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Gusha’s ZACC probe story false

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Gusha’s ZACC probe story false

 

TellZim Reporter

Earlier this month, TellZim
reported that members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commision (Zaac) were in
Masvingo where they questioned many officials including former town clerk Adolf
Gusha.

As more details unfolded, it was
realised that Gusha had not been questioned by the said legal authority and
neither had he sought assistance of any lawyer in connection with the matter.

As a matter of fact, members of
the Land Commission which for some time now has been investigating the sale and
use of state land in and around urban centres since 2005 had visited the city
and sought audience with many officials excluding Gusha.

As a consequence, this caused
substantial damage to Gusha’s name.

“I feel abused by the article as
the allegations made against me seek to sully my record as a public official;
an act that seriously degrades my public standing,” said Gusha in his
submissions to TellZim.

TellZim would like to apologise
for the inconvenience that might have been caused by the story to Gusha, his
friends, family and other concerned citizens.

 

 

 

CBAP garden seeds project pays off

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CBAP garden seeds project pays off

 

Some produce from Siyawareva cooperative garden was recently donated to Morgester Hospital

…as
rural farmers supply Morgenster Hospital with produce

Colleen
Chitsa

The Community Based Aid
Programme (CBAP)’s vegetable gardening initiative which saw 76 villagers in Mapanzure
receiving free seeds is now bearing fruit, with beneficiaries recently donating
some of their produce to Morgenster Hospital.

CBAP executive director
Samuel Mhungu transported and handed over the vegetables to Morgenster Hospital
principal environmental health technician Gibson Chinamatira.

Several bundles of covo
and rape as well as king onions and tomatoes grown at Siyawareva cooperative
garden, Macharaga village in Ward 19 Masvingo Rural District under Chief
Mapanzure were ferried to the hospital to help feed patients.

Earlier this year, CBAP
donated vegetable seeds to villagers who have beds in the cooperative garden so
that they could produce more.

After a fruitful
gardening exercise, the beneficiaries decided to pay back the favour by
donating part of their produce to the hospital.

Speaking during the
handover of the donation to CBAP, Siyawareva cooperative garden chairperson,
Emson Masa said they were pleased to be able to donate to needier cases.

“We invited people from
CBAP so that they can take these vegetables to Morgester Hospital on our
behalf. It’s our way of contributing to the welfare of patients in a similar
manner that CBAP helped us with seeds and CARE helped us with fencing for the
garden,” said Masa.

The 1.25ha garden was
established with assistance from CARE International Zimbabwe which provided the
villagers with fencing.

Masa said they faced a
lot of challenges in their work at the garden but they will continue to work
harder for the good of the project.

“There are 76 of us and
everybody has 10 beds of vegetables in the garden. We also have orange and
naartjies tree that we care for but most of our members are now old and they
are finding it harder to water their plants using buckets. It would be easier
if we had a pump and piping,” said Masa.

In his remarks, Mhungu praised
the villagers for making the best of the assistance given to them.

“It’s very encouraging
to note that people who received assistance from us are also now giving back to
the community. This is an example of the good that we can achieve if we work
together as a team,” said Mhungu.

It’s not the sanctions stupid!

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It’s not the sanctions stupid!

 


Mapombi
is back again ndichiti mufaro kwamuri kumativi mana enyika. Kotsvo paZion,
Shalom paFOG fire apo. These so called man of cloth never cease to amaze
Mapombi. Hapanawo here anokwanisa kutaura against the ills and rot in our
country. Nyika yotsva here makatarisa nhai baba Guti, Mutendi, Magaya,
Makandiwa nemi vaWutawunashe. Hosiah Chipanga uriko here uko. VaMukanya makati
nyika yataichemera nhasi yava mamvemve. We are in trouble and nyika yoenda
kumawere. I do not know how we have found ourselves in this situation. Munoreva
here vana veZimbabwe kuti tingatambiswa nhova nemunhu umwe chete, one paranoid
man. Where are the heroes of today? Job Sikhala where are you? It is time you
stand up and fight for your people. Chamisa chii chiri kukumisa kuti upe vana
veZimbabwe a signal. You promised to give us a signal but all you have done
thus far is hide in your shell and we wonder if the signal is ever coming.
Tsviyo tsviyo mukoma Dhagi muriko here uko kkkkk. Hanzi maifunga kuti
hamudzingiki but murikupera one one. Mwonzora chawakaitirwa naChamisa chakaoma.
But what do we know hedu isu vana Mapombi. Regai zvizhakane.

I hear
there was a fake doctor in one of our major hospitals and I wonder how this
could be possible. Shuwa shuwa here kuita experiment with people’s lives
muchidaro varume. How can a fake doctor practice for six months without anyone
noticing? This goes to show that no one cares anymore. Chero hwindi anogona
kungouya kuzorapa vanhu achitoita maoperation kkkkk. Tipei maserious imi vanhu.
But since everything is fake in this country why should we be shocked by fake
doctors. We have fake Dr Chiwenga, fake Dr Gire, fake Chamisa, fake ED and I
mean fake everything. No one gives a shit about the other person. Yangova indodha
siyazibonela hameno kana ndagona Ndex yacho. I don’t blame the guy because he
came wanting to help our people because the so called doctors vanga vari on
strike. The fake doctor decided to do something about it. At least let us give
him the credit yekuita stand up and do something. Most of us are good at
criticizing heee ED atadza heee Chamisa this and that but hapana kana ane
maguts to stand up and do something. Teachers are on strike and would you blame
a fake teacher anouya oti anoda hake kudzidzisa kkkkk. Vasingazivi
ngavadzidziswe. A lot of people believe that what we are witnessing are the
signs for the last days of Robert Mugabe ahhh sorry I mean Emmerson Dambudzo.
Let me assure the nation that ED is not going anywhere and he is going to win
in 2023 without breaking even a sweat. Ko ED angavhundutswa nekeduChamisa here
kkkkk. Pane vandabata apa. Tiri tese here vana vesangano kkkk. If you are there
repeat after me “Pamberi nemusangano unotonga” kkkk.

So I
heard that the lands commission has been doing rounds in the country visiting
all urban councils and was in town recently. If these guys are serious then
many heads will roll because I’m reliably informed they opened a bucket not can
of worms paMasvingo City Council. Mapamula hama yangu uri safe here kkkkkkkk?
This visit will surely expose the rot at Urban Councils where corruption, looting
and vested political interests have been rampant costing residents’ quality
service delivery while some few individuals benefit. This cancer must be tamed
before it quickly spreads to Rural District Councils. Hopefully there won’t be
sacred cows and a catch and release because this has been the norm especially
on land scandals which suck in Zanu PF bigwigs. Lands Commission I’m warning
you, don’t sweep this under the carpet. Ini Mapombi mungandiona ndinouyapo
paKanzuru ipapo kuzokurura nguwo. I heard kuti vana Housing Director mukoma
Nzvura havana kana stand imwe iri muzita ravo kkkk, deputy housing director Cde
Mandi vakatorawo yavo stand kuEastvale uko pasina kana kubhadhara kana kobiri.
VaChiteme hanzi vakangoita abhurakadhabhura kwakutopihwa zvavo stand for a
service station in Rujeko. Ko vanonzi Madzibaba Reginai vakangokanda nhombo
everyone ototi amen baba kkkk. Hanziwo Manyanga akapihwa stand kwakutengesa
akatenga combi nerimwe ziBenz hameno ndere gore ripi kkk. Pakaora pakanzuru apo
regai zvedu isu vana Mapombi timirire report yacho.

Dear
readers do you remember mumwe muchinda achiti the voice of the people is the
voice of God? He said I am a listening President but Mapombi is here to tell
you that Emmerson does not have ears at all. He does not listen to anyone.
Ndiri kuona hangu twumwe twuchiti pwetere pwetere hanzi heee toda kuita
anti-sanctions gala. Have you guys lost your minds? Can someone come here and
explain how sanctions are really hurting ini zvangu Mapombi kuno kuChitima. The
only sanction which is hurting us is Zanu PF and its thievery culture. The
country is bleeding due to corruption. Why do you cry to play with someone asingadi
kutamba nesu. Tambai neChina yenyu yamakada please. Siyanai naTrump atoriwo
nezvake zviri kumunetsa. Remember America is having its elections on November 4
and Mapombi is confident Trump will win again. Joe Biden is close yes but the
Donald will be voted for because he will make America Great Again. Trump does
not care what is happening on this part of the country saka zvenyu zvekuti
anti-sanctions gala itai mega. We know the truth and you will not lie to us
anymore. You can lie to your shallow youth but not Mapombi. Zanu PF is
responsible for this mess and it is only Zanu PF which can get us out of it by
arresting corruption, implementing the electoral reforms, respect human rights,
and observe the constitution among others. Mr President, your people and you
are the ones who have caused the suffering of God’s people. Shamhu yamucharohwa
nayo kana adzika Mikairi in minzwa inobaya. SADC please tell Zanu PF to
implement the reforms kwete kungoti masanctions abve pasina chaitwa. Stop
protecting this dictator and tell him the truth. No reforms no deal.

No
amount of dancing or singing can ever remove the sanctions. Why can’t ED and
SADC introspect and see why the sanctions are there in the first place. What do
you expect when soldiers shoot down innocent civilians in the streets in broad
day light? What do you expect when people are arrested for standing up for
their rights? What do you expect when people are killed for demanding their
freedom? We want a free country which you promised us iwe ED. You took over
power and promised to usher in a new dispensation and we all ululated. Where
are all those things that you promised us? We had so much hope and little did
we know that kubatwa kumeso. We cannot keep crying about sanctions varume. If
you feel there are sanctions then make the necessary changes so that they can
be removed. Izvi zvenyu zvekuti munopembera because SADC has said it will
support the fight for the removal of sanctions ndezvekupenga. America will not
be moved by SADC’s solidarity. Where was SADC when our people were being killed
at 30 degree angle by the army? Where was SADC when our people were being
abducted and tortured by the regime? SADC shut up and forever maintain your
peace. We do not want your help because you are just there to defend this
brutal regime. Sanctions will always be there until Zanu PF realizes that they
need to repent. Unondinzwa here iwe Mthuli Ncube musoro bhangu. I have said
enough regai zvangu ndinokanga maputi angu for lunch. Mapombi is out. Mboko
imboko.

Residents want Chiredzi town planner, engineer dismissed

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Residents want Chiredzi town planner, engineer dismissed

 

Wesley Kauma

Beatific Gumbwanda

CHIREDZI – United Chiredzi Residents and Ratepayers Association
(UCHIRRA) and Masvingo Residents Forum (MRF) have petitioned the town council
to dismiss town planner Consider Kubiku and engineer Wesley Kubiku so that more
suitable people with capacity to do the work can be recruited.

Kubiku and Kauma are currently
fighting serious allegations of graft after they were recently arrested by the
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc).

In a seven-point joint petition
plea submitted to council, UCHIRRA as represented by Bernard Dhachi and MRF as
represented by Brighton Ramusi, called for the dismissal of the two senior officials
who are currently on suspension pending court outcomes of  the corruption charges they face.

“Chiredzi Town Council is
becoming one of the most corrupt towns. Numerous cases of corruption have been
recorded with the latest being the arrest of top council officials (engineer
and planner).

“Corruption has hampered
service delivery which has deteriorated to unprecedented levels, with residents
going for days without water while garbage goes for months uncollected,”
reads the petition.

“Last year, floods hit the
town and over 50 families’ homes and property were flooded. Due to poor
planning, council allowed residents to build houses in wetlands,” reads part of
the petition.

The two residents lobby group
said the office of engineer and town planner needed to be manned by
substantive, competent and non-compromised people for the sake of optimum
service delivery.

“We want roads to be
serviced and maintained properly. The waste management department of Chiredzi
town needs to keep the town neat and clean. The town council must build proper
small stalls for street vendors. We need public toilets in the town and tapped
water should be provided to all areas,” the petition further reads.

Child with lump on eye needs help

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Child with lump on eye needs help

 

 

Agnes Madechihwe

MASVINGO – A couple from
Mucheke suburb needs financial help for them to go and seek medical help for
their five-months-old baby girl who has developed a lump which threatens to
shut her right eye.

The family has
been to Morgenster Mission Hospital which referred them to Parirenyatwa Hospital
where they hope to have the lump, which developed on the child’s upper eyelid
of her right eye, removed.

The baby’s
mother, Chipo Guruve said the problematic lump just started to develop when
they least expected

 “We thought it was just a pimple but it
continued to grow even though we were given some medication at local clinics.
We even sought help from many prophets and traditional healers but all that did
not help,” said Guruve.

The baby’s
father Tonderai Tsumele is not unemployed and can hardly afford to provide for
his family.

They can be
contacted on 0773296255 or alternatively call the couple’s friend and neighbour
Godfrey on 0776267284.

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. 

 

 

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