Zimuto High School retained their under 16 baseballs national championship at the National Association for Secondary School Heads (NASH) baseball tournament held at Gwanda High School on July 5 -6.
Zimuto High head, Harris Mashava said he was pleased by the fighting spirit shown by his pupils and their coaches as they fought hard to keep the trophy home.
He pledged that Zimuto High will provide all available resources to perfect the team so that the trophy stays at the school.
“I salute the learners and their coaches for a job well-done. Commitment and dedication to duty paid dividends so we will do whatever it takes to make sure we continue defending the championship,” said Mashava.
Zimuto High progressed unbeaten right from the group stages to the finals where they won 4-2 against Nemakonde High School.
In group stages, the team played Glenorah 3 High and Mandwandwe High and won 6-3 and 9-5 respectively.
They again won 9-2 against Alaska in the quarter finals before thrashing Mutare Boys High 10-1 in the semis.
Zimuto is one of the RCZ-run high schools that has continued to make impressive achievements in terms of both academic results and performance in the sporting field.

ZVISHAVANE – Murowa Diamonds have extended a helping hand to Mutambi Clinic by donating hydration fluids and antibiotics.
The donation to the clinic, which falls under Chief Mazvihwa’s area, came at a time when most health institutions are struggling to get sufficient supplies of drugs and medical equipment.
The drugs are expected to assist over 109 000 patients in the event of a cholera outbreak in Mazvihwa, a remote area of Zvishavane where most of Murowa Diamonds mines much of its diamonds.
The clinic serves some employees of the mine and their families.
Some remote cholera cases were reported in parts of the Midlands but no case was reported in Zvishavane where Murowa and Mimosa took the lead in educating people on how to prevent the deadly disease.
Murowa Diamonds health, environmental safety and projects manager, Olivia Dzawo told TellZim News the company was glad to contribute meaningfully to the area in which it operates.
“We are happy to make this donation here at Mukambi Clinic and we hope we will be able to do more of such work which we belive creates a vital bond between us as a mining company and the community. This relationship needs to be cemented going forward,"Dzawo said.
She said Murowa Diamonds appreciated the dire state of medical supplies in the community’s health facilities, adding that the company will be pleased to help in whatever way possible.
Mercy Ndebele, a local resident thanked Murowa Diamonds for the donation, saying it came at the right moment when the country was battling a cholera epidemic.
“In terms of medication, we were facing a huge problem and it gets even more serious now that the country has seen an outbreak of cholera. We often come to the clinic, get diagnosed and they write a prescription for us to go and buy from the pharmacies,” Ndebele.local

GWERU – A Midlands State University’s (MSU) student and upcoming Afro pop, RnB and Hip Hop artiste Kudzanai Gona, popularly known as Sqkatta, early this week released a music video titled Mamacita.
The video is making waves on social media platforms like YouTube and Facebook where it gained 1 000 plus views in just two days after its release.
Sqkatta told TellZim News he also did a couple of music videos due for release and has worked with organisations like MyAge Zimbabwe in the Girl Child Awareness Campaign.
He said he started doing his music while still in primary school; singing in the church choir and he then began writing his own songs when he was in form four.
“I started singing when I was doing my primary education at Helen McGhie in Masvingo. I was also very much active in the church choir and that is when I grew fond of singing.
“I started by copying from other people’s songs and later started writing my own. Over the years, I have been featured in songs of other people but this time I have decided to go solo and do my own work.
“This is my first video and I am receiving overwhelming response from my followers,” said Sqkatta.
He said he will be releasing a six-track album by year end, adding that the song will feature Bongiwe Moyo, better known as Bongzee in music circles.
Sqkatta is in his part four doing an honours degree in Media and Society Studies.entertainment

GWERU – The Minister of Agriculture, Lands and Rural Resettlement, Rtd Air Marshall Perence Shiri has said it was remarkable that the Midlands province’s Gokwe district had maintained its record as the anchor of the country’s cotton farming business over the years.
Speaking at the official opening of the 2018 Midlands Agricultural Show recently, Shiri urged farmers to continue working hard so that they could contribute more to the national economy.
He said government will continue supporting farmers with inputs under the Presidential Free Cotton Input Scheme.
“I am very much aware that major cotton production in our country is done in Gokwe and the Honourable Minister of State here (Owen Ncube) has been very busy with the distribution of not only cotton inputs but also of cereals such as maize and sorghum.
“We therefore hope that this year, Gokwe will maintain its status because inputs are being made available. What we are doing is to identify farmers interested in cotton farming so that we can motivate them with inputs. We don’t have enough farmers who are serious about cotton farming,” said Shiri.
He also applauded the Midlands’ contribution to livestock production, saying Zimbabwe had been among the best beef producer in the world, thanks to the province’s efforts.
“Zimbabwe has been contributing much to the production of quality beef. We currently had been facing many challenges due to foot and mouth diseases but that is being dealt with and we look forward to starting maximum exportation of beef to get more foreign currency.
“Government is also promoting command livestock as we now have the command livestock programme. I hope we will have farmers who will come forward to take part in the programme. We are currently importing a lot of processed beef and chicken and we need to promote our local products and attain self-sufficiency,” he said.
Shiri said the government was looking forward to purchasing more tractors and other forms of machinery to boost agriculture production.
 The show was held under the theme ‘Steering the Economy to Vibrancy.’agriculture

Chipinge Rural District Council (RDC) has embarked on extensive marketing drive which it hopes will help attract more investment to the south-eastern district which lies approximately 460 km from Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare.
The RDC has produced fliers and a 27-minute-long documentary film named ‘Chipinge the Thriving District’. 
The district has a small farming town that was established in 1957. The district borders Mozambique starting from Mahenye to Southdown. It borders Chimanimani district to the north, Buhera and Bikita districts to the west and Chiredzi district to the south.
Chipinge town is located in the natural farming region 1, but the district overlaps the high veld and low veld which falls into natural farming region 5. Chipinge is a district that one can cross from natural farming region 1 to 5 over a short period.
Before splitting into Chipinge Town Council and Chipinge Rural District Council, the two councils started as Gazaland District Council in 1980. Chipinge RDC was then formed in 1991 under the leadership of Charles Inggs who was then succeeded James Mundoma. Currently, Chipinge RDC is under the leadership of its chief executive officer (CEO) Blessing Mamvosha.
“Our council operates under five departments that are administration and human resources, finance, internal audit, technical services department and social services,” said Mamvosha.
“We want to guarantee prospective investors that our staff will take care of their business needs in whatever trade they want to venture in. Chipinge has opportunities in forestry, agriculture, energy, property development, tourism and hospitality,” he said.
Mamvosha went on to emphasise on the need for partnerships, saying they were the most viable way of ensuring successful projects.
“Our government is focusing on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). We invite private investors to make Chipinge a thriving town. With everyone’s support, Chipinge Rural District Council can become a place of excellence in terms of investment and service delivery.business

MWENEZI – A teacher at Tafara Secondary School, Liberty Chinhavi was left nursing severe scars all over his body after his wife poured boiling cooking oil following a domestic dispute, the Mwenezi Magistrates’ Court has heard.
Appearing before magistrate Honest Musiiwa was Mercy Zezai (20) who pleaded guilty to the charge of contravening Section 4 (1) of the Domestic Violence Act Chapter 5:16 ‘physical abuse’.
Asked why she committed the offence, Zezai said she was revenging an alleged assault by her husband earlier on.
She was then sentenced her to 12 months imprisonment of which two months were conditionally suspended for five years. The remaining 10 months were set aside on condition that she performed 350 hours of community service at Chingami Primary School.
Appearing for the State, Willard Chasi said sometime on September 12, 2016 at around 20:00hrs the couple was at Chinhavi’s workplace when they had a dispute after Zezai had slapped their child.
Chinhavi later on went to sleep only to wake up hours later to the sight of his wife holding a pot full of boiling cooking oil. Zezai immediately poured the hot cooking oil on her husband’s face, stomach and thighs.
The husband sustained severe injuries and was rushed to the hospital where he received treatment.
After committing the offence, Zezai fled to South Africa only to return home recently.
Police were then tipped-off of her return and they went and arrested her.court

MWENEZI – Two suspected daring serial robbers who robbed many households, premises and many houses at Mwenezi Police Camp were eventually arrested last week.
Moses Chakaipa (36) and Joseph Tsemwa (30), of Mhlanga complex; Lutumba business centre in Beitbridge, and the Mwenezi district administrator’s complex respectively, last Wednesday appeared in the Magistrates’ Court facing eight counts of unlawful entry.
Chakaipa pleaded guilty to all the charges while his co-accused, Tsemwa denied everything and was remanded in custody pending further trial.
For all the counts, magistrate Honest Musiiwa sentenced Chakaipa to 36 months imprisonment of which six months were conditionally suspended for five years. This left Chakaipa to serve an effective 30 months sentence.
Appearing for the State, Willard Chasi said from April 20 – July 30 this year, the duo would – in the middle of the night – go to the places of residence of various police officers who work at Mwenezi Police Station.
While other police officers were away on duty, with others asleep at their respective houses, Chakaipa and Tsemwe would break-in.
They would then steal various electrical gadgets and other valuable property including cell phones, amplifiers, televisions and clothes. The two would take the stolen property to Beitbridge where they would then sale some while keeping other items for themselves.
The suspects were arrested after detectives received a tip off.
The total value of property that was stolen from all the eight complainants amounted to US$2 813 while recovered goods were valued at US$1 176.court