By Dorothy Moyo | Every Zambian is crying, said Edgar Lungu’s deputy, while criticising President Hakainde Hichilema’s White House speech.
Criticising Hichilema, the PF leader said in full:
And you heard that in the US he went and told Vice President Harris, and by the way I found it very strange for the president to go to White House and say, thank you for inviting us because many presidents before us were not invited to white house.
My foot does interialise that each of the presidents that we have had has visited the White House, and president Edgar Chagwa Lungu did not meet Biden when he was President. President Lunfu and first lady Mrs Esther Lungu went and met Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, not Vice President. Now for him he is very happy he went to meet VP and he is saying I am the first president to be invited from Zambia. No! President Bally, your predecessor met the President, not VP, he met the president. And then he goes there and says
We are going to align our values. I am getting jittery. You go to another country and tell the other country that me as president of Zambia I’m going to make sure that we align our values, our cultural values. Which values are you going to align?
Values are not imposed on people people develop their own values and what values do you want to align? If I suggest that you want to align gay marriages, is that what you want to bring to Zambia? No, the Zambians won’t allow that.
Do you want to do away with the Christian values to replace them to realign them to what? You can see that the church, those who are genuine are crying. But of course there are some leaders of churches who are very happy with this and they will not see beyond the smoke screen, and they will pretend that they are not seeing the dangerous that will befall the country, and they will sing praises and so on, when deep down their hearts, they know that Zambia is going on the wrong trajectory.
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa personally made recommendations for the appointment of Douglas Mwonzora to the Senate…
Speaking in an interview with Heart and Soul Tv on Thursday, President Chamisa said Mwonzora, Morgen Komichi and Elias Mudzuri have forgotten that he played a key role in their appointment to the Senate.
“They know what they did in 2014 and President Tsvangirai was aware of their shenanigans.
I convinced Mutsekwa to step aside to give space for Mwonzora to be appointed to the Senate.
My message to them is that borrowed robes are temporary,” said President Chamisa.
He also said only genuine and sincere dialogue can resolve the country’s political stalemate.
President Chamisa described POLAD as a platform created by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictate his political will…
He also accused the Zanu PF regime of stifling meaningful development in local authorities.
“Zanu PF is stifling development in local authorities by politicizing the approval of key budgets. We cannot be be blamed for the problems that are affecting citizens in urban areas because Zanu PF controls the allocation of resources to local authorities. If anything you can only blame Mr Mnangagwa’ s administration for sitting on budgets and initiatives.Roads are now rivers ( as it were) because of potholes.They are stealing ZINARA funds,” said President Chamisa.
He added:”Zanu PF has created its own opposition led by Douglas Mwonzora so you cannot say we have lost the right to use the MDC brand.
We have not lost the leadership dispute- don’t worry about Zanu PF surrogates. We are the real deal and we are the genuine game in town. Actually Zanu PF is strengthening us.
They want to force us to disclose our strategies and we will not do that – don’t listen to Zanu PF political rhetoric. Zanu PF can convince you that monkeys are donkeys … Mr Mnangagwa has subtly admitted that we are in charge.”
On the so called defections he said :”Who wants a basket full of bad apples ? Mr Mnangagwa has failed to unite country- he is immature. He cannot separate politics from national issues.He is only concerned about clinging to power.”
President Chamisa said POLAD was created to sanitize Mr Mnangagwa’s stolen mandate.
” It’s Mr Mnangagwa’s own creation, he is the prefect of the platform. We are not puppets – POLAD is a discredited platform – we want honest dialogue facilitated by a neutral player.”
State Media – Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday showed that he is a listening leader in touch with the people when he travelled by road from Bulawayo to Lupane and also returned by road in order to have a personal feel of the needs of communities and assess developmental work being carried out by government.
The President is usually flown but this time around is said to have insisted that he would rather travel the 352 kilometre stretch to Lupane and back by road so as to gain a personal appreciation of the needs of the community.
He was going to officiate at the commissioning of the Lupane water supply station and Bubi-Lupane Irrigation Scheme acceleration model.
This comes as the President has also given the green light for the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement to include rural development in its portfolio, as the Government ups it rural development thrust.
Addressing delegates at the commissioning, President Mnangagwa revealed that the name change, which is the second time this year after Fisheries were also included in January, was after a special request from the responsible Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka.
“As I recognise Minister Masuka, I must say that he has requested that we add rural development to his portfolio of which I have agreed. I must point out that this is the first time in all my years in Government that a minister has actually come to me and requested a name change,” said President Mnangagwa.
The President said rural development would remain at the core of the Second Republic’s thrust noting that it was now up to everyone to play a role in that regard.
“No one but ourselves will build our communities and our country. True empowerment and sustainable development will only be realised through greater participation of communities, especially women and youth in National development projects and programmes. As Zimbabweans, we are a hardworking and productive people. We will never be mere objects of charity. As the Second Republic, we will, thus continue to prudently use domestic resources to propel a development agenda which leaves no one, and no place behind, for the good of our people,” said the President.
He said under the Second Republic, the holistic completion of development projects was key to spurring production, productivity and profitability across all sectors of the economy. Speaking on the President’s insistence on travelling by road to assess the needs of the Matabeleland North province and progress on major developmental projects, Vice-President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Minister of Health and Child Care said this was testament of his commitment towards all projects under the Second Republic.
“Today, the guest of honour having travelled by road all the way from Bulawayo, he did not fly, he said; ‘I want to see the problems affecting people in Matabeleland North from their roads right up to their projects’. So he travelled here by road, trying to pick up all the issues and so he has now arrived to launch the Agriculture Rural Authority Vision 2030 accelerator model programme,” said Vice-President Chiwenga.
In his address, Minister Masuka said his ministry was now engrossed with rural development and would ensure that most projects that they embark on will have a bearing towards the country’s endeavour of Vision 2030.
“Your vision for this country to become a prosperous and empowered upper-middle class economy by 2030 is gaining the much needed traction every day. Your Excellency, under your guidance the Bubi-Lupane Dam is no longer the project. We used to build a dam, commission and celebrate but now the dam is now part of the broader projects and not the project. The project is rural development for the attainment of Vision 2030 and in the agricultural space, the components are dam construction, irrigation development, electricity generation, provision of drinking water and fisheries development, the Bubi-Lupane Dam has now achieved the two of the five aspects,” said Dr Masuka.
He revealed that the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) will soon transform and not only focus on provision of water to mainly towns and cities but was also angling towards provision of water to rural communities.
“The ministry is also accelerating parastatal reforms. Zinwa currently provides water to towns, cities, growth points and rural service centres but has never ventured into providing water for our villages, this left 70 percent of our population vulnerable.
“Zinwa now has an expanded mandate and 40 drilling rigs are going to be purchased for Zinwa so that they can provide water to the 35 000 villages we have in the country, all the 9 600 schools and an additional 3 600 youth centres in various wards,” he said.Dr Masuka said Zinwa will also deal with irrigation conveyance working together with the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) to accelerate rural development which must cause rural industrialisation. -Sunday News
Police in Bulawayo are investigating the death of a mental patient who was found dead in his bedroom at Hope Fountain on Friday.
Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said Nhlalo Moyo (37) was found dead in his bedroom with his head severely fragmented. Insp Ncube said 20 minutes after he went into his room his parents heard a sound like a bomb blast coming from the room.
When his father checked what could have happened through the window, he saw smoke coming out through the window.
Insp Ncube said his parents then opened the window and saw his body on the bed with a skull fracture, while the walls were stained with blood.
“When the police arrived at the scene, they found the body lying on the bed facing upwards with his head destroyed into fragments and a box of matches was found on the left side of the bed next to his body. Pieces of exploded dynamites were found under the bed attached to a fuse. We urge members of the public to continuously monitor their mentally-challenged relatives and supervise them to make sure they do not abscond on medication as doing so is dangerous to the patients and other members of the community,” he said. -Sunday News
Tinashe Sambiri|The seemingly inextricable bond between Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga is fake, Zanu PF hardliners have declared.
According to impeccable sources in the troubled former revolutionary party, the arrest of Minister of State for Masvingo Province Ezra Chadzamira is a reflection of the rift between the two politicians.
Chadzamira a declared Mnangagwa sympathizer was arrested for allegedly distributing sugarcane plots fraudulently.
Chadzamira is also accused of facilitating illegal mining deals.
“Chiwenga loyalists want to remove Chadzamira from office as they feel he has become too powerful. It is Chiwenga himself who wants Chadzamira to be kicked out of office,” Zanu PF sources revealed.
By Dorrothy Moyo | Emmerson Mnangagwa has allowed a Chinese imperialist to seize a farm belonging to Zimbabwe’s Chimurenga figurehead Nehanda, a man narrates in video footage.
The man is seen on video narrating how the Nehanda spirit located the mine that has now gone under Chinese ownership.
I grew up in this area, I now have grandchildren;
“We didn’t know there is a mine here, until a man Arthur Chipunza went into a trance and the ancestor Mbuya Nehanda came upon him and directed him to this mine.
“It’s very clear this spirit led him and this mine was now assisting many youths with sustenance. “
Commenting over this, Mnangagwa’s spokesman George Charamba said the only way to address the matter is for people to always obtain mine-title-deeds.
Tinashe Sambiri|The seemingly inextricable bond between Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga is fake, Zanu PF hardliners have declared.
According to impeccable sources in the troubled former revolutionary party, the arrest of Minister of State for Masvingo Province Ezra Chadzamira is a reflection of the rift between the two politicians.
Chadzamira a declared Mnangagwa sympathizer was arrested for allegedly distributing sugarcane plots fraudulently.
Chadzamira is also accused of facilitating illegal mining deals.
“Chiwenga loyalists want to remove Chadzamira from office as they feel he has become too powerful. It is Chiwenga himself who wants Chadzamira to be kicked out of office,” Zanu PF sources revealed.
AS far as the administration of elections in the country goes, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Commissioner Joyce Laetitia Kazembe has seen it all.
She was part of the processes which saw the conceptualisation, formation and operationalisation of ZEC in its current form.
Her work has earned her admirers and critics in equal measure, but she takes it all in her stride.
“It is part of the job,” Mrs Kazembe told The Sunday Mail. At 72, she speaks with such authority and eloquence that belies her age.
Born Joyce Chidove in May 1949, she says her life-journey has been driven by the need to participate meaningfully in all spheres of life.
“I am the third-born in a family of nine. I have a twin sister. My father was a nurse by training, but he held different roles which saw us live in different cities,” she said.
She spent most of her time in Masvingo (then Fort Victoria) and Bulawayo.
“I learnt at Bondolfi Primary School up to Standard Six, Monte Cassino for my Form One to Four and did my Advanced Level at Goromonzi High School.”
Her father worked as a clerk at The Chronicle and later decided to return to nursing, working in the radiography department at Ngomahuru Psychiatric Hospital in Masvingo.
It was through her father’s love for football that she met her husband of 49 years, Simon Kazembe.
“My father used to have a small football team in Umvukwes (Mvurwi), and my husband was a player there. He used to play number seven. We met and got married shortly after,” said Comm Kazembe.
After getting married, she focused on her family for a while.
“In 1981, I enrolled for a degree in political and administrative studies. I finished in 1983, graduating with a Book Prize. When I finished my degree, since I had a Book Prize, I was given a job as a research fellow and teaching assistant in the Department Centre for Applied Social Studies.”
She served in that role for six years before joining SAPES Trust.
As a civil society representative, her role at SAPES Trust enabled her to become one of the commissioners in the then Electoral Supervisory Commission (ESC).
The ESC was one of the four bodies which played complementary roles in the running of the country’s elections, while the other three were: Registrar-General Elections, the Elections Directorate and the Delimitation Commission.
“I joined the ESC in 2001. I was part of the group under Advocate Gula Ndebele who gave recommendations that there should be a stand-alone electoral commission, which was in accordance with international best practice,” she said.
This heralded the birth of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission in 2004, in which she was a pioneering commissioner.
“It was an exciting but challenging time. I remember there was a time we worked hard to draw up the ZEC organogram, recruiting the right people for the posts and ensuring that ZEC as it is now gets the right foundation.”
Comm Kazembe is the longest-serving commissioner at ZEC, and her involvement in the country’s elections since 2001 has made her a target of political activists.
“We have to continue to live. The insults started when the major opposition political parties were formed. That is when we got the abuse; bombardment. I have developed a thick skin; I am now used to the unsavoury words,” she said.
Her academic background in political science and experience have allowed her to navigate the treacherous territory, which often see tempers flaring.
Between 2007 and 2016, she was deputy ZEC chairperson.
“My role as deputy chairperson for nine years also made me proud, it was an affirmation that I am good at what I do,” she said.
Asked on whether she is considering retiring, Mrs Kazembe said the thought has crossed her mind.
She has observed elections in most countries in the Sub-Saharan region, and as far as Europe, an experience she said is an eye-opener.
“My term as a commissioner ends next year on June 6 and that will be 22 years of service.”
Not a stranger to writing, she was among the women who came together to set up the Women’s Lawyers for Southern Africa (WLSA) together with Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza and other visionary women.
“Part of the work we did involved a lot of writing. If you check early WLSA publications and books, you will see my work,” she added.
Being a devout Catholic who has held several senior positions in the church, Mrs Kazembe sees her degree as the fulfilment of a long standing dream.
“I always take up roles in the church. From the choir to the administration. I want to understand the Word of God more. When the Pope visited Zimbabwe, I was part of the team that was doing the planning.”
Comm Kazembe describes herself as a family woman who loves spending time with her husband, daughter and three grandchildren.
“I love family. Whenever I am not travelling or busy with work, I always make sure that I devote time to talking, cooking and singing with my family. I also enjoy decent parties a lot. I like Oliver Mtukudzi, Jim Reeves and the Beatles, who were superstars when we grew up. I can’t stand some of the new music but I enjoy Jah Prazyah’s music,” she said.
With election season on the horizon, Comm Kazembe knows that the next year will be hectic, especially now that she is the ZEC spokesperson and chairperson of the National Multi-Party Liaison Committee.
However, she is not worried, as in her own words “Chihera is up to the task; with the Grace of God, I will do well.” – State Media
2023 a million man pathway for democracy through all possible means
No two ways about that one.
Be a fighter
(Leonard Zhakata )…ndati musandityire I am a fighter ndati musandityire…”
Since 2000 Zanu pf has never won an election,fairly the Oppressive party has lost dismally and unfairly it has declared and imposed itself to the helm of the Zimbabwean office. MdcA Masvingo Youth Assembly strongly condems and declares war or the Oppressive regime. A better Zimbabwe will be brought upon through sacrifice and the March is not ended. “Zimbabwe will not die the young people shall save it.” (Joshua Nkomo). It is not a crime and it shall not be one to confront an Oppressive government.
Come 2023 our time has come to determine our future. Through all means provided in the Constitution together we shall reclaim the button stick from the insane mountain climber. It remembers me well of the Nationalist Jonas Mudadirwa Zvobgo when he gave a retoric statement on power handover during the reign of Mugabe.
Register and vote. Gear up to defend the vote. Be strong enough to fight for democracy at all costs
By Farai D Hove | ZANU PF’s Director Of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi has threatened the US embassy with what he termed Taliban style treatment.
Mugwadi was commenting on the US embassy’s call for bi elections to be held soon when he tweeted that they should expect consequences of the Taliban level.
He said this a few weeks after the terror group took over Afghanistan humiliating the US government which has occupied the country for 20 years and had just concluded its exit.
When will the Zimbabwean government resume by-elections?, the US embassy tweeted.
They continued:
Long-standing parliamentary vacancies have left over 754,000 voters in 26 constituencies without elected representation. Only by-elections will restore these citizens’ rights to representation.
To this, Mugwadi said: “We will do it the Taliban way!!”
He went on elaborate that this is a direct threat that the US will suffer consequences.
He said: “Stay far from our lane or the consequences will be humiliating the Taliban style.”
Hours later, Mugwadi was unequivocal, and stretched his words to publish a whole paragraph saying in full: “Don’t ask me wht is the Taliban style. Ask the gringos who created a puppet Gvt, supported it for 20 years with war, only to be over-ran by Talibans leaving guns, war jets, helicopters, cash, whiskey & their puppets at the hands of Afghan Talibans kkk. Lesson: Puppets are losers“
2023 a million man pathway for democracy through all possible means
No two ways about that one.
Be a fighter
(Leonard Zhakata )…ndati musandityire I am a fighter ndati musandityire…”
Since 2000 Zanu pf has never won an election,fairly the Oppressive party has lost dismally and unfairly it has declared and imposed itself to the helm of the Zimbabwean office. MdcA Masvingo Youth Assembly strongly condems and declares war or the Oppressive regime. A better Zimbabwe will be brought upon through sacrifice and the March is not ended. “Zimbabwe will not die the young people shall save it.” (Joshua Nkomo). It is not a crime and it shall not be one to confront an Oppressive government.
Come 2023 our time has come to determine our future. Through all means provided in the Constitution together we shall reclaim the button stick from the insane mountain climber. It remembers me well of the Nationalist Jonas Mudadirwa Zvobgo when he gave a retoric statement on power handover during the reign of Mugabe.
Register and vote. Gear up to defend the vote. Be strong enough to fight for democracy at all costs
The Ministry of Health and Child Care on Friday 24 September 2021 reported that 1 281 pupils and 131 teachers had tested positive for Covid-19 since schools opened on 30 August up to 23 September 2021.
It said most of the cases were at boarding schools and were mild and therefore did not require hospitalisation.
While there has been a spike in COVID-19 cases in schools since reopening, there have been no deaths so far.
There were 330 new cases on Thursday, 229 of them at schools.
Authorities downplay the surge insisting that schools will not be closed prematurely adding that a raft of measures have been adopted to ensure the safety of learners, teachers and all other school staff. Measures being taken include:
Increased COVID-19 testing of all suspected cases on-site. Isolation and management of all positive cases at the affected schools. Quarantine of all learners that have been exposed at their schools. Restriction of movement into and out of the affected learning institutions/ schools until there are no more new cases. This includes the prohibition of visitations by parents. Enhanced public health and social measures including physical distancing, corhoting, hand washing and sanitization and proper wearing of face mask and exercising good hygienic standards. Vaccination of eligible population within the schools and the surrounding communities. Increased awareness on COVID-19 in the schools and surrounding communities.
Zimbabwe has approved the vaccination of teenagers from 14 which would cover most of those in secondary school upwards.
It has purchased enough vaccines to vaccinate over six million people but has so far administered just over 5.1 million doses with nearly 2.2 million people now fully vaccinated and just over three million having received one dose.- Pindula News
By A Correspondent- Two men have been nabbed on allegations of threatening a local businessman with death by sending him messages on social media messaging site WhatsApp.
Lourens Botha and Matthew Mullaji were not asked to plead to allegations of threats to commit murder when they appeared before a Harare magistrate this Saturday. They will spend the weekend in remand prison awaiting bail ruling on Monday
Allegations are that sometime this month, the two together with one Dov Morgan who is still at large sent threatening messages to end the life of the complainant businessman using South African and local numbers.
“I will deal with you thoroughly. If I fail to deal with you on earth, I will f* you in mars, sh,” the message allegedly said.
The State further alleges that these words shook the complainant who now believes that the suspects and their accomplice will commit the crime threatened.
The State says the complainant fingered the suspects as the ones behind the threatening messages and that they are in possession of the messages.
Currently, there is an ongoing legal battle for the control of a company involving the complainant and his other business partners.
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | The first pillar of the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights (hereinafter UN Guiding Principles) underscores that the duty to protect human rights lies with the state. Assessment of police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy depends on police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy. The Zimbabwe Republic Police is coping well with increasingly complex and changing demands in the face of tighter resources. Under the leadership of Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa the Police have reformed beyond first world standard. The president Dr Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has become one of the first African presidents to become an agent of change and a calabash of humanity.
The police under the Police Commissioner General Matanga ha embraced the requirements of international law, which nations are obligated to respect, protect and fulfil human rights.
In sink withe international standards the ZRP under Matanga realises that they must protect against human rights abuse within their territory and/or jurisdiction by third parties, including business enterprises. This requires taking appropriate steps to prevent, investigate punish and redress such abuse through effective policies, legislation, regulations and adjudication.
Police General Commissioner Matanga has aligned The ZRP working policies with the UN Guiding Principle 1
In practice this means that states have the obligation to take measures to ensure that enterprises respect human rights. Past abuses must be investigated, the responsible parties must be called to account and they must provide redress for the victims. In addition to the state’s duty to protect human rights.
The cornerstone for the protection of human rights in Zimbabwe is the Zimbabwe constitution, the Basic Law, in which the state affirms “inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community” Building on this foundation, Zimbabwe thanks to Mnangagwa has ratified numerous international human rights conventions and transposed them into national legislation. These include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, most of the conventions of the International Labour Organization.
Under president MNANGAGWA Zimbabwe is advancing the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles.
Because Zimbabwe respects the rule of, through the guide of Matanga the ZRP has achieved effectiveness in preventing and investigating crime, protecting vulnerable people and tackling serious organised crime. Tne ZRP has again shown great efficiency in how a force manages demand and plans for the future; and how legitimately a force treats the public, how ethically it behaves and how it treats its workforce.
This has seen great success in the ZRP policing and fighting crime. As a result on the 8th August 2021, the ZRP arrested Nomore Hove,Brian Nkomo,Mthokozisi Moyo and Nkosilathi Ncube after a shootout in Bulawayo with one of the suspects Anorld Mpofu dying in the exchange of fire . The robbers had raided a company in Belmont,Bulawayo, another robbery at Park lane centre, another robbery at Chippies supermarket Parklane, another at Chatham Road,Belmont and lastly at a house along Fourwinds, Bulawayo.
Because of the police efficiency a total of two hundred and sixty five United State dollars and One million six hundred and thirty five thousand three hundred seventy four South African Rands with millions of Zimbabwe bonds which was stollen by this gang was recovered. Previously in July 2021,Richard Mutanga,Peter Mushipe, Valentine Mutasa were arrested after a shoot out with detectives in Harare. One suspect, Benjamin Craig Musasa died in the shoot out.This mature of crime and disrespect of the police force in Zimbabwe is foreign to society. But the ZRP are containing the criminals and bringing peace in homes and our streets.
By arresting these robbers the police cleared 7 cases which include the raid at Gateway High school where USD 250000 cash was stolen, USD 70000 from a prominent businessman in Muzari suburb, Chinhoyi,UZ Farm compound where USD 20000 was taken, and a raid on a Beatrice Farmer where USD 19800 was stolen. The action of the Zimbabwe Republic Police has endorses dignity and humanity in the society and nation at large.
In a show of lack of respect to the Police four armed robbery suspects exchanged fire with Police on the 9th of August in Bulawayo leading to the death of four and unfortunate death of CST Gibson Tafara Madzimure as the criminals wanted to rob a Forex dealer. Some of the suspects had come from SA. So the ZRP is dealing with sophisticated cross border criminals. Yes this is real life the police officers are prepared to lay down their lives in defence of the nation. Last week the ZRP arrested Thubelile Ncube and Sondo Sibanda for armed robbery cases committed in Plumtree,Emganwini, Bulawayo and Parklanes,Bulawayo. A total of USD 1550, Botswana Pula1300, South African Rands3400 and ZWL38000 had been robbed from people. The gang was also involved in Sunninghill , Bulawayo robbery and took over USD1150.
Zimbabwe is not spared from murder cases which was steadily rising. In their mandate to protect the people of Zimbabwe the ZRP has arrested Admire Tasaranago and Talent Meza for killing a mine manager Robert James Chilcott after they were caught stealing gold ore at Seigneury Mine in Saruwe on the 15th of September 2021. The vehicle used to carry the ore has been recovered while efforts to arrest the other remaining over 20 suspects are underway. On 14 September Police arrested a security Campion Marowa for shooting dead a Zupco bus conductor Joyce Kazhumha while trying to rob her using a company pistol aboard a Zupco bus in Dzivaresekwa. Without the help of present technology which is in the first world the ZRP solved this murder case within twenty four hours. The ZRP has also arrested Patricia Ncube in Victoria Falls and recovered 14 50kgs bags of dagga. In Mutare, Probe Zijena and Larry Clay Manyellah were arrested after being found in possession of 24by50kgs bags of dagga. On 23Sept, Police arrested Florence Chimbiri at Kaguvi Phase 4 after finding her with 76by 50kg bags of dagga.
Zimbabwe is fighting drug trafficking and abuse at a higher level.
It is very clear that misconceptions about the ZRP undermine humanitarian approaches and crime prevention being achieved by the disciplined Police service.
It has taken only three years for government of Zimbabwe under Mnangagwa to show that they have responsibilities for the assistance and protection of the society. The Zimbabwe Republic Police help to articulated the concept of sovereignty as responsibility in order to allay fears by the international governments that Zimbabwe is a repressive government. The international community to date has shown itself unwilling and unable to robustly support Zimbabwe in the way the Police have functioned and delivered peace to the nation. In Zimbabwe the Police are a tool to raise awareness to the obligation we all have when it comes to protection. It should have the support of everyone here.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police as the arm of government realises that the first responsibility of government in a democratic society is to protect and safeguard the lives of its citizens.
… It is essential to the preservation of democracy, and it is the duty of the court to do all it can to respect and uphold that principle. To tjos end the Zimbabwe Republic Police stands tall. The duty to protect is the responsibility of the Police to protect others from foreseeable harm. As Mnangagwa attends several international commitments he does so knowing very well that he is an example of democracy.
Democracy is defined by broad values involving participation and formal rules about procedures such as elections and maintaining law and order. That is true for the police, the agency of government that citizens are most likely to see and have contact with.
All industrial societies use police to control crime and to contribute to public order (e.g., mediating and arbitrating disputes, regulating traffic and helping in emergencies).
Police are a central element of a democratic society. Indeed one element in defining such a society is a police force that is subject to the rule of law, rather than the wishes of a powerful leader or party. The police which can intervene in the life of citizens only under limited and carefully controlled circumstances and under Matanga the Police General Commissioner the police is now publicly accountable.
It is a myth that all that stands between total chaos and social order is the police. Social order has multiple sources. These include socialization to norms, a desire to have others think well of us, reciprocity, self-defense and the design of the physical environment. Yet police are an important factor. Their importance increases with the heterogeneity and size of a society.
A defining characteristics of police is their mandate to legally use force and to deprive citizens of their liberty when it is necessary to so. This power is bound to generate opposition from those who are subject to it. It also offers great temptations for abuse. Law enforcement requires a delicate balancing act. The conflicts between liberty and order receive their purest expression in considerations of democratic policing. The Zimbabwe Republic Police has taken great strides to transform to a service and not a force.
It is ironic that police are both a major support and a major threat to a democratic society. Zimbabwean police operates under the rule of law they protect democracy by their example of respect for the law and by suppressing crime. Zimbabwe Republic Police are moral, as well as legal, actors.
But apart from the rule of law and public accountability, the police power to use force, engage in summary punishment, use covert surveillance, and to stop, search and arrest citizens, this is not a sign of bad policing but the rule of the trade. The policing of crime and politics merge and political dissent is not a crime.
As Mnangagwa attends the meeting in Scotland he marches in as a true example of democracy. Zimbabwe now has a democratic space patrolled by the democratic police.
The Police in Zimbabwe will never arrest a person for beimg a member of the opposition. Cre has no political party. If you commit a crime tje police will arrest you regardless of which party you belong to. The fake stories created by the opposition are self serving and must never be listened to.
The planned demonstrations by the MDC in the UK against the Zimbabwe Police are just lipstick on pigs. The Zimbabwe Republic Police have lifted the Zimbabwean flag very high. We are the champions of democracy. Matanga has lived beyond expectations in the police. [email protected]
Ghana Football Association has officially appointed Milovan Rajevac as the new national team head coach on a two-year contract..
The Serbian was unveiled at a press conference in Accra on Friday. He is replacing Charles Kwablan Akonnor, who was sacked early in the month.
Rajevac has been tasked to secure a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in Qatar after the team’s unconvincing start to the campaign.
The appointment is his second following his successful first stint almost a decade ago where he guided the Black Stars to the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup tournament in South Africa.
Maxwell Konadu and Otto Addo come in as first and second assistance, respectively.
The new technical team’s first assignment is against Zimbabwe in the World Qualifiers next month.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa personally made recommendations for the appointment of Douglas Mwonzora to the Senate…
Speaking in an interview with Heart and Soul Tv on Thursday, President Chamisa said Mwonzora, Morgen Komichi and Elias Mudzuri have forgotten that he played a key role in their appointment to the Senate.
“They know what they did in 2014 and President Tsvangirai was aware of their shenanigans.
I convinced Mutsekwa to step aside to give space for Mwonzora to be appointed to the Senate.
My message to them is that borrowed robes are temporary,” said President Chamisa.
He also said only genuine and sincere dialogue can resolve the country’s political stalemate.
President Chamisa described POLAD as a platform created by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictate his political will…
He also accused the Zanu PF regime of stifling meaningful development in local authorities.
“Zanu PF is stifling development in local authorities by politicizing the approval of key budgets. We cannot be be blamed for the problems that are affecting citizens in urban areas because Zanu PF controls the allocation of resources to local authorities. If anything you can only blame Mr Mnangagwa’ s administration for sitting on budgets and initiatives.Roads are now rivers ( as it were) because of potholes.They are stealing ZINARA funds,” said President Chamisa.
He added:”Zanu PF has created its own opposition led by Douglas Mwonzora so you cannot say we have lost the right to use the MDC brand.
We have not lost the leadership dispute- don’t worry about Zanu PF surrogates. We are the real deal and we are the genuine game in town. Actually Zanu PF is strengthening us.
They want to force us to disclose our strategies and we will not do that – don’t listen to Zanu PF political rhetoric. Zanu PF can convince you that monkeys are donkeys … Mr Mnangagwa has subtly admitted that we are in charge.”
On the so called defections he said :”Who wants a basket full of bad apples ? Mr Mnangagwa has failed to unite country- he is immature. He cannot separate politics from national issues.He is only concerned about clinging to power.”
President Chamisa said POLAD was created to sanitize Mr Mnangagwa’s stolen mandate.
” It’s Mr Mnangagwa’s own creation, he is the prefect of the platform. We are not puppets – POLAD is a discredited platform – we want honest dialogue facilitated by a neutral player.”
Tinashe Sambiri|The seemingly inextricable bond between Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga is fake, Zanu PF hardliners have declared.
According to impeccable sources in the troubled former revolutionary party, the arrest of Minister of State for Masvingo Province Ezra Chadzamira is a reflection of the rift between the two politicians.
Chadzamira a declared Mnangagwa sympathizer was arrested for allegedly distributing sugarcane plots fraudulently.
Chadzamira is also accused of facilitating illegal mining deals.
“Chiwenga loyalists want to remove Chadzamira from office as they feel he has become too powerful. It is Chiwenga himself who wants Chadzamira to be kicked out of office,” Zanu PF sources revealed.
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Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa personally made recommendations for the appointment of Douglas Mwonzora to the Senate…
Speaking in an interview with Heart and Soul Tv on Thursday, President Chamisa said Mwonzora, Morgen Komichi and Elias Mudzuri have forgotten that he played a key role in their appointment to the Senate.
“They know what they did in 2014 and President Tsvangirai was aware of their shenanigans.
I convinced Mutsekwa to step aside to give space for Mwonzora to be appointed to the Senate.
My message to them is that borrowed robes are temporary,” said President Chamisa.
He also said only genuine and sincere dialogue can resolve the country’s political stalemate.
President Chamisa described POLAD as a platform created by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictate his political will…
He also accused the Zanu PF regime of stifling meaningful development in local authorities.
“Zanu PF is stifling development in local authorities by politicizing the approval of key budgets. We cannot be be blamed for the problems that are affecting citizens in urban areas because Zanu PF controls the allocation of resources to local authorities. If anything you can only blame Mr Mnangagwa’ s administration for sitting on budgets and initiatives.Roads are now rivers ( as it were) because of potholes.They are stealing ZINARA funds,” said President Chamisa.
He added:”Zanu PF has created its own opposition led by Douglas Mwonzora so you cannot say we have lost the right to use the MDC brand.
We have not lost the leadership dispute- don’t worry about Zanu PF surrogates. We are the real deal and we are the genuine game in town. Actually Zanu PF is strengthening us.
They want to force us to disclose our strategies and we will not do that – don’t listen to Zanu PF political rhetoric. Zanu PF can convince you that monkeys are donkeys … Mr Mnangagwa has subtly admitted that we are in charge.”
On the so called defections he said :”Who wants a basket full of bad apples ? Mr Mnangagwa has failed to unite country- he is immature. He cannot separate politics from national issues.He is only concerned about clinging to power.”
President Chamisa said POLAD was created to sanitize Mr Mnangagwa’s stolen mandate.
” It’s Mr Mnangagwa’s own creation, he is the prefect of the platform. We are not puppets – POLAD is a discredited platform – we want honest dialogue facilitated by a neutral player.”
By A Correspondent- A 77 year old man Julius Takaendesa Gwapedza was burnt to death and beyond recognition from the fire which was started by Elias Mukono (50) who was clearing a graveside beside his homestead while relieving himself in a bush in Nhema village, Chivhu on Tuesday.
Mashonaland East Provincial police spokesperson Misheck Denhere confirmed the case.
“Gwapedza went into a nearby bush to relieve himself around 7am and he was suddenly engulfed by a bush fire , his relatives found him around 1pm”,he said.
The deceased was found with his National Identification card on him and Mukono who had started fire was arrested, Bulawayo24. com has learnt.
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By A Correspondent- The Women’s Reform Network Representative yesterday handed over their petition to the Parliament of Zimbabwe and Ministry of local government over the women’s representation in local government.
The organization is imploring the government to reverse its decision to add 587 seats to cater for women Qouta in addition to the already existing 1958 seats for local government.
In their petition they argued that the increase in seats will add unnecessary burden to the tax payers hence they want a 50/50 representation based on the already existing seats.
‘Now thereforethe petitioners beseech the Parliament of Zimbabwe to implore the Executive to uphold the Supreme Law of the land by ensuring that Zimbabwe’s legal framework is reviewed in compliance with the provisions of the Constitution as it relates to 50/50 gender equality in elected and appointed positions.
The Minister of Local Government and Public Works, July Moyo, recently proclaimed at a Women in Local Authorities symposium that the Government of Zimbabwe shall be passing a law to create a 30% women’s proportional representation quota in all local authorities outside of the already existing 1958 wards.
This proposed amendment will see additional women only 587 seats across all the country’s local authorities added on top of the current 1958 seats. As the Women’s Reform Network, we appreciate the need for interventions to increase women’s representation in elected and appointed leadership at all levels.
However, we believe that any intervention must firstly be informed by the Constitutional provisions of Sections 17, 56 and 80 which expressly envisages and demand a legal framework which implements 50/50 gender equality at all levels in Zimbabwe. In addition, it is our considered view that any quotas must be allocated within the existing number of seats. Women empowerment in leadership must never create a burden on the taxpayers whose net effect would affect the adequacy and accessibility of quality gender responsive service delivery which would in turn adversely impact the very same women who must be empowered’ read part of the petition .
The women also implored that the Parliament should make a comprehensive legal framework in order to attain the 50/50 gender equality as enshrined in the 2013 constitution of Zimbabwe.
‘Parliament must insist on a comprehensive review of the legal framework as it relates to attaining 50/50 gender equality in elected and appointed representation. This is important because the Constitution demands it, in Sections 17, 56 and 80, and the Hon. Minister of Local Government and Public Works must adhere to the Constitution and Parliament must exercise oversight over his proclamations so that they do not violate the Constitution which he swore to uphold.
If the Government insist on implementing the proposal of 30% women’s proportional representation quota in local authorities, the 587 seats should be within the already existing 1958. The WRN stands ready to assist the Government with models for implementing the quota within’ added the statement.
The Women’s Reform Network (WRN) Women’s Reform Network Representative coalition of 25 women’s rights organisations and women-led Community Based Organisations with an interest in the integrity of electoral processes.
The government allegedly spent over US$200 000 on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s accommodation after his two-year stay at Miekles Hotel where an executive room costs US$200 per night.
This expenditure of taxpayers’ money comes when Zimbabwe’s economy is still recovering following decades of poor performance.
Ironically, Ncube has since his appointment in 2018, been introducing austerity measures that were meant to cut public expenditure, and promote saving and economic resuscitation.
A senior civil servant Thursday dismissed suggestions that Ncube lived at the Meikles hotel for over two years. The source said:
The honourable minister stayed at the hotel for just three months whilst his house was still being occupied by tenants. As soon as the tenant’s lease was duly terminated, he moved into his personal home.
However, a source in the tourism sector told the Independent that “Ncube stayed at Meikles for a very long time”.
It will not be the first time though after former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko also lodged at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in the capital for many years and the government paid the US$619 000 bill.
Mphoko’s reason for staying at the 5-star hotel was that the house that he was allocated by the government did not match his high office.
He finally moved into a US$2 million mansion built by the government.
By A Correspondent- An Indonesian official has reiterated the Southeast Asian country’s interest to secure deals in Zimbabwe’s various economic sectors such as pharmaceuticals, rubber and the railways.
A representative of the Indonesian embassy in Zimbabwe, Rahma Mardina, told the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) special bulletin of her country’s interests:
We are interested in the transportation field by proposing the revitalisation of the railroad with NRZ to fulfil the market needs in Zimbabwe, especially and or regional market as a whole. On our part, we also have a range of products for Zimbabwe.
These include rubber, coffee, pharmaceutical products, palm sugar, red brick machines, transportation aircraft, electric motors with friendly energy, locomotives, concrete and solar panels.
In 2019, Indonesia Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Juniarta Sastrawan, said that his country, through the Indonesia International Economic Co-operation Programme, intends to capacitate the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) by finding investors from all over the world for the parastatal.
NRZ, which recently signed a memorandum of understanding with a Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi, is struggling to keep afloat due to out-of-date equipment, among other challenges.
The NRZ requires about US$1.9 billion to rehabilitate its track, acquire locomotives, wagons and upgrade information communication technology to enable the parastatal to increase freight volumes.
In 2019, the government cancelled a US$400 million NRZ recapitalisation programme signed two years ago with the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group after the group reportedly “failed” to comply with contractual timelines.
By A Correspondent- A Zanu PF official has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa has no mandate to lead the ruling party after he “arbitrarily” postponed the 2019 elective extraordinary congress to 2022.
These remarks come amid reports that Mnangagwa’s deputy, Constantino Chiwenga is leading a faction that seeks to dislodge him from power.
A local publication, was told by an anonymous senior official in ZANU PF that the situation has rendered Mnangagwa”s leadership shacky.
Said the official:
Legally, Mnangagwa has no mandate from congress to currently lead Zanu-PF.
He basically avoided the 2019 congress, when it was constitutionally due, and postponed it to 2022. Currently, he is running on empty: the mandate he got from the 2017 extraordinary congress expired. It was for the interregnum only.
Subsequently, there was no other extraordinary congress to allow him and all those in the structures elected in the last regular congress in 2014 to continue.
It was an arbitrary postponement, hence illegal arrangement. So his mandate is illegitimate in terms of the Zanu-PF constitution.
Mnangagwa was installed Zanu-PF leader by the party’s central committee on 19 November 2017 at the height of the military coup and confirmed through an extraordinary congress on 15 December 2017.
The Zanu-PF constitution does not give power to the central committee to remove an elected leader.
If the position becomes vacant, an extraordinary congress is held to fill it in.
Another official said while it appears at face value like Mnangagwa is consolidating power; in reality, there is no consolidation to talk about.
The official said Mnangagwa is now surrounded by political opportunists and he has lost control of the party.
The anonymous official said the glaring factionalism in Midlands and Masvingo, his strongholds, while he is watching “helplessly,” is enough evidence to suggest he had lost control.-Newshawks
By A Correspondent- Psychiatric units at Harare’s two major referral hospitals, Sally Mugabe Central Hospital and Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, are overwhelmed by the rising number of mental health cases linked to drug and substance abuse.
Most patients have complications arising from crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as “mutoriro”, “dombo” or “guka.”
Most abused drugs include ganja cakes, a prohibited cough syrup called BronCleer (bronco), mbanje and illicit beers known as “musombodhiya” in street lingo.
President Mnangagwa recently expressed concern over drug abuse in the country, and he appointed a task force to hunt down drug peddlers.
Parirenyatwa Hospital attends to about 800 mental health patients monthly with most of the ailments being related to drugs.
Admission is only for those with serious illnesses that they cannot go back home while most of them are sent back home after treatment.
The senior nursing officer at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital Mr Nelson Makore said mental health cases linked to drug abuse have since overtaken traditional causes like depression. He added:
Almost 70 percent of the patients we attend to, have problems related to drug abuse and mutoriro is the new drug that is selling more than anything else. It is highly addictive and it affects the mental health of the people.
While some drug and substance abusers cite economic hardships in the country as push factors, Mr Makore said drug abuse also affects the haves as drugs are expensive.
He said medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, police officers, soldiers and officers from the central intelligence organisation, university and college students and pupils from boarding schools constitute a large part of affected people.
The clinical matron at Sally Mugabe psychiatric unit Ms Enety Mahove said women were also among those with drug-induced mental ailments.
Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals spokesperson Mr Linos Dhire said the increase in the number of youths coming for assistance has caused a huge workload at the hospital because most of these patients present as psychiatric emergency cases, especially with aggression and suicide attempts.
He indicated that there is pressure on the part of practitioners to urgently fill the knowledge gap on how to handle new forms of drug and substance abuse adding that there was a need for more staff.
By A Correspondent- The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it has not yet acknowledged the existence of the newly formed Citizens Convergent for Change (CCC) political party.
On Monday, a Bulawayo resident with strong Zanu-PF links, Varaidzo Musungo, wrote to Zec notifying the commission of the formation of the CCC, a name that has been widely used by opposition MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa.
Zec spokesperson Joyce Kazembe said it was impossible to acknowledge receipt of CCC as a political party because it did not provide enough details upon notifying the commission of its existence. He said:Zec does not register political parties, but it simply receives notifications upon formations of new parties.
The commission received a notification from the CCC political group, but since it was incomplete, we did not acknowledge its existence. There are no contact details such as emails or phone numbers, hence it was impossible to acknowledge receipt upon the notification of their existence.
There has been debate around the need to register political parties in Zimbabwe, with some people advocating for conditions on party registration.
Former Zec commissioner Qhubani Moyo said the biggest challenge over years was that there were no regulations that defined the registration of political parties in Zimbabwe.
Moyo said the country should copy what other countries do when a new party registers to contest elections to avoid confusion. He added:
I am told that there is also another party that has written to Zec under the name Zimbabwe Alliance for Movement Unit, and I think this is the Chamisa brigade trying also to create confusion on the name of Zanu-PF.
Moyo added that other countries demand proof of a certain number of registered members before a political party is successfully registered.
In the run-up to the 2018 polls, Zec acknowledged the existence of 123 political parties in the country with some saying the majority were proxies of the ruling party meant to divide urban votes where the opposition has been getting most of its votes.
By A Correspondent- President Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe has one of the most transparent systems in Africa in terms of the appointment of judges of the superior courts.
He made the remarks on Friday while addressing the Southern Africa Chief Justices’ Forum jointly hosted by Zimbabwe and Zambia in Victoria Falls.
He also said the Second Republic would continue respecting the independence of the Judiciary and the principle of separation of powers in line with the tenets of constitutional democracy.
He said:
Allow me to emphasise that my Government respects the principle of separation of powers and the independence of the Judiciary as a cornerstone of a constitutional democracy. We have one of the most transparent judges’ appointment systems in which prospective judges are subjected to public interviews by the Judicial Service Commission.
Government, therefore respects the decisions and orders of the courts and has put in place mechanisms to enforce those orders. This is indeed a fundamental aspect of the rule of law.
An accountable and transparent Judiciary is one that people can have uttermost confidence in and one that is free of corruption while also expeditiously dealing with and finalising matters before the courts.
Judiciary independence is guaranteed as the essence of the rule of law on condition that the principles of transparency and accountability are observed in the performance of judicial functions.
He speaks when the opposition is saying the “judiciary, like all other state institutions,” is captured by the ruling ZANU PF and the executive arm of government.
In Zimbabwe, prospective judges are supposed to be subjected to public interviews in terms of Section 180 (4) of the Constitution.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has to invite nominations of qualified and experienced lawyers, and members of the public can make these nominations, who are then short-listed for interviews, which are held under the public glare.
Promotions from the High Court to the Supreme and Constitutional Courts no longer require interviews.
In May, President Mnangagwa extended Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s term of office by a further 5 years beyond his retirement age thereby triggering outrage and lawsuits.
He cited the Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2, which among other things gives the president authority to make key judicial appointments, he had signed two days earlier as the basis for the extension.
The High Court nullified the extension but the Constitutional Court later set aside the ruling saying no law had been violated.
Critics said the extension was meant to ensure that Malaba influences court decisions on the 2023 elections the matter spills into courts like in 2018.-statemedia
Various civil society organisations associated with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition met on Thursday, September 23, 2021 to deliberate on the issue of a national convergence for transformation in light of the deepening multi faceted crisis in Zimbabwe.
The meeting resolved to, among other issues, strengthen citizen agency and to rally ordinary Zimbabweans, including youths, women, farmers, marginalised populations, ethnic minorities and people living with disabilities to dialogue under the national convergence for transformation process.
The meeting also raised concern over the continued looting of natural resources by political elites and the lack of political will to engage in a genuine all stakeholders dialogue which will unlock the Zimbabwean crisis.
The meeting noted with concern the exclusive and elite nature of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform as well as the deepening intransigence of the state as necessary conditions for ordinary Zimbabweans to step up and define the Zimbabwe they want.
The convergence process will include all Zimbabweans, including the diaspora and across political party lines.
The common denominator of this dialogue process is the dignity, happiness and freedom of ordinary Zimbabweans
By A Correspondent- A Nyanga sangoma is in the eye of a storm after admitting to have supplied goblins and wealth-enhancing charms to a local businessman.
The goblins have brought nightmares to the Kamutate family by causing deaths and misfortunes.
The sangoma, Edgegot Matiashe, after being cornered by the businessman, Joseph Nyamusa Kamutate’s nephews to exorcise and cleanse the family, demanded and forcibly took away eight beasts from the family as payment for the services.
Matiashe sold some of the beasts.
However, tables have since been turned against the sangoma after Kamutate filed stock theft charges against him.
Matiashe was arrested and is set to appear in court facing stock theft charges.
Police confirmed the incident that happened in Sarutani Village in Chief Hata’s area, saying Kamutate’s nephews — Lionel Wonder Nyamusa (46), Memory Nyamusa (34), Lovemore Nyamusa (36) and Blessing Nyamusa (43) — were also arrested for allegedly assaulting Kamutate.
The quartet allegedly assaulted Kamutate, accusing him of causing one of the relatives’ mental illness among other misfortunes the family is experiencing.
A villager privy to the matter who requested anonymity, said so tense was the situation that Kamutate could have been fatally assaulted by the enraged nephews.
“The nephews are troubled. Deaths and misfortunes bedevilling the family have left them so agitated. Tempers flared after they realised that their uncle was behind all their misfortunes. Some of the villagers believe in Matiashe’s powers and in turn, he (Matiashe) has been grabbing their cattle as payment for his services.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luxson Chananda said on the day in question, the Nyamusa quartet proceeded to Kamutate’s homestead and challenged him to come out of his house.
“They accused Kamutate of causing misfortunes and deaths in the family. They further alleged that Kamutate had obtained goblins from Matiashe in 1996 which were behind all the calamities befalling the family.
“He denied possession of the goblins. This further angered the Nyamusas and they severely assaulted him. They dragged him to another traditional healer in Mapako where Kamutate was fingered as the source of the family’s challenges.
“The feuding parties later confronted Matiashe who admitted to have supplied Kamutate with the goblins sometime in 1996. He demanded eight beasts for his services which include repossessing the goblins and cleansing the whole homestead,” said Inspector Chananda.
It is alleged that when the quartet returned home, they furthered assaulted Kamutate.
“They forced him to release the eight beasts to Matiashe. Under duress, Kamutate released the beasts. His nephews handed the beasts to Matiashe who promised to cleanse the homestead and ensure that the family leads peaceful and normal lives.
Kamutate reported the matter at Nyanga Police Station and the quartet was arrested. Matiashe was also arrested the following day. Investigations revealed that Matiashe had already sold six of the eight beasts,” said Inspector Chananda.
He urged members of the public to consult the elderly or police to solve contentious matters.
He said families should amicably solve any problems than resorting to violence.-Manicapost
By A Correspondent- A man was tackled and led away by state security agents on Thursday after shouting “huya pano iwewe” in the direction of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mnangagwa, accompanied by his deputy Constantino Chiwenga and a bevy of security guards, had just finished a tour of exhibition stands at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair and was walking to the Office of the President and Cabinet pavilion when the incident happened.
A man walking in the periphery of the VIP party shouted “huya pano iwewe!”, a forceful way of saying “you, come here!” The incident was witnessed by a ZimLive correspondent, and at least one other witness.
It was not clear who was the target of the shout, or if Mnangagwa heard him.
A uniformed police officer grabbed the man and slapped him once. He was joined by Mnangagwa’s plain clothes close protection officers who led the man away.
In the commotion which was over within seconds, Mnangagwa continued walking and chatting, appearing unperturbed
There were immediate questions whether the man – who is dark-skinned and appeared to be in his 30s – has mental health issues.
One of the organisers of the ZITF said: “I didn’t see the incident myself, but I can tell you that security was very tight today because the president was coming, and in any case the ZITF has only been open to exhibitors, government officials, emergency workers and the media so far. Someone with mental health issues is very unlikely to have made it through.”
George Charamba, the spokesman in the presidency, was unreachable.
By A Correspondent- A 28 year old soccer coach from Gqeberha has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for se_xually assaulting four boys between 2017 and 2018.
Sizwe ‘Lali’ Mphini was sentenced in the Port Elizabeth Regional Court on Thursday.
According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Mphini saw young boys playing soccer in an open field in Gqeberha in 2016. He asked if they had a soccer coach, to which they replied “no”.
He volunteered to be their coach and promised to buy soccer jerseys. The children were excited and they agreed to his proposal to play for the “Mighty Eagles” team.
“However, the children testified in court that Mphini never bought soccer jerseys. He instead f0ndled their private parts,” NPA regional spokesperson Anelisa Ngcakani said.
Ngcakani added that, during practice time, he would call the boys one by one, to play with their private parts.
Mphini would invite the boys to his house for food and to watch cartoons.
He would call the boys, one by one, to his bedroom and play with their private parts.
He also instructed the boys not to disclose the se_xual assault to anyone.
“The four boys testified that their private parts would be painful and swollen,” Ngcakani added.
They said, at first, they were too afraid to tell their parents. The court also heard that Mphini abused other boys, not just the four who came forward. It is alleged the other boys were afraid to report the crimes.
The NPA added that rumours about Mphini started to spread – and it all erupted when one parent found her boy at Mphini’s house, along with other young boys.
She questioned her 10-year-old son, who then disclosed the sex_ual assault, and stated that Mphini did the same to other boys.
A community meeting was held and, when other boys came forward, the community opened a case at Walmer police station.
The court found Mphini guilty of four counts of se_xual assault.
He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for each count.
“The sentences were ordered to run concurrently, meaning that he will serve five years direct imprisonment,” Ngcakani said.
The youngest of his victims, during the period he committed the crimes, was eight years old, and the oldest was 14.
By A Correspondent- Gweru man who fatally assaulted his teenage sister after finding through her cellphone that she was dating many boyfriends was yesterday jailed for an effective seven years after pleading guilty to culpable homicide before Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Maxwell Takuva.
Terrence Tarisai (27) of Clifton Park in Gweru had pleaded not guilt to murder when he appeared before Justice Takuva who was sitting in Gweru on circuit. Murder is when you intend death or so reckless that such an intention can be construed. Culpable homicide is when you take action that a reasonable person would realise could lead to serious injury or death.
Justice Takuva found him guilty of culpable homicide after a full trial where he bemoaned increase in crimes committed by parents or guardians as they apply excessive force in an attempt to discipline children
“There is need for parents and guardians to avoid excessive force when disciplining their children because it leads to unnecessary loss of life. A young life was lost unnecessarily. The accused is found guilty of culpable homicide and is sentenced to eight years in prison. A year of his sentence is suspended on condition of good behaviour,” said Justice Takuva as he handed down the judgement on the sombre looking Tarisai.
Prosecutor Ms Shalom Ndamuka Chikuni presented the evidence that Tarisai fatally assaulted his 16-year-old sister Tryphine using a belt and a cord after accusing her of being promiscuous. She was in Form 3 at Ascot High School in Gweru.
On July 22 last year, Tarisai arrived home and discovered that Tryphine was not at home and had left her 10-year- old sister alone. She came home at around 6pm told her brother she had gone to the shops. He was not satisfied and took her cellphone and went through the young sister’s WhatsApp messages and then threatened to beat her after finding messages from boys she was dating.
Tryphine fled home and stayed overnight at her aunt’s place in Mtapa Section 7, Gweru. The following morning, the aunt, Fungai Mugabe, accompanied her back home and found Tarisai at home. Tarisai said he was going to beat his sister before ordering her to lie on the sofa facing downwards. He took a black cord and assaulted his sister on the buttocks, legs and arms for about 10 minutes.
Tryphine then confessed that she had six boyfriends before he ordered her to call all the boyfriends to end the relationships.
Tarisai took a black belt and continued to assault the girl. Tryphine then complained that she was feeling cold and was put on a bed by her aunt. At about 3pm the same day, it was discovered that she had died in her sleep and a report was made to the police leading to Tarisai’s arrest.
By A Correspondent-War veterans in Chiredzi war veterans have blocked the minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira from attending a party meeting and demanded his removal from office.
The war veterans are accusing Chadzamira of corruptly allocating land in the district to outsiders while sidelining locals.
On Monday, the war veterans held a protest at Palm Tree Hotel in Chiredzi, where Chadzamira and other ruling provincial party leaders were about to attend a meeting.
They also called for the removal of all the provincial leaders to enrich themselves instead of serving the people.
The development came a few days after investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)briefly arrested Chadzamira for alleged abuse of office involving the allocation of land in the province, but prosecutors turned the case down after President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s intervention.
Chadzamira is Mnangagwa’s political ally.
The Mnangagwa faction believes a faction led by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga instigated Chadzamira’s arrest as part of a ploy to oust him from the provincial leadership.
Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Association (ZLWVA) Chiredzi district chairperson Killer Makuni confirmed the demonstration to The NewsHawks.
He said the demonstrators, who wielded placards, are members of his association who are unhappy with the parcelling out of land in Chiredzi.
Makuni said the allocations were done without input from the Chiredzi district lands committee and should be reversed. He also confirmed that war veterans had approached senior government officials, including Chiwenga, to register their displeasure. NewsHawks
By A Corresondent- The late Cleto Zvirikuzhe has been described as a humble and dedicated cadre whose death will be felt in the ruling party Zanu PF and the nation at large.
He was 60.
At the time of his death, Zvirikuzhe was Zanu PF deputy director of Finance.
In a statement, the party’s acting spokesperson Dr Mike Bimha said Zvirikuzhe’s death is a big loss to the revolutionary party.
“Zanu PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu and the director Administration Cde Dickson Dzora, the entire party leadership and staff would like to send their heartfelt condolences to the Zvirikuzhe family, friends and relatives on the passing on of the party’s deputy director of Finance Cde Cleto Zvirikuzhe. A humble and one of the longest party civil servant, Cde Zvirikuzhe’s untimely death is a huge loss to the Zanu PF family and the people of Zimbabwe to whom he dedicated a life of service. May His Dear Soul Rest in Eternal Peace.”
Zvirikuzhe, who died September 22 will be buried today in Mashonaland West.
By A Correspondent-The government, through the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC), has launched an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of girls and child marriages in various Apostolic sects around the country.
ZGC chairperson Mrs Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe announced the commencement of the investigation in yesterday’s Government Gazette under General Notice 2733 of 2021.
“The ZGC intends to investigate complaints of the institutionalisation of sexual exploitation and abuses of girls and child marriages in the Apostolic sect, Zimbabwe,” she said.
“Further to the above notice, an invitation is hereby given to any victims or witnesses to any act of sexual exploitation and abuse and child marriages by members of any Apostolic Church to present to the Commission written complaints, witnesses statements and any other supporting documents or evidence which can assist in the investigation. “Oral hearings will commence thereafter on dates to be advised by the commission.”
She said any person who wishes to make any submissions regarding the investigation should visit the Commission Offices in Harare at First Floor Pax House and/or submit them in writing before October 25.
There was national outrage following the death of 14-year-old girl, Memory Machaya during childbirth at a Johane Marange Apostolic Sect shrine in Mutare in August.
The girls husband Hatirarame Momberume has since been arrested on murder charges and having sex with a minor.
Her parents, Edmore Machaya and Rachel Mabika have also been arrested on obstruction of justice charges after they lied about the girl’s age in an attempt to protect Momberume.
Meanwhile, the ZGC will hold its 2021Annual National Gender Forum on November 23.
Mrs Mukahanana-Sangarwe made the announcement under General 2732 of 2021 in yesterday’s Government Gazette.
The proposed agenda for the Forum is “Action towards the eradication of harmful practices which breed child marriages and sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls.”
She said organisations and individuals with interest in gender equality, gender equity and gender mainstreaming to submit suggestions of topics to be included in the agenda for discussion at the forum.
By A Correspondent- Controversial Radio and TV personality Tino Katsande has shared stories on why she is partaking in drugs and her leaked S_x tape.
In the same story on YouTube, Katsande, who said her health was deteriorating, also spoke about why she started the eggs business, what happened to her after ZiFM fired her eight years ago for a leaked S_x tape.
By A Correspondent- Former South African President Jacob Zuma is said to be back at his Nkandla home.
He has reportedly been discharged from a hospital in Gauteng where he had surgery for an undisclosed ailment.
This week, it was placed on record at the Pietermaritzburg High Court that an NPA-appointed medical team claimed that Zuma was fit to stand trial.
Zuma’s advocate says the former president continues to be concerned about the alleged leaking of his confidential medical information to a journalist.
It’s being reported that Zuma will return to Johannesburg for further treatment.
Recently, the Constitutional Court dismissed his application to have his 15-month jail term set aside.
He was imprisoned for refusing to appear before the Zondo Commission of Enquiry that is investigating him for corruption he allegedly committed while he was still president.
Advocate Dali Mpofu, his lawyer, had argued in July that his client is the only prisoner in the country who was jailed without trial.
The Constitutional Court dismissed the application to have the sentence rescinded and be set aside.
By A Correspondent-Chiredzi war veterans have called for the removal from office of minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira, accusing him of corruptly allocating land in the district to outsiders while sidelining locals.
On Monday, the war veterans held a protest at Palm Tree Hotel in Chiredzi, where Chadzamira and other ruling provincial party leaders were about to attend a meeting.
They also called for the removal of all the provincial leaders to enrich themselves instead of serving the people.
The development came a few days after investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)briefly arrested Chadzamira for alleged abuse of office involving the allocation of land in the province, but prosecutors turned the case down after President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s intervention.
Chadzamira is Mnangagwa’s political ally.
The Mnangagwa faction believes a faction led by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga instigated Chadzamira’s arrest as part of a ploy to oust him from the provincial leadership.
Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Association (ZLWVA) Chiredzi district chairperson Killer Makuni confirmed the demonstration to The NewsHawks.
He said the demonstrators, who wielded placards, are members of his association who are unhappy with the parcelling out of land in Chiredzi.
Makuni said the allocations were done without input from the Chiredzi district lands committee and should be reversed. He also confirmed that war veterans had approached senior government officials, including Chiwenga, to register their displeasure.
By A Correspondent- Former South African President Jacob Zuma is said to be back at his Nkandla home.
He has reportedly been discharged from a hospital in Gauteng where he had surgery for an undisclosed ailment.
This week, it was placed on record at the Pietermaritzburg High Court that an NPA-appointed medical team claimed that Zuma was fit to stand trial.
Zuma’s advocate says the former president continues to be concerned about the alleged leaking of his confidential medical information to a journalist.
It’s being reported that Zuma will return to Johannesburg for further treatment.
Recently, the Constitutional Court dismissed his application to have his 15-month jail term set aside.
He was imprisoned for refusing to appear before the Zondo Commission of Enquiry that is investigating him for corruption he allegedly committed while he was still president.
Advocate Dali Mpofu, his lawyer, had argued in July that his client is the only prisoner in the country who was jailed without trial.
The Constitutional Court dismissed the application to have the sentence rescinded and be set aside.
By A Correspondent- Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been fingered in the arrest of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close ally Ezra Chadzamira.
Chadzamira is also the Zanu PF Masvingo provincial chairman and the Minister of Masvingo provincial affairs.
Chadzamira, who is considered a strong ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, was arrested early this month on allegations of corruption.
Sources close to his arrest said Chadzamira was arrested the same week Chiwenga had visited Masvingo.
“A day before Chadzamira’s arrest, the vice president was in Masvingo, where he addressed sugarcane farmers. It is from this meeting that Chadzamira’s corruption allegations appeared to have emanated from. After the meeting, the VP ordered the arrest of Chadzamira.
By A Correspondent- Samora Machel Avenue is set to be re-opened on Monday the 27th of September following the completion of the construction work at the Mbuya Nehanda statue site in Harare.
The closure of the intersection was necessitated by the works on the statue and the architectural structures to support it. Harare Metropolitan Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Oliver Chidawu confirmed that the project is now complete. He said:
The synchronization of traffic lights and a lot of services which had been disrupted by the construction had not been completed and we are now all so excited as it reduces the congestion.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier this year said the government will not end with the construction of the statue of the spirit medium of Nehanda Nyakasikana whose words sparked the Second Chimurenga. He promised more statues of national heroes which he said will act as a reminder of the history of the country. Government critics said while the cause was noble, the construction of statues when the country has other financial needs showed that the government’s priorities are misplaced.
Leaked government documents suggest that the galvanised steel statue of Mbuya Nehanda which weighs 64 000kgs is valued at 2 184 575.44 South African Rand.
By A Correspondent- Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been implicated in the arrest of Ezra Chadzamira, the Minister of Masvingo provincial affairs.
Chadzamira, who is considered a strong ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, was arrested early this month on allegations of corruption.
Sources close to his arrest said Chadzamira was arrested the same week Chiwenga had visited Masvingo.
“A day before Chadzamira’s arrest, the vice president was in Masvingo, where he addressed sugarcane farmers. It is from this meeting that Chadzamira’s corruption allegations appeared to have emanated from. After the meeting, the VP ordered the arrest of Chadzamira.
Construction work at the Mbuya Nehanda statue site in Harare is now complete with roads such as Samora Machel Avenue that had been closed to pave way for the project set to be re-opened on Monday.
An honour befitting an icon and a view reserved for royalty in the city that never goes to sleep.
On Monday the 27th of September the foothill of this new landmark will re-open to motorists with a renewed sense of respect.
Before it was just an ordinary road but now it carries much more meaning.
The closure of the intersection was necessitated by the works on the statue and the architectural structures to support it.
Harare Metropolitan Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Engineer Oliver Chidawu confirmed that the project is now complete.
“The synchronization of traffic lights and a lot of services which had been disrupted by the construction had not been completed and we are now all so excited as it reduces the congestion,” he said.The statue has become a meeting point and a place of reference.
The immortalisation of the spirit medium Nehanda Nyakasikana whose words sparked the Second Chimurenga is a vivid reminder of the history of the country for those who drive or walk by.She stands tall, watching over as people go about their business in the ever-busy city.
Although 65 percent of consumers reported eating more whole-grain products in 2017, refined, white bread is still a fast-selling, popular item.
The fluffy texture, toasty flavor and smooth color pleases kids and adults.However, you may wonder if you should worry about the nutritional value of bread, and whether it can really be part of a healthy diet. Calories in bread vary depending on the brand, recipe and serving size.
Two slices of standard white bread, weighing about 56 grams (2 ounces), contain about 140 calories. You can easily fit white bread into a healthy meal plan.TipWhite bread’s calorie count depends on the recipe, the size of your serving and the brand, but standard white bread contains about 70 calories per slice.White Bread Nutrition Label InformationIn a standard 2 slices of white bread, you get 4 grams of protein and 1 gram of fat spread across those 140 calories.
The bread nutrition label also reveals 28 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber and 2 grams of sugar.Read More: Everything You Need to Know About Carbs and Why You Shouldn’t Cut ThemBread labels may list different calorie counts, and often that’s due to serving size. For example, larger slices from an organic bread company that weigh 40 grams each contain 110 calories each.
Other nutrition in white bread includes 40 milligrams of calcium in the two slices, as well as 1.4 milligrams of iron, 270 milligrams of sodium and trace amounts of some B vitamins.Reduced-calorie white breads are also available, if you’re looking to manage your weight. These breads offer slightly-thinner slices, as well as modified ingredients. An example of reduced-calorie white bread has just 95 calories and 20 grams of carbohydrates per two-slice serving, and weighs 46 grams.
Whole Grain Bread Possibly SuperiorTwo slices of 100-percent whole-wheat bread may be nutritionally superior to white bread. The USDA Choose My Plate Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that at least half of the grains you eat daily be from whole-grain sources. Examples of whole-grains include whole wheat flour and oatmeal.
Whole grains have the entire grain kernel intact, so they offer more fiber and nutrients.The nutrition and fiber in whole grains offer a healthier digestive tract and protect you against diabetes, heart disease and some cancers, explains the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. White bread is considered a refined grain that’s been milled, and as a result it is missing a lot of the nutrients that appear naturally in the grain kernel.
In a two-slice serving of whole-wheat bread, you get the same 140 calories as with white bread, but 6 grams of protein and 24 grams of carbohydrates.
Plus, you get twice the fiber, with 4 grams total. Go for a whole-grain oatmeal bread and you’ll take in 200 calories, including 8 grams of protein, 36 grams of carbohydrates and 6 grams of fiber.Increase Whole-Grain Bread IntakeAdding more whole grains to your diet, and the diet of your family, may assist your health and weight management efforts.
But it’s not always easy to get kids to eat whole-wheat or whole-grain bread. Research published in BMC Public Health in September 2014 found that presenting whole-wheat bread in fun shapes can increase kids’ consumption of whole-wheat bread.When selecting whole-grain bread, don’t assume that just because it’s brown, it’s healthier.
The American Heart Association notes that molasses or other ingredients can make a bread brown without any added whole grains. Look, instead, for the name “whole” or “whole-grain” as the first ingredient on the label.If you’re just not ready to make the switch away from white bread, get your whole grains in other forms. Have a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast.
Choose brown rice instead of white for your next burrito or stir fry. Serve quinoa with your next bowl of chili, or as a side dish for grilled chicken.
The efficacy of properly implemented CALA in terms of blending theory and practical experience of students, let alone entrenching a skills education regime, is not in doubt. However, CALA need adequate time-frame in order to allow budgetary allocation from the state, training of teachers for standardisation of CALA assessment tools and interoperability, reasonable time to allow students to engage in research and writing of CALA projects under the supervision of their teachers.
However, the fast-tracking of CALA in Zimbabwe in less than two months before students write examination and in light of lockdown learning backlog, baffles logic and common sense. It has sent students into panic mode and susceptible to academic mercenaries who have emerged overnight ready to produce defective CALAs for students at US$10 for primary pupils and and US$20 for a Secondary project.
With primary pupils doing 18 CALAs and secondary pupils up to 48 CALAs, the magnitude of fleecing and uselessness of CALA as an assessment tool is rampant. When CALA is turned into assessing the highest bidder, mostly in urban area at the expence of rural students, its importance is certainly questionable.
Teachers are pre-occupied with covering work they must have covered under normal circumstances. They also lack intrinsic motivation due to their starvation wages. They certainly have no time to guide pupils to do proper research, let alone monitor and supervise such research.
The best that gvt must do is to suspend CALA as the majority of CALA projects produced under such hap-hazardous meddling and muddling through are not pupils’ work but products of exchange of money and therefore serve no purpose in terms of developing student’s skills.
Ministry Primary and Secondary officials must learn to listen to professional advice, as more often than not their intransigent and irresponsible approach, impermeable to reason and facts, has been disastrous. There is no adequate time for successful implementation of CALA, and the best that the nation must do in 2021 is to suspend it.
Its continued implementation in 2021 will benefit neither the student, teacher, education system nor the nation. A futile exercise is not worthy our pursuit unless we are led by educational vandals who cannot listen to professional advice. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Late former President Robert Mugabe’s son Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe has cheekily scolded popular musician Jah Prayzah for alleged failure to endorse Nutty O’s new album which the dancehall star released hours earlier Friday.
Nutty O, real name Carrington Simbarashe Chiwadzwa, released his long awaited Mustard Seed, a 13-track compilation and his first album in his promising music career.
The album has been widely described as a masterpiece as the young, talented artiste took time to flaunt his lyrical prowess.
Using his twitter handle Friday, Chatunga said, “It’s now more than 5 hrs since Nutty O released his album still no sign of Jah Prayzah’s endorsement or congratulatory message have some shame JP.”
But the 24-year-old’s message was received differently among some twitter users who felt Jah Prayzah was under no obligation to be endorsing other musician’s albums.
Entertainment journalist Robert Mukondiwa felt Jay Prayzah had no obligation to comment his one-time protégé’s works.“Should he though? Does @jahprayzah owe him that congratulatory message?” he said in the Twitter thread.However, others felt as a big name in the industry, it would be courteous of Jah Prayzah to commend another musician for a good production.
Both Nutty O and Jah Prayzah were once under the Military Touch Movement, a vibrant ensemble that once housed music talents in the form of Andy Muridzo, ExQ, Tahle Wedzinza, Nutty O and producers DJ Tamuka and Daniel Chiweda before they decided to pursue solo careers.
By Jane Mlambo| Controversial Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has challenged Zanu PF Mashonaland West Youth Chairperson Vengai Musengi to a boxing match and has offered him 10 beasts should he go beyond 30 seconds in the boxing ring.
Mliswa said proceeds from the bout will go towards supporting party youths in the province impoverished by Musengi’s lack of leadership.
Mliswa claimed that Musengi called and threatened him over an issue he did not disclose.
“I was called by Mash West Youth Chair Vengi Musengi who threatened me. As a young person he seems to have too much erratic energy. Thus I have sought to channel that energy towards a constructive end. I have challenged him to a clean bout in the ring until one of us surrenders,” said Mliswa.
The firebrand former Mash West chairperson said the boxing match should be televised with front row seats going for US$100.
He added that if Musengi lasts more than 30 seconds in the boxing ring, he will get 10 cattle as an incentive.
“No machetes, guns and thuggish acts, just a refereed fight. We sign indemnity forms, he chooses whether we do gloves or bare hands or any martial arts discipline and people pay to watch. Live television& front row seats US$100. We channel the proceeds to charity.
“The money we realize from this will be shared between the youths in Mash West who have suffered his lack of leadership. The other half we give to Norton. As an incentive I have put 10 cattle on the table if he can last beyond 30 seconds,” added Mliswa.
As women’s rights organisations we are concerned and worried at the ongoing saga involving the Vice President Dr CGN Chiwenga and his wife Mary Chiwenga. We note that private matters such as divorce should remain within the realm of private life, it is equally important that parties involved treat these issues as such. It would be worrisome if parties used their proximity to State institutions to push these to settle personal challenges with their spouses.
Since the Chiwenga couple’s divorce proceedings commenced over the last several months, the nation has been gripped by what is turning out to be an embarrassing yet disquieting turn of events. It must be noted that the couple have had a blissful marriage life which has been blessed with children and prior to the ugly turn of events they appeared in public blossoming in the sunshine of their love. It is therefore disturbing that since their fall out things have turned terribly nasty especially for Mary Chiwenga.
She has been arrested and arraigned before the courts and eventually granted bail after long proceedings at the High Court. If she is guilty of the offences for which she was arrested for then justice will take its course but in the meantime, she should enjoy her presumption of innocence.
While we are not medical practitioners, our sense of humanity informs us that Mary Chiwenga is visibly unwell and in need of medical attention which may not be readily available in Zimbabwe. It is therefore in the best interest of her right to life that at a minimum she goes for treatment. We understand that this is a matter before the courts and will therefore only give our opinion and not instruct the courts as to the determination they must make on this matter.
Further, we appeal to the HHHonourable Vice President CGN Chiwenga to allow Mary Chiwenga access to their children. As women, some of us being mothers, we understand the pain of being separated from children hence our call for the couple to find common ground where they can share in the growth of their kids.
In the final call, we also note that State institutions must not be used to settle domestic differences. This is in respect of allegations by Mary Chiwenga that some sections of the security forces were used to remove her property from one of the couple’s homes. We therefore urge the couple, while stature attract national attention, to resolve their differences amicably and to give their children an enabling environment for them to grow and attain their full potential as they themselves have been able to do
the statement was issued by the following organisations, WALPE, FEMPRIST, Rural Young Women Support Network and CHITREST.
Sparks flew in the Ministry of Mines this week, as the long-running dispute over Ran Gold Mines, a 122-year-old asset in Bindura, took a new twist, with an angry party to the deadlock accusing Mines minister Winston Chitando of overturning a Supreme Court order.
The broadsides were fired after Chitando, who last week came under fire from the President’s Office to act on a sea of disagreements over minerals claims, ruled on Monday that the gold mine at the heart of confrontations between mining executive Jack Murehwa’s G&P Industries and Ran Mines and businesswoman, Angeline Munyeza’s Blackgate Investments belonged to the Murehwa consortium.
“The ground that Blackgate pegged was not open to prospecting and pegging according to Section 31 of the Mines and Minerals Act at the time that Blackgate purports to have repegged and subsequently registered the claim known as Kimberley 18, which belongs to Ran Mine and G&P Industries,” Chitando said in the determination, which came over a decade after the parties began fighting over the goldfields.
“In light of these findings, the certificates issued to Blackgate Investments were issued in error. I hereby cancel certificates of registration numbers 36 375 and 37 353 respectively,” Chitando said.
But yesterday, an angry Munyeza rejected the ruling. She accused Chitando of avoiding slipping into contempt by avoiding a key Supreme Court order in coming up with the determination.
She said the dispute over Ran Mines was fraught with irregularities from the start when “your ministry adamantly stood by the fraudulent ‘letter’ produced by Jack Murehwa in a hearing held on February 6, 2020.
“Your determination has made us question the constitutional adherence of your office as this action is detrimentally groundbreaking and unheard of. It implies the precedence of a minister overturning an order from the highest court in the land, thus depicting your office as a supposed superior arm of the law which acts above the law itself.
“It is rather baffling that a whole minister can use the word ‘error’ to adjudicate a dispute that has been ensuing for more than a decade and deem it as conclusive. We are a business which was built on a patriotic mantra and we believe that your decision could only be equivalent to staging a coup d’etat . . . this is appalling in professional conduct for a minister to overturn a ruling made by an esteemed bench of judges that sits in the highest court in the land. In culmination from our assertion your determination is unlawful in the sense that you have not fulfilled the Supreme Court order hence it renders the Ministry of Mines in contempt of court and continues to be the instigator of this never-ending spiral of injustice that prejudices the nation of the much-needed development,” Munyeza said.
Fighting reached a tipping point two weeks ago when G&P Industries said it was pressing ahead to extract its first bullion at the mine in 22 years, while rivals at Blackgate Investments warned that sinking shafts at the operation was illegal until the government makes a determination over ownership.
Documents seen by the Zimbabwe Independent indicated that Blackgate holds permits demonstrating ownership to the goldfields, which have now been cancelled.
The Independent reported last week that in a 76-page letter submitted to President Mnangagwa in December, Blackgate claimed that G&P Industries had warned them to tread carefully as the asset belonged to the feared late strongman, Robert Mugabe and his family. The letter claimed that after Mugabe unceremoniously left power in 2017, G&P somersaulted and claimed that Mnangagwa had taken over the asset, which collapsed in 1999 before attracting armies of artisanal miners.
G&P has indicated that it has a US$6,5 million war chest to rebuild Ran Mines, which made headlines in November, after its shafts collapsed under heavy flooding as torrential rains swept through Zimbabwe.
In her letter to Mnangagwa, Munyeza said Zimbabwe lost about US$500 million in potential gold exports during the prolonged dispute. She said Blackgate identified Ran Mines after previous owners left, but ran into problems after being swamped with complaints that it had intruded into G&P claims. She said in November the government took the warring to the mine, but she was shocked when G&P said she must “keep quiet because the mine belongs to the first family”. Munyeza is seeking clarity if it was true that Ran Mines’ ownership had transferred from Mugabe to Mnangagwa.
“It is in your best interest that I bring your attention to an issue of paramount importance that if left derelict, could derail and negate the efforts that are being made towards establishing a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023 — fighting the scourge of corruption that could ultimately result in the perpetuation of the abuse of your name and family by cunning, unscrupulous individuals within society,” Munyeza said.
“The dispute in question has been a prolonged one . . . emanating in 2008 . . . characterised by alarming levels of corruption within the Ministry of Mines and gross abuse of the name of the late President Robert Gabriel Mugabe as well as yours and your family members. These occurrences have led us to seek clarity…and…impartial recommendation as this matter infringes negatively on your reputation and integrity as you are the chief steward of the country,” Munyeza said.
Last week, presidential spokesman, George Charamba said there was a worrying trend of conflicts over claims that the Mines ministry has failed to address.
“I cannot confirm that we have received the letter as the President’s Office,” Charamba said.
“Maybe it is still on its way, but this is a clear message to the Ministry of Mines that the whole regime of assigning titles to claims must be tided up. I am sure there is a need for intervention from the high office,” Charamba told the Independent.
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it has not yet officially recognised the controversial Citizens Convergent for Change (CCC) as a political party in Zimbabwe, NewsDay Weekender has learnt.
On Monday, a Bulawayo resident with strong Zanu PF links, Varaidzo Musungo, wrote to Zec claiming ownership of the name CCC, which has been widely used by opposition Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance.
Zec spokesperson Joyce Kazembe said it was impossible to acknowledge receipt of CCC as a political party because it did not provide enough details upon notifying the commission of its existence.
“Zec does not register political parties, but it simply receives notifications upon formations of new parties,” she said.
“The commission received a notification from the CCC political group, but since it was incomplete, we did not acknowledge its existence. There are no contact details such as emails or phone numbers, hence it was impossible to acknowledge receipt upon the notification of their existence.”
There has been debate around the need to register political parties in Zimbabwe, with some people advocating for conditions on party registration.
Former Zec commissioner Qhubani Moyo said the biggest challenge over years was that there were no regulations that defined the registration of political parties in Zimbabwe.
“There is no law to register political parties in Zimbabwe,” he said.
“Political parties are not registered. All you do is to just write to Zec and say, we are a grouping of names A or B, which is why some people have been advocating for registration of political parties so that a political party can be defined in terms of what constitutes the political party, organic composition and so many things.”
Moyo said the country should copy what other countries do when a new party registers to contest elections to avoid confusion.- NewsDay
Namibia based Zimbabwe medical doctor Tavaziva Onisimos Musariri has reportedly died in a horrific road traffic accident which occurred between Rehoboth and Windhoek this Friday morning.
This is according to a tweet by Namibia’s New Era Newspaper.
Details of the tragedy are not yet clear.
Rehoboth is a town in central Namibia just north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
It is located 90 kilometres south of the Namibian capital Windhoek,
THE ruling Zanu PF party on Friday won a gold medal for having the second best stand at this year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo dominated by government departments and other State agencies.
The ruling party was named second best exhibitor after the Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development ministry.
The outstanding exhibition in the small-to-medium enterprises category also went to Zanu PF, where the ruling party was showcasing projects under its SME’s sector.
Other entities that won awards at the ZITF include Glytime Foods as a first-time exhibitor, Premier Services Medical Aid Society, Treger Products and TelOne. The trade exhibition began on Tuesday and ended yesterday.
However, while Zanu PF was rejoicing for clinching the award, there have been questions on the quality of exhibitions, where some exhibitors failed to even repaint or refurbish properties they occupied during the country’s annual trade showcase.
This year’s ZITF saw a number of universities, government agencies and departments occupying huge exhibition spaces compared to private local and foreign companies.
Critics have said the failure of local and foreign entities to exhibit at the ZITF 2021 edition mirrors the poor state of the economy where companies are struggling to stay afloat.
“It’s understandable to reminisce and be nostalgic about now-defunct local companies that used to exhibit at ZITF in years gone by. Those were the good, old days,” Philani Moyo, the director of Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Fort Hare, South Africa, said.
“We all know the economic and political circumstances have massively changed over the years with various implications, but, my question is, does our generation lack innovators, creative and industrialists?” he equipped.
“Doesn’t the current economic and political situation (others call it a crisis) present opportunities for innovators and industrialists? What socio-economic problems can be solved by a new generation of innovators and industrialists in the current context?”
This year’s ZITF also saw a drop in the number of countries exhibiting at the ZITF, from as high as 17 recorded in 2019 to the current 10.- NewsDay
Watford FC Academy have signed Zimbabwean footballer, Jimiel Chikukwa who joins the club from Leeds United. Jimiel who can play as a left/right winger or central striker was born n the United Kingdom in 2003 to Tawanda and Pascaria Chikukwa. In a statement, Watford said:
Watford FC Academy is pleased to announce the signing of exciting young forward Jimiel Chikukwa.
The 18-year-old joins the Hornets after a successful trial period, following his departure from Leeds United in the summer.
Chikukwa has already scored in a Watford shirt, against both Hull City and Crewe Alexandra’s (2) Under-23 sides.
Chikukwa had played for Leeds since the age of 13, but decided it was time for a new challenge ahead of the ongoing campaign. He said:
I’m delighted, I’ve had to be really patient over the summer to get this done but I’m just buzzing that it’s happened now.
I was out of contract and looking for a club, and I got the opportunity to come down to Watford.
I’m willing to take any opportunity that comes in football because I love it, and I’m delighted the decision’s paid off.
I’ve settled in quite well, I’m enjoying it. It’s quite far from home but all of the lads have made me feel welcome.
Watford F.C. Under-23s and Academy which is the youth setup of Watford said both of Chikukwa’s goals against Crewe were from close range, demonstrating the youngster’s ability to burst into the six-yard box.
Chikukwa describes himself as a striker who “likes to run in behind, but also I’m a bit of a poacher, so those balls in and around the six-yard box I’m usually there.” He continued:
I’m pacey, I like to get on the ball and show what I can do, I can beat a man.
Tinashe Sambiri| The United States Embassy in Harare has challenged the Zanu PF regime to hold by-elections in line with the provision of country’s constitution.
In a brief statement posted on Twitter, the US embassy emphasized the need to respect voters rights.
The regime is baulking at the holding of by-elections fearing defeat…
The US embassy said: “When will the Zimbabwean government resume by-elections? Long-standing parliamentary vacancies have left over 754 000 voters in 26 constituencies without elected representation.
Only by-elections will restore these citizens’ rights to representation.
Many countries have held elections despite the pandemic, including Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, and the United States, demonstrating that COVID-19-safe elections are possible. We are confident Zimbabwe can do the same #ZimsSafetoVote #ZimVotesMatter.”
Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana accused the US consulate of being “disrespectful” to the Zimbabwean government by publicly taking it to task over holding of by-elections.
“Surely, the US embassy knows where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located,” Mangwana claimed.
The Ministry of Health and Child Care on Friday 24 September 2021 reported that 1 281 pupils and 131 teachers had tested positive for Covid-19 since schools opened on 30 August up to 23 September 2021.
It said most of the cases were at boarding schools and were mild and therefore did not require hospitalisation.
While there has been a spike in COVID-19 cases in schools since reopening, there have been no deaths so far.
There were 330 new cases on Thursday, 229 of them at schools.
Authorities downplay the surge insisting that schools will not be closed prematurely adding that a raft of measures have been adopted to ensure the safety of learners, teachers and all other school staff. Measures being taken include:
Increased COVID-19 testing of all suspected cases on-site. Isolation and management of all positive cases at the affected schools. Quarantine of all learners that have been exposed at their schools. Restriction of movement into and out of the affected learning institutions/ schools until there are no more new cases. This includes the prohibition of visitations by parents. Enhanced public health and social measures including physical distancing, corhoting, hand washing and sanitization and proper wearing of face mask and exercising good hygienic standards. Vaccination of eligible population within the schools and the surrounding communities. Increased awareness on COVID-19 in the schools and surrounding communities.
Zimbabwe has approved the vaccination of teenagers from 14 which would cover most of those in secondary school upwards.
It has purchased enough vaccines to vaccinate over six million people but has so far administered just over 5.1 million doses with nearly 2.2 million people now fully vaccinated and just over three million having received one dose.- Pindula News
Tinashe Sambiri|Only genuine and sincere dialogue can resolve the country’s political stalemate, MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.
Speaking in an interview with Heart and Soult Tv in Harare on Thursday, President Chamisa described POLAD as a platform created by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictate his political will…
He also accused the Zanu PF regime of stifling meaningful development in local authorities.
“Zanu PF is stifling development in local authorities by politicizing the approval of key budgets. We cannot be be blamed for the problems that are affecting citizens in urban areas because Zanu PF controls the allocation of resources to local authorities. If anything you can only blame Mr Mnangagwa’ s administration for sitting on budgets and initiatives.Roads are now rivers ( as it were) because of potholes.They are stealing ZINARA funds,” said President Chamisa.
He added:”Zanu PF has created its own opposition led by Douglas Mwonzora so you cannot say we have lost the right to use the MDC brand.
We have not lost the leadership dispute- don’t worry about Zanu PF surrogates. We are the real deal and we are the genuine game in town. Actually Zanu PF is strengthening us.
They want to force us to disclose our strategies and we will not do that – don’t listen to Zanu PF political rhetoric. Zanu PF can convince you that monkeys are donkeys … Mr Mnangagwa has subtly admitted that we are in charge.”
On the so called defections he said :”Who wants a basket full of bad apples ? Mr Mnangagwa has failed to unite country- he is immature. He cannot separate politics from national issues.He is only concerned about clinging to power.”
President Chamisa said POLAD was created to sanitize Mr Mnangagwa’s stolen mandate.
” It’s Mr Mnangagwa’s own creation, he is the prefect of the platform. We are not puppets – POLAD is a discredited platform – we want honest dialogue facilitated by a neutral player.”
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Nude pictures circulating accusing VP Constantino Chiwenga are not at all his, they are 4 years old on the internet and below is the person's facial, ZimEye FACT CHECKERS have found. pic.twitter.com/uioBqMoIVM
Tinashe Sambiri|Only genuine and sincere dialogue can resolve the country’s political stalemate, MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.
Speaking in an interview with Heart and Soult Tv in Harare on Thursday, President Chamisa described POLAD as a platform created by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictate his political will…
He also accused the Zanu PF regime of stifling meaningful development in local authorities.
“Zanu PF is stifling development in local authorities by politicizing the approval of key budgets. We cannot be be blamed for the problems that are affecting citizens in urban areas because Zanu PF controls the allocation of resources to local authorities. If anything you can only blame Mr Mnangagwa’ s administration for sitting on budgets and initiatives.Roads are now rivers ( as it were) because of potholes.They are stealing ZINARA funds,” said President Chamisa.
He added:”Zanu PF has created its own opposition led by Douglas Mwonzora so you cannot say we have lost the right to use the MDC brand.
We have not lost the leadership dispute- don’t worry about Zanu PF surrogates. We are the real deal and we are the genuine game in town. Actually Zanu PF is strengthening us.
They want to force us to disclose our strategies and we will not do that – don’t listen to Zanu PF political rhetoric. Zanu PF can convince you that monkeys are donkeys … Mr Mnangagwa has subtly admitted that we are in charge.”
On the so called defections he said :”Who wants a basket full of bad apples ? Mr Mnangagwa has failed to unite country- he is immature. He cannot separate politics from national issues.He is only concerned about clinging to power.”
President Chamisa said POLAD was created to sanitize Mr Mnangagwa’s stolen mandate.
” It’s Mr Mnangagwa’s own creation, he is the prefect of the platform. We are not puppets – POLAD is a discredited platform – we want honest dialogue facilitated by a neutral player.”
Barely a week after presidential spokesman George Charamba revealed that a-non-Nelson-Chamisa party has registered an entity called CCC, the electoral commission has ducked down the report saying none of that has happened.
Last Monday Charamba gloated saying Chamisa is has hit a brickwall because a party bearing his social moto, Citizens Convergence for Change has been registered.
All this happened when a Bulawayo resident known to support Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF, Varaidzo Musungo, wrote to Zec claiming ownership of the name CCC, which has been widely used by opposition Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance.
The registrant was in the same day revealed as a ZANU PF supporter, and the Charamba mockery backfired.
Responding to the development, Zec spokesperson Joyce Kazembe has since said it was impossible to acknowledge receipt of CCC as a political party because it did not provide enough details upon notifying the commission of its existence.
“Zec does not register political parties, but it simply receives notifications upon formations of new parties,” she said.
“The commission received a notification from the CCC political group, but since it was incomplete, we did not acknowledge its existence. There are no contact details such as emails or phone numbers, hence it was impossible to acknowledge receipt upon the notification of their existence.”
There has been debate around the need to register political parties in Zimbabwe, with some people advocating for conditions on party registration.
Former Zec commissioner Qhubani Moyo said the biggest challenge over years was that there were no regulations that defined the registration of political parties in Zimbabwe.
“There is no law to register political parties in Zimbabwe,” he said.
“Political parties are not registered. All you do is to just write to Zec and say, we are a grouping of names A or B, which is why some people have been advocating for registration of political parties so that a political party can be defined in terms of what constitutes the political party, organic composition and so many things.”
Moyo said the country should copy what other countries do when a new party registers to contest elections to avoid confusion.
“I am told that there is also another party that has written to Zec under the name Zimbabwe Alliance for Movement Unit, and I think this is the Chamisa brigade trying also to create confusion on the name of Zanu PF,” he said.
“In other countries, for you to qualify to be a political party that is successfully registered, you are supposed to have a certain number of registered members from each province. But as for Zimbabwe, there is no definition on what constitutes a political party since there is no registration for political parties.
“You can just decide today that you are now a political party and still contest for election. This is why we have so much confusion in Zimbabwe.” – Newsday/additional reporting
Tinashe Sambiri| The United States Embassy in Harare has challenged the Zanu PF regime to hold by-elections in line with the provision of country’s constitution.
In a brief statement posted on Twitter, the US embassy emphasized the need to respect voters rights.
The regime is baulking at the holding of by-elections fearing defeat…
The US embassy said: “When will the Zimbabwean government resume by-elections? Long-standing parliamentary vacancies have left over 754 000 voters in 26 constituencies without elected representation.
Only by-elections will restore these citizens’ rights to representation.
Many countries have held elections despite the pandemic, including Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, and the United States, demonstrating that COVID-19-safe elections are possible. We are confident Zimbabwe can do the same #ZimsSafetoVote #ZimVotesMatter.”
Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana accused the US consulate of being “disrespectful” to the Zimbabwean government by publicly taking it to task over holding of by-elections.
“Surely, the US embassy knows where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located,” Mangwana claimed.
A Harare man who was allegedly arrested for swindling a ZB bank employee of US$18 000 has appeared in court for trial.
USD5,000 – file copy
The suspect Michael Mutsvunguma, who appeared before Magistrate Chido Garwe denied the offence saying the complainant, Colleta Mhishi did not give him the money.
Mutsvunguma told Garwe that on the day Mhishi is alleged to have given him the money, he was away facilitating the processing of a forensic post-mortem of his father-in-law accompanied by Police Homicide team that included Constable Cherai, Sergeant Musakaruka and Earnest Arufaneti.
The complainant had alleged the money was for a Mercedes Benz the accused was selling.
But the accused denied saying he had no vehicle that was on sale, adding that the complainant had some deal with her sister Victoria Dhlamini, who is said to be on the run.
Mutsvunguma said the complainant wanted to take the vehicle illegally through misrepresentation.
The matter was postponed to today for trial continuation.
Allegations against Mutsvunguma are that on May 3 the complainant was approached by Dhlamini, who informed her that she together with the accused person were selling a Mercedes Benz E250 which she thought the complainant might be interested in buying.
It is alleged Dhlamini and the complainant arranged for the car to be brought by the accused person to the complainant’s office at corner Samora Machel and Rotten Row, Harare on May 10 for assessment and testing.
Dhlamini allegedly indicated that they wanted to sell to complainant at a giveaway price of US$18 000 so that they could raise money for a business deal in Shamva where they could make a huge profit enough to cover up for the under-priced car.
It is alleged that on May 9, the complainant went on to inform her car mechanic Russel Chiweza and asked him to pass by her office to do a mechanical check on the Mercedes Benz before complainant could make a payment.
The State alleges that on May 10 at 08:30hours the accused person came to complainant’s office car park with an unregistered white Mercedes Benz E250. He parked it and invited the complainant to come and see.
It is alleged that the complainant came with Chiweza, who inspected the car and concluded that the car was in perfect condition.
She then handed over US$18 000 to the accused as payment in the presence of her mechanic.
After the transaction, the complainant allegedly asked the accused person to go and clean, polish and do interior washing of the car.
It is alleged as a familiar family person, the complainant believed that the accused would do as agreed since he knew where complainant resided and the accused was expected to deliver the vehicle as agreed.
The accused person, however, allegedly failed to deliver the vehicle as per agreement.
It is alleged late Thursday in the evening, the complainant called Dhiamini through her cell phone inquiring whether the car had been cleaned and made ready for parking and she confirmed that everything was still above board and the car would be delivered as promised.
The State alleges that on the 14th of May 2021, both accused person and Dhlamini were no longer reachable on their cell phones and were also not responding to complainant’s calls.
The complainant then made a police report. Newsday
State Institutions must not be used to settle domestic challenges.
As women’s rights organizations we are concerned and worried at the ongoing saga involving the Vice President Dr. CGN Chiwenga and his wife, Mary Chiwenga. We note that private matters such as divorce should remain within the realm of private life, it is equally important that parties involved treat these issues as such. It would be worrisome if parties used their proximity to State institutions to push these to settle personal challenges with their spouses.
Since the Chiwenga couple’s divorce proceedings commenced over the last several months, the nation has been gripped by what is turning out to be an embarrassing yet disquieting turn of events.
It must be noted that the couple have had a blissful marriage life which has been blessed with children and prior to the ugly turn of events they appeared in public blossoming in the sunshine of their love. It is therefore disturbing that since their fall out things have turned terribly nasty specially for Mary Chiwenga.
She has been arrested and arraigned before the courts and eventually granted bail after long proceedings at the High Court. If she is guilty of the offences for which she was arrested for then justice will take its course but in the meantime she should enjoy her presumption of innocence.
Therefore, it is distressing that Courts should seem to be working on a presumption of guilty so much as to deny her the much needed medical attention she requires.
While we are not medical practitioners, our sense of humanity informs us that Mary Chiwenga is visibly unwell and in need of medical attention which may not be readily available in Zimbabwe.
It is therefore in the best interest of her right to life that at a minimum she goes for treatment. We understand that this is a matter before the courts and will therefore only give our opinion and not instruct the courts as to the determination they must make on this matter.
Further, we appeal to the Honourable Vice President CGN Chiwenga to allow Mary Chiwenga access to their children. As women, some of us being mothers, we understand the pain of being separated from our children hence our call for the couple to find common ground where they can
share in the growth of their kids..
In the final call, we also note that State institutions must not be used to settle domestic differences.
This is in respect of allegations by Mary Chiwenga that some sections of the security forces were used to remove her property from one of the couple’s homes. We therefore urge the couple, whose stature attracts national attention, to resolve their differences amicably and to give their children an enabling environment for them to grow and attain their full potential as they themselves have
been able to do.
Tinashe Sambiri| The United States Embassy in Harare has challenged the Zanu PF regime to hold by-elections in line with the provision of country’s constitution.
In a brief statement posted on Twitter, the US embassy emphasized the need to respect voters rights.
The regime is baulking at the holding of by-elections fearing defeat…
The US embassy said: “When will the Zimbabwean government resume by-elections? Long-standing parliamentary vacancies have left over 754 000 voters in 26 constituencies without elected representation.
Only by-elections will restore these citizens’ rights to representation.
Many countries have held elections despite the pandemic, including Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, and the United States, demonstrating that COVID-19-safe elections are possible. We are confident Zimbabwe can do the same #ZimsSafetoVote #ZimVotesMatter.”
Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana accused the US consulate of being “disrespectful” to the Zimbabwean government by publicly taking it to task over holding of by-elections.
“Surely, the US embassy knows where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located,” Mangwana claimed.
Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told the Southern Africa Chief Justices’ Forum jointly hosted by Zimbabwe and Zambia in Victoria Falls that the Second Republic would continue respecting the independence of the Judiciary and the principle of separation of powers in line with the tenets of constitutional democracy.
He said Zimbabwe had one of most transparent systems in Africa in terms of the appointment of judges of the superior courts.
Prospective judges were subjected to public interviews in terms of Section 180 (4) of the Constitution.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has to invite nominations of qualified and experienced lawyers, and members of the public can make these nominations, who are then short-listed for interviews, which are held under public glare.
While promotions from the High Court to the Supreme and Constitutional Courts no longer required interviews, those moved up had track records that everyone could see.
“Allow me to emphasise that my Government respects the principle of separation of powers and the independence of the Judiciary as a cornerstone of a constitutional democracy. We have one of the most transparent judges’ appointment systems in which prospective judges are subjected to public interviews by the Judicial Service Commission,” he said.
“Government, therefore respects the decisions and orders of the courts and has put in place mechanisms to enforce those orders. This is indeed a fundamental aspect of the rule of law.”
The President said the need to respect the independence of the Judiciary did not however, imply that judges should not be held accountable.
“An accountable and transparent Judiciary is one that people can have uttermost confidence in and one that is free of corruption while also expeditiously dealing with and finalising matters before the courts,” he said.
“Judiciary independence is guaranteed as the essence of the rule of law on condition that the principles of transparency and accountability are observed in the performance of judicial functions.”
But Zimbabwe has constitutionally entrenched provisions for security of tenure provisions that also protect the Judiciary from the perceptions of victimisation. Dismissal of a judge before retirement age is a complex process involving a recommendation and then an independent tribunal to investigate.
President Mnangagwa said the Judiciary provided an essential service and implored delegates drawn from 11 countries to embrace information communication technologies and harness its potential in light of Covid-19.
“Even in such difficult times, you have an obligation to ensure that the wheels of justice do not grind to a halt. Justice must be kept alive and accessible to all. There is therefore need for the Judiciary to be innovative and come up with ways to continue dispensing justice,” said President Mnangagwa.
He said ICT was a key strategic focus area of the Second Republic underpinning Vision 2030 which sought to achieve an upper middle-income status for the country’s economy.
He said there was a compelling need for expeditious hearing and finalisation of commercial disputes by the courts as part of reforms for ease of doing business.
“As such, my Government facilitated the establishment of a stand-alone commercial court which specialises on commercial disputes. In addition, an integrated electronic case management system that allows for e-filing of documents, amongst other digital functionalities has been adopted,” said President Mnangagwa.
The e-filing seeks to take full advantage of the benefits of flexibility and automation of court processes which foster efficiency, transparency and improved access to justice.
Court procedures will be expedited while minimising direct human contact at certain stages of the process, thus eliminating opportunities for corruption. “This will undoubtedly contribute to the efficiency of our courts in line with best international standards.”
The President said a “needs-based approach” was essential where specific requirements of particular communities were to be catered for.
“Wholesome implementation of the new technology-based innovations without taking into account such special needs of rural populations, has capacity to undo all our efforts towards breaking barriers to the access to justice. In undertaking your work as the judiciary, you have an obligation to ensure that no one and no place is left behind,” he said. “Our technological innovations must therefore be appropriately customised to meet those basic requirements.”
The President warned that security in the face of cyber-crime, which may threaten the efficacy and credibility of the systems, must be at the forefront when deploying computer-based technology in the administration of justice. -Herald
By Dr Masimba Mavaza | In the past weeks the social media was awash with words of sympathy for Mary Chiwenga who is said to be being unfairly treated by the Vice President of Zimbabwe. Many women in the UK believe that the treatment of Mary Chiwenga reflects the government treatment of women.
It is one of the points taken up by the MDC in the UK who are adding that on the list of their grievances and demonstrate against cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa when he comes to Scotland.
This is one of the clear signs of desperation exhibited by the MDC and all those who purport to be human rights advocates.
The starting point is that the Mary Mubaiwa issue has nothing to do with govt. Chiwenga despite being the VP, has a private life and it must be respected. We must all understand that where an individual may be considered by some to be a role model, that individual’s private life may not be less deserving of protection than yours or mine. Behind Gen Chiwenga there is a human being and his personal life and which wife he marries must not reflect a policy on women. Zimbabwe does not need to be measured by personal actions of one man.
The respect of women by the Zim government is far beyond the way they are respected in other countries. We as Zimbabweans must beat our chest with pride for encompassing the women and women’s rights.
The VP decided to end his relationship with Madam Marry Chiwenga; that was his choice it has no input from the government.
Ending a long term relationship is always hard but sometimes it gets ugly really ugly despite the most courageous efforts for it to be otherwise.
It doesn’t always take two to tango unless you count one to set the pace and one to get dragged along in a savage tailwind. Of course, when there are two people acting to maim, the ugliness will be all the uglier, but it only takes one person being nasty, unreasonable and manipulative to turn a relationship malignant.
Ending a bad relationship doesn’t make the toxicity immediately wash away. Sometimes it will get worse before it gets better but always, if the relationship was a bad one, it will be worth it. Walking away takes self-respect, self-love and courage and is the only way to position yourself (and your kids if you have them) for the life you deserve. Gone are the days when divorces are only done and managed by men. These days women do cause and make the divorce ugly.
You can’t change other people, but you would know that by now it’s probably this wisdom that walked you out the door. If your divorce has turned into a slugfight, there are ways to look after yourself (and your kids) until you reach solid ground which you will.
Sometimes as a father you have this need to protect your children so you keep them away from the battle ground. This is important. It’s also really hard to keep your children away from their mother but we can not blame Constantino Chiwenga without looking at the case on the ground. Ask yourself, with an open heart, if you will be doing everything you can to be reasonable in a divorce. None of us are perfect and a divorce can make the best of us act how to put it without losing you in ways that we might not be proud of.
In every divorce, high emotion, shame and heartache can steal you some people do hand over their dignity by acting in ways that are beneath them. Sometimes it’s the only thing they can’t touch. Be honest, brave and always self-respectful.
Many times people divorce but we never put the cruel tag on their companies they work for. Why do we put a tag on ZANU PF for a personal war in the Vice President’s bedroom.
A divorce is many things, politics is not one of them. The end of a relationship doesn’t mean your decision to be with your ex-partner in the first place was flawed. The success of a relationship isn’t determined by how long it lasts. The investment of love and energy in a relationship will always be worth it, but it won’t necessarily guarantee forever. The past is the past and sometimes love, time, commitment and desire don’t stretch as far ahead in years as we’d like them to – and that’s okay. People change. Circumstances change. Relationships change. Psychology researcher Daniel Gilbert and colleagues found that “people underestimate how much they will change in the future. We change a lot. Sometimes it’s in the same direction as the person we love and sometimes we veer sharply in a different one.
Sometimes we wake up next to each other and realise we couldn’t be further apart. It happens. It’s part of being human.” So Chiwenga and Marry made their decision, which cannot be measured by the party or nation Chiwenga represents. Zanu pf has a limit. It ends where your door starts. Once you are in your house it is not a rally or a parliament. It is a house.
In Zimbabwe you have the right to live your life privately without government interference and without the press dragging your life to the public domain.
This covers things like your right to determine your sexual orientation, your lifestyle, and the way you look and dress. Life changes sharply when a relationship breaks down. You don’t have to do everything the way you used to. You don’t have to do everything, fullstop. You just have to do enough. Figure out what that looks like and go with it. You deserve the freedom that comes from that. So people must not expect Marry Chiwenga to be given the treatment she got when she was the 2nd Lady.
Before we judge Chiwenga we must remember that when a marriage or relationship breaks down it will likely bring shame, and breathe life into every fear of not being good enough, normal enough, successful enough and perhaps most heartbreakingly, loveable enough. People have all sorts of responses to shame, some of which are completely unfathomable to those of us looking in from the outside. When shame is involved, people will do anything to protect themselves.
Being the wife or husband of the President of a country can’t exactly be an easy role to take on and yet the partners in the first or second families have no other option. Having a husband who is the head of a country comes with its own benefits, sure, but it also comes with a lot of pressure and public scrutiny. It has to be especially tough for the partners divorcing while they are used to live in the spotlight.
People tend to make decisions and judge without looking in the case on the round.
Presidential partners also have to follow a strict set of rules and guidelines that affect everything from how they act in public, to where they go, to their daily life at home. Some of these rules can be, and have been, broken by the president’s wives but that decision can come with a lot of backlash.
Marry Chiwenga nee Mubaiwa is an ex-model and the ex wife of Vice President of Zimbabwe, Constantino Chiwenga who is a Retired Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. She was once married to Shingi Kaondera, a footballer who played for Caps United Football Club. She was the patron and chairperson of the Miss Zimbabwe Trust until her resignation in February 2018.
In December 2019, Marry Chiwenga was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission on fraud, money laundering and misrepresentation charges. The laundering charge involved buying a home in South Africa. The misrepresentation charge emanated from an apparent misrepresentation of her husband, vice president Chiwenga.
The problems of Marry Chiwenga and the law have nothing to do with her former husband the Vice president. The fact that the courts are making it hard for Marry to see her children and that the court demands her to come to court as and when she is wanted does not mean that the courts are compromised.
Chiwenga has no control of what happens in the courts. What is happening in the courts now simply shows the world that Zimbabwe respects the rule of law. Every one in Zimbabwe is equal before the law. Even if you are the ex of the Vice President you will be required to submit to the law. In this case there’s probably been a shift in power from one ex-partner to another. It’s likely Madam Mary will be feeling disempowered, ineffective and small. Cruelty is an attempt to reverse this by shrinking her ego.
But this is not done by the Party.
Marry Chiwenga must know that she is not out of control – just out of his control. Any choice she makes in independence will send a message like a slap that your’re no longer under their influence. As with anything, when what people have always done (control, disrespect, manipulate) stops working, they will do it even more before they stop. It’s human nature. Now we have the MDC manipulating the Chiwenga saga to their own advantage. The MDC now wants to use a private case as a reason to demonstrate in Scotland. Manipulation is a way for people to get what they want without being rejected, by taking away the option to say, ‘no’. For people who manipulate, ‘no’ doesn’t feel like a rejection of a request, it feels like a rejection of them. As a result, they’ll do whatever is necessary to get their needs met without putting themselves in the position of being rejected.
What is happening with Marry Mubaiwa and Constantino Chiwenga is a messy divorce. A messy divorce is one that’s particularly complicated, either through the couple’s ties to each other, or their varied attempts to sever them.
So trying to draw parallel lines between a private life of Chiwengas and government policy on women’s rights is too low even for the MDC. We must not measure the human rights levels of Zimbabwe with the happenings in Chiwenga’s private life.
FC Barcelona’s problems continue, after they were held to a disappointing goalless draw away at Cadiz last night, a situation which has put coach Ronald Koeman under scrutiny yet again.
The Catalan giants have not won a game in September- they were demolished 0-3 by Bayern Munich in Champions League, drew 1-1 with Granada before last night’s goalless stalemate.
They have won only two of their opening five matches in the 2021/22 LaLiga season.
Koeman, for the umpteenth time, bemoaned ‘poor officiating’ after him and midfielder Frenkie de Jong were sent off in the second half.
Reports in Spain suggest that the Dutchman’s job is hanging by a thread, with club former midfielder Xavi, believed to be the favourite to replace Koeman, should he be shown the exit door.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Warriors star Marvellous Nakamba is set for a Cristiano Ronaldo showdown as his Aston Villa take on Manchester United at Old Trafford tomorrow.
The Zimbabwe international took part in Villa’s 3-0 demolition of Everton last week, and was superb after coming on for Scottish international John McGinn.
He also played in the Carabao Cup third round defeat to Chelsea yesterday and was brilliant in the middle of the park despite his penalty in the shootout being saved by Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa.
Tomorrow, Villa take on a United side powered by a free-scoring Ronaldo.
The five-time World Player of the Year has scored four goals in three matches for United, since his triumphant return to the club.- Soccer24 Zimbabwe
Tinashe Sambiri| The United States Embassy in Harare has challenged the Zanu PF regime to hold by-elections in line with the provision of country’s constitution.
In a brief statement posted on Twitter, the US embassy emphasized the need to respect voters rights.
The regime is baulking at the holding of by-elections fearing defeat…
The US embassy said: “When will the Zimbabwean government resume by-elections? Long-standing parliamentary vacancies have left over 754 000 voters in 26 constituencies without elected representation.
Only by-elections will restore these citizens’ rights to representation.
Many countries have held elections despite the pandemic, including Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, and the United States, demonstrating that COVID-19-safe elections are possible. We are confident Zimbabwe can do the same #ZimsSafetoVote #ZimVotesMatter.”
Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana accused the US consulate of being “disrespectful” to the Zimbabwean government by publicly taking it to task over holding of by-elections.
“Surely, the US embassy knows where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located,” Mangwana claimed.
Tinashe Sambiri|Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has described as madness the decision by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to instruct pupils who have tested positive for COVID-19 to return home without prescribed remedies.
According to PTUZ president, Takavafira Zhou, 700 schools have been hit by the pandemic.
“Madness is when Min of Education offcls order covid 19 +ve pupils to stop coming to schools for 2 wks and send them home in numbers where there are virtual no health officials to attend them. Cry the beloved people of Mberengwa (chapungu High), and Gokwe (St Paul’s Gokwe Sec) etc…
700 schls have covid infctns ranging from 1 to 175 per schl in Zimbabwe. Boarding schls are fast becoming quarantine centres with very little assistance from gvt or health workers. Many covid +ve pupils in primary and rural day schls have been ordered to stay home for 2 wks,” Zhou wrote on Twitter.
Tinashe Sambiri|Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has described as madness the decision by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to instruct pupils who have tested positive for COVID-19 to return home without prescribed remedies.
According to PTUZ president, Takavafira Zhou, 700 schools have been hit by the pandemic.
“Madness is when Min of Education offcls order covid 19 +ve pupils to stop coming to schools for 2 wks and send them home in numbers where there are virtual no health officials to attend them. Cry the beloved people of Mberengwa (chapungu High), and Gokwe (St Paul’s Gokwe Sec) etc…
700 schls have covid infctns ranging from 1 to 175 per schl in Zimbabwe. Boarding schls are fast becoming quarantine centres with very little assistance from gvt or health workers. Many covid +ve pupils in primary and rural day schls have been ordered to stay home for 2 wks,” Zhou wrote on Twitter.
Tinashe Sambiri|Only genuine and sincere dialogue can resolve the country’s political stalemate, MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.
Speaking in an interview with Heart and Soult Tv in Harare on Thursday, President Chamisa described POLAD as a platform created by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictate his political will…
He also accused the Zanu PF regime of stifling meaningful development in local authorities.
“Zanu PF is stifling development in local authorities by politicizing the approval of key budgets. We cannot be be blamed for the problems that are affecting citizens in urban areas because Zanu PF controls the allocation of resources to local authorities. If anything you can only blame Mr Mnangagwa’ s administration for sitting on budgets and initiatives.Roads are now rivers ( as it were) because of potholes.They are stealing ZINARA funds,” said President Chamisa.
He added:”Zanu PF has created its own opposition led by Douglas Mwonzora so you cannot say we have lost the right to use the MDC brand.
We have not lost the leadership dispute- don’t worry about Zanu PF surrogates. We are the real deal and we are the genuine game in town. Actually Zanu PF is strengthening us.
They want to force us to disclose our strategies and we will not do that – don’t listen to Zanu PF political rhetoric. Zanu PF can convince you that monkeys are donkeys … Mr Mnangagwa has subtly admitted that we are in charge.”
On the so called defections he said :”Who wants a basket full of bad apples ? Mr Mnangagwa has failed to unite country- he is immature. He cannot separate politics from national issues.He is only concerned about clinging to power.”
President Chamisa said POLAD was created to sanitize Mr Mnangagwa’s stolen mandate.
” It’s Mr Mnangagwa’s own creation, he is the prefect of the platform. We are not puppets – POLAD is a discredited platform – we want honest dialogue facilitated by a neutral player.”
Tinashe Sambiri|Only genuine and sincere dialogue can resolve the country’s political stalemate, MDC Alliance leader President Nelson Chamisa has said.
Speaking in an interview with Heart and Soult Tv in Harare on Thursday, President Chamisa described POLAD as a platform created by Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictate his political will…
He also accused the Zanu PF regime of stifling meaningful development in local authorities.
“Zanu PF is stifling development in local authorities by politicizing the approval of key budgets. We cannot be be blamed for the problems that are affecting citizens in urban areas because Zanu PF controls the allocation of resources to local authorities. If anything you can only blame Mr Mnangagwa’ s administration for sitting on budgets and initiatives.Roads are now rivers ( as it were) because of potholes.They are stealing ZINARA funds,” said President Chamisa.
He added:”Zanu PF has created its own opposition led by Douglas Mwonzora so you cannot say we have lost the right to use the MDC brand.
We have not lost the leadership dispute- don’t worry about Zanu PF surrogates. We are the real deal and we are the genuine game in town. Actually Zanu PF is strengthening us.
They want to force us to disclose our strategies and we will not do that – don’t listen to Zanu PF political rhetoric. Zanu PF can convince you that monkeys are donkeys … Mr Mnangagwa has subtly admitted that we are in charge.”
On the so called defections he said :”Who wants a basket full of bad apples ? Mr Mnangagwa has failed to unite country- he is immature. He cannot separate politics from national issues.He is only concerned about clinging to power.”
President Chamisa said POLAD was created to sanitize Mr Mnangagwa’s stolen mandate.
” It’s Mr Mnangagwa’s own creation, he is the prefect of the platform. We are not puppets – POLAD is a discredited platform – we want honest dialogue facilitated by a neutral player.”
Namibia based Zimbabwe medical doctor Tavaziva Onisimos Musariri has reportedly died in a horrific road traffic accident which occurred between Rehoboth and Windhoek this Friday morning.
This is according to a tweet by Namibia’s New Era Newspaper.
Details of the tragedy are not yet clear.
Rehoboth is a town in central Namibia just north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
It is located 90 kilometres south of the Namibian capital Windhoek,
As women’s rights organisations we are concerned and worried at the ongoing saga involving the Vice President Dr CGN Chiwenga and his wife Mary Chiwenga. We note that private matters such as divorce should remain within the realm of private life, it is equally important that parties involved treat these issues as such. It would be worrisome if parties used their proximity to State institutions to push these to settle personal challenges with their spouses.
Since the Chiwenga couple’s divorce proceedings commenced over the last several months, the nation has been gripped by what is turning out to be an embarrassing yet disquieting turn of events. It must be noted that the couple have had a blissful marriage life which has been blessed with children and prior to the ugly turn of events they appeared in public blossoming in the sunshine of their love. It is therefore disturbing that since their fall out things have turned terribly nasty especially for Mary Chiwenga.
She has been arrested and arraigned before the courts and eventually granted bail after long proceedings at the High Court. If she is guilty of the offences for which she was arrested for then justice will take its course but in the meantime, she should enjoy her presumption of innocence.
While we are not medical practitioners, our sense of humanity informs us that Mary Chiwenga is visibly unwell and in need of medical attention which may not be readily available in Zimbabwe. It is therefore in the best interest of her right to life that at a minimum she goes for treatment. We understand that this is a matter before the courts and will therefore only give our opinion and not instruct the courts as to the determination they must make on this matter.
Further, we appeal to the HHHonourable Vice President CGN Chiwenga to allow Mary Chiwenga access to their children. As women, some of us being mothers, we understand the pain of being separated from children hence our call for the couple to find common ground where they can share in the growth of their kids.
In the final call, we also note that State institutions must not be used to settle domestic differences. This is in respect of allegations by Mary Chiwenga that some sections of the security forces were used to remove her property from one of the couple’s homes. We therefore urge the couple, while stature attract national attention, to resolve their differences amicably and to give their children an enabling environment for them to grow and attain their full potential as they themselves have been able to do
the statement was issued by the following organisations, WALPE, FEMPRIST, Rural Young Women Support Network and CHITREST.
Following the recent death of Anna Machaya (14) at the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church shrine, Zimbabwe Gender Commission has descended on the church as part of its investigations into matters surrounding harmful religious practices which perpetuate sexual exploitation and abuse of women, a local weekly has revealed.
The commission’s chief executive officer, Ms Virginia Muwanigwa, confirmed the ongoing investigations and said they are not limited to one denomination, but the apostolic sect sector as a whole.
She said they would soon publish a Government Gazette notice inviting members of the public to make submissions.
Anna Machaya recently died while giving birth at the Mafararikwa Shrine, resulting in the arrest of her ‘‘husband’’ —Hatirarame ‘‘Evans’’ Momberume — on murder and sleeping with a minor charges. Momberume is in remand prison awaiting trial.
“In terms of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission Act, we are mandated to investigate systematic barriers prejudicial to gender equality, gender equity or gender mainstreaming.
A systemic barrier means any barrier, practice, custom, law or other impediments prejudicial to the achievement of gender equality, gender equity or gender main-streaming.
“Institutionalisation of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and child marriages constitute a major barrier to the realisation of full gender equality.
The harmful effects of child marriages in inhibiting their full potential and exposing them to GBV and STIs as well as HIV cannot be overemphasised.
“The Commission has over the past years been seized with the matters surrounding harmful religious practices which perpetuate sexual exploitation and abuses of women and child marriages as part of its broader mandate.
The investigation is, therefore, not limited to Marange as a church, nor the parties involved in the Anna Machaya case only,” said Ms Muwanigwa.
Probed on their preliminary findings, Ms Muwanigwa said: “From our preliminary inquiry targeted at Johanne Marange Apostolic Church, we observed that there is strict adherence to the literal interpretation of the Bible which places women as people of lower standing to men insofar as religious processes and rites are concerned.
Women have no right to address the church gathering and cannot occupy leadership positions. It is this ideology which breeds various other gender rights violations.
“The sector is closed to the outside world. Only parishioners are privy to the church rites and protocols. The members are highly indoctrinated and do not reveal the information to outsiders.”
She added: “We also observed the existence of several other practices outside child marriages which severely impair the dignity of women and young girls including, but not limited to compulsory virginity testing, betrothal, pledging, forced marriages and denying women access to sexual and reproductive health rights.
“The identified rights violations are rooted in the beliefs, doctrines and ideology and require involvement of the members, leadership and protocols to try and trigger change so that the right to religious beliefs is exercised in line with the confines of the Constitutional imperatives on gender equality and women’s rights.”
She said although at policy level the church leadership has expressed interest in abiding by the country’s laws as its leader (High Priest Noah Taguta) has on many occasions denounced child marriages, the practice still persists unabated.
In a recent interview, Marange Apostolic Church co-ordinator and spokesperson, Mr Nyasha Marange, said: “We do not condone child marriages.”
‘‘When individuals commit offences, the church will not protect them. We have suffered a lot of bad publicity because of individuals’ misdeeds and I want to reiterate that our High Priest, Noah Taguta, always speaks strongly against child marriages.
“We are a law-abiding church and we urge the police to thoroughly investigate all child abuse cases and bring all perpetrators to book.”
However, Ms Muwanigwa, said: “Most members interviewed who are part of the church were not willing to divulge information. Women who are part of the church are afraid to be seen talking to outside people for fear of being labelled sell-outs.
“Secondary information obtained so far points to the existence of child marriages in the sect. We, however, want to make it categorically clear that the practice is not peculiar to the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church alone as several other religious denominations, indigenous and non-indigenous, have rites and practices which breed child marriages and forced marriages.
It is also important to note that the practice has also surged even outside the faith-based sectors. The Covid-19 pandemic and the socio-economic situation has worsened the situation in a big way.
“Coming back to Marange, there was information to the effect that the culture and norms of the church have become so engrossed that even children now voluntarily give themselves away to men. Poverty is also a driver in these state of affairs.
‘‘Child marriages have become so common in the Marange area that even those who are not followers of Johanne Marange Church are also now into the harmful cultural practice,” said Mrs Muwanigwa.
She called for continuous engagement of all stakeholders and religious leaders to end child marriages.
“There is need to address the current legislative regime with regards to marriages of young persons, sexual intercourse with minors and harmonisation of the customary and civil marriages.
Currently there is no harmony between the Marriages Act, Domestic Violence Act and Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act,” she said.
By A Correspondent| The High Court has ordered Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda to reinstate recalled MDC Alliance legislators including Tendai Biti, Willias Madzimure and three others.
This follows a High Court ruling which nullified the recall instituted by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Lucia Matibenga.
The court ruled that the recalled MPs who include Vice President Tendai Biti and five others were not part of the party which recalled them.
Earlier, Mudenda refused to reinstate the recalled legislators following an earlier default ruling made by the High Court after PDP failed to file opposing papers to the appeal.
By A Correspondent- A Lower Gweru juvenile allegedly raped two sisters and three cousins aged between six and eight years, and ran away when the crimes were discovered.
The boy allegedly raped his two sisters aged seven and eight respectively as well as three cousins, one aged seven and the other two, six years.
Both the boy (15) and the complainants lived with their grandmother when the alleged rape incidents occurred.
According to a police memo from the Gweru Rural Police Station addressed to the officer commanding Gweru rural district, the boy disappeared after the alleged last rape incident on September 8.
It is alleged that on the day he disappeared at around 11pm at a plot in Lower Gweru, the 60-year-old granny heard the five minor girls making noise in their bedroom hut.
One of the children said she had screamed during a rape ordeal, waking the others up.
Upon being discovered, the juvenile took off and was never seen again.
The other children also narrated their ordeals at the hands of the juvenile.
On September 14, the granny went to Insukamini police base where she filed a report.
Two police constables took the girls to Gweru Provincial Hospital for medical examination.
The matter is being investigated under Gweru rural RRB number 4629720.
“#Ngaapinde Hake Mukomana! has taken Masvingo by storm as it has become the fashionable greetings in the high density areas of Mucheke , Runyararo, Chesvingo and Rujeko.
The youths and adults can be heard shouting at each in high celebratory mood to one another “#NgaapindeHake Mukomana” and the other replying ” Kutadziswa neiko Ngaapinde Mukomana or ” Bholato PaMukomana ipapo.
The mood which the hastag has created is likely to shake rural areas in a very short space of time as it is spreading like veldfire.
??✋???Patriotic Papa JC speaks when things are not good
By A Correspondent- Tapiwa Makore Senior, who was arrested last September in Murehwa on accusations of killing his Seven-year-old nephew and namesake Tapiwa Jnr, was Thursday denied bail pending trial by the High Court.
The judgement was delivered by High Court judge Justice Mhuri, who said that there is a probability that Makore would try to escape the consequences of his crimes which are likely to be serious.
“Applicant is facing a murder charge of a juvenile aged 7 … murder by its nature is a very serious offense which invariably calls for a very severe penalty, and as submitted by respondent may attract a death penalty, life imprisonment or a very long definite prison term. This will induce the applicant to abscond,” Justice Mhuri said
Justice Mhuri had further decreed that granting Makore bail would not be welcomed by the public and it would make people lose confidence in the courts and judicial system.
“…it is my considered view that it will not be in the best interest of justice to grant the applicant bail. Granting applicant bail will lead the public to lose confidence in the criminal justice system. I am persuaded that there are compelling reasons not to grant the applicant the liberty he is seeking pending his trial. To that end therefore, I will not grant the indulgence he is seeking. It is, in the result, ordered that the application for bail pending trial be and is hereby dismissed,” the judge said.
Makore, was arrested and jailed last year together with his twin brother Thanks, their sister-in-law, Maud Hunidzarira and a herdsman by the name of Tafadzwa Shambawere. They were accused of abducting the boy while he was attending to the family’s vegetable garden on Sept 17.
After his arrest, Shamba confessed to the police that he kidnapped, drugged, and mutilated the boy so he could sell his body parts to a witch doctor for $1,500 (U.S.).
The four were remanded in prison by Harare Magistrate and were advised to file for bail at the High Court.
Thanks and Hunidzarira were granted bail application by the High Court in December last year and Tapiwa senior also approached the court with the application of his own arguing that there was no real risk he would abscond as he has a family and is of fixed abode and wanted to be treated the same with co accused persons.
By A Correspondent- It was an exceptional long weekend for 9-year-old Rodwell Khomazana, as he received his prosthetic nose at the Capital Prosthodontics and Henk Cronje of Dura Art Dental Laboratory in Pretoria.
The brave Zimbabwean boy was ecstatic to receive this gift after he was brutally attacked by a hyena at a night vigil he had attended with his grandmother outside Harare late in May.
The Smile Foundation and outstanding medical practitioners, who included Dr Avish Jay Jagathpal and his team, sponsored Khomazana with a prosthetic nose and made sure he received pro bono services throughout his implanting surgery.
“From the day I had met Rodwell, I knew that making him a prosthetic nose will be a challenge. The biggest hurdles to overcome were the multiple grafts from different parts of his body that introduced many different colours to the palette, and his age meant that the size of his face will change drastically over the years to come,” said Jagathpal.
It had taken three weeks to record the positions of the missing nose, the topography of the grafted skin, and the positions of each of the implants, he said. And when Khomazana puts it on, it forms a seal that enables him to breathe through it.
“The maxillofacial surgeon had fortunately placed implants into the upper jaw that we had used to construct a cobalt-chromium bar with magnets on it.
“This bar would remain in place over the years, but the silicone nose would easily be changed with time as his grafted skin shrinks and his face grows,” explained Jagathpal.
His mother, Shamiso Mabiko has been educated on how to clean the inside magnetic bar – the nose clips on and off like a magnet.
“My son’s confidence has been restored after the procedure. I am very happy about Rodwell’s new nose. He gave a big thumbs up for a successful operation,” said Mabiko.
In a few years’ time, Khomazana will undergo reconstructive surgery for a new nose. The medical experts who have been on his journey to success describe him as a “hero without a cape”
IF you’re the unfaithful, get it, read it and carefully consider the advice. If you’re the betrayed, give it to your unfaithful spouse.
Never sleep with a married person.
In a devastating turn of events, a Bulawayo man, who allegedly bedded and impreg_nated a married woman, got more than what he had bargained for when he was slapped with a US$50 000 adultery lawsuit by his alleged lover’s husband.
Mthulisi Dube from Nkulumane 14 suburb came to realise that there is no joy in bedding a married woman when he was sued by Lawrence Mqondisi Ncube for allegedly engaging in an adulter0us relationship with his wife Cynthia Ncube (nee Muzamba).
In his summons filed by his legal practitioners, Sauramba SP Attorneys at the Bulawayo High Court under case number HC1293/21 Lawrence who is based in South Africa, said as a result of the adulter0us relationship between Dube and his wife he lost the services and comfort that come with a “blissful” marriage.
He said the tryst between his wife and her lover started sometime in 2019.
“Plaintiff (Lawrence Mqondisi Ncube) was married to Cynthia Ncube nee Muzamba on the 8th of August 2016 at Bulawayo in terms of the Marriage Act (Chapter 5:11). The marriage still subsists.
“Since 2019 defendant committed adult_ery with plaintiff’s spouse. The adult_ery resulted in a child and breakdown of the plaintiff’s marriage. Plaintiff has instituted divorce proceedings,” Lawrence’s summons read in part.
As a result of the adult_ery plaintiff has suffered the following damages.
“Contumelia inflicted upon the plaintiff in the amount of US$25 000 payable at ZWL equivalent at the bank rate prevailing on the day of payment and loss of consortium in the amount of US$25 000 also payable at ZWL equivalent at the bank rate prevailing on the day of payment.
Whereof plaintiff’s claim against the defendant is payment of US$50 000 or at ZWL equivalent at the bank rate prevailing on the day of payment”.
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) has announced that trains will be free of charge this Friday to thank those who have been using the train service.
ZUPCO made the following announcement on Thursday.
Please note tomorrow Friday 24/9/21 all the afternoon Zupco-Nrz train services will be free. (Afternoon only) This is to thank all of us who have used the service thus far and importantly to request that all of us try the convenient ride home. Once you try you will never stop!
By A Correspondent- There was drama in Nkulumane suburb when one man almost killed his 14-year-old daughter by choking her after suspecting that she had lost her virgi_nity.
The minor was reportedly saved from Coolboy Sikhumbuzo Moyo’s grip by two men who were passing by.
After the incident, the girl’s grandmother, Naomi Ndlovu immediately applied for a protection order barring Moyo from physically and verbally abusing his daughter.
In Ndlovu’s application, the girl also took the opportunity to narrate the horrendous incident: “It was on 11 June 2021, at around 3pm when I was coming from the shops in the company of my friend when I met my father by the gate of our home.
We greeted him and he greeted us back then he immediately told my friend to go away and that he did not want to see her near me,” she said.
She added that as she was talking to her father he began twisting her arm, at the same time asking whether she was still a virg_in or not.
“I felt the pain and loosened myself from his grip and opened the gate trying to get into the yard, but he got hold of me again,” she said.
She said her father only released her when her grandmother intervened.-BMetro
