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Trio nabbed for killing 72- year- old mother

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Trio nabbed for killing 72- year- old mother

 

Triader
Chipunza

MASVINGO– 
 Three men from Chivi recently
appeared before Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze facing
allegations of teaming up in killing their 72 – year old mother after accusing
her of practicing witchcraft.

The
accused Duduzile, Daniel and Bright Tizirai of Makuvire village made their
initial appearance in court last week and were remanded in custody to November
22.

It is
alleged that on April 05 this year, the three accused brothers approached their
now deceased mother, Nyengeterai Tizirai accusing her of causing the death of
her daughter -in -law and a dispute ensued.

The trio
took the now deceased to Nyaningwe dip-tank, tied her hands with a rope and
took turns to assault her using a rubber strip and logs.

A
witness is said to have assisted the victim and made a police report after
discovering that she was struggling to breathe.

After
examination of a post-mortem, results showed that the deceased had succumbed to
hemorrhagic shock, blunt trauma and assault.

 

Masvingo fires Water Works Supt over chemicals debacle

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Masvingo fires Water Works Supt over chemicals debacle

 Clayton
Shereni

City of Masvingo has
fired Bushmead Water Works superintendent for gross negligence following a
massive shortage of chemicals at the water treatment plant late last year,
TellZim News can reveal.

Charles Chapanduka, who was waterworks
superintendent when council pumped half-treated water, has been removed from
his position and resigned to the sewerage plant in Eastvale.

Mayor Collen Maboke
confirmed the development and revealed that Chapanduka was found guilty of
gross negligence following internal disciplinary procedures although he had
appealed the judgement.

“He was demoted to the
sewerage department after he was found guilty at the initial hearing. He
appealed but we found issues relating to gross negligence because he didn’t
perform his duties as expected,” said Maboke.

Since January,
Chapanduka has been under suspension as investigations were being made into
allegations of incompetence after he failed to report the shortage to Town
Engineer Tawanda Gozo, only for Council to act on a tip-off from one of
Chapanduka’s subordinates.

TellZim reported in
January this year that the local authority had faced a chemical shortage and
had to borrow 15 tonnes of aluminum sulphate from Zimbabwe National Water
Authority (Zinwa) to cover up for the shortage.

Although council tried to save face by rubbishing the TellZim story, they set-up a commission of inquiry
which found Chapanduka guilty of gross negligence and failing to report shortage
to his superiors in time.

Chapanduka, however, is said to have spiritedly pleaded his innocence saying he on several instances warned his superiors in the engineering department that the aluminium sulphate stocks were reaching dangerously low levels but he was ignored. To date, no senior personin the engineering department has been help liable, with sources arguing that Chapandukwa was made a scapegoat.

The local authority has
since called for applications for the post and they are also in the process of
recruiting an Assistant Water Works Supt.

Bushmead Water Works

Marange man ‘kills’ brother in savage fight

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Marange man ‘kills’ brother in savage fight

 

TellZim Reporter

MUTARE –
A Marange man on October 07 fought and fatally injured his brother in a brutal fight which happened at Shawambiri Business Centre in Marange.

The
now deceased Nyasha Mazenenga Chinamira from Tirivairi village under Chief Marange
died on arrival at Bakorenhema Clinic after a fight with his brother the night
before.

Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed that the case did reach his desk but he could not provide more details as he was out of office.

Details
are than Nyasha was drinking beer with his brother Mundawashe Chinamira at his
barbershop at Shawambiri.

After
taking too many drinks, they both slept in the barbershop and Mundawashe’s
workmate and friend locked them inside the barber and went away with the keys.

Sources
said Mundawashe woke up to Nyasha squeezing his private parts and asked him
what he was doing and he said he wanted his head. This provoked a fight which
ended up claiming the life of Nyasha.

The
deceased stabbed Mundawashe on the arm and Mundawashe reportedly responded by
using a wooden chair and a claw hammer to strike Nyasha on the head.

Nyasha
fell to the ground and started bleeding profusely.

It
is said that people tried to restrain the two from each other but they failed
to gain entry as the screen gate was locked. People only managed to get in the
following morning when a colleague came with keys to the screen gate.

Nyasha
was taken to Bakorenhema Clinic where he died upon arrival. The case was
reported to Bambazonke Police Station leading to the arrest of Mundawashe.

The
deceased‘s was taken to Mutare Provincial Hospital for post-mortem

 

Former students revive Zimuto High

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Former students revive Zimuto High

 

Zimuto High School

Progress Chaya

MASVINGO
–
The Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ)-run Zimuto High is receiving considerable
support from former pupils who are mobilising each other to contribute towards
improving conditions at the school, TellZim News has heard.

Zimuto
High School head Harrison Mashava told this publication that the 1985 form four
class had been the most outstanding of late, having funded the electrification
of the girls’ hostel and the dining hall using solar panels.

He
applauded the group of former pupils for remaining an integral part of the
school long after leaving the school.

“We
have had amazing support from our former pupils and we are working to ensure
that we motivate others by putting every donation to good use. There are several
areas of the school that need the intervention of well-wishers who want to see
the school improving,” said Mashava.

He
said the severe load shedding of last year had severely affected the school as
there was a weak back up system in the form of one generator which could not supply
the whole school in case of a power cut.

He
said even without power cuts, the school was finding it tough to pay for sufficient
electricity supplies in time.

“Electricity
tariffs continue to rise and the situation is now getting out of hand for us.
We require a constant power supply to be able to pump our water, light up the
school and do every other activity that requires electricity. As a result of
these difficulties, we had to reduce the number of general hand workers in
order to minimize costs,” he said.

Mashava
also said the school needed support to drill a borehole which will enable it to
meet the basic standards set by government for educational institutions to be
able to operate with minimal risk of pupils and staff contracting coronavirus.

 

Errymaple mourns Mimosa manager Mushonhiwa

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Errymaple mourns Mimosa manager Mushonhiwa

The late Mushonhiwa

Exsto Makunzva

ZVISHAVANE- Errymaple
Primary School has joined the Mushonhiwa family and the Mimosa Mining Company
to mourn the death of its general manager Alex Mushonhiwa who died on September
24 after a short illness.

A
somber atmosphere engulfed the Zvishavane community when the news of the
passing on of Mushonhiwa filtered through.

Errymaple
Primary School director Ashell Ruswa said that they are devasted as a school
because Mushonhiwa played a key role in making sure that the school gets to
where it is today.

Ruswa
described Mushonhiwa as someone who had a passion to promote education in
Zvishavane and across the country.

“It
is very difficult to accept that Mushonhiwa has died. He was our pillar of strength
as a school and the void he left will be difficult to fill. We have been
orphaned and our thoughts and prayers go to the family, friends and relatives.

“Mushonhiwa
was like family to us as a school and he played a huge role to shape this
school. We are deeply saddened by his untimely death and we just find comfort
in that it is by God’s design,” said Ruswa.

He
said Mushonhiwa was a father figure in all of Zvishavane and was always ready
and willing to lend a helping hand to those in need.

“Zvishavane
has lost a father figure who was always ready to listen to our problems. He was
the guest of honor at our speech and prize giving day last year.

“We
held our speech and prize giving on the national tree planting day and as
Errymaple Primary School we will always remember him with the tree that he
planted at the school on that very day.

“He
also officially opened our conference centre and we will always remember him
for his dedication to education. The man was very humble and could be reached
by anyone despite his managerial post and would help even in his personal
capacity apart from the help that he would give through Mimosa Mining Company,”
said Ruswa.

Africaid Zvandiri HIV/Aids programme gets positives in Mwenezi

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Africaid Zvandiri HIV/Aids programme gets positives in Mwenezi

 


Cephas
Shava

MWENEZI -The battle against societal
misconceptions about children living with HIV/Aids has, through robust patient
participatory capacity building mechanisms, become a cornerstone that is
yielding positive results in Mwenezi.

Courtesy of funding from the United
States Aid for International Development (USAID), the Mwenezi based
non-governmental organisation (NGO), Africaid, is spearheading the Zvandiri (accept me as I am) programme
targeting children, adolescents and young people living with HIV/Aids below the
age of 24.

With the backing of other stakeholders
who include the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) and the National Aids
Council (Nac), Africaid is currently supporting 1 860 children and adolescents
from which over 50 have received Community Adolescent Treatment Support (CATS)
training.

Working closely with nurses in their
respective areas, the trained CATS operate from various clinics around the
district, regularly providing various forms of support initiatives, especially
monitoring their patient peers’ effective adherence to HIV treatment.

Africaid district mentor Lloyd Moyo
told TellZim News that the Zvandiri
programme has so far managed to ensure that the trained CATS were deployed to
all the clinics around the district where they provide support for effective
delivery of HIV and adherence support for children.

“From a total of 1 860 children
and adolescents whom we are currently supporting, we have 54 CATS whom we had
trained so far.

“They are operating from various
clinics around the district. Together with Nac, we also trained 15 CATS and this
coming October we are going to train 37 more CATS,” said Moyo.

One of the trained CATS said the
program is proving to be of great value to them and their peers.

“Although we regularly work from
the clinic, we at times make home visits especially to those children whom we
would have identified through clinic records to have defaulted their
medication.

“We also make visits to our peers,
identifying some of their challenges and forwarding them to patrons for
assistance.

“We regularly educate them to be stress
free and to strictly adhere to their treatment. Key among adherence concepts
being to take the rightful quantity of medication at the exact stipulated time,”
he said.

A senior nurse who is based at Neshuro
District Hospital and closely works with the CATS said that the programme is
helping children embrace their conditions and creating a friendly environment
for the infected children and adolescents to take up their medication.

“Children should strictly adhere
to treatment so that by the time of their retest which is supposed to be
conducted after 12 months they would be on Target Not Detected (TND)

“Here in Mwenezi your find out that 60%
of children and adolescents are on TND stage.

“Such positive statistics are
undoubtedly as a result of the concerted efforts of such stakeholders as Nac
and Africaid’s Zvandiri programmme,” she said.

NAC Masvingo provincial coordinator
Agrippa Zizhou acknowledged the critical role that is being played by CATS in
ensuring effective delivery of HIV treatment and support for children.

 

We steal to feed our families, two thieves tell court

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We steal to feed our families, two thieves tell court

 

Colleen Chitsa

Two
Zaka men from Nedowa Village under Chief Bota accused of unlawful entry and
theft recently said they were into their criminal activities as they were
facing economic difficulties.

Tatenda
Chirwadzi and Trymore Chekanayi appeared before Masvingo Magistrate Mbonisi
Ndlovu facing two counts of theft after breaking into two shops on the same
night.

They
were charged for contravening Section 113(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification
and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23.

In
their defense, the duo said they were unemployed and this was just one of their
ways to feed themselves and their families.

It
was the State’s case that on October 03, 2020 around 2200hours, Chirwadzi and
Chekenayi unlawfully entered Takarindiwa Muzondo grocery shop at Riverside Business
Centre under Chief Nyajena without his permission.

On
the same night, the two stole various groceries worthy $24 000 from Takarindiwa
Muzondo’s shop at the same business centre.

When
Muzondo’s shop attendant Daisy Maphosa discovered on the following day that the
shop had been broken into, she advised her boss who then made a report to the
police.

After
carrying out some investigations, the police arrested Chirwadzi and Chekenayi
and they also managed to recover some of the groceries worthy $735.

The
two were remanded in custody and are expected to reappear back in court soon
when State witnesses are available to testify.

Innocent
Mbambo represented the State.

ZCDC appoints new CEO

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ZCDC appoints new CEO

Mark Mabhudhu

 Felix
Matasva

MUTARE- The
Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC)’s board of directors have
appointed Mark Mabhudhu as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following the
resignation of Robert De Pretto in September.

In a press statement dated September 25, ZCDC said that
Mabhudhu’s appointment was aimed at turning around and transforming the
prospects of the company.

“The board of directors of ZCDC (Pvt) Ltd wishes to
announce the appointment of Mark Mabhudhu as the substantive CEO of the diamond
company effective from September 21, 2020.

“His appointment is in line with the need to rebuild public
and market confidence as well as attain organisational stability,” said
ZCDC.

Sources claim that De Preto resigned citing too much political
interference in the execution of his duties.

ZCDC saw the resignation of two CEO’s within a short span of
time with Killian Ukama also calling it a day before the appointment of De
Preto.

Mabhudhu is an experienced metallurgist who has been working
on technical and managerial positions for over 28 years across the entire
diamond value chain locally and internationally.

Mabhudhu is also a former Acting CEO of both Marange
Resources (Pvt) Ltd and also ZCDC (Pvt) Ltd in 2015.

He also worked for local and international platinum and gold
mining corporations.

ZCDC’s board of directors welcomed Mabhudhu back into the
organisation saying his vast experience is key to unlocking sustainable diamond
value for Zimbabwe.

“Mabhudhu’s vast experience characterised by strong
geographical mobility is certainly of significance to ZCDC as the organisation
moves towards turning around its fortunes in order to regain its position in
unlocking sustainable diamond value in Zimbabwe.

“He rejoins the organisation at a time the company is
navigating through difficult times in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,”
said ZCDC.

 

 

 

US provides US$5 million for Zim youth empowerment

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US provides US$5 million for Zim youth empowerment

  

Art Brown

Moses Ziyambi

The United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) has launched the Local Works Zimbabwe Youth Program, a US$5
million economic empowerment initiative as part of its wider activities that
support the people of Zimbabwe.

The latest initiative will help
create economic opportunities to address youth unemployment, increase incomes,
and combat rising poverty among young people in urban and rural areas. 

Speaking at a stakeholders meeting of the
Local Works Zimbabwe Stakeholder Meeting in Harare today, October 07, USAID
Zimbabwe Mission Director Art Brown said his organization valued the
participation of the youth in leadership.

“USAID would like young people to take the
driver’s seat.  Our approach under the
Local Works program is slightly different from the traditional method of
development program design and implementation. 
We want you as young people to take the lead in defining and addressing
the diverse challenges you face so that we support you to meet your social and
economic needs,” said Brown.

USAID says the new initiative
will facilitate collaborative solutions to address some of the most critical
challenges facing the youth in Zimbabwe.

 “USAID will support young Zimbabweans, along
with other local actors – communities, youth networks, organizations, private
sector, and others – to set their own development agenda, develop solutions,
and ultimately, make those solutions a reality.

 “USAID will facilitate the design of the Local
Works Zimbabwe Youth Program, and also support the establishment of a Youth
Advisory Board, which will oversee the design and implementation of this
initiative.  This will ensure that youth
lead the program and their voice is part of the design, implementation, and
monitoring of activities,” the organization said in a press release.

 USAID also intends to engage the private
sector, including identifying opportunities for co-design and co-financing of
activities, all while promoting innovation and increased economic opportunities
for the youth.

Research shows that young people,
especially women, remain more likely to be unemployed than any other group in
Zimbabwe. The same demographic group has the least employment chances and was
recently found to be the most adversely affected by the impact of Covid-19.

Over the past 40 years, USAID has
contributed over $3.2 billion in assistance to Zimbabwe in such areas as food security,
economic resilience and promoting democratic governance.

Through the Presidential
Emergency Fund for Aids Relief (PEPFAR), the US is the largest contributor to
the country’s anti-HIV efforts, allowing many people to access Anti-Retroviral
Treatment free of charge.

 

 

 

Delays in commissioning of mortuary worries MP Saruwaka

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Delays in commissioning of mortuary worries MP Saruwaka

Trevor Saruwaka

 Felix Matasva

MUTARE– MDC
Alliance Mutasa Central legislator Trevor Sarawaka has bemoaned the tortoise
pace being taken by the government to commission the Dada Health Centre
mortuary which saw the completion of its renovations last year.

The mortuary was refurbished using the Constituency
Development Funds (CDF) and a total of $50 000 went through the renovations.

The refrigerator with a capacity of three bodies was
procured for the mortuary using proceeds from the British Embassy.

During a media tour organized by the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists
(ZUJ) recently, Saruwaka said that the renovations to the mortuary were
completed last year but the government is yet to commission the facility.

“There was a call for the mortuary to be renovated and put into
operation. Dada Health Centre is a big institution and cannot run without
mortuary services.

“Last year we channeled $50 000 from CDF towards this project and we
also got support from the British Embassy who gave us the refrigerator with a
capacity to carry three bodies.

“I am surprised that the government through its ministry of health have
decided to ignore this establishment. It should have been commissioned a long
time ago but all we get are busy schedules from them,” said Saruwaka.

He said the government should stop playing politics when it comes to
development as a functioning mortuary would serve the whole community despite
political affiliations.

“People look at political side of issues rather unifying
for a common developmental cause. That is very wrong because once a legislator
is elected he or she is there to equitably serve the interests of all community
members.

“All government agencies and departments must
collaborate and cooperate with elected officials so that communities access all
the basic amenities.

“We have realised that officials have devised a
strategy aimed at delaying the operation of Dada Health Centre mortuary since
all constructions were completed in October last year. Whenever they come for
inspection they give flimsy excuses which have stalled the operation of the
much needed mortuary in Mutasa Central Constituency,” said Saruwaka.

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