried respectfully. I was more than satisfied with the assistance the company gave,” he said.

Addressing the same Press conference, SAS spokesperson Daniel Mlalazi said the enquiry was meant to unravel the specific cause of the tragic accident.

“We are not a bogus company. We are trying to ascertain the real cause of the accident. At the moment, we have no one to blame,” Mlalazi said.

The firm, which has 280 employees, has gold and nickel mining operations in Mazowe, Guruve, Magunje and Karoi.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Civil servants who have not been vaccinated for unjustifiable reasons, today face an uncertain future with government insisting they should not report for duty because they may infect those who have been vaccinated.

Government last month gave October 15 as the deadline for all its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Under Statutory Instrument (SI) 234 gazetted on September 17, unvaccinated civil servants will be fired from work and their salaries frozen.

Asked how many civil servants have complied with the order, Agnes Mahomva, the chief co-ordinator of COVID-19 response in the Office of the President and Cabinet, yesterday said she was yet to get the figures.

“I don’t know how many have been vaccinated or not, the relevant ministries will tell us tomorrow (today) to see those who would have reported for work and those who haven’t,” Mahomva said on the sidelines of a science cafe organised by the Health Communicators Forum and the Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre.

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions recently filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court challenging compulsory vaccination as companies force employees to be inoculated, but the High Court said the matter was not urgent. The case is still pending.

Mahomva, however, defended compulsory vaccination of the civil servants, saying they were given ample time, adding that those not yet jabbed were unwilling to do so.

“The requirement (of having all civil servants to be vaccinated) was announced way back and people have been given ample time to make sure they get vaccinated,” she said.

“For those not yet vaccinated, it means they do not want to do so. This has nothing to do with barring people from work; the government wants people to come to work, but we have to protect others.

“It is really about public health and safety in the workplace. You also have to understand that there are exemptions for extenuating circumstances from the SI which are very reasonable.”

The move will likely be a litmus test for government, which is likely to clash with its restive 300 000 employees.

A majority of government workers were not yet vaccinated by the time of the gazetting of the SI.

However, the SI gives excuses to those who have convincing reasons.

Those not vaccinated, according to the SI, should produce COVID-19 test results, which will be expensive and not practical since the tests expire after 72 hours. Tests range from US$30-$40.

-newsday

By A Correspondent- Popular radio pastor Mufundisi Mabaudhi has died.

The development was revealed by his son, Rowdy Mabaudhi who said:

My father Mufundisi Mabaudhi, most of you know him from radio programmes, Zvidzidzo Zvebhaiberi, Chikritsu neTsika, Sunday morning service.

He is no more, vadanwa naMwari vakadavira meaning he has been promoted to glory.

I’m not okay!

By A Correspondent- A local businessman assaulted a Zanu-PF chairperson for Bulawayo Province and pulled a gun on him after he was accused of dividing the party in the city.

The dramatic incident happened at Aisleby Farm in Umguza, Matabeleland North province.

A source, who witnessed the incident, said Obert Musindo, the Zanu-PF chairperson for Bulawayo Province, had driven to the farm to meet Raymond Mutomba, who is the party’s secretary for administration, Bulawayo Province.

“Unfortunately when he arrived at the farm, Mutomba was not there and he was told to wait for him,” said a well-placed source.

While he was waiting, Davis Muhambi, a businessman, arrived and confronted him.

“He charged at him while accusing him of dividing the party. An argument broke out between the two and Davis assaulted Musindo several times on the face with open hands.

“In a fit of rage, Davis took out a firearm from his trousers’ pocket to shoot Musindo. Luckily, one of the witnesses grabbed it and seized it from his tight grip. Davis was not deterred by that as he rushed to his car and fetched another pistol to shoot Musindo,” said the source.

Fearing for his life, Musindo hid under a car.

“People who had gathered, surrounded Davis and blocked him from moving to Musindo. While people had encircled the fuming Davis, Musindo slipped out from under his car, got into his car and drove off at high speed,” said the source.

Musindo went to report the matter at Sauerstown Police Station, leading to the arrest of Davis.

Efforts to get a comment from Bulawayo Police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube were fruitless as his mobile number went straight to voicemail.

Contacted for a comment Musindo said: “Why should you publish such an issue? We are politicians and that story will tarnish our image. Come to the office (Davis Hall) then I will articulately explain the issue to you.”

When this reporter pressed him to give his comment on the phone he said: “I withdrew the case.”

Davis only said: “I do not know the issue you are talking about.”-BMetro

By A Correspondent- Different stakeholders in Matebeleland, including civic society members, political parties, churches and the diaspora community have formed the Freedom Alliance, a social movement to lobby for improved governance and developmental issues in the region.

Freedom Alliance spokesperson Nhlanhla Moses Ncube told Southern Eye that the alliance was formed in May this year to co-ordinate developmental activities in the region.

Freedom Alliance is scheduled to hold its first congress on November 19.

Ncube said Freedom Alliance is not a political party, but a social movement for citizens in Matebeleland to discuss how they could deal with problems affecting the region.

“Freedom Alliance was born to address issues of divisions in the Matebeleland region,” he said.

“So, people from various backgrounds, religions, political groups and civic society members sat and came up with the idea of the Matebeleland Freedom Alliance at Imbizo – Phutheho – Matebeleland All People’s Convention.

“The resolutions that came out of the Imbizo Phutheho included the formation of the Freedom Alliance.”

Ncube said the alliance had a steering committee which comprises 70 members drawn from different backgrounds.

He said no political party, organisation or individual would dominate the alliance.

“People of Matebeleland live in poverty and have problems in several areas such as education, health and infrastructure, social and economic issues.

“The land in Matebeleland is not ours, go to uMguza be it in Nkayi, Filabusi, and Matobo, mining is not in our hands,” Ncube said.-Newsday

By A Correspondent- Bulawayo residents have called on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to allocate more resources towards devolution to ensure its full implementation in line with the Constitution.

The call was made yesterday during a 2022 national budget consultative meeting held by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget and Finance and the Thematic Committee on Sustainable Development Goals.

Devolution is provided for under chapter 12 of the Constitution with section 268 of the charter providing for the establishment of provincial councils.

However, to date, there is no enabling Act to operationalise devolution despite government approving principles of the Provincial Councils and Administration (Amendment) Bill.

Analysts have said failure by government officials to implement devolution was due to fear of losing political power.

“As far as we are concerned, devolution should be the top priority of the national budget to enable its implementation. There is only one thing holding the country back from progress, and that is non-implementation of devolution,” a participant, Patrick Ndlovu, said.

“Implement devolution and everything else will fall into place. Even the electoral reforms will be useless without implementing devolution.”

In 2021, Ncube allocated $19,5 billion towards devolution, to be shared among the country’s 10 provinces.

Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) representative Yollander Millin said the budget was not enough to cater for Bulawayo’s budget.

“The 2022 budget should provide more money for devolution. The budget allocated to devolution is not enough to cover Bulawayo’s budget which requires $27,4 billion. Local people should benefit more from these devolution funds. People opted for devolution and that stance must be adopted through adequate budgetary allocations,” Millin said.  Other participants said there was need to allocate more money towards health, education and infrastructure development.

They said underfunding of the country’s social services led to the collapse of the country’s infrastructure, especially the health sector which has been hit by staff shortages.

By A Correspondent- Another video showing how Michale Freeman Chingwaru assaulted a ZESA employee has surfaced on social media.

Chingwaru, a mathematics teacher was arrested after a video where he was captured assaulting a student surfaced on social media.

He violently beat up the boy with fists and a belt.

By A Correspondent- Jenaguru Arts Centre founder and musician Clive Malunga has accused Zanu-PF of neglecting war veterans, adding that he was seeking an audience with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to air out areas of “great concern.”

Malunga, a war veteran who rose to stardom in the late 1990s through his award-winning song and accompanying video Nesango, said it was sad for the regime to ignore its cadres, who are wallowing in abject poverty.

In an interview with NewsDay Life & Style yesterday, Malunga said government should sympathise with war veterans, who have stood with it through thick and thin.

“I thought by now the ruling party would sympathise with dedicated cadres,” Malunga said.

“What does it take for an individual to be recognised by own country, through hard work and wisdom? If what I advise His Excellency later becomes true, can I not be recognised as someone who has a far-reaching eyesight?” he said.

“I donated a lot of money towards the reburial of former freedom fighters, I raised a lot of money through Zimbabwe-Mozambique Friendship Association, for the safekeeping of the Mutare Beira Corridor railway line,” he said.

“I organised Jenaguru Music festivals, recorded other artistes, honoured artistes, through higher learning institutions, donated stationery to many schools, assisted many orphanages with food and clothing and built tombstones for many musicians, among other things.”

Malunga took to social media to vent his anger.

“Who in Zimbabwe has advised the current President on issues of great concern? It is Clive Malunga, who foresaw the G40 uprising.

“It is the same person who led Cdes to State House, demanding compensation.

“Why do you pretend as if I don’t exist?” Malunga asked rhetorically.

Last year, Malunga was left counting his losses after his Jenaguru Arts Centre built over 25 years ago was razed down by the Harare City Council.

“We are not in Gaza or Palestine where Israelites destroy people’s things and we are not at war with each other. So, the government should make sure these institutions are not run based on partisan lines where people look at where you come from or who you support. There is unfairness in all this,” Malunga said then.

“People in power should make sure institutions are fair, because the blame will always go to Zanu-PF. People should not label others or me as sell-outs because I am not a sell-out.”

Malunga’s Nesango video was for years one of the best visual music productions in the country. The video relives some liberation war scenes, with Rhodesian Forces helicopters descending on guerillas, horses chasing suspected guerrillas, military vehicles on patrol and liberation fighters’ pungwes (vigil meetings) with villagers.

The video was one of the best visual productions of yesteryear.

It came with a unique flair. It was like an excerpt from a war movie. It exuded creativity and automatically became the video of the year on ZTV in 1997.-newsday

By A Correspondent- A Bulawayo woman regrets the day she fell in love with her ex-boyfriend because he now destroys her property in a bid to revenge for being dumped.

Wellington Mpofu from Old Lobengula suburb is determined to make Margaret Ncube’s life hell for dumping him.

As if destroying his ex-lover’s property is not enough, Mpofu also follows Margaret to her vending stall and starts insulting her publicly.

Since Margaret broke up with Mpofu she has known no peace. To make matters worse she is now a laughing stock in her community. She has been left with no option but to seek relief from the courts.

“I am applying for a protection order against my ex-boyfriend Wellington Mpofu. He comes to my house and damages my property.

Also he is verbally and emotionally abusing me. He comes where I stay and insults me with vulgar language in public for no apparent reason.

He also comes to my vending site and insults me in public. May the court assist me by stopping him from coming to my place of residence, to visit my vending place and also not to talk to me,” said Margaret.

Magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube ordered Mpofu not to enter Margaret’s house, not to approach her vending stall and not to verbally abuse her.

By A Correspondent- A local businessman assaulted a Zanu-PF chairperson for Bulawayo Province and pulled a gun on him after he was accused of dividing the party in the city.

The dramatic incident happened at Aisleby Farm in Umguza, Matabeleland North province.

A source, who witnessed the incident, said Obert Musindo, the Zanu-PF chairperson for Bulawayo Province, had driven to the farm to meet Raymond Mutomba, who is the party’s secretary for administration, Bulawayo Province.

“Unfortunately when he arrived at the farm, Mutomba was not there and he was told to wait for him,” said a well-placed source.

While he was waiting, Davis Muhambi, a businessman, arrived and confronted him.

“He charged at him while accusing him of dividing the party. An argument broke out between the two and Davis assaulted Musindo several times on the face with open hands.

“In a fit of rage, Davis took out a firearm from his trousers’ pocket to shoot Musindo. Luckily, one of the witnesses grabbed it and seized it from his tight grip. Davis was not deterred by that as he rushed to his car and fetched another pistol to shoot Musindo,” said the source.

Fearing for his life, Musindo hid under a car.

“People who had gathered, surrounded Davis and blocked him from moving to Musindo. While people had encircled the fuming Davis, Musindo slipped out from under his car, got into his car and drove off at high speed,” said the source.

Musindo went to report the matter at Sauerstown Police Station, leading to the arrest of Davis.

Efforts to get a comment from Bulawayo Police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube were fruitless as his mobile number went straight to voicemail.

Contacted for a comment Musindo said: “Why should you publish such an issue? We are politicians and that story will tarnish our image. Come to the office (Davis Hall) then I will articulately explain the issue to you.”

When this reporter pressed him to give his comment on the phone he said: “I withdrew the case.”

Davis only said: “I do not know the issue you are talking about.”-BMetro