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Bedwetting woman confesses witchcraft to husband

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Brighton Chiseva
ZAKA – A young woman from
Mukachana village under Chief Nhema in Zaka confessed to her husband that she
practiced with craft after he had quizzed on her bed-wetting habits.
Getrude Jaricha,
who is married to Nick Mushayavanhu of Mushayavanhu village, also implicated her
grandmother and her other identified colleagues in her witchcraft practice.
Mukachana
village head, Alex Moledge confirmed the incident and said he referred the
matter to Chief Ndanga who later referred them to Zinatha provincial offices at
Kyle House in Masvingo.
“The matter was
reported to my court. She confessed that she was a witch and that her
grandmother, alongside other four women from the same village, often came to take
her on their nocturnal witchcraft expeditions,” said Moledge.
He said Jaricha,
who is five months pregnant, would wet the bed every night but would not move
even if her husband tried to wake her up.
“She told her
husband that her grandmother comes with other ladies from the village and off
they would go to graveyards and where she would open graves using a whip.
“When I summoned
them to my court she said the same. She accused her grandmother of initiating
her into witchcraft when she was still a young girl. She said on the day of her
initiation, her grandmother asked her not to sleep in the room in which she
often slept with other girls, but to rather come and sleep in the same room
with her.
“In the dead of
the night, the old lady asked her to take a potion that she claimed would make
her wiser. She was given a baby whom she was asked to carry on her back upside
down, and she said she breastfeeds the baby as her own even though she hasn’t
given birth as yet,” said Moledge.

MSU student qualifies the Mandela Washington fellowship

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MSU student qualifies the Mandela Washington fellowship

Anesushe
Mamhute
GWERU
–
Chiredzi born and Midlands State University (MSU) media student, Passmore Ndlovu
has been selected to be among 42 Zimbabweans joining other young Africans for
the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship in the United States of America (USA)
for six weeks.
The Mandela Washington
Fellowship empowers outstanding youthful leaders to be in a better position to
make a difference in their communities. The fellowship creates a platform for
them to sharpen leadership skills and network with other youth leaders from
sub-Saharan Africa and USA.
Ndlovu is running
communication projects found on various social media outlets including YouTube
and radio podcasts ‘The Update’ and ‘Swa vutomi’.
He also has a programme
called ‘Lowveld Today’ which is a
series of documentaries that focus on communities in the Lowveld.
YALI was initiated by
former US president Barrack Obama in 2014 and is the flagship for the Young
African Leaders Initiative (YALI) which began 2010. Submissions to participate
in the programme are done online and the selection is done in the USA. Semi-finalists
are notified and interviewed at the United States’ embassies in different
countries.
Ndlovu said he was
honored for the opportunity to develop his skills and passion within a big
network of like-minded people.
 “I feel contented and thankful to those who
support my work. Being among 42 Zimbabweans to visit USA on this fellowship is
a great honor to me. We are 700 across Africa and I will utilise the
opportunity to increase my experience in the field of media studies,” said
Ndlovu.
Ndlovu will arrive in
USA on June 19 for a leadership track is Civic Engagement at Indiana University.
He will also travel to Washington Dc for a concluding three day summit with all
the fellows.
During the summit, he
will have the opportunity to interact with US leaders in the field of business,
governance and the non-profit sector.

ID, passport delays to persist as resource shortages bite

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ID, passport delays to persist as resource shortages bite

                                                           Clemence Masango
                                       

…special
measures for Cyclone Idai victims
Shingirai Vambe
HARARE – Registrar
General Clemence Masango has said resources needed to print identity cards and
passports were in short supply, leading to the issuance of paper identity
documents and long delays in processing standard passport applications.
Government
phased out the paper identity document around 2005 after introducing the
instant plastic ID card which is made up of polythene and synthetic material.
Prior
to that, the paper ID was a temporary document that an applicant would use
while waiting for the permanent metallic card which took several months to come
out.
TellZim
News secured an interview with Masango to get clarification on the long queues
for IDs and passports as well as to understand why passports that are normally
processed in six weeks are now taking several months.
“Yes
there are long queues at our offices countrywide. People need IDs but resources
are a challenge. The consumables require foreign currency to import yet our
services are charged in local currency. Our personnel are doing all they can to
give optimum services to citizens,” said Masango.
He
said it was the same case with passport paper which has to be imported into the
country using foreign currency which is scarce.
The
ordinary passport, which costs $53, normally gets processed in six weeks but it
is now taking up to seven months and more. Some people who spoke to TellZim News
said they applied for passports in June last year but were still waiting.
At
$53 and coming out in few days, the emergency passport is too expensive for
most citizens.
On
plans to decentralise passport applications to the district, Masango said it
was government’s goal to increase convenience but resources were not
permitting.
“We
want people to apply for passports at district level but that move requires a
lot of money and equipment; all the cameras, computers and office space,” said
Masango.
He
said he was, however, pleased that his department had put in place plans like
satellite offices to assist survivors of Cyclone Idai to get new copies of
their lost identity documents.
“We
are there to assist people get burial orders for their deceased loved ones as
quickly as possible. Those that have lost their identity particulars will also
get them without delay because we have instructed teams in Chimanimani and
Chipinge to be ready for real work.
“Our
office has all the information regarding everyone in Zimbabwe so people must
not worry. We have details on everyone in the main server,” he said

Chibi High pupils donate to Idai victims

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Chibi High pupils donate to Idai victims


Peter
Chawapiwa
Chibi High School
pupils this week joined other well-wishers that making a difference in the
shattered lives of Cyclone Idai victims in Chimanimani and Chipinge by donating
various goods that included groceries.
The donations were
handed over to Chivi District Administrator
(DA) Vafias Hlabati at a brief ceremony that was held at his offices on Monday.
Also present at the
ceremony was Chibi High School head Boniface Machingauta who officially handed
over the donations to the DA.
Speaking at the
ceremony, Hlabati expressed his gratitude to the students for their generous gesture.
“Extending a helping
hand to the needy and those in desperate need shows that you have the heart of
giving even though you don’t have much. You have shown that you are able to
share the meagre resources that you have.
“What you have
donated today will go a long way towards bringing comfort to some of those who
were adversely affected by Cyclone Idai,” Hlabati said.
The goods that the
pupils donated included blankets, clothing and groceries, with part of the
donation going to wards 3 and 11 in the district where some houses were
destroyed by the cyclone.

Chipinge sangoma defrauds client

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Chipinge sangoma defrauds client

Munyaradzi Goche                 
A Chipinge
sangoma recently appeared before Mutare magistrate Perseverance Makala for coning
a client.
Isaac Makuyana (34)
of Mapungwana Village under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge, was remanded to April
08 after pledging guilty.
It is alleged
that on March 21 in Area 3, Dangamvura in Mutare, Makuyana misrepresented
himself to Collin Chakanyuka by claiming that he could treat his stomach problems.
The accused told Chakanyuka that he needed money as a payment for the service
and a cell phone so that the two could communicate.
Chakanyuka gave
Makuyana US$20 and an Itel phone.
Makuyana also
lied to Chakanyuka that the cell phone will be returned to him by spirit
mediums.

ZCC donates to Idai victims in Bikita

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ZCC donates to Idai victims in Bikita


Courage Dutiro
Cyclone
Idai victims in Bikita district last week received a helping hand from Rugare
Community Relief Services (RUCORSE) which donated various goods towards their
welfare through the Civil protection Unit (CPU).
RUCORSE
is an organisation under Zion Christian Church (ZCC) led by Nehemiah Mutendi.
Raymond
Muringani, an executive member of RUCORSE, revealed that the organisation had channelled
goods worth about $2 500 towards the victims of the cyclone.
“RUCORSE
has pledged one tonne of maize, 100kg of salt, one bale of blankets, one bale
of clothing, 200kg of sugar, 200 litres of cooking oil, 200 bars of soap, 50 cabbages,
100 cups, 20 buckets and 100 plates to victims of tropical Cyclone Idai,” said
Muringani.
Masvingo
Provincial Information Officer Rodgers Irimayi said Bikita was the most
affected among the province’s seven districts, with five deaths being recorded
and 3 134 households affected one way or the other.

Zvishavane mourns Lady Swagga

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Zvishavane mourns Lady Swagga


Patience Muzhingi
ZVISHAVANE – There
is severe sorrow in the local music industry following the death of Fadzai
Simango, a rising Zim Dancehall star popularly known as ‘Lady Swagga’.
The young chanter, who was 24 years of age, died last week at
Parirenyatwa Hospital and was laid to rest at Zvishavane Town Cemetery on
Sunday.
She had suffered from cancer of the skin for a long time.
Simango joined the music industry in 2017 and her time in
the industry saw her recording 25 songs, the most popular of which were Majudha
and I am a ghetto girl.
The death of Lady Swagga saddened many Zvishavane residents
who were growing to acknowledge her immense potential.
Several of the fans that supported her through her battle
with the medical condition also expressed grief at her untimely passing.
“It was a shock when we learnt that our Lady Swagga had
died. She inspired many young ladies in the music industry and we hope we will
have other young ladies like her in the industry,” said one of her fans.
YAFM radio station, which offered critical support to the
young musician, had organised a clean-up campaign as part of efforts to raise
money for her.
Raised in a family of two, Simango did her primary education
and ‘O’ level in Zvishavane before trying her luck in the music industry.
Besides being an artist, she was also an ambassador for
Bethany Project which deals with the well-being of children and young women.

Masvingo finally licenses hospitality school

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Masvingo finally licenses hospitality school

                        Housing and Community Services director Levison Nzvura
Diana Gondongwe
Masvingo
City Council has finally relented and allowed an investor to establish a
hospitality school in the industrial area some few weeks after the application
had been rejected.
TellZim
News reported three weeks ago that many residents felt council’s rejection of
the Masocha family’s application to establish a tourism and hospitality
management school in the industrial area was motivated by malice.
Some
people in the council wanted the Masochas’ application blocked on grounds that
the area was noisy thus unsuitable for learning.
Residents
that spoke to TellZim News, however, voiced their opposition to the council’s
stance, saying the excuse was groundless as the Great Zimbabwe University (GZU)
was allowed to establish a campus in the same area a few years ago.
Many
said they suspected the rejection was actually based on implicit attempts by
council management to frustrate the investors until they paid a bribe.
“After
carrying out a tour of the premises, the Committee was of the view that the
application be granted since there was no business activity taking place at the
site,” reads part of recent council minutes.
The
latest resolution granting the Masochas the go ahead to establish their school was,
however, made by councillors without council management’s full support.
The
management insisted the area was not designated for that particular kind of
land use though the school will be situated on Stand Number 1311 Beryl Road
which is close to where a GZU campus called Robert Mugabe School of Education
is located.

‘No typhoid in Mkoba’

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‘No typhoid in Mkoba’


Tinaani
Nyabereka
City
of Gweru has refuted social media rumours to the effect that there is a typhoid
outbreak in Mkoba 19, saying a family suspected to have contracted the
water-borne disease had tested negative.
Speaking
at a briefing with residents and the media on Tuesday, City of Gweru health services
director Samson Sekenhamo said the family was tested at Gweru General Hospital.
“The
rumours got people scared and many residents called us to verify. We did the
tests on the family members and the water sources but no bacteria of that
nature was detected.
“They
were suffered from diarrhoea after eating stale food that had been overheated at
a funeral. Much food had been cooked for mourners so there were lots of left
overs. We therefore want to assure our residents that the social media reports
are false,” said Sekenhamo.
He
said the city had increased its water sampling sites to 72, adding that the
samples are always sent to government analysts and to another testing facility
in Bulawayo.
Deputy
Mayor, Cllr Cleopas Shiri said council had begun water-rationing to ensure a
more equitable distribution of the precious resource among residents of all
suburbs.
“The
water-rationing process ensures that such places as Mkoba 19 and 20, which are
on higher ground than other suburbs, also get their fair share of water. Yes,
Gwenhoro Dam carries below eight months’ water supply but we have flighted
tenders for Amapongokwe pumps and once secured, we will install them to improve
supply,” said Shiri.
Authorities
have urged ambulance services and funeral parlours to notify council of any
infectious disease outbreak to ensure quicker reaction.












‘Zanu PF blocks Chamisa from meeting Mugabe’

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‘Zanu PF blocks Chamisa from meeting Mugabe’


Upenyu
Chaota
After making stunning revelations that he was going to
meet former president Robert Mugabe at his Blue Roof mansion, MDC leader Nelson
Chamisa said Zanu PF has increased security at the former president’s house in
a bid to block the meeting.
Addressing the party’s provincial structures in
Masvingo recently, Chamisa claimed that Mugabe promised to give him damning
files on all the Zanu PF top brass hence the reason why they went into panic
mode over the proposed meeting.
“I wanted to cause panic within Zanu PF and said I
wanted to meet Mugabe. Everyone in Zanu PF went into panic mode and they were
sweating all over.
“I heard Mugabe has damaging files on all Zanu PF
chefs and he told me to come get them so they want to prevent me from seeing
him. This has become a contentious issue within Zanu PF and we hear they are
increasing security at the Blue Roof mansion to make sure that I do not get in.
Every day they add soldiers,” said Chamisa.
The youthful opposition leader said he is yet to meet
Mugabe and is still playing politics but he will eventually visit him.
“I haven’t met Mugabe since he was removed from power
to ask him how retirement is going. Mugabe thought that the country would come
to a standstill when he is not in power but that is not the case. I am still
playing politics but will eventually have a meeting with Mugabe,” said Chamisa.
The proposed meeting with Mugabe has since divided opinion
with many questioning the logic behind meeting someone who terrorised
opposition members and ruined the country.
No comment could be obtained from Zanu PF national
spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo as his mobile went straight to voice mail.

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