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Mnangagwa is rightful king— Bishop Mutendi

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Mnangagwa is rightful king— Bishop Mutendi

         Bishop Mutendi attends the Chief Nhema celebrations

Emmaculate
Mukokoromba
ZAKA
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The controversial Zion Christian Church (ZCC) leader Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi
has busted MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s presidential bubble saying the young
politician is a puppet of the West who are using him as a front to recolonize
the country, while ordaining President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the rightful king
send by God.
Speaking during the Chief Nhema senatorship festival
recently, Mutendi said there is a difference between a king and a rightful king
saying the latter comes from God.
Mutendi, whom
many questioned whether his message was coming from the spiritual realm or his
head, said that Chamisa still has a long road to travel to be the rightful king
for the country as he lacks the merits of a true leader.
“The whites are
still bitter that we took our country from them. They have for long tried to
make their way back into the country but have failed so they have now devised a
new strategy to retake our country using a puppet Chamisa.
“Do not be
fooled with the opposition because they are being used by the whites who have a
hidden agenda. They know they will not be able to have their way in this
country with Zanu PF in power which is why they have chosen Chamisa.
“This is why we
have sanctions and all these problems which are being caused by Chamisa. Do not
blame the government because it is trying to better the lives of its people
though it will not happen overnight,” said Mutendi.
 
Mutendi said the
people of Zimbabwe have faith in the ruling Zanu PF party and have shut out
Chamisa because they know he is not right for the country.
“The people of
Zimbabwe know that MDC is a project of the West which is why they fail to win
elections. The people do not want Chamisa to rule the country because they know
the whites will come back and occupy our land.
“For person to be a right king, he should learn
first the history of the country and appreciate it from those in power. Chamisa
does not know the history of this country and cannot be the right king,”
said Mutendi.
Mutendi said the
reason why the opposition has failed to take over power from Zanu PF is because
no man can fight what God has chosen and be successful.

GZU postpones graduation ceremony

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GZU postpones graduation ceremony

 
                            GZU Vice Chancellor Prof Rungano Zvobgo
Tendai Mange
MASVINGO-
Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has postponed its
13th graduation ceremony which initially had been scheduled for
November 01, 2019.
The graduation ceremony will now be held on the
following day, Saturday November 02, 2019 at the GZU Main Campus Sports Arena.
The graduation ceremony was postponed in line with
some challenges which the university is going through.
When contacted for comment, GZU
Public Relations Officer, Anderson Chipatiso confirmed the postponement but
could not shed more light on the reason for the postponement.
“We just decided to postpone the
graduation ceremony due to some logistic challenges but nothing has been
changed apart from the date,” said Chipatiso.

ED set to fulfill Mugabe’s Kilimanjaro sugarcane initiative

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ED set to fulfill Mugabe’s Kilimanjaro sugarcane initiative

Beatific
Gumbwanda
CHIREDZI
– President Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is set to fulfill the wishes
of his predecessor, the late Robert Mugabe as he is expected to commission the
Kilimanjaro sugarcane project being undertaken by government in partnership
with Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe.
On November 09, Mnangagwa is expected
to commission the project which sits on 4 000 hectares of virgin land.
Chiredzi District Development
Coordinator (DDC) Lovemore Chisema told TellZim News that he was looking
forward to the commissioning of the project.
“Yes, the President is coming on
the 9th of November to launch, officially, the Kilimanjaro project,
where THZ is in partnership to clear the virgin land at a cost recovery
basis,” said Chisema.
The project began during the reign of
Mugabe as part of his then government’s indigenous economic empowerment drive,
and is expected to benefit several new small-scale sugarcane farmers.
Local traditional leaders; Chief Tshovani,
Chief Gudo and Chief Sengwe first proposed the project to Mugabe in 2012 in
their push for new land to be cleared for cultivation rather than seize already
productive land from Tongaat Hulett for distribution to locals.
They argued that the seizure of
productive land from the company would be detrimental to many jobs and the
livelihoods of many families.
Vast portions of the company’s estates
were seized nonetheless but a more fervent push for the seizure of even more
land in 2017 did not succeed.

LEDRIZ criticises heavy tax regime, policy inconsistencies

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LEDRIZ criticises heavy tax regime, policy inconsistencies

Dr Prosper Chitambara

Diana Gondongwe
The Labour and Economic Development
Research Institute of Zimbabwe   (Ledriz) has criticised the tax regime in
Zimbabwe which it described as a bane for the country quest to attract new capital
in the economy.
Speaking at an engagement with the media
practitioners in Masvingo recently, Ledriz
senior researcher Dr Prosper Chitambara said heavy taxation coupled with inconsistent
policy pronouncements by government was militating against investment and
economic growth.
“High taxation is not good for any
economy and our government highly taxes its citizens but this will never improve the economy,” said Chitambara.
He said there was evidence to prove that
the Zimbabwean economy was collapsing largely due to mismanagement of public
resources and gross financial indiscipline at government level.
Chitambara said an economy characterised
by high consumption and depressed production was unsustainable, and called for
reforms that can increase investor confidence in the productive sectors of the
economy.
“We have a high consumption, debt-driven economy and this is not good for
a sustainable at all. Our government heavily relies on borrowing money and
printing more money but that will not help us in any way,” said Chitambara.
He said the economic problems
Zimbabweans faced were largely self-inflicted due to the presence of selfish
politicians who care more about self-enrichment at the expense of shared prosperity
through economic growth.
“We have allowed politicians to manage
our economy and the government is now using the sanctions discourse as an
excuse for its internal failures while their cronies get richer by the day,” Chitambara said.
Participants at the engagement also
raised many issues affecting them including poor salaries that are heavily
taxed by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), leaving them unable to make
long-term investments of their own.

Mnangagwa holds keys to removal of sanctions— US

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Mnangagwa holds keys to removal of sanctions— US

…says
US will not be moved by protests, actions have consequences
…sanctions
only targets 141 individuals and companies
Upenyu
Chaota
The United States envoy to Zimbabwe Ambassador Brian
Nichols has said that only President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration holds
the keys to the removal of sanctions if they implement the political and
economic reforms which they campaigned on and not waste millions on a march
against sanctions as it will not move the American government.
The government of Zimbabwe in support of Sadc have
declared October 25 as a day against sanctions on Zimbabwe and President
Mnangagwa’s administration has declared the day a public holiday coupled with a
march in the capital which will gobble in excess of $4 million.
In a wide ranging interview with TellZim News,
Ambassador Nichols said the real sanction that has affected the people of
Zimbabwe is the government’s lack of political will to deal with corruption
where millions of dollars of public funds are looted wantonly.
“The removal of the restrictive measures against
Zimbabwe is something that is wholly in the hands of the government of
Zimbabwe.
“The things that we would like to see are political
reforms for example the repeal of Posa that has already been voted for in
Parliament but is sitting on the President’s desk awaiting signature since
August.
“In the meantime Posa has been invoked at least six
times to block protests and that sends a message that the repeal is not really
a serious issue. Aippa, which covers media, is another piece of legislation
that the government campaigned for repeatedly that it was going to repeal but
it has not.
“The Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency, the
legislation sat awaiting parliamentary action for the entire session of the
last parliament and it has expired and that is another piece of legislation
that this government campaigned upon and said it was going to pass,” said
Ambassador Nichols.
He said Zimbabwe needs to start making steps towards
implementing reforms and not just talk about them.
“The broad electoral reforms that the government said
it was going to implement, there have been retreats led by the Zec to discuss
the reforms, five different electoral observation commissions have been here
from the international community as well as nationally based electoral
observers and they have looked at these reforms but no legislation has been
passed.
“These are all things that are well within the
government’s ability to resolve,” said Ambassador Nichols.
Ambassador Nichols said the relaxation in implementing
the recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry has put a dent on
Zimbabwe’s path to reform.
“Investigations into the human rights violations have
taken place for example the August 1 2018 violence and the Motlanthe commission
recommendations have not been implemented and no one has been prosecuted for
the shooting that took place on August 1 by the members of the military which
resulted in the death of six people. Foreign Affairs Minister SB Moyo said his
government is going to prosecute but we haven’t see that prosecution taking
place,” said Ambassador Nichols.
He said there are only 141 individuals and companies
on the sanctions list and that cannot affect the majority of the population of
over 16 million. 
“There are 141 people and companies that are on our
sanctions list and that is less than 0.0006 percent of the population of
Zimbabwe of 16 million and you can’t really say that is affecting the broader
population as compared to things like the NSSA scandal where $100 million was
stolen, Command agriculture scandal, auditor general’s report of over $2
billion unaccounted for between 2017 – 2018 and between 2018 – 2019 we have
already seen $400 million in fertiliser that was procured but never delivered,
payments to Sakunda Holdings of millions of dollars between June and August of
this year which doubled the money supply and caused the exchange rate and
inflation rate to spike.
“These actions have consequences. There are so many
scandals where public resources have been taken, drugs have been diverted from
the public health system, Zinara scandal where millions have been syphoned from
the organisation paying for small things like paying for hair dressers and
personal gyms for Zinara officials. That’s the real sanction on the people of
Zimbabwe.
“The biggest challenge with the Zimbabwe government is
that it has not implemented the reforms it campaigned on. If it does that, the
prospects are good for meeting the conditions of Zidera. This government needs
to begin to take steps to do that.
“Having a big rally and a concert on Friday does not
accomplish that goal and spending $4 million on that when you can spend that
money on salaries for teachers or doctors, buying drugs for hospitals and
fixing roads, these are better ways to use the money,” said Ambassador Nichols.

Over $7 000 raised for Masvingo’s Mayor Cheer fund

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Over $7 000 raised for Masvingo’s Mayor Cheer fund

                                                                 Mayor Collen Maboke
Star Matsongoni    
Various
stakeholders from around Masvingo city have added a Christmas cheer to the
underprivileged people in society by contributing $7 410 towards the mayor’s
Christmas cheer fund.
A
total of $5 040 cash was raised at the cheer fund reception while pledges of $2
370 were made supported by a 50kg of rice.
Masvingo
city mayor Collen Maboke said the cheer fund was still open for more donations
and called on the business community as well as other stakeholders to come and
contribute something towards the fund.
“We
are still open for more donations. These donations will go a long way in adding
a smile to the faces of the underprivileged people in our society.
“During
the festive season, the society tends to forget about these groups of people
and that is why the mayor’s Christmas cheer fund was launched. It was launched
with those special groups in mind.
“The
proceeds we raised will be shared amongst the less privileged,” said Maboke.

Germans hand over ambulance to Masvingo City

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Germans hand over ambulance to Masvingo City

Diana Gondongwe
The
representative from the City of Kernen in Germany have officially handed over
an ambulance, wheelchairs and medicines to Masvingo City Council as the two
cities mark 25 years of cordial relations.
The
gifts arrived a few weeks after the two cities celebrated the 25 years of
friendship on September 26, 2019.
The
Mayor of Masvingo Collen Maboke expressed his sincere gratitude to the people
of Kernen for their kind gesture.
“On
behalf of the people of Masvingo we are grateful for the kind gestures you are
showing to us, we are blessed to have a twin town that is Kernen,” said Maboke.
The
city of Kernen and Masvingo got into an agreement 25 years ago giving birth to
the Masvingo- Kernen Association.
The
delegation from Kernen arrived in Masvingo in September and toured various
health and needy institutions including Runyararo Clinic, Mucheke Old People’s
Home and Alpha Cottages.
The
chairperson of the Kernen delegation, Christian Fleischer, said the people of
Kernen are happy to have a twin city like Masvingo and they are happy to help
their fellow town.
“Masvingo
is like our second home and we no longer feel like we are visiting when we visit
the city but we feel at home,” said Fleischer.
The
Kernen municipality had last visited Masvingo in June 2016.

Chipinge town council to build public toilets

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Chipinge town council to build public toilets

Mukai Musimwa
CHIPINGE-
The Town Council has promised to build three public toilets in the town
centre in response to concerns raised by residents who struggle to find places to
relieve themselves as they go about their business.
The public
toilets are expected to be completed by year end.
Chipinge urban
Ward 8 councillor Christopher Rambo said that the issue of public toilets in
the town center has become topical with residents saying they face challenges when
they want to relieve themselves when they are doing their business in town.
“The town does
not have public toilets which can be accessed by everyone. This has been a big
challenge for most people and they raised this issue which we saw fit to
address before year end.
“We have plans
to build three public toilets in town for people to use. We know the importance
of toilets and people should be able to access these toilets at their
convenience.
“It is very
difficult to run a town where people cannot access toilets. This will
eventually lead to people relieving themselves in any secluded place. This will
taint the image of our town hence the reason why we resolved to construct the
toilets for our people,” said Rambo.
Rambo said the
issue of public toilets was further pursued by vendors who ply their trade in
the town center.
“A lot of people
get into town to go about their businesses and with this huge number of people
comes a responsibility of providing ablution facilities.
“Vendors who
trade in town pushed for the establishment of public toilets and the council
finally agreed to have the toilets constructed,” said Rambo.
One vendor who
spoke to TellZim News said that the move by the council is most welcome and
will go a long way in ensuring that the town is kept is clean.
“Most vendors
used any ally in town to relieve themselves. You find that there are some areas
with terrible stench from urine and human waste. This is because there are no
public toilets for people to use so they end up using the readily available
option which is detrimental to our town,” said the vendor.

Devolution— Gutu RDC challenges Cllrs to act

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Devolution— Gutu RDC challenges Cllrs to act

Precila Takabvirakare
Gutu
Rural District Council (RDC) has challenged councillors to bring forward
projects from their respective wards so that they can be funded from the $912
000 devolution fund.
Gutu
RDC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alexander Mutembwa said that the projects have
already started and they are progressing well.
“We
have managed to follow the desired projects by the community as we have
assigned councillors to bring the projects that they want and they vary.
“They
are progressing very well and they are going to be completed soon because we have
received another $912 000 devolution fund which we have decided to use to
finish up all the projects and we are going to allocate accordingly.
“We
have also decided to drill boreholes in Ward 33 and Ward 34 to do away with
water shortages as we have discovered that water is becoming a problem,” said
Mutembwa.
In
Gutu West, the funds were directed towards the construction of Zoma and Ndawi
Clinic with the other being used to supply a water system at Chiguhune Primary
school.
In
Gutu North, 100bags of cement were bought and directed towards Musara School
bridge construction, while the other money was allocated to Gwira Secondary School
for the school staff house and construction of Makumbe Secondary School.
In
Gutu East, the funds were directed towards borehole drilling and installation
at Bhasera, Mataruse clinic solar water pump and painting of Muchekayaora
clinic.
In
Gutu South, the mother’s shelter at Nerupiri clinic will be completed with
Makwiriwindi clinic being constructed and 100 bags of cement given to Chimedza
clinic.
In
Gutu central, Nyamandi clinic will be constructed.

Chivhu FC defends home glory

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Chivhu FC defends home glory

Elliot
Jinjika
CHIVHU–
Football lovers, fans and supporters of Chivhu Football Club are relishing with
great excitement the joy that comes with the opportunity of witnessing division
football week in week out in Chivhu as the home club is doing well in Eastern
Region Division Two with high expectations that the next season will be full of
flair and glamour.
The Chivhu based side which is sitting on position
four in the Eastern Region Division Two is showing no signs of turning back, notching
a win on last Sunday strengthening its position in the qualification race but financial
constraints have proved to be a hindrance.
Chivhu FC Manager Felix Banda has lamented lack of
sponsorship as a major drawback in as far as the team’s management is concerned
and called upon various stakeholders in Chivhu and around the country to come
and help.
“We are lacking in terms of sponsorship. We have our
one and only sponsor Mr Madzinga who is in Australia who has done great work
for the team, we really appreciate his efforts.
“We are struggling in terms of transport to away
matches and also proper training equipment so I call upon various stakeholders
to come and support our team so that at one time we will witness premier league
soccer in Chivhu.
“The team is performing very well and on Sunday we
won two nil against Riverton FC  and we
are determined to keep on pushing till we qualify for the Eastern Region Division
One and ultimately the premier league.
“We have a home game on Sunday against Waddilove FC
and I call upon all football fans to come in numbers and support the team,”
said Banda.

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