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The Crocodile that never was!

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The Crocodile that never was!

Kikikikiki mugoona zvoita Mwari so! Mapombi has been on record not once, twice or thrice but several times telling you that murume wamunoti Ngwena uyu haisi ngwena zvachose iyi. We all know crocodile and its antics; Mnangagwa resembled none of that. It was indeed a case of mistaken identity – mupurwa waionekwa sengwena.
But chisingaperi chinoshura vakomana – who ever thought the feared Mnangagwa will be fired so easily like that? Mapombi can safely tell you guys that it was even more difficult to fire Joice Mujuru in 2014 than it was to fire the self-proclaimed Ngwena on Monday.
Mapombi has been on recording saying this guy called Mnangagwa is being overrated. Grace Mugabe told us kuti murume igwara iri kkkkkkkk seka zvako Mapombi of the unknown totem.
Chasara kudzingwa mumusangano come December extra-ordinary congress. Yes, Mnangagwa will be fired because it will be dangerous to keep him in the party even as a card carrying member. He has to go the same way Didymus Mutasa, Rugare Gumbo, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti and Mujuru.
In fact, Mnangagwa’s expulsion teaches us that he who plays with sword will die by the sword. Some of us know that Ngwena played a role when Mujuru and company were kicked out of Zanu PF and has been on record bragging that Dr Stop it (Grace) vakativhura njere vakativoneswa kuipa kwaRunaidha. Saka ndomene haichemedze Cde. Kkkkkk by the way you will seize to be a comrade soon, right?
Mapombi can’t wait to read her not so favourite newspaper from the state media addressing Mnangagwa as Mr Mnangagwa kkkkkkkk but politics zvadzinoita so, mahwani. But I am not feeling any pity for Mnangagwa; I told him to take Mugabe head-on kare kare but he thought Mapombi mupengo manje nhasi kupenga kwangu makuona ka. Hamba kuhle ED.
But Mapombi would still want to give ED, as Mnangagwa is popularly known, some advice. When they eventually fire you from party, please do not attempt to form your own political party. Don’t even try, please. The truth is that you are not popularly out here – kwedu kuno kuDr Grace Trading Centre (kuChitima market) people do not really like you but were supporting you on the basis that uri muKaranga and they were thinking you would confront Mugabe and tell him kuti chindipawo chitanda ndimbotongawo.
And now that you have failed even to say a single word against the nonagenarian hauna munhu angakuvhotera uri wega wena.
I have been giving free advice since I was born but some people are so stubborn that they say they don’t listen kuvanhu vakapfeka mamvemve. Really? But those who care to listen to my advice zvakatovabatsira because zviri kutovafambira.
Anyway, I will still give Mnangagwa a word kana akada kusaterera zvava zvakewo. Please do not form your own political outfit. Either join Morgan Tsvangirai or Joice Mujuru if you still want to continue with active politics or mogara henyu kumba muchitamba nevazukuru. To be honest, to start a new political party is a waste of time unongoguma waita sana Didymus Mutasa, Bhasikiti and Gumbo. They are now politically dead and forgotten. You may choose not to believe it but Morgan Tsvangirai ndochibaba politics dzekupikisa and whoever tries to form their own party Morgiza achiripo will do so at their own peril.
Mapombi heard that Mnangagwa is close to Chamisa – please use that contact and connection musvitswe kurwizi rukuru Save. You may have pride but for now swallow it and go for negotiations with Tsvangirai.
Mapombi has seen a lot of Lacoste people with stoned-faced kkkkk Chadzamira, Ndava, Baloyi, Munyoro and many more were not happy vakomana. Mpombi heard they received the news of Mnangagwa’s sacking when they were busy addressing a press conference paDhiyo apa and there was total silence pavakanzwa kuti mukuru adzingwa. Kkkkkk.
By the way, Mapombi remembered that Mnangagwa once said that kumagumo kune nyaya when he was addressing party members at a memorial service of Shuvai Mahofa in Gutu kkkkk ndonyaya here yamaireva iyi nhai Shumba? Kungodzingwa moramba makanyarara?
I thought kuchaita nyaya zveshuwa but when I read from the newspapers that you had a press conference claiming you were misquoted ndakabva ndaziva kuti hapana hapana.
Anyway, it’s almost lunch time guys let me go ndindokanga hangu maputi angu for lunch. At least ndiri kufara nekuti mabhanana akaoora ihobho mazuvano. By the way, congratulations to Dr Amai; you fought a good fight. Makarwa kurwa kwakanaka zveshuwa. You have proved beyond doubt that Zimbabwe inyika yemaZezuru and hapana muKaranga anomboitonga. I’m sure Mphoko would agree with me on that. Munhu wese kuna Dr Amai. Mapombi heard the youth league has already endorsed Dr Amai to replace ED. Waal, ndokuti kutonga ka uku imagine baba voita President uku Amai ndiVP. Wozodeyi?
Mapombi can foresee one of Boyz dzeSmoko being roped in even chero kuArmy ikoko uko or kutopiwa constituency chaiko and subsequently becomes Minister. Hoo-o, if you think  I am dreaming then wait and see. A Mugabe dynasty is very possible.
Anyway, it was good while it lasted Cde Mnangagwa. It was indeed nice doing business with you. It’s unfortunate that many people overrated you and they were fully behind you vachifunga kuti mune power. Now reality is catching up with them and vamwe vacho vava kutorwara neBP. Mphoko is far much better than Mnangagwa I am sure.  Hamba kuhle Mnangagwa ! Mboko imboko!mapombi

Disputes in chrome fields threaten to spill out of control

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Disputes in chrome fields threaten to spill out of control


Davison Marenga

ZVISHAVANE – It is survival of the fittest in Shauke Ward 3 in Zvishavane as confusion on who owns which chrome claim has reached alarming levels.
The small-scale chrome miners in the area have since asked the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development to intervene in the on-going disputes as a preventative measure against the possible eruption of violence.
Many of the small-scale claim owners complain that they have been shoved off by some mining companies who reportedly claim ownership of the same land.
Ward councillor Martin Mapfume confirmed that there were some grey areas that need ironing out in the chrome fields.
“There is a lot of confusion on the ownership of the claims and a lot needs to be done to rectify the problem,” said Mapfumo.
There has been jostling for chrome claims in Midlands following the release of large tracts of chrome rich land to government by Zimasco and ZimAlloys.
After the two companies ceded the land, claims were later given to small-scale miners.local

Chiredzi villager convicted for wearing camouflage

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Chiredzi villager convicted for wearing camouflage

Cephas Shava

MWENEZI – A 46-year-old Chiredzi man, Hasani Chisiwapi of village Hlabeni under Chief Sengwe in Chiredzi was last week convicted by the Mwenezi Magistrate Court after he was found guilty of wearing a camouflage shirt.
Chisiwapi was convicted on his own plea of guilty by magistrate Honest Musiiwa who sentenced him to five days behind bars or to pay a fine of US$20 as an alternative.
Led by prosecutor Willard Chasi, the State charged that on September 16, 2017 at around noon, Chisiwapi was spotted by police detectives at Rutenga growth point wearing a camouflage shirt.
Police detectives approached Chisiwapi and informed him of the offence before arresting him.
The law forbids civilians from wearing any camouflage material without permission from authorities.local

Cowed Gweru vendors vacate streets

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Cowed Gweru vendors vacate streets

Itai Muzondo in Gweru

GWERU – Informal traders who previously had steadfastly defied efforts to move them from undesignated selling points – often challenging municipal officials to their face – have eventually caved in following threats from President Robert Mugabe that he will no longer tolerate the disorder on the streets.
The browbeaten vendors began to move out on their own following a notice from Town Clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza warning that stiff measures would be taken against anybody found selling their wares on undesignated sites as from October 22 2017.
A handful of vendors who tried to operate from the same selling points on Monday morning were displaced by riot police.
“Tinozivisa vatengesi vese vemusika vakabva panzvimbo dzavo dzakatarwa kuti vadzokere panzvimbo musi wa 22 October usati wadarika.
“Kubva musi uyu zvichienda mberi, vose vachawanikwa vachitengesera panzvimbo dzisina kutarwa vachasungwa huye zvinhu zvavo zvichatorwa,” reads part of the statement.
Shop owners welcomed the withdrawal of illegal vendors from the streets, saying the vendors’ trade was harming formal businesses through unfair competition.
Recently, City of Gweru mayor Charles Chikozho had stated that council had given up on vendors but the tide suddenly turned when the national police intervened following Mugabe’s condemnation of illegal vending.
Some few weeks ago, vendors who had complied with calls by the city council to relocate to designated sites demonstrated against their counterparts whom they accused of undercutting them by holding onto their illegal selling points in the CBD.
On her recent visit to Gweru, Environment minister Oppah Muchinguri labeled Gweru the dirtiest city in the country.local

Gweru gives nod to $38.6 million budget

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Gweru gives nod to $38.6 million budget

Elizabeth Gwatipedza

…don’t expect any improvement in service delivery, residents told

Itai Muzondo in Gweru

GWERU – City of Gweru this week approved its US$38.6 million budget during a stakeholders meeting held in the Mayor’s Parlour and was quick to tell residents that the money was not enough to improve service delivery.
After a short moment of no response to the mayor’s request to move a motion of budget adoption, one participant finally moved the motion saying there was no need to further argue over the budget.
“You have called us here for nothing new but to approve a budget that we once debated on. There is no need then to further debate but to just approve the budget and see how it performs in the coming year,” said the participant.
As the budget was being presented, Town Clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza warned people not to expect anything new, saying the current budget was only adequate for the maintenance of current operations, and not for the improvement of service delivery.
Her sentiments however come at a time Gweru residents have accused her of being extravagant while the city is struggling to deliver services to residents.
“We should not really expect major developments from this budget as it is not enough to cater for all our arrears. An example is our Zesa debt which sits at $24 million. Once we try to settle that, then our coffers would be empty and I should say Zesa has been very lenient with us.
“That is the same challenge we face in improving other services like water. The pumps cost a lot and with this budget and the current economic situation, we cannot really do anything other than to maintain the already existing infrastructure.
“It would have been a good idea to introduce levies for such services as water and roads so that we have an extra fund to take care of all that. I however heard the finance director saying it was not yet time for that but cities like Chinhoyi and Masvingo have greatly benefited from those,” Gwatipedza lamented.local

Hwiru Primary wins NAC national quiz competition

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Hwiru Primary wins NAC national quiz competition

Clever Taperamoyo

MASVINGO – Hwiru Primary School in Mpandawana has won the National Aids Council (NAC) national quiz competition held at Prince Edward School in Harare.
The competitions saw nine provinces battling it out for the trophy and other prizes but it was Hwiru Primary which performed the best.
Chinorumba High School of Zaka district was also in attendance to represent Masvingo province and they came out fifth in the high schools category.
The Hwiru team put up a spirited performance throughout the competition and outclassed other primary schools such as Murambinda B and Kaguvi to win the trophy, a heavy duty printer and three desktop computers for the school.
Anesu Marwizi, Panashe Musada, Precious Murera and Lizza Tarupiwa won E-readers as individual prizes from NAC, the sponsor.
On Tuesday, the team went and presented their trophy to Masvingo Provincial Education Director (PED) Zedius Chitiga who said the school had set a good example for others.
“We would like to thank the coach of Hwiru Primary School for representing the province with distinction and coming back on top. That can only be achieved through hard work and we understand that the best coach produces the best results,” said Chitiga.
NAC provincial Aids coordinator Evos Makoni said the main objective of funding the competition was to spread awareness on HIV as well as helping to create an HIV-free environment.
Hwiru team coach Tariro Mazonde said the pupils learnt a lot on HIV and Aids from the quiz competition.
“I would like to thank my pupils for their dedication towards the quiz competition. We did better than our previous performance as we had managed to learn from our past mistakes,” Mazonde said.local

Gweru SMEs pleads with city to spare vendors

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Gweru SMEs pleads with city to spare vendors


Shumirai Zhou

GWERU – The Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) recently held discussions with council in an effort to persuade authorities not to remove informal traders from undesignated selling points.
The discussions were held during the SMEs elective Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Gweru Memorial Library where a new executive was voted into office.
Gweru SMEs’ vice chairperson, Joel Tapera Zimuto decried the running battles between vendors and municipal police and urged city fathers to let the people do their work without hindrance.
“There is a fierce war between vendors and council on the issue of the work space. The council should stop evicting street vendors but should rather look for an island in the streets where these vendors can conduct their businesses without any disturbances,” said Zimuto.
Various business clusters under the SMEs banner including leather business, vendors, cross border, commercial, construction and others attended the AGM.
The business clusters’ chairpersons also gave their reports on the current situation in their sector, highlighting the increasingly difficult economy.
The SMEs treasurer Obert William also gave a report saying there was no money in the SMEs coffers. He emphasised the need to intensify revenue collection efforts as a way to improve the executive committee’s efficiency.
SMEs Midlands province secretary general Bigboy Murenga dissolved the committee and took the chairmanship, leading to the election of new members who will be in office till 2020.
The elected new committee comprises Gweru SMEs chairperson Tafadzwa Mazorodze, vice chairperson Joel Tapera Zimuto, secretary Tsitsi Dabga, vice secretary Linda Chimimba, treasurer Obert William, organising secretary Monalisa Matewa and nine committee members.
“As a province, we are happy with the process and it was a peaceful elective AGM. We hope and trust that the new leadership will protect the interest of SMEs at large. We have given the committee all powers necessary to come up with the agreements with banks and other financial institutions in the best interest of SMEs,” said Murenga.business

Gweru family in court for violently resisting eviction

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Gweru family in court for violently resisting eviction

Siyabonga Sayi

GWERU – Three brothers on Wednesday last week appeared before Gweru magistrate Vimbai Makora facing charges of assaulting municipal police during a blitz against illegal vendors in the CBD.
Master Mbeure (25), Kennias Mbeure (21) and Kudakwashe Mbeure (23) of Ascot allegedly assaulted council cops who wanted to confiscate their goods.
The court heard that Master allegedly hit Brilliant Minyamana with a half brick once on head while Kennias assaulted Ratidzo Mpofu. Kudakwashe was accused of assaulting Charles Machangira and Martha Mudamburi.
The trio were remanded out of custody on US$40 bail and will appear in court on different dates.
Master will appear in court on November 13 while Kennias and Kudakwashe will come back to court November 16 and 17 respectively.
It is the State’s case that on October 23, municipal police officers were patrolling the streets to get rid of vendors operating at undesignated sites in the city.
Master is said to have resisted attempts to confiscate his wares before hitting Minyamana with a half brick once on the head.
Kennias allegedly assaulted Mpofu while Kudakwashe hit Machangira and Mudamburi as they resisted arrest.local

MFS, Proplastics train Masvingo artisans

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MFS, Proplastics train Masvingo artisans

Part of the gathering that attended the artisans workshop jointly organised by MFS and Proplastics

TellZim Reporter

MASVINGO – Major Family Savings (MFS) and Proplastics last week hosted a joint workshop for plumbers and engineers in the city as part of efforts to improve product understanding among the artisans.
Proplastics, a leading plumping products manufacturer specialising in the production of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipes, has partnered MFS as their agent in the province and elsewhere.
Speaking at the workshop, MFS general manager Paul Johnson said he was pleased with the workshop which he said will enable the two corporate partners to serve the market better.
“We would like to serve you, to serve you to the best of our abilities. We believe that well-acquainted artisans will give both the investor and the market their money’s worth. Well-informed artisans know how to properly lay down the pipes to specifications.
“A customer can recommend a good artisan to 10 other customers and likewise, a bad artisan can be easily known by 10 other potential clients. This workshop is therefore all about sharing knowledge and exchanging ideas on how to best make use of Proplastics products,” said Johnson.
Proplastics key accounts manager Thomas Jongwe said the company valued the platform as it provided an opportunity for face-to-face interaction with key stakeholders.
“When we build, let’s build to last. That can best be achieved through this kind of interaction. Our pipes are of the best possible quality but we understand the importance of ensuring that the artisan is trained on how best to utilise them for the sake of maximum durability.
“We are excited with our partnership with MFS because they have a wide distribution network and this means you can find Proplastics products at every MFS branch,” said Jongwe.
City of Masvingo Engineer Towanda Gozo, who was the guest of honour, described Proplastics as ‘the city’s all weather friend’.
“As a city, we were once engaged to a supplier who decided to discontinue a product range. What that meant was that the spares needed for our existing infrastructure were no longer being manufactured. We then approached Proplastics and stated our predicament and they agreed to bent over and begin manufacturing those products specifically for us. Such flexibility is hard to get,” said Gozo.
Proplastics was formed in 1965 and most of its pipes that have been laid down over the ensuing decades are still intact underground. The company manufactures water, sewer and irrigation pipes.
“We are happy Proplastics is here because we no longer have to go as far as Harare and Bulawayo to purchase their products. Their PVC pipes are light and can be transported easily from the shop to the site,” Gozo said.business

Bribe-taking Chiredzi traffic cops want victim charged too

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Bribe-taking Chiredzi traffic cops want victim charged too


Anesushe Mamhute

CHIREDZI – Two Chiredzi Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have appeared before Chiredzi magistrate Geraldine Mutsotso facing charges of corruption after allegedly taking US$302 in bribes from the driver of a Mercedes Benz sprinter.
The complainant is Samuel Moyo who resides in Dulibadzimu, Beitbridge.
The accused, who were represented by Norman Mugiya, argued that the complainant should also be charged for corruption as he has admitted to paying the alleged bribe.
According to the State papers, Tenson Chipembere and Cleopas Nhamburo, who both reside in the Chiredzi ZRP police camp, stopped the motor vehicle which was carrying various grocery items at Chisase business centre.
The incident happened on October 30, 2016 along the Ngundu – Chiredzi Road.
They requested the driver, Doge Patsikwa, to produce declaration papers but were not satisfied, leading them to demand that the vehicle be driven by a police officer to Chiredzi Police Station for further ‘investigations’.
The complainant revealed that he had previously been made to deposit money into EcoCash accounts of the accused persons who had consistently been impounding his vehicle to force him to pay bribes.
He went on to supply account numbers where he was previously made to deposit the money
The court also heard that a warrant for search and seizure was done and forwarded to Econet Wireless Zimbabwe for a printout of the transactions that totaled some US$302.
The two were remanded out of custody and will make another appearance on November 27 for continuation of trial.
Chiedza Muhwandawake appeared for the State.local

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