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SolidarMed pushes E-health hackathon initiative

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SolidarMed pushes E-health hackathon initiative

Anymore Magawa
MASVINGO – Non-profit
health organisation SolidarMed last week organised an E-health hackathon at
Charles Austin Theatre where various issues were raised and discussed under the
theme, ‘Strengthening Health Service Delivery Through Digitalisation’.
The
E-health hackathon is a community-driven initiative meant to help drive digital
solutions by strengthening the country’s health systems through digitisation
and technology.
Speaking
at the event, SolidarMed programmes manager Ronald Manhibi said there were many
gaps in the health systems of many African countries and the E-health hackathon
was aimed at helping to bridge the gap.
“In
low and middle-income countries, health systems seem to be lagging behind for
many reasons so the E-health hackathon employs information technology and health
experts to make a difference,” said Manhibi.
The
initiative explores the health problems that Masvingo community faces and
identifies trends to address those problems through a social network platform
called Inyasha (Iyi Ndiyo Yedu Aid and Support Health App) which SolidarMed developed
specifically for that function.
The
application is now used in hospitals like Silveira, St Antony’s Musiso and
Mashoko mission hospitals in Masvingo province.
Masvingo
Provincial Health Director (PHD) Amadeus Shamu praised the initiative which he
said should be supported and developed further.
“In
many countries health care services are data-driven so we encourage local
health experts and computer experts to interact in their full capacity to
enhance vibrant health systems. Technology amplifies people’s intentions and
voices, it activates local agency and utilises local capacity,” said Shamu.
Great
Zimbabwe University (GZU) philosophy lecturer Professor Munyaradzi Mawere said it
was critical for people to think about challenges in the local health systems
and be able to appreciate E-health solutions.
“We
need to understand African culture and see how E-health initiative can be
employed as an intervention against all diseases including the Ebola which is
prevalent in Central and West Africa.
Mawere
touted Zambia as a success story of E-health interventions, saying the country
had developed a national E-health record system called SmartCare.

Digitisation must not leave poor citizens behind, Govt warned

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Digitisation must not leave poor citizens behind, Govt warned

Conrad Mupesa
The partial rolling of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) migration
slated for December 2019 would not be a panacea to limited accessibility of
information in the country if government does not subsidise Set Top Boxes,
media practitioners have said.
Responding to questions during the recently held Media and
Broadcasting Conference organised by media lobby group MISA in Chinhoyi
recently, the director of International Communication Services in the Ministry
of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting
Services Dr Ivanhoe Gurira said government will make sure the products are
affordable.
Gurira also stated that the digitisation process was currently
hovering slightly above 50 percent towards completion with the current
austerity measures militating against faster progress.
Areas such as Kadoma, Buhera, Siyabuwa-Chitekete, Chikombedzi
and Tsholotsho had not been equipped by DTT equipment by March 2019.
This will affect accessibility of the television signal
should government conducts the expected partial roll-out of the digitisation
programme.
In addition to that, some of these areas are currently not
accessing analogue signals.
By March 2019, more than US$40 million had been used out of
the US$142 million budgeted for the whole exercise. More than 40 percent of
work needed to be done to complete the process.
The ministry, through Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe and
ZimDigital, is expected to roll out awareness campaigns and adverts to market
the DTT program thus chewing from the remaining US$100 million budgeted for the
exercise.
Adverts aimed at promoting purchasing of Set Top Boxes were
ran on state television and various radio stations in 2017 before the
government had even planned to roll out the exercise.
Neighbouring countries South Africa, Zambia and Namibia saw
their citizen accessing the STB at relatively cheaper prices whereas South
Africa made available five million STB for free to poor households. Swaziland managed
to subsidize 63 percent of the total price of the STB despite the relatively
sound economic conditions there.
Many people said they felt subsidising STBs and speeding up
completion of the DTT process would measure the government’s seriousness in improving
access to information.
Although it is yet to be seen if the partial rolling takes
place by December, the current economic meltdown bedeviling the nation demands
that government makes the gadgets more affordable.
This would improve access to television and radio now that
the State broadcaster ZBC has failed to repair its dilapidated analogue
equipment and ensure seamless service across the country.

Justice delayed is justice denied in Mwenezi stock theft case

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Justice delayed is justice denied in Mwenezi stock theft case

                                                                Mercy Muganyi 
Cephas Shava
MWENEZI –
The adage that justice delayed is justice denied is proving to be apt in a
stock theft case dating back to 2017.
The
complainants are one man and his wife who decided to take matters into their
own hands by going on a cross-border expedition in South Africa where they
allegedly kidnapped the fugitive suspect and brought him back to Zimbabwe.
They
had long harboured feelings of disgruntlement with the way police had handled
the case, and by the escape of the suspect from lawful custody allegedly with
the help of complicit police officers.
After
successfully ‘extraditing’ the suspect back to Zimbabwe, it is the ‘snail pace’
at which the case is moving at the Masvingo Magistrates Court that has become a
new irritant for the disaffected couple.
The
complainants themselves are, however, faced with their own criminals charges
related to the alleged kidnap incident and the severe assault which their alleged
victim suffered.
Many
people feel the people handling the case are violating Section 165 (1) b of the
Constitution which demands speedy justice delivery. 
The
deferment of the matter, which was transferred from Mwenezi Court to Masvingo
Court last year owing to its sensitivity, has not only become a big let-down to
the complainants but to the five suspects as well.
All
the parties continue to go back to court every now and then, but the case seems
to be making no real progress.
The
alleged cattle rustlers are Clever Mashira, Menius Chihora, Munyaradzi Matibwini,
Manatsa Chigova and Talent Moyo, whom the aggrieved couple dragged back to
Zimbabwe from his South African hideout.
Their
hearing was supposed to continue last week on July 31, with all the State
witnesses having shown up for the trial but the case was further postponed to
August 22 after the docket reportedly went missing.
Three
of the five suspects are out of custody on bail, with Chigova and Moyo already
serving jail sentences after being convicted on separate charges of stock theft
and escaping from lawful custody respectively.
Chigova
and Moyo are alleged to have been complicit in theft of 14 cattle belonging to
Elfas Nyatera and his wife Mercy Muganyi.
The
crime was allegedly committed in 2017 but the case has been beset with several
postponements.
The
endless rescheduling of the trial is said to be a violation of Section 69 (2)
of the Constitution which stipulates that every person has right to fair and
speedy hearing within a reasonable time.
What
worries many is that such a sensitive matter which is taking eternity to
conclude and will probably be thrown out of court due to ‘lack of evidence’ or
missing dockets.
Alleged
police corruption in Mwenezi and the interest that this particular case has
generated among members of the public has attracted the attention of senior
police bosses who last year paid a visit to the district to get a better
appreciation of the story.
After
hearing of the news of the daring cross-border raid by Nyatera and his wife, the
Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs, Ezra Chadzamira met the
couple to hear their side of the story. This was after Nyatera, his wife and their
co-accused were released from remand prison on bail following their arrest on
two charges of kidnapping.
Sources
close to the matter told TellZim News that complicating the matter is that the
seemingly obvious case against the alleged five cattle rustlers could die a
natural death as the police have allegedly done a shoddy investigative job so
as to shield their own.
“Owing
to the shoddy investigation, the State’s case is unlikely to stand the test of
a good lawyer. It is very clear that the complainants’ cattle were stolen but
the evidence that is before the courts is unlikely to warrant convictions,”
said a source.
Other
reliable sources said the couple were likely to be convicted on
kidnapping charges as evidence against them was overwhelming.
The
cattle theft case was transferred to Masvingo to improve neutrality as it
implicates several police officers in the district.
Some
police officer were transferred following an internal investigation which was
done after complaints were registered that police officers in Mwenezi were
clearing stolen cattle and were working with cattle rustlers in exchange for
massive bribes.

Village head earns $25, wife demands $462 maintenance

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Village head earns $25, wife demands $462 maintenance

Cephas Shava
MWENEZI – Sabina
Tinorehwa of village Ngwenya under Chief Mazetese in Mwenezi West last Thursday
dragged her husband Roderick Ngwenya to the Mwenezi Civil Court claiming
maintenance money that is far beyond her husband’s monthly earnings.
Asked
by magistrate Honest Musiiwa the amount of money she wanted from her husband
who is a village head, Tinorehwa said she wanted a monthly maintenance fee of $462
despite acknowledging that he earns only a $25 a month.
“Besides
the $25, my husband also does some piece jobs around the village. For the
upkeep of our two children, I want $462 maintenance,” Tinorehwa said.
On
his part, Ngwenya argued that although he still loved his wife, she had already
left their homestead for her parents’ place. He said he could not afford to pay
the money that she demanded as the children were still under his care.
After
hearing that the couple’s children were residing with their father’s place,
Magistrate Musiiwa dismissed the applicant’s maintenance bid saying the set-up
made her unworthy of receiving any money.

Nkabazwe Community Radio in drive to improve youth involvement

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Nkabazwe Community Radio in drive to improve youth involvement

….as Gweru youth demand more affordable social
amenities
Tinaani Nyabereka
GWERU –
Youths in Gweru recently engaged duty bearers on service delivery and
governance issues, highlighting major issues affecting them in their
communities.
The
engagement, which was initiated by Nkabazwe Community Radio, was held under the
theme ‘Constitutionalism, Human Rights and Service Delivery’.
Nkabazwe
Community Radio programs manager, Takaedza Tafirei urged youths not to shy away
from participating in decision-making process as most youths were lagging
behind in socio-political matters.
Midlands
Arts board member, Dumisani Ndlovu said most youth were deprived of access to
recreational facilities by the costs involved.
“It’s
unfortunate that policymakers don’t know the importance of sports facilities.
We need recreational facilities as youth because they are good for us. We
interact and engage in decision making-processes that concern us at such places.
“It
is unfortunate that the halls and theatre are now being used for business and
church services. This doesn’t please us, do justice and don’t charge us
exorbitant prices on facilities which were built for us. Last year we did our
drama production in the park and it was rainy yet the facilities are there. We
applied and we were denied use,” said Ndlovu
Ward
8 Councillor Notai Dzika said youth were entitled to enjoy and use facilities
without any hindrances.
“Denial
of such facilities won’t happen in our tenure in council. It might have
happened with the previous council but know that it’s your right to accesses
them so we will work with you. It is important for us to have engagements like
these with you as they help us share ideas.
“Service
delivery affects you as youths, be it water and other services. The committee
of inquiry on service delivery did a report and it will be ready so that you
access it I urge you to be active and demand your rights where you feel they
are being infringed,” said Dzika.
Gweru
Urban Member of Parliament (MP) Brain Dube said work was in progress on establishing
an arts gallery for youths.
“We
will soon begin to work on a face lifting of Mutapa Hall and on the theatre. We
also want to revamp the arts gallery for use by our young people who want to
exhibit their artistic work and stage concerts and exhibitions among other
activities. I engaged the mayor and he said the partnered investor will soon
come and work will begin,” said Dube.

Masvingo City Council resumes Nyaradzo road project

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Masvingo City Council resumes Nyaradzo road project

Tendai
Mange
After several weeks of no
progress, Masvingo City Council has resumed work at the Nyaradzo Life Assurance
Company road project which was paid for way back in 2016.
The life released US$43 000 to
council to connect its offices to Bradburn St with a 200m tarred surface but
council misappropriated the money and did not do the work for three years.
Council abruptly began to work on
the road this year after the matter was extensively covered by TellZim News but
work suddenly stopped when nothing much had been done.
The city engineer Tawanda Gozo
once told TellZim News that they could not give a time frame as to when the
project will be completed, only promising to work as fast as possible.
Work at the project resumed last
week, with priming work being done as well as the laying of aggregate stone.
In 2016, Nyaradzo proposed to tar
the 200 metres dusty strip of road on its using its own equipment and personnel
but the then council led by former mayor Hubert Fidze turned down the offer and
demanded that Nyaradzo give the money to council instead.
Nyaradzo surrendered the money
but nothing happened on the ground, with a stammering Gozo, after being asked
to explain the scandal, lamely blaming rainfall for stalling the project over
the previous three years.

Demonstrations will not work, simple!!

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Demonstrations will not work, simple!!

Someone posed a very difficult question to Mapombi and
to be honest I took my time scratching my head in search of an answer. It was
not an easy question and I wondered why someone would ask me that but once I
found an answer to it, I realised that there was no hope for an ordinary
Zimbabwean. I was asked if given that one chance to change anything in this
country, what would it be. Ndakakwenya musoro ndikashaya kuti ndopindura
ndichiti chii nekuti pane avinhu zvakawanda zvandinofunga kuti need to be
changed for our people to hope again.
I then realised that this country has only one problem
which has multiplied and affected every sector like a disease. If Mapombi’s
answer is anything to go by, my fellow countrymen would have a taste of Vision
2030. Vanhu vakangwa nenhamo vakomana. Ikozvino usaita hako mistake yekudenha
vanhu kunyanya uchitaura zveZanu PF unogona kukaruka wagarwa nechibhakera
kkkkkk. Zanu PF chiwororo shamhu ine munyu and imagine 2030 tinenge tichinayo
kkkk.
I ask God to give Zimbabweans power and strength to
accept things they cannot change. The more time we waste in trying to fight
fate the worse it becomes for us. After all, it does not matter who is at the
State House whether Dambudzo or Chamisa because if you do not do anything to
change your situation right now no one will come and do it for you. We have to
accept the bitter reality that Zanu PF is a tried and tested brand panyaya
dzekusada kubva pachigaro. Iye ndiani angada kubva pahuchi nemukaka. They make
you poor so that they can buy you easily and vote for them. Zanu PF thrives on
our suffering and they do not want us to prosper because they would no longer
use their vote buying techniques on us.
Vana mbuya vangu vari kwaChirimudombo uko havadi kana
kunzwa zvaChamisa because they were told kuti Zanu PF ndiwo musimboti weupenyu.
Zanu PF is popular kumusha jealous down kkkk. They invest in the rural
electorate and kutown hauvaoni because they know havadikwi. Vakasiira Chamisa
matown ese ivo kwakunoti zete zvavo kumusha kune the deciding vote. Ndakazonzwa
Biti choti we need a strategy to lure the rural vote after Zanu PF yarakasha
vanhu kuma by-election uko kkkk. KuMDC hakuna strategy kana imwe ask Mthuli
Ncube.
Mthuli ikozvino ndiye chief strategist kuZanu PF. His mission
is simple: make them suffer. And we are suffering. Mthuli atisveta ropa
vakomana. Chingwa, sugar, mafuta muchazviviva here. Zanu youya hayo with their
community bakeries and hakuna anoda kusarira on those projects. Who wins? It is
Zanu PF because they create problems and they come up with stupid solutions
which will appeal to many stupid people. I say stupid because the majority of
people you see walking around formally dressed have a missing fifth sense or a misfiring
one.
Then we have a whole nation both young and old who are
looking up to Chamisa to be their knight in shining armour kkkkk. Chamisa wenyu
uyu I don’t trust him hangu ini personally because he lacks the aggressiveness
needed to confront musangano unotonga. Musangano uyu unoyera, uchatonga
ugotonga vanovukura vachingovukura. Talking of strategy, how can MDC repeat the
same mistake over and over again? Demonstrations against Zanu PF dzakamboitwa but
hapana chakabuda. Zanu PF izhou haingatadziswi kufamba neimbwa yavukura.
The last time we had protests people were shot dead at
40 degree angles. That is when I realised that Dambudzo is as ruthless as they
say, they don’t call him crocodile for nothing. Now Chamisa wants to lead our
peace loving Zimbabweans into the jaws of the crocodile again kkkk. Ini hangu
Mapombi handiuyiko. Matemadanda akati kana mukangopinda mustreet tinokudashurai
and hakuna zveminimum force. Hameno havo vanoda kunzwira pamuviri setsvimbo
yarova dapi. You can call people into the streets but at the end of the day we
need results. Zanu PF is way ahead of you imi vanhu veMDC. Why do you think the
police did not have any problems with your protests and rushed to clear it? You
will do the demonstrations with police security and you will deliver your
petitions and you will go back home. Then you think Zanu PF will fear that. If
you become violent the army will be on stand-by to crush you.
Think of another strategy which has not been used
before because the people are tired of being disappointed in the end. We all
know the endgame if we go into the streets. Ini Mapombi zvakatondiomerawo but I
am smart enough to see pandinoda kunochekereswa. People may come to the MDC
demonstration on the first day but if it fails to yield any positive result
that will be the end of Chamisa. Chamisa should not make a dangerous assumption
that the current economic hardships are affecting everyone in the same way. We
are all affected in different ways which makes our anger towards the system
different. Good luck to all those who will go into the streets, Mapombi will be
watching from a distance. It’s not a crime to be a coward but I would rather be
that than a dead hero.
Before I go, I heard Khedha is in serious trouble
maybe ndiyo ngozi yevaya vekupfurwa at 40 degrees angle kkkk. Justice inouya in
varying ways amana inga zvakaoma. Let’s pray for our beloved VP sechikumbiro
chaED. Ko iye Khedha vasipo kudai varegerei havo kumbodana Mphoko asana
kubatira? Inga basa anotrigona wani Kkkk. Regai ndinokanga hangu maputi angu
for lunch kana kudya mabanana akaora zvangu. Mboko imboko. 

AFM Congregants fight over church property

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AFM Congregants fight over church property

Diana Gondongwe
MASVINGO – The faction battles ravaging the
Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) last week saw members of the Mucheke Assembly dragging
each other to Masvingo High Court fighting over the church’s stand at Number
27990 Dare Street, Mucheke.
The
aggrieved church members who are aligned to Reverend Cosam Chiyangwa’s camp includes
Masvingo overseer Reverend Donard Ndoni as well as pastors Joseph Madzinga,
Julius Mutume and Jaison Gwara. They appealed against the congregants of the
reform faction which is led by Reverend Amon Madawu.
The
two factions were having a misunderstanding as to who is the rightful owner of the
Mucheke Assembly Church, the public address system, kitchen utensils,
furniture, decoration materials and Holy Communion cups stationed at 27990 Dare
Street, Mucheke.
The
High Court ruling by Justice Joseph Mafusire was that the two factions should
co-exist and have equal access to the moveable and non-movable property.
Members
of the two factions were also ordered to agree on the use of premises in terms
of the calendar of events so as to avoid clash of events and ensure proper
mutual use.
The
two factions shall also be jointly responsible for the upkeep, maintenance and
shall jointly share any expenses such as utility charges and salaries for staff
stationed on the stand which shall accrue on the property.

Young engineer takes drones into space

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Young engineer takes drones into space

Stephen
Ephraem
CHIPINGE
–
An upcoming drone engineer with a vision for great scientific feats has found a
home where he is now taking drones into the space.
Donald Mazwati Mlambo
(27) has been incorporated as a drone designer with an engineering company Blitztech Electronics.
Donald has joined a team of youthful engineers namely
Einstein Makuyana, Brian Bvukumbwe, Thabiso Derembwe, Wallace Chimboza, Victor
Watambwa and Max Sibanda at the Harare-based engineering company.
In an interview with TellZim News on Monday, Donald
said he was excited by the clear prospects of success that he now has.
“I have been longing for an opportunity which
would allow me to wake up in a workshop doing my electric engineering alongside
other experts. My drones are now flying in the space. We are making drones for
agricultural use,” Mlambo said.
“We are still working on other designs for use in
the film industry and police work. I am humbled by how our team is coming up
with innovative ideas of simplifying drone technology. I urge young minds with
a passion for electric engineering to be more focused. The future of engineering
is in their hands,” he said.
Mlambo studied physics,
chemistry and biology at Gaza High School in Chipinge and Winhood College in
Ruwa.
He developed a passion electrical engineering as he
helped his father repair electric gadgets in a family shop in Chipinge town.
Mlambo started by
making an amplifier in 2015 that took him two years to complete due to spare
parts challenges. He
later received a
donation from ZimDigital which provided him with circuit boards,
etching pens and chemicals.

Four candidates nominated for Zaka East by-election

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Four candidates nominated for Zaka East by-election

 

Zec Masvingo provincial elections officer Zex Pudurai

 TellZim
Reporter
The nomination court which sat today, August 9, 2019,
has approved four candidates from four political parties for the Zaka East
by-election slated for next month, September 21.
Zanu PF will be represented by Clemence Chiduwa, MDC
Alliance by Derick Charamba Gudzameso, National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
by Clemence Chavarika and Lazarus Mubango will represent FreeZim Congress.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Masvingo
provincial elections officer Zex Pudurai said the commission is geared and
ready to deliver free, fair and credible elections.
“Four candidates from four political parties have gone
through the nomination process and as Zec we are ready for the elections.
“The political parties can now campaign in a free,
fair and peaceful environment,” said Pudurai.
Zanu PF is expected to launch its campaign on August
17 in Zaka led by national political commissar Victor Matemadanda.
MDC candidate Charamba has already started doing door
to door campaigns drumming up support in the Zanu PF dominated territory.
MDC has been losing all the rural by-elections to Zanu
PF with the party coming out clean that they are broke to match the ruling
party in an election campaign.
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