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Hungry Zaka villagers get food from LOBDA

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Hungry Zaka villagers get food from LOBDA

 

Venancio Kurauone 

Brighton
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ZAKA – Lowveld Business
Development Association (LOBDA) recently donated food hampers to the Minister of
State Masvingo for Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira in a move the
organisation said was a way of assisting to reduce hunger during the lockdown

Minister Chadzamira, who is also
chairperson of the Covid-19 Provincial Taskforce which is composed of several
subcommittees, received the donation at a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the
beginning of construction of Mudzara Secondary School in Mudzara Village.

Chadzamira in turn handed over the
donation to Zaka District Covid-19 Taskforce which then distributed to the food
to the disabled and other needy people who were present.

LOBDA chairperson Venancio Kurauone
donated a total of 100x10kg bags of mealie-meal which they said were meant to
contribute to the welfare of people in need.

“Our thrust as an organisation is the
development of Masvingo province so we can achieve that through many ways including
helping families that are most vulnerable during this lockdown period. The Minister
of State is the local face of government so we will continue to work with him
and other relevant authorities,” said Kurauone.

Kurauone, who hails from Zaka West, was
in the company of Chiredzi West Member of Parliament Farai Musikavanhu and
LOBDA member who himself donated 200kg of sugar.

Zaka Ward 13 Councillor Manfred Mada
donated 100kg of mealie-meal before urging other people to lend a hand to the
needy.

“It is our duty as the community leaders
to make sure that people have food in times of a crisis. We should not confine
ourselves only to areas we lead but have to unite and develop our district and
the whole province,” said Mada.

After receiving the donations, Chadzamira
thanked LOBDA and others saying their contributions were important to the
welfare of vulnerable people.

Recently, LOBDA donated some face masks,
sanitizers to Chiredzi General Hospital.

 

The best dining experience at Pagomo Pub n Grill

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The best dining experience at Pagomo Pub n Grill

 

A braai treat at Pagomo Pub n Grill


Staff Reporter

MASVINGO –
Outdoor food lovers in and out of Masvingo now have an exciting place to dine
and sit back following the opening of Pagomo Pub n Grill in Clipsham Views just
behind Puma Service Station at Wimpy.

Pagomo
Pub and Grill could not have come at a more opportune moment since the Covid-19
induced national lockdown and the subsequent extensions have thrown many places
out of business, leaving people with no comfortable out-door place to have
descent meals and drinks.

The
location of the outlet, along a major highway but on the outskirts of town,
gives customers both the convenience of reach and the serenity of fresh air.

Pagomo
Pub and Grill is not only a new joint in town – having opened its doors to the
public on July 27 – but is also a place where succulent dishes and chilled
drinks are served in a clean atmosphere.

Traditional
and Western dishes are available at reasonable cost; braaied and stewed beef,
chicken, turkey and other meats served with salads, vegetables and a one’s
choice of starch.

Sadza
rerviyo, traditional ‘road-runner’ chicken and peanut-buttered rice are part of
the treats awaiting those who prefer healthier dishes.

Pagomo
Pub and Grill operations director, Talent Chivange said the place was working
to further improve customer experience through additional services.

“We
want to a be a one-stop shop for all customer’s basic requirement so we are
setting up a butchery which will stock the choices grades of steaks, sausages
and mince at the most affordable prices.

“Sit
down pub and grill customers will soon have access to Wi-Fi, and this tells you
that we want to make this place the ultimate place to be for both ordinary people
with time to spare and executives who want some time to relax but without
losing their connectivity,” said Chivange.

He
said a wide open-air set up was deliberately chosen to allow for social
distancing in accordance with regulations governing the national lockdown.

“Besides
the obligation to comply with the requirements of national laws and
regulations, we also feel obliged to protect the health of our customers and
staff by maintaining the best hygiene practices. We therefore keep this place
clean and everybody gets hand-sanitized,” said Chivange.

He
said the place was testimony that young people can use their entrepreneurial
skills to create employment for themselves and others in order to contribute to
the economy.

“We
are also handing out face masks to members of the police at roadblocks as well
as to any other citizens who are in need,” said Chivange.

 

We have no authority to prosecute Kurauone: State

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We have no authority to prosecute Kurauone: State

 

Martin Mureri expressed disappointment that the court had consented to the State’s request that the case be postponed by a further full month

…MDC Alliance organising
secretary remanded for further one month

Mark Chavhunduka

MDC Alliance national youth
organiser and Masvingo Urban Ward 4 Councillor Godfrey Kurauone will spend another
full month in remand prison after the State yesterday, August 25, argued in
court that it needed 30 days to seek prosecutorial authority from the
Prosecutor General’s office.

Kurauone will therefore be back in
court on September 24 after Magistrate Patience Madondo sided with the State
for postponement of the case.

Kurauone, who was arrested on July 31 and has two other separate charges pending, faces charges of undermining
the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Human Rights lawyer Martin Mureri
said he was very disappointed by the decision as he had expected full trial
since the State had a very long time to put its house in order.

Kurauone arrived for the court proceedings
under heavy guard and in leg irons.

The court room was filled with
supporters and the case had to be delayed while the police made concerted
efforts to remove everyone from the gallery ostensibly on the basis on maintinaing social distancing.

Kurauone’s case has put Zimbabwe
under the spotlight with the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee castigating
the President Mnangagwa’s government for human rights violations.

“The credibility of Zimbabwe’s
judiciary was eroded more this week after bias shown by courts against
citizens- denying bail and choice of counsel. All political prisoners including
Hopewell Chin’ono and Godfrey Kurauone deserve impartial justice and due
process,” noted the Committee in a recent statement.

Former US secretary of state
Hillary Clinton also tweeted urging government to release Kurauone and other
political prisoners whom she said represented Zimbabwe’s future.

People to People: 15-year-old paraplegic gets wheelchair

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People to People: 15-year-old paraplegic gets wheelchair

 

Ratidzo Munembi

A 15-year-old disabled boy from
Mucheke in Masvingo was last week given a new lease of life by the People to
People Organisation Zimbabwe which bought for him a brand new wheelchair.

Anesu Nyasha Zvinake, who was
born paralysed on his lower body and has speech difficulties, beamed with
delight when City of Masvingo Town Clerk Edward Mukaratirwa presented him with the
wheelchair.

Mukaratirwa also serves as patron
of People to People Organisation which has of late been involved in a number of
charitable activities.

Anesu’s mother Mary Tungamirai
said her son had never missed a chance to remind her that he needed a wheelchair
so that he too could move around more freely like other children of his age.

“Anesu wanted a wheelchair so
much that he would try saving a few coins he got from well-wishers towards the
cause. He wants to be free and adventurous but he faces serious limitations
since he could only do that when I carried him out of the house and walk around
with him,” said Tungamirai, who got widowed a few years ago when her husband
died in a vehicle traffic accident.

In his remarks, Mukaratirwa said it
was through acts of kindness and compassion towards others that people could become
really free.

“These are the kind of cases that
should jolt all of us into action. As People to People Organisation Zimbabwe, we
could not simply sit back after learning about the condition of Anesu. Many people
and organisations put their heads together and made contributions that made the
purchase of this wheelchair possible,” said Mukaratirwa.

He thanked Profmed, a company
which specialises in the sourcing and distribution of medical consumables and equipment
as well as rehabilitation and physiotherapy equipment, for taking a lead in the
initiative.

Meanwhile experts have
recommended that Anesu be sent to St Giles School for the Disabled in Harare but
he has remained in Masvingo because his mother cannot afford the costs

 

 

 

Mwenezi School gets 1st classrooms after 17 years

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Mwenezi School gets 1st classrooms after 17 years

 

Turf Primary School

Cephas
Shava

MWENEZI
– Turf
Primary School, which is located in Ward 15 Mwenezi West, now has its first
classroom block after 17 years, thanks to an intervention by the United Nations
Children Emergency Fund (Unicef).

The satellite school
began offering classes in the open back in 2003 at the height of the Land
Reform Programme and has constantly registered zero percent pass rate in grade
seven exams.

Many pupils had been
sitting on the ground under makeshift structures built of wooden poles and
dagga with thatched roofs while several others conducted lessons under trees.

TellZim first reported
about the dire state of affairs at the school on February 10 this year, much to
the embarrassment of provincial education authorities, and to the dismay of
children’s rights groups.

The community then
mobilised itself and began molding bricks that are being used to construct a
single block with two classrooms.

Turf Primary School
Teacher-in-Charge (TIC) Benard Chauke confirmed the developments in a phone
interview with TellZim.

“Community members
mobilised themselves to build the classroom block which is now nearing
completion at roof level. This is a milestone for us because we had not expected
it. The development shows what can be achieved if ordinary community members
work together,” said Chauke.

He also said the school
still faced many infrastructural deficits as the block will not be enough to
accommodate all pupils.

He said some new pieces
of furniture were bought by money availed through the Ministry of Primary and
Secondary Education by Unicef under its School Improvement Grant (Sig) programme.

“We have been the
receiving money under the programme for some years and this time we used our
share to buy 42 chairs and 43 desks that will be used in the new classroom
block,” said Chauke.

Mwenezi Ward 25 Cllr
Samuel Kwinika praised the local community for coming together in the name of
development, but called for more assistance from those capable of intervening.

“The level of
commitment displayed by locals towards this project is awesome. We are also
grateful for the funds donated by Unicef,” said Kwinika.

The school has only
five teachers for its 385 pupils with shortage of facilities meaning that many
classes are combined. Mwenezi has 102 satellite schools that are
poorly-equipped and severely understaffed.

The original story that
TellZim wrote on Turf primary School can be accessed on;

https://tellzim.com/2020/02/17-years-of-waiting-for-classroom-block.html 

STIs, porn ruining the youth in lockdown: ZNFPC

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STIs, porn ruining the youth in lockdown: ZNFPC

 

Herbert Chikosi

Progress
Chaya

The
Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has said the Covid-19 induced
national lockdown had resulted in increased consumption of pornographic
material leading to higher STI infection rates especially among the youth.

The
organisation said the development was militating against its efforts to reduce
unwanted pregnancies by the end of this year.

Speaking
at a recent community stakeholder engagement meeting organised by MyAge
Zimbabwe, ZNFPC Masvingo provincial education and marketing officer Hebert
Chikosi said the lockdown had presented its own challenges regarding sexual and
reproductive health.

“ZNFPC
had set targets to reduce unwanted pregnancy from 24 to 12 percent by the end
of this year but we are now faced with new challenges that may make that
impossible due to many factors including the lockdown,” said Chikosi.

He
said the lockdown had in many instances led to idleness and subsequent sexual
immorality among young people who had hitherto spent their time occupied in
productive sectors of the economy.

“Our
studies show that the rate of STI infection among the youth has risen since the
beginning of the lockdown due to an increase in unprotected sex partly
attributable to the use of pornography,” he said.

Chikosi
said ZNFPC had since resumed distribution of condoms in public toilets and
health institution to ensure increased access to sexual health.

He
said the organisation had also started a home delivery programme which could be
ordered on phone number 039 262237 for those who wanted ZNPC products to be
delivered to their doorsteps.

The
meeting was attended by representatives from the National Aids Council (NAC), Ministry
of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), Disability
Amalgamation Community Trust (DACT) and representatives of sex workers.

 

 

Dear soldiers, police

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Dear soldiers, police

 

 

Uya akati nyika ino inenge yakanokorwa tsoka aripi. Kunonzi
kutanda botso chaiko. I hope the Lord upstairs will have mercy on Zimbabweans
as we have had our fair share of hell on earth. But dziblaz ED zvimwe
zvadzinombotaurawo sometimes is what makes us suffer like this. How can you say
the Lord upstairs referring kuna Mwari Baba nhai iwe ED? This is the same man
who said his government is so good that chero kudenga hakuna yakadaro. Some of
the problems we are facing today as a country are largely caused by these
zealots who speak with their foot in the mouth kana vagutisa havo nyemba. Isu
takungofira zvivi zvavo, dai Mwari watinzwira ngoni. Mapombi will pray hard for
this country. I will be embarking on a month long dry fasting for this country.
I hear vamwe vachiti Mapombi talks too much does she not fear to be beaten,
tortured or killed but kusiri kufa ndekupi. Mwana asingachemi anofira
mumbereko. Ndinobviro taura chokwadi kkkk. But that guy called Van Choga mukati
dzakanatsa kuti kwesere here. Anhu arikuona moto arikuona ndondo. This is the
legacy Zanu PF is leaving behind. A trail of destruction. The whole country is
going mad and Van Choga is there for everyone to see kkkk.

Mapombi’s diet is difficult to come by these days with
the closure of Chitima market. Hakuchina mabanana akaora and Mapombi is on the
verge of starvation. Where did we go wrong fellow Zimbabweans? Inga ivhu
takatora wani and we are now in control of all the farms. Zimbabwe used to be
the bread basket but now rangova bhasikiti ratizirai. Kudakwashe Bhasikiti
uriko here uko. This guy used to be powerful mhani. But unfortunately he found
himself in the wrong basket and has now joined the bitter losers in the
opposition basket kkkk. Mapombi misses you Bhasikiti and I hope mabhuru mango
arikuita kupurazi rawakabvuta kuMwenezi uko. I am not the one who coined the
term mabhuru mango kkkk. It was the late Shuvai Chikoforo Mahofa. Ko chirungu
chaisatamba paya. Rest in power Shuvai Mahofa. Masvingo and the nation at large
has been left poorer and I wish you were alive today to see how much of a
failure the man you supported has turned up to be. Mahofa was a rare breed of
women to ever dominate the political scene in the country. She was a true iron
lady. Mapombi being a woman, pays tribute to Shuvai. A hero par excellence but
she was again in the wrong basket and history will judge her as the woman who
stood firm for the wrong team which has destroyed this country. The true heroes
we celebrate today are the brave men, women and children who have managed to
survive the Zanu PF maladministration for the past so many years. Vamwe
vatochemebera vasina kana kumbobata pay slip.

It is very difficult to oppose a system that is well
protected by the army and police. I wonder what these brothers and sisters in
uniform are benefiting from supporting and protecting Zanu PF. Vamwe mukoma
ndakaona vane uniform yapera muto ine zvigamba all over neshangu yapera sole.
So I wonder why these guys beat up people who try to better their welfare. The
army and the police should be for the people not political party. Mukai vana
mukoma nana sis. Wake up and smell the coffee. This country cannot keep on this
trajectory. Hanzi naKasukuwere ED is leading this country down destructive path
and the soldiers and police are complicit. I’m sorry if I have offended you
vana mukoma. Ndichiri mwana ndinoda kudzidzawo kkkk but I will tell you the
truth. You can bring your guns and come shoot me. Ndiriko kuChitima I am not
afraid anymore. Grace Mugabe mukati mupenyu here kkkk. I am sure everyone
misses that woman. She was all drama and I am sure the likes of Vharazipi
should rope her in into one of their plays and let her take the role of Mbuya
Mai John. She will carry that role perfectly because she is feisty. Grace
aipenga hake but she was right. People should not fear their army and the army
has no role in politics. Let them defend our territorial integrity kwete
kuswero vhima innocent civilians who are demanding better living conditions
which would even benefit the soldiers and police.

We cannot let the army dictate everything for us. Command
this, command that. We cannot live in fear in our country. Fear to speak out
against corruption. Our people have suffered enough and or lives matter mhani
imi vanhu. Mapombi borrows the following words from the great Charlie Chaplain
in a movie the ‘Great Dictator’. “We want to live by each other’s happiness;
not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In
this world there is room for everyone and the good earth is rich and can
provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have
lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with
hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed
but we have shut ourselves in: machinery that gives us abundance has left us in
want. Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind. We
think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More
than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life
will be violent and all will be lost. The internet has brought us closer
together.

The very nature of this technology cries out for the
goodness in men, cries out for the universal brotherhood and unity of us all.
Even now, Mapombi is reaching millions in Zimbabwe and across the world,
millions of despairing man, women and little children, victims of a system that
makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me I say
“Do not despair”. The misery that is upon us is nothing but the passing of
greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress: the hate of
men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people will
return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

Soldiers! Don’t give yourselves to brutes, men who
despise you, enslave you- who regiment your lives, tell you what to do what to
think and what to feel, who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle, use you
as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men, machine men,
with machine minds and machine hearts. You are not machines. You are not
cattle. You are men. You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don’t hate-
only the unloved hate. The unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers- don’t fight for
slavery, fight for liberty.

In the seventeenth chapter of Saint Luke it is
written: “the kingdom of God is within man”. Not one man nor a group of men-
but in all men- in you. You the people have the power, the power to create
machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make
this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in
the name of democracy let us use that power- let us all unite. Let us fight for
a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, which will
give you the future and old age and security.

By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to
power, but they lie. They do not fulfil their promise, they never will.
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let’s fight to
fulfil that promise. Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national
barriers, to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a
world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s
happiness. Soldiers- in the name of democracy, let us all unite! Mboko imboko.

Chief orders headmen to join Zanu PF

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Chief Nyakunhuwa

                                                                               

Brighton Chiseva

ZAKA – Chief Nyakunhuwa,
real name Courage Mashavave, last week urged all headmen in his area to join
the ruling Zanu PF party, saying it was the right thing to do.

Mashavave made
the call while addressing people gathered for a ground-breaking ceremony to
mark the beginning of a new secondary school in Mudzara village on August 15.

When he was
given a chance to speak, the traditional leader called his headmen to the
podium to introduce them Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs and
Devolution Ezra Chadzamira who was the guest of honour.

He went on to
introduce headmen Mudzara, Mutsvangwa and Chipato but Headman Muzvimwe had to
first introduce himself to the chief who seemed not familiar with his face.

“Iwewe handichanatsi kukuziva. Ndoziva umwe
uya anosiuya kumusangano. You must come to meetings; all of you who are not
yet members of the party must come and join. The doors are still open,” said
Mashavave.

Mashavave had
started by asking for permission from the Minister of State to do slogan when
he was called to address the crowd and went on to chant the slogan.

In his address
the chief said he was pleased with the developmental projects in his area
including the construction of the new secondary school.

 “Our area is underdeveloped and our children
are walking long distances to get to school. We now want to develop our area
and this is just the beginning,” said Chief Nyakunhuwa

He praised Zaka
Wests Member of Parliament (MP) Ophias Murambiwa as a hardworking man.

The youthful traditional
leader took the reins after his father Jerera Wafawanaka Mashavave died in a
road traffic accident in 2015.

After his
father’s death, Mashavave was appointed as a regent (sarapavana) for two years as per tradition, but government has not
facilitated the selection of a new chief despite the expiry of his regency.

This means
legally and culturally, Mashavave has basis to be chief and has to know-tow to
ruling party politicians to keep enjoying the privilege of that position.

 

 

 

 

US$40 for refurbished market space in Masvingo

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US$40 for refurbished market space in Masvingo

 

Mark Chavunduka

Masvingo City Council
has re-opened part of the fruit and vegetable section of Chitima market as well
as part of the informal market adjacent to the Civic Centre Gardens along Leopold
Takawira Ave.

Council
began renovating part of the dilapidated market stalls at the beginning of the
lockdown and currently, 64 bays at Leopold Takawira Ave and 80 bays at Chitima
markets are ready.

City of Masvingo public
relations officer Ashleigh Jinkika said vendors were now allowed to operate at
the markets if they paid the requisite fees.

“Both markets at
Chitima and Leopold Takawira are now opened but operation depends on payment of
US$40 for a table. Traders had to apply again since allocation of the revamped
space was done anew, with successful applicants signing lease agreements with council,”
said Jinjika.

She said strict measures will be implemented to ensure
that the market places were kept clean.

“We will ensure timeous refuse collection depending
on the availability of resources to do so and we will not allow any illegal
extension of the bays. We urge traders to help keep those markets clean by
keeping their own refuse bins,” Jinjika said.

She said the rental costs were justified as council
had refurbished the market stalls at great cost, meaning traders will now do
business in cleaner and more dignified spaces.

“The markets were
planned in such a way that traders will be able to maintain social distancing
to help reduce chances of the spread of coronavirus,” said Jinjika.

Tanaka Murwidzi, an
informal trader at Chitima market, said he was happy that he had managed a get
trading space at the upgraded market.

“I am now happy after
all these months of struggle. It was very difficult for people who have known
no other work except this. I am also pleased that council has improved
conditions at this place,” said Murwidzi.

However, others
complained that the US$40 needed for the lease agreement was too high a price
for many informal traders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

November exams a non-starter, declares PTUZ

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November exams a non-starter, declares PTUZ

 

Triader Chipunza

MASVINGO – The
Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) says it opposes government’s
decision to allow the sitting of November examinations even though pupils barely
attended classes this year due to the coronavirus-induced national lockdown.

PTUZ president Dr Takavafira
Zhou told TellZim News that his organization opposed the decision, saying final
exam classes required more time to study.

“The enunciation that
November exams will be written as per tradition is at best a fantasy and at
worst a fabrication of reality. Examinations are not an event but a process
which includes preparing students adequately for such exams and that needs
time. We must remember that learners were last in school on March 24,” said
Zhou.

He said the Ministry of
Primary and Secondary Education should rather engage all stakeholders to map a
way forward.

“The process again
includes guaranteeing the health and safety of teachers, pupils and ancillary staff.
We certainly don’t see how the government could procure, let alone place in 10
000 schools Covid-19 abatement equipment (testing kits, thermometers, sanitizers
and other PPEs) in schools and test millions of students and 136 000 teachers and
50 000 ancillary staff in order to ensure opening of schools soon and writing
of examinations in November.

“Without clear
benchmarks as to how this is possible, the enunciation remains mere rhetoric
and homiletic bellicose. The health and safety of teachers and students must
never be taken for granted yet there is virtually nothing that reflects any
serious consideration,” said Zhou.

He said the economic
welfare of teachers had to be addressed before schools are opened as a way of
improving their morale.

“The current scenario
where other sectors with less duties and responsibilities are earning more than
five times the salary of teachers is unviable,” he said, in reference to
security services personnel who are the best paid among ordinary civil
servants.

 

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