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Chiredzi cane farmer flees from own wedding

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Chiredzi cane farmer flees from own wedding

 

Temba Moyo and Charity Chiwamba


…as first wife storms venue


Beatific Gumbwanda

CHIREDZI – Mkwasine
Sugarcane Farmers Association (MSFA) accounts clerk and farmer, Temba Moyo recently
fled from Chiredzi Magistrates Court where he was scheduled to exchange wedding
vows with his girlfriend Charity Chiwamba after his current wife Georgina
Majoni stormed the venue.

Majoni was accompanied by Moyo’s own family members who were
also disenchanted by Moyo’s intention to secretly wed another woman.

TellZim News heard that Moyo’s clandestine wedding
arrangement with Chiwamba was sold out by a family friend who tipped off
Majoni.

Sources said Moyo had planned to do a wedding party at Mkwasine
Country Club later on after the wedding vows but all that came to nothing as he
had to flee with his bride from the impending embarrassment.

Moyo was nowhere to be found when his name was called by
Chiredzi Magistrate Simbarashe Gundani as he had already got wind that his
current wife wanted to cause a scene.

“You worship, I am Temba Moyo’s wife. I heard rumors
that he was supposed to wed today, so I came to witness it myself,” Majoni told
the magistrate.

Magistrate Gundani then cancelled Moyo’s wedding.

When Moyo was contacted for comment, he blamed court
officials for blowing up his cover as well as his siblings for supporting his
current wife.

“My siblings, Thoko Moyo and Morgen Moyo are forcing me
to love my wife who committed adultery. The other two women who work at the
Magistrates’ Court are divulging information about my plans because they are
being paid to do so,” said Moyo.

Meanwhile, Moyo is scheduled to appear in the civil court on
October 27 with another woman Gracious Shoko who is claiming maintenance for a six-months-old
baby.

 

Masvingo deputy Housing director Mandishona in stands scandal

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Masvingo deputy Housing director Mandishona in stands scandal

 

Simbarashe Mandishona

TellZim Reporter

The
recent visit by a team of land commissioners dispatched by the ministry of
Local Government to look into how the City of Masvingo has been handling land
allocations has unearthed serious irregularities, TellZim News can report.

The city’s
deputy housing director Simbarashe Mandishona is one of those under the
spotlight, having allegedly allocated himself an extra residential stand in
Eastvale in a dubious manner.

The stand
in question, which Mandishona had allegedly convinced council to condemn before
taking it over at no cost, sits adjacent to his other regular stand in the same
suburb.

This
created for Mandishona a double stand twice as big as any other average residential
stand in the suburb, an anomaly that raised the suspicions of the investigators
who then started to question.

The extra
stand which Mandishona is said to have irregularly allocated to himself was
repossessed by the council in 2012 after the previous owner is said to have
failed to make any developments to it.

When
contacted for comment, Mandishona told TellZim News that he could not comment
on the matter but said that his detractors were out to besmirch his ‘good’ name.

“This
is a very sensitive matter and I am not allowed to comment. Yes, the land
commission was here for 10 days and I think people should wait for the report.

“I do
not want to put myself in trouble by commenting on an issue which I am not
authorized to speak about. My enemies are out to tarnish my image,” said
Mandishona.

Sources
who spoke to TellZim News said that after council repossessed the stand, which
is next to Mandishona’s, the deputy housing director wrote to his boss Levison
Nzvura informing him that the repossessed stand could no longer be developed
and he should be allowed to add it to his own so that he could have sufficient
ground to park his cars.

Nzvura
is said to have agreed to his junior’s request and signed all the requisite
papers.

“The
commissioners visited Mandishona’s house in Eastvale and were surprised by the
extravagant size of the stand as well as the elegance of the house he built
using the small salary he gets from council.

“The
commissioners asked how Mandishona could have a double residential stand in one
suburb when council rules do not permit it when it comes to council employees
and councillors,” said the source.

Mandishona
tried to justify himself when TellZim News pressed him further, but was quick
to add that he did not want to pre-empt the work of the commission and that he
would rather go down alone than entangle others.

City of
Masvingo Housing Director Levison Nzvuura told TellZim News that the matter was
complex and could not give a comment.

“This
is a complex matter and as you know we have a communication procedure which
prohibits us from making comments that affect the council,” said Nzvuura.

City of
Masvingo Acting Town Clerk Edward Mukaratirwa told TellZim News that the
commission did not give him any details of their findings.

“The
land commission came and when I had an exit meeting with them, they did not
tell me anything about their findings.

“They
simply told me that they would produce a report which they would give to Minister
July Moyo so we are waiting to hear from the minister. What you are asking is
just hearsay for now,” said Mukaratirwa.

MP Omar burial set for today

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MP Omar burial set for today

 

Joosbi Omar

TellZim
Reporter

The late Mwenezi Member of Parliament (MP) Joosbi
Omar is expected to be buried at Lawn Cemetery in Masvingo today in line
with Muslim burial practices.

Omar died yesterday evening, October 25, at Makurira
Memorial Clinic where he had been admitted after suffering a heart attack.

Family spokesperson, Yunis Omar, who is younger
brother to Joosbi, said the family was devastated by the loss.

“It happened all of a sudden. Yes, he had some minor
health issues in the past and he was diabetic but we did not expect that it
could end like this so early. As a family, we can’t fully describe the loss. He
was a family man,” said Yunis.

Zanu PF Masvingo provincial spokesperson Ezra
Chadzamira said he was greatly saddened by Omar’s untimely death.

“He was a hardworking MP and party member; very
loyal to the ethos of the party and to the President. We are devastated by his
death which came when we least expected,” said Chadzamira, who is also the
Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs and Devolution.

Omar, who was born in 1953, grew to become a
successful businessman with interests spanning real estate and education.

In 2013, Omar contested in the Zanu PF primaries for
Masvingo Urban constituency but lost to Daniel Shumba who went on to become MP.

In 2017, he contested and won in the Zanu PF Mwenezi
East primaries ahead of a by-election that year and went on to become MP,
succeeding Joshua ‘Mazebra’ Moyo who had died suddenly in December 2016.

Omar was re-elected MP in the harmonised elections
of July 2018.

He is survived by his wife, two daughters, one son
and eight grand children.

 

 

 

 

Child born without anus pleads for US$7 200

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Child born without anus pleads for US$7 200

 

Talliah Kachuta

Colleen Chitsa

HARARE – A three-year old girl, Talliah Kachuta, of Glenview 1 who
was born without an anal passage and is using a hole drilled on her stomach to
get rid of body waste needs to undergo a colostomy closure operation for her to
use the normal excretion organ.

The colostomy operation requires
US$7 200.

 The child’s mother Patricia Timire, who is
unemployed, said the baby was born without an anus and she underwent surgical
operation at Harare Hospital on her belly so that an alternative excretion
passage could be created.

She said the child underwent her
first colostomy operation soon after birth as she waited for the healing of
another surgical operation which had been performed to open up her anal passage.

The anal passage has since healed
but for it to start functioning, doctors should close the stomach hole first, a
medical procedure which costs thousands of US dollars.

Her family says the child is being
stigmatised by other children who do not want to play with her as she is often covered
in faeces and flies.

“She is growing up and now she
can see and tell that she is different from other children. It hurts seeing her
cry everyday because she does not have any friends. Sometimes people look at
her and ask many questions about why she is like that and this is makes her
feel uncomfortable,” said the mother.

 The family can be contacted on 0713 392 211

 

 

New USAID food security programs for Zim

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New USAID food security programs for Zim

 

Moses Ziyambi

The United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) has announced two new food security programs,
Takunda and Amalima Loko that are meant to help fight hunger in the country.

These five-year programs, which
were announced on October 21, will target nearly 490 000 Zimbabweans in Matabeleland
North, Masvingo, and Manicaland provinces. 

“These two new programs will
build on the United States’ investment in Zimbabwean people and tackle the root
causes of food insecurity and poverty by assisting almost a half a million
vulnerable Zimbabweans to transition from humanitarian assistance to resilience
and self-reliance,” said USAID director Art Brown.

Under Takunda US$55 million will
be spent to feed more than 301 000 vulnerable people through CARE International
in Chivi and Zaka in Masvingo as well as Buhera and Mutare in Manicaland.

The program is also meant to empower
women and youth to create sustainable livelihoods, improve agriculture
practices and technology, and strengthen the governance and management of community
assets and infrastructure.

Under Amalima Loko, US$75 million
will be spent to improve food security for more than 188 000 food insecure
citizens in the Matabeleland North districts of Tsholotsho, Lupane, Nkayi,
Hwange, and Binga. The job will be done through Cultivating New Frontiers in
Agriculture.

The program will increase access
to food, improve nutritional behaviors, and educate communities on sustainable
watershed management.

USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian
Assistance, the U.S. Government’s lead coordinator for international disaster
assistance, provides life-saving humanitarian assistance—such as food, water,
shelter, emergency healthcare, sanitation and hygiene, and critical nutrition
services—to the world’s most vulnerable people.

Since independence in 1980, the
United States, through USAID, has contributed over $3.2 billion in assistance
to Zimbabwe in such areas as food security, economic resilience, health systems
and services, and good governance. 

 

 

Zaka woman dies during illegal mining

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Zaka woman dies during illegal mining

 

Ratidzo Munembi

ZAKA – An illegal
mining expedition turned into a tragedy after a woman from Gachiti village near
Perirendava area under Chief Bota died after a mine shaft which she was working
in collapsed.

Ward
30 Councillor Fortune Maputsa confirmed the incident and said they were
saddened by the loss of life of a woman who was the sole breadwinner of a
family of five.

Although
Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Charity Mazula said that the report had
not yet reached her office, TellZim News established that the woman’s name is Mavis
Jakata who left a three-year-old child.

Maputsa
told TellZim News that Jakata was working in a three metre deep shaft when the
tragedy occurred.

“Witnesses
said the woman had turned down a request by another miner to work on her ore
which she had dug out. It is not clear how the ore ended up falling back in the
pit in which she worked,” said Maputsa

He
said other miners reportedly fled from the scene only to come back some time
later to dig her out of the pit.

“Those
who were close ran away when they heard what had happened but later came back
and started digging. They found her unconscious and rushed her to Bota Clinic
where she was pronounced dead upon arrival,” he said.

Maputsa
said a team from Environmental Management Agencies (EMA), Zaka Rural District
Council (RDC) and the police visited the scene after the incident to assess the
area.

“Representatives
from EMA said the area was fit for mining but those who intend to do the mining
should register and regularise so that they be helped to adhere to safety
measures,” said Maputsa.

He
said three more people had escaped death at the same place before the recent
incident, with one of them yet to fully recover.

 

 

 

 

 

Masvingo given ultimatum to stop gold mining at water tanks

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Masvingo given ultimatum to stop gold mining at water tanks

 

Colleen
Chitsa

Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Alliance
(Murra) has written to Masvingo City Council threatening legal action if mining
activities on a hill which hosts the city’s main water storage tanks are not
stopped within seven days.

The residents’ organization claims the miners are
utilizing dangerous chemicals above Hillside Extension and Taget Kopje suburbs thereby
posing a serious risk to the city’s water reservoirs.

Through its lawyers Mutendi, Mudisi and Shumba Legal
Practitioners, Murra has demanded that all mining in the area be ceased.

“Some houses in Target Kopje now have cracks from
the explosions occasioned by the illegal mining and the continued digging will
lead to the collapse of some houses. If the illegal miners are not stopped, the
water reservoir tanks may end up bursting which will culminate in flooding and
destruction of structures.

“They are utilizing dangerous chemicals like cyanide,
mercury and explosives near water reservoirs tanks that store water supply for
the whole city of Masvingo and the use of dangerous chemicals is risky in that
it is only a matter of time before it contaminates the water meant for domestic
use by the residents, exposing the residents to a myriad of diseases which will
culminate in a catastrophe for the whole city,” the letter reads.

Murra argues that that if the ongoing mining
activities are not stopped, many lives would be lost in the eventual floods and
the whole city will go for a lengthy period without water supplies.

Although Masvingo City Council had not responded to
the ultimatum by the time of writing, it is understood the mining activities
happening in the area are not illegal as all requisite papers were acquired,
albeit dubiously.

Recently,
the city’s engineering department recommended to council that new applications to
exploit the hill be turned down, arguing that council was failing to
effectively monitor and hold to account those who are already mining there.

Security guard steals 40kgs ZESA copper cables

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Security guard steals 40kgs ZESA copper cables

 

Colleen
Chitsa

Muringani
garage worker in Masvingo recently appeared at the Masvingo Magistrates’ Court
for allegedly stealing 40kg of Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and
Distribution Company (ZETDC) copper cables.

It
is the State’s case that James Masomere (32) of Mucheke A, who worked at Muringani
garage as a security guard, was arrested for possessing copper cables which
belonged to the ZETDC.

The
court heard that at around 09:00hrs, police officers patrolling Mucheke Light
Industry intercepted the accused who was carrying a sack which appeared to be
containing heavy contents.

Asked
how he had acquired the copper, Masomere failed to give a satisfactory answer
leading to his arrest.

The
copper cables were identified as ZETDC by loss controller Abel Mundondwa.

The
copper was weighed in the presence of a ZIMPOST Masvingo official at the
Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) and had a total mass of 40kg and was valued
at US$800.

The
accused was further remanded to a later date for further trial and was ordered
to bring a lawyer.

Nixon
Chamisa represented the state.

Gutu police shooting victim gets ZADHR support

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Gutu police shooting victim gets ZADHR support

 

The injured Sheunesu Chiwara at Gutu Mission Hospital

Moses Ziyambi

The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors
for Human Rights (ZADHR) has offered to support the family of Sheunesu Chiwara
get medical treatment for their son who was shot by the police at their
homestead at a farm in the Dewure East area of Gutu East on October 18.

After TellZim News broke the story
the following day, ZADHR requested for the family’s contacts and they then
phoned Sheunesu’s mother to offer medical assistance.

ZADHR secretary general Norman
Matara later told TellZim News in a phone interview that the organisation
indeed wanted to assist Sheunesu get free medical care.

“We are in touch with doctors in
Mpandawana and Masvingo where the victim can get medical care at our expense.
This is a matter of human rights and we understand the family is finding it
expensive to pay for the care that is required. I have personally spoken to Dr
Calvin Maimba in Masvingo to attend to the case,” said Matara.

Maimba later confirmed to TellZim
News that he had been instructed to attend to Sheunesu and was trying to get in
touch with the family.

“As soon as they get transferred
to Masvingo as is being reported, I will go and check on him to see the kind of
assistance I can give,” said Maimba.

Sheunesu’s mother, Stella
Mahachi, told TellZim News she had been contacted by ZADHR and she accepted
their offer for support.

“They phoned me and asked if I
would need assistance and I accepted. Right now, we are struggling to pay the
bills at Gutu Mission Hospital where Sheunesu is admitted. I heard we will soon
need to consult a urologist in Masvingo and they promised to pay for that,”
said Mahachi.

Sheunesu was shot point blank in
the groin and his genital were injured after police officer made follow-ups to
an alleged case of assault which had happened the previous day at Chomungai business
centre.

Sheunesu and his brother Misheck maintain
their innocence, arguing that that they did not commit any assault on the day
in question. They also claim the police officers were unnecessarily aggressive when
they visited the homestead to question and arrest them.

After Sheunesu was shot, police
handcuffed him and Misheck and tried to march them to Bhasera Police Station
but later looked for a vehicle to take the injured Sheunesu to Chimombe
Hospital after he began losing a lot of blood.

Sheunesu received initial
treatment at Chimombe before being transferred to Gutu Mission Hospital where
he spent over 48 hours without being attended to by a doctor because there was
non available.

Meanwhile, police in Masvingo
refused to talk about the matter but an insider said Constable Mudziro, who
pulled the trigger, will not be charged as he invoked duty privilege; claiming
in an internal report that his team was under attack from the victim.

 

 

Man hangs self after stray cattle eat his thatch

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Man hangs self after stray cattle eat his thatch

 

The now late Julius Rushambwe

Brighton
Chiseva

Renco
Mine – A 47-year-old man from Rupike area near Renco Mine
under Chief Nyajena last week committed suicide by hanging after stray cattle
belonging to his nephew ate his thatch.

Julius Rushambwe hanged
himself in a Mushavhi tree near his nephew Ananias’ (56) homestead after the
latter’s cattle feasted on the former’s thatch which he wanted to roof his hut
with.

Masvingo Provincial
Police spokesperson Chief Inspector Charity Mazula confirmed the incident
saying the number of people committing suicide over trivial matters is
worrying.

“We received the report
that a man committed suicide at his nephew’s home and the scene was attended by
Renco Mine police who took the deceased’s body for post-mortem,” said Mazula.

Sources close to the
two said the now deceased had piled his thatch at his homestead intending to
thatch his kitchen hut.

One evening, sources
say, the nephew’s cattle strayed into the deceased’s yard and ate some of the
thatch and the following morning the now deceased is said to have confronted
his nephew over the incident.

The two are said to
have exchanged words before the now deceased retired to his place. The next
evening, the same nephew’s cattle strayed again to the now deceased’s yard and
ate his thatch.

Infuriated, the now
deceased went to his nephew’s homestead in the middle of the night and hanged
himself to a nearby tree.

Ananias’ daughter is said to have discovered the body early in the morning
and alerted his father who is said to have been at a nearby irrigation scheme.

The family ordered
Ananias to foot all the funeral expenses and pay two cattle and three goats.

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