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21-year-old appointed headman in Zhombe

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21-year-old appointed headman in Zhombe

 

The new Headman Nduku

Tinaani Nyabereka

KWEKWE – Chief Cyprian Malisa under the supervision of the
District Development Coordinator (DDC) recently appointed 21-year-old Munashe Dube-Nduku
as Headman Nduku in Zhombe.

The
installation ceremony was held at Fafi Primary School in Zhombe, Kwekwe
district.

Dube-Nduku
(21) was nominated headman to replace his uncle John Dube-Nduku who acted as headman
for over 15 years after the demise of former headman Mike Dube-Nduku in 2004.

The Nduku
clan uses the linear
principle of succession in putting a legitimate heir to take over
the throne, meaning Dube-Nduku’s uncle was supposed to act for two years
as per the Traditional Leadership Act.

However,
acrimony in the royal family saw the acting headman holding the post for that
long after reportedly convincing government authorities and Chief Malisa’s
council that the rightful hear was dead, and he was therefore the only more
suitable candidate left.

Family sources also said the acting head also tried to distort the
history of the family tree by telling Chief Malisa and the DDA that all the
children of former headman passed on.

Addressing
members of the community at the installation ceremony, a family member said the
traditional leader’s family tree was always significant in
putting a legitimate heir.

“A headman
is appointed in accordance with Section 9 of the Traditional Leadership Act which
also makes provision for the appointment of headmen by the Minister of Local Governance from a
list of persons nominated by the chief of the relevant area,” he said.

The
minutes further revealed that John Dube-Nduku was appointed as a regent for a
period of two years from 2005 but his long stay was due to unclear
circumstances

Community gardens uplift hundreds of Gutu South villagers

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Community gardens uplift hundreds of Gutu South villagers

 

Cooperative gardens in Gutu South are uplifting hundreds of villagers

…as MP Togarepi introduces awards for best performers

Moses Ziyambi

Some 46 cooperative gardens
initiated by Gutu South Member of Parliament (MP) Pupurai Togarepi in the nine
wards of his constituency are helping to reduce extreme poverty among hundreds
of rural households, with a new award system now introduced to encourage
greater productivity.

This reporter had an opportunity
to tour some of the projects in Maungwa and Mukaro where cooperative members
are producing many type of vegetables including cucumbers, pumpkins, sweet
potatoes, onions, tomatoes, water melons and spinach.

Members of the cooperatives told
TellZim News that there was no better way they could have expected their MP to
uplift them than give them the means to fend for themselves.

“This is one of the most
underdeveloped part of Gutu district and since 1980, no leader had given us any
assistance to empower ourselves. We appreciate what our MP has done for us
because we now have more productive ways to spend our time even in the dry
season,” said Irene Makara, who is chairperson of the Manjengwa Cooperative
Garden in Ward 24.

Situated in Dzinopana Village a
few killometres East of Maungwa Business Centre, the community garden has 20
members most of them being women.

Towards the end of 2019, Togarepi
gave the members some barbed wire to fence a piece of land close to Munhivi
stream, and he also gave them seeds to start their project.

A year later, members are now
selling vegetables in bulk, and they are looking for new markets far and wide.

Engineers have been sought to
design a weir downstream where a pump will be installed to hoist water to a
tank being built close to the garden so as to eliminate the laborious use of buckets
for watering.

A similar set up exists at Haziyo
Cooperative Garden in Haziyo Village under Chief Mukaro where over 20 villagers
are supplementing their livelihoods in the garden.

At this place, an award ceremony
was recently held to honour those who managed their gardens well and produced
better yields. Being the overall winner, Haziyo won 25kg maize seed, 200kg fertilizer,
some vegetable seeds and pesticides.

Other gardens also received their
own share of the inputs depending on their level of performance, while
individual winners walked away with shovels, cooking pots, teapots and other
utensils.

The maize seed and fertilizer will
help cooperative members to diversify into maize production under the
government’s pfumvudza conservation farming method.

Togarepi is also sourcing sunscreen lotion for people with albinism in his constituency

The initiative has also branched
into pig and poultry production which has seen Togarepi donating dozens of
piglets and chicks from his own farm to many ward-based start-up farming projects.

So far, dozens of piglets and mature
pigs that have almost reached the age of reproduction, as well as thousands of broiler
and layer chickens have been donated to women and youth-led projects in the
wards.

Togarepi told TellZim News that
his target was to help make Gutu South a source of horticultural produce for
the whole of Masvingo province.

“It is possible for us to become
a source of all the vegetables for the whole province. I am pleased by the zeal
to work that I see among the people of Gutu South. Many people now have
something to trade so that they can earn money to pay their children’s school
fees and improve their standards of living. It is our duty as citizens of this
country to do our part in developing our own country,” said Togarepi.

He said his work was guided by
the desire to contribute to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Vision 2030 which
aims to make Zimbabwe an upper-middle class income economy by year 2030.

He thanked government for
increasing investment in agricultural extensions workers who are helping to
monitor and guide the projects.

Ward 24 Councillor Takawira
Rashai said the setting-up of gardens in his ward had given residents reason to
hope.

“We had always lagged behind in
terms of developmental projects but we are now seeing some changes thanks to Honourable
Togarepi who is often on the ground assessing the needs of communities all the
time. Our gardens are proof that our people do not need handouts, they just
need capacitation so that they can work for themselves,” said Rashai.

Under another programme to assist
people with disabilities, Togarepi is distributing sunscreen lotion to people
living with albinism in his constituency.

 

 

 

 

 

Truant Zanu PF MPs using Govt fuel on girlfriends: Matemadanda

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Truant Zanu PF MPs using Govt fuel on girlfriends: Matemadanda

 

Victor Matemadanda

Moses
Ziyambi

MASVINGO
–
Zanu PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has attacked Members of
Parliament (MPs) from his own party for lacking seriousness with parliamentary
business, saying many pieces of legislation were lagging behind schedule due to
absenteeism.

Speaking at a
Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting in Masvingo today, Matemadanda,
who is also the Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans, said many Zanu PF MPs did
not deserve to be in parliament due to their unbecoming conduct.

“As Zanu PF, we are the
majority in parliament and we do not need anybody’s support to pass any law but
what is happening now is that many bills are behind schedule because we hardly
have the numbers in parliament at any seating.

“You give them fuel
coupons today, tomorrow you don’t find them. You give them the diesel that is
due to them, they take it away and use it on their farms or they use it to
drive to their girlfriends and boyfriends.

“At one moment the President
had to send me to talk to them but they did not change. The President then
asked me if he needed to go and do the whipping duties himself and I told him what
the MPs were doing was the result of the democratic space he opened up where
everybody does as they please,” said Matemadanda.

He said reaching a
quorum in parliament was always difficult despite Zanu PF commanding a
two-thirds majority.

“What happens now is
that we cannot pass laws as swiftly as we want because we don’t have a quorum.
The MDC Alliance has realised that weakness on our part and they take advantage
of that to stall the passage of laws that are ideal to our vision as the ruling
party,” lamented Matemanda.

He also sought to
defend President Emmerson Mnangagwa from what he indicated to be malicious
attempts to link him to alleged gold smuggler Henrietta Rushwaya who was
arrested in Harare recently.

“So here is a President
whose own police and intelligence services intercepted and arrested a gold
smuggler at the airport. How then do you pin the smuggler on him and create a
relationship between them? You say the smuggler is his relative, but who told
you that?” said Matemadanda.

There are many bills
that need to be debated and finalised, and these include the Zimbabwe Manpower
Planning and Development Bill, the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) Bill, as well as he
Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill.

Besides the alignment
of many laws to the constitution being long overdue, government is also
grappling with the Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 which seeks to do
away with many provisions of the constitution including the contentious running
mate clause which otherwise will limit the President’s powers over his Vice
Presidents beginning in 2023.

People to People give disabled children early Xmas present

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People to People give disabled children early Xmas present

 

Bethel Ndlovu receives her wheelchair from Zimbabwe People to People

TellZim
Reporter

MASHAVA
– The
Zimbabwe People to People Organisation on October 29 mobilised an early
Christmas present to three families by giving them brand new wheelchairs and
various grocery items to help them get by.

Each of the families;
two in Mashava and the other one in Chivi, consist of a physically-challenged
child who had been having severe difficulties moving about.

The grocery items
consisted of mealie-meal, rice, cooking oil, sugar and other goods that will
last the families for the rest of the year.

The handover of the
goods was done in the at the Ndovu homestead in the Mushandike area, Masvingo
Rural District, in the presence of the Minister of State for Masvingo
Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira, Ward 5 Councillor Aleta Makomeke, members
of the charitable organisation among other people.

The beneficiaries of
the wheelchairs are Benjamin Green Tsiko, Bethel Abel Ndlovu, both of Mashava,
and Vimbai Takaendesa of Mbavari village in Chivi.

Other councillors of the
other two beneficiaries collected the goods for onward delivery to the
respective families.

Speaking at the event,
Chadzamira said it was encouraging that some journalists had realised that it
was not helpful to tell the stories only without doing something more practical
to contribute to the welfare of society.

“I am pleased that we
are here courtesy of Zimbabwe People to People, an organisation formed by
members of the media. They saw it fit to go beyond the usual boundaries of
reporting the story and moved towards contributing to the welfare of the less
privileged members of our communities in a more practical manner.

“Bethel here had been suffering
a lot as the family relied on this old wheelbarrow to move around. This is the mindset
we should encourage if we are to build our country together as responsible citizens
and their caring government,’ said Chadzamira.

Zimbabwe People to
People member George Maponga, who is a journalist with The Herald, said his
organisation will continue to identify more areas of severe need in order to mobilise
assistance.

 

“We expect these
wheelchairs to help the children go to school with much ease. We cannot simply
sit around and watch people suffering when we can do something to lessen the suffering.
We will continue putting together the little we have so that we help others
have a better life,” said Maponga.

 

 

 

Chamisa ‘fires’ Masvingo chair

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Chamisa ‘fires’ Masvingo chair

 

James Gumbi

 

…another
provincial congress on cards

 

Upenyu Chaota

MASVINGO— MDC Alliance leader
Nelson Chamisa, who in March this year suspended the entire Masvingo provincial
executive for fanning factionalism, has relieved provincial chairperson James
Gumbi of his duties replacing him with former senator Misheck Marava on interim
basis.

Four
provincial executive members were summoned to Harare for a hearing and only
Gumbi was suspended.

Provincial
secretary for information Derrick Charamba, provincial secretary Erium Musendekwa
and provincial treasurer Innocent Munhazo were reportedly pardoned.

Gumbi,
a man of means who helped fund party programmes in the province, told TellZim
News he accepted the decision and will work with the new leadership.

“The
party is bigger than me and I was informed of the decision which I am going to
follow. The party knows best and if they make a decision you will be obliged to
follow.

“They
want the party to move forward and I will work with the new chair to push party
programmes,” said Gumbi.

MDC
Alliance will have a provincial executive meeting at its provincial offices
this Sunday, November 01, where Gumbi’s fate will be formally communicated to
structures.

A
senior MDC Alliance official who spoke to TellZim News on condition of
anonymity said Gumbi was found guilty of dividing the party in the province and
was suspended and another congress will be done once all the modalities have
been put in place.

Chamisa
presided over the chaotic Masvingo provincial congress last year and the Gumbi
faction stood tall, much to the disgruntlement of a rival faction led by Simon
Mupindu.

The win
by the Gumbi faction and the disqualification of Tongai Matutu from the race
left deep fissures in Masvingo province, prompting Chamisa to suspend the
provincial executive a few months later.

“Masvingo
province had become a big problem to the president (Chamisa). The congress was
chaotic and the president thought that the rift would heal and people would
move on together but the situation deteriorated.

“The
president decided to suspend the entire Gumbi executive pending disciplinary
hearing and the hearing was conducted. The National Executive Council (NEC)
decided to keep Gumbi suspended and replace him with Marava pending a
provincial congress,” he said.

MDC
Alliance national organizing secretary Amos Chibaya, however, sang a different
tune when TellZim News contacted him for a comment, saying Gumbi was not fired but
was rather promoted to the national executive.

“What
actually happened was a promotion. Gumbi is now in the national executive and
he will have more power than he had. The national executive has more power and
Gumbi will be serving from there,” said Chibaya.

On his
part, Marava said he was yet to get official communication on his new assignment.

“I
heard that the NEC assigned me to be the interim chairperson but I am yet to
get official communication. I think it will be addressed at the meeting we are
having this Sunday,” said Marava.  

‘Manpower Bill must address disability issues’

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‘Manpower Bill must address disability issues’

 

Triader Chipunza

MASVINGO – People
With Disabilities (PWDs) have said the Manpower Planning and Development Amendment
Bill which is currently being debated should have special provisions dealing
with their unique requirements.

Among many other
things, the bill seeks to enable funding for innovative students that want to
venture into manufacturing and to establish government-funded professional
bodies to ensure quality education and certification of
internationally-recognisable professions.

Speaking at a
consultative meeting for the bill which was held at the Civic Centre recently,
representatives of disability lobby groups said the law should not be blind to special
needs.

Vimbai Chese, an
ambassador for PWDS in Masvingo, said many pieces of legislation tend to omit special
needs in their clauses.

“It is our wish that
our special needs are included in the provisions of the amendment bill. Parliamentary
representation for people with disabilities is low so our issues do not receive
as much attention as they should.

“If we had more of us parliament,
there are better chances that laws would be more resposive to our needs and we
will be able to learn more and become innovative,” said Chese.

She said public building
needed to be friendlier to people with disabilities in order to improve
accessibility.

“We need more ramps at institutions
so that the physically and visually handicapped can have better access. Right
now, it’s difficult especially for people on wheelchairs to use the regular
toilets that are used by everybody else.

“We will however continue
with our pushing for the rights of people with disabilities until we get full
recognition as equal human beings capable of doing something with their lives,”
said Chese.

 

Man killed by own sons over magic sex with their wives

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Man killed by own sons over magic sex with their wives

 

Progress Chaya

ZAKA- A man from Mhou
village under Chief Ndanga was yesterday, October 28, fatally assaulted by his
four sons who accused him of using magic to sexually-abuse their wives who are the
now deceased man’s daughters-in-law, TellZim News has learnt.

The
sons had been told by a ‘prophet’ that their father was using magical powers
known as mubobobo to have sex with their wives.

Police
in Masvingo confirmed the death of the man but could not provide further details
as they were not yet done with their protocols.

A
source said the Patrick Mhou was assaulted by his sons Prosper, Aaron, Evans
and Solomon several times on the head. They accused him of causing miscarriages
to one of his daughters-in-law.

Zaka
RDC Ward 1 Councillor Jakatira Makuyana confirmed the incident saying the four
sons had reportedly connived to kill their father.

One
of the family member said the dispute started when Solomon’s wife consulted a
prophet who then told her that she had suffered many miscarriages due to the
magical sexual abuse.

The
source said Patrick had on the other occasion admitted using the juju when he
was dragged to the prophet. He however provoked his sons’ anger by refusing to
hand over his walking stick which reportedly acted as his talisman.

 

 

Music: Deverangwena back with new GZU collabo

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Music: Deverangwena back with new GZU collabo

 

Stephen Ephraem

Great
Zimbabwe University (GZU) has scored a first by producing a music album with veteran
artist Jonah Moyo and Devera Ngwena Jazz Band in Masvingo. The six track album titled
Zimba reMabwe Devera Ngwena Vol 41 is due for release any time from now.

The new
offering has six tracks named Great Zimbabwe, Owami Sikhulile, Kumusha
Kwedu, Pedu paGZU, Corona and Mucha.

The bass
line and brass fusion on the album has brought new flavour to Devera Ngwena beat
affectionately known as Tsava Tsava.

On the project,
Jonah Moyo who is now a Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) staff member, is on lead
guitar, rhythm guitar and lead vocals. Cephus Mabara takes bass and second
rhythm guitar while Simba Paridzira plays drums on two songs.

A member
of the original Devera Ngwena in the late 1970s, Johnsai Machinya is on vocal
with two GZU students Lonely Kambewa and Sarudzai Chipinda. Brass instruments are
done by GZU staff Alois Maluleke and Fanwell Dzinduwa.

Moyo, who
composed, arranged and produced all songs, told TellZim News that he was glad
with the opportunity that the university gave him.

“I am
now working at Great Zimbabwe University so the authority approved my students
and workmates to be part of Devera Ngwena Vol 41. We are planning to launch the
album at a date to be advised,” said Jonah Moyo.

“We shall
produce videos of the album after its launch. I urge fans to help us celebrate
the offering which I am sure will taste like milk and honey,” said Moyo.

Jonah
Moyo’s music career goes back over 40 years and during his peak, he toured countries
like Belgium, United Kingdom, Holland and Germany.

Devera
Ngwena was formed at Gaths Mine in Mashava when Moyo responded to an advert by
the mine to have a band in 1977. The band had their first single named “Devera
Ngwena Zhimozhi” released in 1979.

Several
hits like Barbra, Marondera, Solo naMutsai, Grema wepamoyo, Fundisa Umlomo
wakho, Wangu P, Too Cheap, Svika Fair Fair and others followed.

The
original members who recorded Devera Ngwena Volume 1 were Moyo on lead guitar,
the late Robson Banda on bass, Innocent Bitu on rhythm, the late Patrick
Kabanda on drums and Johnsai Machinya on vocals.

When
Robson Banda left Devera Ngwena, he was replaced by a man called Vhizhayi who
also left before the late Jabulani Bitu joined them on rhythm on Volume 2.

Widow’s home burnt down after son impregnates neighbour’s wife

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Widow’s home burnt down after son impregnates neighbour’s wife

 

Mai Machemedze’s burnt down houses


Brighton Chiseva

NYAJENA – A
village widow from Zengeya under Chief Nyajena was left homeless after her neighbour
and relative burnt down her four thatched houses because her son had snatched
his wife.

Elias
Mazonde is said to have burnt down the houses out of anger because the family
of the man who stole his wife did not fulfil their promise to pay him five
cattle in compensation.

Chief
Nyajena, real name Addmore Zengeya, confirmed the incident and said he had
referred the matter to the police.

“We
had an incident whereby a widow, Mai Machemedze, was left without shelter after a neighbour
burnt down her home in retaliation that the widow’s son Wellington Machemedze
had taken his wife.

“If
these people had come to me, I could have made sure that the cattle were paid in
time and I could have provided some counselling,” said Zengeya.

He
said the Mazonde and Machemedze families are related, meaning the two are
like brothers in the Shona culture.

Sources
said Machemedze began seeing Mazonde’s wife some time ago and he went on to
impregnate her while Mazonde was in South Africa where he worked.

“The
two were caught by the locals on many occasions but the affair continued until
the woman fell pregnant. When the pregnancy was about four months, Mazonde
asked his wife to come to South Africa and she took Machemedze along and both
stayed with Mazonde in South Africa where they secretly carried on with their
adulterous affair.

“The
two then tried to terminate the pregnancy but Mazonde would soon find out and quiz
his wife about it. She then confessed everything and the two later escaped
after Mazonde had thoroughly beaten them,” said a source.

Machemedze
ended up at his elder brother Mathias who is also in South Africa but Mazonde
followed him there and beat him once more, forcing him to flee to an unknown
location.

Mazonde
then came back to Zimbabwe and engaged the Machemedze family, claiming R28000 in
compensation.

It
was then agreed that Mazonde will receive five cattle to compensate him for the
shame and embarrassment caused but several weeks passed by without him receiving
the cattle.

He
later set fire to the houses at Mai Machemedze’s place to avenge himself.

 

 

New dawn for Masvingo tennis

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New dawn for Masvingo tennis

 

Clayton Shereni

The newly elected Masvingo Tennis Board has vowed to
transform the game of tennis in the province and make sure that the bar is
raised to a competitive level in the country.

Munyaradzi Thomu who was elected on October 17, 2020 as the
board chair after serving for 12 months on interim basis vowed to up the
standards of the game in the city.

The elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) which was presided
over by Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) president, Biggie Magarira, saw Thomu, who seems
to be steering the ship in the right direction, being re-elected to serve a
three year term.

Speaking to TellZim News, Thomu said his new board is
dedicated to change the state of tennis in Masvingo and also upgrade infrastructure
for them to meet the required standards to host international tournaments.

“Tennis has for long been seen as an exclusive sport
associated with private schools but what we know is that there is a lot of
talent out there which only needs to be tapped so that it blooms. As the new
executive we are going to explore every talent so that we export and put the
province on the next level,” said Thomu.

He also revealed plans to upgrade tennis facilities in
Masvingo and that the TZ president had concurred to the plans which he hopes
will be to the advantage of local players who have struggled to break into the
international arena.

“We want to transform Masvingo province into Zimbabwe’s clay
tennis court specialists and the Tennis Zimbabwe president concurred that
Zimbabwe’s international players have found the going tough in most tournaments
outside the country where they play on clay courts.

“He also supported our vision to have clay courts in
Masvingo. He urged us to have at least eight clay courts so as to be able to
stage ITF tournaments,” said Thomu.

Thomu will be deputized by Wilstaff Sitemere, Norman Mutore
occupies the Secretary’s post, Chipo Timothy comes in as the Vice Secretary,
and Melody Juma was voted Treasurer while Edmore Mkwenje, Tawanda Makaranga and
Tendai Mhaka make up the committee.

The new board is expected to continue with the projects
which were being implemented by the previous interim leadership which had set
up a vibrant junior league which was helping in nurturing and tapping new
talent.

Masvingo is expected to host two major tournaments before
year end and the province will also seed its U18 players to compete in
International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournaments in November and early
December this year.

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