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Five die on spot as bus fails to negotiate curve

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Five die on spot as bus fails to negotiate curve

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Five people died and 44 others
were injured in an accident involving a cross-border bus at the 129km peg along
the Masvingo – Beitbridge road yesterday.
National police spokesperson Ass
Com Paul Nyathi confirmed the accident saying it was suspected over-speeding
had contributed to the tragedy.
“We appeal to drivers to exercise
due caution on the roads and observe the stipulated speed limits. There is more
that drivers can do to avoid such tragic loss of human life,” said Nyathi.
He said the deceased were sent to
Neshuro District Hospital mortuary while the injured were sent to Neshuro District
Hospital and Masvingo Provincial Hospital depending on the severity of their
wounds.
The accident occurred at 18:45hrs
when the driver of the South Africa-registered Africa Link coach allegedly
failed to negotiate a curve, resulting in the bus overturning once and lying on
its roof.

200% cushion for Tongaat Hulett workers

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200% cushion for Tongaat Hulett workers

Beatific Gumbwanda
CHIREDZI – Tongaat Hulett
Zimbabwe (THZ) employees’ faces beamed bright ahead of the Heroes’ and Defence
Forces’ holiday after their employer granted them an allowance of about 200
percent to cushion them against the rising cost of living.
With about 18 000 workers,
THZ is one of the largest single employers in the country, and it has been
praised for heeding President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call for employers to
cushion their workers in light of the increasing cost of living which has seen
salaries getting eroded by inflation.
Employees of the sugar
company now earn more than ordinary civil servants, who were, a few weeks ago
accorded a $97 cushion each, meaning there was no much difference made.
In a memo, THZ acting CEO
and managing director, Aiden Mhere said the company had given its employees
what he termed a Cost Of Living Allowance (COLAR) for the month of August.
“In order to further
cushion employees from the impact of the ongoing economic challenges, I am
pleased to advise that the company has increased the non-pensionable cost of
living allowances granted in June 2019 to all current employees with effect
from August 01, 2019. The new allowances are being granted at the company’s
sole discretion on a without prejudice basis,” reads the memo.
Mhere also highlights that
workers in grades A and B will be cushioned with 196 percent while grade C
lower and D2 lower will enjoy a 191 percent allowance. Those in D3 and above
bands will get a 175 percent cost of living allowance.
“The basic salaries for
all A and B employees which became effective on 01 April 2019 will remain
unchanged. The allowance will be paid in accordance with the following:
“(a) the allowance is
being granted at the company’s sole discretion on a without prejudice basis,
(b) The allowance will not become part of the regular basic pay, (c) The
allowance will be paid with effect from 01 August 2019, (d) the allowance will
be included in the August 2019 pay packages and will be taxable in accordance with
existing tax legislation, (e) The allowance will not apply for purposes of
calculating pension contributions, overtime or any other allowance,” the
memo further reads.
Zimbabwe Sugarcane Milling
Industry Workers Unions (ZSMIWU) secretary general Faster Gono welcomed the
move saying it was a pleasing decision since the company was still studying the
union’s paper on proposed wage reviews.
“After we pushed our
positional paper, they said they were consulting so we made it clear that it
would be better for the company to cushion the workers and then carry on with
the consultations. We will be pleased if the company speedily finalises the
processes,” said Gono.

Masvingo’s seven districts in dire need of food aid

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Masvingo’s seven districts in dire need of food aid

Clayton
Shereni
The Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial
Affairs Ezra Chadzamira on Tuesday, August 06, revealed that the province was
in serious need of food aid since the erratic rains received in the 2018/2019
farming season did not support good crop yields.
Addressing journalists after the tour of the
World Food Program (WFP) Rural Resilience Initiative in Chebvute, Ward 17,
Chadzamira thanked civil society for initiating sustainability projects to deal
with the crisis.
“We want to thank WFP and the government for
bringing self-sustainability projects to the people and this will surely help
us because here in Masvingo, we have districts like Mwenezi, Zaka and Chiredzi that
are the most vulnerable. We can say almost all our districts need help in terms
of food aid,” said Chadzamira.
WFP executive director David Beasley said his
organisation was committed to helping Zimbabwe overcome its food shortages.
“The purpose is to help the people of
Zimbabwe to be food secure and our aim is to improve nutrition and come up with
food programmes across the country because we believe Zimbabwe can feed the
world,” said Beasley, who is former governor of the US state of South Carolina.
Public Service, Labour and
Social Welfare minister Dr Sekai Nzenza who was part of the delegation that toured the
projects being undertaken in Chebvute, confirmed that the country was in
serious need of food aid.
“We will continue
engaging WFP to help the country eradicate hunger. We are all-weather friends
as was proven after Cyclone Idai. The Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment
Committee (ZimVAC) recently conducted a survey which revealed that 5.7 million
people need food support so we appeal for more help in terms of food aid,” said
Nzenza.
US Ambassador to
Zimbabwe Brian Nichols recently announced that his country had committed US$45
million to WFP Zimbabwe to help the organisation respond to the dire food security
situation in the country.

War vets Children demand more from Govt

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War vets Children demand more from Govt

                                                 Sengerai Manyanga
Courage Dutiro
MASVINGO- While
the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWA) is making
huge demands from the government, their children are right behind making
demands of their own saying they deserve special recognition for the ‘heroic’
traits of their fathers.
The
government spends millions of dollars sending children of war veterans to
schools but the children say it is not enough and they demand that the
government set up a fund that addresses their welfare.
Masvingo
provincial chairperson of the Children of Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran
Association, Sengerayi Manyanga said as the children of the national liberation
heroes they want better treatment from the government.
“We
as the children of the war veterans we want the government to introduce the
children of the war veterans’ fund. We want that fund to be available on our
motherboard in the ministry. The fund will be used for the wellbeing of the
children of the national liberation struggle fighters.
“In
a document that we are going to present to the ministry, we have highlighted it
as our priority. They have to find that fund; they must source it even from
other countries,” said Manyanga.
Some
of the widows and children of the fallen heroes that are laid at the provincial
heroes’ shrine revealed that the government has long forgotten about them and are
only remembered on Heroes’ Day.
ZNLWA
Masvingo provincial chairperson Tendeukai Chinooneka said the government must
make sure that the welfare of war veterans and their families is guaranteed.
“We
hope that things are going to move in the right direction if the government is
given enough time to implement what they have put forward concerning the
welfare of us and our families,” said Chinooneka.
Early
this month, war veterans in Chiredzi made ridiculous demands that their
children should be given first preference when they look for jobs even if they
do not possess the required qualifications.

PWDs demand interpreters in public offices

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PWDs demand interpreters in public offices

Courage Dutiro
People
living with disabilities (PWDs) in Masvingo demanded that government must
provide for Sign Language interpreters in all public offices in order to help
develop it as one of the officially-recognised languages in the country.
Speaking
at a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Gender Development enquiry held at
Mucheke Hall recently, PWDs expressed dismay over the unavailability of Sign Language-proficient
staff in public offices such as the police stations, health centres and
government departments.
“We
face many challenges when we approach public offices especially police stations
and health centres. We want government to include Sign Language interpreters in
such public offices.
“People
who work with the public should be trained to speak Sign Language to overcome
communication breakdowns that we face at these public spaces,” said Moses
Chitombo.
Others
said people with disabilities were more likely to find it harder to secure
accommodation on rental basis than other people, making it critical for
government to help them have homes of their own.
Tavengwa
Mazhambe from the National Council of Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe (NCDPZ) said
many PWDs did not turn up for the event as the communication used by parliament
to mobilise them was flawed.
 “We
were not formally informed about the event. We only got to know about it at the
11th hour through social media. Those who turned up are live close by,”
said Mazhambe.
Some
participants claimed such outreaches were no longer appealing to the concerned
people, saying issues raised are never implemented.
Others
said the proportional representation system should be expanded to accommodate
more PWDs in parliament as well as in both urban and rural district councils.
Parliamentary
Portfolio Committee on Gender Development chairperson Siphiwe Ncube, however,
said the information obtained will help parliament to shape policy.

Zanu PF Masvingo wants Zivhu fired

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Zanu PF Masvingo wants Zivhu fired

                                                          Killer Zivhu
…Chivi
South MP accused of undermining ED, working with opposition

Moses
Ziyambi

The Zanu PF Masvingo
provincial disciplinary committee has recommended the expulsion of Chivi South
Member of Parliament (MP) Killer Zivhu from the party on many charges stemming
from his alleged social media abuse.
The decision was
announced at a provincial coordinating committee (PCC) meeting held yesterday,
August 23, at Victoria Primary School, and at which Zivhu was conspicuous by
his absence.
Speaking at the event,
chairperson of the disciplinary committee, Ailes Baloyi said Zivhu had contemptuously
ignored many chances availed him to explain himself.
“On 28 July, we
received a complaint from the provincial executive committee regarding Killer
Zivhu’s misconduct on social media. We then called him to a hearing which was
supposed to sit at 10am but we waited in vain until 12:50 before calling him.
He then told us he was not coming.
“He then wrote a letter
accusing me of pursuing a personal vendetta against him but we still went ahead
and analysed some of his tweets and WhatsApp chats and we concluded that besides
undermining the President, his conduct on social media smacked of a person
working with the opposition from behind our backs. As we all know, the President
is already in touch with the opposition and he has created his own way of
dialoguing with them, but Zivhu thinks he knows better and he implies that the
President has failed to find solutions for the problems we face as a country,”
said Baloyi.
He also said attempts
by many party members to reason with Zivhu in a party WhatsApp group called Masvingo
PCC Info Desk yielded nothing as Zivhu took an increasingly belligerent stance.
Charges preferred
against Zivhu stem from his recent tweets, one of which called on people who ‘wanted
a better Zimbabwe’ and felt that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance
leader Nelson Chamisa ought to be persuaded to sit down and talk to send him text
messages.
He also went on to post
that if Chamisa and Mnangagwa could immediately not find one another, their
wives should meet and dialogue first.
When contacted for
comment, Zivhu said he was not worried and will patiently wait for events to
unfold.
“I am not worried, time
will tell. I wrote them a letter of demands before the day of the hearing so
that I could prepare my defence but they did not reply. I also asked my case to
be referred to the national disciplinary committee but they went ahead and made
a decision. No hard feeling at all from me; those who are rejecting me aren’t
those who voted for me,” said Zivhu.
He also went ahead to
accuse TellZim News of being biased against him, saying the words that the
newspaper used to ‘describe me’ seem ‘your paper is now sponsored by my enemies’.

Masvingo town clerk Gusha retires

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Masvingo town clerk Gusha retires

….deputy engineer Mukaratirwa appointed
acting TC

Moses Ziyambi

Veteran municipal
manager and City of Masvingo town clerk for 15 years, Adolf Gusha has retired,
TellZim News can report.
Deputy city
engineer Edward Mukaratirwa has since been appointed acting town clerk with
effect from September 01, to serve until a new substantive town clerk is
appointed.
A special full
council meeting convened yesterday, August 22, announced the departure of Gusha
who had been at the helm since 2004.
Masvingo Mayor
Collen Maboke told TellZim News council was pleased with Gusha’s contribution to
the city since he joined council 32 years ago.
“We are happy with
the work that he did for the city. He worked with many mayors including Francis
Aphiri. We thank him for initiating many projects including the water
augmentation programme which we are still carrying forward. As we wish him the
best in his retirement, we also wish our acting town clerk the best in his
duties,” said Maboke.
Gusha was overdue
for retirement, and had initially been expected to leave at the end of August
2018.
Gusha
joined the municipality in 1987, and served in various capacities before being
appointed substantive town clerk in 2004.

Before joining Masvingo town council, he worked for Shurugwi
Rural District Council and for the Ministry of Local Government.

His record as the topmost council manager in Masvingo was
marked by both ups and downs; many will remember his runs-in with former
executive mayor, the late Alois Chaimiti in 2007 and 2008.

He won the city many service delivery awards but was also
there when former employees left the council destitute after a costly legal
suit for unpaid wages. The legal wrangle resulted in all council vehicles
getting attached in 2011.

Gusha, however, presided over a remarkable recapitalisation
drive which saw the council buying new service vehicles altogether.

The introduction of a roads levy in 2015 drew the indignation
of many residents, but it seems the idea has paid off, with the city in 2017 commissioning its own fleet of earth moving equipment needed for roadworks.

Gusha will mostly be remembered probably for leaving behind a
city that boasts arguably the cleanest municipal water in the country.

The city recorded few, if any, incidences of cholera in 2008,
at a time when thousands were dying of the waterborne diseases in other urban
areas.

Gusha, however, leaves behind decaying pipes and deep
trenches of the botched Mucheke Trunk Sewer project which has cost the
ratepayer millions of dollars yet with nothing to show of it.
He
also leaves at a time when the quality of service delivery is plummeting, with
refuse being collected but not on a regular basis. The whole city has only two
refuse compactors.

Chitando upgrades education, health standards in Gutu

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Chitando upgrades education, health standards in Gutu

Anymore Magawa
GUTU- Most
legislators disappear after being winning elections but Gutu Central Member of
Parliament (MP) Winston Chitando has remained in touch with his constituency
and has moved to upgrade the education and health sectors for his people.
Many
schools falling under Chitando’s jurisdiction have faced huge transformation
with some being renovated while others have new blocks built.
Chitando,
who is also the Minister of Mines, has donated computers to various primary and
secondary schools in a drive to push for computer literacy in a digital world.
 Jaravaza, Hwingiri, Nyamande and Mudzamiri
primary schools all have benefitted a great deal from Chitando’s development
initiatives towards education.
Chitando
managed to renovate one block at Nyamande Primary School and supplied computers
to the school. He donated school furniture to Mudzamiri Primary School and 10
bags of cement to Chadzamira Secondary School.
Shumbanhete
and Gonye secondary schools also received bags of cement each while the
electrification of Ranga Primary School is nearing completion.
Submissive
water pump has been installed at Guzha Primary School and secondary school.
Trust
Bare, Chitando’s field officer, said he is impressed with the developments they
are making in the constituency and promised to work tirelessly to develop the
constituency and its people.
“We
are working very well in consultation with our councillors and party leadership
in the constituency. The idea is to make the lives of our people better by
initiating development.
“We
need to provide a conducive learning environment for our children and effective
health system for our young and old. This is why we have put education and
health on top of our to-do list,” said Bare.
Chitando
managed to allocate 150 bags of cement and other building materials to build St
Martins Clinic in Ward 11. In Ward 17, the construction of a mortuary at
Chimombe Clinic is gathering momentum while 40 blankets have already been given
to the clinic.
Chitando
is also helping with the construction of a bigger mortuary at Gutu Rural
Hospital in Ward 34 while a laundry room is also being constructed.
Ward
34 councillor Susan Samatanga applauded Chitando for the development
initiatives he is spear heading and called on all progressive people to embrace
the developments coming their way.
“We
approached MP Chitando and told him of the need for a bigger mortuary and a
laundry room and he offered to help. Now construction is under way and we thank
him for that,” said Samatanga.

Mapombi wants to be buried at Heroes Acre!!

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Mapombi wants to be buried at Heroes Acre!!

Mapombi is on walking all the way to Harare Cdes. As I
write this, I am approaching Fairfields, slow but sure. Handingasaririwo
pakadai. Nyika yogwadza iyi ahh. By 16 August ndendavamo muguta guru ndobatana nevamwe
kkkk. Asiwo kurobwa ndotya heyi, matsamwire anga akaita Mrr Ibu Matema Log aya
haajairike kkk. Hanzi hamumbofi makaenda mumugwagwa, mukaenda vakomana
vanopedza nemi kkkk inga zvakaoma. But Mr. Ibu was making a lot of sense I see,
 Zanu PF chiwororo, haivhunditsirwi
nezvekutungana kwembudzi. Anyway I pray that the deamo will be a success.
I also pray that there will be no violence and a
repeat of August 01 and January 14 because that would be bad. I also hope
Chamisa and his lieutenants will be there through thick and thin. Kana
ndikavaona vasiri mberi ndinodzoka kkkk, ahh ndofirei zvangu. Better ndingoita
zvemazuva ose zvema banananakaora nemaputi kkkk.
But honestly speaking guys nyika yadhakwa iyi. Haa ini
ndagwadziwa ini, ukaona munhukadzi akaita seni oshaya kana matennis mugumbo
woziva kuto zvaoma. So I am eager to see change, change through dialogue,
change through whatever means. Zimbabwe has suffered long enough and people are
hungry to follow anyone who comes with an idea of change. Ndosaka takaitiswaka
gore riya kkk. Zhuwao vakanga vaonenera, hanzi vanhu maitiswa nevakomana,
marching in the streets for what we did not know. Takafarira n’anga yakazobata
mai.
Asiwo Mr. Ibu kutyisidzira kwacho mozonyaya. Hamuchadi
kuti vanhu varatidzire shuwa Cde? Saka kuhondo makagoenderei kana kodzero
dzmairwira dzacho makuramba nadzo. Matema Log usadaro iwe. Your eagerness to
attack the opposition betrays the fear that abideth in you, as it is rightly
said that the loudest noise comes from empty vessels.
Ko yandazohwa nevakomanana veMDc ke kkkk kwhai Chamisa
ukatiraisisa touya totaridzira kuHarvest House ikoko tombosiyana naDambudzo
atitambudza hake sezita rake kkkk. Be careful young man, wakabvutira Tokozanu
chinhu chayo uchiti you are the better option, now show some leadership or else
unopabva kkkk. Biti naSikhala varipo, after all they seem to be more daring and
fearless than chikomana chekwa Gutu ichi. Chikasangwara naichowo chichabvutirwa
sekubvutira kwachakaita vamwe kkkk.
My warning to Chamisa is, please show some effective
leadership man. People have other things to do than kuramba tongoita zvema demo
izvi. Chinhu chinoda kuitwa kamwe chopera. Chakachenjedza ndechakatanga
vakomana. VaTsvangirai, may he rest in power, led some of the biggest peaceful
demos against Mugabe asi chakabuda hapanaba imi. People got tired of the same
strategy, ko tinotsvirei hedu netea isina sugar kkkk.
Asi iye mudhara Bob ari seiko? Iii chisingaperi
choshura shuwa, inga musoro wegudo uya zvawava chinonokoro nhai. Whoever
imagined that such a pompous man will one day be humbled? I heard he does not
want to be buried at the Heroes Acre softer the demo, I will go to Munhumutapa
and seek audience with ED. I want him to allow me to take the Heroes’ Acre
space that had been reserved for Uncle Bob. I believe I have done more for the
country through this column than what many who lie there have done combined.
People have laughed, learned, reflected and discussed many issues due to what I
write here. Am I not a hero then?
But if government was caring, it would ferry us in
Zupco buses for the Harare demo. Kwakupisa uku, ndinosvika rini kuHarare apa I
have no food, no water and no blankets. Asiwo Mr. Ibu so ka, hanzi hatidi vanhu
vanonyumbwira setsvina kkkkkk. Chimurume chinodada nekutungamira masoja ichi.
Kutoseka tsvina yana Mpaombi zvake. He thinks being a deputy minister of
Defence is having it all in life. Let me tell you something iwe Matema Log.
Soldiers are people too and they are suffering in the same way as Mapombi.
Sometimes I feel pity for them when I see them vachigurira netsoka nekuChitima kwandogara
nekuti mari havachakwanisi kukwira zvipipipi. Kudenga kuna Mwari uko.
Then wonzwa Togarepi achiti heeee tinopedzerana kkkk,
unoda kupedzerana nani nhai mudhara anenge youth kkk. Why do you defend chinhu
chaora? Kana nyika ikasununguka shuwa uchashaiwa kuti wogarepi iwe! Hamunzwiwo
kunhuwa kwacho seiko? Chamisa must learn from this. Kana uchirohwa this time
rohwa shamwari ndokuti zvifambe. Haungaedzi kubudusi garwe mumvura and expect
some merry-making.
Mapombi is also angry at this guy anozviti Sir
Wicknell Chivhayo. This guy blew millions of American dollars for the Gwanda
Solar Project but hapana chakaitwa. Akangovaka two cabins chete imwe mari kwakutolaza
zvake. Ikozvino Chivhayo is exercising and training martial arts hanzi if
anyone asks me about the solar project money I will slice them with round kicks
kkkkkk nesaga redumbu iroro round kick ingapabuda here. But vanhu veZimbabwe
hatina hasha chokwadi. Ndikazvifunga ndoendawo kudemonstration ini haaa Chamisa
is right. Tinosvikepi varume. Ikozvino matollgates akakwira takangonyarara.
Maybe takabviswa chinoiitisa hasha chacho.
I have talked enough let me go ndinokanga hangu maputi
angu for lunch but I want to let Chamisa know that Mapombi is walking to Harare
to demonstrate against increase in the prices of fuel, tollgates, condoms and
bread. Besides, most of these items are in short supply ende tanenta nemitsetse.
I am sure even Mphoko will be there in Harare with me. He has also hit hard
times because ED refused to process his pension benefits kkkk.
Mthuli Ncube uri kugona basa wena. Tiri kukanga maputi
zese newaya imi zvenyu muchidya nekunwa patafura yamambo. Mboko imboko!

Do clean-up campaigns everyday: Bikita urged

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Do clean-up campaigns everyday: Bikita urged

Anymore Magawa
Bikita District Environmental
Officer (DEO) Norman Mhlanga urged the people of Bikita to do clean-up campaigns
every day and not to wait for the specified commemoration and clean up days.
Mhlanga was speaking at the World
Environment and Desertification Day celebrations held recently at Mutikizizi
Primary School in Bikita’s Ward 6.
The first Friday of every month
has been set aside for a national clean-up exercise where President Mnangagwa and
other top government officials will lead from the front across provinces.
Mhlanga however urged people in
communities to do more and make sure that they live in cleaner environments on
daily basis.
“Let us not wait for the first
Friday of every month to do clean up campaigns. We should make sure that the
environment is clean at all times.
“The people in communities must
do their clean up exercises on daily basis so that we achieve the ultimate goal
of having a clean environment. We should make sure that we guard against
littering at all times,” said Mhlanga.

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