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Zimcodd, CHRRA on women empowerment drive in Chivhu

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Zimcodd, CHRRA on women empowerment drive in Chivhu

Elliot
Jinjika
CHIVHU-
The
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) and the Chivhu Residents
and Ratepayers Alliance (CHRRA) recently partnered for a women empowerment
workshop where women received information on their social and economic rights.
Zimcodd is a social and economic justice coalition
established in 2000 to facilitate citizens’ involvement in making public policy.
Programs Coordinator Ellen Chipunza indicated that a
lot of women in Zimbabwe lack information on their social and economic rights hence
Zimcodd saw it proper to enlighten women across the board in Zimbabwe.
“Most women have their rights infringed on a daily
basis because they do not know their rights. As Zimcodd, we are not concerned
by political rights but our focus is on socio-economic rights and issues that
affect women in their society daily,” said Chipunza.
A number of women who attended the workshop
including vendors showed appreciation to Zimcodd and CHRRA for such an
initiative indicating that it was an eye opener.
“As vendors we have learnt a lot here and we will
take what we have acquired here to our colleagues.
“The problem we face is that we do not know our
rights as citizens hence most of the time, we are taken advantage of. We have
learnt that we have to speak out and be our own voices,” said one woman who
attended the workshop.
During the workshop, it was however highlighted that
Chivhu lacks proper information dissemination channels on critical events for
example parliamentary portfolio committee meetings and other related activities
which then leaves out a number of women who should be available to make contributions
and point out issues that affect them in society.

Legal Perspectives: Adultery Damages in Zimbabwe

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Legal Perspectives: Adultery Damages in Zimbabwe

with Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa
Adultery is the consensual
sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than the person’s
spouse. Thou shall not commit adultery is God’s seventh Commandment. Biblical
David was chastised for committing adultery with Uriah’s wife. Culturally,
adultery is regarded as ploughing into someone’s field and those who commits it
are shunned and condemned. The term damages refers to a
sum of money awarded by a court as compensation for loss or injury.

It
is a known fact that society no-longer frown at adultery the same way it used
to in the past. For that reason, South Africa outlawed adultery damages in 2014
through the case of RH v DE. Botswana
followed suit on May 02, 2018 through the Kgale
v Mhotsha case. This article
briefly explores the concept and current status of adultery damages in
Zimbabwe.

A
year after adultery damages were thrown in the South African rubbish bin, an attempt
was made to have adultery damages declared unconstitutional in Zimbabwe. This
was through the case of Njodzi v Matione.
The court found that the reasoning adopted in South Africa and some other
countries was inapplicable in Zimbabwe. It went on to conclude that adultery remains
wrongful in Zimbabwe and that there is nothing unconstitutional about an
adultery damages claim.

Whilst adultery claims
are still part of our law, it must be emphasized that it was long
decriminalised. This means that adultery is only civil and a person cannot be
arrested by the police for committing it.
Adultery
damages are claimable on two distinct grounds. The first ground is the injury, hurt, insult
and indignity inflicted upon an innocent spouse. This is known as ‘contumelia’. Loss of ‘consortium’ is the second ground upon
which adultery damages are claimable. It is the loss of love, comfort, society
and services of the other spouse as a result of the adulterous relationship.

In
determining the quantum of damages (the sum of money to be awarded) in a claim,
the factors to be taken into account by the court includes; character of the
woman or the man involved, social and economic status of the parties, whether
the perpetrator has shown contrition and has apologised, the decrease in the
value of money and the level of awards in similar cases.

A
spouse cannot claim adultery damages from his/her own spouse. This is regarded
as suing oneself. Only the third party can be sued. A male or female in a ‘Chapter 37’ marriage (now
Marriages Act, Chapter 5:11) may
sue the third party for adultery. There are two factors that must
be proved in an adultery claim. The plaintiff must first prove that defendant
was in an adulterous affair with his/her spouse.  Plaintiff must also prove on a balance of
probabilities that defendant knew of the existence of plaintiff’s a marriage.

It should be noted that a
man in a traditional ‘marriage’ (without a marriage certificate) can sue another
man who engages in an adulterous relationship with his customary wife.
Regrettably, this right is only for customarily married men and not women. A customary
women cannot claim adultery damages
Adultery
amounts to corruption of an innocent spouse’s matrimonial bed. Its damages are
underpinned on the preservation of sanctity of the marriage institution
encapsulated in section 78 of the Constitution. Whilst other countries have
outlawed the delict of adultery, it remains part of our law to protect the
sacrosanct marriage institutions and to compensate the innocent spouse for
injury, hurt, insult, indignity, loss of love and comfort caused by the
adulterer.
Fiat
Justitia Ruat Caelum!
Nyamukondiwa
writes here in his personal capacity. Contactable on 0785827154 nhanyams@yahoo.com 
https://twitter.com/FidelNyams

Woman jailed one year after husband reports her for theft

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Woman jailed one year after husband reports her for theft

Ruvarashe Chichera

MASVINGO –
A hairdresser at Flamboyant Hotel was last week sentenced to 12 months
imprisonment by magistrate Patience Madondo after her vindictive husband
exposed her for stealing hotel towels, bed sheets, cutlery and crockery.
Magistrate
Madondo set aside four months from the 12 and wholly suspended the remaining
eight months on condition that Kadambu performed 280 hours of community
service.
Primrose
Kadambu stole seven towels, five white bed sheets, two dinner plates, five forks,
one stainless steel knife and one table spoon which were in the saloon at
Flamboyant Hotel.
The
State’s case as presented by Malvern Mapako was that, Kadambu who resides at
19156 Ingwe Drive Rujeko C, and is employed as a hairdresser at Flamboyant Hotel,
stole hotel towels and cutlery on February 16, 2020.
The
stolen property was taken to her home where she intended to use it.
Kadambu’s
luck ran out when she had a misunderstanding with her husband, Liberty
Chiweshe, who then took the stolen property back to the hotel to fix her.
Raymond
Mapuranga, a security guard at the hotel, identified the property and advised
the chief security officer Maxwell Gonye who made a report to the police
leading to Kadambu’s arrest.

Makanaka High on Great Zimbabwe educational tour

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Makanaka High on Great Zimbabwe educational tour


Triader
Chipunza

MASVINGO
– Makanaka
High School recently took its history class on an educational tour of the Great
Zimbabwe monuments to help familiarise them to an important symbol of the
country’s cultural heritage.
The school, which is
situated in Victoria Ranch, organised the tour also as part of efforts to
promote visual learning.
The History and
Heritage class was led by its teacher Tinotenda Muvhimi who said that it was
important for pupils to see the actual sites where historical states existed.
He said such tours were
important to help children gain a better understanding and appreciation of the
subject.
“When pupils are taught
about the Great Zimbabwe State, some think that it’s just a folk tale so
bringing pupils to see for themselves will help them understand and appreciate
an important aspect of their own history.
“At Makanaka High
School we believe in a hands-on approach towards education, and we are
privileged that we are close to some of the most iconic heritage sites in the
country. We therefore have to go beyond teaching about them but going to see
them.
“In
such fields as History and Heritage, visual learning is vital as most of the
things that we teach existed in the past yet the remains visible signs of the
existence of those things. The Great Zimbabwe national monuments bear evidence
to the existence of a powerful kingdom many centuries ago,” said Muvhimi.
He
said the school hoped to keep on exposing its pupils to other places of
historical significance around the country.

Masvingo senior passports officer Chimbombe cleared of rape

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Masvingo senior passports officer Chimbombe cleared of rape

Julius Chimombe

TellZim Reporter

MASVINGO – The Magistrates’s Court recently cleared the accounting
officer in the Masvingo provincial Registrar General (RG)’s office, Julius
Chimombe of raping and indecently assaulting a subordinate.
Magistrate Dambudzo Malunga acquitted
Chimombe after the State and complainant failed to convince the court that the
alleged offences were indeed committed.
The complainant in the case was
Listen Tauyanago, a processing officer who also worked at the Masvingo passport
office but has since been transferred to Mashava.
Tauyanago (37) alleged that
Chimombe raped and indecently touched her on two separate occasions back in
2017.
At the close of the trial, the
State – which was led by Liberty Hove – had failed to furnish the court with
actual dates on which the alleged rape and act of indecent assult took place.
The State had called many people
who work at the passport office, including registrar Lazarus Mahuni to testify as
witnesses.
The State had claimed that
Tauyanago failed to report the case on time fearing for her job and the
collapse of her marriage.
Some sources privy to the case,
however, said the case was a hatchet job emanating from acrimonious work-place politics
and petty jealousy.
Chimombe was represented by
Charles Ndlovu of Ndlovu and Hwacha.

Zanu PF Cllr slapped 15 years for raping mentally-challenged woman

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Zanu PF Cllr slapped 15 years for raping mentally-challenged woman


Mukai Musimwa

CHIPINGE –
A sadistic appetite for sex has landed a Zanu PF Chipinge Rural Ward 13
councilor in the dock after he was slapped with a 15 years jail sentence for
raping a mentally challenged woman.
David
Chivhovho (63) of Plot number 49 Grassflats Village under Chief Mutema will serve
an effective 12 years imprisonment after three years were set aside on the
condition that he does not commit a similar offence.
It
was the State’s case that in February 2019, Chivhovho went to the victim’s home
knowing fully that she would be alone.
He
produced a knife and threatened the victim with death if she refused his
advances before pulling her into the kitchen hut.
Chivhovho
laid the victim on the floor and forced open her legs and removed her under
garment before having sexual intercourse with her once and left.
Out
of fear, the victim did not disclose the ordeal to anyone and Chivhovho came
back and raped her again on two separate occasions in the month of February
2019.
The
victim kept quiet again and later on gathered courage and reported her ordeal
to her aunt who went and made a report to village head Masunungure where
Chivhovho promised to pay two cattle and $500 for his deeds.
The
matter found itself into the hands of the police after a tip off by other
villagers which led to the arrest of Chivhovho.
With
the sentencing of Chivhovho, Ward 13 has become vacant and is now open for a
by-election.

Maduyu Driving School to open new branches

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Maduyu Driving School to open new branches

Mark Chavunduka

MASVINGO – Maduyu
Driving School plans to extend its territory by opening new branches in Mashava,
Bhuka, Filabusi and Zvishavane before the end of this year.
The
driving school, whose offices are at Number 4 Hellet Street, began operating
back in 2017 and has grown in reputation for classes 2 and 4 practical lessons
as well as oral lessons.
Maduyu
Driving School instructor Titos Maduyu said the company was proud of what it
had achieved in its relatively short history.
“We
are really pleased by our achievements and we are working harder to do more.
Many people are now proud holders of driver’s licences courtesy of the work
that Maduyu Driving School is doing.
“People
in remoter parts of the region find it difficult to come to Masvingo town for
driving lessons because of transport costs. We, therefore, have decided to open
new branches in those areas,” said Maduyu.
The
driving school wants to start offering class 2 and 4 lessons in Mashava, Buka,
Filabusi and Zvishavane but also wishes to extend its territory to bigger
cities.
“We
offer class 2 and 4 but we promise to start offering class 1 lessons this year.  It is within our wishes to expand the driving
school to Harare, Gweru, Mutare and Bulawayo,” said Maduyu.
The
driving school has reduced the cost of class 2 and 4 lessons to cushion
prospective drivers who find themselves in difficult financial positions owing
to the unfavourable economic climate prevailing in the country.
Promotions
that are often offered include a free practical driving lesson for every 10
fully-paid-for lessons.
A
full course package comes with an incentive of a free vehicle when going for
final test at the Vehicle Inspectorate Depot (VID).
“We
can also customise packages to suit an individual learner driver’s needs and
concerns since we are part of the community. While we teach driving, we are
also driven by the desire to make a change in people’s lives,” said Maduyu.

Suspended Gweru Town Clerk’s US$176 000 car delivered

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Suspended Gweru Town Clerk’s US$176 000 car delivered

Suspended Gweru TC Gwatipedza’s new wheels


…residents threaten demonstration
Tinaani Nyabereka      
GWERU– The
under fire City of Gweru Town Clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza could soon be smiling
all the way back to work if cleared on corruption charges after the city
council has finally finished paying for her brand new Toyota Land Cruiser VX
car.
Gwatipedza
was suspended in 2019 on incompetence and corruption charges but the local
authority had started paying for her car in 2018 which cost residents US$176
000.
City of
Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe said that the council has cleared all the money for
the car to Toyota Amalgamated Motor Company (AMC) whom he said will deliver the
car soon.
“The car
was bought by the council and it remains council property. The payment was
started in 2018 and it has been paid in batches.
“The
council has now finished paying for the car and we now await delivery. It was
bought for the Town Clerk who is on suspension pending a disciplinary hearing.
“For the
benefit of residents let me make it clear that the vehicle was bought at a 1:1
rate while the bond was still equivalent to the United States dollars,” added
Makombe.
Gweru
Residents and Ratepayers Association (GRRA) director Selipiwe Cornilia said the
council is going out of its way to buy luxurious cars for the management when
little attention is given to service delivery threatening a demonstration if
the new car is not exchanged for an ambulance and other service delivery
vehicles.
“As
residents, it is our wish to see our officials driving dignified cars but it’s
a challenge now if they buy top of the range cars for themselves while buying
second hand vehicles for service delivery. That on its own compromises service
delivery.
“Also
our roads are not worthy for us to buy vehicles of US$176 000 because they are poor
.If these cars break down it’s us residents who will ensure that they are serviced
again.
“We urge
the mayor and management to reconsider the car for exchange with an ambulance
and other two service vehicles for the betterment of service delivery failure
of which we will demonstrate,” added Cornilia.

Writing of Ndau dictionary excites cultural experts

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Writing of Ndau dictionary excites cultural experts

John Madhodha Dube is leading the Ndau dictionary effort

Stephen Ephraem

CHIPINGE – The writing of a Ndau dictionary Ndau in Chipinge has excited many traditionalists and custodians of culture who see it as significant to the preservation of the language.
A project called Musai ChiNdau Authors is spearheading the promotion of literature in Ndau language.
The authors include John Madhodha Dube, Gift Chitumba, Newman Sigauke, Life Madhodha, Bonnie Sithole and Samson Mhlanga.
Dibe, who is the project chairperson, said their work was aimed at helping scholars with Ndau vocabulary.
“Our aim is to have a rich library of Ndau literature. We have several unpublished poetry anthologies in Ndau language. Now we are completing the writing of a Ndau dictionary which we hope will be useful to scholars.
“We are excited that Ndau is now recognised as one of the 16 official languages of Zimbabwe and we want to publish the Ndau dictionary to promote our language. We appeal for any well-wishers to help us publish the dictionary,” said Madhodha. 
Cultural expert Irikidzai Mtetwa, who is a niece and assistant to Chief Musikavanhu, said the project was important in efforts to preserve Ndau identity.
 “I am pleased by what the authors are doing. Many people shy away from identifying themselves with Ndau language so these authors are uniting all of us,” she said.
Ndau Festival of the Arts director Phillip Kusasa, an author in his own right, urged more Ndau writers to promote their language.
“More Ndau literature is required since we have a critical shortage of Ndau books for academic and entertainment purposes. Seeing writers coming up with such a project is something that excites everyone concerned with the promotion of Ndau language.
“Currently, Ndau Festival of the Arts is working in consultation with Curriculum Development Unit in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education so that Ndau literature is considered for academic purpose,” said Kusasa.

Let’s worry about cockroaches not coronavirus

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Let’s worry about cockroaches not coronavirus

Sometimes
Mapombi wonders what sin we have committed as a country to deserve this kind of
leadership. Does Cde Dambudzo know that he is the President of this country? At
first ndaifunga kuti mukuru ari kuwanza mbanje but I later realized that the
man is not aware he is the President. ED should start behaving like a true
leader or else we kick him out. I do not care if he has pacified the army with
the so called garrison shops. Those military boys are not happy because they do
not even have enough money to buy from those garrison shops. Mashefu eku army ndiwo
ega anongozipigwa twuvafana twuchifamba nemauniform akadambuka magaro. I know
vana mukoma vanorova but someone has to man up and tell them the truth.
Mapombi
is a woman but she will have to man up and tell vana mukoma that they should
tell their boss kuti all civil servants are equal. Kana zvaramba ngavaite iya
yavakatamba Mugabe gore riya. Army yemuno I respect it a lot because they are
the only ones who did a coup and managed to convince the whole world that it
was not a coup but just a military intervention. I salute you vana mukoma and I
hope muri kuonawo manyongori ari kuitwa nemukuru wenyu ED and you are our last
hope. We have tried Chamisa but it seems kwatakabva ndiko kwatiri kuenda.
There
are a lot of people who get very angry and emotional when the name of Chamisa
is portrayed in a negative light. Ndima iyi inemakata chinin’ina changu inotoda
mushina muhombe. Rest in peace Tongai Dhewa Moyo. Ndima yaremera Chamisa zvino.
Nerorists I want you to shut up and listen. I know you may want to be quick to
be defensive but nhasi ndinemi. Munongori an extension of Zanu PF but you are
too docile to see it. Chamisa wenyu uyu anenge atadza kufamba nechitima ichi.
Everyone anongokadherera kaChamisa kacho kkkk.
This
is why sometimes I admire mukoma Dambu. Cde Dambu havana mafunnies, he does not
let anyone grow a long tail without chopping it off. Cde Dambu establishes his
authority and no one dares to challenge him which is why muchiona zvifana zviya
vana Matutu and Tsenengamu zvakadzingwa zvakuda kukura musoro. Cde Dambu has a
grip on Zanu PF ndosaka muchiona muZanu PF muine discipline. Vana Chiwenga vari
kutodawo chitanda chiya but havambouyi vachiti bufu publicly because Cde Dambu
havatangiki. Anyone anenge ari in charge of Zanu PF will wield so much power
that everyone under them will turn into yes boss zombies. I really miss Dr
Morgan Tsvangson. Changa chisingadhererwi chamatama. The house was in order.
Chamisa
seems to be struggling to keep the house in order. The people are just doing
madiro ajojina pasina anobata shamhu. Who would trust munhu anojairirwa
nanaMaboke chaiwo. Heee Maboke is not our mayor heee tinomudzinga heee what
what. Mudzinge tione I double dare you. Maboke hakuna kwaari kuenda. Masvingo
hautigoni iwe Chamisa. Tinoita zvemusoro wedu kkkkk. Chamisa lacks the
shrewdness of a true leader which is why a lot of people are already looking
within his ranks for a replacement. How can Chamisa finish two years achingorwa
with a mere mayor achitadza kungomudzinga kana achizviti ane power racho?
Masvingo yagara ine nharo manje kkkk. Whoever said Masvingo shapes the politics
of the country was a true genius. Wezhira wezhara wezhowezha wezheve ane nharo.
I heard pakaita chimurenga during Chamisa’s MDC district elections.
Pakadamburana
vanhu and some districts had to be aborted mafaction adhumhana. But mamwewo
maleaders in MDC haanyari chokwadi. We have seen the MDC die in the hands of
people like Chanyau the Masvingo district chair. These guys call for the
removal of Zanu PF but ivo they do not want to leave office. MDC has become
dormant vana Chanyau vachingofamba vachibhon’a pasina chinoziikanwa. Who in
their right mind would follow that drunkard which is why his faction disrupted
the district elections. MDC is a party of drunkards only because whenever they
are gathered vanege vakangodhakwa vese zvekuti even Chamisa finds it difficult
to control his people. Hakuna zvakadaro kuZanu PF which is why ichitonga nesuwo
tisina mhosva.
Kudenga
kuna Mwari hama dzangu. Jehovah ndiye mufudzi wedu. No weapon formed against us
shall prosper. Mthuli angauya with his stupid policies but Jehovah will fight
from our side. We may be cursed with Cde Dambu as the President but the Lord
will deliver us from evil one of these days. Shuwa dzimwe nyika dziri busy
kutaura about coronavirus isu wedu Cde Dambu is busy kutaura about mapete.
Mapete here vakomana kkkk haaa we are in trouble. We have not heard our President
talk about Coronavirus publicly and here we thought after sweeping in Gutu he
would take the opportunity to address the nation and give us an update on the
country’s level of preparedness but in his wisdom or lack thereof, he decided
to go for mapete.
Are
these cockroaches the biggest worry right now nhai iwe Dambu. Mukuru uyu ane
problem and he needs serious help. Shuwa a whole President of a country kuudza
nyika yese kuti tokusungirai mapete kkkk haaa Dambu ndamutadzawo hangu.
Anobvepi mapete mudzimba dzine nzara kudai. Mr President for you own
information mapete haagari pane nzara. Nyika ine nzara iyi saka mapete kuno
hakuna. Maybe kwenyu kuState House kwamunodya muchirasa ndiko kwaakazara
mapete. Munhu wese kuState House kunotsvaga mapete kumba kwaDambu. Maybe
tingamusunga tikapedza dambudziko rashupa vana veZimbabwe. If coronavirus hits
Zimbabwe today tinopukutwa tese tikapera. Imagine a country where there are
only two infectious hospitals. Kana Mapombi akarohwa necorona yake kuno
kuChitima I have to be rushed to Harare just imagine. Mwari ndiye
arikungotichengeta chete apa otherwise our days are numbered. I hope South
Africa will be able to contain their cases otherwise we are next.
Now
is not the time to talk about mapete Cde President. Shuwa mungakwira ndege
kuuya kuzotaura about mapete kwaGutu? Who voted for Zanu PF please show by
raising your hands? Is this what you voted for? I am sure kana mose makavhotera
Zanu PF muine any decency at all you should apologize to the nation. This is
what you have forsaken us to for the next five years. Kusatonyara murume mukuru
kutaura about mapete iko kuine coronavirus. A true leader should address nation
on the county’s state of preparedness regarding the notorious coronavirus.
I
heard there is a man from Thailand who ran away from Wilkins hospital achitya
to be tested of coronavirus. I hope that Thailand national ran to the state
house. Maybe ikatangira ikoko vanoona kuti zvemapete hazvina kana basa. Whoever
arikupa Cde Dambu mbanje please slowdown a little bit. We cannot have a
President who is high all the time who will be living in a world of his own.
Munhu akarohwa nemandudu anenge akuona mapete itori coronavirus kkkk. Nyika
yese yakutya mapete kkkk. I suspect chimuchinda chiya chinonzi Energy Mutodi
ndicho chiri kutsvagira ED energy yaari kushandisa kutaura marabishi atiri
kunzwa aya.
From
the mapete issue, Cde Dambu went on to talk about a mortuary and praised it
like it was a mega project. He described the mortuary like he was describing a
refrigerator. And to make matters worse, he suggested the stupidest thing ever
of paying the first people to be put in that mortuary. This man wants us to die
for real. His fascination with mortuaries when the economy is dying is
worrying. Does he want us all to die and fill those mortuaries? Instead of
building infectious hospitals for coronavirus he is building mortuaries and talking
about mapete. Shame on you. I have said enough regai ndinokanga hangu maputi
angu for lunch. VP Chiwenga kuChina hakuchaendekizve kkkk. Mukaenda you will
stay there and munowana chair yagara mumwe. You guys are just looters. How come
no one is getting sick these days? Dai kusina coronavirus tingadai takaneta nekunzwa
kuti Chiwenga ava China but now he is here. Coronavirus dai yaramba iriko, our
leaders will stay at home. Mboko imboko.

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