Police have rounded up three suspects on allegations of operating a ring selling fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates at Seke South Clinic in Chitungwiza.

The three arrested yesterday are the pest controller at the clinic, Sekai Gabriel, who was the first to be picked up after police asked the public for help tracking her down, along with nurse Shorai Sithori and the suspected outside agent Lloyd Chidziva, who is alleged to be the person who found customers prepared to pay US$25 to US$50 for the fake cards and brought them to the clinic.

Last night national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi announcing the three arrests said: “I can confirm that the police, working with the Special Anti-Corruption Unit, have arrested Sekai Gabriel, pest controller at Seke South Clinic, Shorai Sithori, a nurse, and Lloyd Chidziva, an agent, for corruptly selling Covid vaccination cards.

They are all in police custody. They will appear in court soon.”

The action by the police and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit started after publication of an investigative report by The Herald that found that people were allegedly paying between US$25 and US$50 to be issued with forged cards in Chitungwiza without being vaccinated.- The Herald

A 60-year-old Chiredzi security guard was allegedly murdered by unknown assailants who decapitated his head and threw the body in a bonfire in an incident that shook the sugar cane growing community on Sunday.

The chopped head of Lazawa Salani of Buffalo Range was found by a search party comprising the police and ordinary people buried in a small shallow pit about 1,5km from an open space near the Chiredzi Magistrates’ Court where the deceased guarded.

Salani was employed at Maria Mabasa Plastic Scrap Collection Company in the town and police recovered his blood-stained uniforms and trails of blood on some bales of plastic scrap he guarded.

Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa today said police investigators found some of Salawi’s remains burning in a smouldering bonfire that had been set by his suspected killers at his workplace.

His remains were taken to Chiredzi District Hospital for a postmortem.

Police were still looking for leads to establish the motive of the grisly murder and the suspects.-The Herald

Tinashe Sambiri|UK Government Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release jailed political activists.

Duddridge dencounced the detention and harassment of perceived government opponents in Zimbabwe.

“Bail denied again for Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri in Zimbabwe.

I call on Zimbabwe’s authorities to ensure all are treated equally under the law, and to show action on the government’s commitments to reform. Harassment of political opponents needs to end,” Duddridge posted on Twitter.

Outspoken war veterans secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda, has lashed out at his Zanu PF critics for prematurely “rushing to write his political obituary”.
Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy Defence minister also insisted that he was still the ruling party’s national political commissar despite his reported recent axing from the position.

In this regard, Matemadanda emphasised, he was continuing to perform his duties, as usual, as Zanu PF’s national political commissar.

“I am only being told through social media that I was fired, but on Saturday I attended the central committee meeting and did my work.

“Yesterday (Monday), I was in the office doing my work as the national political commissar. I don’t know who fired me in the press.

“If anything has been done by Zanu PF it is the secretary for information and publicity who will announce that.

“But if there is anyone in the politburo … who got excited that I had been fired, when at the end of last week’s meeting it was not announced by the spokesperson, and they decided to tell the nation that I had been fired, this shows that there are foolish people at that level of leadership,” the defiant Matemadanda told the Daily News.

“People are reacting to social media to say I was insubordinate to the likes of (Zanu PF secretary for administration) Obert Mpofu, Patrick Chinamasa, July Moyo, Mudha (Owen Ncube) and Dickson Dzora, but you know very well that I am senior to most of those people.

“How does a senior become insubordinate to his juniors? People just enjoy writing about me, but I don’t know where they are getting this from.

“I am a soldier and I don’t deploy myself. I get deployed by my commander. I was deployed in Mozambique when I was a serving soldier … where there were live bullets,” Matemadanda further told the Daily News.

“I had my own gun, and was prepared to kill or be killed, but I never tried to reason whether it was fair or unfair.

“This is my behaviour. So, we don’t question when we are deployed, although there is nothing yet that I have been formally informed about regarding the talk that I was redeployed.

“The president has not assigned me although he has the right to send me wherever he wants. He simply told me that there is some critical assignment to give me,” Matemadanda also said.

“I don’t know if there is someone he later told that he wanted to send me to Mozambique or he has fired me, like I am now hearing. All he said was that where he wanted to send me, someone of my level in politics was required and that is the politburo level.

“When we are in the politburo it doesn’t matter that I am in the commissariat, but the level I have is that I am a member of the politburo,” Matemadanda added.

“That has not been withdrawn and even as the secretary for the commissariat, I have not been replaced. If that was the case he (President Emmerson Mnangagwa) would have appointed my deputy, Omega Hungwe to act in my position, but he didn’t do that because I am still here,” he reasoned further.

Matemadanda, apart from being cut loose from the top leadership of the ruling party, is also said to be set to lose his ministerial post — with Mnangagwa apparently preparing to give him a diplomatic posting.

Yesterday, Matemadanda said if things turned out that way, being deployed as an ambassador would be a promotion for him.

“If I am deployed to Mozambique like what is being said, what is bad about that? Who among all the ministers doesn’t want to become an ambassador to represent the president and the country?

“If he has to appoint me, in any case, I know I am not going to be a career diplomat? I am not going to be transferred from one mission to the other.

“The president said that he would want to give me a specific assignment guided by how he knows me and what I can achieve for the country,” Matemadanda further told the Daily News. “When I am done with that assignment, it is up to him if he wants to give me another assignment.

“I am not that kind of a person who would be deployed on the basis of saying enda unotamba kuri kutamba vamwe (I am valued).

“I am a valuable resource whether people like it or not. I am not bragging about it,” Matemadanda further let rip at his Zanu PF opponents.

He also alleged that some of his ruling party critics once belonged to the vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction, although they were now “feigning love” for Mnangagwa.

“Talk about operation Restore Legacy … there are people going around saying what they want, but as a person who was at the forefront, I have never spoken about that.

“I am not someone who wants to be hailed all the time, but there are a lot of things that I have done which the party knows, but there are people who are jealous about that.

“That is not going to take the talent I have … Some of them (his critics) even refused to help us as they were mobilising for Grace Mugabe’s rallies. I was arrested and suffered for ED when they refused.

“Now that they are sitting pretty, they are saying all sorts of nonsense. I will not waste my time talking about those fools,” Matemadanda thundered further.

All this comes after Matemadanda was said to have been cut loose as Zanu PF’s national political commissar, after he allegedly and unilaterally wrote a circular to district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) and provincial chairpersons on March 15, ordering them to stop convening unconstitutional meetings.

The DCCs — which were scrapped in 2012 at the height of Zanu PF’s factional, tribal and succession wars, in the twilight of Mugabe’s rule — stand accused of usurping the powers of other organs of the ruling party.

In the March 15 circular to Zanu PF’s provincial and DCC chairpersons, Matemadanda ordered the divisive structures to stop convening unconstitutional meetings forthwith.

Matemadanda was among those who played a critical role in the ouster of Mugabe, who was swept from power by a stunning but popular military putsch in November 2017. He was appointed Zanu PF’s national political commissar after the historic July 2018 elections, following the sacking of retired lieutenant general Engelbert Rugeje. He was also subsequently appointed deputy Defence minister the same year. -Daily News

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is taking the country back to Stone Age.

Hon Sikhala scoffed at Mr Mnangagwa’s ambitious baking project saying the Zanu PF leader lied to the nation.

“Nhai Mnangagwa ko project yemahovhoni iyi yave papi? Honestly, hw wld you lie to people, that our economy was going to grow through this kind of project when other countries open gigantic national projects.

This gvt is doing everything possible in its power to take us to the Stone Age,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

Hon Sikhala also accused government “spindoctor” Nick Mangwana of misleading the nation by accusing Netsai Marova of provoking the police.

“Shame on you
@nickmangwana
for harassing and persecuting this young woman.

I was there and I am an eyewitness to what happened.

@MarovaNetsai
is the one who was assaulted by the police on our presence and pushed against the wall. The beauty of it is that there are cctv at Harare CPS”

A Chiredzi farmer has been trampled to death by a herd of elephants after he tried to scare them away from his sorghum field in the Save Valley Conservancy.

The body of Peter Negate (41) of Chegwite area between Humane and Senukwe ranches was found covered with sorghum stover and shrubbery by villagers Monday morning.

Before his tragic death, Negate had toured one of his fields and discovered that jumbos had feasted on his sorghum crop.

According to Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa, Negate decided to spend the night in the field anticipating return of the jumbos. Return they did just after midnight, and Negate decided to scare them away.

However, the jumbos became aggressive and charged at him before trampling him to death.

Police Support Unit and Parks and Wildlife Management Authority teams who attended the scene found that Negate’s left leg was broken while part of his ribs and bowels were protruding. – Herald

A Karoi man appeared in court in Harare yesterday for allegedly defrauding CBZ Agro-yield (Pvt) Limited of agricultural inputs worth US$45 347.
Gamuchirai Carlton Gorogodo appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with fraud.

Gorogodo, who was being represented by lawyer Mr Simon Chabuka, was not asked to plead to the charge when he appeared before Mrs Tafadzwa Miti who remanded him to April 14 on $15 000 bail.

It is said that on November 2 last year Gorogodo applied for farming inputs for the 2020/21 farming season from CBZ Agro-yield.

In his application, he allegedly stated that he had a farming contract with one Madani who owns Zebra Downs Farm in Karoi. Allegations are that the application found its way into the CBZ Agro-yield offices for processing and it was approved.

He is said to have been issued with 100x25kgs seed maize, 5 000 litres of diesel, chemicals and 30 tonnes of compound D fertiliser.

On December 23, 2020, a 30-tonne truck was intercepted by officials from the Command Agriculture scheme, while loaded with 600x50kg compound D fertilisers which were to be delivered to Gorogodo.

Investigations revealed that his name was not in the Command Agriculture data base and he was arrested. Herald

POLICE are hunting for a motorist who killed two pedestrians in a hit and run incident along Lomagundi Road in Harare yesterday morning.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the bodies of the two were ferried to a local hospital for post-mortem.

“The ZRP is investigating a suspected hit and run road traffic accident in which a yet to be identified motorist struck and killed Mabuko Melusi (26) and an unidentified male adult along Lomagundi Road near Greencroft Shopping Centre, Harare on March 30, between midnight and 6am. The law will certainly take its course on such errant motorists,” he said.

Meanwhile, two people died on the spot while two others were injured when a motorist driving a Toyota Allion rammed into a Honda CRV which was parked in Kuwadzana on Sunday.

“The ZRP urges drivers to be responsible on the roads always.

‘‘On March 28, at about 2:30am, a fatal road accident occurred along Harare-Bulawayo in Kuwadzana, Harare after a motorist driving a Toyota Allion vehicle rammed into a stationary Honda CRV vehicle parked along the road. As a result of the accident, two people died on the spot while two others were injured.- The Herald

Tinashe Sambiri|The nine Chivi North MDC Alliance Youth Assembly members have been granted RTGS $ 2000 bail each by Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Wamambo.

The nine were arrested two weeks ago and charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry.

According to court papers seen by ZimEye.com, the nine have been ordered to stay at their given residential addresses and they should report at CID Mashava once every week.

They have also been ordered not to interfere with State witnesses.

In a statement MDC Alliance Masvingo denounced relentless persecution of its members by the Zanu PF regime.

“The nine are innocent, the whole thing is meant to disrupt our programmes,” MDC Alliance Masvingo said in a brief statement.

Tinashe Sambiri|The nine Chivi North MDC Alliance Youth Assembly members have been granted RTGS $ 2000 bail each by Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Wamambo.

The nine were arrested two weeks ago and charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry.

According to court papers seen by ZimEye.com, the nine have been ordered to stay at their given residential addresses and they should report at CID Mashava once every week.

They have also been ordered not to interfere with State witnesses.

In a statement MDC Alliance Masvingo denounced relentless persecution of its members by the Zanu PF regime.

“The nine are innocent, the whole thing is meant to disrupt our programmes,” MDC Alliance Masvingo said in a brief statement.

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is taking the country back to Stone Age.

Hon Sikhala scoffed at Mr Mnangagwa’s ambitious baking project saying the Zanu PF leader lied to the nation.

“Nhai Mnangagwa ko project yemahovhoni iyi yave papi? Honestly, hw wld you lie to people, that our economy was going to grow through this kind of project when other countries open gigantic national projects.

This gvt is doing everything possible in its power to take us to the Stone Age,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

Hon Sikhala also accused government “spindoctor” Nick Mangwana of misleading the nation by accusing Netsai Marova of provoking the police.

“Shame on you
@nickmangwana
for harassing and persecuting this young woman.

I was there and I am an eyewitness to what happened.

@MarovaNetsai
is the one who was assaulted by the police on our presence and pushed against the wall. The beauty of it is that there are cctv at Harare CPS”

Tinashe Sambiri|The nine Chivi North MDC Alliance Youth Assembly members have been granted RTGS $ 2000 bail each by Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Wamambo.

The nine were arrested two weeks ago and charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry.

According to court papers seen by ZimEye.com, the nine have been ordered to stay at their given residential addresses and they should report at CID Mashava once every week.

They have also been ordered not to interfere with State witnesses.

In a statement MDC Alliance Masvingo denounced relentless persecution of its members by the Zanu PF regime.

“The nine are innocent, the whole thing is meant to disrupt our programmes,” MDC Alliance Masvingo said in a brief statement.

Tinashe Sambiri|MDC Alliance vice chairperson Hon Job Sikhala has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is taking the country back to Stone Age.

Hon Sikhala scoffed at Mr Mnangagwa’s ambitious baking project saying the Zanu PF leader lied to the nation.

“Nhai Mnangagwa ko project yemahovhoni iyi yave papi? Honestly, hw wld you lie to people, that our economy was going to grow through this kind of project when other countries open gigantic national projects.

This gvt is doing everything possible in its power to take us to the Stone Age,” Hon Sikhala wrote on Twitter.

Hon Sikhala also accused government “spindoctor” Nick Mangwana of misleading the nation by accusing Netsai Marova of provoking the police.

“Shame on you
@nickmangwana
for harassing and persecuting this young woman.

I was there and I am an eyewitness to what happened.

@MarovaNetsai
is the one who was assaulted by the police on our presence and pushed against the wall. The beauty of it is that there are cctv at Harare CPS”

By Honest Makanyire|The deadly COVID-19 pandemic has left 52 million vulnerable children without food and essential needs, it has emerged.

According to Child Registry, In Africa, 52 million vulnerable children require urgent assistance in various forms.

“The COVID-19 Outbreak has left over 52 million orphans in Africa without hand sanitizers, masks, food, medicine and testing kits,” Child Registry said in a statement.

Child Registry Ltd through African Child Prosperity Fund (ACPF) and in Collaboration with various Partnerships is also working on a scheme that enables parents to contribute towards their children’s prosperous future.

“The Future belongs to those who believe in their Dreams.Let Us Empower our Children for a Better Tomorrow…

Will you join us in providing the basic necessities to the little ones?”

Child Registry representative in Zimbabwe, Noel Mavura said:”The future of children is our primary concern. We are working with various stakeholders, including the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, to empower and equip children with relevant skills that will help them in future.”

See link below:

Tinashe Sambiri|UK Government Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has challenged Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to release jailed political activists.

Duddridge dencounced the detention and harassment of perceived government opponents in Zimbabwe.

“Bail denied again for Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri in Zimbabwe.

I call on Zimbabwe’s authorities to ensure all are treated equally under the law, and to show action on the government’s commitments to reform. Harassment of political opponents needs to end,” Duddridge posted on Twitter.

Tinashe Sambiri|The nine Chivi North MDC Alliance Youth Assembly members have been granted RTGS $ 2000 bail each by Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Wamambo.

The nine were arrested two weeks ago and charged with participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence, breach of peace or bigotry.

According to court papers seen by ZimEye.com, the nine have been ordered to stay at their given residential addresses and they should report at CID Mashava once every week.

They have also been ordered not to interfere with State witnesses.

In a statement MDC Alliance Masvingo denounced relentless persecution of its members by the Zanu PF regime.

“The nine are innocent, the whole thing is meant to disrupt our programmes,” MDC Alliance Masvingo said in a brief statement.

See court document

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A 15-year-old boy in Zimbabwe escaped from police custody, broke into an armoury and stole two pistols. The teenager had been arrested in Gweru for alleged unlawful entry and theft, and was being held at a police station in the city.

He allegedly sneaked out of a holding room and broke into the armoury through the ceiling before making off with two pistols and three cellphones belonging to officers at the station.

Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed: “Yes, we are investigating that case and will avail more details (on Wednesday).”

A police source said, “On Monday, Constable Gwatirera intended to hand over duties to the morning shift officers and discovered that (the teenager) was missing. He advised the duty commander and a search was launched.”

Another added: “During the search, Constable Gwatirera noticed that his cellphone, which was on a charger in the records office, was missing.”

The 15-year-old allegedly went to a house in Kopje where he pointed a pistol at Gugulethu Mpofu. Mpofu persuaded him to hand over the firearm to police and the two went to Gweru Central Police Station.

“Upon arrival at Gweru Central, police recovered the pistols and three cellphones. The teenager was subsequently arrested.”

-ZTN

Own Correspondent|
In 2020 controvesial Masvingo preacher Isaac Makomichi made headlines after predicting that Mai Titi would be abandoned by her lover in 2021.

On Saturday February 28, 2021 Mai Titi revealed via Instagram she was facing difficulties in her relationship.

On Sunday it was confirmed that Mai Titi was dumped by her Nigerian lover.

Last year Makomichi invited Mai Titi to collect the love potion from him.

” I see her relationship collapsing in 2021,” said Makomichi then…

The story under the headline: Mai Titi to Receive Love Charm From Masvingo Prophet?was published by ZimEye.com and went viral on social media.

Some church leaders have accused Makomichi of using the “vulture’s head to predict the future”

“He is using the vulture’s head to predict the future, his love potion is juju from Ghana that’s why he is the godfather of slayqueens,” fumed one church leader.

Makomichi was not immediately available for a comment on the matter.

Aspiring ZANU PF Kwekwe Central legislator Kandros Mugabe has been accused of buying the latest Toyota Landcruiser to the recently demoted party commissar Victor Matemadanda.

Mugabe won the chaotic Kwekwe District Coordinating Committee (DCC) as secretary for finance with the help of Matemadanda who was demoted for reportedly failing to conduct the DCC elections fairly.

Contacted for comment Mugabe said the allegations are a result of jealousy.

“Some people in the camp are just cooking stories for me l did not buy Matemadanda a car as alleged l won fairly and if l did buy him a car they was supposed to be a disciplinary action when we held DCC  elections which were violent but to date no action was taken there is no favour here,” Mugabe said.

He further claimed that people were sending wrong messages to president Emmerson Mnangagwa just to blackmail him and make sure that he will not contest in the looming by-election where he is set to battle it out with Minister of state security Owen Ncube’s nephew Energy Ncube popularly known as Dhala to replace the late Masango (Blackman) Matambanadzo.

-Byo24

Police have arrested Denford Nyamande (35) in connection with the gruesome murder of his 87-year-old father Felix Chiodza and his 89-year-old aunt Angela Bhunu in Murewa last week.

Reports are that the suspect killed the siblings after accusing them of witchcraft.

Nyamande was cornered in his hideout in Seke.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests

“The ZRP confirms the arrest of Denford Nyamande (35) in connection with the gruesome murder of two elderly siblings at Chidziva and Marumisa Villages, Chief Mangwende, Murewa on March 22, 2021.

“The suspect was fished out from his hideout at Mutsvairo Village Chief, Seke on March 29, 2021. Meanwhile, Police urges members of the public to shun strange and unjustified counsel from spiritualists.

-State Media

By A Correspondent- Police in Kariba have retrieved two bodies of suspected smugglers who drowned last week while trying to illegally cross into Zambia.

One of the bodies has been identified as that of Tichaona Kayungwa, while the other one is yet to be identified.

It is alleged that the banana boat they were using capsized after being hit by a strong wave, leading to their drowning while their other two unidentified accomplices, who were in the same boat managed to swim back to the shore.

Officer commanding police in Kariba district, Superintendent Saul Mhanqwa confirmed the incident yesterday.

“We received a report on March 25, 2021 to the effect that there were four male adult Zimbabwean nationals who attempted to cross into Zambia using an illegal crossing point at Nyamasowa area in Lower Zambezi,” he said.

-newsday

“These four adults hired a boat owned by a Zambian and when they were in the middle of the (Zambezi) river, the wave hit them and the boat capsized.

“Two of these male adults managed to swim back into Zimbabwe, but the other two were taken away by the waves and they drowned.”

He added: “When the body of Kayungwa was retrieved from the water, it was observed that it was in an advanced state of decomposition. However, the relatives managed to identify the body. The body is suspected to have been bitten by crocodiles because the police observed that it had a missing right arm and leg. The groin and forehead had injuries suspected to have been caused by knocks on the rocks.”

Kayungwa was laid to rest yesterday in the resort town of Kariba

By Jane Mlambo| The Police have confirmed arresting four touts who were filmed physically manhandling a woman at Beitbridge’s Dulibadzimu bus terminus.

According to ZRP, the four who appeared on a video which went viral last week will appear in court today.

The police urged the public to report all incidents of harassment by touts at bus termini.

“The ZRP has arrested the four touts who were involved in the physical manhandling & harassment of a woman in a video which went viral recently. The incident occurred at Dulibadzimu Rank, Beitbridge. The touts will appear in court today.

“The ZRP applauds all Zimbabweans for the co-operation & concern over the conduct of the touts. The public is urged to report all incidents of harassment by touts taking note of the location, date, time & the name of the bus company involved. #notouting& harassment of women,” the police said.

Speaking on the incident last week, Women Affairs minister Dr Sithembiso Nyoni said public spaces must be safe for all while pushing for the removal of touts from all bus termini.

“Eventually, we want to witness the removal of touts from all bus termini. Public spaces must be safe for all and may it be known that the law enforcing agents shall not deal with this lightly,” she said.

US publishes 49-paged damning report on the 2020 Human Rights situation in Zimbabwe.

URL: https://t.co/e12fuMEEdb pic.twitter.com/vyv67hkeNB

@usembassyharare

— ZimEye (@ZimEye) March 31, 2021

By A Correspondent- As his ex girlfriend. Susan Mutami’s physical whereabouts remained a mystery 7 months later, Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) yesterday applied for referral of his case where he is charged of breaching COVID-19 regulations to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt).

Mliswa was last month accused of violating COVID-19 regulations when he held a Press conference at his Borrowdale residence last month.

He now wants the ConCourt to make a ruling on whether his arrest was lawful since the police stormed his house without a warrant of arrest.

Before the ConCourt application, Mliswa had challenged his arrest and detention which was dismissed by Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti, who ruled that his residence was not a public place as stipulated by COVID-19 regulations.

Mliswa had argued that he was arrested for addressing journalists who are classified as essential service workers.

The State, however, argued that he was not conducting Parliament business, resulting in his application being dismissed by Miti.

Mliswa, in the application, raised questions, including why he was the only person who was arrested at the Press conference.

“Further take notice that the following are the questions whose referral applicant seeks: Whether the singling out for arrest and prosecution of the applicant from among 23 persons allegedly gathered at the applicant’s residence on the day in question amounts to discrimination and offends against section 56(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe,” part of his application read.- Newsday/Additional reporting

The matter is yet to be set down for.

The General says…My baby is growing and Grace is upon her!Most of you won’t recognise this sweet girl. She went viral when she did a Poem about Covid 19 and the Cyclone Idai that killed thousands of people in Zimbabwe and Mozambique leaving a lot homeless.

Living in poor conditions in Chipinge I assigned people to look for her kumaChonyoyo ikoko and we located her.

With the blessings of her parents I undertook to look after her and to take care of all her needs until she gets to University even if it means taking her abroad.

Look at what the Lord is doing and spot the difference to what she was when we first located her!

I haven’t met her yet but I will be going to visit her in Chipinge definitely this year and spend a good time with her.

I’m proud of her. I’m grateful to her parents for trusting me and giving me an opportunity to change a Life and I will do it until she becomes one of the greatest testimonies in Zimbabwe.

She now calls me Daddy2 and her biological brother is Daddy1.

Her name is Tariro Mhlanga. Let’s go mwanangu Mukunda wekwaMhlanga!God Bless Zimbabwe ! God Bless Africa!

By Simba Chikanza | All the drama is happening in Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home town, Kwekwe, and it is none other than his personal aide, Vongaishe Mupeperi who is caught on video literally chasing away investors at the rich Gaika mine. In the same period, barely 2 years later, the same person leads a team of party members who throw a party to celebrate Defectors from Mnangagwa’s opponent, Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance party.

And then bang, the song kutonga kwaro is sung:

Knock knock
Can I come in
I’m Mwendamberi (totem)
I’m changing the rules
Open the reserves
They’ve arrived, beat the drum
Even the chickens you have plucked
I’m changing the laws
the reserves
They’ve arrived, beat the drum
Even the chickens you have plucked
Oh king
There it has arrived
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
Where the drum is played
(The) hero
The drum you’re used to
(The) hero
It even makes the orphans happy
(The) hero
The hero you’re used to
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
Oh yes even girls
Excuse me sir
Oh yes you will confess
Excuse me sir
Oh yes even girls
Excuse me sir
Oh yes you will confess
Excuse me sir
When its well, you’ll bow
Hero has arrived he rules the house
Where he steps he leaves a mark
Our beat resembles Dimba
Toomuch corruotion will get you in trouble
Jerusalem dancing merrily
Yeh the time is now
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
Where the drum is played
(The) hero
The drum you’re used to
(The) hero
It even makes the orphans happy
(The) hero
The hero you’re used to
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
Oh yes even girls
Excuse me sir
Oh yes you will confess
Excuse me sir
Oh yes even girls
Excuse me sir
Oh yes you will confess
Excuse me sir
See us do it
See us do it
See us do it
See us do it
See us do it
See us do it
See us do it
See us do it
Talking about me
They disrespect me
Talking bad about me
They disrespect me
Even if they hate me i love them
Hating on me i conquered
Trying to hate on me but i love them
Even if they hate me i love them
Yeh the time is now
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
Where the drum is played
(The) hero
The drum you’re used to
(The) hero
It even makes the orphans happy
(The) hero
The hero you’re used to
(The) hero
The way it rules
(The) hero
The way it rules
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POLICE are hunting for a motorist who killed two pedestrians in a hit and run incident along Lomagundi Road in Harare yesterday morning.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the bodies of the two were ferried to a local hospital for post-mortem.

“The ZRP is investigating a suspected hit and run road traffic accident in which a yet to be identified motorist struck and killed Mabuko Melusi (26) and an unidentified male adult along Lomagundi Road near Greencroft Shopping Centre, Harare on March 30, between midnight and 6am. The law will certainly take its course on such errant motorists,” he said.

Meanwhile, two people died on the spot while two others were injured when a motorist driving a Toyota Allion rammed into a Honda CRV which was parked in Kuwadzana on Sunday.

“The ZRP urges drivers to be responsible on the roads always.

‘‘On March 28, at about 2:30am, a fatal road accident occurred along Harare-Bulawayo in Kuwadzana, Harare after a motorist driving a Toyota Allion vehicle rammed into a stationary Honda CRV vehicle parked along the road. As a result of the accident, two people died on the spot while two others were injured.- The Herald

1. Travellers coming into the country from neighbouring States must undergo valid Covid-19 PCR tests not more than 48 hours from the time of their departure for Zimbabwe. Travellers without aforesaid valid test results clearing them for safe travel will be quarantined for 10 days at designated hotels, and at their own cost.
2. School learners who are in boarding schools will not be permitted to travel back home. Equally, no parents will travel to concerned schools for purposes of visits.
3. Bars and night clubs will remain closed during the Easter Holidays.
4. All gatherings, including church services, funerals and weddings will remain limited to not more than 50 people.
5. Wearing of masks and social distancing will be strictly adhered to and enforced.
6. People from different localities are encouraged to come forward to designated centres for vaccination so that our Nation builds towards herd immunity.
7. The general public is encouraged to defer unnecessary travel outside localities of residence.
8. As already stated, coming into Zimbabwe without a valid PCR negative certificate will require quarantining in a hotel for 10 days at own cost. Those with valid PCR negative certificates will self-quarantine at home or in a hotel for 10 days from day of arrival into the country.
9. Tourists who volunteer to be vaccinated can access vaccination services available in our country at their own cost.

CHURCHES will not hold conferences usually held during the Easter period but will resort to virtual meetings with only a limited number of congregants gathering on Sunday.

Church leaders yesterday said Zimbabweans should not lose hope even in the face of Covid-19 challenges as the Easter holiday starts on Friday.

They said as opposed to mass gatherings and conferences, they will be holding virtual Easter gatherings with a limited number of congregants.

The church leaders said the church will observe Covid-19 regulations to prevent the spread of infections.

They said Easter is commemorated in remembrance of Jesus’ life hence Christians and citizens alike should remain steadfast as every hardship they are facing will come to an end.

Roman Catholic Church (Archdiocese of Bulawayo) Archbishop Alex Thomas said the church is already in the mood for Easter commemorations after marking Palm Sunday.

He said due to Covid-19, the church will not hold mass gatherings.

“We are restricting our numbers to 50 people as we follow the Covid-19 protocols laid down by Government. So, we have asked our people to come in small groups. This year’s Easter comes in the background of Covid-19 challenges. What we need is new hope and trust in the Lord so that we can overcome the pandemic and return to normal life,” he said.

“The resurrection of Jesus is about new life so we want to have a new life after a year of struggle. The past year has been challenging as people have been constrained on worshiping and they have been missing the fellowship. It has also been hard for the church financially.

Our life is about hope, Jesus died and he rose again. He conquered death so we also have to conquer every challenge we have. It can be illnesses; it can be financial challenges and social problems; we have to conquer it with the power of God and move forward.”

Harvest House International Church Bishop Collins Nyathi said they will hold a physical conference with limited numbers of people.
Bishop Nyathi said since the outbreak of Covid-19, the church has been preaching the message of hope.

“The way forward for us is virtual, that is how we are going to conduct our sermons. But on Sunday that is when we are going to have physical attendance but also limiting our numbers to 50 people,” said Bishop Nyathi.

“For over a year, our message has been to encourage people that it shall come to pass. And this also shall come to pass. However, Easter is a special day. We remember the cross and the blood. We don’t want to dilute Easter because it speaks of the cross and the blood of Jesus.

The message to Zimbabweans is that yes, we are in a calamity and calamities come and go. We know it’s difficult but we must hold strong as even this shall come to pass.”- Chronicle

POLICE are hunting for a motorist who killed two pedestrians in a hit and run incident along Lomagundi Road in Harare yesterday morning.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident saying the bodies of the two were ferried to a local hospital for post-mortem.

“The ZRP is investigating a suspected hit and run road traffic accident in which a yet to be identified motorist struck and killed Mabuko Melusi (26) and an unidentified male adult along Lomagundi Road near Greencroft Shopping Centre, Harare on March 30, between midnight and 6am. The law will certainly take its course on such errant motorists,” he said.

Meanwhile, two people died on the spot while two others were injured when a motorist driving a Toyota Allion rammed into a Honda CRV which was parked in Kuwadzana on Sunday.

“The ZRP urges drivers to be responsible on the roads always.

‘‘On March 28, at about 2:30am, a fatal road accident occurred along Harare-Bulawayo in Kuwadzana, Harare after a motorist driving a Toyota Allion vehicle rammed into a stationary Honda CRV vehicle parked along the road. As a result of the accident, two people died on the spot while two others were injured.- The Herald

1. Travellers coming into the country from neighbouring States must undergo valid Covid-19 PCR tests not more than 48 hours from the time of their departure for Zimbabwe. Travellers without aforesaid valid test results clearing them for safe travel will be quarantined for 10 days at designated hotels, and at their own cost.
2. School learners who are in boarding schools will not be permitted to travel back home. Equally, no parents will travel to concerned schools for purposes of visits.
3. Bars and night clubs will remain closed during the Easter Holidays.
4. All gatherings, including church services, funerals and weddings will remain limited to not more than 50 people.
5. Wearing of masks and social distancing will be strictly adhered to and enforced.
6. People from different localities are encouraged to come forward to designated centres for vaccination so that our Nation builds towards herd immunity.
7. The general public is encouraged to defer unnecessary travel outside localities of residence.
8. As already stated, coming into Zimbabwe without a valid PCR negative certificate will require quarantining in a hotel for 10 days at own cost. Those with valid PCR negative certificates will self-quarantine at home or in a hotel for 10 days from day of arrival into the country.
9. Tourists who volunteer to be vaccinated can access vaccination services available in our country at their own cost.

1. Travellers coming into the country from neighbouring States must undergo valid Covid-19 PCR tests not more than 48 hours from the time of their departure for Zimbabwe. Travellers without aforesaid valid test results clearing them for safe travel will be quarantined for 10 days at designated hotels, and at their own cost.
2. School learners who are in boarding schools will not be permitted to travel back home. Equally, no parents will travel to concerned schools for purposes of visits.
3. Bars and night clubs will remain closed during the Easter Holidays.
4. All gatherings, including church services, funerals and weddings will remain limited to not more than 50 people.
5. Wearing of masks and social distancing will be strictly adhered to and enforced.
6. People from different localities are encouraged to come forward to designated centres for vaccination so that our Nation builds towards herd immunity.
7. The general public is encouraged to defer unnecessary travel outside localities of residence.
8. As already stated, coming into Zimbabwe without a valid PCR negative certificate will require quarantining in a hotel for 10 days at own cost. Those with valid PCR negative certificates will self-quarantine at home or in a hotel for 10 days from day of arrival into the country.
9. Tourists who volunteer to be vaccinated can access vaccination services available in our country at their own cost.

Tinashe Sambiri| MDC Alliance Youth Assembly deputy organising secretary, Netsai Marova is yet to be furnished with a trial date.

The State argues it is not ready to announce the trial date.

See Netsai Marova’s statement:
Today (Monday) I appeared once again in court anticipating to be furnished with a trial date.

From 0830 to 12pm, I waited together with my lawyer Charles Kwaramba as the state played delay games.

When we finally appeared the State unsurprisingly failed to furnish us with a trial date, saying they were not ready. Of course they are not ready to do anything related to just application of the law.

They’re only ready to pile cases on our heads with no intention to proceed to trial.

In the face of this persecution, we remain committed to fight for a just society where the law will be used to pursue justice not persecute citizens. WE SHALL OVERCOME

FreeJoana

FreeCecelia

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Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance veterans have dismissed the demotion of Victor Matemadanda as a mere face-saving stunt -as the clueless Zanu PF regime desperately seeks to hoodwink citizens before the 2023 polls.

In a statement MDC Veteran Activists( VAA) chairperson,
Dr Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda said Matemadanda was sacrificed for disclosing Zanu PF shenanigans in public.

Below is part of Dr Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda’s statement:

The demotion of ZANU PF stalwart and subsequent dismissal of Victor Matemadanda as the ZANU PF Political Commissar is a publicity stunt and face-saving Stunt by ZANU PF for his Sunday exposé in Mashonaland East.

Matemadanda exposed Zanu PF’s deliberate and well coordinated plot to decimate the MDC Alliance in a brazen attempt to further subvert the people’s will and create a one party state.

Matemadanda as the Party’s Political Commissar is well versed on his party’s covert and overt plans to decimate their only threat and genuine opposition hence his remarks at the Mashonaland East PCC meeting.

We view Matemadanda’s remarks as not only confirming ZANU PF’s harsh treatment of real opposition parties who demand for checks and balances from it but also as a violation of the national Constitution and a threat to democracy.

Matemadanda overwhelmed with excitement of finally getting a chance to destroy ZANU PF’s rival exposed ZANU PF’s strategy as 2023 beckons.

It is not the first time that a top ZANU PF official has blattered out shocking Revelations of a plot to destroy the MDC Alliance;the ZANU PF President’s “shamhu ino munyu” mantra was crafted in that manner.The g*rating rhumba musician and former Deputy Minister of Information Energy Mutodi was also “demoted” for the same shenanigans.

Our intelligence sources have revealed that ZANU has not demoted him but is set to reassign Matemadanda as a fire fighting measure.

It is not surprising when ZANU PF paraded a few touts they allegedly claimed where MDC Alliance members who had defected.It is so desperate to the extent of printing fake MDC Alliance cards and T-shirts to paint a narrative of a fizzling party as claimed by Matemadanda.

As peaceful citizens and veterans of the poor People’s struggle we view the alleged Dismissal, demotion,Reassignment or whatever term they would like to use as cosmetic,fire fighting and a publicity stunt to mislead the local and international community to paint a narrative of a Reformist ZANU PF yet it is championing the demise of a legitimate opposition party and The Government in waiting.

We therefore condemn the brazen attempt to create a one-party state by the Regime by meddling in opposition politics and the shutting out of Democratic space and the selective application of the law with the utmost contempt it deserves.

Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance has urged the police to arrest Mrs Auxillia Mnangagwa for violating lockdown regulations.

Mrs Mnangagwa is travelling around the conducting what she calls traditional cooking workshops.

Last week, Mrs Mnangagwa was embarrassed by angry students at Masvingo Polytechnic.

In a statement, the MDC Alliance denounced “selective application of the law” in the country:

29 March 2021

By
Mandava Blessing

Provincial Spokesperson

The Zvimba North MDC Alliance trio of Provincial Deputy Secretary leader Chinanzvavana, Zvimba North Deputy Chairperson Ldr Daniel Hove and Organising Secretary Ldr Aiden Wairesi who were arrested on Saturday in Raffingora in Zvimba North after resisting an attempt by plain clothes to barge uninvited into the internal Party Building Directorate meeting.

The alert MDC Alliance members resisted this unlawful act resulting in a scuffle where some of our members were injured and the arrest of the 3.

The 3 were granted $10000 bail, ordered to stay at their given addresses,not to interfere with state witnesses and to report every Monday and Friday between 0600hrs and 1800hrs.

The matter has been remanded to 14 April 2021 for routine remand.

It is sad to note that the “law” chooses to turn a blind eye when ZANU PF convene meetings attended by thousands of people but suddenly become alive when the MDC Alliance convenes internal Executive meetings.

Amai Mnangagwa is travelling the length and breadth of this nation with a huge entourage conducting cooking workshops at a time the nation is dithering on the brink of collapse.

She has been to Chinhoyi,Gweru,Kwekwe and Masvingo where it is alleged that hungry and angry students chased her away and riot police allegedly came to her rescue.We haven’t even heard when she will be arrested for violating the same COVID-19 lockdown regulations.

It will be a great day for democracy when she is also arrested for violating the same.

As poor peace loving , patriotic Zimbabweans we shall not be deterred by a rich,selfish and gluttonic few from converging for change.
We shall not continue to wallow in poverty while a few suppress us for their own selfish gains.

We cannot let the nation sink on our watch.We shall continue to converge as citizens until a solution to our crisis as a nation is found.

The Regime should stop acting like an Ian Douglas Smith minion.

ALUTA CONTINUA

TOGETHER WE ARE BIGGER, BETTER & STRONGER.

#ITS NOT YET UHURU

#ZimbabweAgenda

#CitizensConvergenceForChange

Contact Details:

Facebook:The MDC Mashonaland West Province

Twitter:@mdcmashwest

Provincial Spokesperson:0719891243

Multi-award-winning Zim Hip Hop artist, Ti Gonzi, born Tinashe Gonzara, has been dragged to court after he reportedly assaulted his former wife.

The rapper was not asked to plead when he appeared in court over the weekend.

His estranged wife Esther Tendere took to the witness stand and told the court that she wanted to withdraw the matter before plea.

Tendere said her former husband is the one who is providing for the upkeep of their four-year-old son and has a head injury that needs constant check-ups and he has since apologised.

Police records indicate the scuffle took place at Avondale Shops on 25 March when the two were due to discuss the welfare of their child.

Ti Gonzi allegedly asked why his wife was always insulting him over the phone, and then assaulted her with clenched fists on her face.

The accused allegedly threw the pliers he was holding, hitting her right thigh and injuring her in the process.

Tendere was rescued by her friend, Natalie Musins and a well-wisher.- H-Metro