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Gutu man loses life while seeking fortune

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Gutu man loses life while seeking fortune

Decide Nhendo

In a heart touching incident, a Gutu man lost his life while searching for gold ore at an abandoned foundation of a building in Gutu on July 3, 2023 around 1600hrs.
Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the incident and warned people to consider their safety when doing artisanal mining.
“We can confirm that we received a report where a 24 year old man lost his life after a wall collapsed on him while digging for gold at an abandoned house. As police we would like to urge members of the public to consider their safety when seeking fortunes,” said Dhewa
Sources said the deceased Tadious Mukaro aged (24) of Handeki village under Chief Gutu , together with his friends Francis Taonezvi(31) and Tafadzwa Mashava(33) of plot 12, Grasslands A, Zoma Chartsworths were doing their hustle as usual when a wall collapsed and trapped Tadious who was using a hammer and chisel to hit the wall.
“The concrete slab fell on Tadious and hit him on his head causing some fractures and bruises on both legs, and eventually he died on spot.
Eastdale police attended the scene and the deceased’s body was taken to Gutu mission hospital.

Disability advocate Nigel Tahwa appeals for wheelchair donation

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Disability advocate Nigel Tahwa appeals for wheelchair donation

Tinaani Nyabereka

MIDLANDS – Gweru-based Disability Advocate, Nigel Tahwa who is also disabled is appealing to well-wishers for assistance to acquire a new wheelchair

He said he is facing mobility challenges as his old wheelchair is worn out and is no longer conducive for him to conduct his services.

“I’m appealing to the public and corporate world to help me raise $285 that is needed for a new wheelchair. The wheelchair is my only means of mobility as I do my advocacy work in the community every day. I almost fall on pavements as wheels and the general condition of my chair is no longer stable, It is now worn out and I am even spending long hours stuck in one place,” said Tahwa.

26 year old Tahwa said he was born disabled and is currently unemployed so it is difficult for him to raise the amount.

“I was born with a condition called cerebral palsy, a disorder that affect a person’s ability to develop physical, maintain balance and posture currently, and I stay with my mum. I don’t work but am currently doing a bit of some humanitarian work in Gweru which requires me to move around,” said Tahwa.

He said every dollar counts and he accepts any other form of help which people in his state require.

“Just know that every dollar or donation counts and it will go a long way in granting my safety, I am currently working for an organization called “Let’s Make A Difference Disability Zimbabwe”, so without a proper chair my work is greatly interrupted”

“I cannot serve my constituency and people around me who are also in need .The organization largely dependent on me, so as I struggle to travel, everything is at stand still.” he added.

Meanwhile pavements in Gweru Central Business District pose serious dangers to Persons with Disabilities as open trenches and unrepaired slabs continue to surface.

Those willing to assist ‘Nigel Tahwa’ can reach him on 0774123285 or 077 660 5580.

Mnangagwa expected in Zaka this week

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Mnangagwa expected in Zaka this week

Beverly Bizeki

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to visit Zaka District, for the first time since he became President, on July 16; 2023 to address a star rally ahead of August 23 election TellZim News can report.
Zanu PF Provincial Secretary for Information Pepukai Chiwewe confirmed the development and said preparations were underway.
“President Mnangagwa will be in Zaka to address a star rally at Chinorumba High School in Zaka Central. Preparations are underway for the big day in the district,” said Chiwewe.
He said the rally is important for the district considering the fact that he had not visited the district since he became president.
“The rally is very important for us considering the fact that it is the first time for the president to visit the district since the inception of the new dispensation. So we are happy and confident that his visit will aid in our voter mobilization as we strive to play our part towards the five million votes target,” said Chiwewe
Zanu PF recently launched its campaign and the top leadership will be touring Masvingo Province in the next two weeks.
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga visited the province for a rally in Gutu East on July 10 and will visit Gutu West on August 3.
The party Vice President Kembo Mohadi will be visit Masvingo Central on August 12.
National chairperson Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri who is also the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs is expected to address a rally Mwenezi West on August 17 in
Mnangagwa was in Masvingo last month where he addressed first time voters at Mucheke Stadium.

Zanu Pf in charge of Council affairs – Mahwende

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Zanu Pf in charge of Council affairs – Mahwende

Perpetua Murungweni

Masvingo city council Deputy Mayor and Zanu PF aspiring candidate for Masvingo Urban constituency Wellington Mahwende has said it is the ruling party that is in charge of how local authorities operate saying all developments done by council should be attributed to Zanu PF.
Mahwende who was speaking at Chitima Market where he was handing over some cash to victims of Chitima inferno. Mahwende said Zanu PF is responsible for development in Masvingo not council since most of the developments were done using devolution funds that comes from Zanu PF run government.
“The government is responsible for development in Masvingo, after President Emmerson Munangagwa realized that Masvingo City Council was doing nothing, he embarked on emergency road rehabilitation in the city. In terms of infrastructure Masvingo is the best because of what the government is doing,”
“All the districts in Masvingo now have clinics and schools that were built with the government not the local authorities,” said Mahwende.
He said it was not Masvingo City Council that constructed Rujeko secondary school and Runyararo West Clinic.
“It is not true that Council is responsible for the construction of Rujeko Secondary School, Rujeko clinic an Runyararo West Clinic, all this was done under devolution funds that came from the government and as deputy I know,” Mahwende said.
The government is doing all of this because the council had failed, though it is the council’s duty to ensure that people get water and the roads are serviced.
“It is council’s responsibility to ensure that people get water and it is also their duty to ensure that roads are serviced, the government is only responsible for main roads under the ministry of transport and the main roads are serviced.
The government intervenes when council fails because the majority of councilors in the council are not of the ruling party and they tend to blame government for their failures,” said Mahwende.

Council to splash US$ 130K on two luxury vehicles

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Council to splash US$ 130K on two luxury vehicles

Beverly Bizeki

Masvingo City Council made a resolution to spend US$129 380 buying two Toyota GD6 vehicles for its Chamber Secretary and Senior Environmental Health Officer.
This was revealed in Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes dated June 23; 2023 where council resolved to purchase the two vehicles.
“Council has resolved to purchase conditions of service vehicles for Chamber Secretary and Senior Health Officer and respectively being Toyota Hilux 2.8 GD6 4×4 Executive Double Cab at estimated cost of US$69 380.00 for Chamber Secretary and Toyota Hilux 2.4 GD6 Standard Double Cab at estimated cost of US$60 000.00 for the Senior Health Officer,” read part of the minutes.
The development is continuation of the first phase where council purchased two vehicles for the Acting Director of Engineering Services and Chief Environmental Health Officer
“It was reported that in August 2022 Council resolved to purchase the vehicles in phases and so far under phase 1, vehicles for the Acting Director of Engineering Services and Chief Environmental Health Officer have been bought,” read part of the minutes.
Council has since then resolved to purchase the two vehicles after completion of phase one with the vehicles with a cost of US $69 380 and US $60 000 respectively.
In 2021 council purchased 12 motor vehicles which comprised of 1 refuse compactor, 1 Toyota minibus, 5 Toyota Sedan vehicles, and 5 Nissan pick-up trucks which they said was meant to enhance service delivery.
In a full council meeting held on Monday July 04, only ward 7 councilor Richard Musekiwa, was against the resolution saying council should focus on service delivery first.
He said council should buy at least one of the two and direct money for the other vehicle to service delivery vehicles.

Shameless: Police release teargas on CCC supporters after banning rally

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Shameless: Police release teargas on CCC supporters after banning rally

TellZim Reporter

CHIREDZI – The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Chiredzi, after banning the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) election campaign launch in Tshovani Stadium, where its leader, Nelson Chamisa was expected to address this week threw teargas to innocent civilians who stay close to the stadium and school children who were coming from school.
The police banned the rally saying they were under resourced to provide security during the rally but managed to throw teargas canisters to disperse party supporters who had camped outside the stadium to meet Chamisa who was expected to address them.
When contacted for comment, National Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said he would need to get information of what transpired from the police command in Masvingo.
“I will have to check with police command in Masvingo to be able to comment on the matter,” said Nyathi.
However, TellZim News witnessed the fiasco where a number of people including the elderly had torrid time in breathing as they were affected by the smoke.
Chiredzi Town Council Vice Chairperson and Chiredzi Central CCC aspiring candidate, Ropafadzo Makumire confirmed the incident and said he doesn’t know why the police decided to use teargas in residential area after spending several hours with party supporters who were waiting to meet Chamisa.
He said they suspect that the police could have been ordered by their bosses in Masvingo or Harare.
“This wasn’t their idea, there was an invisible hand behind. They had spent several hours with us, though we were barred from entering Tshovani Stadium, they never raised a single button stick to anyone,”
“We were shocked as to how they later decided to fire tear gas in a residential area? It seems Zanu PF was controlling our peace loving officers,” Makumire said.
He went on to say a number of people were affected and had to be rushed to hospital.
“Several people were hospitalized after inhaling the gas. What bothers us mainly is CCC is being treated this way when Zanu PF is holding meetings without interference from the police,” said Makumire.
In banning, the gathering police said they had channeled resources towards the official commissioning of Gwaseche Clinic and Rusununguko where Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Ezra Chadzamira was expected to come.
“Your Notification has been noted, unfortunately there will be a state occasion on 05/07/23 for the official opening of Rusununguko Clinic in Chiredzi by the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution where all resources are focused. Your notification has not been approved in terms of Section 8 of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act Chapter 11:23,” read the Police response written by Chief Superintended Chihwereva.
Chamisa was said to be coming from Chikombedzi and would make a stop in Tshovane, however, the police locked the stadium and people had to wait outside.
Sensing an imminent threat from the numbers of people, the police ordered people to go back home and disperse from the stadium. Some abided and some tried to resist forcing the ‘under resourced’
The smoke managed to force them to retreat into the residential area and the police went on to fire more gas canisters in homes, affecting innocent residents and school children and as well as those who were coming from work along Warth Road.
Areas along Chigarapasi Beerhall which is close to the Stadium along Warth Road to Tshovani Primary were all choked with tear gas, forcing many to vacate their homes.
This comes after the Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (FAZ) with some members of the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) have been allegedly going around tearing and spray painting campaign posters for Ropafadzo Makumire, who is standing in for CCC in Chiredzi Central Constituency.

Calvin Mzimukulu completes Harare-Masvingo drug awareness campaign cycling tour

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Calvin Mzimukulu completes Harare-Masvingo drug awareness campaign cycling tour

Beverly Bizeki

MASVINGO – The Ndhlela Nhire Dynasty Family Trust solo cyclist Calvin Mzimukulu managed to complete a Harare to Masvingo anti-drugs campaign cycling tour in a record 12 hours on June 29, 2023.
Mzimukulu started the race at 0500hrs from Harare’s main post office and arrived in Masvingo at exactly 1700hrs before he proceeded to Bikita’s Hanyanya Mountain the following day.
Mzimukulu said drugs are destroying the youths therefore, he took it upon himself to cycle from Harare to Masvingo and then Bikita raising awareness on the negative impacts of drugs.
“I started the journey at 0500hours and arrived at 1730hours. My objective is to raise awareness on the negative impact of drugs as well as encouraging the youths to take cycling as a sport. The tour is aims to market Hanyanya Mountains in Bikita as a safe tourist destination where tourists from across the world can visit,” said Mzimukulu.
“I am challenging the youths to take sport seriously and desist from taking drugs and spending most of their time sitting on bridges, there are a lot of celebrities who are making a living through sporting. To the youth I say, age is just a number and it is never too late for someone to start cycling,” he added.
He said they were going to have a similar tour next year and hoped to get more cyclists as next year’s programme is targeting cultural exchanges with cultural exchange programs.
Hanyanya Mountain is iconic and home to the Mtombe people and its popularly known for producing the edible stink bugs (Harurwa).

Buffaloes FC maintain top form

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Buffaloes FC maintain top form

Branton Matondo

MUTARE – Mutare Army-based side Buffaloes FC maintained its winning streak after disimissing Renco Mine by a goal to nil at Mutare Showgrounds over the weekend.
Buffaloes, which are fourth on the Eastern Region Division 1 log table, broke the deadlock after its striker fired a ferocious shot to the back of the net from a set piece in the first half. The goal separated the two teams after 90 minutes and an elated Buffaloes coach Shadreck Mugurasawe said his side is determined to win the championship this season though they started on a slow pace.
“It was a tight game but we managed to collect three points. We have to pull up our socks and maintain our winning form because we are determined to challenge the championship. The competition is high this season but I am happy that we are collecting maximum points,” said Mugurasawe.
He added that winning at home is crucial as it boosts confidence for both the players and supporters.
“Winning at home is always great; it motivates both the players and the fans. I am happy our fans are coming in their numbers when we are playing at home and we do not want to disappoint them. Winning also boosts players’ confidence and that is very important because we are yet to face some strong teams in the league,” said Mugurasawe.
“We cannot talk of FC Mazodze clinching the title because any team in the top six can walk away with the honors if you look at it closely. You can rule us out at your own peril but for now our focus is on our next assignment where we aim of collecting maximum points against FC Hunters,” he added.
Buffaloes now sit in the 4th position, 6 points behind log leaders Zhalala Zhululu as Wangu Mazodze is affectionately known.
FC Wangu Mazodze shot to the top of the log table after thwarting Tenax 3-0 at Mucheke Stadium last Sunday.
Bikita Minerals proved too good for Prince Tafirenyika and his Rusitu Tigers as they received a 3-2 thumping.
Surrey, who are also in top 10 mix came out victors against Masvingo United.

Poor service delivery violates human rights

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Poor service delivery violates human rights

Perpetua Murungweni

Local authorities violates human rights by failing to provide good services to the people and this affects the people’s enjoyment to their fundamental rights.
This was revealed in a public meeting held at Mucheke hall on July 6, 2023, hosted by Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Association (MURA) and Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD).
Speaking at the meeting Godfrey Mutimba of MURA expressed its concern over the poor services delivered by Masvingo City Council and said, by doing so the council is depriving human rights of the residents.
“As residents we are not happy with the way that we are getting water from the local authority, water usually runs from our tapes in the morning between 5 am and 9am which is a very a short stime. The constitution clearly states that people have a right to access clean water and food but Masvingo City Council is failing to provide water for us and our access to that water is also limited. This clearly means that the council is violating our right to access safe and clean water,” said Mutimba.
Mutimba also said council further violate residents’ rights through overcharging service the bills which he said were higher than the service people are getting.
“Council is overcharging us for the services that we are not getting, as residents we are receiving atrocious bills that most cannot afford. Council is billing us using the bank rate and with the state the state of our economy the rate rise every month which mean bills rise every month,” said Mutimba.
He went on to say council was violating the basic right to education as they are failing to construct more schools.
“The local authority is also violating our rights to education because they are failing to construct council schools, at one point the council lied to us that they are not allowed to construct secondary schools. We engaged Lawyers for Human Rights who told us that council was lying to, we then confronted them and they agreed to construct Rujeko Secondary School,” he said
COTRAD information officer Leah Matavire said the local authority was violating the right to health.
“Failure to provide water by council leaves us prone to outbreaks like cholera and typhoid as people end drinking water from unprotected and contaminated water sources. This means people’s right to health have been violated,” said Matavire.
Residents who attended the meeting complained mainly on water bills which they said was not reasonable considering that they receive water for a few hours at most.

Reprieve for Chitima inferno victims

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Perpetua Murungweni

Vendors from Chitima, who lost their goods to fire last week, have received help from different stakeholders including help from the aspiring Member of Parliament for Masvingo urban Wellington Mahwende.
Mahwende gave US $1000 to the fire victims from Chitima Fruit and Veg and said it should aid on the help that they are receiving so that they get back on track.
“I have come here to help and I am sure this money will aid on what you are already getting from different stakeholders to start. This is the first step but I will negotiate with Masvingo City Council as the deputy mayor. We want to get rid of plastics roofs and make sure that all vendors will get iron sheets shades so that we avoid similar incidents,” said Mahwende.
Chitima Fruit and Veg committee Chairperson Martin Shaka said they were happy with the donation from Mahwende and other stakeholders.
“I am very happy today with what Mr Mahwende has done for us, it was not easy for our fellow vendors after the fire but now it’s better, we have managed to continue our business as usual,” said Shaka.
He went on to say Wisrod Investments, a microfinance company that offers financial services to informal traders, donated US$100 to their clients who are part of the victims as well as freezing their loans, and gave them another loan each so that they can start over.
“I would also want to thank Wisrod for what they have done to us, they gave US $100 to each victim who is their client. They froze all the loans that the victims had and offered them new loans so that they can kick start their business,” said Shaka
Shaka also thanked fellow Chitima vendors from the clothing and grocery side who managed also to contribute towards the victims.
“I would also want to thank our fellow vendors from the flea market who raised US $600 for the victims and that will go a long way in making sure that they get back on their feet,” he said.
One of the victims Wanisai Pamire could not hide her joy and thanked, Wisrod, Mahwende and all those who donated to them.
“I am grateful to what Wisrod, Mahwende and other stakeholders did for us, it was difficult for us to reestablish our businesses but with the help that we received it has become easy,”.
Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprise, Vendors 4ED, Masvingo Small and Medium and Enterprises (SMEs), Masvingo City Council and Tsungai Complex vendors’ representatives who were present at the handover promised to raise something to donate to the victims.

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