Ladies and gentlemen let me express my gratitude to the almighty for this summer which came hot on the heels of a chilly winter which protruded into late August maybe ndiyo Climate Change. I don’t know if this climate change is also responsible for the happenings in West Africa. It’s now coup after coup and I don’t know where SADC is missing the point. Infact tisu takatotanga nazvo but now takazosara kure kure. We need regular coups here in Southern Region because we usually have people who want to die in power, infact hatisisu tega, it was an African problem but vamwe vaakuti chero ukapinda nayo coup the moment yaunoibhaiza you go the same way. If you think I am lying ask Damiba. Captain Traore took the reins barely 8 months after vatorerawo umwe kkk. I read it in Tambaoga novel, hanzi munhu anoita Upenyu hwebanga anofa nebanga. Zimbabweans turned green with envy kkk, hanzi dai zvadarowo kwedu kkk.
Haa but I don’t think that will ever apply here with the kind of cowards we have in Zimbabwe. In fact it will never work if we still have Chiwenga as our VP he is just a useless and heartless coward. I personally don’t think these guys had anything to do with the planning of the 2017 coup ini. Raitova game rana SB, Shiri and a few others kwete Chiwenga. Both Chiwenga and ED vakazongoita advantage of being at a vantage point to power. Sure someone was brains behind that thing not Chiwenga haa nada ndaramba. He was just used semukuru wemauto but haa he is just a coward and has no balls to do what happened paya. Don’t you think that’s the reason why achigondera kuvakadzi. When we grew up kwedu kwaChirimudombo we knew makwara will not fight with fellow men, they will rather focus on beating women. Yes, wese anorova kana kushungurudza mukadzi whether wako or weumwe is a coward. Kusimbirira kushungurudza Marry when his colleague scarfmore is buzy urinating on top of the whole people and at times he is the one controlling the horse pipe now kwakungodira pese pese.
I have since heard all arms of Zanu PF have since endorsed Mnangagwa and he won’t be contested at congress, that simply shows kuti hapana hope that Chiwenga could overturn the tables as many of you anticipated. He is failing to grab the bull by its horns. Infact he is also a bootlicker. Kana muchiti ndiri Kunyepa endai Kuuswa Ushava munzwe zvaanotaura kana ariko. Nhaiwe Chiwenga, if you see kuti you cannot lead, why don’t you just take it wopa umwe like what happened last time tongoti paya maifungawo kuti magona. Infact makatogona, that was just the beginning and we want to see the system going on. Kana makonewa chero mukapa henyuzve mukomana, after all he has all the energy. Haaa, Generari chawakabvisira Mugabe handichioni ini kana zvangu kusara kwaiyo highway yototadza kupera yagonderwa iyoyi yeBeitbridge. But I think on that scarfmore has served his purpose, at least even if he goes now tongoarawo tichiti highway kkk.
Ko ye mukomna I heard he attended the funeral of this prolific drummer Bhuradha. Hanzi the youndman humbled himself kutoenda kunogara nevamwe kumatombo kkk, what a drama. If he is humble like that he should remain as such kwete kuti rimwe zuva he is surrounded by bullies wearing cheap black suits with plastic sunglasses then kurufu moona vasina haa imika. Don’t you think he should be talking about releasing Sikhala. But this regime yazopererwa manje but haina zvayo vanochallenger. CCC yacho handitoinzwisisiwo ini. Mukati vanotoda kupinda iyemi? Handizvioni ini. They seem to lack kamwe kaZeal so. Chete I don’t want the change champions to accuse me of yep yeppingbut mashoko angu vatoanzwa. We are slowly moving towards 2023 but we haven’t seen anything serious. Tongonzwa hanzi we won’t disclose our strategies, hameno. Kana aripo mastrategies acho tichaona surprise attack in 2023.
Speaking of 2023, Zanu PF is testing waters with internal polls and chakachaya nemaCentral Committee elections kwese kwese hapana kumira mushe as the factions battle it for one of Zanu PF‘s useless committees. Vari kuroyana wogotoshaya kuti zviri pai kkk. Heard things are not well in Manicaland MR BIN is in trouble kkkk. hanzi they want to strip him and leave him at the mercy of Scarfmore kkk. Kusara asina kana chigaro kkkk nhaka, regai tione. I heard JD Hungwe’s girlfriend Mupfumira’s CV sailed through though ane nyaya dzake dziri pending, imi woye, inonzi Zanu iyi. But Patrick shuwa mashinga here kuti ambonoita ordinary card carrying member? But after that high level of betrayal you did to Uncle Baba Bona, you deserve that harsh treatment after all, Hanzi he is trying by all means to find his way in but ma1.
I heard Nkosana Moyo has done another good thing of stepping down as APA president. That’s what we call maturity, kana waona zvisiri kuita siya nguva ichiripo kwete kutambisa time, at least he has reduced the number of people paballot box. Hope others will copy ana Dougie hope vanoitawo step down soonest kkk after all it’s a mere waste of time nana Linda, no one will vote for them.
But before I go zvangu for my usual lunch of rotten bananas and maputi, iko nezuva iri ari kuora ndomadyirasvoto. Maputi kutokanga nezuva achiibva kkk. Soon and very soon Mapombi will be the only voice of reason mirai muone, hope makanzwa zvakaitika kuAMH ukoo. And even paDead BC apo heard hapana kumira ushe and they are demanding an audience with Scarfmore. They want to tell him kuti after all the propaganda they do they are not being paid kkkk. Things are not well for the scribes, zvotoda ini zvangu ndajaira zvekudya zvemubin.
Does anyone know how CDE Matemadanda is doing, I miss Mr Ibbu so much, he was the best PC I have ever knew, after Tyson the G40 kkkk. please ZBC imbopai Matemadanda mic ambotaura anything timbonzwa. Rubbish yake kkk. Ko Tyson Wabantu movement howfar? Jonso and Mzembi are quiet also these days. Haa that’s why I hate this Chiwenga faction. Haina action and drama zvaiitwa neG40 and Lacoste paya. Only Mphoko was quiet. Iye akazombonzwika here kuti aripi. I thought he will show up kuCourt yemwana wake manje cant get.
Chiwenga is a bullish coward
Leopard threatens livestock in Masvingo South
TellZim reporter
A leopard is reportedly becoming a menace as it is ‘culling’ goats and dogs in Chiponda and Muzondo villages under Chief Nyajena area near Renco Mine.
The lone leopard has killed several goats which graze in Rupara, Manguma and Mangurunguma mountain range which boarders Chiponda, Muzondo and Muvango villages.
However, the most affected village is Chiponda which has since lost a sizable number of goats and dogs to the marauding cat.
Chiponda Village Head Tafirei Manyise confirmed the development saying they were appealing to the responsible authorities to intervene before the village loses more livestock.
“I have been receiving reports from villagers from people in the far end of our village who are losing goats and dogs to the leopard and we call upon the responsible authorities to come to our rescue. A lot of goats and calves have been lost and of late dogs have fallen prey to the leopard,” said Tafirei.
He said women were now afraid to fetch firewood in the mountain and also since it’s summer season, livestock are in free range while goats favour mountains.
“Since we are in summer, livestock are allowed to roam around and that’s when some mostly goats stray into the mountains and fall prey. Now women and children are afraid of going to the mountains to fetch firewood and other activities because of the leopard’s presence,” said Tafirei.
A villager Elson Mhuru said they were shocked to learn that the leopard was now killing dogs saying they have lost a considerable number of those pets.
“The leopard has a habit of keeping its kill on a tree and when it starts to decompose, dogs sense the smell and go there and when they go there, they fall prey to the leopard,” said Mhuru.
The leopard sometimes is said to cross to Chebundi mountain which is also in Chiponda village.
The leopard has been a seasonal feature in the mountains where it sometimes disappears for some months only to reappear.
Cases of human-wild conflicts have been making headlines with the most recent one being a Zaka incident where three family members were seriously injured by a hyena.
Masvingo City Council to auction 14 vehicles
Beverly Bizeki
Masvingo City Council is set to dispose 14 old council vehicles through a public auction after the Finance committee resolved to dispose of the vehicles for a number of reasons.
The disposal of the vehicles was outlined in the minutes of Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting held on September 23 after a tour of the municipal workshops by the committee.
“Following the tour of the municipal workshops by the committee before the meeting, a number of vehicles had been recommended for disposal through public auction as detailed below,” read the minutes.
The first vehicle is a Dynapac Roller which is to be disposed owing to the unavailability of old roller spares in the market.
A Changlin grader which has been down since 2020 is to be disposed as well as spares are difficult to find on the market.
Other vehicles to be disposed include a Mazda B1800 Ambulance, AAE 5858 Mazda B1800, AAE 8947 Mitsubishi L 200, AAE 5723 Hino Fire Tender, and AAE 5699 Mitsubishi L 200.
Two ADB TATA trucks, two UD tipper trucks, 515-868A Carmichael Fire Tender and CAT Grader AAE 5856 are also set to be disposed of.
Masvingo city has been operating with a depleted fleet leading to service delivery challenges where transport is required.
Refuse compactors are also in shortage and at one point the local authority was forced to hire the services of lorries from Central Mechanical Engineering Department (CMED) to chip in and alleviate refuse collection challenges while lack of funds to purchase enough refuse trucks has been another challenge.
Climate Smart Agriculture: Musikavanhu defies odds
…As he harnesses lost water for irrigation
Beatific Gumbwanda
CHIREDZI-West Member of Parliament Farai Musikavanhu, an agronomist by profession as well as a sugarcane farmer in Mkwasine at his Puwevhu Enterprises farm is currently doing wonders in mitigating the effects of climate change through adopting the climate smart agriculture.
The initiative motivated him to harness lost irrigation water from nearby farms for irrigational use in his sugarcane farm, where he is currently also subsidizing with other crops including Lucerne, fish farming, maize production, goat production as well as poultry, to mention but a few.
The former Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe (THZ) Agriculture Director (Musikavanhu) is exhibiting good agronomical practices, utilizing the experience he gained at the sole sugar producer in the country as he is rated as one of the best performing few sugarcane farmers in the country.
The Puwevhu Enterprises boss adopted the climate smart agriculture through his diversified farming, where he sacrificed part of his plot, where sugarcane is the mainstay, to mitigate the effects of climate change by growing the country’s staple food (maize) as well as the most debated ‘Lucerne’ crop which he is using to fatten livestock which he buys from the local communities.
Musikavanhu also said that he is growing Lucerne, which is a source of protein replacing the commonly known cotton and soya cake to fatten steers for resale.
“We are formulating our own feed through sugarcane that drops on the loading zone.
After we heard about Lucerne, we introduced it here to replace the cotton and soya cake as the sole sources of protein to fatten our steers we bought from the neighbouring community,” said Musikavanhu.
Over the past few months, there was an outcry of irrigational water in Mkwasine as there developed a technical fault at Manjirenji Dam, which is the sole source of water for thee estates, where Musikavanhu did not face any challenge as he used the little he get sparingly as well as harnessing lost water from neighbouring estates into his small artificial dams, thereby reducing his irrigational costs from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA).
“We never faced that challenge here at Puwevhu Enterprises as we have our own motto that losing water is losing life. We are also harnessing lost water from nearby estates for storage which we will later use for irrigation. Masvingo province has 54% of the country’s water storage which we are failing to utilize at full capacity,” he added.
Musikavanhu also articulated that it was not wise to destroy forests to grown nothing as most of the land in Mkwasine is lying idle due to failures by most farmers.
Most farmers are producing between 60-70 tons of sugarcane per hectare which is almost nothing to someone who has turned farming into business and that cannot justify deforestation to farming.
“It’s useless to cut down trees in order to grow nothing. Most farmers are ranging between 60-70 tons per hectare, which is nothing considering the milling charges and inputs you got from Tongaat Hulett. Farmers should operate between 80-100 tons per ha in order to operate with a better profit margin. Here we are currently expecting 120 tons per ha,” added Musikavanhu.
Great Zimbabwe University lecturer Dr Last Alfandika who was part of the entourage on Puwevhu Enterprises highlighted that government’s public relations is failing to market such farming initiatives hence they are not being welcomed by its citizens.
“We are failing to tell out our story as Zimbabwe due to failure of our government’s public relations. We failed to market the Lucerne project in Chilonga because we only thought of the displacements of people but rather not the multinational value and benefits,” said Dr Alfandika.
The legislator is also into fish farming, livestock, goat and poultry production, Lucerne, garlic as well as maize for food security.
Chiponda Garden to cash in from green mealies
TellZim reporter
RENCO MINE – Chiponda nutritional garden farmers have put a better part of their garden under maize production and said they hope to cash in from the sales of green mealies.
Speaking at an engagement organized by TellZim News at the garden where the media outlet handed over some maize seed and chemicals, the garden’s Agritex officer Fungai Museve said she instructed her famers to plant more maize so that they target green maize sales before the farming season starts.
She also said they wanted to make sure that when the rain falls, their maize crops would be at a better stage of development since the rains usually affect other garden crops like vegetables.
“We want farmers to target green maize market since it is attracting a lot of buyers from towns and growth points. So we have decided to put more land under maize so that it matures at the beginning of the farming season when there is no competition on the market.
Also, the rains during the farming season usually affects vegetable production, so we want our garden to have maize when the rains come so that we won’t have a time where we don’t have crops,” said Museve.
She went on to teach famers on how to apply manure and fertilizers saying maize crops usually indicate their deficiencies through leaf and stem colors.
Chiponda village head Tafirei Manyise said he was impressed by strides being made in the garden which he said benefited people in the village.
“The garden has more people from my village and when it flourishes, it means less poverty for our people and that also lessens unnecessary conflicts in the area. It is my wish that they get more partners to help grow the project and incorporate more people,” said Tafirei.
During another engagement meeting at the same garden in July this year, famers appealed for maize seed and chemicals and TellZim News pledged to lend a helping hand.
The garden has a solar powered borehole which supplies water but the farmers are calling for development partners to help them set up more tanks and fencing material to expand the garden to incorporate more farmers.
It has crop and poultry sections and farmers aim to grow and improve the poultry section which they say is facing market challenges.
Currently the garden has 52 farmers drawn from Chiponda, Muzondo, Muvango, Muchibwa and Maramba villages.
Masvingo City Council to establish housing office in Vic Ranch
Beverly Bizeki
Masvingo City Council is set to establish a housing satellite office in Victoria Ranch at Vashandi Housing Cooperative, it has been established.
Minutes from the Health Housing and Environmental Services held on September 6, 2022 shows the request for establishing the office at Vashandi Housing Cooperative, a satellite office of Chesvingo Office was approved.
“Consideration was given to the report of the Acting Director of Housing and Social Services on the proposal to introduce a Housing Satellite office in Victoria Ranch at Vashandi Housing Cooperative to cater for records management for Victoria Ranch housing stock in preparation for incorporation into the Municipal Commonage in due course,” read the minutes.
Council also considered the need to computerize and decentralize the wait list registration process, a development that will ease travelling expenses as they are required to do some paperwork at Masvingo City Council.
Victoria Ranch, a sprawling suburb west of Masvingo, is set to be incorporated to the main city with sewerage reticulation services set to be offered by Masvingo city as plans are already underway to join the former to Mucheke Trunk Sewer, a project yet to be completed.
At one point the suburb was labeled ‘a baby with no parents’ after Masvingo city council and Masvingo Rural District Council (RDC) declined administrative responsibilities over the suburb that was built by private land barons connected to Zanu PF without proper procedures being followed.
Residents in the suburb faced a host of challenges among them no refuse collection, no proper sewerage infrastructure and poor road network with the dusty roads rarely maintained.
The barons were expected to pay a greater chunk of their proceeds from stand sales to desperate home seekers so that the city fathers could connect them to the sewer system.
Budgets should reflect residents’ views -MURRA
Emmanuel Chitsika
Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Alliance (MURRA) has said budgets that local authorities use in running their affairs should reflect the will of residents who are the chief financiers.
In an interview with TellZim News, MURRA director Anoziva Muguti urged council management to make sure that budget consultations are done in good faith and incorporate their views.
“Budget consultations, if done properly and in good manner would ensure the input of residents. Since a budget is a plan on how to spend/utilize given resources by the local authority, there is need to ensure it captures development projects proposed by the people.
“Residents are the ones who fund these budgets to a greater extent hence the need for them to have a say in the distribution of such resources. It is important that if residents participate and have their ideas captured in such consultative processes,” said Muguti.
He went on to express his view on how residents have lost faith in the consultations with frustration emanating from the fact that their views are excluded while they accuse council of working with their own budgets that are exclusive of their input.
“Unfortunately, residents have lost confidence in these budget consultation processes because over the years, council has not been taking on board their contributions. Council management would just consult as a fulfilment of law requirements but the truth will turn out that they are just imposing the budgets.
“Consultations are done so that residents rubberstamp what would have been already concluded by the management. That is why the consultative meetings were poorly attended in the past,” he said.
Muguti however said MURRA has held several workshops conscentizing residents on importance of participating in the upcoming meetings.
“As an organization, we have held several workshops and meetings with residents raising awareness on budget processes and importance of their participation. We have also held pre-budget consultative meetings where we gathered the views of residents and are currently in the process of compiling a document that we are going to submit to council for consideration in preparation for the 2023 budget,” added Muguti.
In the past, Masvingo budget consultations have been marred by poor attendance amid allegations by residents towards councils’ management of neglecting their input during consultations and present a budget of their own making.
Cambria Farm landfill to start operating this October
TellZim reporter
The much-awaited new land fill at Masvingo City Council’s Cambria Farm is set to begin operating in October as revealed by Acting City Engineer Kudzaishe Mbetu.
Responding to questions on the new dumpsite works’ progress raised by Masvingo Mayor Cllr Collen Maboke, Eng Mbetu said the project was now at an advanced stage though they were yet to complete roofing shelter for staff manning the landfill.
“Maybe, if I can ask on progress at Cambria Farm, when is it going to start operating because we have received a number of complaints from residents in Runyararo West and Victoria Ranch concerning pollution emanating from the continued use of the old dumpsite?
“As of now, I don’t know how best we can help residents from the likely health hazard as council while we await the opening of the new site,” said Maboke.
Eng. Mbetu promised that the landfill will start working in October as the project is almost finished except the roofing of the shelter.
“We are moving to the new site this year. Before the end of this coming month, the site would be functional. Right now we are left with roofing the offices for personnel that would mann the site,” said Mbetu.
He said during the next full council meeting scheduled for the end of October, the city’s engineering department would make a presentation that would likely announce that the landfill is operating.
Cambria Farm landfill has missed its September 2021 completion deadline leading to councillors led by Mayor Maboke taking the engineering department to task accusing the latter of misleading policy makers on progress of the project.
The project seems to be stuck at 80 percent which was reported last year up to now.
Be preachers of Peace-EFZ urges Gweru community
Yeukai Munetsi
Gweru-The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) last week joined the community in commemorating International Day of Peace as part of efforts to promote peace in the nation.
The EFZ is a body under the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations which includes the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference, Zimbabwe Council of Churches and Union for the Development of the Apostolic Churches in Zimbabwe Africa.
The church body also urged the community to be effective communicators in order to promote peace, as communication was key in development.
EFZ Gweru Chapter Programmes Officer Tatenda Madzikanda said there is need to uphold everlasting peace and solidarity through joining the September 21, 2022 International Day of Peace Commemoration as a way reinforcing unity.
“Peace is free from disturbances, it is the presence of justice and upholding of human rights in a system. So peace can either be positive or negative.
“Negative peace, I can say is the absence of peace while positive peace talks about the systems that promote a conducive environment for peace and inclusion.
“Peace leads to development and sustainability hence there is a relationship between development and peace. Where there is peace, there is equitable distribution of resources, where there is peace, we build schools, hospitals and safeguard our rights as a people.
“Conflicts can emerge in different societies of the world, I urge every member of society to be able to manage conflicts by being a Peace Ambassador. We are preachers of peace in our homes, wards, constituencies, provinces and it begins with us,” said Madzikanda.
EFZ Gweru district chairperson Pastor Alfred Hove said it was good that residents of ward 8 and 10 were part of the engagement as various service delivery issues were raised concerning their constituency.
“We are happy ward 8 and 10 residents are part of our meeting as last time we didn’t engage them much. We hope now that we have learnt, we can go to our wards and engage others, We want to advocate for service delivery issues peacefully and even hold our office bearers accountable for the development of our constituency,” said Hove.
Rujeko Secondary exempted from paying bills
Beverly Bizeki
MASVINGO City Council run Rujeko Secondary School has been given a lifeline by the local authority following exemptions from paying water bills accrued at the learning institution.
The exemption was outlined in the minutes of Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting of September 23, 2022.
The resolution came after it was considered that the current enrolment could not support the average monthly bill of One Million dollars in local currency
“The Committee considered the report of the Acting Director of Housing and Social Services for exemption from paying water bills by Rujeko Secondary School. It was reported that the average monthly bill was ZW$ 1 000 000 which could not be supported by the current enrolment.
“Council waives payment of water bills for Rujeko Secondary School in line with Council policy granting free use of water during construction of superstructures at council schools and pending increase of enrolment to support payment of bills,” read the minutes.
Recently, council exempted Alfred Walter Hostel which caters for about 150 mentally challenged children from paying water bills since it is a non-profitable organization.
Masvingo United FC was also exempted from paying Mucheke Stadium booking fees as the community owned team suffers from financial challenges owing to lack of sponsorship.