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Chaos rocks CRSL as Sheasham’s Chikore registration hogs limelight

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Chaos rocks CRSL as Sheasham’s Chikore registration hogs limelight

Branton Matondo

With only one match day left before this year’s edition of Central Region Soccer League (CRSL) ends, the state of affairs in the highly contested league has reached another level following an official appeal by telecommunications side TelOne over irregularities emanating from registration procedures of former Caps United player Tawana Chikore by Sheasham FC.
Following investigations carried out by the Gweru based outfit on the legitimacy and true whereabouts of Chikore’s registration details, TelOne FC secretary Artwell Manyudza highlighted that the player traded teams, playing for Sheasham before the opening of second registration period.
The second window period was slated for July 1, 2022 and the law in line with arguments raised by TelOne confirms that a player is not supposed to play for two clubs during the same window.
“Tawana Chikore was irregularly registered to play for two clubs during the same window period.
“Declaration was that Tawana Alexander Chikore was ineligible to play for Sheasham before the opening of the second registration period on July 1, 2022 and deduction of points from matches 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 in which the player participated in as per order 36.1.4 which states that ‘use of an unregistered/ ineligible player in league match, three points will be deducted and thrown away and a fine as set by the league from time to time,” read the argument.
TelOne club president Lloyd Mutetwa confirmed that the telecom-based side made an official appeal on the case but barred further comment.
”We can confirm that we appealed to the authorities but cannot comment any further on the matter,” he said.
However, Tawana Chikore’s case traces its roots back to Harare giants Caps United where he had signed a two year contract under his agent Kudakwashe Garufu’s guard ship.
“It was a two year contract and as per our agreement, the club was supposed to pay up the signing on fee but failed. They even failed to pay up his February salary and the winning bonus for the matches he played,” said Garufu.
An inquiry employed on the true whereabouts of the player’s registration indicates that he was registered with Caps United in February 2022 after signing a two year deal. The registration was done during the initial registration period which closed on March 31, 2022. TelOne have argued that Chikore was a registered player for Caps United who went on to take part in competitive matches contrary to the letter by the Premier Soccer League (PSL).
Evidence proving that Chikore was officially registered to Caps United was presented by TelOne in their official report.
“Alexander Chikore was a registered Caps United FC player when he played with Whawha on March 6, 2022 (National Sports Stadium); Manica Diamonds (Sakubva Stadium) (27/02/2022) as well as Black Rhinos (13/02/2022) copies attached (Annexures 3, 4 and 5),” read part of the report.
TelOne have since laid their contend on statutes provided for by ZIFA regulations on the status and transfer of players which details that a player may not be registered more than once during the window period (4.6).
Efforts to get a comment from Central region administrator Gift Nyapomwe were fruitless until time of publishing.

We will soon export raw water to S.A: Ministers

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We will soon export raw water to S.A: Ministers

…Dams yet to benefit locals, nation

…Tende-Runde Dam construction takes decades to kick off

Brighton Chiseva

After years of waiting for Tugwi Mukosi and Tende Runde water projects to start benefitting locals and the nation at large, two government ministers recently shocked villagers by telling them government already have plans to export excess raw water to South Africa’s Limpopo province.
Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira and former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Davis Marapira made the claims at Nyuni Primary School in Chingwizi, Mwenezi East during a food aid scheme launch by the Ministry of Public Service and Social Welfare.
Chadzamira said government had plans of constructing the Tende-Runde dam which is bigger than Tugwi Mukosi and its water would be used for irrigation purposes that will benefit the people of Mwenezi mainly with the excess water will be exported to South Africa’s Limpopo province.
“With the NDS1, the government is constructing another dam which is bigger than Tugwi Mukosi which will be used for irrigation and we will see some of the water (exported) to South Africa where we will get money because it will be excessive and you will benefit from that. Each household will have its irrigation plots and currently there are people doing feasibility studies in the area,”said Chadzamira.
Marapira echoed the same sentiments and said Masvingo had most of the country’s water and the ministry’s real work was in Masvingo.
“Masvingo has the country’s water bodies and my ministry’s work is here. Starting next week I will be here looking and establishing areas suitable for irrigation. We no longer do what we used to do when we construct dams like Tugwi Mukosi where we spend more than five years without setting up an irrigation scheme.
“Runde Tende as you heard by the minister, will irrigate 50 thousand hectares and before we finish construction, all systems and plans will be in place. We will be selling all the excess water to Limpopo in South Africa
“So in the next two years Chingwizi will be self-sufficient and will no longer beg, you will be supplying others with food and money,” said Marapira.
The claims come years after promises of a Tugwi Mukosi masterplan completion which will enable locals to benefit from the vast water source but is yet to come into fruition.
Tugwi Mukosi dam, which is the country’s largest inland dam was completed in 2014, but to date the master plan which was confirmed to have been completed is yet to be implemented.
Tende-Runde dam which was also planned way before Tugwi Mukosi is yet to be constructed, raising questions on how it will eventually have the capacity to export water to South Africa if it has remained a white elephant for so long.

General Chiwenga, we are watching you

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General Chiwenga, we are watching you

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you enjoyed the long weekend with the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays and it’s now back to normal. Before I delve much into the nitty-gritties of the piece let me hasten to congratulate the country’s home to the biggest number of water bodies and that is non-other than the boiling pot of revolutions Masvingo for outlining plans to export the precious liquid. Zviriko here izvi kuti after the construction of the much-talked about Tende-Runde or Runde-Tende dam in Chivi South, the country would export water to South Africa’s Limpopo province haayas zvakaoma. Dummies have and will continue to be sold to the people of Chingwizi who ululate upon receiving ‘good news’ that the dam would have capacity to supply the arid region of South Africa’s Northern Province. Haaa kubva zvavakanyeperwa vachinounganidzwa kuChingwizi after the Tugwi-Mukosi dam, vagari ava vangova chitanda chowada wagogodza coz every time they are at the receiving end of any propaganda rhetoric shame. Their role has been reduced to mere spectatorship as they always wallow in abject poverty but as usual remain loyal. How can such a powerful delegation with three ministers go to Chingwizi with such a cheap bargain? Since when did we start to sell water as a nation? Zimbabwe soo ka Mwari rangarirai nyika yekwedu nekuti zvese nekuzara kwayo zviri mumaoko enyu. Ini kuno kuChitima am contemplating creating a bio-digester from waste material so that I can export energy ndini ndadii ndingatosaririra ka vamwe vachiita twavo. Anyway any kind of a lie whether blue of red, it will come to pass and truth shall manifest itself.
With the factional fights within the liberation movement and the author of our current problems, growing day by day, I can tell from the discussions I hear tiri kweu kuchitima kuti many people are in favor of the general. Yes I can tell kuti people really don’t care about how he fails to pronounce Labor or Trabablas kkkk. People are fed up and just need to replace Scarfmore even before 2023 general elections, I mean elections. You know talking about the Generari makes me pronounce words like him. I know people have hope in the young man in 2023 but are not patient enough to crawl there slowly with the flat tyre we have and the Generari is the only hope, he is the only candidate who can coup out Scarfmore. I used also to believe that he can be a better option but I now think otherwise. You remember we said Smith was bad and we removed him and replaced him with Uncle Bob, barely a decade people started crying saying Smith was better. We couped Bob in 2017 but within 100 days were saying Bob was better. Aren’t we going to do the same next time toti Scarfmore was better? Imbopafungai iapapo, I know many of you haven’t had that line of thinking.
As a women I condemn what the Genarari is doing to Marry. My heart bleeds when I think of the way she is being treated. What did she do to deserve this kind of treatment? Guys, a sinful heart is just like a crooked fence, all the paint in the world won’t straighten it, so goes the saying. Ummm nemoyo wekubereka umwe denga haaripindi munhu. I am beginning to wonder if this mukwenyani of Matabeleland will ever repent from his evil ways of conducting his business. I just heard from passers-by at Chitima that Beatrice Mtetwa wept in court over the inhumane treatment Marry has, is and continue to receive at the hands of the Genarari. Yaa the level of judicial system manipulation has reached another level, ndakambokuudzai mukaramba. How can a bed-ridden patient be dragged before the courts of law worse still issued with a warrant of arrest for failing to appear in court? Nhai Genarari hamunyare makaita seiko murume mukuru. Haa Nyarawo iwe Kedha ah. Can’t you be soft as wool zvinoita vamwe. Haaa moyo wakaoma kudaro ndewekuzvarwa nawo or wakatorwa kuhondo hameno. The state of Marry’s health does not deserve the inhumane treatment she continues to receive on Earth. How can a living being suffer the brut of hell on Earth? Ko rinotaura wani shoko kuti ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord’ then why are you after inflicting revenge on Marry. I really don’t know much about her crime but I heard it involves trying to kill the Genarari, I think the way she is ailing is enough punishment for her sins. She has suffered enough plz. Ndopaunoona uyu Okusiriya achigwadamira zvimadara nezvimbuya kumusha uko pretending to be well mannered without feeling for a fellow women, waakatorera Angel of hope futi. Can’t you be the Angel of hope for Marry only once nhaiwe Akusiriya. Ko ivo vekuti vari soft as wool vari kupi, cant he intervene and stop his lieutenant from this gross inhumane. Chete he is busy these days akatorera Mphoko absa and is now donating chicks to people kkkk. Ini ndri kutwudawo don’t leave me out paMasvingo batch please. Wonzwa vamwe vachiti Genarari vari nani, pakadai? Imi kwanai imi, kana mashaya a better candidate danai Tyson
Speaking of Tyson, I heard he is in an unholy alliance with the Genarari. The plan is to coup Scarfmore, then call Saviour to serve the people of Zimbabwe kkkk. We are watching you Chiwenga, we are not fools. There is no better devil so we won’t be fooled again, never. The Generl is chemeing ladies and gentlemen let me tell you. That’s why you see he is clean even from Susan Mutami. She touched on a number of big wigs in Zanu PF and the army but never ever talked about Chiwenga, isn’t that fishy Cdes. We are watching zvedu lets see time will tell.I know mukutofunga kuti ndonyepa, that’s why ndisingakuudzei nyaya. Ipapa ndikakuudzai kuti Zanu PF is planning to take part of Chiredzi North and incorporate it into Zaka District to save one of its constituency’s iri kuda kumedzwa neDelimitation because people didn’t register to vote you think am lying.
Before I go zvangu kunokanga maputi angu for Lunch, can you guys who are close to Chamisa tell him to pop by my place at Chitima, on his way to Mucheke stadium on Sunday please. I have a dream, ndine hope dzandakamurotera. I want to tell her the secret to State House. Kana aramba just tell her kuti asunge dzisimbe, it’s not easy but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
I hope he is coming with a bullet proof car iya yakaitirwa fundraising paya, You all know what happened on his last visit nevanhu vekwaCharumbira. How is Susan by the way, heard she is on a social media sabbatical, interesting isn’t it? What about Mai Titi marriage? Was it a drama to dilute Susan’s? maGold coins how far? Kuchitima haasati asvika aya, heard they are introducing smaller denominations to cater for anaMapombi soon. Ibai henyu we are watching. Howfar the Muzarabani Oil project, yava papi zviya. Dai yachipera then we will export oil than Mvura sezviri kutaurwa nevakomana ava. Then America will come here ichidawo Oil then we slap it with sanctions, mopaonawo sei apa maCdes kkkk. I think even if Mphoko was here he will agree with me kkk. Mboko Imboko!!!!

Chamisa comes to Masvingo

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Chamisa comes to Masvingo

Brighton Chiseva

MASVINGO – All roads will lead to Mucheke stadium in Masvingo on Sunday August 14 where Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is expected to deliver a special massage to his supporters.

The party’s deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba confirmed the development saying preparations were at an advanced stage.

Siziba said they are expecting a bumper crowd at Mucheke stadium since Masvingo is Chamisa’s stronghold.

“The president will be in Masvingo at Mucheke stadium on Sunday. All is in place and we are putting final touches as we programme. We are expecting a bumper crowd to fill the stadium to the brim,” said Siziba

He went on to call all ‘Citizens’ in Masvingo to come and meet their leader saying he had a key massage that he wants to deliver to the people.

“We are calling for every citizen in Masvingo to come to Mucheke Stadium, president Chamisa has a key message that he wants to share with them so they have to come and hear it for themselves,” he said.

Apart from delivering the key massage, Siziba also said Chamisa wanted to thank Masvingo people for supporting and voting for CCC in the March by-elections which saw the party winning all the four wards that were contested for in Masvingo Urban.

“The president will also take the opportunity to thank Masvingo for voting CCC in the previous elections where we won resoundingly,” said Siziba

CCC Provincial Administrator Mandivenga Matutu said police clearance has already been sought for and everything was in order for the rally and said several preparatory meetings were held locally and everything is in place.

“We have police clearance and now everything is in order,” said Matutu

Other sources said mobilization was underway and currently they were doing road shows roadshows as well as door to door engagements.

The opposition used to have challenges in getting clearances to hold rallies around the country with the police giving excuses such as shortage of manpower or claiming that the venue was already booked for another event.

Zaka hyena attack survivor narrates ordeal

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Zaka hyena attack survivor narrates ordeal

…‘If only I could get my hands back…’

Emmanuel Chitsika

After the horrific hyena attack that left her with both palms amputated in Zaka district of Masvingo, Muchanyara Munodya has spoken of her wish that, if by any chance of fate she could get back her hands she could work for her young family as usual without bothering anyone.
Her words are not only heartbreaking, but reflect how much the bizarre attack has altered her life and that of her family-an incident that speaks so much about how grave human-wildlife conflict has become.
Speaking from her hospital bed at Masvingo Provincial Hospital on August 3 where she got a US$ 2 000 donation from government, an emotional Munodya narrated how the attack has changed her life negatively as she had no other alternative source of livelihood than working using her hands.
“Kutaura kudai ndinonzwa kunyara kupakiswa chikafu nemumwe munhu sezvo ndanga ndajairira kuzviitira zvinhu namaoko angu. Pamwe pacho ndinotoona sekuti ndava mwana mucheche asingagone kuzviitira zvinhu zvake anotoda kubatsirwa (Right now as I speak from this hospital bed, I am being spoon-fed each time I get a meal. At times I feel like am reduced to a kid who needs assistance from elderly to do some activities. The situation is a bit embarrassing for me as I am not used to that kind of a life. I feel like it is shameful for someone of my age to be spoon-fed.)
“I am yet to accept my situation and believe it is normal. I am someone who is used to using my hands for my livelihood and that is why one of my wishes as I recover from this attack that if ever I am going to have my hands so that I work for my young family,” she said.
She went on to explain how she used to go about her household chores as well as gardening as a source of livelihood which now might turn to be a thing of the past after the dreadful incident in which the marauding hyena attacked her.
“My main worry right now as I lay in this hospital bed is how I am going to go about my life after losing my hands which I have always depended on to earn a living. My heart is painful that someone like myself who has been using hands to work on my own, how I would go about my farming activities.
“I am forever grateful to all those who have chosen to stand and offered me and family the much needed help. I appreciate the helping hand shown by government by donating cash, Minister of Provincial Affairs and Devolution (Ezra Chadzamira) for pledging to pay hospital bills as well as Clemence Chiduwa (deputy minister of Finance and Zaka MP) for his timely intervention soon after the attack. He (Chiduwa) also made sure my youngest child (who was less than three weeks during the time of attack) got something to eat and milk for her upkeep.
“Even if you check my records, I have never suffered from a high Blood Pressure after this attack because of the help me and my family are getting from people from all walks of life. I feel loved by the nation and am grateful. The church stood with me during this time of need. I am positive, I would make it after this horrific event but only if I could get an alternative pair to use as hands,” she added.
It was during the night when Munodya heard his husband Robert Murove screaming after going out to investigate what was taking place at their kraal and got attacked by the spotted hyena. In a bid to save her loved one, she was attacked by the hyena which also went on to attack her father-in-law.
Murove said her brave ten year-old son rescued her parents by throwing a metal iron sheet which scared the animal and it sped off.

Gender Commission, Maboleni community unmask sexual exploitation issues

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Gender Commission, Maboleni community unmask sexual exploitation issues

… As child marriages continue to escalate

Tinaani Nyabereka

Maboleni – The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) last week engaged Maboleni community in Lower Gwelo, where it conducted a stakeholders’ inquiry on sexual exploitation issues affecting the area.
The engagement also focused on abuse of young girls including those in marriages.
For many years, cases of sexual exploitation have been experienced and gone unreported in the country due to fear and lack of strong legal frameworks both at workplaces and the community, a move which has led to some perpetrators going unpunished and victims suffering in silence.
Speaking at the event, ZGC vice chairperson Obert Matshalaga said purpose of the inquiry was informed by the death of a 15 year- old Anna Machaya in July last year whilst giving birth at an Apostolic church shrine in Marange and was buried secretly at the shrine without the consent of her parents and proper burial procedures.
“The national inquiry is coming against a background of high prevalence of child marriages, sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls in the country, particularly within the Apostolic sect which is a cause for great concern for the commission.
“This inquiry is a milestone step towards pooling efforts that will immensely contribute to the eradication of child marriages and sexual exploitation of young girls. Through this process, we will be hearing submissions from members of the public on the extent of the problem in their communities,” he said.
Matshalaga further said the inquiry which started in Harare early this year will be shared across various media channels with the outcome to be presented to Parliament.
“The outcome of this public inquiry will be a report directed to Parliament and other duty bearers for implementation in terms of Section 7 of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission Act (Chapter 10:31) where the report will give recommendations on both public, legal interventions and other practical measures to curb child marriages,” he said.
Zimbabwe Statistic Agency (Zimstat) however confirmed that the levels of child marriages remain unacceptably high in Zimbabwe as shown by the 2019 multiple indicator cluster survey results.
According to the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICs), 32.6 percent of girls were married before the age of 18 with Midlands province statistics standing at 30.4 percent out of the national average of 32.6 percent.
Further analysis however revealed a rural-urban divide in child marriages where rural girls are twice more likely to be married before the age of 18 than their urban counterparts.
Matsalaga further highlighted that poverty, poor economic situation, social media, peer pressure and child-headed families are some of the major causes of child marriages.
“Poverty, economic challenges and peer pressure are the leading factors of child marriages. The Covid-19 pandemic is also among other humanitarian situations which worsened the situation as during the lockdown period cases of child marriages escalated.
“This inquiry is supported financially and technically by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nation Women and under the spotlight initiative which is a global partnership to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls being funded by the European Union (EU),” he added.
A Maboleni villager Ronald Moyo said cases of child marriages were being fuelled by illegal mining activities in the area as young girls were being lured by money and goodies.
“The girl child is in trouble. Illegal gold miners are using money and goodies to capture young girls.
Due to poverty and hunger, young girls can’t resist.
“Early child pregnancies are the order of the day in our community, we tried to engage the police as a community but it’s not working,” Moyo said.
Meanwhile government last week pledged to ensure safe working spaces for workers and to mitigate sexual harassment at work.
Public Service and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima launched the Public Service Sexual Harassment Policy 2022 in Harare as the country was experiencing a spike in sexual harassment cases at workplaces.
The development however resulted in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) calling on corporates to eliminate sexual harassment and gender-based violence at work.
“For many years, sexual harassment in the workplace has been experienced but there was no specific policy or guidelines to prevent this vice. Some perpetrators went unpunished and victims suffered in silence,” Mavima said.

Neromwe Chieftainship on fire

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Neromwe Chieftainship on fire

…As Chingoma house claims chieftaincy belongs to their family

Beatific Gumbwanda

CHIREDZI-Chief Neromwe born Clemence Madzingo who was nominated to be the new chief in 2017 followed by his subsequent installation in 2019 after government deemed it necessary to resuscitate the chieftainship seems to be facing an in-house resistance following another family claiming the chieftaincy.
The chieftaincy which became extinct in 1946 after their territory was declared a European territory seems to be facing an internal revolt after Chingoma family wrote to the national Chief’s council seeking the relocation of the chieftaincy from the Chanyururwa to Chingoma family.
In a letter dated July 28, 2022, Chingoma house argued that Chanyururwa family to which the current Chief belongs has no links to the Neromwes in terms of family lineage as they are of the Gumbo totem.
“We are calling for the relocation of the Neromwe chieftainship that was given to the Chanyururwa house on July 31, 2019, which was represented by Clemence Madzingo of the Gumbo totem.
“We are of Chingoma house and of the Ndoro totem, residing at Romwe mountain area, residence of the Ndoro totem people since the time Mambo Pfupajena gave this land to Neromwe who at that time was crowned chief of the area.
“We are the rightful owners of this land and chieftainship and we request the attention of the Chief’s council to consider our situation as we have much evidence on this issue,” wrote the Chingoma family.
Chief Neromwe did not respond to questions sent to him by this publication.
Neromwe chieftainship was abolished nearly ten decades ago after their area, which lies between Chiredzi River to the east, Mutirikwi and Runde Rivers to the south and west as well as Musiwidzi River to the north, was seized and declared a European area before government in 2015 decided to resuscitate it.
When the chieftainship was abolished in 1908, the Chanyururwa family were reigning and government decided to resuscitate it in 2015, with the selection done in 2017.
The Romwe clan reached a consensus that the chieftaincy be renewed in the same family, which now seems to have not gotten well with others, especially the Chingoma family which is now lobbying for relocation of the chieftaincy to their family.
Chieftainship families include the Chingoma, Kurera and Chanyururwa families.
The installation of Neromwe Chieftaincy was marred by resistance from the Tshovani people whose chieftainship was threatened as Neromwe was given four of Tshovani’s wards leaving behind only three.
Other local chiefs including Gudo joined Tshovani in the protest by boycotting the installation ceremony.

HOCIC spearheads poverty reduction in communities, targets OVCs

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HOCIC spearheads poverty reduction in communities, targets OVCs

Branton Matondo

Zvishavane- With poverty percentages reaching levels of high magnitude especially during the Covid-19 epoch, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Hope of a Child in Christ (HOCIC) has taken the initiative of assisting and changing marginalized communities by initiating community based projects with the aim of combatting orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) with the right skill set.
HOCIC has been in the mix for 27 years having laid its foundation back in 1995.
In an engagement with media and various stakeholders on a Peer to Peer platform week under the efforts to eliminate all forms of Violence Against Children, HOCIC Project Officer Gabriel Hategekimana said the organization has already motioned a five staged strategic plan that seeks to curtail poverty crisis in low point places. He said target is mainly focused on orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs).
“HOCIC poverty reduction strategies are targeted at assisting OVCs through directly reaching them through food assistance. Whilst this is a mitigating strategy of poverty, we understand its sustainability challenges hence the food security and livelihoods programme intends to ensure and strengthen resilience building through nutrition gardens where we integrate Water Sanitation and Hygiene through community water provision.
“HOCIC is about to turn national when it comes to outreach programmes which have covered disadvantaged communities as far as Bulawayo, Umguza, Matobo, Umzingwane selected Bulawayo and Midlands peri-urban are some of the places the organization has initiated life community driven projects.
“There are nine gardens dotted around these places. Disadvantaged women and youth have found a green leaf out of the initiatives a move that has seen participants receiving empowerment,” he said.
He added that women in these effected areas have since become household heads through a packaged plans meant to conjure development.
“For the past five years, our Self Help Group Approach (SHGA) intervention has established successful village internal savings and lending where groups of women have established income generating activities where their household incomes have improved.
“They have realised sustainable incomes through small businesses and some have wise investments such as Crèches, supply shops with wares and are involved in a variety of economic activities. These are aiming a litany of poverty reduction interventions we are implementing,” added Hategekimana.
The organisation is guided by its strategic plan 2020 to 2025 which has five thematic areas namely food security and livelihoods, women economic empowerment, life skills and education support, psycho-social support and public health and nutrition.
An estimated 42-66 million children have and continue to fall into extreme poverty as a result of the global pandemic this year, adding to the estimated 386 million children already in extreme poverty in 2019.
However, recent findings have revealed that ,Poverty, Income, Consumption and Expenditure Survey (PICES) in 2020 highlight that COVID-19 imposed restrictions, including lockdown measures have negatively impacted on Zimbabwe social fabrics including increase of extreme poverty shrinkage of sources of income (46%), reduced food sources and security (47%) and its acolytes such as school dropouts, child sexual violence and GBV.
Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) have also been at the centre of HOCIC projects as the latter has taken the humanitarian initiative of assisting OVC’s but HOCIC calls for the media to chip in and spread the community gospel.
According to a report carried out by the organisation, OVC’s in Zimbabwe have spiked. The investigation indicates that death of parents due to HIV /AIDS, immigration and displacement, disability and poverty.

2296 register to vote in July in Masvingo

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2296 register to vote in July in Masvingo

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A total of 2 296 new voter registrants were recorded during the month of July in Masvingo according to statistics released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) provincial office.
ZEC Deputy Elections Officer Maxwell Ncube confirmed the statistics on August 2, 2022.
“The figures are going up of course because when I went through the statistics, those for the month of July were much higher as compared to the previous month that is June. The percentage increase is around 64.1 for initial registrations but transfers rose sharply with 198 percent during the month of July,” said Ncube.
He said these transfers are within the province though some few voters would be moving out due to other reasons like transfers by employers.
“Some people are transferring from one point to the other within the province though in some cases we have had cases of transfer out of the province. Though these cases maybe few, some of them are prompted by transfers at work. Usually teachers are among those moving from one province to the other.
“The transfers are not limited to a particular timeframe for now but that will be done two days after proclamation of the election date by the President,” he added.
Ncube also said the delimitation process is yet to be embarked on though he said the inspection and clean-up of the voters’ roll has been done to pave way for the exercise.
“As for delimitation, we were on the clean-up and inspection of the voters’ roll to ensure that every voter is at the right polling station and constituency to which he/she belongs so that we come up we come up with actual statistics when we announce the statistics for the province, we can be able to give the correct figures,” Ncube added.
Of the new registered voters 1 207 are men while 1 089 are women. On the transfers list, a total of 2 157 voters among them 1 190 female and 769 men were recorded.
In June, 1 398 people registered to vote with 779 males and 619 females. From a total of 723 transfers, 365 were men while 358 were women.

Climate Change effects fueling HWC, food shortages-Rwodzi

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Climate Change effects fueling HWC, food shortages-Rwodzi

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The deputy minister of Environment Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Barbara Rwodzi has said the increasing growth of animal population in the country and growing demand for food is one of the major drivers behind Human-Wildlife Conflicts (HWC) in the country.
Speaking during a visit to Masvingo Provincial Hospital to the victims of the Zaka hyena attack, Rwodzi said the increase in cases of HWC has become a cause for concern and thus the need to come up with a policy that addresses such issues.
“This year alone, the country has lost about 40 people to these conflicts. It is something so worrying not only for Zimbabwe but the whole continent more so Southern Africa region which is home to a large population of wildlife. We are working on a policy as government after the realization of the ever increasing cases of HWC on a regular basis. Right now we are waiting for a policy that is being worked on at ministerial level that seeks to address the challenges.
“Our country is home to a bigger population of the continent’s wildlife population which has led to animals attacking people’s sources of food while at the same time human beings are also attacked. These setbacks come at a time people are suffering from the effects of climate change on food production and animal attacks on food sources is worsening matters.
“During the rainy season, we have cases of crocodile and hippopotamus attacks which we have always been used to. Right now the unusual cases are presenting themselves like lion, elephant and hyena attacks which is a sign of how our animal population is growing,” said Rwodzi.
She however said there is need to strike a balance on the way forward on how best these conflicts can be resolved since animals are an important part of the ecosystem.
“Our animals are an important part of the environment and thus the ecosystem, so we need them. How best can we survive together is the question? Our communities are important to us but how best can we move forward sustainably after encountering challenges like these?
“In November we are going to present our case to Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) which has blocked our intention to trade in ivory as a way forward because such proceeds can be channeled towards solving problems like these,” she added.
Government donated the sum of US$ 2 000 to the two victims (a couple of Robert Murove and Muchanyara Munodya) while the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira pledged to settle hospital bills for the couple.

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