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SIMBI set to reopen

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SIMBI set to reopen

Clever Taperamoyo

MASVINGO- Having folded in 2014, the Sponge Iron Mining and Beneficiation Industry (SIMBI), a local Indian owned sponge iron industry is set to re-start operations in a few weeks’ time after having closed shop for three years owing to economic hardships.

SIMBI general manager, Baggam Anand Rao said their company closure was due to the depression of world steel market and other economic challenges that bedevilled the country.

He further explained that the company has the capacity of producing 100 tonnes per week and 2 500 to 3 000 tonnes of sponge iron per month that will be processed in Redcliff to become pure iron for local use and export.

 At full throttle, SIMBI has the capacity to generate $3 million per year.

“SIMBI will reopen in a few weeks’ time as we are just finalising the paper work. We have the capacity to employ over 300 locals with about 150 working at the site and 140 people working at our iron ore mining site in Glenlivet,” said Anand Rao.

Addressing journalists and other stakeholders at a briefing held at the company’s site, Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs, Josiah Dunira Hungwe applauded the company for being the first to take steps towards resuscitation.

“The idea of reopening industries is to our advantage as the government and the community at large since that will provide jobs for the local people. We will support you and challenge other local companies to reopen as well.

“Efforts to resuscitate Cold Storage Commission (CSC) and Mashava Mining Company are at an advanced stage to improve the livelihood of the people in Masvingo,” Hungwe said.

Chikore High School hosts UCCZ choir competitions

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Chikore High School hosts UCCZ choir competitions

Knowledge Mhlanga

 

CHIPINGE – The revived United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) school choir competitions recently held at Chikore High Schools have been described as critical in the promotion of worship music culture among school children.

 

Participants in the competitions included such schools as Mount Selinda, Chikore, Emerald, Middlerands, Chinaa and Watershed as well as others under the UCCZ banner.

 

Danster Mundeta of Chikore Mission praised the competitions, saying they amounted to the revival the old worship choir culture long lost back in the 1980s or perhaps in the 1960s.

 

“We are pleased that people have come to realise the importance of bringing this culture back, all in the name of advancing the word of the Lord among our children,” said Mundeta.

 

The event was sponsored by prominent businessman Philemon Mlambo, a former Chikore High School pupil and devout UCCZ member.

 

The event was graced by UCCZ president Freeman Ngadziore and other senior UCCZ members, pastors, school heads and their deputies, teachers, former pupils and members of the UCCZ education council among many others.

 

Mount Selinda emerged as the best choir, followed by Chikore while Emerald Secondary School finished at number three.

 

Chikore High choir master, Taurai Mukutyu said he was content with the second prize as it came at a price of hard work against strong competitors.

 

“We worked very hard. Our competitors were very good so we are pleased with our current achievement although the ultimate objective is to keep on improving,” said Mukutyu.

 

Chikore High School head, Stella Mudiwa said she was pleased by the performance of her team in particular and the organisation of the competitions in general.

 

“It is humbling that we were hosts of such a grand event and everything went well. We congratulate the winners and encourage all others to keep on working hard,” said Mudiwa.

 

She thanked Mlambo for committing his time and resources to sponsor the competitions that she said played a part in promoting the culture of Ndau people as the hymns were sung in their language.

UCCZ Palm Sunday attracts hundreds

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UCCZ Palm Sunday attracts hundreds

Part of the crowds that participated in the Palm Sunday marches at UCCZ’s Chikore Mission


Knowledge Mhlanga
CHIPINGE – Many people converged at different congregations of the United Church of Christ (UCCZ) to celebrate Easter last week, with the preceding Palm Sunday attracting even bigger crowds of both the young and the old.
UCCZ cleric, Rodrick Nerah, of Chikore Mission Circuit, said he was pleased by the zeal that existed among the faithful to honour the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
“The whole Easter is very important beginning with Palm Sunday and we saw many of our congregants coming to celebrate the event. The whole day was filled with symbolism and we thank God everything went well with our congregants showing their desire to please God.
“We believe that if you do righteous deeds as taught by the Lord, your soul will also go to heaven and you will have eternal life after death,” said Nerah.
He encouraged UCCZ followers to keep doing good all the time so that their faith can be strengthened.
“We don’t want to be seen as people who only try to do what is right during the Easter holidays but we want to always be good people throughout the year. We must be good neighbours and we must love one another as well as forgive each other just as our Lord Jesus Christ taught us,” said Nerah.

Prominent Gutu businessman in stands scam

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Prominent Gutu businessman in stands scam

.… case sucks in Gutu RDC engineer

Precila Takabvirakare

MPANDAWANA – Businessman Christopher Munyaradzi last week appeared before magistrate Edwin Marecha facing charges of defrauding Ephraim Kwangwa of US$6 372 by selling him somebody else’s residential stand.
He was charged with fraud as defined in Section 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23.
The case sucks in Gutu Rural District Council engineer Vambai Shenjere whom the court, however, found to have no immediate case to answer.
Munyaradzi pleaded guilty to the charge and the case was moved to May 03 for continuation of trial.
It was the State’s case that on a date not known by the prosecutor but in the month of August 2017, Kwangwa approached Munyaradzi to tell him he wanted to swap his motor vehicle for a residential stand.
Munyaradzi agreed to enter into the deal and on August 31, 2017, Kwangwa requested that he be shown the stand.
Munyaradzi referred Kwangwa to Shenejere who took him to the stand in Old Location Extension Gutu.
After being shown the stand, Kwangwa and Munyaradzi made an agreement of sale affidavit that was commissioned by magistrate Marecha.
Kwangwa was then given a recommendation letter by Shenjere so that he could make his lease payments, and he made an initial payment of US$80 but later made the final payment of US$292.
The court heard that it was upon the payment of the last instalment for his lease when he was advised that the stand was already occupied by Josiah Matanga.
Investigations were made into the matter and it was established that the stand never belonged to the accused person but to Matanga whose name also appeared on the lease register.
The revelations led to the arrest of Munyaradzi.
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Millicent Azangwe prosecuted.

Pamushana High wins Orate African Quiz provincial competitions

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Pamushana High wins Orate African Quiz provincial competitions

Clever Taperamoyo
MASVINGO- Pamushana High School recently emerged the Orate African Quiz champions and Book of African Records champions at the competitions held at Victoria High School.
The quiz competition saw 14 schools participate and Pamushana High School won with 105 points, followed by Ndarama High School with 99 points, Serima High School had two teams A and B that obtained 87and 88 respectively and Victoria High School obtained 87 points.
Hippo Valley High School had 78 points while Sandon Academy, Masvingo Christian College, Mwenezi Government High School, Gutu High School obtain 75, 63, 60 and 50 points respectively.
It is from this tournament that the school automatically qualified to participate in competitions to be held in Dar es Salam in Tanzania sometime in April this year.
Image result for Poetry slam picIn Tanzania, the competition will be hosted by Feza International School and 13 countries are expected to participate including Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda.
“The competition has become tougher and tougher in the province but my boys have proved to be indomitable considering a string of victories they have scored. They have stuck to our school motto; Stoop to Conquer,” said Pamushana High School team coach, Daniel Shatei.

Timb urged to recognise Chiredzi tobacco

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Timb urged to recognise Chiredzi tobacco

People tour Mabhunu’s tobacco field

CHIREDZI – The Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama) has challenged the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (Timb) to recognise the Lowveld as a tobacco-growing region as proven by Josias Mabhunu who has piloted a very successful project.
Speaking during a field day held last week in Triangle Pension Area Ward 28, Ama Southern Region manager, Simon Pande said Timb needed to work hand in glove with budding tobacco farmers in the Lowveld.
He said local farmers had proven their worth, and had shown great potential to produce much more if given the necessary support.
“As Ama, we do not specialise in the marketing of tobacco but Timb does. We will persuade them to recognise Chiredzi tobacco growers so that they too will be provided with the much-needed expertise and inputs,” said Pande.
Pande also urged agricultural extension officers to invest their energies in the provision of expertise to new farmers especially during the curing stage.
“Extension officers, this is the time to show your presence by providing technical support to the farmer who has piloted this project in our region. The curing stage is the most important as it determines the quality of the leaf.
“Humidity and temperature in the curing house have to be measured; meaning there is need for a thermometer and hygrometer. Mabhunu’s curing house only has a thermometer,” said Pande.
Mabhunu, who is expecting more than 3 000 kg of tobacco from his 1.3 hectare plot, said he was emulating tobacco farmers in Mhondoro.
“I haven’t acquired adequate knowledge in the production of tobacco. I just got a rough idea from the time I was buying maize from Mhondoro for resell elsewhere. So it’s expensive to travel from Chiredzi to Mhondoro to get the knowledge,” said Mabhunu.

Octogenarian in court for raping nine-year-old

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Octogenarian in court for raping nine-year-old

Rutendo Chitore
GWERU – An 84-year-old man, Forward Akundile, recently appeared before magistrate Morgan Nemadire here on charges of raping a nine-year-old daughter of his former tenant.
The State’s case, as presented by prosecutor Lloyd Mavhisa, are that on May 5, 2017 at around 14:00 hrs, the complainant and her brother, aged 12 years, were sent by their mother to her friend’s place to collect a disc.
The girl was left by her brother by the road near the accused’s place and the brother was accompanied with his friend.
The complainant then entered Akundile’s gate, greeted him and sat on one of the chair which was in the garden.
Akundile unlocked one of his tenants’ door and told the child to enter into the room and promised to give her money if she obeyed his instructions.
Akundile lifted the child and made her to lie facing upwards on the bed before threatening to beat her up if she made any noise.
The State alleges that Akundile removed the girl’s underwear and raped her once after which he gave the little girl a dollar to buy her silence.
An aunt later noticed that the girl was acting strangely and when she quizzed her, the girl disclosed the matter.
The matter was reported to Nehanda Police Station leading to Akundile’s arrest.
Akundile denied the charges saying he was being framed by a scornful relative whom he kicked out of his house for failure to pay rentals.
The case was posted to a further date for sentencing.

Mwenezi man bashes wife for suggesting HIV test

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Mwenezi man bashes wife for suggesting HIV test

Cephas Shava
MWENEZI – A 41-year old man severely assaulted his wife because she had said no to sex without first getting tested for HIV, the Mwenezi Magistrates’ Court heard last week.
Isaiah Chiwira of Tagarisa village, Ironwood Ranch under Chief Chitanga was convicted on his own plea of guilty of contravening section 4 (1) (a) of the Domestic Violence Act Chapter 05:16.
He was sentenced to 10 days behind bars or alternatively pays a fine of US$30. In addition, he was given a suspended 30 days imprisonment on condition that he will not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
Asked by magistrate Honest Musiiwa why he committed the offence, Chiwira said he assaulted his wife because she had denied him sex.
“I just politely requested that we have sex so that we could have more children but she denied. Out of anger, I ended up assaulting her,” said Chiwira.
It was the State case that on February 24, this year at around 23: 00hrs, Chiwira told the complainant, Anastancia Matutu that he wanted another child. Matutu then told Chiwira that they needed to first go for an HIV test before engaging in any sexual activity.
This did not go down well with Chiwira who began assaulting his wife with fists several times on her face.
As a result of the assault, Matutu sustained an open wound on the left. A police report was made leading to Chiwira’s arrest.
  
  

Mwenezana Estate employees leave man for dead in the bush

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Mwenezana Estate employees leave man for dead in the bush

Cephas Shava
MWENEZI – Two Mwenezana Estate employees hired by a 30-year-old man to transport his scotch cart to Chingwizi turned against him along the way; severely assaulting him and leaving him unconscious before stealing his scotch cart, it has been heard.
Appearing before Mwenezi magistrate Honest Musiiwa, Bernard Makado (35) and Energy Nyamakonde (22), who are both employed at the sugar estate, pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and theft.
They were remanded out of custody to April 09 for continuation of trial.
The complainant, Kudzai Rufugokuda of Village 3 Mangondi under Chief Chitanga, said the two accused persons left him for dead and he only regained consciousness after being admitted at Neshuro District Hospital.
Prosecutor Angelinah Makonya alleged that on September 22, 2017, at around 01:00 hrs, Rufugokuda hired Makado’s truck to carry his scotch cart to Chingwizi intending to deliver it to Dumela village head.
On the following day, Makado engaged his workmate Nyamakonde and the two accompanied Rufugokuda to Chingwizi but along the way, they got lost many times as the complainant was not well-conversant with the route.
This led to a misunderstanding between Rufugokuda and Makado who then stoped the truck and forced the former out of the vehicle.
They allegedly began assaulting him with open hands and booted feet all over his body before leaving him unconscious in the bush.
The two accused drove their truck and later left Rufugokuda’s scotch cart at a homestead in Kayalami village under Chief Maranda.
The unconscious Rufugokuda was later picked by passers-by who alerted the police leading to the arrest of the suspects.
As a result of the assault, Rufugokuda suffered some head injuries and was referred to Neshuro District Hospital from where he was transferred to Masvingo Provincial Hospital and later on to Parerenyatwa Group of Hospitals.Court.

Mberengwa teen mom stones baby to death

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Mberengwa teen mom stones baby to death

Rutendo Chitore
GWERU – A 17-year-old mother from Dhiriza Village in Mataga Mberengwa, stoned her three-weeks-old baby to death and dumped the lifeless body in a nearby bush.
Midlands acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende confirmed the incident which happened close to Mataga growth point in Mberengwa.
“The teen mother took the infant into a bush close to Mataga growth point and laid its head on a rock before smashing the infant with a stone all over her body. She then wrapped the baby by a plastic bag and dumped it.
“The mother went on to make a bogus kidnap report at Mataga Police Station that a stranger came to her home, aggressively snatched the infant from her and ran way,” said Mukwende.
After further interrogations by the police, she confessed to killing the baby in the grisly manner and led the police to where the body was dumped.
She told the police the father of the baby was not able to provide for the family so she could not properly take care of the baby.
The police took the corpse to Msume Hospital Mortuary for a post mortem.court.

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