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PRC candidates reject Mujuru photo on posters

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PRC candidates reject Mujuru photo on posters

Joice Mujuru

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Some People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC) parliamentary and local government candidates in Masvin-go province are refusing to be associated with their presidential candidate, Joice Mujuru, arguing that her political brand was fading and no longer sell.
As a result, many of them have omitted her face from their campaign fliers and posters, opting to put their own pictures and the coalition’s logo only.
TellZim News saw many posters of different candidates without Mujuru’s picture and spoke to some of the candidates who made similar remarks.
“She is a political liability and her brand is now dead. We have decided not to put her face on the campaign materials we are paying for ourselves,” said one candidate.
Spokesperson of Mujuru’s National People’s Party (NPP), which is a member of PRC, said he did know about the issue.
“Posters that are being made by the party have the logo and our leader’s face on them. I haven’t heard about anybody resisting. But if there are indeed things like that, it could be because the can-didates didn’t get the official image of Dr Mujuru which has been chosen for this election on time. That image is not available on the internet,” said Chitando.Top news

Villagers lambast police, veterinary for botched dog poisoning case

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Villagers lambast police, veterinary for botched dog poisoning case


Cephas Shava

MWENEZI – Villagers from Munyamani Village 5 under Chief Maranda who lost dogs and chickens to what was widely seen as a deliberate poisoning incident have criticised the police and the district’s veterinary services department for shoddy investigations that led to the ac-quittal of the suspect on all the 14 charges he faced.
Munyamani village head, Fani Chikamare, was this week acquitted by the Mwenezi Magis-trates’ Court at the close of the State’s case due to lack of evidence.
Some of the victims said justice had not been served due to the sub-standard work done by the police and the veterinary services personnel that attended the crime scene.
“We telephoned the police soon after discovering the offence in the morning. Instead of swiftly coming to attend the scene, they said we must come to the police station. We had to go there and give them transport to come and investigate but nothing meaningful was,” said a villager who lost some dogs.
Another villager described the case as a miscarriage of justice, saying a clear matter of cruelty against animals had gone unpunished.
“Some 60 dogs and several chickens died of poisoning but the veterinary surgeon who came to investigate did not even take samples to do tests. The poisonous substance that killed the dogs and chickens remains unknown,” the villager said.  
Chikamare was facing charges of feeding poisoned bits of meat to the dogs and chicken in revenge against a village dog that had mauled his goat to death.local

Dairy farmers in Nyanga for AGM

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Dairy farmers in Nyanga for AGM

Monica Mutsvangwa

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NYANGA – Members of the Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) last week met in Nyanga for their annual general meeting (AGM) where various awards were won for outstanding performances.
The event was graced by many dignitaries including the Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs, Monica Mutsvangwa who represented President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Over 60 companies in the milk processing business and related industries including Feedmix, Fivet, Kefalos, K2 came to exhibit their products.
In her speech, Mutsvangwa said the dairy industry needed to come up with ways of improving supply to cover gaps that still exist in the market.
“Dairy farming forms an integral part in the livelihoods of relatively poor households, female-headed households and in preparations of therapeutic diets for people with special health conditions. I therefore urge members here present to come up with results-yielding strategies to improve dairy productivity in communal, small-scale and commercial agriculture,” Mutsvangwa said.
She also urged women to take advantage of the recently opened Zimbabwe Women’s Micro-finance Bank (ZWMB) to secure loans and begin their own dairy projects even at a small scale.
Players in the sector also took the opportunity to raise their problems including the shortage of foreign currency needed to import chemicals and other requirements of the milk production process.
One industry player urged government to listen to the concerns of dairy farmers so as to help grown the industry and stop the importation of milk and milk products.
“It should be taken into account that the money used to import milk can be channelled towards dairy farming in Zimbabwe and the industry will grow,” he said.local

Triangle FC confidence improves

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Triangle FC confidence improves

Taurai Mangwiro

…with decisive victory over Dynamos, Bvaru-Bvaru

Anesushe Mamhute

CHIREDZI – Triangle United Football Club (Sugar-Sugar Boys) have received a boost to their confidence following an impressive 5-0 victory over Shabani Mine FC (Bvaru-Bvaru) at Gibbo Stadium last weekend.
Sugar-Sugar Boys have so far played 18 games and have won 10 of them, with the latest win making them number three on the Premier Soccer League (PSL) log table with 32 points.
Other top performers on the log are Chicken Inn (31), Ngezi Platinum (32) and log leaders FC Platinum (42).
The first four goals were scored in the first half by Ralph Kawondera, Lameck Nhamo, Phineas Bamusi and Collins Dhuwa who unthreaded a shot outside the box and claimed a score.
Agrippa Murimba netted the fifth score in the second half.
One devoted Sugar-Sugar Boys supporter, Wonder Dendere praised Triangle coach, Taurai Mangwiro, for the glory that the team is enjoying.
“When Mangwiro came to Triangle, it seemed he had come on a mission impossible but he soon oiled his machine so much that we have now became the best team to watch,” said Dendere.
Triangle FC have now gone for six matches without a draw and they will face Ngezi Platinum FC this Saturday and Highlanders on July 28.
In his remarks, Mangwiro said he was not surprised by the victory, saying the team had worked hard for it.
“Our latest victories against Dynamos and Shabani do not necessarily make us the best of them all, but they show that we are working very hard and are determined to win every match. We don’t underestimate any of our rivals,” said Mangiro.sport

Mahiya my man!

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Mahiya my man!

Kkkkkkkk but kahurumende kaMnangagwa so ka, mahwani. Mapombi is sure that the new dispensation does not like the police and the CIO but never thought they would reduce those officers to that level.
Honestly, dressing our police officers like airtime vendors is out of order! Our patrol control units are now dressed like Net1 airtime vendors – vava kupfeka mabhibhi eOrange and one can hardly notice the difference.
Just yesterday, a police officer got so angry when Mapombi called him through the car window akafuratira kuti mukuwasha ndipeiwo airtime yeNet1. Akabva acheuka zvikanzi ambuyawasha mundikwanire imi murikuona senge ndinotengesa airtime ini. It was only after he turned around and faced me that I realized that he was not an airtime vendor but a police officer akanyorwa in the front kuti patrol control.
Mapombi heard that the commissioner general Matanga loves his beer so much therefore, it might be possible that he approved this uniform for patrol control akarohwa zvake nebhabharasi because hazviite izvi. The good thing is that our police will also vote on the 30th of July and all Mapombi want to say to them is know the government which eroded their dignity. Zivai munhu ari kukupai nhamo and vote wisely!
Even the army, which is touted to be having influence in the current government, is also struggling – Mapombi heard vanzwa nebeans and cabbages vana mukoma kumaBarracks uku while their bosses are enjoying big time. I will not say more otherwise ndinoswera ndaitiwa zvangu yaKudzi Chipinga munongovaziva vana mukoma kuti vakadzidza vashoma the majority hardly use their brains vanongorova chete, sekutaurwa kwazvakaitwa naUncle Bob painterview iya. Kkkk, hanzi vazhinji vacho Havana kudzidza sema CIO.
Mapombi is also worried that President ED is talking of peaceful and violence-free elections but his party is intimidating and forcing opposition members to attend its rallies especially in Zaka East and Gutu where such cases have been reported.
We want peace; people must exercise tolerance and allow the electorate to choose candidates of their choice kurovana hakuna kunaka – we will all still be Zimbabweans at the end of the day of the elections.
But Mapombi respects the war vets spokesperson Douglas Mahiya – ndovanonzi varume ava kwete vaya vakanyorwa pama toilet. Mahiya is a real man! He is like Mapombi tisu vanhu two vanofira kutaura chokwadi.
I once said it several times that not even one criminal was arrested though the junta claimed that they intervened because the former president Uncle Bob was surrounded by criminals. Now Mahiya told us that the same criminals who were surrounding the former president are now surrounding ED. Ndakambozvitaura izvi vamwe vakati Mapombi anopenga but the war vets have since seen it also that ED is now surrounded by the same criminals.
Mapombi would like to know how many criminals the junta arrested when it intervened in November last year. Tiudzeiwo kuti makasunga mukavharira vangani mujere because the reason for intervention was that the former president was surrounded by criminals? 
Cde Mahiya; may you kindly tell ED that these criminals around him will cost him come July 30 elections. We gave him over seven months to prove himself but the best he could do was to buy Chicken Inn in Chegutu using a crispy US$20 note and giving over $17 as tip – makamboonepi tip inowanda kudarika the cost of the product yawatenga? ED is busy encouraging us to use plastic money but iye achitenga nemaUS dollars – vanoona sekuti takanyanya kupusa varume ava handiti?
Some of us hatichamboziva kuti there are real US dollars in this country but vamwe vanotoita kupa tip nawo. People are sleeping in queues at banks and they are struggling even to get mabond note chaiwo but varidzi venyika vanawo maUS dollars.
I like one thing about the war vets – they learnt kutaura chokwadi last year when they joined Mapombi to tell the people kuti Mugabe haachaite. When Mapombi was condemning Uncle Bob some people in Zanu PF accused her of being munhu weopposition but when the wily old uncle was finally forced out by the junta, they started to say Mapombi akapenga vakomana akanga aonera kudhara.
I am saying the same with the current junta government kuti vanhu ava havaite ava and the same people are saying ndinopenga but very soon they will say Mapombi waireva chokwadi. Chete vamwe takapiwa chipo chekuonera makasi; this junta government is struggling and there is really nothing worthy writing home about.
Of course, Chamisa has his weakness but for now he is the best option – anotodawo kubatsirwa mufana uyu but ari nani chose pana ED nevamwe vake. ED failed to solve the cash crisis in seven months but the MDC did it in a few weeks’ time during inclusive government. Let us be honest with each other zveEconomy hazvisi zvenyu vanhu veZanu chamunogona it’s violence and rigging elections.
Now the opposition is raising a lot of issues they want Zec to address before elections but nothing is happening. In fact Zanu PF is supporting Zec kuti zvinhu zvakatonaka zvakadaro. Really?
But this time Zanu iri kuigochera pautsi chete. Mapombi is very sure the best ED can force is an inclusive government because kuhwina chaiko haapabudi naChamisa. The young man anodiwa zvake even in rural areas people are just asking kuti ko kunze kwaChamisa pangava neumwe upi ipapa wekusarudza. People are ready to vote for Chamisa and they cannot wait for July 30.
Anyway, it’s almost lunch time guys let me go ndindokanga zvangu maputi angu for lunch. By the way, remember the less privileged this winter by donating a jersey or blanket veduwe. We have orphanages and old people’s homes kune vanhu vanoda kubatsirwa; let us donate zvishoma zvatiinazvo veduwe.
You may donate to Mapombi as well because kuno kuChitima market kwandogara chando chiri kuvava chaiko. Manje ndikafa nyaya dzinozipa kudai munoudzwa nani? Before I go, did Mphoko join NPF?  Where is Mphoko guys? Can someone pass my greetings and tell him that Mapombi really miss him. Hanzi ava kuda kudzingwa kuChpooies nevakomana vepa Botswana apa vakabatana nema India avo. Mboko imboko!
Please police boss Matanga gadzirisai this as a matter of urgency. Mapombi knows very well that you like your beer so much so maybe you approved this makarohwa nebhabharazi because this orange colour is really irritating and one can hardly notice the difference between airtime vendors and our police. Please restore the dignity of our police.mapombi

Shabani Primary exhibits hockey talent in Lusaka

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Shabani Primary exhibits hockey talent in Lusaka

Akan Nyahwa of Shabani Primary races for the ball in one of the matches

Exsto Makunzva

ZVISHAVANE – Shabani, Hartman House and Hellenic Primary schools hockey teams were recently in Zambia for a tournament organised and hosted by Lusaka International Community School (LICS).
Shabani finished as quarter finalists in a tournament that featured such teams as Italian School – who emerged as de-fending champions – as well as Martin House, who finished at number three behind the hosts LICS Warriors, and Musikili.
On the first day, Shabani Primary suffered from fatigue after enduring the over 600 km road journey to Lusaka, un-like their Harare counterparts who flew to the venue.
This year, the tournament was played at two venues; seven matches at LICS and 11 at the Olympic Youth Develop-ment Centre (OYDC).
Shabani Primary’s first encounter was against Hartman House and the match ended in a goalless draw.
Hellenic Primary reached the finals and won the seven aside girls and went on to be winners of the other 11 aside matches the following day after beating the hosts in the finals.
Hartman House, who were number seven in the seven aside boys, surprised many by reaching the finals with Musikili in a thrilling encounter where the winner was decided through a shootout after settling for a one all draw.
Speaking after the tournament, Shabani Primary coach, Gordon Munyaradzi Misihairambwi said he was happy with the performance of his boys and girls.
“We have learnt a lot and I think next time, we need to be better prepared. We could have done better if we had brought everybody with us. Some of our key players could not make it to Lusaka and that affected our game plan,” said Misihairambi.
LICS Warriors coach, Thomas Mumba said they were happy to be hosts of the tournament.
“I am happy, we have had three schools from Zimbabwe unlike last year when we had only Shabani Primary School. Our visitors gave us a good run for our money and helped to improve competitiveness in the tournament. I hope we will have even more schools from Zimbabwe next year,” said Mumba.Local

Lowveld university gets more land

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Lowveld university gets more land
An artist’s impression of UOL


Beatific Gumbwanda

CHIREDZI – Construction of the proposed University of the Lowveld (UOL) is expected to begin after the July 30 elections, with Chiredzi Rural District Council (RDC) and the Chiredzi Town Council having now allocated 127 hectares more land in addition to the 123 hectares al-ready set aside for the purpose.
In a letter of confirmation to the university board chairperson jointly written by the RDC and town council, dated June 25, 2018, the two authorities confirm allocation of the land.
“Chiredzi RDC and Chiredzi Town Council jointly acknowledge receipt of your request for the allocation of additional 127ha of land for the setting up of a University within the remainder of Buffalo Range.
“The two planning authorities kindly advises your office that they have no objection in allocat-ing you the requested additional land in question but subject to the release of the land by Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural resettlement,” reads part of the letter.
UOL managing director, Absalom Chikoto said the project was initially allocated 123ha of land which he said was not sufficient.
“We were at first given 123ha yet a campus should have a minimum of 300ha. The remaining 50ha will be allocated soon and we will begin construction soon after elections,” said Chikoto.
The UOL project is a brainchild of the Conservation Trust, with funding for construction raised through a build, operate and transfer agreement signed through several local banks.
The university is expected to start with seven faculties namely; medicine, humanities and educa-tion, culture and heritage, science, engineering and technology, natural resources and ecological sciences.education

Mahwende provides free Wi-Fi in Ward 6

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Mahwende provides free Wi-Fi in Ward 6

Wellington Mahwende

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Zanu PF candidate for Masvingo Urban Ward 6, Wellington Mahwende is probably the most outstanding aspiring councillor in Masvingo.
Mahwende outpaced other contestants both from his ward and others in Masvingo after he provided free Wi-Fi at all shopping centres in the ward.
Instead of going to town and pay for internet services, people from other wards are flocking to Ward 6 where they just disembark at shopping centres and enjoy free Wi-Fi.
The password to the internet is mahwende2018.
Mahwende said he is now above politics of slogans and promises.
“I am a man of action, I don’t just promise but I do. Come to my ward and witness how I have helped young people who want internet facilities. For me it’s about looking at the service which is most sought after in the ward and provide that to the people,” said Mahwende.
Apart from free Wi-Fi, Mahwende said his manifesto was very clear and straight forward.
“I simplified what I am going to do once elected into office. I will make sure that Ward 6 will never be the same again. On the top of my priority list is to make sure that people have clean water all the time. There will be no more water disconnections in Masvingo, we are lobbying for pre-paid water meters so that people are charged what they would have used,” added Mahwende.
Some residents in Ward 6 praised Mahwende for being more responsive to the needs of the people especially the youth.
“He is the most ideal leader that I have interacted with so far…look at how he has helped our children with free internet. We are happy to have someone who is quick to respond to our needs,” said John Mafa from Majange shopping centre.
Mahwende’s biggest threat so far is MDC-Alliance’s David Vasivenyu Chimombe who was once the councillor of that same ward between 2008 and 2013.politics

Local govt deserves fresh minds: MDC Alliance youth secretary

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Local govt deserves fresh minds: MDC Alliance youth secretary

Mapuranga (left) with MDC Alliance leader nelson Chamisa during a rally in Mwenezi recently

Cephas Shava

MWENEZI – The dominance of ‘outdated’ minds in most rural district councils is an obstacle to development and there must be fresh minds in the local authorities to reverse the trend, MDC-T district youth secretary Lovemore Mapuranga has said.
The 29-year-old Mapuranga, who is contesting for the Ward 2 seat under the MDC Alliance banner, said many youth-focused initiatives had failed to take off in the district because the youth had chosen not to run for political office and were therefore not decision-makers.
“For years now, local government posts have been occupied by the same old clueless characters, most whom seem not to understand the duties of a councillor. Fresh and innovative minds that think outside the box should now take over. In Ward 2, we have dams that are supposed to be fully-utilised for the benefit of the community but they remain underutilised.
“For the purpose of pushing meaningful development and vigorously influencing projects for youths and women, I am running for councillor. For youths’ voices to be effectively heard, they need to be part and parcel of the system which makes critical decisions,” said Mapuranga.
Mapuranga holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences honours in Sociology and is the youngest councillor aspirant in the district.
He said his campaign was going largely well and had been received by people of all age groups who are keen to see a different calibre of leadership in the council.
“Recently, some of my supporters were intimidated by war veterans from within the ward. They were moving around warning people against voting for the opposition but I am sure I will win if the election is held in a truly free and fair environment,” said Mapuranga.
Mapuranga is contesting against three other candidates; current Councillor Munyaradzi Sigogo, who is running as an independent after Zanu PF disowned him for flirting with the opposition, Simbai Dziva who is also an independent, and Zephaniah Zhou of Zanu PF.politics

Female candidate Madzivire talks jobs for constituency

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Rose Madzivire, sandwiched by other candidates speaks during the dialogue  meeting

…seeks to divorce herself from ‘violent’ past
Tiyani Hahlani

Centre of Gender and Community Development in Zimbabwe (CGCZ) on July 04 organised a public dialogue meeting for candidates approved to contest in Masvingo West.
Held at Bere Community Hall in Mashava, the event attracted wide interest from residents who took the opportunity to talk with the candidates in order to get a better understanding of what they have to give to the electorate.
The dialogue was held under the theme ‘What are the Youth and Women’s Expectations’ in recognition of the critical importance of these two groups in efforts to improve democracy so that it better reflects the nation’s true demographic image.
Below are the main highlights of what the candidates as part of the presentations and also response to the questions from the community.

Rosewita Madzivire
Madzivire, who is the candidate for the MDC Alliance, is the only female candidate in the constituency.
She promised to work for the resuscitation of the closed Mashava asbestos mine as well as for the reopening Sipambi Training Centre for the sake of employment creation.
“We want to reopen the Mashava mine so that the youth and also the women may have something to give them an income,” said Madzivire.
She found herself being quizzed on her alleged violent past when she used to be a Zanu PF member and close confident of current party provincial chairperson, Ezra Chadzamira, whom she is now contesting against for the parliamentary seat.
“People do change and I have changed. If the Biblical Saul could change and be renamed Paul, I too can change,” Madzivire said in her defence.
Madzivire used to be the ruling party’s Masvingo Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 12 councillor until she got fired from the party in 2016 for joining the then Joice Mujuru-led Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF).
Other candidates who participated in the meeting were Daniel Mutarisi (independent), Henry Makusha (PRC) and Tichaona Mharadza (Independent) and Thomas Masvovere (MDC-T). Zanu PF’s Chadzamira did not turn up, although he had earlier promised to be there.

Daniel Mutarisi
He said he going to donate wheel chairs to disabled people and also help them to become self-reliant through projects that are specifically designed for them.
He said that he was greatly troubled that the economy still favoured adult males and was discriminatory against women and the youth.
“So we are going to have an engagement with the youth and the women in the communities so that we hear their concerns and push for favourable policies that address those problems and fight marginalisation,” he said.

Henry Makusha
“It has been a long time since the people in power promised to build better facilities for the informal sector but nothing has happened so as PRC, we have managed to build a clinic for you in Ward 12 Neshuro. We want to do something similar here,” said Makusha.
He promised to offer pieces of land for farming to the youth and women, saying they were suffering the most from the economic difficulties in the country.
Makusha urged the people to vote for him for change, saying the current government had dismally failed to do anything good for the community.

Thomas Masvosvere
He bemoaned the suffering in Bere community, saying the regular water cuts experienced in the community could only be addressed by an MDC-T government with him as MP for Masvingo West.
He also talked about employment creation, saying Mashava Mine ought to be urgently revived to give people in surrounding communities hope.
“We will also construct roads, implement many other big infrastructural project and revive what has been destroyed so that we rebuild our communities. As parents, you must be hopeful because we will provide free primary education if we are elected,” said Masvosvere.

Tichaona Mharadza
The former MDC Alliance member based his message largely on property rights and also such policy issues as maternal health, saying women could not afford the exorbitant fees being charged even at public hospitals.
Mharadza was quizzed on why he thought he deserved the vote once again when his tenure as the constituency’s MP between 2008 and 2013 had yielded little.
He however defended his record, saying he managed to repaint Bere Clinic among many other projects.
Mharadza said he will also make the clinics in the community user-friendly especially for people with disabilities.local

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