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Child rapist released to play golf

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Child rapist released to play golf

                                      Aubrey Cummings


….move comes few weeks
after Women’s Day commemorations
….convict has ‘good
working relationship with Mutimurefu Prison’

Moses
Ziyambi
The Zimbabwe Prisons
and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Masvingo region recently released a convicted
rapist from Mutimurefu Prison so that he could enjoy a one-day golf jamboree at
Masvingo Golf Club, TellZim News has learnt.
Aubrey Cummings, a
businessman in the automotive industry, is serving a 15-year jail sentence
after being convicted of repeatedly raping his minor niece since she was in
grade six up until she was in secondary school.
Cummings was the
minor’s guardian and the first incident of the rape happened at his Rhodene
house when the girl was 11 years old.
He was
however allowed to participate in the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional
Services (ZPCS), Commissioner General’s Goodwill Trust Fund golf tournament
held on April 13.
He
played
in a four ball that included some respected golfers.
After the tournament,
sources said, Cummings was chauffeured to a more comfortable cell at Masvingo
Remand Prison for the night, instead of being immediately driven back to
Mutimurefu.
When Cummings was
sentenced by regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga in 2017, he swore and
threatened his minor victim – who was now 16 years of age – with unspecified
action once he got released from prison.
Some fellow golfers were
horrified by the arrangement, saying the move showed that real jail time in
Zimbabwe was for the poor.
“We have an unrepentant
rapist who, upon being sent to prison, threatened the victim right in front of
the court now being pampered with VIP treatment and being allowed to play golf.
It was an uninformed decision which tainted the spirit of the tournament, one
of whose objectives is to raise funds to improve the welfare of vulnerable
children and orphans. What message then does that sent to society?” said one
golfer who preferred anonymity.
Another one said ZPCS
was abusing its so-called rehabilitative programmes to treat rich people with
kiddies’ gloves.
“I think that was a
disgraceful thing to do. Cummings has not yet served even two years of his
lengthy prison term yet he is already being allowed to enjoy select luxury
privileges.
“ZPCS must have
considered the feelings of the young girl who was repeatedly abused. And to
imagine that it all happened a few weeks after we commemorated International
Women’s Day is outrageous,” said another golfer.
Others said the
inclusion of Cummings was a PR disaster for an organisation that claims to
champion the cause of justice and for a tournament that seeks to, among other
things, help the cause of vulnerable children.
“He enjoyed cold
drinks, braaied meat and a warm bath like everybody else. He didn’t at all look
like a prisoner. You could see he was having a time of his life,” complained
another player.
When contacted for
comment, ZPCS Masvingo public relations officer Stanslous Sanike said it was
usual for them to allow Cummings to play in the tournament.
“We often do that. He
is a golfer so he was allowed to play as part of our rehabilitation and
reintegration programmes for prisoners,” said Sanike.
When asked what
criteria are used to select beneficiaries, Sanike said any prisoner could be
considered to go out and play.
“Any person can apply
for permission. We however consider such things as good behavior and wouldn’t
release somebody who endangers community,” he said.
He, however, would not
confirm whether or not special sleeping arrangements were made for Cummings
after the tournament.
Sources at Mutimurefu,
however, said Cummings was being given preferential treatment because he had a
‘good working relationship with the prison’.
“Some of our vehicles
are serviced at his workshop when they break down. He also recently bought a
big TV screen for the prison so he was rewarded with his own separate cell
where he has unlimited access to satellite television. He also doesn’t eat
prison food because he is a Muslim who should only take halaal. His family
brings him warm food from home every day,” said the source
Recent media
revelations were that corruption was getting out of hand in prisons, with
reports that prison warders and guards were working with rich inmates in such
vices as smuggling contraband, facilitating secret conjugal visits and setting
up illicit business deals.
Three prison officers
are currently on trial in Harare on many allegations that include favouring
businessman Munyaradzi Kereke, who is serving time for rape, with unscheduled
visits by his wives and extra time behind prison walls while other prisoners
toiled.

Help Idai victims with building materials, says Rugeje

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Help Idai victims with building materials, says Rugeje

…‘food
donations alone not enough’
Beatific
Gumbwanda
CHIREDZI
–
Zanu PF national political commissar Rtd Lt Gen Engelbert Rugeje last week urged
well-wishers to do more than just donating food and clothing to Cyclone Idai
victims, saying the people needed to be helped to build better homes.
Speaking at Mashoni Rashai homestead in
Chiredzi North during a tour of Ward 24 where many families were left homeless
by the raging cyclone, Rugeje said villagers needed to be helped to get proper
building materials for them to construct strong houses.
During the cyclone, Rashai and his
eleven children lost their main bedroom house while other tiny houses were
flooded with water and the family currently shelters in those two tiny houses.
“People should be assisted with
building materials so that they will be able to construct proper and strong
houses. This disaster is just the beginning; more disasters of this kind will
come us so we need to prepare ourselves by constructing strong houses,”
said Rugeje.
He urged parliament to enact laws on
minimum specifications that must be followed when rural houses are constructed.
“We need to enact laws with set
standards on housing construction. Obviously, it will be difficult for the
less-privileged due to economic stresses but government will do something to help
them. We as a party are superior to the government so we will dictate the pace.
Rural communities should be helped to modernise their structures in order to
save the nation from continued loss of life due natural disasters,” said
Rugeje.
Rugeje brought with him 18 litres of
cooling oil, 180 kilograms mealie meal, 20 kilograms rice, 29 kilograms sugar,
12 litres Mazoe juice and 12×500ml Vaseline which was shared among 10 families
that were affected by the cyclone.
An estimated 253 families were affected
in Chiredzi North though no life was lost.

Chiredzi cop sues Renco Mine boss for snatching wife

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Chiredzi cop sues Renco Mine boss for snatching wife

                                   Excellent Mutepfa


Brighton Chiseva

A Chiredzi-based
police officer is suing a Renco Mine health safety environment head of
department for having an adulterous affair with his wife.
Alfred Mutepfa
is suing Simbarashe Mbano for $10 000 for the humiliation and loss of
companionship among other things.
Munyaradzi Vengesai
of Mugiya and Macharaga Law Chambers, who is representing the plaintiff, confirmed
the matter and said they expected the matter to be heard soon.
“My client is
suing Mbano for a total of RTGS$10 000 for the humiliation he suffered when the
videos and nude pictures of his wife and Mbano circulated on social media.
He is also suing
him for loss of companionship, conjugal rights as well as love and affection
since the two separated after the incident,” said Vengesai
Sources say the
two began the adulterous affair last year when Mutepfa’s wife Excellent Mutepfa
who is a student at Morgenster Teachers College was doing attachment at Fusira
Primary School under Chief Nyajena area.
The matter is
believed to have come out when Excellent went for sporting activities and claimed
that he had been given transport money by her husband’s young brother.
On returning
from the sporting event, Mutepfa is said to have asked for Excellent’s phone
and discovered that she had been receiving money from Mbano.
Mbano is said to
have admitted having an affair during a WhatsApp conversation with Mutepfa and
agreed to pay but later on refused saying he did not know that she was married.
Excellent’s
behaviour have not only affected his husband but also other ladies who felt
that they were suffering at the hands of their husbands who think they behave
in the same manner
“I am a young
married woman from the community where this lady was teaching and where her
nude photos and video went viral. The unfortunate part is my husband wanted to
send me to college but now he is saying all women who goes to college do
likewise. I’m hurt because I was supposed to be at school now but my hopes have
been shattered because of her,” said one lady on social media

MDC splits in Mwenezi

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MDC splits in Mwenezi

                                         Alfred Chihwakwa-Sithole


…as
parallel provincial structures emerge

Cephas Shava

MWENEZI – A
serious brawl is going on within the local structures of the Nelson Chamisa-led
MDC, with two factions that both claim to be the legitimately-elected Mwenezi
district executive emerging.
At
the apex of the conflict are those in the outgoing district executive; district
chairperson Timitia Dziva and his deputy Alfred Chihwakwa-Sithole.
They
both contested for the district’s chairperson post during last months’
shambolic district congress and are now at each other’s throats as each
emphatically claims to be the new chairperson.
When
contacted for comment, Dziva, who is provincial chairperson James Gumbi’s
blue-eyed boy in the district, insisted he was the legitimate district leader.
“Some
people can say whatever they want but I am the one who was elected district chairperson.
Those who ran the district congress are there to testify that I won. All the
district elections are complete and we are now preparing for the national
congress,” said Dziva.
On
the other hand, Chihwakwa-Sithole, who was reportedly backing the Tongai Matutu
camp during the provincial congress held at Masvingo Sports Club on April 16, also
claimed legitimacy as district leader.
“I
can confirm that there are disagreements over the post of district chairperson but
honestly speaking, I am the one who was elected to lead. I won resoundingly and
I am the one who is currently in-charge,” said Chihwakwa-Sithole.
The
dispute between Dziva and Chihwakwa-Sithole has cascaded down to their supporters,
with the party’s WhatsApp groups being turned into strategic battlegrounds.
Several
influential MDC members told TellZim News that in the event that the national
leadership failed to swiftly resolve the row, which they described as one of
the worst in the history of the district, the party will pay dearly in the next
national elections.
It
is understood that two venues – Sarahuru growth point and Chingwizi – were used
during the district congress.
Party
members were first informed that the event was to be held at Sarahuru but new
communications directing people to Chingwizi were later made as the Dziva and
Chihwakwa-Sithole camps tussled for influence.
The
two camps ended up conducting two congresses one presided over by the Dziva
camp at Chingwizi and the other one ran by the Chihwakwa-Sithole faction at
Sarahuru.
TellZim
News reported last week that disgruntled party members angered by the disqualification
of Tongai Matutu as candidate at the provincial congress and the subsequent win
by Gumbi over Simon Mupindu were plotting to run parallel structures in the
province.

They will destroy the economy. Simple!

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They will destroy the economy. Simple!

Kkkkkkkk
kana zvakadaro maPhD acho itai mega ini zvangu Mapombi ndombomira. I don’t envy
to be a doctor (PhD) anymore. At first Mapombi thought chinongoriwo chirimi
zvacho which makes him fail to pronounce certain words properly. Saying Regacy
instead of Legacy, Racto pachinhambo chaLacto, it wasn’t really an issue for me
to be honest. But Mapombi now doubts Kedha after he failed to construct a
meaningful sentence recently kkkkk kuseka nhamo serugare. Kuzoita serious kani
hanzi, We won’t…we will make sure it will work, will not work. No it will work,
you will not work. Simple. Kwakubva dzatoturika hadzo magirazi adzo kuita
sedzaseva kkkk nhamo.
 Haaa Mapombi is of course a Grade 7 dropout
thanks to Zanu PF yakatsakatisa penjeni yababa vangu mugore ra2008, but
handisati ndakambonzwa chirungu chakadai ini upenyu hwangu hwese. Even my
English teachers vekuPrimary ikoko vaChihabu naMugabe they were far much better
than Kedha.
But
Mapombi thinks Kedha is not so educated and is lucky to have graduated with a
doctorate from a reputable university in South Africa. Of course the
qualification can be contested after Prof Jonso claimed that mukuru waiitirwa
PhD. Kkkkk but those who care to remember can testify that the draft pages
which Jonso leaked on social media of Kedha’s thesis were very telling kuti
pari kuitwa nedofo . There were a lot of serious and silly grammatical
mistakes.
Anyway,
English cannot be used to measure one’ intelligence but zvimwe zvinozonyanya
so. But I want to advice Kedha that economy haide hasha iyi. There is no need
to be emotional about the economy. All that is needed are policies that are
investor friendly not ma it will not work, it will work aya.
Tsvangirai
chakasiya chakuudzai kuti you can rig the elections but you cannot rig the
economy. Nhasi chionai patava varume. All they are good at is issuing threats
knowing that the people are not happy. Kamfana Chamisa munokashora henyu but I
think if we give him a chance that little man has the potential to make us
dream again. Nyika inodirwa sugar iyi varume and Mapombi can tell you that
tinomuka takarohwa nembovha yemufaro mangwanani –ngwanani. Tinenge torova
reverse jive nekunakirwa nenyika iyi varume.
There
is nothing we can expect from this rivhorusheni gentlemen. We are in serious
trouble. Ukaona kuno kuChitima ndakushaiwa chero mabanana akaora it means
things are not well. We are being led by blind people and they are taking us
into the abyss. We have reached a point of no return and I feel sorry for the
younger generation because as long as Zanu PF remains in power, they will grow
grey hair without even touching a pay slip.
I
wish I had the power to tell President Trump to remove the so called sanctions
for a month timboona kuti zvinodii. Hakuna masanctions atiri kunyeperwa nezvawo
aya varume, tiri kubatwa kumeso. They just want to justify their failures by
hiding behind sanctions. Kana akambobviswa zvingatifadza timbobata matofo edu.
Chedu
Mr Ibu unoona kutokaka tsinga nedzekugotsi heeee America has to remove
sanctions heee every patriotic person should call for the removal of sanctions
heee let’s go and camp at the American embassy kkkk zvakaoma. Tell the people
the truth please Mr Ibu. Sanctions have set conditions for them to be removed.
Address those and we will see from there. America does not need us but we need
them so we have to play by their rules. Mr Ibu should be telling President
Mnangagwa and Kheda to make the necessary reforms otherwise it will work will
not work. No. It will work, you will not work. Simple.
Asi
kuroora mwana mudiki time time hakuna kunaka kkkkk. Kheda ndakaona zvino musoro
waiswa dye hameno hanzi zvidii. A whole Vice President to be made to look like
a clown like that, but why Mary. Mwari ave newe mwana iwe.
Anywhere
I have said a lot but I heard ZCTU and Chamisa are promising demonstrations and
I support them completely. I don’t want a demonstration where we will go home
at the end of the day. I want a sit-in like they are doing in Sudan. We will
not go anywhere until we achieve our goals. The voice of the people is the
voice of God and that voice will soon be loud enough.
Regai
ndinokanga zvangu maputi angu for lunch before ndanzi ndotaurisa. Ngatisangane
muchikamu chinotevera but always remember, It will work, will not work. Simpuru
kkkkk. Mboko imboko.
  

Vhinyu craze as beer gets out of reach

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Vhinyu craze as beer gets out of reach

Shingirai
Vambe

RUSAPE
– An
illicit brew called vhinyu has become a viable alternative for many people in
Rusape and elsewhere who find the new increases in the price of regular alcohol
unbearable for them.
The crude wine is said
to be so powerful that it can send the drinker into an immediate stupor,
raising serious questions about its suitability for human consumption.
The alcohol is
reportedly brewed at Sun Crest in Mutare and Matanuska in Odzi from grape
residues that are left out during wine-making processes
TellZim News
interviewed some vhinyu imbibers who said they were drowning their sorrows in
the cheap but dangerous substance.
“We cannot afford the
normal alcohol that we used to buy. Clear and opaque beer as well as spirits
have become unaffordable so we have no choice,” said one drinker.
The alcohol costs $1.50
per 500ml, making it cheaper than any beer, cider, wine or spirit on the formal
market.
A quart of regular beer
which contains five percent alcohol content costs an average $7 while a 750ml bottle
of viceroy brandy costs an average $40.
Broncleer, a cough
syrup with that is being abused mainly by the youth, is also said to be much
more expensive than vhinyu.
A lady who sells vhinyu
in Rusape had the highest praise for the brew, saying it was giving her a
livelihood.
 “We wake up early to go and buy vhinyu in
Mutare at either Sun Crest or Matanuska where they manufacture wine. The two
companies produce white and red vhinyu but our clients prefer red vhinyu to
white.
“A 20 litre container
costs $60 and we make a little profit out of it. Police at times raid us, but
this is our source of living. We have to find the means to get to our customers,”
she said.
Some alcohol connoisseurs
and health practitioners, however, warned against consumption of the new brew,
saying it was not being produced in accordance with set standards, and that its
alcohol content was not being measured.
“It’s a dangerous
alcoholic concoction made under the dodgiest of conditions using questionable
ingredients. It’s not advisable to drink it as it contains many impurities that
pose twice or even thrice as much risks to health as regular alcohol,” said one
expert.
A few years back, many
people died from the effects of another illicit brew called ZED which some nicknamed
Zimbabwe’s Emergency Drink which was being smuggled from Mozambique and was
more affordable than regular alcohol.

Mwenezi mourns former MP Matavire

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Mwenezi mourns former MP Matavire

                                         Lamson Matavire

Cephas Shava


MWENEZI – People in the district are mourning the death of former Zanu PF Mwenezi West Member of Parliament (MP), Lamson Matavire who died on May 01 at Masvingo Provincial Hospital.
Matavire, who was 73 years of age and hailed from Bhagadhi village under Chief Maranda, died from the effects of a stroke that he suffered a few days before.
He left behind his wife and several children.
In a telephone interview Agness Matavire, who is daughter to Matavire’s younger brother, told TellZim News that the family was devastated by the loss.
“As a family, we are deeply saddened by this loss. Our father was first admitted at Neshuro District Hospital after suffering a stroke. He was referred to Masvingo Provincial Hospital where he died yesterday,” said Matavire.
Although burial arrangements were yet to be concluded by the time of going to print, the late Matavire was expected to be laid to rest at his rural home.
Matavire was Zanu PF legislator for Mwenezi West from 2013 to 2018. His bid for re-election last year hit a brick wall after he lost the party’s primary elections to current Zanu PF MP Priscilla Zindari Moyo.

Deputy PED Chikwange transferred

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Deputy PED Chikwange transferred

                                          
Diana Gondongwe
Masvingo
deputy Provincial Education Director (PED) Andrew Chikwange has been
transferred to Chimanimani district in Manicaland province.
Provincial
Education Director (PED) Zedius Chitiga confirmed that Chikwange was now in
Manicaland.
“Mr
Chikwange is now working in Chimanimani as of now where he has taken up similar
duties as those he was doing here in Masvingo. We worked with him for many
years and we wish him well,” said Chitiga.
Chikwange
started working in Manicaland when he was still stationed in Masvingo and but
has now taken up permanent office space in Chimanimani.
He
worked in Masvingo as the vice PED for more than 15 years and his former
workmates in Masvingo have described him as a good team player who worked professionally.

Johanne Marange couple fined for forcing underage daughter into marriage

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Johanne Marange couple fined for forcing underage daughter into marriage

Tendai
Mange
A
Masvingo couple was recently fined $200 by magistrate Rufaro Mangwiro for
pledging their 17-year-old daughter in marriage.
Brian
Chindombo (38) and Petronella Matemani (35) of number 1947, 4th street,
Sisk, Masvingo of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church forced their underage
daughter to marry their church mate Nigel Mapuranga (38).
It
was the State’s case as presented by Andew Ndaramira that sometime in January,
the couple teamed-up with some of their church members to force the juvenile to
live with Mapuranga as husband and wife without her consent.
The
girl told the court that whenever she tried to reject the marriage arrangement,
the parents would assault her as a way of coercing her to agree.
“My
father used to beat me and threaten to throw me out of the house whenever I expressed
refusal to marry this old man,” said the complaint.
It
has been learnt that the complaint fled from Mapuranga’s house after they had
lived together for three months and went to seek refuge at her friend Faith
Hwachi’s place.
Hwachi
later advised her to report the issue to the police, leading to the arrest of
her parents.

RCU employee in court for fondling workmate’s buttocks

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RCU employee in court for fondling workmate’s buttocks

Clayton
Shereni
A 66-year-old Reformed Church University (RCU) employee, Junias
Chikumbu, recently appeared before Masvingo magistrate Rufaro Mangwiro after he
allegedly molested and fondled his female workmate’s buttocks at work.
Chikumbu, a general hand at RCU, was facing charges of
indecent assault but he pleaded not guilty, and was asked to bring a witness on
May 08, 2019 for continuation of trial.
It is the State’s case that on January 28, 2019, at
around 1335hrs, Chikumbu approached a fellow general hand, Sara Hungwe who was
sweeping in a lecture room in the presence of Grace Chikaura.
Chikumbu went on to fondle Hungwe’s buttocks once before
leaving the room without saying a word.
Hungwe followed Chikumbu to the tools room where the
accused works as she sought an explanation but Chikumbu chose to remain quite
leaving Hungwe with no option but to report to her seniors.
RCU conducted a hearing into the matter but Hungwe went
on to file a police report at ZRP Masvingo Rural after seeking advice from her
husband, leading to the arrest of Chikumbu.
The State was represented by Andrew Ndaramira.

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