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Obekon Sports donates kit to Masvingo Journalists

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Obekon Sports donates kit to Masvingo Journalists

Melinda Kusemachibi

Obekon Sports company has donated soccer kit to Masvingo Journalists FC in preparation for the upcoming social soccer league season.
Obekon Sports Director Dr Ellison Musara indicated that their main purpose is to support communities in and around Masvingo.
“We use our sports company as a vehicle to support communities. We look at sports as a way of strengthening communities.
“Journalists play a very important role of informing, educating, entertaining and developing a country so we saw it fit to donate a soccer kit to their local team so that they can interact with their sources while playing soccer,” said Dr Musara.
He went on to say that their theme as a company is to support and strengthen local communities.
“It is our pleasure to have this opportunity to support Masvingo Journos FC as part of efforts to support and strengthen communities through sport which is our theme,” added Dr Musara.
He also said in sport everyone is included be it women, children or youths.
“We have been doing this since 2010 especially in Zaka. We support youth teams, schools, and women in soccer especially in Zaka where we tried very much to support girls who play soccer. The good thing about sport is it does not exclude age, adults, young people, women’s team, everyone is included,” he said.
“The biggest donation we did was in Zaka we donated to all high schools in Zaka North. We gave each school soccer, netball, volley ball kits, and balls to all teams in Zaka North,” Dr Musara added.
Masvingo Journos FC Chairperson Passmore Kuzipa said they really appreciate the donation by Obekon Sports.
“We appreciate this gesture; fitness is very important to us as journalists. We invite other business people to come and support our team,” said Kuzipa.
He said that the football club formed way back is meant to support journalists and the community.
“It was formed way back and the main reason was to create an informal engagement platform with the members of the community and news sources and many other community groups.
“Besides serving as a way of attaining fitness, it creates a platform for interaction between journalists and news sources, understanding and covering issues which are topical in the community,” said Kuzipa.

Mudha gone, July Moyo , Mai Mutsvangwa beware

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Mudha gone, July Moyo , Mai Mutsvangwa beware

Kana ndichitaura batai mazwi Ladies and Gentlemen, yes kuitira mangwana. I have been telling you countless times that this Mangudya Panonetsa guy tag teamed with Mthuvi Ncube are the worst jokes we have ever had senyika. Now, I am sure you now agree with me because he has been ranked among the worst central govenors in the world kkkkk. It didn’t need the Global Finance Magazine to tell us that Mangudya is useless and has failed us as a nation. I was crystal clear and I don’t know why we still have him as the governor, ko kumbochinjawo, I think even I can be a better governor than this Panonetsa joke. They said the auction rate will arrest the bond –US rate hike but it looks like its increasing every day. Apa he once said if the bond doesn’t work he will resign, I think we all agree that this thing is not working and I guess it’s time for you to resign, or to be fired kkkk. Ko Mudha akaenda wani madhongi achikuma kkkk.
Speaking of Mudha, Vakuru vakati chaitemura chava kuseva ukazonzwa konzi chotemurazve haa ibva waziva kuti tadzoka kumavambo. That is what we are going through as a country, infact tiri kutenderera. We were in the 1992 ESAP era, tikapinda early 2000, 2009 ndokumbopinda murifa paGNU paya but now we are limping back towards 2008 Kkkkk seka zvako mapombi. This is what we are doing senyika but other individuals are also in the same predicament, chete nhamo yeumwe hairambirwi sadza. Kugarika mwena unoguma kkkk, today I am into tsumo and madimikira too much. I am talking about this Mushurugwi and former state security minister Mudha Owen Ncube akadai kutonhodzwa saChauruka. Chete people don’t learn, Zanu PF chiororo ask Jonso kana Tyson kkkk, even Dr Gire chaivo knows it. When the news arrived here at Chitima lately as usual, many were surprised but I was not kkk, I just heard he has been recalled for improper conduct and we were a bit puzzled, wondering as to what could have transpired. Akanyanyoitei chaizvo kkkk. But I don’t sympathise with that guy at all, infact his recall was long overdue, simply because he was appointed there seshamwari yemukuru, he was being rewarded of something at the expense of us the citizenry but in actual sense even the ministry yacho is useless, we can’t be having many cabinet ministers duplicating ministries, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of state security, cant that be one thing?
But who is the teacher and student between Dambudzo and Togarasei aka Dougie Dougie on elimination of political enemies through recalls. PaMidlands pambonyanyoitei apa, is it a a coincidence kuti Dougie recalls Makombe then ED recalls Mudha? I am sure this is not going to end with Mudha, July Moyo should be careful he might follow the same unceremonious exit route. Be careful July, nyaya yeshangu yaakukudzokera kkk. You didn’t know kuti Auxillia In’anga kkkk. Ko hamusi kuziva kuti Mudha and July recently shifted their allegiance and went into the other basket, ndonyaya iripo apa factionalism at play kkkk. I am warning you June July kuti beware, if you are not careful you might follow kkk. Tough luck Mudha, violence has no place even in the party whose genes breed violence kkkkk. Ko kombi izere neMaShurugwi wawoidii iyo nhai Owen, a whole minister kusada kusiyana nechikorokoza. Anyway, you might have just been a victim of circumstances just because you decided to go it the violent way. Iwewo Dhagi, on the service delivery front, chaos is reigning supreme Togarasei isu, how shall we live? Vakatumidza vanenge vaiziva sure kkkk. Of course how is the ordinary citizenry whose elected representatives both in House of Assembly and local authorities,you are firing santanto,willy-nilly going to live? You are affecting service delivery, people are now even in darkness as they cannot relay their issues to the responsible authority. As a political party, whose interests are you serving Togarasei?
Masvingo is at it again, the politics of this country are bred in this city kkkk, kubva tichinana Zvobgo maths dzaiitirwa kuno, even our soft coup was announced from here, yes paya painzi the situation in our country has reached another level, it was being broadcasted from Masvingo. Masvingo ndoyakamira naED pazvanga zvakaoma paya, ask Chadzamira kkkk, now the province is doing it again, vari kurwa vamire naGeneral kkkk, the Chiwenga faction has taken over the reins in Masvingo with Mavhenyengwa fronting the team kkk, lets watch and see, Kumagumo kune nyaya uku. Chiwenga haasi kumira ladies and gentlemen, he saw now he has experience yekuita acting president internally. Ko handi anosisiiwa nacho izvozvi akatobuda ari panyanga dzenyika hake, now he is practicing outside kkkk. He went to represent the president in Malawi on a SADC mission, mirai muone zvenyu. Chakakwana pamaHead of State ipapo rubbing shoulders and whispering in their ears kuti manje manje ndogona kungopinda kkk. He is making allies kunze uko.I don’t want to talk much about these guys, infact Zanu yacho yese zvayo, all the people in it are dead from neck upwards so we are being led by the living dead.
What a political Jabberwocky, a political hocos-pocos, Masvingo has come up with. Ko Energy Mutodi is back kkkk kudzoka kuvakafa zvokwadi kkkk. Kana akahwina mupeiwo chimuti amhanye iwe Mavhenyengwa. But honestly and frankly speaking ladies and gentlemen apa tichaonerera, how the two offices of ZANU PF chair and resident minister of will work. A lot is yet to be resolved between their warring factions pachiratidzanwa masimba, inenge ingori haivhiyiwi haivhiyiwi kkkk. Robson has clearly shown defiance and is adamant that only losers will always appeal against such outcomes but the results will stand.
Before I go hangu kunokanga maputi for lunch, let me talk a bit about Nero and his team. Iye Nero anombonzi baba aniko kkkk, nyaya yezita yanetsa iyi. The wait is so long and should be over. Fadzi, Jobho,Chibadura Tendai newe Cobra haaa it’s high time you show seriousness and let your followers know the new brand you have been talking about and promising because March is drawing nearer. Hanzi naFadzi we will tell the people at the right time. What right time inodarika ino? Don’t misuse patience and wasting time, you are wasting the people’s time. In fact, you are just like Zanu PF, you don’t listen to the masses, we have been saying this over and over again, just find a new name and we will follow that. A name is nothing but the idea, people follow and the leaders pushing the idea not a name, what is MDC? We need a name time ichiripo so that we cram it on time. Zimbos are not fools, regai vanoda mazita vatore tione akavapa mavotes. I will not talk much about this today and I hope by this day, same time next week the situation would have changed.
Has anyone seen any change from 2021 situation? Remember this is the year of growth as said by the president, President wenyika kwete president wevanhu, hope maibata. Where is Tyson these days? Anyarara but I heard he is planning something with Chiwenga. I hope they will include Mphoko in their plans, Mboko Imboko !!

Mwenezi minor succumbs to bee attack

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Mwenezi minor succumbs to bee attack

Cephas Shava

Mwenezi – The one-year-six months old Rutenga minor who was attacked by a swarm of bees on the afternoon of January 13, died upon admission at Neshuro District Hospital hours after the vicious attack.
Praise Mombeyarara, who was with her mother on their way to Rutenga Bus Stop reportedly fell from her back after a swarm of bees suddenly attacked them near the Netone area.
An eyewitness who was together with Praise’s mother, who also suffered some bee bites told TellZim News that the insects were provoked by some kids before making a surprise attack on them as they were passing.
“I was together with Praise’s mother when we were suddenly attacked by the bees. Her child who was on her back fell during the attack and the bees ended up shifting to the minor engulfing her as they stung her all over the body,” said the lady who identified herself as Mai Archford.
Roving their vehicles around the helpless minor, some motorists tried all but in vain to rescue the child from further attacks.
The hovering bees ended up penetrating through the helpless crying minor’s mouth, attacking everyone daring to come closer.
As the crowd struggled to chase the bees, the girl’s father who was immediately telephoned, rushed to the scene where he used some burning tyres to disperse the bees but they had already caused fatal harm on the minor.
The minor together with her mother were rushed to Rutenga Clinic and then to a local private surgery before being referred to Neshuro District Hospital where the child died upon admission.
By the time of writing, Praise’s mother was still admitted at the District Hospital while burial arrangements for the minor were being progress.

Zanu PF Masvingo new PCC goes haywire

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Zanu PF Masvingo new PCC goes haywire

. . . Mavhenyengwa faction smuggles in losing candidates
. . . Mangwana intervenes as things turn chaotic
. . . Mutodi and others replaced despite winning

Brighton Chiseva

MASVINGO – Chaos ran supreme at the most recent Zanu PF Masvingo Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting after the new provincial chairperson Robson Mavhenyengwa and his team allegedly smuggled in losing candidates from their faction replacing those who won but belong to the rival faction led by former chair Ezra Chadzamira.
Hell broke loose when the Mavhenyengwa faction replaced Energy Mutodi with Bikita South MP Josiah Sithole whom he thumped during the December 28, 2021 election to book a seat in the provincial frontliners.
Zanu PF politburo member and secretary for legal affairs Paul Mangwana intervened and told the presiding team led by Fredrick Shava and Monica Mutsvangwa that what was being done was against the party constitution.
A team that is inclined to the former chair Ezra Chadzamira has the majority in the PCC and was hoping to win the slots for the vice chair, commissar and spokesperson among others, but the Mavhenyengwa faction came up with another strategy of appointing instead of going for election or at least by form of consensus.
Sources who spoke to TellZim News said after confirming the provincial leadership winners, Monica Mutsvangwa who was presiding over the process asked people to get into subcommittees and asked the chairpersons to elect the other key positions which they did instead of making everyone vote
“Mutsvangwa asked the chairpersons to go out, elect the Vice chair and other vacant posts after which the process was done. However, they went on to elect other members who lost in the elections into provincial members. The likes of Josiah Sithole who lost to Energy Mutodi in Bikita South and Ephraim Gwanongodza in Chivi replacing Chadzamira’s ‘blue-eyed boy’ Godfrey Mukungunugwa,” said the source
When contacted for comment, Mangwana declined to shed more light saying it was an internal process and everything that was said there was meant to strengthen the party as well as to making sure everything was done according to the party regulations.
“The issues that were discussed and took place are not for the media; they were internal processes and I only made contributions which I thought were going to strengthen the party,” said Mangwana.
“I had no power to stop the process, I was one of the senior members there and also the secretary for legal affairs, so whatever contribution I made there was to make sure that the process goes smoothly. It is not something for the media and public consumption,” said Mangwana
Mutodi confirmed having been replaced by Sithole and said he appealed to Mavhenyengwa who told him that they had not processed his transfer so he cannot be in the provincial executive.
“I won with close to 300 votes ahead of Sithole, but in the list provided by the new chair, I am not there. When I checked with him, he told me that they had not cleared my transfer but surprisingly they allowed me to contest. We have since appealed to the relevant authorities and I am sure the matter will be discussed at the Politiburo,” said Mutodi.
Mavhenyengwa who is also the MP for Zaka North said the process was completed and they have since forgotten about it.
“We have already completed the process and all the vacant posts were filled up. Those who are complaining are just doing so because it is their right and it is normal for losers in any election to complain that they were rigged,” said Mavhenyengwa.
He said as the new chairperson for the province he was ready to work with everyone as the party prepares for 2023 general elections.
“Zanu PF is for us all and I am now the chairperson, it is no longer important whether you wanted me or not. We have to unite as we prepare for the 2023 elections,” he said.
Mavhenyengwa said the new Vice Chairperson is Trust Mugabe, Secretary for Administration Mathias Tongofa and Roy Bhila for finance.
The new Political Commissar is Brian Munyoro who is Gutu District Chairperson; Simon Muchafa is now the secretary for Transport while Ophias Murambiwa retained the post of secretary for information.

ZEC approves four Masvingo based CSOs for voter education

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ZEC approves four Masvingo based CSOs for voter education

Fredrick Moyo

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has approved only four Masvingo based Civic Society Organisation (CSOs) to conduct voter education in the province ahead of March 26 by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections.
ZEC approved 76 CSOs to conduct voter education countrywide and only four are from Masvingo.
Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD), Zimbabwe Association of Visually Handicapped (ZAVH), My Age Zimbabwe Trust and South Eastern Centre are the four organisations.
However, on the list there are some CSOs based out of Masvingo that also operate in the province like Election Resource Centre (ERC), Heal Zimbabwe Trust, Catholic Commission for Peace and Justice (CCJP), Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) and Women Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCOZ) among others.
Election Resource Centre (ERC) Legal and Advocacy Officer Takunda Tsunga said voter education programme has been ongoing since 2021, as they focus on youths and women to ensure that they take part in voting and help reach a larger population through online and physical education exercises.
“Voter education has been ongoing since last year. As youths and women form the biggest electoral demographic, our activities will be tailor-made to ensure their participation.
“As ERC we will ensure that we carry out a hybrid voter education and mobilization approach, online and physical, to reach as many citizens as possible. Following the 2018 Harmonised elections, voter turnout for by-elections stood at less than 50% in some constituencies and councils hence our duty will be to improve that. True representative democracy can only be achieved when citizens participate in electoral processes,” said Tsunga.
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) Programmes Director Ellen Dingani said ZEC approved ZESN to partake in voter education process and have been working together for years.
“ZESN is part of the CSOs approved by ZEC to conduct voter education. We have been doing voter education for quite a number of years,” said Dingani.
She also added that in some areas they liase with ZEC so that they do not conduct voter education in the same area.
“We liase with ZEC so that we do not duplicate the target audience. We check if ZEC is present in that particular area and try covering the areas they are not covering,” Dingani added.
Dingani said they are currently finalizing their plans and there will soon be a meeting with their voter education taskforce looking at areas that they are able to cover as their objective is to ensure every person gets proper education on voting.
“Our main objective is to ensure that every eligible voter gets information pertaining to voter education.
“We are finalizing our plans and will be meeting our taskforce that works specifically on voter and civic education next week so that we see which areas our taskforce are able to cover and the kind of activities we can do with the resources we have,” said Dingani.
My Age Zimbabwe Programmes Manager Joseph Njowa said they target youths and first time voters.
“Our main target are youths mainly from 18-24 years to guide them through the process as most of them are first time voters,” said Njowa.
Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD) Programmes Officer Ishmael Kupfuwa said the job was too much for only four CSOs to conduct voter education in the province that already has a low turnout in voter registration.
“COTRAD has been accredited to conduct voter education but ZEC should allow as many organisations to carry out voter education since the number of people registering to vote are low, a clear indication of lack of voter information in communities.
“ZEC should include organizations based in rural areas, because four CSOs cannot cover all the areas,” said Kupfuwa.
He added that they are mobilizing people through soccer and netball games, online and also doing radio shows.
“We are already into voter education. We are doing it through community soccer tournaments, in that regard COTRAD has voter education (IVOte) branded soccer and netball jerseys being used in Masvingo district and we are working towards expanding to other districts in the province,” said Kupfuwa.
ZEC invited both local and foreign observers ahead of the much awaited by-elections recently proclaimed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be held on March 26, 28 National Assembly constituencies and 117 local authorities are vacant.

Human wildlife conflict serious cause for concern in Zimbabwe-FaFlo Zim

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Human wildlife conflict serious cause for concern in Zimbabwe-FaFlo Zim

Melinda Kusemachibi

FaFlo (Fauna and Flora) Zim a Civil Society Organisation aimed at promoting an ecologically rich, clean and healthy environment said the ever increasing number in cases of human- wildlife conflicts have become a cause for concern in Zimbabwe.
The remark was made by FaFlo Zim director Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa following the trampling to death of a 22-year-old woman and her six months old baby in Kushinga B village under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge on January 1, 2022.
“Human-wildlife conflicts and most particularly human-elephant conflicts are a serious cause for concern in Zimbabwe. The annual number of people trampled to death by elephants is disturbingly high.
“Resource competition between growing human populations and elephants is a major cause of human-elephant conflict. People end up encroaching into game reserves thereby increasing human-wildlife interactions,” said Nyamukondiwa.
He went on to say that vandalism of game reserve fences are the major driver of human-wildlife conflict and at most there is no compensation for the victims.
“Vandalism of game reserve perimeter fences by villagers and sometimes late responses to emergency situations by authorities also contribute to the rise in human-wildlife conflict fatalities.
“The gap in our wildlife legislation is that there is no room for compensation for human and wildlife victims or their families. We are still using a colonial piece of legislation which is archaic and requires urgent amendment,” said Nyamukondiwa.
However, Nyamukondiwa said his organisation suggests some possible practical solutions to curb the conflicts.
“The responsible authority should erect or repair vandalised perimeter fences. At FaFlo Zim we are encouraging people to construct what are known as beehive fences.
“Again, ZimParks should be adequately funded so that they can immediately react to distress calls. ZimParks and other key stakeholders should do more awareness campaigns to educate people living in areas where human-wildlife conflicts are prevalent,” said Nyamukondiwa.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka confirmed the Chipinge incident that happened on January 01, 2022 resulting in the death of two people.
Circumstances on the issue are that Shylet Muyambo (22) and her six months-old child Remind Serengwana were trampled to death by an elephant on New Year Day in Kushinga B village on way from her sister Charity Muyambo’s (25) place in the same village.
At around 1800hours they had left Charity’s homestead heading to their home and on their way, they came across an elephant which attacked them after which they sustained deep cuts on the stomach.
Charity Muyambo and her husband Simbarashe Kumbula (27) heard the noise of the trumping elephant and went to investigate only to find the two lying lifeless on the ground.
The issue was reported at Chisumbanje police station that same day before the bodies were taken to St Peter Mission Hospital for postmortem.
In the past years, there have been reports of wildlife trespassing into communities and wreaking havoc on people’s properties.
In December 2021, two men from Chiredzi, one a fish poacher and a game scout were attacked and killed by a buffalo.
In 2020, a 35 year-old woman was gored to death by a stray buffalo while fetching firewood in the bush in Chibuwe.
According to World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), human-wildlife conflict is ‘any interaction between humans and wildlife that results in negative impacts on human social, economic or cultural life, on the conservation of wildlife populations, or on the environment’.

Political tolerance should reign supreme in the nation

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Political tolerance should reign supreme in the nation

Following the recent pronouncement of dates for the national assembly by-elections on January 6, 2022 that have been set for March 26, by the President, there is need for appeal to calmness and let peace reign in the nation.
Political violence that usually mar electoral contests should cease to be a thing of the past and the only way to go about that would be developing tolerance to the diverse political views, the citizenry have.
There is no need to engage in inter-party political violence or even intra-party is never condoned but is condemned in the strongest terms they deserve.
Political parties should take the leading role to educate their followers on the need to preserve peace and calmness as well as the repercussions of engaging in such activities after all we are one family, Zimbabwe.
As the elections date draws nearer, let all political activities be conducted peacefully without resorting to primitive and barbaric ways in form of violence.
Sticking to the mandate of elections in a democracy that is the right to choose a representative of own choice, the general citizenry is once more called upon to play an active role to curb the violence and refrain from being used by political players with certain agendas.
Political leaders should also bear in mind that political violence they may propagate and promote is detrimental to development as it reverses gains made on the development front especially infrastructure that suffers the brunt of the organised violence.
Restrictive and deterrent punitive measures should be employed so that offenders pay dearly for their trespasses while at the same time would-be offenders draw lessons from such.
As a result, the maintenance and preservation of peace on a national scale becomes the responsibility of every concerned citizen, hence partaking a role would do more good than harm to the nation.

Avuxeni radio to improve council community communication

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Avuxeni radio to improve council community communication

Thabiso Nxumalo

Avuxeni Community Radio station is set to play a key role in improving communication between Chiredzi town council and residents.
The remark was made by Chiredzi Town council chairperson, Councillor Gibson Hwende who said the radio station is a shot in the arm for residents as it will improve council’s information dissemination channel as well as ensuring that accurate and credible information on town development is relayed to residents.
“The station will improve communication between council and the community so as to keep all our residents well informed about issues pertaining to the development of the town.
“It will also act as a form and way of promoting our rich Shangani/Tsonga culture” said Hwende.
He also said Chiredzi town council was committed to the development of the station and have already offered the station a building for their studio and is working on developing the landscape sarround it.
“Chiredzi town council has offered Avuxeni Community Radio Station LEAP Building to use for their operations.
“Council has also offered to put up irrigation for Landscaping and have already planted lawn right round the complex,” Hwende added.
Avuxeni is the town’s sole licensed radio station and was granted a licence on May 26, 2021 after the Shangani people under the banner of Chiredzi Rural Development Trust (CRDT) applied for it in March 2020.

Programme based budgeting to ensure accountability: Eng Kauma

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Programme based budgeting to ensure accountability: Eng Kauma

Fredrick Moyo

Acting Chiredzi Town Secretary Engineer Wesley Kauma said the newly introduced Programme Based Budgeting will go a long way in ensuring accountability and transparency in council operations.
Eng Kauma said the remarkable shift from outdated Zero budgeting to the new Programme Based Budgeting is the new policy introduced by government that seeks to ensure accountability in running affairs of local authorities.
“The Programme Based Budgeting is the new policy introduced by government of late moving forward in running council affairs. We used to operate following the traditional Zero-based budgeting, but now government policy has changed resulting in the introduction of this new programme-based budgeting system.
“The main thrust behind the new system being that programmes are assigned to relevant departments targeting specific individuals who assume responsibility and duties directly. So you are going to realise that the system ensures answerability to the very individuals assigned.
“So when we do our budgets, we are compelled to come up with a five-year strategic plan first that will be aligned to the National Development Strategies 1(NDS1) and for those five years, we will have to break down the plans based on annual basis that the budget will support and that is when the issue of programme-based budgeting gets in,” said Eng Kauma.
He also highlighted that as council they were given a template that outlines programmes to be followed by the council authorities that are further divided into sub-programmes.
“The structure template we got from government has six programmes which would further be divided into sub programmes. As the accounting officer, I would prepare a performance contract and for this year we would attend a signing ceremony for the programmes.
“At the end of the year there would be reviews and evaluations to gauge whether we as local authorities have achieved what we set as targets. The reviews will also focus on assessing how much are we contributing to the NDS1 that will feed to the national vision set for 2030. Thus programme based budget is more like an appraisal which would help in reflecting areas of weakness on part of council and how government can chip in and assist,” he added.
Eng Kauma also took the opportunity to appreciate the role and commitment shown by council employees towards the achievement of ‘The Chiredzi we want’ and subsequently attaining Municipality status.
“Three months ago we had five months’ salary arrears for our council employees but as we speak we are almost approaching current salaries. Then we are also saying as council, when we took over, we had no equipment the reason why you see that our operations are mainly based on human- capital as we have no equipment like graders and thus all our works depended on manual labour (human capital), so our employees have been very supportive, the reason why progress is noticeable.
“The sewer upgrades we are undertaking are being done manually by our workers and so are other projects,” said Eng Kauma.
The Town secretary also said they have already applied to the parent ministry of local government for the granting of municipality status.
“As I have said, as part of our strategic plan, our vision is towards the attainment of municipality status. As an authority we have already applied to the ministry for granting of the status. So there is a template that we were given which we need to follow and follow its requirements.
“We have already started doing what is required of us in the template that includes having a fire station for Chiredzi municipality. Already we have acquired a fire centre and the equipment is being manufactured in China and as soon as the equipment is delivered, we will start working on it. In our budget we have already budgeted for the section.
“Some of the requirements we will work on them as we go on like having updated accounts. As it is we have had two audit cycles as a catch-up programme that is for 2019 and 2020 so that we can move over to 2021 before the expiration of the mandatory 120 days and only then will we be up to date,” he said.
However, Eng Kauma said council is contemplating revoking leases of their two beer halls namely Chigarapasi and Komanani as the revenue generated is way below expectations as compared to that likely to be generated if council operates them.
“We have two beer halls; Chigarapasi and Komanani that we are leasing but the rentals are just too low, hence as council we are realising nothing meaningful. As a result, we are contemplating taking over the facilities,” said Eng Kauma.

Masvingo man Gabriel Mupasiri arrested for manhandling Editor over 2012 story

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Masvingo man Gabriel Mupasiri arrested for manhandling Editor over 2012 story

TellZim Reporter

MASVINGO – A self-proclaimed businessman Gabriel Mupasiri is being charged with disorderly conduct after he manhandled a journalist at a local hotel recently over a story published sometime in 2012.

Mupasiri grabbed TellZim editor Passmore Kuzipa by the collar threatening to beat him up over an issue he was unwilling to disclose.

Kuzipa immediately reported the case at Masvingo Central Police station and the case was filed under CR30/01/22.

Mupasiri is expected to appear in court on January 13, 2022 for disorderly conduct.

On the fateful day (January 10), three journalists and a number of local business people were watching an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) match between Zimbabwe and Senegal at a local hotel.

During the dying minutes of the game, Mupasiri came and approached the journalists before rhetorically asking who Kuzipa was among the three.

He then commanded Kuzipa to come where he was standing but before Kuzipa responded one of the journalists intervened and told Mupasisri not to disturb because they were watching a soccer match.

Mupasiri then jumped and grabbed Kuzipa by his collar. He was restrained by other journalists and revellers who then forced him out of the hotel bar.

While outside, some revellers quizzed him about his unruly behaviour and that is when Mupasiri allegedly revealed that Kuzipa once wrote a story about him sometime in 2012 when he was the then news editor of The Mirror.

The article which Mupasiri was referring to is a satirical piece by Hot On The Heels (Hoth) which claimed that a certain guy by the name Gabu who was then staying in Rhodhene was in the habit of bashing his wife and starving her whilst spending money with girlfriends.  HOTH also said in that article Gabu was not paying rentals and each time the property owner asked for his rentals, Gabu would threaten to beat him up.

After the case was published then, Mupasiri stormed The Mirror offices and grabbed Kuzipa by the collar threatening to beat him over that particular satirical article.

An alert was issued by Misa Zimbabwe on May 28, 2012 condemning Mupasiri’s overzealous behaviour.

Fast forward to 2022, it is over a decade since the said article was published but Mupasiri is still angry and wants to cause harm to Kuzipa.

Due to fear for his life because of the unpredictable backward behaviour of Mupasiri, Kuzipa reported the matter to police and Mupasiri will have his day in court on January 13, 2022.

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