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Farmers encouraged to embrace Urea treatment of Stover

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Farmers encouraged to embrace Urea treatment of Stover

Faith Duri

Farmers in Masvingo province have been encouraged to embrace Urea Treatment of Stover to improve livestock production for smallholder farmers to protect and develop the national herd.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development (MoLAFWRD) Dr John Basera said this during a Urea Treatment of Stover and Pfumvudza field tour held in Ward 13 Masvingo District on September 26, 2023.
“Masvingo province has close to 20 percent of the national herd which needs to be protected in view of our livestock recovery and growth plan.
“Farmers are encouraged never to lose any livestock due to poverty and deaths, the urea treatment of Stover will help animals maintain their condition in distress periods thereby improving productivity in the sector.
“All farmers are encouraged to embrace urea treatment of Stover for growth of the sector, therefore extension officers have a task to follow up beneficiaries of the programme and ensure good agronomic practices are religiously followed for increased production and productivity,” said Dr Basera.
Dr Basera also added that all extension officers ensure that the treatment is administered correctly so that no cattle dies from it.
“Our extension officers are going to make sure that no livestock dies with this urea treatment since they are going to be there when you will be making the treatment to instruct you in every step,” added Basera.
Acting Deputy Director in the department of Livestock Production and Development Rutendo Nyahoda explained to farmers on how to prepare the urea treatment.
“To prepare a urea treatment, one needs mealie-stocks or straws which they cut into small pieces not longer than 10cm using a knife or a machine then dig a hole which has a length of 4m and a width of two meters and one meter deep.
“Basic ingredients needed for urea treatment are 50kg of urea for protein, 200litres drum of water and mealie stocks that can make about 1 tonne food and optional ingredients needed are sugar for energy and salt but if one doesn’t have these ingredients they can use the basic ingredients.
“We all know that if cattle eat food with urea they die since it is poisonous to animals, so if you prepare this process correctly nothing will happen to your cattle.
“We have instructed our extension officers to make sure that they train you to make the urea treatment, so make sure that whenever you want to make the treatment an extension officer must be there to instruct you on how to make the treatment, after the treatment is done you incubate under plastic sheeting for 5weeks
“After 5weeks you put them under a tree for one week for aeration then give your cattle 2kg each per day” said Nyahoda.
Masvingo provincial veterinary officer Kramer Manyetu also added that farmers must not give 2kg straight, they must at least give them 1kg each to see if the treatment have been made correctly.
“We must not give the cattle 2kg straight, farmers must at least give them 1kg for cattle and quarter a kg for goats and sheep to see if you have made the treatment correctly if the treatment is not made correctly there are signs that cattle will make within the first three hours of receiving treatment.
“The first sign that shows cattle have been affected is the nervous sign, so each farmer must have at least 5litres of vinegar when they are about to give their livestock the treatment.
“If your cattle is affected you give them 2litre of vinegar but giving them 500ml after every 30mins,” said Manyetu.
Urea treatment of maize Stover is a feed technology developed to improve the nutritive value of high fibrous crop residues for efficient utilization of available feed resources.

Mashava based mine workers steal gun from workplace

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Mashava based mine workers steal gun from workplace

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On October 6, 2023, two gold miners who resides at Chuma homestead in Marowa village under chief Chikwanda, Masvingo appeared in Masvingo magistrate court before magistrate Ivy Jaona with the charge of stealing company property and firearm.
The duo were remanded in custody for continuation of trial on October 10, 2023.
The state led by Tinotenda Makoti told the court that in July 2023, the accused persons Naison Chizema (22) and Muratile Matutu (26) employed at Golden hill mine in Mashava hatched a plan to steal the company’s firearm which was in a storeroom.
Matutu went into the storeroom and took the smith and wesson revolver, four x emex emulsion explosives, seven x fuse codes and a lighter code whilst Chizema remained outside as sentry.
They went on to hide the loot in a pit near the fence of the premise.
After knocking off duty, Chizema took to his residence where he hid them at the nearby bush under a rock.
The following day the complainant Ragin Kassim (46) noticed that the firearm and some company’s property was missing, at around 0200hours and reported the matter to the police.
Detectives from CID Masvingo received a tip off that Chizema was in possession of a firearm at his place of residence.
Acting upon the received information, detectives approached Chizema and informed him about the nature of their inquiry.
He then led detectives to the nearby bush where he had hidden the revolver and other property that was missing and everything recovered.
Chizema implicated Matutu who was arrested that same day in Mashava.

Good Samaritan loses US$530 to passenger

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Good Samaritan loses US$530 to passenger

Admire Chatindo

A Masvingo man will rue the day he decided to give a free ride to a 24-year-old man on his way to church after the passenger went on to steal from him.
The accused has since appeared before Masvingo magistrate Ivy Jaona facing charges of theft, after stealing US$530 in a car he had been left by the driver who had gone to attend a church service
The case was postponed to a later date for further examinations
Prosecutor Esabel Pambuka told the court that on September 20 2023, at Ndarama High School Masvingo Bonfree Rukovo Rukovo resides at 993 Chinyavada Street, Rujeko C, stole US$530 in Alphos Mazarire’s car.
Mazarire was driving his motor vehicle, a Mazda Rustler to Ndarama High school for a church service, and on his way, he met Rukovo and offered him a lift.
Mazarire made his way to one on the classes where a church service was in progress, leaving behind Rukovo seated in his car.
Mazarire later returned to his car only to discover his empty car, without Rukovo and the US$530 he had left in his car.
Mazarire filed a police report and investigations led to the arrest of Rukovo.

NAMA awards set for Bulawayo

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Tinaani Nyabereka

Bulawayo – The 22nd edition of the National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) is set to be held in Bulawayo in February next year which is the first time ever for the prestigious awards to be held outside Harare, organisers of the event have revealed.
The awards, that are recognised as the premier arts awards in the country that recognize top performing artists, have for a long time been held in the capital but this time around, the City of Kings will host the ceremony.
National Arts Council of Zimbabwe director, Nicholas Moyo revealed that they settled for Bulawayo after failing to find a suitable venue to host the event in other provinces outside Harare.
“This time we decided to take the event outside Harare and we have resorted to Bulawayo. The decision was reached after failing to find a suitable venue that could host such an event in other provinces that’s why we settled for Bulawayo,” said Moyo.
As part of the preparations for the awards, there will be a golf day on November 10, in Bulawayo, with the aim of having artists, corporates and other stakeholders to mix and mingle sharing notes in a relaxed environment.
A Gweru artist and actress, Enifa Mbewe expressed gratitude to the changes saying this year’s edition was a unique phenomenon.
“Having the Southern Region hosting the NAMA shows that there is a culture of inclusivity and diversity in promoting arts and culture. We are happy that, this time we are going to see the new artists and new participants being given the platform to be awarded and rewarded for their skills,” said Mbewe.

Chief Nhema’s wife gets top position at Zaka RDC

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Chief Nhema’s wife gets top position at Zaka RDC

Perpetua Murungweni

Zanu PF bigwigs in Zaka District are being accused of competing to put their wives in influential positions with the latest development being that of staunch ruling party member Chief Nhema’s wife Portia Gwese being seconded to be finance committee chairperson.
The development comes just after Zaka District Coordinating Committee (DCC) Chairperson and Zaka South MP Clemence Chiduwa reportedly influenced his wife Fungai Maregere’s election as Council Chairperson.
Not to be outdone, Nhema is believed to have influenced his wife Gwese’s election as Finance Committee Chairperson and will be deputized by Enias Chinyoka of ward 4.
Ironically, Chief Nhema born Rangarirai Bwawanda who once promised President Mnangagwa 5 million votes from Zaka alone and Chiduwa are known to be adversaries and Nhema once threatened to bar Chiduwa from campaigning in his area.
Ward 18 Hakufiwi Hakufiwi who lost to Maregere for council chairperson post was elected conservation committee chairperson and will be deputized by Tererai Tererai of ward 8.S
The planning committee will be chaired by Sarah Mamvura of ward 2 and will be deputized by former council chair Sebastian Masundire of ward 13.
Benjamini Chikuni of ward 29 is the social services committee chairperson and will be deputized by Aleta Makomeke from ward 8.
Ward 9 councillor Livingstone Paradza will chair the Human Resources committee and will be deputized by Ellar Mazorodze of ward 10.
Stella Shambira of ward 24 who made it through quota system will chair the audit committee and ward 15 councilor Simeon Chakanzani is the vice chairperson.
Chakazani torched a media storm on Election Day after he was assisted to vote despite him being a Zanu PF candidate and deputy headmaster.

Journalists urged to consider solutions journalism

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Journalists urged to consider solutions journalism

Beverly Bizeki

Journalists in Masvingo have been urged to start considering solutions journalism in their work as they increase reportage on organised torture and violence.
Speaking at a press club organized by the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) with support from Research And Advocacy Unit (RAU) in Masvingo, Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) media lecturer and Campus Radio Director Golden Maunganidze said it was important for journalists to start considering solutions journalism in an environment where there is organised violence and torture.
“It is not popular yet but these days people are talking about solutions journalism, how do journalists come in where there are conflicts, human rights can be violated where people can fight for resources, power among other things but we can also have case studies from elsewhere we may not be writing hard news stories but we can write feature stories and bring solutions on the table.
“Solutions journalism is about how we balance stories, how the media gets to bring warring people on the table where they also discover there is no need to fight each other, and see the need to talk. It’s how the media educates the people on the good and bad,” said Maunganidze.
Maunganidze who is also Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) national and regional chairperson said it was crucial for members of the media to research and read widely to proffer solutions in their work.
“It is also incumbent upon ourselves to simplify what the constitution says for the ordinary persons so we have a huge role but we cannot do that if we do not research and read beyond the things that we learnt in schools so there is need to continuously read and draw examples from elsewhere,” said Maunganidze.
Solutions journalism is an approach to news writing that focuses on response, outcome, evidence and insights.
Another presenter, Yolanda Chandata who is a legal practitioner members of the press to improve reportage on organized violence and torture saying they should do that without fear or favor but making sure that they report accurately.

Man ‘burns’ neighbor’s vehicle over well dispute

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Man ‘burns’ neighbor’s vehicle over well dispute

Bright Zhou

A 48 year -old Masvingo man who resides at village 12 Mkosi resettlement under chief Shumba recently appeared before Masvingo magistrate Ivy Jaona on Malicious damage of property charges after setting his neighbor’s vehicle on fire over a dispute involving a village water well.
He was remanded in custody to October 4, 2023for continuation on.
It is the states’ case as presented by Isabel Pambuka that on September, 2023 the accused person Peter Masvimbo (48) went on to fence a well tha was being used by whole community in the village including the complainant Kenias Muroiwa (51).
Muroiwa then confronted Masvimbo asking why he had fenced the well, Masvimbo blocked members of the village from fetching water at the well and this did not go well until the matter was reported to village headman Phineas Zezai who later summoned Muroiwa to rule on the matter.
A misunderstanding arose between Muroiwa and Masvimbo and, on September 29, 2023 at around 0325hours, Masvimbo went to Muroiwa’s homestead whilst Muroiwa was sleeping in his bedroom.
Muroiwa then noticed a light used by Masvimbo passing in between the kitchen and his bedroom, suddenly he saw Masvimbo set on fire to his vehicle Toyota Noah which was parked between the bedroom and the kitchen.
Muroiwa then came outside his bedroom and noticed a huge flame of fire coming up from the engine of his vehicle, Muroiwa then saw Masvimbo through the fire light and he fled away into the darkness after Muroiwa called him by his name.
Muroiwa did not chase Masvimbo he managed to set off fire on his vehicle, he then went to Masvimbo’s homestead about one hundred and fifty metres from his home and he had an ambush before Masvimbo reached his homestead.
Muroiwa then saw Masvimbo entering his homestead and he took no action at that moment he then reported the matter at Muchakata ZRP and investigations were instituted leading to the arrest of Masvimbo.

Gutu man in court for impersonating Chief Munyikwa

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Gutu man in court for impersonating Chief Munyikwa

Admire Chatindo

An 86- year- old man from Muvavarirwa village, under Chief Munyikwa in Gutu recently appeared before Gutu magistrate facing charges of impersonating Chief Munyikwa.
Rafinos Kubiku who pleaded not guilty is alleged to have convened a meeting which he chaired as Chief Munyikwa and dispatched letters with the chief’s signature summoning people to another meeting.
However, the matter is still pending as the state requested to do more investigations after the defense council argued that the accused gained nothing from the meeting rendering the case incomplete.
The state alleged that on May 4, 2023, Rafinos Kubiku (86) convened a meeting at Kubiku Primary School, Gutu, where he chaired as Chief Munyikwa. The accused person went on to dispatch letters for a meeting which was to be conducted on May 25 2023 at Kubiku Primary School and one of the family members Ishimael Rukato Kubiku received the letter.
In his defense, Kubiku claimed he never impersonated the chief but simply invited the Kubiku family members, to a meeting, whose agenda was to discuss the abuse of the Kubiku surname.
He said it was a family gathering to discuss family matters and never asked or demanded anything from those present.
Kubiku said there was an existing dispute over chieftainship with four heads of families challenging the installation of the current Chief Munyikwa born Killion Rashamira with the dispute still pending before the High Court in Masvingo.
Kubiku (86) was nabbed for obtaining advantage for himself or for some other person impersonates a peace officer as he misrepresents as chief Munyikwa and convened a meeting at Kubiku primary school realizing that there is a risk or possibility that he was lying.
The accused was never informed formally about the installation of the new chief and had been acting since 2015

Unfair distribution of inputs affecting Pfumvudza – Farmers

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Unfair distribution of inputs affecting Pfumvudza – Farmers

Faith Duri

Communal farmers in Masvingo province have lamented unfair distribution of farming inputs saying it was the reason why most of them are no longer taking part in Pfumvudza programme.
This was revealed by Masvingo ward 13 Agriculture extension officer Siphephile Dewa during a Urea Treatment of Stover and Pfumvudza tour by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Dr John Basera recently.
“There are 523 households in my ward and 232 managed to participate in pfumvudza, some farmers didn’t participate because they are demotivated saying they will not get inputs as promised.
“It is my hope that the coming of Dr Basera will however give people hope and motivation on government’s commitment towards the programme and will see other farmers who participated receiving their inputs,” said Dewa.
She said those who are part of the programme will get their inputs as they prepare and wait for the rains to put down their seeds.
“The input package for household food production will have 10kg maize seed or alternatively 2kg sorghum seed or 1kg pearl millet, 2kg groundnuts seed or 2kg sunflower or castor bean, 2kg sugar beans.
They will also get one 50kg bag top dressing, 50kg basal, 50kg lime, one-unit fall armyworm chemicals, 200ml bottle of Fipronil each termite control in termite prone areas and post-planting herbicide for three plots,” said Dewa.
She went on to say the programme was also affected by delays in preparing pfumvudza holes by farmers who fail to do it in winter as expected.
“The main challenge we are facing is that our farmers tend to dig their Pfumvudza holes near the farming season of which they are supposed to prepare them during the winter season,” she said.
In his address, Dr Basera said inputs should be distributed fairly and equitably and urged every farmer to take part.
“Distribution must be done fairly and equitably, the inputs have to be properly used for us to achieve the desired results and abuse of the inputs will not be tolerated.
“We advise farmers against selling inputs, audit of inputs will be carried out during distribution to ensure transparency,” said Dr Basera.
Masvingo province is targeting 326 484 beneficiaries of the pfumvudza programme which translates to 1 632 420 plots amounting to 101 863ha.
Of the 105 897 beneficiaries trained so far 42 359 are male while 63 538 are females and 13 360ha have been prepared to date.

Family appeals for information on missing person

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Family appeals for information on missing person

Beverly Bizeki

A family in Masvingo is looking for their relative who is missing and appealing for information that can help to establish his whereabouts.
The missing person Munyaradzi Mureyi disappeared sometime in early June this year and has not been seen to date.
Munyaradzi’s Brother Tagona Mureyi reported to the police after his brother went missing but no leads have been found.
My brother went missing sometime in June when he left the house saying he was going to Gweru and since then we have never heard from him.
“We reported the matter at Chikato Police Station but no leads had been found yet,” said Tagona
He said on the day, Munyaradzi (42) left his home in Mucheke A in Masvingo saying he was heading to Gweru and was wearing a blue stripped golf t shirt with grey jeans.
Tagona Mureyi can be contacted on +263 77 706 5905 or +27 78 441 7721

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