By A Correspondent- A comment by Tinashe Mutarisi on how society is causing more harm than good to the child whose video is circulating on social media while being denied entry into a Harare lodge has divided the social media.

A gild child was captured live on camera being barred from entering a lodge by concerned citizens who can be heard in the video shouting “mwana haapinde mulodge” meaning this child will not get into this lodge.

Said Mutarisi:

“I’m just disappointed that as a country we are busy slandering that young girl tichiti aienda ku lodge just for the wrong reasons.There are a million other reasons why that young lady would visit a lodge.Isusu we are judging her according to what we usually go to the lodges for. Okay kana zvirizvo are we not worse than the person who took the young girl ku lodge by recording and bringing the story to social media? Now this is being discussed on National broadcasting media houses but no one bothers to find the lodge to get the full story and take them account tosiya mwana.1) Don’t rush to conclusions 2)Let’s not shame bash or embarrass pwere let’s protect these young minds tovatsiura zvisingapwanyi ramangwana.”

We publish below reactions to the post by Mutarisi…

• Odicious Innocent Dzamara– i knew kuti post iyi ichadhingura facebook but handina kuziva kuti ichadhingura zvese ne watsap uye kuti ichavharisa pasi rose…. well said Tinashe Mutarisi

• Tendai ChingangaYou are right Tinashe Mutarisi. The amount of vilification against the child is unnecessary. These children are very fragile. There is need for a better way of handling such situations without necessarily putting the child’s life at risk. She may end u… 

Vee MazanhiIts true that lodges are used for a variety of purpose. Bt there is a major and popular purpose ye lodge especially in the context yeZim. CONSIDERING our economy very few people can afford the luxury to pay for a lodge . The probability of foul play… 

Changamire ChikonamombeTendai Chinganga responsible citizens just handle matters concerning child abuse the may they deem suitable

Liberty MapfumoTendai Chinganga I also put the video on social media I didn’t see the child being exposed her name or her face. Go to my wall it’s there. I have a 16yr old daughter she is writing her Cambridge exams this week. And I wouldn’t send my daughter to a lod… 

Charles Carter BernadTendai Chinganga profound

AuthorTinashe MutarisiVamwe munenge muchindimakira nhaika? Nhasi VaMutarisi mapotsa …. Because ndataura pfungwa dzangu? Ndofana kungotauta zvinoenderana nemi kuti muti ndagona? Unfortunately i was not raised that way.When I was way younger than that age ndine misikanzwa yandaitoitawo yekuti dai yaiiswa pano i would not have been the person that i am today. Hanzi we publish because we want to learn, want to learn pa munhu? Pamwana wemumwe?Again why do we create a whole narrative inouraya character yemunhu based on a 30 seconds video? We then say anofanirwa kudzidza mwana iyeye based on the 30 seconds.Next thing we move on to the next victim uyu tatokanganwa apa future tatouraya

Charity Candice ThelmaTinashe Mutarisi well said people always judge without knowing the full story

Vicky MazofaMhizha Joe anopinda mukati ndiye anga apinda nemwana palodge..anga anefon yaitora video haaatowanikwe pakadai

Nyasha UteteMhizha Joe hoo nhai ka but no1 can stop reggae wangu tichatoona zvinopfuura izvi mazuva azaara nehuyipi aya musazviise muhana stereki

Bobby ChimombeTinashe Mutarisi greatful i grew up in the 70s and there is no record of our mistakes anywhere1

Mhizha JoeKupera kwe firimu ndazoona camera man avemukati nekuti akavhura hombe yaasingezogone kupedza ,mutemo ndopawakaipira ,handei tione

Chester ChiunyeCOSAFA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 GROUP B RESULTS |Botswana 0-3 Zimbabwe… 

Jeremiah T Gentle IschusNyaya ndeyeiko atisi kutoyiziva

Jonathan MusvosveriOscar Pamhirwa true because this young generation haitodi sympathy they must learn the hard way

P Fieldmarshal Shita MashitaTinashe Mutarisi Well spoken

Bishop EdTavaz TavazivaTinashe Mutarisi Munhu akaenda kunoverengera kuGomo kana Harare gardens hatipopote. Asi kune vanotoendako vasinganoverengi. Mufundisi fundisai musina wama fundira

Tonderai Ivainashe Chikono MudyiwaThis issue has soo many dimensions or must I say levels to it. It may even be that those that blocked the girl and the ones who made the video and posted are 2 different groups. One group with intention to stop and ‘save’ the girl child from marauding… See more1Like

Phephe K NnamTinashe Mutarisi what you did when you were younger shouldn’t justify mwana who is in the wrong act. Let’s assume she was at the wrong place and doing misikanzva, she was supposed to have been corrected without video. As much as we want to better our y… 

Tonderai Ivainashe Chikono MudyiwaPhephe K Nnam you are saying exactly what Tinashe said. He said the intention is understandable but were the repucursions weighed of posting the video on social media

18 hSeretse TembaTinashe Mutarisi I second u there, ma file evidence edu akaiswa pajekerere it will b a major shocker wena. But we have changed our ways

Shingirai Chris ZvomuyaMamwe ma Comments unotoona kuti ndeekutsvaga basa kuda kuita polish up zvinhu zvakadhakwa kungoti pamwe ndikatsigira ndingazonzi huya ushande ku shop kwangu Ngatiudzanei chokwadi pano an adult chaiye kupinda mubhawa akapfeka worksuit yakanyorwa zita re… 

Tonderai Ivainashe Chikono MudyiwaTinashe Mutarisi To me it is a question of motive and objective. First and foremost kuona a girl child , worse in uniform achipinda mu lodge …image projection says she is up to nefarious intent. That having been said those who blocked her could have… 

Tafadzwa ChihavaTinashe Mutarisi mataura shoko guru vaMutarisi

Chiurani Grace Mai BethaTinashe Mutarisi only if we can have few fathers who think like this and atlest few mothers …we will know for sure that we are safe .Wise word sure kuita baba hakusi kuti tava nevana 5 it is the protection that the kids will have from their fath… 

Smart KingTinashe Mutarisi kutaura semunhu mukuru this is true ther is more than what meets the eye on that vedio ..this is becoming a national Demon Destroying each other

Cynthia KambamuraTinashe Mutarisi wel said chokwadi sezvachiri Jesu akati anozviti mutsvene let him throw the 1st stone on the victim pakashaikwa kana 1 …tisazviite vatsvene tichiurauya destiny dzevana

CathyTinashe Mutarisi Yeah people must not publish zvinhu zvevana taking videos and pictures u be ruining future yemwana vana havatorwe mavideos ndosaka muTV vachivhara face social media is ruining future yevana hobho publishing everything

CathyJonathan Musvosveri Kkkkkk yeah ma2000 maone shame vakakura musoro

Casper MurandaTinashe Mutarisi very true problem is us vanhu we dont know marights evamwe vedu in this scenario mwana uyo ato batwa chibharo yu cant record some1 and post it no no no its wrong esp when people start to haunt down the kid what if she commits suicide … 

Bruce AbundanceI think comparing your past ne nenyaya yemusikana uyu azvinatso kubuda coz males and females suffer a bit differently especially panyaya dzakadai I don’t think that girl akatowurairwa future ,azvina basa kuti aitsvagei or what the message from the publ… 

Ta ChifTinashe Mutarisi muzouya kunotenga hembe dzevana

Charlotte TavengwaTinashe Mutarisi vamwe vanhu havatofunge izvo,they jus think kut zvavarikuda ndizvo zvinofana kuitwa..nd havatarise both sides ,the gud nd the bad one..vanongot as long tiri pamhepo hazvinei nehupenyu hwemunhu ,not knowing kuti varikutodestroyer vana v… See more

Changamire ChikonamombeIwewe Tinashe takakurira paHwedza apo tese handifanire kukunyara kuti apa pawati vana vadyirwe musaga uri wrong. Ko tsumo yataidzidziswa paMatsine iya kuti rega dzikure mazai haana muto yakazoshanduka here

Edward ChaitikaTinashe Mutarisi i agree with u kt mune mafungire enyu,but i also think kt in life each and every decision or action that one takes in life has its own consequences wheather good or bad,so when one makes a bad decision like that gal did,be prepared for… See more1

Mhizha JoeEdward Chaitika wrong decision ipi pamwana uyu instead yekutotsvaka camera man uyu abatwe.

Betty MapatyaMucharera denda nekuda husoft pasingade dzidziso nyoro , mwana mwana

Ronald HakataSaka maposter issue yenyu kuti tingoti muri right haaa sir zvimwe zvacho soo2

Ronald HakataThen you are wrong too coz you expect us kungoti you are right chero tisingawirirane nazvo we didn’t raised like that too sory boss4

Brenda KadzimaTinashe Mutarisi True next thing suicide2

Tatenda GatawaTinashe Mutarisi I love the way you reason even on the DNA issue. Zimbabweans unfortunately thrive on the pain and embarrassment of another. It had nothing to do with moral issues but excitement that someone has been “exposed” and “shamed”. That’s why … See more

 · Kassy ZvirevoKkkkkkk haaaaaaaa apa Tinashe Mutarisi ndaona wadzura post

Samantha BandaTinashe Mutarisi people forget about mental health also pazvese izvi and then turn around to say hee we are losing children to suicide chichi whilst varivo vanokonzera all that…how does one think it will feel to see yourself on every social media pla… See more4

Nancy Chiratidzo MahereTinashe Mutarisi well said

Tawanda MakoreTinashe Mutarisi Maybe she was visiting a relative anoshanda ipapoVanhu voti naye naye.

TaruvingaTawanda Makore okay iwewe sekufunga kwako mwana akanzi unodei pano akati ndauya kuzoona tete vangu security kwakutotanga hondo vanhu kwakutozara video kwakutotorwa.ndizvo here mhanduwe?

Amanda Nestum MatsikaTinashe Mutarisi point yenyu mukuru ndaishaya madii matanga manzwa neveku lodge kwacho full story mozotiudzawo side remwana

Rutendo ChivesoTinashe Mutarisi yeeess I like that you standing up for yourself refuse to be manipulated by people kuti mutaure pfungwa dzavo imi muine dzenyu.. why should we all the link the same thing? Why can’t we agree to disagree? Nhasi ndafara kuti hamuna kuita zve apolojersey

Vinny Hogan MkhizeTinashe Mutarisi Mukuru point yenyu chaiyo ndaishaya.Kana aifambira zvimwe akadii kutaura.Uye isu taka kura zvekuma80’s and 90’s waitozosvika kumba warohwa kare.Mwana uya it seems like she was going 4 the wrong reasons.Its better afire chokwadi.Hatisapote.zvekupenga.

Mrungwen DianaTinashe Mutarisi Zimbos don’t rush into conclusion my guy.the gal was asked kt arikuenda kunoitei mulodge and she didn’t gv a concrete answer. These nowhere in Zim where yu can find vanhu vakaungana for one cause isiri pa agenda. My only concern is who… 

Daniel TaruvingaTinashe Mutarisi aiwaaa murungu apa tkupesana. No under age mubhawa whether akuda kutengesa nzungu kuti ararame or akutsvaga baba vake vane 5 days vasina kuuya kumba asi vachionekwa pabhawa only to assist them get what they want. Our country is now fil… 

Philein Sophia ChigodoraTinashe Mutarisi Xamwari thats a good philosophical approach to Zimbabweans cognitive behavior. Avafungi next move. Chavanogona kumhanyisa nyaya vasi kana order. Ukavanzwa vachitaura nyaya vanhu unoshaya kuti nei vasina action izvo kungowanza muromo.

Gamu ChiraiTinashe Mutarisi I agree with you and this post chero hangu ndisina video yandaona

Mercie MwarcieTinashe Mutarisi haaaa im with you vaMutarisi vanhu vanoitawo kunge vasngashaishe vamwe totoita zviri worse kudarika kupnda mulodge kwakachena uko but we are all acting holly pano mxxxxm its bad its bad zvekutora video izvoo

Mai Sean NaTawandaTinashe Mutarisi Only in Zim is it a crime to be found at a lodge wearing a uniform wonzwa hanzi mazimba akadzidza wotoshaya vakadzidziye with the way the rush to conclude without evidence mazimba ndiwo the closest cousins of sathani2

Augustine Masawimy question to all who have concluded that this child was there for sexual immorality can you please give us evidence or show us the culprit who she wanted to do it with!pasina izvozvo dont rush to conclude3

MilanKing munombobuda offside henyu

Thembisa T DubeIni l think arikungoedza kuti people shldnt be bulling mwana uyu pa social media

AuthorTinashe MutarisiElvis Msindo So if that was your child woita the first person to get hold of that video would you post it pa social media kuitira kuti vakawanda vadzidze or you would delete it?Plus vanhu dzidzai kuverenga to understand not kuverenga uchimhanyira fight.

Kuda Shaun Kays ShoniTinashe Mutarisi kkk very true, some of these guys commenting here have very shallow mind, kujaira hondo pasocial media kkk1

Lawrence NyajenaVana kuzvikoro not kumalodge it’s a no no idea let’s protect our society ,nyika iyi haisi South Africa

Vicky MazofaTinashe Mutarisi stop using word if because already he is not…so nyaya iripo our Mbinga fambirai nyaya dzevanhu vakurara nevana vadiki Kuma lodge mugadzirise nyika bcoz munhu wese ane fon ipapo pamwe haazi one akatora video iroro

Elvis MsindoTinashe Mutarisi Kana ndatotumirwa video as the parent I will delete it but remember ndatumirwa zvichireva kuty anaro ane right yekuita zvaanoda naro, nyaya haisi ye video nyaya ndeye chakaipa chirikuitwa kuvana vasina chatisiri kuona daily so that vid… See more2

Marriana ChinguwaI know someone who was also being threatened by her boss or let me say her manager … she would often visit the lodge in work uniform since kubasa kwaisabvumirwa kutakura anything so aisakwanisa kuenda nehembe …. a customer ndiye akatomuona akauya a… See more2

Marriana ChinguwaTinashe Mutarisi i really feel pity for all these guys unoziva …mwana anotadza but even shoko ramwari rinotaura wani kty rovedzera mwana nepaanofanira kufamba napo nokuti kunyangwe akwegura haangatsauke mairi …. yes atadza but we still have to teac… See more3

Marriana ChinguwaThola Mathe this country kaaaaa iiiii

Wadzanai ChitsoteTinashe Mutarisi warwadziwa wangu us tooo I think the person aka publisher ngaasungweMutsvene ndiani4

Dylan Dee NyikaTinashe Mutarisi mkoma vamwe vanhu they read to respond without reading to understand first !! But post yenyu ine mashoko makukutu1

Samuel MatonhodzeTinashe Mutarisi kkkkk tine hasha tinenge tichitoda fight chaiyo

Arthur MwachipaTinashe Mutarisi true mkuru pamwe vabereki vake vanoshanda palodge aida kupihwa makeys ekumba kana mari yebhazi ngatisamhanyisei pfungwa ko kana vachigara ipapo1

Chiedza Gladys GobozaArthur Mwachipa ndakatombozvifungawo

Denford R Kawanza RdkTinashe Mutarisi mdara the problem is we dont read and listen to understand but we read and listen to reply2

Callistus MakipaDenford R Kawanza Rdk well said. Well done

Malvin ChimombeZimbabwe hainganake shuwa nekuti vanoti kunoenda mhepo ndokwatinoenda.ts a norm to boot lick.this is all what is happening in zanu pf . people within the party fail to challenge some leaders kuti guys you are failing.here we are we are seeing people … See more2

Simblex NzaraTinashe Mutarisi social media is now the most dangerous thng coz any bad or good name we know eg muroyi,mhondi,tsotsi,failure,hure,christian,lawyer can give their dangerous points….pliiiz lets be aware

Lovie MrankeTinashe Mutarisi they read to criticise ,,havagone kutaura nyaya vachipa mafacts without attacking coz vanenge vagara vari ma enemy1

Mai McTinashe Mutarisi saka apa murikuti achienda there fo a good reason here?l think munotozivawo mitemo wani.1

Mai McRunyararo Zifamba lodge n hospital zvasiyana hama

Beatrice NemaisaVaudzei kani vanhu ava

 Murozvi SamanyembaTinashe Mutarisi no kupfeka juzi today …. what you saying is making sense 3

Phineas Target MucheriTinashe Mutarisi That’s a good question bros

Belinda Mimie MwanzaTinashe Mutarisi hanzi not kuverenga uchimhanyira fight kkkkk

Dee Gagah Mudzingwaword

Winny JoroTinashe Mutarisi vajaira ka kuti hamutane kupfeka juzi reapology manje nhasi makatsamwa,vanoverenga vachimhanyira attack ava3

Innocent Chindiro MhokoreZimbabwe Haina kunatso Mira mushe politically and for all Zimbabweans economicallyy.one of the reasons it took so long for them to get things right is sugar coating and facing reality . then you will be to correct and improve.in that girl situation t… See more4

Cissy MeeTinashe Mutarisi my brother iwe wakaona mwana achipinda mubhawa unoitasei nekuda kureasona kwako uku unototi nekuti pamwe arikuda kuona bhora or mutengesi ndimai or baba vake ngaapinde hake here???? Mulodge i understand kuti wakuda kutaura meaning yelo… See more1

Cissy MeeTinashe Mutarisi first tell us kuti iwe personally unoenda kulodge kunoitei .Mwana uyo anogona kutaura dai akaendera zvinemusoro dai akataura kuti ndoda kuona nhingi .and im surprised Sir you act as if you knw everything mjolo haisi paint .Stop acting … See more13

Barbra MujuruTrue

Hazel Viviane MadzimaTinashe Mutarisi very true

Norman PikiTinashe Mutarisi well said Mkoma Nash

Tapiwa MusundireTinashe is ryt …Mugabe anga asingaitirwi izvi zvekuti vàhu vawane freedom yakawandisa munhu chaangoda kuposta or kutukaAs a Nation we must protect our children not shaming them ,,,,vaifanirwa kurova mwana or kumurepotera kuxul kwavo … See more8

Florence Tanya ChitupilaTinashe Mutarisi that’s a 1000 dollar word right there2

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Councilor Christopher NyembaTinashe Mutarisi Lodge and beer hall to give as an example those are no go areas for anyone in school uniform. What made people to easily identify and make noise is the school uniform. No genuine reason whatsoever can justify that. The girl went to a w… See more117

Moses MushongaCouncilor Christopher Nyemba you are encouraging children to go to school with cloths to change all the time, it doesn’t add up my worry is the damage done on her life and imagine her seeing all these discussions the kid may loose her life. Who ever pu… See more

Trymore TakundwaWhat I learnt in life when you are wearing a uniform , whether a school one, work,sport you will be representing many people or an organisation so you must not be seen in places where bad morals are practiced,so Mr Mutarisi if the girl was accompanied … See more195

Ru ChakanyukaDai pasina video yaitova their word against the girl.1

Lynne T OdenImimiwo futi haaa3

Faith Mugorehaven’t seen the video zvangu wil watch it if l cm across it coz yaita noise sure

Baba HarareChokwadi chemahara Mr Mutarisi. As a nation we need to move away from victim blaming and slut shaming. Like you said the perpetrators are the lodge owners and the men who lure vana ava. This culture needs to change.214

Debz Muera MoyoIf I was the parent I would thank those elders ndiri pamabvi. They did nothing wrong at all. Infact as a nation tinotoda mateam akadaya pagedhi relodge yegayega

Liberty MapfumoDebz Muera Moyo very true am actual grateful and point ya Tinashe Mutarisi haishande because the child was not humiliated haana kurohwa or kubvisiwa mask so handisi kuwona problem. Being a father of teenage girls ndakatofara kuti detawana vanhu vakadai

Last Muchenje  · FollowToday really loved the fact that you didn’t delete your opinion bro , the truth doesn’t change because people are offended and also people should read to understand not to reply

DS KuparaGrowing up we always had school rules that stopped us from entering certain places when you’re in uniform, this was done for very good reasons. We will always respect your opinion, and you have every right to express yourself especially on your own pag… 

Tendoe RueI applaud those men for shouting and making sure hasi kupinda mulodge. It takes a village to raise a child. Community yagona. Tichikura we took our neighbours as parents and respected them. Mota dzemaboyfriends dzinotoparker kure negate or neighbours… 

Zhou Kajau H SusanSadly society does not give a chance to find the truth rather everyone will just believe what the ‘photographer’ is saying.

Norry Tanya ChaitezviBut tinashe we have a lot of these kids who go there but why this one people might have been wrong but I’m sure they suspected something fishy there,how ever this gel has rights to use the lodge with whoever she wants to use it with as long she is 16 n… 

Bianca MutasaImagine what that girl will go through after all this. Her school and classmates, the society , her parents etc this is just wrong tichauraisa vana nekuda nyaya

Sthabile Mtombeni PriscillaBut l like the defence from our elders .its wrong to publish in such a way but its a wake up call .lodges and school kidz hazvibude chero pane enough reason but .its not a good pic to the community

Nyasha Kayla  -what if she had lost her bus fare,and one of her parents or relative works there?-what if she was sent there by her parents or something-if she was there for the wrong reasons,why not find out what is pushing the girl child to do that

Brighton GeeEveryone here knows zvinoitika kuma lodge mu harare let’s not pretend as if ku lodge kunobuda zvakanaka if that company lodge knows kuti zvakaitika was ok I,m sure they would have made an social comment distancing themselves

Brighton GeeNyasha Kayla that’s simple paiitika noise yese ini if the mother was around vangadai vakauya ku gate paitika noise let’s not beautify zvinhu zvakaipa those guys havapenge kunovharira mwana kuti asapinde pa lodge maybe they have seen the worse pa lodge …

Mukoko WekwaChambatiNyasha Kayla I am sure there was a conversation before the situation escalated to the shouting and video. The girl even seems stubborn. In such a situation would not have been better to just walk away if for nothing more her safety? Instead anoita kung… 

Rumbidzai Bwowa JnrNyasha Kayla iam just thinking, if it were me ndafambira right reasons mamusingandinyararieze ndaitotaura zcandafambira chete nekupooota kwenyu ikoko I’d find a way to make myself heard kuti ndafambira zvakanaka. Yaisatombosvika pakuzara vanhu because … 

Kudzai D ChidedeRumbidzai Bwowa Jnr true zvonetsa here kuti ndauya kuzoona kudzai chidede mai vangu ndisheedzerei horaiti handisi kupinda mkati dakumuona2

Cyv ChiundoI disagree. If there was a genuine reason why could it not be said ipapo? If she was there to see her parent or relative, could the staff wanting to let her in not have said so? Taking the video is not entirely wrong too. It may possibly deter one or two, certainly not all, school kids from doing the same. I could hardly make the kid’s face in that video coz of the mask, which was good in that it protects her from harassment and bullying dzepa social media. Mwana haaendi ku lodge, full stop.Spencer Mackenzie MabekaWho actually knows why that girl was at that lodge?But the fact remains kuti society inoziva lodge iri a place where people meet for sex especially magame so kuona a female high school student in a uniform achipinda mulodge hazvifadze Tinashe,that sch… 

Lolo MachieLet’s not base on what if becausewþ I think if she was there for genuine reasons like kuona a relative etc. They can always come pagate kunoona mwana. Let’s not shy away from the fact that prevention is better than cure. It’s better kumumisa pane kusiy… 

Von VonneI thought the same. Kupinda pa Lodge doesn’t necessarily mean she was up to no good. I worked in the hospitality industry and know there are so many reasons to visit a lodge rather than promiscuity. People are just dirty minded

Debrah Tsveture SamuriwoHazviite for whatever reason aMutarisi.Ipapo i beg to differ.That place is not a healthy place for a kid to be.Whoever brought it to social media,i guess it was for the right reasons which were to maybe to make people aware.Mwana uya haana kutomboneka … 

SIR Favour Rcombo  · FollowMy brother, the thing is, if a country doesn’t have important things to discuss, they tend to judge things without tracing the validity and the reliability of those stories.. a young girl going to a lodge is not her fault, it’s a man’s fault who doesn’…

Mujaki Chekenyere ChecksTotally agree!!! Zimbabweans we are good in judging and taking each other down insteady of advising and encouraging…ooooh no pliz God can you help us to heal our cursed country

Tariro ParadzaiAewa vana vadiki vanotsvakei kuma lodgeWrong to recordBut very right we all know what does down ikoko,we are tired of old men abusing our daughters cause they have money… 

Vigilent GoliatI believe that the media and us as individuals we are the real monsters,,,we keep on victimizing the already victimised rather than comforting the abused ones and hunt the real culprits..we judge people according to our versions of the story not the re… 

Andre Shawatieither way lodge haingokodzere kuenda nevana for whatsoever reason cox a lot happens there and mwana anodzidzei…..there is no better justification its more like kutuma mwana ku strip club or ku bar kunotora bus fare from a relative who works there…… 

Charles Krinesta JonasPosting someone on social media without their consent should have a jail term…they did well in trying to find out the reason why she wanted entry but the devil who took the video and posted should be brought to justice

Precious M ZivengwaHaaaa taurai henyu ur side Mr Mutarisi but from my own point of view lodge hatingotarisire kukaona for whatsoever reasons, ini i think there was a reason for dat reaction from the society vanenge vachiziva kani vanhi vaya zvirikuitika…hongu there is…

DS KuparaThis young lady could have easily stated her reasons. If she was there to see someone who works there, or who needed to hand over something to her, they could have come out to the gate to explain. As a parent, I would want my child to be stopped as wel… 

Anesu IsheFrom what i saw that gal was not by herself …she was with someone and the person who took the video didnt focus on the child’s face…Every action has its consequences and unfortunately this is one of them …Tichikura vaiita misikanzwa if this calib… 

Rumbi Sundire MkodzongiIni hangu I was just impressed by the fact that there were men there who had the heart to say NO. I don’t know the lodge but I’m sure those guys probably know what goes on in there. Very commendable action.

Kerth VhiririIni zvekuti different reasons what what will not hold water kwandiri that kid was supposed to be in school or kumba if she wanted to see her parent ipapo or atumwa ne parent yake aifanirwa kugumira pa gate and make enquiry with the guard. Kana paive ne… 

Pamela MaravanyikaThere’s no justification yekuenda ku lodge.Kunoitei mwana wechkoro,what business could she have mu lodge straight from school?If you listen to those men vaipopota you can tell kuti vangavatoudzwa zvaafambira that’s why they were angry.They acted just… 

Brenda ZvikarambaThe people who stopped the girl kupinda mu lodge wr jc trying to protect the girl bcz vana pazera iri it’s easy to make mistakes. Problem iripavanhu vaka recorder and post on social media. All they wanted was to tarnish her image nothing else. Ndopatin… 

Liz MakAkatobva kuchikoro before break time uya makaona drink rarichiri rakazara? If she had gone there with a boyfriend then thumbs up to the people who couldnt let her in

Anesu ZhouMr Tinashe Mutarisi do you think the community just blocked that girl from entering that lodge because she was the first lady to enter there wearing a uniform…people react because of a continuous pattern and behavior of that institution…that lodge … 

Taku MundengaWhat if you are wrong and it was a sinister trip? How will we be able to raise awareness about issues around “child rape” happening behind guestrooms without scenerios like these caught on camera? Toita skit here? To the best of my knowledge, this is… 

Mai MwendamberiWhen we were in school we were not allowed to visiti even shops in school uniform. Kana achida kuenda ngaaende nehembe dzake

Vee VongaiWhat do you mean slandering that girl?She was not slandered in any way but actually, the people in the video are trying to protect a child here. Whether her visit to the lodge was in good or bad faith, the person whom she was meeting akadii kubuda achi… 

Bernard MaparanyangaIf this young girl gets proper legal advice ,she will be smiling on her way to the bank after pressing defamatory charges against the blackmailer,Some people do this just to gain likes and fame on social media irregardles of the consequences to be fac… 

Mai LeeChandiri kuona charesveka apa is recording and making it trend.But seeing men stand up for the girl child is so encouraging.Semubereki ndinoti ngazviende mberi.

Paida Juru PhiriMamuka sei mkuru please tiitireiwo BigBrother ZimbabweThank you in Advance

Kerth VhiririTinashe Mutarisi ndaona wadzura post futi nhasi hehehe rega vanhu vapinde mu office Kuma free wifi

 ·Hillary DzumbunuIye aimbodei ikoko. Dai akataurazve kuti ndoda kuona mdara wangu. Tikakuona uchimiramira kuNyaradzo/Doves tofunga kuti wafirwa. These guys were really concerned kuti you can’t take mwana wechikoro kupinda naye mulodge izvo ngazvisava nyore kana vachida… 

Tinashe DhlakamaKana mwana akarambidzwa kupinda mubhawa bho stereki nomatter the reason.

Mwana SikanaMwana wechikoro in school uniform cant be found pa lodge, end of! Those men were correct . Kana paine hama yaaida kuwona ipapo the hama was supposed to come out and meet her ku road

Watida IsheInga pa video pakatonzi murume wacho apinda kare wani haiwawoooo dai aida kuona family yake akadii kuti dakuona sekuru vangu kutuzura kuye kwaive kwemunhu asiri straight hapana henyu chama defender apa mwana haaende ku lodge ne unirfom …varume vaye …

PunungweWhat other reasons angaenderwa kulodge nhai weduwee muri kuti aionoona hama dzake here muri kutiiko .Wrong is wrong vabereki vari kutambura for this kids kuti vaende kuschool iye oenda kulodge onouya nemuzukuru vabereki vochengeta futi

His name is MAKOMBORERO HARUZIVISHE; he is a political prisoner in Zimbabwe!#FreeMako#MakoMonday pic.twitter.com/LN5I2s3oua

— Prof Jonathan Moyo (@ProfJNMoyo) October 4, 2021

By A Correspondent- Guruve residents were left shell-shocked after a villager went beseark and axed his wife before his inlaws teamed up and fatally assaulted him last week.

The matter came to light at Guruve magistrates courts where Peter Chihaka (42),Anna Chigwededza (40) and Simon Andrew appeared before magistrate  Rumbidzai Mugwagwa facing a murder charge.

They were not asked to  plead a murder charge and advised to apply for bail at High Court.

The state led by Albert Charewa allege on September 24 the now deceased Rufaro Chipatiko struck his wife Tracy Andrew on the head with an axe.

This angered the trio who teamed up and went on to retaliate  at Chipatiko’s homestead killing him in the process.

After committing  the offence the trio tired him in his bedroom hut trying to give an impression  that he committed suicide.

The police investigated the case and dragged them to court.

By A Correspondent- A bus driver from Southley Park in Harare who allegedly killed his wife in cold blood in front of his two minor children was on Wednesday found dead in Beitbridge.

Tinashe Ruzaya Paunosvika is believed to have failed to cross the border to South Africa and decided to take his own life.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying a note addressed to his late wife was found on the scene where he committed suicide.

Said Nyathi:

Police in Southley Park are investigating circumstances surrounding a case of murder in which Tinashe Ruzaya Paunosvika, 48, killed his wife, Ronah Masango (40), with an axe on Monday at Ushewekunze Phase 1 Harare.

Coincidentally, Tinashe Ruzaya Paunosvika was found dead on 29/09/21 at the 265 km peg, Masvingo- Beitbridge Road (15 meters from the highway) with a suicide note addressed to his late wife.

The suspect had earlier accused the victim of infidelity.

Paunosvisva popularly known at Ushewokunze as “Bamnini” axed his late wife several times in front of their minor children and fled from the scene.

-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Marry Mubaiwa-Chiwenga, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has sent an unclear message to “men that ill-treat their wives and or ex-wives.”

The former model sent her condolences to the Charamba family following the passing of the brother and former wife of George Charamba, the presidential spokesperson.

She posted on Twitter:

Condolences to George Charamba and his family on the passing of his brother and ex-wife, Dr Rudo Charamba, may her soul rest in peace. This is also a message to men that ill-treat their wives and or ex-wives.

Her remarks come when she is embroiled in a nasty divorce with VP Chiwenga whom she is accusing of abusing State institutions to ill-treat her.

She claims the former military boss of using the army to kick her out of their matrimonial house in Borrowdale.

Marry has also been accusing Chiwenga of being cruel by denying her access to her kids.

Last year, Marry’s doctor diagnosed her with lymphoedema and recommended that she be treated in South Africa because he believes that there are specialists there but she cannot as her passport was withheld by the state.

Marry recently indicated in court through her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa that she believes that doctors in local hospitals are afraid to write her an affidavit indicating that she needed treatment as they fear Chiwenga who is also the Minister of Health and Child Care.

By Staff Reporter- Local traditional leaders in Chisumbanje said the noise about displacement of their subjects from their ancestral land is based on misinformation by individuals who were using land that belonged to Arda.

Chief Tobias Garahwa of Chinyamukwakwa area who has about 85 headmen under his jurisdiction said his subjects have for many years accessed dry land that belonged to Arda which had been lying idle which it did not have the capacity to use it all.

With the coming in of the Green Fuel massive ethanol project this meant that villagers had to pave way for the sugarcane plantations and this led to a misunderstanding between the locals and green fuel who had encroached into Arda land.

“When green fuel came it was announced that they would use land that belonged to Arda but because the company did not have the capacity to use all its land, villagers took advantage of that and for years had been ploughing the land that did not belong to them,” Chief Garahwa said.

“So this created a lot of misunderstanding between the company and the villagers who now thought that the land belonged to them since Arda had not been using it.”

Chief Garahwa said the situation of displacement was made worse by some villagers who refused to embarrass some of the empowerment programmes that were introduced by the new company.

“We all know that Green fuel looked at our situation of erratic and inadequate rainfall in our area and undertook to empower the villagers by giving them 10% of the land and turning it into irrigation and offered villagers each 0.5 hectares.”

“Others embraced it while the few rejected it but when they saw how it had changed the lives of many, they started spreading unfounded allegations about displacements from ancestral land.”

His sentiments were also shared by Councillor Edmore Masiya Ward 28 who said if one looks at the yields that were coming from the land that was being used by the villagers has been low as compared to the one coming from land irrigation schemes allocated to the villagers and being supported by Green Fuel.

“The yields had been very very low because of the unreliable rainfall and most ended up just relying on cotton as their cash crop but cotton has low producer prices as well,” said Clr Masiya.

“The irrigation scheme which now meant that villagers put three different cash crops underground in one season, smiling all the way to the bank hence changing the lives of the locals.”

“I also want to add that no villager was displaced but it was just a misunderstanding between the locals because villagers were ploughing Arda land which over years had not been utilised.”

“So, when green fuel came, they just took all the land that belonged to Arda as part of their lease agreement, hence the conflict with villagers who for long had relaxed farming the land.”  

In addition, at the commencement of the ethanol project, a massive infrastructure rehabilitation program was undertaken to revive the waterworks at Middle Sabi and 78 A2 and 48 A1 farmers came online to draw water along the canal.

The Company also rehabilitated 18 existing small-scale irrigation schemes, stretching 1,700 hectares from Mutema and Tawona to Chibuwe, and catering for approximately 2,300 farmers.  

The rehabilitation work centred on repairing and replacing water pumps, drilling additional boreholes to augment water supplies and the reconstruction of water conveyance systems.

 A community irrigation schemes water engineering department run and financed by Green Fuel continues to see to the day to day needs of the schemes in terms of water conveyance.

A number of farmers have taken up contract farming in bananas for Matanuska and are doing extremely well.

By A Correspondent- The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education says there is no going back on the implementation of the continuous assessment learning activities (CALAs) for examination classes in line with the new competency-based curriculum introduced in 2017.

CALAs is a new assessment that requires learners to perform and to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and proficiency.

It combines continuous assessment (CA) and high stakes examinations and pushes learners to apply their learning in context.

CALAs forms part of the weighted contribution to learner performance outcome at Grade 7, Form 4 and Upper 6 final examinations.

It is the assessment of a pupil’s progress throughout a course of study rather than exclusively by examination at the end of it.

Primary and Secondary Education Deputy Minister Edgar Moyo said that the government is going ahead with the implementation of CALAs, which is now a policy.

Moyo was officially opening a three-day continuous assessment framework workshop for district schools’ inspectors in the southern region in Bulawayo on Monday.

He said:

The various misconceptions will die naturally since CALAs has come to stay, although some people argued that we have to postpone it.

CALAs is a key component of the new competency-based curriculum, which was introduced in 2017.

It also has an assessment element in it, which we have delayed in implementing. The continuous assessment is meant to look at the formative side of the assessment of the abilities of children.

According to the Permanent Secretary’s Circular No.10 of 2021, CALAs implementation is now policy and learners who do not obtain marks for CALAs cannot obtain a final mark at the end.

Under the policy framework, the new grading system will see Grade 7 final results determined by 30 per cent of continuous assessment and 70 per cent on national examinations.

At Form 4, the framework states that learners’ grades be based 40 per cent on theoretical examination, 30 per cent practical examination and 30 per cent continuous assessment.

CALAs ultimately sets out what learners are expected to know and be able to do as a direct result of their learning in schools and non-formal education, starting from early childhood development (ECD) to secondary level.

At the moment, it only applies to examination classes.

By A Correspondent- Former first lady Grace Mugabe has challenged a court order to exhume her late husband Robert Mugabe’s remains for reburial at the National Heroes Acre, court papers showed Monday.

Zimbabwe’s longtime former ruler was buried in his rural home village of Kutama, Zvimba, about 90km west of the capital Harare, in September 2019 after weeks of wrangling over his final resting place.

His family had opposed the government’s plans to bury him at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare, where it had started constructing a special mausoleum for him.

But in May, Chief Zvimba, a traditional leader, fined Grace Mugabe five cows and two goats for improperly burying Mugabe and ordered his exhumation and reburial in Harare.

Mugabe’s children then appealed the chief’s directive – but a magistrate court last month confirmed that order, saying the ex-president’s children had no legal authority to challenge the exhumation of their father.

That prompted Grace Mugabe to take over the legal battle.

Papers on Monday showed that the widow, in an appeal to the High Court, said the magistrate’s order upholding the directive of the traditional chief was “grossly irregular and unreasonable”.

Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on 6 September 2019, aged 95.

He had been overthrown in a military coup in November 2017 which ended his autocratic 37-year rule.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government wanted him to be buried at the National Heroes’ Acre, which is set aside for heroes of the liberation struggle against colonial rule.

But Mugabe’s family said that before his death, he had told them he did not want to be buried at the shrine.

By A Correspondent- Five men have been arrested for illegally possessing two diamond testers and twelve pieces of diamonds weighing 75 carats. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said police officers arrested the accused acting on a tip-off. Said ZRP in a Twitter post:

The ZRP applauds the public for supplying positive information which goes a long way in fighting crime. Police in Mutare acted on a tip-off and arrested Romeo Tembo, Luckmore Chikove, Tonderai Mandiwanzira, Teererai Chigariro and Munashe Mhazo for illegally possessing twelve pieces of diamonds weighing 75 carats and two diamond testers.

According to previous auctions, Zimbabwean diamonds normally fetch about US$400 per carat, although this can rise to as much as US$12 000 per carat.

Pindula News previously reported that diamond revenue has for long been a contentious issue with the late former president Robert Mugabe once claiming that revenue of up to US$15 billion had been stolen.

Auditor-General Mildred Chiri, in her report for 2019 that was released this year, revealed that both the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) failed to account for diamonds worth an estimated US$140 million.

The diamonds weighed 350 000 carats.

It is alleged that illegal mining is authorised by some corrupt officials in the security sector at the payment of huge kickbacks.

By A Correspondent- In a bid to please her new boyfriend, a Sakubva teen mum (15) did the unthinkable by dumping her one-year-old child in the mountain so that she could move in with her lover.

The teen mum (name withdrawn) appeared before Mutare magistrate, Ms Prisca Manhibi, facing infant exposure charges.

Her boyfriend, Admire Makurudza is alleged to have fled and is still at large.

Ms Tafadzwa Chiwanza prosecuted.

The court heard that on July 12, the teen mum left home where she was staying with her grandmother with the intention of co-habiting with Makurudza.

“When she got to Makurudza’s place, he refused to take her in on the account of her son,” said Ms Chiwanza.

Makurudza suggested that they dump the baby somewhere.

The pair proceeded to a mountain near Nyakamete Industrial Area and dumped the baby in a bush.

Said Ms Chiwanza: “On the following day, the teen mum’s aunt, Sithabile Jesi, returned from their rural home and discovered that her niece had eloped to her boyfriend.

“She went to Makurudza’s place in an attempt to persuade the teenager to return home, only to discover that she was not with the child.”

After being interrogated, the teen mum revealed the truth and led her relatives to the site.

The baby was rescued and rushed to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital for medical attention.

The matter was adjourned to October 6 for sentencing.

-ManicaPost

NCA President Professor Lovemore Madhuku’s 25th  wedding anniversary pictures have gone viral on the internet.
 
The opposition leader is said to have held the 25th wedding anniversary at Mt Pleasant Heights home on Saturday.

WE’RE READY…In 1980,Mugabe was 56, Banana 44, Mnangagwa 37, Rex 31, Tongo would’ve been 42, Joyce 25,Zvinavashe 36, Oppah 22 and Sekuru Chiwenga 23.They were ready to serve and so are we.Why do some people think that OUR GENERATION is not ready?We’re ready!And it’s now our turn!

— nelson chamisa (@nelsonchamisa) October 5, 2021

By A Correspondent- Grain millers in Zimbabwe have warned that there might be a bread price hike due to a decline in global wheat supply after major producer countries were hit by drought.

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe revealed that only 20 percent of local wheat is mixed with imported wheat to produce bread.

Bread is between US$0.90 and US$0.95 a loaf.

Speaking to ZTN, GMAZ chairman, Mr Tafadzwa Musarara said because of the decline in supply of wheat globally, importing it will be expensive.

“There is a world decline on wheat supplies which has caused prices to go up. So, it does not necessarily mean a shortage, but the cost of importing has gone up. Here we are talking about imported wheat. So, there are many cases where the wheat is going up and the bread price is not going up,” said Mr Musarara.

According to Bloomberg, crop losses in two of the world’s biggest wheat exporters have pushed prices to multi-year highs, adding to worries about food price inflation for millions of the world’s most vulnerable.

Drought and heat continued to fry Canada’s wheat in July, months after a brutal winter hit the Russian crop.

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF government’s secretary for Information, Nick Mangwana, yesterday celebrated social media platforms’ server outages.

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger stopped working shortly before 6 PM, on Monday.

Facebook has nearly three billion accounts, Instagram with more than 1.3 billion and WhatsApp has over two billion active accounts.

The social media platforms apologised to the whole world through their Twitter accounts, saying they were working tirelessly to restore the Apps.

Celebrating the crashing of these social media platforms on his Twitter page, Mangwana mocked the public, saying, “you must be suffering”.
“So these guys have crashed. And you are suffering big time right now. That’s a sign that you need therapy,” he posted.

Zimbabweans resort to social media to speak the truth to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s maladministration.

The government has a history of arresting citizens who would have challenged the status quo through social media.

So these guys have crashed. And you are suffering big time right now. That’s a sign that you need therapy!? pic.twitter.com/s97vTpYJmR

— Nick Mangwana (@nickmangwana) October 4, 2021

By A Correspondent- Fearless MDC Alliance youth leader Makomborero Haruzivishe has denounced President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration from his Harare Remand Prison Cell.

He wrote a letter and was seen by Pindula online news publication, Haruzivishe, who said Zimbabweans should push for democracy.

The MDC-Alliance youth leader is detained on allegations of “inciting public violence and resisting a peace officer” after protesting over the deteriorating democratic space.

Here is Haruzivishe’s letter:
Dear Comrades and friends,
In case you’re wondering, I’m enduring prison quite well. I’ve been prosecuted countless times over the past decade that I made a gentlemen’s agreement with pain. Having been arrested an average of three times a year, tortured numerous times since 2011, I have come to appreciate that pain has its place and I don’t mock its power.
But it is a power that doesn’t touch my soul.
This solidifies in me the art of endurance. Yes, ENDURANCE is the word. I knew the word but never had the opportunity to really “feel” it, “touch” it, but was forced by circumstances imposed on me by Emmerson Mnangagwa’s dictatorship to live it. Indeed I’m living it, and I’m not so blind to military state capture to believe that it will end any time soon, as the subsequent capture of the justice system can prolong the seven months I have endured to seven years through more unjust convictions, but to me it doesn’t matter anymore. I will endure it to the very end.
You know, we have to face the facts; things aren’t getting any better. They are getting worse. All we are asking for is a Zimbabwe where every child gets a fair chance of quality education and every adult gets a fair chance of a decent earning, but all we are getting is corruption and abuse — yet in 2017, many believed things have changed, but they changed for the worse.
Just another dictator, ED, with an even worse agenda; the perpetuation of military state capture, a worse type of governance with an increasingly ruthless, ever widening network to act it out.
Who knew before 2017 that there is a terror network of state agents called the “FERRET” squad who would be deployed against unsuspecting citizens with specific order to abduct, torture and harass them?
Who knew before 2017 that there was a car rental company called IMPALA that is contracted by the government to ferry terror squads to our homes and move citizens to torture bases.
Because of such terror networks that are sponsored with our taxes; thoughts of real death, not the remediable conceit now of imprisonment as a unique death, becomes an insistent, strident companion to such an extent that when gunshots were fired during my arrest: I was ready.
Despite all this, we must never waver from the fact that justice is the first condition of humanity, and we deserve pure, undiluted justice.
We must tattoo it in our hearts that “I have the power, you have the power, and together we can make the change because people’s power is stronger than the individuals in power”.
With this tattoo we must action our power through exercising our constitutional rights of freedom of assembly, association, demonstrate and petition in the streets, freedom of expression on social media, for now is the right time to stop agonising and intensify organising. After all, we are the ones we have been waiting for.
More importantly comrades and friends, we must register to vote because after all is said and done, all popular democratic revolutions end in the ballot box.
Worry more about yourselves, the future of our beloved Zimbabwe, the next generation — and worry less about me, for I definitely will come out, sooner or later, dead or alive.
After all, as I was enduring my birthday on 23 April, yeah, ENDURE, because birthday in prison is unlike birthday anywhere else. In prison, one doesn’t exactly celebrate their birthday, one ENDURES it. As I turned 29 years old, I reminded myself that some say life begins at 40, so I’ve got 11 years to 40. But since the life expectancy for Zimbabwean men is around 30 years, I cherished the realisation that I have already lived a full life, so either way I am in charge!
I REMAIN IN CHARGE
Makomborero Haruzivishe

-Pindula

By A Correspondent- The opposition MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora and MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa have agreed to field one candidate to contest council elections in Matabeleland South Province.

Over 80 council by-elections are pending across the country, and more than 40 parliamentary seats are vacant after the MDC-T recalled legislators and councillors affiliated with the MDC Alliance.

However, by-elections were suspended by the government due to COVID-19 regulations.

MDC-T’s Matabeleland South provincial executive has said it is opposed to recalls and wants unity talks with other opposition parties to ensure victory against Zanu PF. 

The party’s chairperson in the province, Ekem Moyo, who is former Gwanda South legislator, said:

We are planning on having one single candidate from the MDC Alliance or MDC-T so that we push the Matabeleland South agenda. The electorate is clear that it wants a united MDC.

On Friday, the provincial executive led by Moyo, provincial secretary-general Younger Moyo and organising secretary Bekezela Maplanka met a number of MDC Alliance councillors in Gwanda to strike a unity pact. 

He added that they were working with councillors from the MDC Alliance adding that they were elected and should not be sacrificed or fired as that might be against the interests of the electorate.

In terms of section 129(1)(k) of the Constitution, legislators and councillors can be recalled at the instigation of the party that got them elected into Parliament.

Electoral watchdogs like the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) have, however, expressed concern over the slow pace in implementing electoral reforms ahead of the by-elections and general elections in 2023. 

More: NewsDay

By A Correspondent- Fearless MDC Alliance youth leader Makomborero Haruzivishe has denounced President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration from his Harare Remand Prison Cell.

He wrote a letter and was seen by Pindula online news publication, Haruzivishe, who said Zimbabweans should push for democracy.

The MDC-Alliance youth leader is detained on allegations of “inciting public violence and resisting a peace officer” after protesting over the deteriorating democratic space.

Here is Haruzivishe’s letter:
Dear Comrades and friends,
In case you’re wondering, I’m enduring prison quite well. I’ve been prosecuted countless times over the past decade that I made a gentlemen’s agreement with pain. Having been arrested an average of three times a year, tortured numerous times since 2011, I have come to appreciate that pain has its place and I don’t mock its power.
But it is a power that doesn’t touch my soul.
This solidifies in me the art of endurance. Yes, ENDURANCE is the word. I knew the word but never had the opportunity to really “feel” it, “touch” it, but was forced by circumstances imposed on me by Emmerson Mnangagwa’s dictatorship to live it. Indeed I’m living it, and I’m not so blind to military state capture to believe that it will end any time soon, as the subsequent capture of the justice system can prolong the seven months I have endured to seven years through more unjust convictions, but to me it doesn’t matter anymore. I will endure it to the very end.
You know, we have to face the facts; things aren’t getting any better. They are getting worse. All we are asking for is a Zimbabwe where every child gets a fair chance of quality education and every adult gets a fair chance of a decent earning, but all we are getting is corruption and abuse — yet in 2017, many believed things have changed, but they changed for the worse.
Just another dictator, ED, with an even worse agenda; the perpetuation of military state capture, a worse type of governance with an increasingly ruthless, ever widening network to act it out.
Who knew before 2017 that there is a terror network of state agents called the “FERRET” squad who would be deployed against unsuspecting citizens with specific order to abduct, torture and harass them?
Who knew before 2017 that there was a car rental company called IMPALA that is contracted by the government to ferry terror squads to our homes and move citizens to torture bases.
Because of such terror networks that are sponsored with our taxes; thoughts of real death, not the remediable conceit now of imprisonment as a unique death, becomes an insistent, strident companion to such an extent that when gunshots were fired during my arrest: I was ready.
Despite all this, we must never waver from the fact that justice is the first condition of humanity, and we deserve pure, undiluted justice.
We must tattoo it in our hearts that “I have the power, you have the power, and together we can make the change because people’s power is stronger than the individuals in power”.
With this tattoo we must action our power through exercising our constitutional rights of freedom of assembly, association, demonstrate and petition in the streets, freedom of expression on social media, for now is the right time to stop agonising and intensify organising. After all, we are the ones we have been waiting for.
More importantly comrades and friends, we must register to vote because after all is said and done, all popular democratic revolutions end in the ballot box.
Worry more about yourselves, the future of our beloved Zimbabwe, the next generation — and worry less about me, for I definitely will come out, sooner or later, dead or alive.
After all, as I was enduring my birthday on 23 April, yeah, ENDURE, because birthday in prison is unlike birthday anywhere else. In prison, one doesn’t exactly celebrate their birthday, one ENDURES it. As I turned 29 years old, I reminded myself that some say life begins at 40, so I’ve got 11 years to 40. But since the life expectancy for Zimbabwean men is around 30 years, I cherished the realisation that I have already lived a full life, so either way I am in charge!
I REMAIN IN CHARGE
Makomborero Haruzivishe

-Pindula

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa says his government will not send citizens to jail for political reasons.

Prison is for real criminals and corrupt individuals, according to President Chamisa.

He also denounced the persecution of political activists by the Zanu PF regime.

“Under OUR GOVERNMENT nobody would be beaten,abducted,
attacked or maimed for demonstrating,no one will be arrested for politics.

Jail will be strictly for criminals,the corrupt & thieving. We’ll encourage free expression &difference of opinion. #FreeMako #imagineadifferentZimbabwe,” President Chamisa posted on Twitter.

At a time when Zimbabwe is suffering a brain drain that’s caused 6 million to desert the country of their birth, a minister has announced that the nation is excited to export teachers.

Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Professor Paul Mavima said Zimbabwe is excited to co-operate with Rwanda on exportation of teachers.

“I’m really glad that the Rwandan President has called on us to provide teachers. We are going to work as quickly as possible to come up with that bilateral arrangement, he said.

He continued saying:

“And this one would serve as a model that we can use in other areas.

“We have medical professionals who are going abroad, we have social welfare officials who are going abroad, we have engineers who have gone to many places,” said Prof Mavima.

“We need to have a formal programme that makes sure that our country is benefiting from human capital development. By the way, the development of human capital is a national responsibility. We put money into training teachers, nurses and engineers, and we should, as a country, also benefit when our people go abroad.”

He added saying countries such as China and Cuba, among other nations, benefit from exporting their skilled workers.

He said through a bilateral agreement, Zimbabwe could earn foreign currency through taxing professionals working in other countries.

“This would be the first of its kind so that next time when we export our human capital, we would already have a model which we can base on. It’s unlike in situations where people migrate individually and go to other countries.

This time it’s going to be a bilateral arrangement; we will know how many teachers we have sent there,” he said.

“We will also know what conditions of service they are going to work under, what kind of protection they have, what kind of taxation system, how do we have a system that part of their taxation in Rwanda benefits Zimbabwe in a formal manner.”

Prof Mavima said he was confident that Zimbabwean teachers will shine, as they have proved in other nations.

“This is why Rwanda is now saying give us your teachers because they are good. But Botswana is also running on Zimbabwean teachers, South Africa is running on Zimbabwean teachers, Namibia is running on Zimbabwean teachers. When you go to the United Kingdom, you find that when they do their annual competitions for teachers,

Zimbabwean teachers win there. I was surprised two to three years ago when I went to the UK, a Zimbabwean teacher had actually won £1 million for being the best teacher in that country,” said Prof Mavima.

He said while exporting skills was necessary, the country should also work towards retaining some skilled labour.

“We also need to take care of the motivation of teachers. We have to deal with the conditions of service of teachers as our economy grows. We need to make sure that our teachers are well remunerated so that we continue our human capital development,” he said. – state media/additional reporting

By A Correspondent- The opposition MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora and MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa have agreed to field one candidate to contest council elections in Matabeleland South Province.

Over 80 council by-elections are pending across the country, and more than 40 parliamentary seats are vacant after the MDC-T recalled legislators and councillors affiliated with the MDC Alliance.

However, by-elections were suspended by the government due to COVID-19 regulations.

MDC-T’s Matabeleland South provincial executive has said it is opposed to recalls and wants unity talks with other opposition parties to ensure victory against Zanu PF. 

The party’s chairperson in the province, Ekem Moyo, who is former Gwanda South legislator, said:

We are planning on having one single candidate from the MDC Alliance or MDC-T so that we push the Matabeleland South agenda. The electorate is clear that it wants a united MDC.

On Friday, the provincial executive led by Moyo, provincial secretary-general Younger Moyo and organising secretary Bekezela Maplanka met a number of MDC Alliance councillors in Gwanda to strike a unity pact. 

He added that they were working with councillors from the MDC Alliance adding that they were elected and should not be sacrificed or fired as that might be against the interests of the electorate.

In terms of section 129(1)(k) of the Constitution, legislators and councillors can be recalled at the instigation of the party that got them elected into Parliament.

Electoral watchdogs like the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) have, however, expressed concern over the slow pace in implementing electoral reforms ahead of the by-elections and general elections in 2023. 

More: NewsDay

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF Director for Information and Publicity, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, has insulted the MDC-Alliance President over his filthy picture circulating on social media.

A dirty picture of Mugwadi in a University of Zimbabwe hostel went viral on social media Sunday.

The picture set social media ablaze with his critics saying he was not rational as he was defending the Zanu-PF government, which made his life miserable.

Responding to a parody account under the username Nelson Chamisa, Mugwadi insulted the MDC-Alliance leader

Below is Mugwadi’s rants:

Dear embattled @nelsochamisa I read your comment where you insinuate that a photo that was taken in our study room in Manfred Hostel reflects my bedroom. 

Let me say this comes as no surprise because having came to UZ via via poly thru mature entry, you hv no knowledge of college settings. Interesting revelations are that after getting academic amnesty at the law xul, u had poor students writing assignments for you, one of whom you appointed into the @mdczimbabwe youth league as a reward. To the contrary, I read & take responsibility as a student alone. 

you are an illegimate legal practitioner. Worse still was your obsession with bedrooms. You are supposed to be called a pastor in some respects bt you have a dangerous obsession with bedrooms? What a shame mfanha? I am not surprised when they say Just as a reminder, I don’t leave a fancy life bt an ordinary one becoz I work for a Party tht believes in servant leadership. Your obsession with fancy life styles is the reason why millions hv disappeared at @mdczimbabwe coupled with tith wars at AFM to which u are a benefiary. 

To subject my family to ridicule becoz of a college hostel room makes a mockery to your late mother who endured wasted 9 months only to die in a pauperial situation because the son was building a mansion out of stolen MDC funds. I live within my means & so are your supporters in the surbabs. They must feel embarrassed, ridiculed & offended by your drama-queen skits. This is why a sane person can’t spot your difference from Prophet Madungwe. You are a laughing and sick man of politics. Bapu rakawandisa mamuri @nelsonchamisa enda unotsitswa hana

A purported student at the University of Zimbabwe said the image was not taken in the institution’s hostel as claimed by Mugwadi and threatened to take legal action against him. Said one Souru Hwingwiri @faraihwingwiri:

On behalf of UZ ., we distance ourself from that torn bed. Will engage our lawyers to punish and sue mugwadi if he dsnt withdraw ths with 30mins time frm ths time.

Commenting on the picture below, MDC Alliance said the picture reflects the lifestyles of the majority of Zanu-PF supporters adding that a change in leadership will also help them live normal lives. 

-Pindula/Additional

By A Correspondent- Former deputy finance minister and Zanu PF Harare East legislator Terence Mukupe hauled insults and obscenities to Community Water Alliance leader Hardlife Mudzingwa over his involvement in a bid to stop construction on Cleveland Wetland.
The controversial legislator who fronts a local property developer, Nakiso Holdings which is constructing a stadium close to the Cleveland Wetland lost his cool after learning that a group of civic society leaders including CWA national coordinator Hardlife Mudzingwa had visited the site.

The former deputy finance minister called Mudzingwa threatening him not to pursue halting the development on the wetland area or else he was going to sue him.
“Saka ndakukuudza this is my final warning to you, itai zvaurikuita kwauri kuita.Saka zvako zvekufunga kuti you I think I can be coward.
“Urikuita zvekubhadharwa, Don’t call me Honourable, I am not your friend.
“Ndirikutoshamisika kuti why Mafume (Jacob Mafume) has not written to you for those defamatory statements you issued,” charged Mukupe in a recorded phone call heard by this reporter.
The call also revealed that Mukupe is livid because he thinks he is being targeted because of his Zanu PF roots because at the same site there is a stand belonging to Harare East MP, MDC A vice president Tendai Biti.
“Property iri next door ndeyaTendai Biti.Handisikunzwa uchita noise about Tendai Biti.Sei musirikutaura nezvaTendai Biti,” added Mukupe.
The former deputy minister insulted Mudzingwa with unprintable words and threatened to shoot him if he is to set his foot again on the construction site.
In 2018 , the former deputy minister Terence Mukupe assaulted NewsDay journalist, Blessed Mhlanga who lost his phone during the fracas at a local radio station where they had gone for a radio interview.
Despite the threats, the Community Water Alliance leader Hardlife Mudzingwa has vowed to ensure due process was followed in awarding Nakiso Holdings the permission to construct.
“I will remain focused on wetlands preservation and will not stop to ensure that the construction is within the legal framework,” vowed Mudzingwa.
There has been an outcry by civic society organisations under the banner of Harare Wetlands Trust on the continued wetlands invasion which has worsened the water crisis currently bedeviling the city. The organisations believe that they should be a robust wetlands management which will help in water recharge and cut costs on water treatment.

By A Correspondent- Police in Beitbridge border post has arrested 37 suspects for attempting to smuggle 76 cardboard crates of export quality Remmington Gold cigarettes out of the country into South Africa.

The accused persons have since appeared before Beitbridge Resident Magistrate Mr Takudzwa Gwazemba .

Prosecuting Mr Ronald Mugwagwa said the security men at Point 40 near Vhembe Game Park, received information that there were smuggling activities at an illegal crossing point near the same area.

They then reacted and intercepted the 37 accused persons who were crossing into South Africa carrying the cardboard crates boxes of Remington Gold cigarettes.
The boxes were neatly packed in sacks that had been improvised as satchels.
Mr Mugwagwa said the group was subsequently arrested and the contraband was taken to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) for valuation.
The smuggling of cigarettes from Zimbabwe into South Africa through illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River relatively increased at the beginning of April last year prompting security from both countries to intensify anti-smuggling initiatives.

The market exists because of the high duties that South Africa charges, so it is possible to make a profit even buying cigarettes at retail prices in Zimbabwe.
It is understood that 30 percent of cigarettes in South Africa are from Zimbabwe with brands including Pacific, Remington gold, Mega, Dullahs, Branson, and Sevilles.
South Africa’s tax watchdog, Tax Justice SA (TJSA) has accused cigarettes manufacturers in the neighbouring country of paying lip service to tax laws following the surge in tobacco smuggling.
The organisation’s founder Mr Yusuf Abramjee said many shops in the neighbouring country were full of these illicit cigarettes, which rob South Africa of billions of rand in desperately needed taxes.
He said investigations by market researchers IPSOS revealed that 85 percent of GLTC-owned brands bought in the survey were sold below the minimum collectible tax rate of R21.60 per pack.
Mr Abramjee said it had also been established that every single pack of Remington Gold purchased in the survey was below the minimum and that some were sold for as little as R10.

“Most of these cigarettes are being brought in by foot, in commercial trucks, buses, and tankers, and the police, the army, and customs officials have been intercepting the smugglers at the border or various areas within the country,” he said.
“The smugglers are bribing officials to bring in their loads and this is bad for the local industry. We have been engaging SARS and we are happy that they are acting on plugging the loopholes, but still want to see them do more”.
Mr Abramjee also appealed to the South African government to carry out an inquiry into the smuggling and trade of illicit cigarettes.
“We need such an inquiry which will then inform the formulation of a long-term solution to this vice,” he added.
Investigations by the Herald reveal that the demand for Zimbabwe’s tobacco and related products by other countries has seen the establishment of well-orchestrated syndicates who facilitate the illegal trade.
While Zimbabwe exports tobacco to South Africa legally, not many manufacturerd cigarettes are exported because of the high duties. The smuggled cigarettes can easily undercut the South Africa prices if duty is not paid.
Statistics from the South African Revenue Services show that a total of 82 689 043kg of tobacco were imported from Zimbabwe between January 2010 until March 2015.
These include imports of Cigars, Cheroots, Cigarillos, and Cigarettes, of Tobacco or of Tobacco Substitutes.

Cigarettes imported from Zimbabwe pay duty at a rate of R6.21 per 10 cigarettes.

-State media

By A Correspondent- Social media platforms which include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp have crashed.

The apps, which are all owned by Facebook, and run-on shared infrastructure, stopped working shortly before 6PM.

“We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience,” WhatsApp said in a statement on Twitter.

According to the Verge, just as Facebook’s Antigone Davis was live on CNBC defending the company’s policies and its handling of research data suggesting Instagram is harmful to teens, its network of services suddenly went offline. Instagram.com is flashing a 5xx Server Error message, while the Facebook site merely tells us that something went wrong.

A peek at Down Detector reveals the problems are widespread. There’s no word yet from Facebook about what may be causing the problem or when those sites, including Messenger and WhatsApp, will be operational again, but we will update with more information when it’s available.

Facebook has nearly three billion accounts, Instagram with more than 1.3 billion and WhatsApp has over two billion active accounts.

-State Media/Additional

MEMORANDUM TO OFFICERS IN CHARGE STATIONS MT DARWIN DISTRICT FROM OFFICER COMMANDING POLICE MT DARWIN DISTRICT

DATE 03/10/2021

Index 670/21

SUBJECT MISUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS BY POLICE OFFICERS

Repeated hereunder is Deputy Commissioner General [Operations] memorandum dated 29 September 2021 and Propol Mash Central memorandum 2569/21 dated 01 October 2021 with the above subject.

Reference is made to Chief Staff officer [Operations] memorandum 110/20 dated 22/01/20 This Headquarters has noted with concern the proliferation of photos and videos on social media platforms where police officers are openly seen denigrating the Government, uttering political statements and improperly dressed with some female officers posting sexually seductive photos and videos in full Zimbabwe Republic Police uniform .

This conduct is tarnishing the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s image and is contrary to the dictates of the disciplinary code as espoused in the Police Act, Chapter 11:10. Commanders are implored to immediately identify such members and take decisive action which includes disciplinary trials and boards of inquiry (suitability).

The current trending video on the social media where two members are seen openly dressed in Police uniform, holding a swipe card, while displaying local currency notes and lip syncing to the lyrics of the song Munyu Hauchavavi (Salt) by Blessing Shumba, is a case in point.

Commanders are to acknowledge receipt of this important memorandum by 0800 hours today 04/10/21.

MT DARWIN DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa says his government will not send citizens to jail for political reasons.

Prison is for real criminals and corrupt individuals, according to President Chamisa.

He also denounced the persecution of political activists by the Zanu PF regime.

“Under OUR GOVERNMENT nobody would be beaten,abducted,
attacked or maimed for demonstrating,no one will be arrested for politics.

Jail will be strictly for criminals,the corrupt & thieving. We’ll encourage free expression &difference of opinion. #FreeMako #imagineadifferentZimbabwe,” President Chamisa posted on Twitter.

By A Correspondent- Tuku Music Promotions, represented by the late music icon Oliver Mtukudzi’s daughter Samantha Mtukudzi, is today expected to appear in court on allegations of failing to pay income tax returns and value added tax to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority.

Samantha, who is Tuku Music publicist, is also being jointly charged with the late music hero’s establishment.

They are alleged to have failed to submit tax returns from July 2019 to December 2020.

They are expected to appear before Harare magistrate Mrs Tafadzwa Miti.

Meanwhile, Samantha is claiming a Maltese dog called Alvin Jazz in a messy, elongated divorce wrangle with footballer Tinashe Nengomasha.

Samantha in December 2019 filed for the couple’s divorce which is yet to be finalised.

In a latest development, Samantha is now claiming R6 000 as maintenance for the two minor children born out of the marriage, 100 percent school fees and 100 percent medical aid.

According to the fresh summons, the couple has been living separately for a period now exceeding two years.

Nengomasha married Samantha on December 24th, 2011, in terms of the Marriage Act Chapter 5:11 and the marriage still subsists.

“The marriage relationship between the parties has broken down irretrievably to such an extent that the parties can no longer live together as husband and wife more particularly in that Samantha and Nengomasha have lost love and affection for each other.

“The parties have been living separately and have not shared the matrimonial bed for a continuous period exceeding 24 months.

“There are no reasonable prospects for the restoration of a normal relationship between the parties.

“It is just and proper that Samantha be awarded the maltese dog named Alvin Jazz acquired during the subsistence of their marriage,” reads the summons.

The claim added; “That, Nengomasha pays 100 percent of school fees, top up levies, core curriculum activities, school trips, school uniforms and casual clothing for the minor children until they become self-sufficient or until they reach university, which occurs first.

“That, by the way of monetary contribution, Nengomasha pays R6 000 or the equivalent thereof at the interbank rate per month for the children until they attain majority.

“That, Nengomasha pays 100 percent towards the children’s medical aid per month,” wrote Samantha in her claim.

She is also claiming that after the divorce is finalised, she be granted custody of the minor children with reasonable rights being preferred to Nengomasha.

“Upon this honourable court being convinced and granting a decree of divorce it is in the best interest of the minor children that custody be granted to Samantha with Nengomasha being granted reasonable rights of access.

“That, he shall have the children every alternate weekend during the term but in any event by prior notice to Samantha.

“That, he shall have the children for two weeks and two alternate weekends in each school holiday until the children turn 18 or become tacitly emancipated,” she said.

Samantha is also claiming property the two acquired including houses in Hillside and Johannesburg, two motor vehicles, saloon equipment and household property.

-statemedia

By A Correspondent- The opposition MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora and MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa have agreed to field one candidate to contest council elections in Matabeleland South Provice.

Over 80 council by-elections are pending across the country, and more than 40 parliamentary seats are vacant after the MDC-T recalled legislators and councillors affiliated with the MDC Alliance.

However, by-elections were suspended by the government due to COVID-19 regulations.

MDC-T’s Matabeleland South provincial executive has said it is opposed to recalls and wants unity talks with other opposition parties to ensure victory against Zanu PF.

The party’s chairperson in the province, Ekem Moyo, who is former Gwanda South legislator, said:

We are planning on having one single candidate from the MDC Alliance or MDC-T so that we push the Matabeleland South agenda. The electorate is clear that it wants a united MDC.

On Friday, the provincial executive led by Moyo, provincial secretary-general Younger Moyo and organising secretary Bekezela Maplanka met a number of MDC Alliance councillors in Gwanda to strike a unity pact.

He added that they were working with councillors from the MDC Alliance adding that they were elected and should not be sacrificed or fired as that might be against the interests of the electorate.

In terms of section 129(1)(k) of the Constitution, legislators and councillors can be recalled at the instigation of the party that got them elected into Parliament.

Electoral watchdogs like the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) have, however, expressed concern over the slow pace in implementing electoral reforms ahead of the by-elections and general elections in 2023.-newsday

By A Correspondent- The Medicine Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has said 96 people experienced mild or severe reactions to Covid-19 vaccines.

According to an update by the Ministry of Health and Child Care released on 2 October, over 5 million people had received COVID-19 vaccines and 96 of them had experenced side effects.

Meanwhile, authorities are investigating two deaths that have been linked to adverse reactions to the vaccines, while two other suspected cases of deaths following vaccination have been deemed coincidental.

Experts found no evidence to conclude that the deaths were caused by vaccines.

According to MCAZ, the most common cases of Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) included headaches, dizziness and fatigue among other non-serious episodes of discomfort.

Health experts define an adverse effect as serious when it results in hospitalisation, extended stay in hospital, a significant reduction in functional capacity, or death.

Responding to questions from The Sunday Mail, MCAZ projects and public relations officer, Mr Shingai Gwatidzo, said the majority of those with suspected AEFIs have recovered.

Out of a cumulative total of 3,06 million first dose and 2,30 million second dose of Covid-19 vaccines, the authority received a total of 96 suspected cases AEFIs.

The majority of the AEFIs were non-serious and were consistent with the safety profile of the vaccines as was determined from the clinical studies conducted by the vaccine developers, that is headache, dizziness, fatigue, general body weakness, itchy skin, itch rash, chills, sore throat, runny nose, blocked nose, sneezing, nausea, injection site pain, numbness of the injected arm and chests pains.

The authority received four suspected AEFIs resulting in death following vaccination.

A few serious illnesses were also reported and these included seizures, strokes, angioedema and deep vein thrombosis.

Mr Gwatidzo said 70 cases were recorded from those who had received the Sinopharm vaccine, while 25 had been administered the Sinovac vaccine and the other one was not specified.

-statemedia

By A Correspondent- Police have arrested a Bulawayo couple for terminating a preg_nancy with the assistance of a medical doctor.

On their twitter page, police said the pair visited a private doctor, who is still at large, on September 30 and were given some pills which the woman took to terminate her preg_nancy.

“The ZRP is investigating a case of unlawful termination of preg_nancy in which a Bulawayo woman (20) conspired with her boyfriend (27) to terminate a preg_nancy. The two visited a private doctor, who is still at large, and were given some pills on 30 September 2021.

“After taking the pills the woman’s condition deteriorated resulting in her discharging a foetus in a plastic bucket. Police has since arrested the two suspects,” said the police.

By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Republic Police, ZRP has warned female officers against “tarnishing the image of the force” by posting “sexually seductive” images of themselves on social media.

The warning was made in a memorandum dated 29 September 2021 by Deputy Commissioner General [Operations] who directed the holding of disciplinary trials and suitability boards held for offending cops.

The memo has been cascaded to police provincial, district right down to police stations where individual police officers have been informed.
In a copy of the memo relayed to Officers in Charge of police stations in Mount Darwin district Sunday by Officer Commanding Police Mount Darwin District, police were warned against “misuse of social media”.
Read the memo, “This Headquarters has noted with concern the proliferation of photos and videos on social media platforms where police officers are openly seen denigrating the Government, uttering political statements and improperly dressed with some female officers posting sexually seductive photos and videos in full Zimbabwe Republic Police uniform.
“This conduct is tarnishing the Zimbabwe Republic Police’s image and is contrary to the dictates of the disciplinary code as espoused in the Police Act, Chapter 11:10.
“Commanders are implored to immediately identify such members and take decisive action which includes disciplinary trials and boards of inquiry (suitability).
“The current trending video on the social media where two members are seen openly dressed in Police uniform, holding a swipe card, while displaying local currency notes and lip syncing to the lyrics of the song Munyu Hauchavavi (Salt) by Blessing Shumba, is a case in point.”

By A Correspondent| The government of Zimbabwe has reportedly dismissed as Unprocedural and grossly irregular, the move by City of Harare to transfer Warren Hills Golf Club to Sunshine Development Private Limited a joint venture company between Harare and controversial businessman Kenneth Raydon Sharpe.

According to High Court papers filed by Warren Hills Golf Club in opposition to a scandalous plan to convert Warren Hills Golf Club, a recreational facility into a residential area, the club said the disposal of the recreational facility was grossly irregular and done without ministerial consent as well as full council approval.

“Investigations by the Ministry of Local Government still in progress have to date established unprocedural and grossly irregular disposal of reserved land to plaintiff without informing the sitting lessee change of use, full council approval and ministerial consent

“By reason of investigations aforesaid, the national agency investigating corruption (ZACC) was and is seized with the matter and is currently unravelling the corrupt and unprocedural activities that created the title deed relied on by plaintiff with a view to regularity in the matter,” said Warren Hills Golf Club.

The club also dismissed Sunshine Development private limited as the lawful and legitimate owners of the 80 hectare land at the centre of the dispute.

“In the premises plaintiff is not lawful and legitimate owner of the land occupied and used by defendant and has no legal right to demand rent from defendant or its removal from the premises,” added Warren Hills Golf Club.

Sunshine Development which is 70 percent owned by Sharpe is attempting to evict Warren Hills Golf Club which recently renewed its lease with City of Harare by a further 20 years.

The Sharpe owned company is insisting that the 80 hectares where the golf course is sitting on was transferred from City of Harare as part of the joint venture agreement that culminated in Sunshine Development Private Limited.

City of Harare is a minority shareholder in Sunshine Development with 30 percent shares.

The municipality has since availed its own commitment of land while according Shadreck Tondori in another litigation case against Sharpe, Minister of Local Government and Public Works, the controversial businessman has not shown what it contributed to justify a 70% shareholding.