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Mnangagwa 2023 victory inevitable— Hungwe

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Mnangagwa 2023 victory inevitable— Hungwe

…election campaign should start now
 Upenyu Chaota
While the country continues on its economic freefall,
plunging the majority of Zimbabweans into extreme poverty with all fingers now
pointing at Zanu PF, politburo member Josaya Hungwe has said President
Mnangagwa’s victory in the 2023 harmonised elections is inevitable.
Speaking during a recent Zanu PF Masvingo provincial
coordinating committee meeting (PCC) at Victoria Jnr High School, Hungwe spoke
emotionally about President Mnangagwa’s 2023 re-election campaign.
He implored members of the ruling party that they
should always work with the 2023 elections in their mind.
“I have been in politics for long now and I no longer
feel the zeal to lead people. My only goal is to make sure that President
Mnangagwa wins in 2023. It is not a matter of if but when because it is
inevitable. Once I see that President Mnangagwa has won, my political journey
will be over and I will be ready to die.
“I want all our members to do everything with 2023 in
mind. We have an election in 2023 and that is my focus. Campaigning should
start now,” said Hungwe.
Hungwe said the current victory from by-elections
shows that people still have faith in President Mnangagwa and Zanu PF.
“We are winning in all the by-elections and this goes
to show that the people have faith in the leadership of President Mnangagwa.
The people know who is responsible for their suffering and they have shut them
out.
“Those who think they can derail progress in this
country are up for a rude awakening. President Mnangagwa will have put things
back in order by the time we go for elections so the opposition will be
rendered useless,” said Hungwe.
Zanu PF has dominated in all the by-elections
conducted so far and Masvingo provincial chairperson Ezra Chadzamira has
promised to retain the Zaka East parliamentary seat in a by-election slated for
21 September.
“Zaka East is our home. The people there know that
President Mnangagwa and Zanu PF have their best interests at heart. In 2008, we
lost all other constituencies in Zaka but Zaka East did not disappoint.
“We are going into this by-election to win and nothing
else. We have already promised the President that we are bringing the seat back
and that is what we will do.
“We had our primaries and our candidate is Clemence
Chiduwa,” said Chadzamira.
Zanu PF has already started campaigns in Zaka East
with national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri expected to address a rally this
Saturday.

Gweru water crisis finally resolved?

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Gweru water crisis finally resolved?

…city
takes delivery of new raw water pumps for new supply dam
Tinaani Nyabereka
GWERU –
City of Gweru has taken delivery of four new water pumps that will be installed
at Amapongokwe Dam as part of efforts to forestall a looming water crisis.
The
current supply dam Gwenhoro is expected to run out of water in just about two
months’ time, a situation which a few months ago put council into panic mode.
The
pumps were procured from South Africa at a cost of R6.5 million with assistance
from the Ministry of Local Governance, Public Works and National Housing.
Speaking
at media briefing soon after arrival of the equipment on Tuesday, City of Gweru
director of engineering services, Robson Manatsa said the pumps will help to
prevent a full-blown water crisis.
“The
equipment will help us pump raw water from Amapongokwe Dam which is currently
65 percent full. The pumps are going to help us to reduce the current strict
water rationing because as we speak, Gwenhoro Dam is 13 or 12 percent full,” Manatsa
said.
He
said the pumps will help the city achieve a pumping capacity of 60 mega-litres
of water per day.
“We
expect to take delivery of a consignment of pipes and motors, and yet another consignment
of smaller accessories.  Installation
period is expected to last between a week and two.
“This
is German technology manufactured in India and they have a supplier agent in
South Africa.  We have four pumps and
each with a capacity of 500 cubic metres per hour. When installation is
complete, we will have 60 mega litres.
“Some
of the clear water pumps are not working, only four of the available nine are functional.
So the restriction will now be a result of the clear water pumps,” said Manatsa.
Speaking
at a budget review recently, Gweru acting director of finance, Owen Masimba said
council had appealed to the office of the Minister of State for Midlands
Provincial Affairs to table a crisis document in town.
Council
had foreseen a water crisis of epic proportions as supplies in Gwenhoro Dam
were being used up quickly.

Kernen comes back to Masvingo with ambulance

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Kernen comes back to Masvingo with ambulance

Moses Ziyambi
A group of volunteers resident in the German municipality of Kernen will
soon be in Masvingo for the umpteenth time to continue their charitable work
which has so far immensely benefited Masvingo in the fields of health,
entrepreneurship and service delivery.
Christian Fleischer, Astrid Fleischer, Klaus Kopp, Karin Kopp and other
people are expected in Masvingo on September 26 for a two-day visit.
They are expected to donate an ambulance and tour various project sites
to assess the kind of assistance they can provide.
Masvingo entered into a twinning agreement with Kernen some 28 years ago
leading to the birth of the Masvingo-Kernen Association.
Some of the benefits of the twinning process for Masvingo are the construction of Runyararo Clinic, infrastructural
upgrades at Mucheke Old People’s Home and Alpha Cottages as well as the
creation of a revolving fund from which upcoming entrepreneurs accessed loans
through Zambuko Trust.
A whole block at Alpha Cottages children’s home was
built courtesy of the Masvingo-Kernen friendship.
The association has also been paying school fees for
100 needy pupils at Bondolfi Primary School.
The Fleischers and Kopps, who have since distinguished
themselves in the association, are working class people who use their spare
time to motivate residents of Kernen to raise donations which they then channel
to Masvingo.
They last visited Masvingo in June 2016 and assessed
progress at various places they had been assisting to develop.

Cape Town to Host South Africa Leg of Annual Peace Summit

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Cape Town to Host South Africa Leg of Annual Peace Summit



In September, the “2019 HWPL World Peace Summit” will be hosted in over 130 locations in 87 countries including South Africa, United Kingdom, Russia, and the    United States of America in cooperation between international peace NGO Heavenly Culture, World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL) and international civil society organizations and governments.
With the theme of “Legislate Peace – Implementation of the DPCW for Sustainable Development”, the event is expected to expand the agreement by collecting further public support for the establishment of a legally binding international law for peace based on the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW).The DPCW, a comprehensive document which clarifies the role of members of the international society to prevent and resolve conflicts is in the process of being introduced to the UN as a draft resolution.
In Cape Town, the South African branch along with Cabinet Ministers, Speakers of Parliament and women organizations will announce the reply of peace letters and the initiatives of peace education and will show how the DPCW can be used for promoting the end of violence in Africa. The regional manager of South Africa stated that the event aims for the high-level government officials’ support of the regional peace initiatives and it has a goal to receive a reply from presidents regarding the peace letters in the Southern African countries.
In South Korea, the event is planned to be held over 2 days from the 18th to 19th September and includes sessions to discuss the practical measures for building sustainable peace across the world.


Media is invited as follows:
Date: 10 September 2019
Time: 18h00 – 20h00
Venue: Centre for the Book in Queen Victoria Street, Gardens, Cape Town

For more information, please contact:

Noluvuyo Bacela  (+27)82 8373 710/ 087 150 8781  or email press_za@hwpl.kr



Kudzanai Bus Terminus vendors spared eviction

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Kudzanai Bus Terminus vendors spared eviction

Tinaani Nyabereka
The
Gweru Vendors Association (GVA) in
partnership with Zimbabwe Chamber of SMEs (ZCSME) Gweru chapter recently
engaged Gweru City Council over the intended demolition of illegal vending
structures at Kudzanai Bus Terminus.
The
joint forum presented possible solutions to the council in an effort to stop
eviction of vendors.
On
August 02, Gweru City Council, through their lawyers Danzinger and Partners,
wrote to vendors operating at Kudzanai Bus Terminus, giving them a seven-day
notice to remove their structures and vacate the place.
 “We address you on the instructions from our
client (city of Gweru), that you wrongly and unlawfully erected some structures
within Kudzanai terminus and are operating from there. Our client further
informed us this was done without authority or payments made to council.
“We
have been accordingly instructed to demand from you as we hereby do that within
7 days of the date of the letter that you demolish and vacate the terminus,”
reads the letter.
Speaking
at a media briefing later on, ZCSME Midlands provincial organising secretary,
Tafadzwa Mazorodze said they presented their proposals to the mayor.
“We
engaged the mayor and submitted proposals on how best we could work with council
to prevent demolitions since we are now approaching the rainy season.
“Some
of the structures have been there for a long time and we feel that is the right
place for our people to do business at least until this time next year.
“We
also visited the office of the DA and presented out grievances. Council has
since agreed to build new vendor stalls to be leased to our members,” said
Mazorodze.
GVA
organising secretary Letisiwe Mteliso said the seven-day notice given by the
local authority was too short.
“Mayor
Josiah Makombe reversed the decision to have the structures demolished as he
wanted to engage with us regarding the way forward. He was also showed that we
was concerned with a good operating environment for all informal traders
because unauthorised food sellers have emerged at Kudzanai thereby putting
people at risk of typhoid and cholera.
“We
agreed to close the food businesses and allow only people selling non-food
items to do business. We also agreed to clean the toilets and the surroundings
ourselves,” said Mazorodze.
Meanwhile,
the Zimbabwe Chamber of Small to Medium Enterprises has demanded that  vendors be given papers to legalise their
operations as they are contributors to the national economy.

Prof Maravanyika steers RCU towards Education 5.0

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Prof Maravanyika steers RCU towards Education 5.0

…education must lead to production
Upenyu
Chaota
The Reformed Church University (RCU) under the
leadership of Vice Chancellor Professor Obert Maravanyika is making notable
strides towards the implementation of Education Design 5.0 which aims at
problem-solving and value-creation.
Under Education 5.0, Zimbabwe’s state
universities’ traditional tripartite mission of teaching, research and
community service has been revised to align it to the urgent national ambition
to attain middle-income status by year 2030. 
It
is now demanded of the nation’s higher and tertiary education sector to not
only teach, research and serve the community, but innovate and industrialise
Zimbabwe.
In
making sure that the university is in line with Education 5.0, Prof Maravanyika
said RCU is going to come up with an Institute of Research and Rehabilitation
which will focus on teaching, research, innovation and industrialisation.
“In
teaching, we are going to look at departments that examine, research and teach
programmes on various disabilities. In research, we are going to work around
data collection, cultural challenges and assistive devices. We are going to
have an innovation hub on assistive devices. The innovative hub will look at
how we can look at the issue of spectacles and hearing aids among others.
“We had a workshop with people with disabilities and
they told us some of the things that we do for them believing we are helping
them actually do not work. Our research and innovation hub for assistive
devices will be concentrating not only on adaptive but on manufacturing and
warehousing.
“We have discussed this project with Minister Murwira
and he is very happy with the initiative. We want to make a centre of
excellence and we want it to be a referral centre,” said Maravanyika.
He said they were looking forward to introducing an
agriculture programme which goes beyond the sense of the word and looks deeper
into land studies.
“We are going to introduce a programme in agriculture
but it will not just be agriculture because we have had that for years now. We
want to look at ours as agriculture and land studies for sustainable
livelihoods and food security.
“Land studies is very much related to agriculture and
we want to find out why most communal land is in non-productive areas and low
rainfall areas.
“The approach now is to look at more integrated
programmes that look at challenges and proffering solutions. If you don’t
appreciate why people are where they are, it obviously means you have to look
back on your history, the various land commissions from colonisation which had
the relevant acts— the Animal Husbandry Act and the Land Tenure Act.
“All these had a bearing on where people ended up
living and have a bearing on livelihoods,” said Maravanyika.
He said RCU was working to improve agriculture and
other socio-economic and cultural issues so that people do not just get the
technical side of agriculture but also look at other social factors that affect
productivity.
“We want people to understand what we mean by
agriculture and rural livelihoods. Can we definitely believe that a young man
in Chivi can start a family on eight acres of land and we sink him a borehole
and be able to send his child to university? It is highly unlikely.
“If we say we want to be a middle income economy what
does it mean in terms of earnings? And with where people live, can they indeed
make a living and generate the kind of income we want them to earn?
“You go to communal areas around this time of the year
and you will see that all the young people are at townships and when you look
at the fields they are unattended and not ready for the rainy season,” said Maravanyika.
Higher
and Tertiary Education minister Professor Amon Murwira launched Education 5.0
to try and move tertiary institutions away from theoretical approaches to more
practical dimensions.
“Our
vision for Zimbabwe is to become a developed upper middle-income economy by
2030. This is only possible if we develop an industry that produces quality
goods and services, if we develop an education system which leads to the
production of quality goods and services.
“It
is, therefore, important to understand that science is the power that drives
industry. Energy from science has to be captured using a particular design,
just as fuel needs a strong tank for it to be useful, otherwise it just
evaporates.
“Likewise,
an education system which does not produce goods and services is not relevant
at all. In order for STEM to be useful in Zimbabwe, it needs an appropriate
design for its implementation. We are guided by the philosophy that we do not
buy development but we have to create it through science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM).
“No
matter how many STEM subjects we teach, with a wrong system and design,
industrialisation will not happen,” said Murwira.
  

A reflection of value: The preservation & conservation of Great Zimbabwe

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A reflection of value: The preservation & conservation of Great Zimbabwe

Elizabeth Duve Dziva
According to
Sarah Anderson, old places have a soul hence worth persistent efforts to be
preserved and conserved. Basically, conservation and preservation refer to the
safeguarding of something valuable. Consequently, before we venture into what
has been done and what needs be done in safeguarding Great Zimbabwe National
monument, it is crucial that we explore the values attached to it.  
We respect what
we value and what we value shapes us. The iconic Great Zimbabwe, a testament of
great prosperity and intelligence, located at the heart of Southern Africa is a
simmering pot of values and infinite benefits not only to Zimbabweans but to
the world at large. These include the educational and historical values.
The world
heritage site is a major research centre pregnant with rich and relevant
information for intellectuals from various academic arenas, archaeologists,
historians, anthropologists, linguists, geologists among many.
Furthermore, the
monument has an economic value as it generates income in various currencies for
the nation through tourism. Its absolute and outstanding aesthetic value is the
secret behind the irresistible magnetic force to people from different walks of
life. Above all, the ancient capital carries untold spiritual value to all
those who identify themselves with and still observe it. Historically, Great
Zimbabwe was a major religious centre and is still a shrine and sacred place to
those who choose to observe cultural rubrics and tradition.
Back then,
situational and calendric rituals like rainmaking ceremonies were conducted at
the site, which might as well explain why droughts were rare that they were
used for relative dating, referred to as “Gore rezhara huru” because famines
and droughts were uncommon. Not only are the dry stone walls a symbol of
spirituality but innumerable other aspects which were found in and around the
monument like the soapstone birds, the zoomorphic pot and even the not so
popularly known spring within the monument , fondly known as “chisikana”.
Many a times,
the walls have fallen, could this be the wrath of the long gone ancestors? A
sign of their displeasure over the desecration of a once vibrant worshipping
centre which has been turned into a plain playing park. In a way, all other
values attached to the monument have overridden the spiritual value.
All the same
surveyors, archaeologists and stone masons from National Museums and monuments
of Zimbabwe in collaboration with international organizations like UNESCO have
tirelessly worked towards the restoration of the monument with the most recent work
being done in 2018 in collaboration with the University of Cape Town (South
Africa).
In 2018, the
United States government, through the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation,
availed US$475 000 for the preservation of Great Zimbabwe World Heritage Site.
However, the
painful truth which is avoided and not easily accepted by those involved is
that all these relentless effort are aimed at preserving all other values
except the spiritual value yet according to history, religion was one important
factor which contributed towards the rise and growth of Great Zimbabwe. The
bitter pill is that the influential custodians of Great Zimbabwe are academic
and not religious practitioners.
There is need to raise
public awareness about saving heritage 
for mankind and vow to preserve every aspect of heritage, the priceless
treasure left behind by those who went before us. Genuine efforts can influence
descendants for generations. On 28 August 1963 in Washington DC, Martin Luther
delivered his famous speech titled “I have a dream” in which he was expressing
his vision, not as an individual but for the whole American race. Fortunately,
he dreamt of what came to be as one day in American history a black man sat on
the throne. As Africans, as Zimbabweans, it’s important for us to dare to
dream, of a day when we are all going to be proud of our brand, of our culture
and to walk out talk of being true and patriotic Africans, branded “proudly
Zimbabwean”. What we choose to save is what we choose to say about ourselves
Elizabeth Duve Dziva
is an Archaeological and Cultural Heritage practitioner, the views in this
article are solely those of the author in her own capacity and do not
necessarily represent the views of any organization. Email:
duveelizabeth@gmail.com

Teacher keeps only $24 as rest of salary goes to maintenance

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Teacher keeps only $24 as rest of salary goes to maintenance

Cephas Shava
MWENEZI – A
teacher at Mavambo Primary School in Mwenezi East will take home a measly $24
every month after two women applied to have the rest of his net salary divided
between them in maintenance fees.
Cleophas
Sithole was dragged to the Mwenezi Civil Court by the two women who accused him
of neglecting his fatherly responsibilities.
Sithole’s
wife Vimbai Musindo claimed before the court that her husband was squandering
his salary on beer and other women. She then demanded a monthly maintenance of
$450 for the upkeep of their three children.
“He
rarely comes back home when he gets his salary and when he comes, he is often
penniless. He is a womaniser and a drunkard. This is my first time to see his
payslip,” Musindo told the court.
Another
woman, Enia Ndlovu, who has two children with Sithole, also appeared in the
same court moments later to make her own claim.
She
demanded $375 in maintenance fees from Sithole.
When
Sithole was ordered to produce his payslip in court, it was discovered that all
his money was getting deducted to service the many loans he took from different
institutions and that only $124 remained.
Magistrate
Honest Musiiwa consented to Sithole’s proposal to pay $60 to Musindo and $40 to
Ndlovu every month, meaning he will be left with only $24.

Chiredzi GMB moves to evict ex-employees

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Chiredzi GMB moves to evict ex-employees

                                                 The GMB houses in Chiredzi
Beatific
Gumbwanda
CHIREDZI-
The local depot of the Grain Marketing Board has engaged its lawyers to evict
from staff quarters about 21 former employees who contracts were terminated in
August 2015.
The employees were fired summarily
following a Supreme Court ruling which found that there was nothing at law that
could stop employers from dismissing workers using a three-month notice.
The company has now engaged its lawyers
G.H Muzondo and Partners to eject the former employees from staff houses.
In 1974, GMB entered into a 40-year
lease agreement with Chiredzi Town Council (CTC) in respect of 13 residential
stands otherwise known as Grain Marketing Board Staff Quarters, Nandi Siding
Depot, Tshovani Township. GMB constructed houses on the stands to accommodate employers
and the lease has since expired.
In its particulars of claim, GMB states
that the tenants no longer have any right to remain in the houses since they
long ceased to be in the employee of the State-owned grain buyer.
“The first defendant (former
employees), his tenants, assignees and all those claiming right of occupation
through him be and is hereby ordered to vacate the property known as house
number 316 B (Adam Mupeti) Justin Road, Grain Marketing Board staff-quarters,
Mandi Siding Depot Chiredzi and surrender vacant possession of the
plaintiff. 
“Failure of the above, the
messenger of court Chiredzi be and is hereby authorised, empowered and directed
to evict and remove the first defendant, his tenants, assignees and all those
claiming occupation through him together with all his belongings from house
number 316 B Justin Road, Grain Marketing Board Staff-quarters, Nandi siding
depot, Chiredzi,” reads part of the document.
Nine employees namely Benson Dube,
Ishmael Mudzva, Tinashe Chiwera, Adam Mupeti, Munyaradzi Matsikete, Mudembwe
Kevin, William Tiri vanhu Spiwe Mashavi and Nomatter Mupeti are being
represented by Muzenda and Chitsama Attorneys.
Through their lawyers, the former
employees, however, argue that GMB has no power whatsoever to evict them from
the houses as it no longer the agreement with Chiredzi Town Council expired in
March.
“There is a matter before Masvingo
High Court under case number HC352/18 which is still pending. The matter before
the high Court involves the same parties in this matter and the issues are the
same.
“The plaintiff has no locus standi
judicio. She is not the owner neither does she have a lease agreement with the
second defendant (Council) which expired in March 2014 and the lease was not
renewed.
“The first defendant avers that the
claim has now prescribed. Termination of employment was done in August 2015.
The summons commencing actions were issued on 13 June 2019. The claim should
have been brought within three years upon termination of employment in terms of
the Prescription Act because the cause of action arose in August 2015 therefore
the claim is now prescribed.
“The plaintiff was the employer of
the first defendant. She terminated the contract of employment between her and
first defendant in August 2015. The plaintiff is not the owner of the property neither
does she have a lease agreement with the second defendant. More so, there is
another matter pending at Masvingo High Court between the same parties on the
same property,” reads the plea.
The former employees claim they have
been paying rentals directly to Chiredzi Town Council not through GMB.

Women flood police station to protest ‘witchcraft death’

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Women flood police station to protest ‘witchcraft death’

                                            The late Muchazooneyi Sagiya 

Priscilla Mafa/Panashe Nchenamilo

MASVINGO –
Several female informal traders doing business at Chitima market recently
flooded Masvingo Central Police Station protesting against a woman whom they accused
of killing their colleague through witchcraft.
This
happened after a 39-year-old female informal trader suddenly became paralysed
and died one week after being engaged in an argument with the woman who then
reportedly threatened that she was not going to see the following day.
Sources
said the argument started at the market place when the woman in question (name
supplied) was asked to move her wares elsewhere as she had reportedly taken
somebody else’s trading spot.
The
woman is said to have refused to move, and she argued with several women who
tried to reason with her.
She
is then said to have turned to one of the woman named Muchazoonei Sagiya whom
she allegedly threatened that her days were numbered.
Two
days after the dispute, Sagia fell seriously ill and got admitted at Masvingo
Provincial Hospital where she later became paralysed and died.
Chairperson
of fruit and vegetables at Chitima market, Tamisai Katini said she visited Sagiya
at hospital where she found that she had become paralysed waist-down and could
no longer walk.
“I
visited Sagiya at hospital where she recounted a horrible dream in which she
said a fish had entered her stomach and caused her paralysis. She said in the
dream, she heard a strange voice telling her she was not going to live,” said Katini.
Sagia’s
death in Harare where she had been transferred angered many informal traders
who then confronted the woman who had reportedly threatened to bewitch her.
The
woman then went to the police station to report her case but several women
followed her protesting. It is illegal to make accusations of witchcraft
against anybody.

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