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Woman steals boyfriend’s money, loses it to gambling

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Woman steals boyfriend’s money, loses it to gambling

 

Colleen Chitsa

MASVINGO – A 22-year-old woman had her skin saved by her boyfriend who
dropped the theft charges he had earlier pressed against her for stealing his money
and lost it in gambling.

Rumbidzai Mano from Zvavatonga
Village under Headman Madyangove appeared before Magistrate Candice Kasere for allegedly
stealing US$470 from her boyfriend McDonald Ranganai who had entrusted her with
the money for safekeeping.

It was the state’s case, as
represented by Innocent Mbambo, that on November 15, 2020, Ranganai gave Mano US$470
but when he came back two days later, he found that his girlfriend had vacated
the homestead.

“I used a duplicate key to open
the doors and found her travelling bag, blankets and clothes missing. I tried
calling her several times but her phone was unreachable,” the complainant
explained.

Ranganai reported the case to the
police and the accused was found the same day around 19:00hrs at Victoria Ranch
where she was immediately arrested.

When asked why she had stolen the
money, Mano said she wanted to make some orders but on her way she got caught
out in the game of cards where she gambled and lost all the money hoping she
would win.

In the court, Ranganai dropped
the charges saying the accused had a little child to take care of and that he
had forgiven her stealing his money.

Magistrate Kasere called her heartless
and immature for such behavior at a time when money is not easy to find before
ordering her to perform some community service.

 

 

Man steals donkeys to feed family

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Man steals donkeys to feed family

 

Colleen Chitsa

RENCO MINE – A 50-year-old unemployed father of nine recently appeared
before Masvingo Magistrate Candice Kasere for allegedly stealing four donkeys
in the same month from different people.

Simon Chisemwa from Chezhira
Village under Chief Nyajena was arrested for stealing and selling donkeys that
belong to different villagers.

The court heard that sometime in
November 2019, Chisemwa stole four donkeys which were left to browse at Bangala
grazing lands and sold them to Brigita Vakari and Lazarus Mavhuro from Gwachara
village in Chiredzi.

On October 10 this year, the
police recovered the donkeys at the homesteads of the people who had bought
them from Chisemwa.

Asked why he stole the donkeys,
Chisemwa said since he was unemployed he wanted to raise money to feed his
family.

The value of the donkeys stolen
was $750 and $600 was recovered.

Innocent Mbambo represented the
state.

Veterai conferred liberation hero status

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Veterai conferred liberation hero status

 

Beatific Gumbwanda

CHIREDZI – Former Zimbabwe Republic Police
(ZRP) Senior Assistant Commissioner Edmore Veterai, who collapsed and died on
November 23, has been conferred a hero status by President Emmerson Dambudzo
Mnangagwa.

Veterai,
who was a key player in the sugar industry, was the chairperson of the Zimbabwe
Sugarcane Development Association (ZSDA), a farmer grouping which facilitated
the introduction of a certificate in sugarcane agriculture by the Great
Zimbabwe University (GZU).

A
letter signed by Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu shows that Veterai
was conferred a liberation hero status on November 24.

“His
Excellency, The President and First Secretary of Zanu PF Cde E.D Mnangagwa has
conferred a liberation Hero Status to the late Cde Edmore Gochai Veterai who
died on 23 November 2020 and will be buried at Farm Number 30, Hippo Valley,
Chiredzi. The family can be contacted through our Masvingo Provincial Office,”
reads the letter.

Edmore
Veterai was Secretary for Science and Technology in Zanu PF Masvingo Provincial
Coordination Committee (PCC).

On social media, however, Veterai divided opinion sharply; with some saying they will not mourn him owing to his alleged role in enforcing repression during the rule of former president, the late Robert Mugabe.

As officer commanding police in Matabeleland North, Veterai seized the late opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s car and the car has not reportedly not been released to date.

He allegedly played a lead role in enforcing Operation Murambatsvina which rendered many people homeless in urban areas, and was also instrumental in brutalising opposition supporters.

 

Man arrested for killing brother-in-law

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Man arrested for killing brother-in-law

 

Ratidzo Munembi

ZAKA – A 26-year-old
man from Mlungisi village under Chief Nhema was arrested last week for
allegedly killing his son in-law over a dispute which he had with his wife, the
now murder accused’s cousin sister.

Silvanos
Mlungisi is said to have fatally assaulted his cousin sister Regina Charamba’s
husband Renias Musasa because he (Musasa) had been engaged in a dispute with
his wife over their grandchildren whom Charamba found to be troublesome.

Masvingo
police provincial spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed
the incident and discouraged people from using violence to settle disputes.

Circumstances
are that on August 25, Charamba visited her cousin brothers Tambai Mlungisi and
Vengai Mlungisi to relate to them the dispute she had had with her husband the
previous night.

She
then went back home and proceeded to the garden to get some vegetables.

Silvanos,
and Tambai together with their other sibling Joseph later followed their cousin
sister to her home to try and settle the dispute, leading to an argument which
degenerated into the assault.

Silvanos
kicked Musasa and bashed his head on the wall before leaving the place.

At
around 19:00hrs, Charamba came back home from the garden to find her husband
lying down in the bedroom, complaining of a severe headache.

Noticing
that her husband had a deep cut on the forehead and his clothes were
blood-stained, Charamba tried to administer first aid but did not report the
case to the police.

On
October 02, Musasa’s condition worsened and he was taken to St Anthony’s Musiso
Mission Hospital where he died the following day.

After
burial, rumours that Musasa was murdered by his in-laws started circulating and
this led to the deceased’s relatives opening a police case.

Silvanos
was arrested and the body was later exhumed for a post-mortem which confirmed
that he had died of injuries sustained during the assult.

 

 

Mutare taxi driver robbed of his car

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Felix Matasva

MUTARE- A taxi driver here was recently left counting losses
after customers who had hired his services turned on him robbing him of his
car, cellphone and money.

Marshal Kujuva was hired from Dangamvura bus terminus
by two men who wanted to be taken to consult a prophet in Zimunya.

The two unidentified men later on robbed Kujuva of his
Honda Fit car, Itel smartphone and US$92.

Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector
Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident which occurred last week saying
investigations were still ongoing.

It
is said that the two men approached Kujuva wanting to be taken to Zimunya from
Dangamvura bus terminus.

One
of the accused persons occupied the front seat while the other sat at the back.

They
used the Mutare -Masvingo highway
and turned at Zimunya turnoff where they used the
dust road.

After a few meters from the highway, the taxi driver
was ordered to stop near a bushy area where the suspects said they would
complete the journey to the prophet’s shrine on foot.

The suspects convinced Kujuva to go with them so that
he could also be helped with issues which might be bothering him and the
unsuspecting Kujuva agreed.

Kujuva
and the two suspects used
a small path into the bush towards the
purported prophet’s place and when they were about
50 meters from the vehicle, one of the accused
grabbed the complainant‘s car
keys while the other threatened him with a
machete.

The
suspects assaulted Kujuva before tying him up with
an electric cable whilst a cloth was stuffed into his mouth before disappearing
with his car.

Kujuva
later untied himself and reported the
matter at Zimunya police station where officers
attended the scene but nothing
was recovered.

Inspector Kakohwa urged motorists not to drive to
secluded places and roads with unknown people.

 

 

 

 

   

Masvingo proposes public lighting levy

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Masvingo proposes public lighting levy

 

City of Masvingo mayor Collen Maboke

…as Zesa abdicates duty

Blessed Chauke

In its
proposed 2021 budget, the City of Masvingo intends to introduce a public
lighting levy, a fund which the local authority says will be used to repair and
refurbish the public lighting infrastructure in the city.

The
public lighting levy will be attached to the water bills and each household
will be billed $90 in local currency effective January 2021.

The
city council says that there is an agreement in place which compels the power
utility Zesa to maintain the city’s public lighting infrastructure but says has
since abdicated on the duty.

“While
there is an agreement that placed an obligation of Zesa to maintain the city’s
public lighting infrastructure, Zesa has not been forthcoming in honoring this
obligation and the agreement has become a subject of dispute,” reads part of
the budget proposal.

There
has been calls from residents for council to fix the public lighting system as
theft cases were on the rise with thieves taking advantage of the darkness.

“While
a solution is being sought, council believes that measures have to be taken to
ensure that the security of our residents does not continue to be compromised
through lack of functional public functional systems.

“In this
regard, we propose to introduce a new billing item of public lighting with
effect from January 2021 at a rate of $90.

“This
fund will be ring fenced to cater for materials required in the maintenance and
installation of our public lighting infrastructure,” reads the budget proposal.

The
city council also proposes to introduce the fire and rescue services levy aimed
at equipping the fire and rescue department.

“Council
realizes that this disaster and emergency response section has become
significantly incapacitated in terms of equipment and resources. In order
to improve the efficiency of this section in responding to emergencies such as
natural disasters, fire and road traffic accidents, we propose to introduce a
dedicated funding line with an initial proposal of $90 per month per account.

“The
funds received in this regard will be ring fenced and utilized to procure
equipment and other emergency response materials such as personal protective
clothing.

“This
amount will adjust at 50% per quarter should inflationary developments call for
such adjustments,” reads the proposed budget.

 

 

 

MDC-T Masvingo turns against Khupe, Mwonzora

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MDC-T Masvingo turns against Khupe, Mwonzora

 

Douglas Mwonzora

…accuses duo of trying to rig way to
power

…nominates Mudzuri for president

Upenyu
Chaota

The Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T Masvingo
province has nominated Elias Mudzuri as their presidential candidate for the forthcoming
extraordinary congress slatted for December despite there being an internal
memorandum to all provinces from secretary general Douglas Mwonzora stopping
all nomination processes.

The shelving of nomination processes by
Mwonzora has drawn scorn from the MDC-T extraordinary congress delegates and
members of the National Council of Masvingo province who view the move as the
biggest betrayal to the democratic principles and values of the party.

At a press conference held last weekend
at the party’s provincial headquarters in Rhodene, MDC-T delegates led by de
facto chairperson Festus Dumbu said that they would want to be given a chance
to choose their own candidate and not be dictated upon by either Mwonzora or
Khupe.

The resolutions had initially affirmed
support for Mudzuri before being edited to leave out the name of their preferred
presidential candidate. Dumbu, however, told TellZim News that they had a
candidate whom they wanted and no one will rob them of a chance at nomination.

“We have our own candidate whom we
would like to nominate once given a chance. We will not put the name in our
resolutions at the moment but we do not want people who go against the National
Council resolutions.

“The nomination process is not in the
constitution but it is a decision which was made by the National Council
thereby making it a policy which must be followed. No one individual has the
power of going against the National Council resolution be it Mwonzora or
Khupe,” said Dumbu.

The Dumbu-led team said it had full
rights to participate in the nomination process to choose the late Tsvangirai’s
successor as a province and would not be bullied by power-hungry fraudsters.

“We call upon all members of the MDC
to   peacefully and vigilantly act now to
save our revolution from the jaws of power-hungry fraudsters threatening to
derail our movement by rigging their way to power.

“We owe this not only to ourselves but
to our children, the country and indeed to the undying spirit of Tsvangirai.

“We reject the planned abuse of the
online National Council nomination process aimed at ensuring that certain
members of the Standing Committee fraudulently put themselves into positions
they prefer, ahead of other deserving cadres.

“We are shocked that the Standing Committee
thereafter resolved to abandon the traditional practice of nominating
candidates by provincial councils in favour of an opaque virtual process by the
National Council whose composition is not known and whose sole purpose is to
advance the interests of some candidates.

“Masvingo has learnt of this intended
unconstitutional crude plan to convene a National Council for the purpose of
selecting only two persons who will then be allowed to contest at the
forthcoming Extraordinary Congress for the position of president of the MDC T
Party,” reads the resolution document.

Masvingo has raised concerns over the
flawed Bulawayo nomination process saying they were done without following
proper procedure.

“The Bulawayo nomination process of
November 8, 2020 was grossly flawed and chaotic. It was held before the
establishment of an Electoral College and a properly mandated Independent
Electoral Management Board (IEMB) approved by both the National Executive and
National Council as required and mandated by the resolutions passed by those
structures in the last meetings held by them.

“Masvingo province will always be
committed to democracy and constitutionalism and to ensuring the extraordinary
congress processes are transparent, free, fair and credible.

“The Bulawayo provincial nominations
should therefore be declared null and void. The MDC extraordinary congress
becomes a great opportunity to show the whole world that we are a movement
ready to manage all the internal and national democratic processes which will usher
real change as desired by the people of Zimbabwe,” reads the resolution
document.

 

 

Minister Marapira wins top agriculture award

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Minister Marapira wins top agriculture award

 

Vice President Kembo Mohadi hands over the award to minister Marapira

Upenyu Chaota

The
Minister of State in the office of Vice President Kembo Mohadi, Davison
Marapira has been crowned the best 2020 Masvingo provincial producer farmer at
the inaugural Zimlife Agriculture Merit Awards (ZAMA) held last Thursday at the
State House in Harare.

The
Masvingo North legislator also took third position in the national achievers
award for mixed farming.

President
Emmerson Mnangagwa was the guest of honor at the colorful ceremony supported by
his two deputies Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi.

Marapira
has been leading in the province flexing his farming prowess in winter wheat
and maize production.

Marapira
also brags of producing some of the finest cattle and goat breeds in the
country and his farm has become a poster child for President Mnangagwa’s
agricultural vision.

Speaking
to TellZim News after the ceremony, the elated Marapira said that the awards
will help to boost the morale of farmers and encourage positive competition
which will make Zimbabwe food secure.

“These
are the first Agriculture Awards where serious commercial farmers are awarded
for their achievements.  This will
encourage us as farmers to keep on producing more and bring more research into
our farms.

“Awards
of this kind will bring serious competition in the field of agriculture and
challenges farmers to think outside the box to maximize yields,” said Marapira.

He said
livestock production has not been given enough recognition over the years but
was happy the ‘new dispensation’ has done things differently.

“Livestock
farmers have been forgotten but animal meat brings a lot of protein on the
table. Almost everything from animals is used in the production and
manufacturing systems be it meat, blood, hides, skin and hooves.

“It is
important to note that a country which imports basic food like maize, cooking
oil, flour, meat and soya beans will have serious problems in balancing its
books especially when it comes to balancing between imports and exports.

“There
was a time when Zimbabwe used to import all things agriculture but President
Mnangagwa came and changed all that. We should produce because we have the
land.

“Agriculture
is now being given the attention it deserves and I am happy our farmers are
responding positively to the production call from our President,” said
Marapira.

He said
if agriculture is given enough support, it has the potential to employ many
people thereby addressing the unemployment gap in the country.

“Good agriculture
employees more than 70 percent of our people and it creates 70 percent of our
raw materials.  It also 30 percent of our
foreign currency earnings and most of all it provides food and security to our
people,” said Marapira.

4,000 Church Members Donate Blood Plasma to Fight COVID-19

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4,000 Church Members Donate Blood Plasma to Fight COVID-19

 

 

Since Monday November
16 thousands of members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in South Korea
have been arriving at the Indoor Athletics Stadium in Daegu City to
participate in donating much needed blood plasma.

This will be the
third drive in which members of the church who fully recovered from COVID-19
participate to help others fight the virus with plasma treatment. The
donation drive will continue for the next three weeks and about 4,000 members
of the church are expected to participate.

Shincheonji, an
international church group with more than 200,000 members worldwide, was
severely hit in February this year with thousands of its members being
infected by COVID-19 and lead to great distress, with infections rising in
South Korea.

Mr Man Hee Lee, the
chairman of Shincheonji Church said in a statement that, “Too many people are
suffering because of COVID-19, especially with those who were infected in
church last February that cause distress to the members and the citizens (of
South Korea).” He urged members of the church to help in the fight against
COVID-19 by donating their blood plasma.

In some countries
blood plasma treatment yielded great success with the Korean Disease Control
and Prevention Agency (KDCA) stating, “It is necessary to quickly develop
plasma treatment through group plasma donations, in the current absence of an
effective treatment in the midst of the continuous occurrence of COVID-19 at
home and abroad.”

“We are grateful for
the active participation of Shincheonji, and for the cooperation of the City
of Daegu,” Mr Kwon Joon-wook deputy director of the Central Disaster and
Safety Countermeasure Headquarters in South Korea said in a press statement.

Meanwhile Mr Lee
acknowledged that millions of people worldwide are suffering physically but
also financially as a result of coronavirus and called for this past weekend
to pray for our global society affected by the ongoing pandemic. A Global
Interfaith Prayer Event was held simultaneously around the world with more
than 200,000 in attendance from 73 countries, including hundreds from
southern Africa.

“We should actively
put in our effort and pray to God for the people, and for the pandemic to
end,” Mr Lee said while urging all people of faith to gather to pray for an
effective vaccine to be made available worldwide as soon as possible.

Many religious
leaders from southern Africa answered this call for prayer and joined with
the global faith community on Sunday 15 November by participating in this
online interfaith event which was live-streamed on YouTube.

“The
significance of praying together as religious leaders, it’s incomparable.
It’s high time that we unite in prayer and when we unite in prayer, miracles
begin to happen,” Rev Phumzile Stofile, Vice Chairperson of the ANC
Chaplaincy in South Africa said after the prayer event.

According to the
founder of Shincheonji the Global Prayer Event is especially meaningful in
that it transcends different Christian denominations and religions to take
charge in overcoming this crisis.

With thousands of
people of faith having participated in the global prayer event, one such
participant said, “I have realized that the power to overcome COVID-19 is
tolerance, love and unity. We will put in our utmost effort to overcome
COVID-19.”

 

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Chiredzi Ward 9 Cllr Chauke dies after vehicle accident

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Chiredzi Ward 9 Cllr Chauke dies after vehicle accident

 

The late Cllr Muckachana Chauke

Blessed
Chauke

Chiredzi Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 9 Councillor Mukachana Chauke has died after sustaining serious head injuries
in an accident involving a kombi on which he was travelling to Chiredzi town.

Chauke died while on
his way to Harare where he was being taken for better medical treatment after
the Nissan Caravan accident which occurred in Chingele.

Chiredzi RDC
chairperson Edward Matsilele confirmed Chauke’s death saying the local
authority was devastated by the news.

“We received the news
and it we are deeply saddened by the loss. We did not expect it. We worked well
with him in council and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved
one rights now,” said Matsilele.

Witnesses said the
accident, which also killed one woman on the spot and injured five more
passengers, was caused by human error as the driver was over-speeding in the
dusty stretch of road.

“The driver was
over-speeding when one of the front tyres burst, forcing the vehicle to veer off
the road. It overturned and rolled two times before landing on its wheels again
but facing the direction from where it was travelling,” said an eyewitness.

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