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TSCZ empower female drivers

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TSCZ empower female drivers

Courage Dutiro

The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) Masvingo branch in conjunction with AMTEC motors and Exide batteries recently trained female drivers with basic roadside mechanic skills and techniques to use in case of breakdowns.
The training workshop which was held on October 28, 2023 saw 40 Masvingo-based female drivers being empowered on how to change car tyres, correctly jump start a car, change radiator water if a car overheats and to use fire extinguishers.
TSCZ Masvingo regional manager Easter Kashangura said they were on a drive to equip female drivers with basic mechanic skills to avoid scenarios where they will be stuck on roadsides after vehicles develop minor problems.
“In this awareness programme, we are targeting those who got defensive driving. This is our pilot project and we have 40 ladies. We want to equip them with basic roadside mechanic skills and techniques for use in case of breakdowns. I have learnt that women only know how to move a car from point A to B but they don’t have the knowledge and skills to use in case of breakdowns,” said Kashangura.
AMTEC Motors Masvingo branch administrator Munyaradzi Mawarire encouraged female drivers to ensure their safety by servicing vehicles with reputable mechanics.
“I encourage you to make sure that your cars have regular checkups at reputable garages, never ever travel without a spare wheel and always have regular checks on your spare wheel.
“In case you have a tyre puncture, don’t travel for a long distance with the punctured tyre because it will cause more damage,” said Mawarire.
He also taught them how to interpret warnings displayed on the dashboard and what action to take.
Masvingo Provincial Consumer Council protection officer Ketai Zvinonzwa encouraged women to buy vehicle spare parts from trusted outlets.
“It is important to get spare parts from reputable companies that provide genuine parts for your cars,” said Zvinonzwa.
Masvingo and Midlands Exide Regional sales manager Vimbainashe Kuyerukana helped participants with knowledge on how to clean and safely handle their car batteries.
“Car batteries have a life expectancy of two to three years if handled correctly, hot water and soda can be used to clean battery terminals, some even use coke when cleaning battery terminals which is ok,” said Kuyerukana.
One of the participants Beauty Munzverengwi who has eight years of experience as a driver said she benefitted from the programme saying she was now able to change car tyres and to correctly interpret warnings from her car.
“I am now able to replace a tyre alone in case of puncture, before this programme I used to wait for someone to do it for me. We were also taught how to interpret dashboard icons on our cars and what action to take,” she said.
Stallone Muwanzi of Blaze Fire Extinguishers encouraged the drivers to buy serviceable fire extinguishers and urged them to service them twice a year.
TSCZ also urged all drivers to have first aid kits in their cars.

Two factions emerge as CCC Cllrs face new headache

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Two factions emerge as CCC Cllrs face new headache

… who will replace mayor Shantiel Chiwara

Brighton Chiseva

MASVINGO – The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councilors in Masvingo are already divided on who will replace former Mayor Shantiel Chiwara who broke three records in a space of one month by becoming the youngest mayor in Zimbabwe, the first female mayor of Masvingo City and the shortest serving mayor.
Chiwara with others was recalled by self-imposed CCC interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu on trumped up charges of ceasing to be party members, together with other councilors, MPs and Senators across Zimbabwe.
Councilors are alleged to have already started preparing themselves to replace Chiwara who Tshabangu said was imposed both in the ward and as Mayor.
Sources within the party said there was no clear party position as of now but the councilors were divided amongst themselves and two factions have since emerged.
The deputy and current acting mayor who is ward 5 councilor Daniel Mberikunashe is poised to take over the reins.
However, his election would mean that there will a vacancy to replace him as deputy mayor, and if the party decides to pull the gender card, ward 1 councilor Sabina Chikwangwani is likely to take the position only if they do not consider Richard Musekiwa of ward 8 who has experience in council as this is his third term.
“Though the party has no clear position, as it stands Mberikunashe seems to be the favourite considering the fact that it took the president a long time to choose between him and Chiwara for the post of Mayor and those in his corner are the three female councilors Chikwangwani, Alaika Time and Esther Zishiri who got in through women’s quota, Bernard Muchokwa of ward 9 and Maxwell Madhuna of ward 3,” said the source.
The source further said there was another faction which is alleged to be fronting vocal ward 4 councilor Alec Tabe and Wilstaff Sitemere of ward 6 and these two could get support from the two Zanu PF councilors.
“Tabe and Sitemere are also eyeing the post and are yet to agree on who amongst them will contest and their faction could get backing from Tafara Masimba of ward 7 and the two Zanu PF councilors Sengerai Manyanga and Sharon Marombedze,” said the source.
Another source said Masvingo councilors were mooting the Victoria Falls and Kariba incidents where they defied party orders of imposing a mayor and voted otherwise.
“The councilors are threatening to replicate the Kariba incident if the party imposes a candidate on them but they are divided amongst themselves, that’s the challenge. Luckily Zanu PF has no numbers otherwise it could be a disaster,” said the source.
Sources said Tabe has ties with the likes of Amos Chibaya and that could play in his favor and could make a good candidate for deputy mayor considering his level of education and being vocal in council.
“If the party doesn’t pull the gender card, Mberi could be the mayor and considering ties that Tabe has with the organizing secretary Amos Chibaya, he can be the deputy mayor. He is vocal in council chambers and that could work in his favor,” said the source.
When Chiwara was elected mayor, councilors were asked to take pictures of the ballot papers before the elections were temporarily suspended by Zanu PF councilors who were demanding an explanation on why they were taking pictures in the booth.
Contacted for comment on how will council elect a new Mayor, Masvingo Town Clerk Engineer Edward Mukaratirwa said the urban council’s act required council to replace the mayor but said it does not give time frames as to when the election should take place.
“The Urban Councils Act is clear, in the absence of the mayor, the deputy mayor takes all the duties of a mayor until a new mayor is elected. The act is not prescriptive on the timeframe when a new mayor can be elected.
“The council in consultation with the Ministry of Local Government conducts the elections. However, if the council takes time before electing the new mayor, the minister is allowed to instruct council to conduct elections, if they fail again then the minister may be forced to appoint the mayor,” said Mukaratirwa.

Abductors are the ones not patriotic

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Abductors are the ones not patriotic

Ladies and gentlemen, Mapombi is dismayed and disheartened by the events of this past week. I shuddered seeing a man dressed in civilian clothes brandishing a riffle of such calibre in broad daylight and in full watch of citizens abducting the country’s youngest Member of Parliament Ngadziore. Veduwe kana ndimiwo, pamwe pacho munongoti zvenyu pane arikukuroyai senyika but murikuzviroya mega. Namai vangu kudai muri kuzvinokora tsoka moga moga zvenyu asi hamuzvioni. Whoever ordered or orchestrated that abduction should be answerable to so many questions. Neniwo Mapombi nehama dzangu dzekwaChirimudombo tine mibvunzo yakawanda. I played so many scenarios in my mind trying to analyse kuti ndiani chaizvo angava akaita chinhu ichi if it is not the usual culprits. Some of my questions were answered by critically looking at former Mabvuku-Tafara MP Chidhakwa’s own scenario, but then again the question remains; why? I then concluded kuti aiwazve, the Patriotic Act vanhu chaivo who it is supposed to target ndivava vari kuita zvinhu izvi, because the world is watching. Let’s say for example, those this country considers to be adversaries are watching, don’t you think they watch with glee as you continue having these abductions of not just ordinary citizens, but high profile people like lawmakers and opinion leaders? Kamfana kadiki diki kudaro has made it into Parly, something vanhu vane medulla oblangata should be celebrating, but what do you do? Kukumura mwana hembe kumunyora nyora nemboma muviri wose, nyadzi makaisepi chaizvo? Shuwa, in all sanity, a person is snatched from the streets in broad daylight while the world is watching, to prove what exactly? And then you see mabiyangu Linda nemwana waDhagi busy kuita discredit such a serious issue.Ende huye bodo shuwa. Munozoti Mapombi anotaurisa but zvimwe zvacho tinyareiwo. Ini hangu ndiri jentrumen handivanzi, and I think Berita waDhagi is just bitter kuti ‘ra ra ra’ yakatadza kubura nhanzvu, kkkkk, zvimwe zvatinomboitirwa muno munyika so zvinosetsa. So you thought waitozonzi First Child here nhai Berita kutopihwawo maportfolio sevana vevamwe zvatirikuona? 2030 vanenge vachipo ava, and your father by then kunenge kwatova kudhara ikoko. I doubt anyone will be remembering that kwaimbova naTogi Mwonzora.
Masvingo city muchabaikana nematsvana emamayor, kkkkkk. Kungodai matova naMayor mutsva, and very soon tinenge taana mudhara wedu Mberi muMayor’s chambers. Long time coming but haa zvazongoendwa. Mapombi is really hopeful kuti zvichaita saizvozvo because mudhara uya looks like he is the only level headed pane rimwe team rese. MaChristmas ati dyiwei hawo but what can we do, ane bhonzo ane nyama. ZveImposition zviya zvekungodzimikira vanhu will work against the party Mayor akazogumisira abva kuZanu ine macouncilor maviri oga. Heya, chizungairai muchidaro. Hezvino ndiri pano. Deno matoisa henyu Mai Chikwangwani pahudeputy mayor weee, pamwe the gender card might rescue you, chero hazvo mazano achiri mashoma paya. But I think with time uye kumbopiswa piswa nevakomana vemedia, vanenge vangwara manje manje. Mai Dorca vakahuita wani vudeputy Mayor vakainda Germany vakamiririra kanzuru, vachingoti ‘Minisparati’ varimo muBerlin nemuKernen. Mai Dorca bhinya raPastor Mundondo, kkkk seka hako Mapombi. I heard Roki chiri kufara zvisingambobviri at the prospects of returning to town house, vakomana power inonaka veduwe. Hapana asingadi kudya and vanhu vacho havaguti. Had Chirairo not declared that haachaiti zvepolitics I think he would have been a better candidate for that ward 2 if Shantiel does not return, but it looks like vanhu veward 2 are stuck with Roki, kkkk, mati madii. On a serious note though, I think dai zvemaelections zvachipera tafocuser neservice delivery, because a lot is happening in the vicinity that requires attention. Mvura yakunaya iyi we need a proper drainage system, fungaiwo shamwari dzangu dzinorara mumapavement and those pavements will be flooded because of poor drainage. Panoda kugadziriswa ipapo.
Ko how far Henrietta uko? I laughed when I heard that she had been remanded in custody ndikati haa, nyika yedu is either one of these two things: either a huge crime scene or a big circus because zvimwe zvinhu zvacho unotozvishaya. The Gold Mafia craze came and went, names were dropped and people were implicated but nhasi ndopotozonzwa nywee nywee, Rushwaya asungwa. Imika, mutiitire mushe. Even matare acho kana ndimiwo. Uyuwo muimbi wedu wembiri wedzechitendero Ivy nemurume wake vosungwazve hanzi they forged papers ekupracticer hugweta. Ladies and gentlemen, some of the things that happen in our country zvinopedza power. What does all this mess say about our institutions’ credibility? If people can get away with things like that, ndokutizve nyika yangove bheke raTizirai, unowana zvese imomo—unogona kungowana dzvinyu rakatsamira sadza rakaomeswa kana majuru ari musalad cream, kkkkk. I know izvozvi munenge makutoti Mapombi anenge ava kuita zvemadrugs, no no no, I don’t play with such serious issues. Ndingoriwo kuteerera malyrics ezviri kupisa these days, the likes of Hurungwere naBaba Harare vekuona bhawa rakadhakwa gore riya. Did you guys know kuti Father Capital City is our own Masvingo boy, wepaBikita apa? I think you all see that in the way he puts people in their places, kunyanya Java. It boggles my mind how that clown got such close proximity to power zvekudaro to the extend yekufamba achivhundutsira vanhu that authorities will deal with them. Yes, we all know what the authorities are capable of, but in the battle of words between ajigija Passion naMutarisi I think what made Mutarisi angry is the person who delivered the message, if ever there was any message. Kutongovhundutsirwa naPassion pachako kunotosvota, and kunopa hasha no matter how credible it may be. VeChiredzi ndovanhu kwavo vakamublueticka gore riya, ko Lowveld inombozvida here zvemadrama, kkkkk. My heart is pained when I see people who are actually contributing to the country’s GDP being victimized nemaclowns like Java. We are talking about one company yekuti if there were going to be senyika huyai kumacompetitions ezvishandwa tinoburitsawo Nash without shame. To speak about powercuts and loadshedding imhosva here, especially for someone running such a big business? Is Zimbabwe really open for business, kana kuti nderimwewo business that you mean, not business business. You see young people supporting nonsense, yet very few, if any at all has ever had a payslip. No wonder why some people are finding it difficult to survive when they move overseas because working in functional systems is too difficult for you, ko mozvizivirepi imi makakurira mukungwavha? Manje uko things are functional hakuna zvekudhiza, ndopotozoona vana Uncle vakuita mavideos vachichema on social media. One thing Zanu has done is to destroy any kind of functionality in this country and everyone has normalized the abnormal. The entitlement our leaders has is bred in that disfunctionality, that’s why they behave like bulls in a China shop. Everyday our ears are abused about the Harare-Beitbridge road hanzi Masvingo necarpet, iyo isati yapera iyoyo. It also saddens me that we have been losing influential people in that road over the past month. China ngaichingodira mari zvipere, handiti paramende makavakirwa, airport makavakirwa, ngavachingovaka mugwagwa nenjanji ka mafriends enyu from the East. At least povho may be distracted from seeing kutombora tombora pese pese kwavari kuita looking for our precious minerals isu vanyai tichitambura.
Mazuvano Nero chirikutonhoregwa SADC yakarasa chinyaya chake. But seriously, what did we all expect? These regional bodies are useless and are there to protect the interests of the status quo, kwete kuita babysit zvinyaya zvenyu izvi. Kuya ndiko kunonzi kufudzisa bere mbudzi. Hanzi Nero pazhe, chinyaya chako ichi hachina basa endai munogarisana zvakanaka ikoko, makorokoto hako iwe ED, ndiye hwava. Hameno pamwe Nero’s saving grace will be Valerio kana apinda in the coming few years because he seems level headed, but zveZanu here, hazvina guarantee.
Anyway, let me go kunokanga maputi angu zvangu for lunch, ko mazuvano tichambovata here kuChitima kuno, kuda kukotsira kudai bulldozer rauya kuzoputsa misika in the dead of the night, zvakaoma hazvo tese tangova varoyi. Mabanana azere mazuvano ndoita ekushara ndichirasha akaora. Handingaendezve ndisina kubvunza where my dear leader Mphoko is, varipiko nhai? Kkkkkk. Mboko imboko!

MSU, ZB Bank sign MoU

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MSU, ZB Bank sign MoU

Tinaani Nyabereka

Gweru – Midlands State University (MSU) and ZB Financial Holdings recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that is aimed at driving collaborative efforts between the two in terms of commercialization.
The MOU was jointly signed by the MSU Vice Chancellor, Professor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa, and the ZB Financial Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Shepherd Fungura.
The MoU will see Midlands State University and ZB Financial Holdings establishing a strong foundation that sets the stage for a long-term partnership in promoting education 5.0
Speaking at the signing ceremony held at MSU main campus, Proff Muzvidziwa said the University was excited to partner with a giant in the financial services sector saying the partnership will promote education 5.0
“This partnership expresses the desire of industry to support the national developmental and higher education philosophy of Education 5.0. This is an example of an intentional and collaboration-based strategy to nurture academia-industry partnerships that not only strengthen networks but stretch the limits of innovation.
“There is no doubt that both parties will leverage the strengths and expertise of each other to drive innovation, promote financial inclusion, and develop a robust talent pipeline in the financial technology sector,” said Muzvidziwa.
He said the friendly relationship was designed to promote sustainable and productive collaboration and exchange between the University, ZB Bank, researchers, students, innovators and employees of both parties
On his part Dr Fungura said the strategic partnership was handy in the digital era to promote innovation ecosystems.
“As ZB, innovation and agility are at the core of our business- our people are our innovation and in this digital era, the development of innovation ecosystems becomes crucial hence, the need for strategic partnerships such as this one.
“It is my belief that this symbiotic relationship will ensure research collaborations and problem solving, technology knowledge transfer leading to relevant product development, talent identification and student empowerment, work related learning and continuous promotion of innovation,” said Dr Fungura.

Heidelberg Energy Resources in One Million moringa tree walk against drug abuse

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Heidelberg Energy Resources in One Million moringa tree walk against drug abuse

Tanyaradzwa Tizora

Heidelberg Energy Resources, a company that deals with biogas and agricultural development has organized a one million Moringa tree walk against drug and environmental abuse.
The event has been set for first week of December 2023 to coincide with the national tree planting week in selected schools that are along main highways around Zimbabwe.
Heidelberg Energy Resources Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Vushe who is the organizer of the event said the idea of doing the campaign was to encourage schools, communities, institutions and universities to take moringa farming seriously saying it was a super food with multiple benefits to human health, animals, soil and environment.
He said selected institutions will be used as moringa training and research sites where people will be educated on environmental conditions and soil for moringa projects.
“We have selected Hillside Primary School in Masvingo, Maungwa High School in Gutu South and we are yet to confirm other institutions,” said Vushe.
He said the programme will help youth to desist from drug and substance abuse and women to see the importance of other projects that don’t need much capital.
“I hope to see small rural plot holders maturing into commercial businesses since moringa projects are complimented by other agricultural projects which include livestock rearing, horticulture and planting of general crops and herbs,”
“My wish is to see communities utilize local resources to improve their livelihoods. Our target audience are the youth, women, underprivileged people, prison sites and rural farmers,” said Vushe.
Since moringa is a fast – growing leguminous tree it plays a pivotal role in curbing global warming and environmental management.
He called on interested schools and funders to come on board and see the implementation of the moringa projects.
“We are inviting interested schools and sponsors to partner with us in implementing these moringa projects, so far we have about 55 volunteers,” he said.

All set for Radio festival Zimbabwe celebrations

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All set for Radio festival Zimbabwe celebrations

Staff Reporter

MASVINGO – All has been set for the first Radio Festival, Zimbabwe that is being hosted by Great Zimbabwe University at the Hebert Chitepo Law School on Friday November 3, 2023.

The festival, which is the first of its kind, was organized as a platform where radio stations in Zimbabwe come together and celebrate their existence and the event coincides with a certificate handing over ceremony of producers as well as presenters from all 14 Community Radio Stations in Zimbabwe who were trained by GZU.

Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) Campus Radio Director Golden Maunganidze said preparations for the big day were at an advanced stage saying a number of activities were lined up for the event.

He went on to say as a university they were training presenters and other radio personnel from all community radios in Zimbabwe to perfect their skills for free.

“All has been set for tomorrow’s event, we have decided to commemorate the day at the same time handing over certificates to 14 radio personnel from all community radio stations in Zimbabwe that we have been training,” said Maunganidze.

He said as a University, following some researches, they saw that personnel in community radio stations needed to perfect their knowledge and skills in radio production hence decided to come in and train them in a bid to support the government’s niche of licensing more community radios.

He said the people who were trained were the first batch and the programme will continue on yearly basis as the university trains more people in different aspects.

“This is the first programme that we hope to continue every year at GZU. We have taken these radio personnel and trained them for free as the university’s habit to support all government programmes,” he said.

Maunganidze said they were expecting the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services Jenfan Muswere and the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira among other dignitaries to grace the event.

A music bash at Mashava campus will be held after the event tomorrow and on Saturday they will go to Nemamwa where radio stations will be broadcasting live from there.

Breakthrough for Zimbabwean schools’ management systems

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Breakthrough for Zimbabwean schools’ management systems

…as local advisory firm, suggests comprehensive ICT solutions for schools

Beverly Bizeki

Schools management systems in Zimbabwe will receive a major boon after a local advisory service firm, Alinial Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe announced its intent introduce a locally customized School Management ERP system to public and private schools in with the approval of Ministry of Primary and School Education (MoPSE).
The system is meant to enhance and bring transparency in enrollment, students data management, timetable, timetable management, attendance by both students and teachers, fees collection among other things.
Alinial Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe Business Development Manager Last Matema complimented MoPSE’s initiative to digitalize learning institutions and said the manual school management systems being run in schools expose the educational sector to decisions based on not so correct information which is either stale or outdated.
“We wish to compliment the ministry in its drive to digitalize the learning institutions in line with the National Development Strategy 1. The current manual school management systems being employed in schools expose our educational sector to decisions based on stale and or outdated data by stakeholders as information retrieval is hectic and time consuming.
“It takes an average of three weeks for a bursar to come up with the outstanding fees report, by the time it comes out, it will not reflect the actual position as of that day hence a decision based on that report is misleading,” said Matema.
Matema also said the system was crucial especially in schools with hot sitting as it provides interaction with parents or guardians for learner accountability using SMS alerts.
“As you may know, most of the schools are on hot sitting due to infrastructural challenges especially in high density suburbs and growth points, this expose leanerss to sexual and drug abuse especially those in secondary school.
“Our system’s attendance module interact with parents and guardians through SMS alerts when the child attends and leave the school premises, it goes further to notify the parent or guardian on exceptional reports for example when the child misses class,” said Matema.
Matema also said the system was important in context data capturing and storage in light of hazardous environments, theft and displacement of documents and will be launched in schools in the Eastern highlands as these are often prone to natural disasters.
“We are approaching the rain season and we have heard stories about schools’ financial records being swept away during cyclone Idai and we are exposed to these disasters and must be prepared accordingly. Our system stores data in the cloud and data is recoverable in a disaster of any magnitude. Information kept on the cloud will be readily available,” said Matema.
He said of important to note is the system’s ability to provide interaction between the school and its former learners which is important in supporting the school’s programs.
“Most schools have no system to connect with their former learners who are key stakeholders in as far as supporting the schools’ programmes, sustain and promoting the school’s brand and fundraising is concerned,” said Matema.
Matema said the company is already in the process of engaging MoPSE so that they can proceed on a full scale across the country.
He said the system also caters for learners in rural areas as it allows access to academic resources such as textbooks, access to emails and other online content.

Student awarded for embracing education 5.0

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Student awarded for embracing education 5.0

Tanyaradzwa Tizora

A Masvingo student who graduated with a Diploma in Education from Masvingo Teachers’ College on Thursday 19 October was awarded by the school for embracing education 5.0 initiative after embarking on a massive tree grafting project.
Josias Chatikobo who was attached at Dunuza Primary School in Chiredzi for his teaching practice (TP) turned theory into practice and embarked on a lucrative business through grafting and selling fruit trees, was awarded by the college with a cash prize, printer, laptop, a wheelbarrow, shovels and other farming equipment.
Speaking to TellZim News, Chatikobo said the project he started in 2021 was paying off and has a number of customers in and outside Zimbabwe saying he has grafted more than 10000 trees.
“I started the project of grafting and selling fruit trees such as mango trees, lemon trees and orange trees when I was on my teaching practice at Dunuza Primary School in Chiredzi in 2021,” he said.
Chatikobo now boasts of having customers from within and outside Zimbabwe. He has grafted a total of 10 000 trees and this has changed livelihoods for many who are trading in this business hence creating an upper middle income society.
He said what began as a fulfillment of his course requirement has now grown into a big business which has changed his life.
“I have grafted the Washington navel (orange tree variety), tommy atkins (mango tree variety), Irwin (mango tree variety) and avocado tree variety. These are the trees that are on demand on the market and as a result they are being exported,” said Chatikobo.
Besides fruit trees, Chatikobo says he has also grafted 400 Cuban royal palms which are ready for sale.

Man slapped with 10 years imprisonment for attempting to murder wife

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Man slapped with 10 years imprisonment for attempting to murder wife

Decide Nhendo

A 33-year-old man from Musavangana village under Chief Mukanganwi, Bikita was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on October 20, 2023 by regional magistrate Bishad Chineka after being found guilty of attempted murder.
Ngatiyane Chifodya was found guilty of striking his wife with an axe on the hand and leg after which he also used a knife to stab her, accusing her of extra marital affairs.
Representing the state, Liberty Hove said the case was very serious and said there was need for a penalty similar to that of a person who has committed murder since his actions were inhumane since he attacked a defenseless woman in front of children traumatizing them.
It is the State’s case that on June 8, 2023, around 2000 hours the complainant was preparing supper with her two children at their homestead when the accused arrived at the house accusing the complainant to be a prostitute, and the complainant denied the allegations.
The State alleges that the accused person slapped the complainant with an open hand several times on the face, poured cold water on the complainant’s body and struck her with the back of an axe once on the right hand.
The accused person went on to pinch the complainant with a pair of pliers slightly above her vagina, lifted her up and threw her once to the ground and the complainant fell unconscious.
The accused person, before going away, threatened to kill the complainant if she reported the matter to the police, but the complainant later told custodians at Masvingo provincial hospital the person who had brutalized her, who then brought the matter to light resulting in the arrest of accused person.
In his defense Chifodya pleaded not guilty saying his wife fell down from a tree and that is how she sustained serious injuries and insisted he did not commit the crime as he said he also assisted his wife in looking for a car to ferry her to hospital and assisting with hospital bills.

Man assaults father over missing teapot

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Man assaults father over missing teapot

Admire Chatindo

A 29-year-old Masvingo man recently appeared before Masvingo Magistrate Ivy Jaona facing charges of breaching a peace order after he assaulted his father with a wooden log for accusing him of stealing tenant’s teapot.
The matter was postponed to a later date for further trial.
The court heard that on July 4, 2023 the complainant, Edison Chamisa (72) was granted a peace order against the accused Nyasha Chamisa (29) where he the latter was barred from threatening to assault or assault the complainant and not to insult the applicant in any way by a Masvingo Magistrate.
The state case as presented by prosecutor Nobukhosi Moyo is that on October 18 2023, Nyasha Chamisa against whom a court order has been issued on July 4 2023, failed to comply with the court order by disturbing his elderly father Edison Chamisa, by assaulting and insulting him, using vulgar language on the account that his father had accused him of stealing a teapot belonging to their tenant.
The accused is alleged to have assaulted his father, striking him with a wooden log on the forehead and went on to damage complainant’s door, after which the father reported the matter to the police leading to the son’s arrest.

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