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RCU wins three prestigious awards in a row

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RCU wins three prestigious awards in a row

Professor Francis Gudyanga Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development congratulating Vice Chancellor Professor Wiseman Magwa on the Award

The Reformed Church University (RCU), which is in the final stages of the construction of the US$2 million phase one project of its Main Campus in Masvingo, recently bagged three prestigious awards in less than two weeks.
The University, whose Main Campus is taking shape with the near completion of teaching and learning facilities as well as the administration building, won the Award for Digital Financial Services Innovation, Christian University of the Year Award, and the RCU Vice Chancellor won the Academic Leader of the Year Award for 2017.
The Award for Digital Financial Services Innovation titled, ‘Best Promoter; Digital Financial Services,’ in the academic institutions category, was conferred to the University by the Agent Banking and Digital Financial Services Conference in recognition of RCU’s ‘continuous progressive efforts in promoting, adopting, investing and supporting the use of Digital Financial Services pursuant to sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation in Zimbabwe, in Harare, on 14 July 2017.
Barely 10 days later, RCU, which is owned by the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ), bagged the Christian University of the Year Award, being special recognition for the University in Christian Leadership Excellence & God principled Business Ethics in the Higher & Tertiary Education Industry. The award was conferred to the University in Harare at Rainbow Towers by the Christian Business & Leadership Awards (CBLA) on 24 July 2017.  
At the same event, RCU Vice Chancellor, Professor Wiseman Magwa, won the Academic Leader of the Year Award for 2017, in recognition of his Christian Leadership Excellence & God principled Business Ethics in the Higher & Tertiary Education Industry, completing a phenomenal treble for the University.
On receiving the awards, Prof Magwa said he was humbled and inspired by the important recognition that had been accorded to him, the University and the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe community as a whole.
“These awards are special in that they are coinciding with the current drive of the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, of transforming Zimbabwean universities’ institutional structures and culture in order to effectively drive industrialisation and modernisation of the nation’s economy through research, innovations and business enterprise development.”
The Vice Chancellor noted that the RCU had embraced this call, and furthermore, Information Communication and Technology (ICT) driven pedagogy had been at the heart of the University curriculum.education

N. Richards Group shines at Lowveld awards ceremony

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N. Richards Group shines at Lowveld awards ceremony

N. Richards Director Andrew Chekani (centre) poses for a picture with his staff members and Chiredzi Acting DA Ndeya Nyede (far left) after receiving the award

Groceries and hardware giant N. Richards Group last week went a notch up its glory after winning the Community Choice Wholesaler Award, a recognition of the diversified group’s indelible footprint in Masvingo province and the whole country.
The Lowveld Community Development Awards 2017 edition were held on Saturday last week to honour the highly esteemed hardworking individuals, corporates, governmental and non-governmental institutions from across the country whose vision, leadership, innovation and dedication transform the Lowveld Community into a good place to live, do business and raise families.
N. Richards Group distinguished itself as a reputable enterprise whose presence on the local business scene has brought notable development opportunities in the region.
The group operates a chain of successful wholesale and retail shops that are known for their quality yet affordable products.
Speaking during presentation of the awards that were held at Palm Tree Place Lodge, Enock Shava, who was one of the event directors, praised N. Richards Group for its outstanding performance both as a business employing hundreds of people and as a development stakeholder.
“N. Richards Group has over the years cultivated an impressive reputation as a business organisation of note, employing hundreds, perhaps thousands of people.
“In the Lowveld, in particular, the group is giving hope to many families through employment opportunities. Its wholesale shops and hardwares are renowned for quality yet affordable products. We are proud to give them the honour and we are humbled to be associated with N. Richards Group,” said Shava.
Ordinary people also praised N. Richards Group saying the business deserved the award as it had shown commitment to the Lowveld for several decades.
“This is our shop, and I can’t even tell how many people are getting livelihoods out of the business. The company has a good policy of hiring locals and has long-running Buy Zimbabwean policy. Their shops are stocked with mainly locally-made goods to support our industry,” said Chengeto Murivari of Tshovani Township.business

Man boasts for raping daughter

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Man boasts for raping daughter

Elliot Jinjika

CHIVHU – In a combined act of lawlessness, immoral and uncultured behaviour, a Chivhu man had no better means of quenching his insatiable sexual appetite than raping his own blood daughter claiming that she is too sexy and cute to resist.
The 39-year-old father, who resides in Chief Mashayamombe area in Chivhu had the guts to tell the whole honourable court that his daughter was too sexy to resist having sexual intercourse with when he appeared before magistrate Fadzai Mutombeni facing rape charges.
The man, who cannot be identified to protect the victim, made the disturbing confession when he appeared in court facing allegations of raping his own 20-year-old daughter.
“She is the one who started it all; seducing me time after time and considering how sexy she is, I could not resist the chance of having sex with her. It was not a forced thing but something we agreed upon,” he said.
The State, led by Nicholas Mabvongodze, alleged that one night in April 2015, the two, who used to live on their own after the man divorced his wife, had a misunderstanding after the father had asked for sexual favours from her.
The father, nonetheless, got into her daughter’s blankets in the kitchen where she slept and forced her to have sex with him before threatening to kill her should she reveal the offence to anybody.
It is alleged that the abuse continued thereafter until September 2016 when the daughter was taken to Norton to live with her aunt.
It was in Norton that the she told her aunt about her experiences and a report was made to the police leading to the man’s arrest.
In his defence outline before the courts, the father claimed that her daughter seduced him and he could not resist the temptation.
The case was due to continue in the Chivhu Magistrates Court by the time of going to print.local

Priest impregnates Musiso High pupil

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Priest impregnates Musiso High pupil

Brighton Chiseva

ZAKA – A form three pupil (name supplied) was on Tuesday discharged from Musiso Hospital where she had been battling for her life after she allegedly tried to commit suicide by drinking poison.
The pupil had reportedly gone through a traumatic experience after it was discovered that she was pregnant allegedly by a trainee priest at the Catholic-run institution.
It is alleged that the affair came to light when the pupil’s father discovered that his daughter had a smartphone which the priest had bought for her, and he was able to go through some revealing massages.
Close sources said the priest would often be seen canoodling with the girl at the grinding mill close to the priests’ quarters at odd hours of the day.
 “The trainee priest bought her a phone and sim card which he registered in his name but the girl revealed everything when she was beaten by her father,” said.
After some resolutions to send the girl away and bury the matter, the girl is said to have drank poison as she could not stand the humiliation.
Another source said the trainee father will soon be expelled from the institution.
The matter comes hot on the heels of another case involving a form four female pupil at the same school who allegedly was involved in an affair with a teacher at the same school.
Disciplinary action is yet to be taken against the teacher.local

Junior Driving School introduces Class 3

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Junior Driving School introduces Class 3

With this car people living with disabilities can register with Junior Driving school and be their own drivers


…automatic car for people with disabilities

TellZim Reporter

Junior Driving School has done it again! This time with the introduction of Class 3 driving lessons as well as an automatic car meant for people living with disabilities.
This makes Junior Driving School the first driving school in the province to offer lessons for all road traffic vehicles under one roof.
The latest introduction means that for only US$100, one is guaranteed the right to drive any motorcycle, regardless of type and size.
Dubbed the ‘Oxford University’  of driving owing to its unparalleled services and successes, Junior Driving School is inspired to address the driving needs of all people by bringing a one-stop driving shop for the whole southern region.
As recently as mid-2016, the driving school only offered classes 4 and 2 but it went on to raise the bar by introducing Class 1 and now Class 3, all within a short period of time.
Moved by the desire to make everyone their own drivers, Junior Driving School has also introduced the automatic vehicle which is tailor made for people living with disabilities so that they too can drive themselves on the roads.
Junior Driving School director Noah Marima said they were determined to make sure that there remains no unlicenced driver on the country’s roads.
“We started with classes 2 and 4 before upgrading to Class 1 when we bought our bus so the thrust is to make sure that motorists and prospective motorists are given the skills needed for them to drive safely and in accordance with the law.
“We are pleased that we have now managed to respond to our community’s need for Class 3 which deals with training people on how to ride motorcycles,” Marima said.
He said the driving school was proud that it had also responded to calls to accommodate people living with disabilities by making available the automatic vehicle which was tailored to suit their special needs.
 “People living with disabilities especially in this part of the country did not have a chance to be their own drivers but that is now a thing of the past. With the new car, they can now come and register with us so that they do not let other people drive them,” said Marima.
In Masvingo, Junior Driving School and others used to share only one test yard which had become congested but Junior Driving has since found its own training yard near the provincial show grounds where its students have amble time to practise without any hassles.
“We have escaped the congestion at the old training yard by securing a piece of land which is exclusively reserved for students of Junior Driving School.
“Our students will have the real road experience because when they drive to the yard, they will be sharing the road with other road users, an experience which improves their experience,” said Marima.
Junior Driving School has also spread its wings to peri-urban areas and growth points of Masvingo where oral lessons are offered to prepare students for their provisional licences.local

Zimuto whiz kid designs banking software

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Zimuto whiz kid designs banking software

Salim Zulu presenting the TLC software last week

…impresses RBZ, Higher Education ministry
Moses Ziyambi

MASVINGO – Salim Zulu, an Upper Six pupil at Zimuto High School has copyrighted a banking software which he designed as part of his own innovations to increase convenience in banking processes and to bring an end to cash queues.
The 18-year-old Zulu developed his software, called TLC, starting last year and has already had an opportunity to present it to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and he hopes he will get the necessary support to successfully commercialise it.
Zulu, who is a beneficiary of the government’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) initiative, is studying Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ)-run high school.
Last week, he was given an opportunity to present his intellectual property at a business luncheon on the role of STEM and universities in industrialisation and modernisation.
TLC is a national payment system, a banking service more specifically, which gives one the chance to enjoy bank card payments free of charge.
Merchants will be able to receive card payments on their phones using the TLC application (App) that will replace swiping machines, a convenience which is expected to dominate business payments on public transport systems (kombis) and on the informal market (musika).
This means that the bank card will have been linked both to the actual bank account and a TLC virtual account, with the TLC service working as a wallet.
TLC merchants are given the TLC application which they use to process any customer payment services.
Funds in the actual bank account are transferrable to the TLC wallet and once funds are in the wallet, one will now be in a position to enjoy uncharged payments – no swiping charges and no processing charges.
The service will be subscription-based with only 0.5 percent of the amount transferred from the actual bank account to the TLC wallet taken as the service subscription fee, for instance, if one transfers US$500, a mere US$2.50 would be taken.
Card payments are able to be processed on phones without swiping machines because of the QR scan system which is used. Alternatively, the customer can use an Unstructured Serial Services Data (USSD) menu but the transaction will require manual entry of the card number instead of simply scanning the code.
What one just needs to make payments is to have a TLC-upgraded card and the merchant will enter the required amount using the TLC App and then scan the QR code before the cardholder enters his/her pin to authenticate the transaction.
“If I get the required amount of money to launch the system, bank queues will disappear and the system will raise enough money to sustain itself without reaping off its clients. Part of the profits made will be channeled to commercialising other products like a vegetable cutter being developed at the school.
“The service seeks to employ 150 agents at launch and lead the drive towards industry 4.0 which is being driven by STEM,” Zulu said.
Zulu, who thanks his school for supporting him, is currently working on other software projects that he hopes will transform the identification of patients at hospitals through a secure national database of people and their medical conditions.education

Minister shames State Universities

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Minister shames State Universities

Dr Gandawa stresses a point at the luncheon

Stop recruiting for profit

Moses Ziyambi

MASVINGO – Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Dr Godfrey Gandawa last week railed against state universities that are recruiting ‘more than necessary’ arts, humanities, and social sciences students, saying more attention should rather be given to science-related disciplines that create employment.
In his lengthy presentation at a business luncheon on the role of STEM and universities in industrialisation and modernisation at a local hotel last Wednesday, Dr Gandawa did not mince his words in his condemnation of the mass recruitment of arts, humanities and social sciences students, arguing that their opportunities on the job market were fast dwindling.
He said he was leading a transformation agenda; telling his audience, who included university vice-chancellors, other academics and representatives from the industry, that there was absolutely no justification for enrolling thousands of such students every semester when the global economy is increasingly becoming nano-technological.
He specifically took aim at the archaeology degree being offered at various state universities, arguing that there was no vibrant archaeology industry in Zimbabwe to warrant current enrollment levels.
“Are we not contributing to unemployment through the massification of humanities graduates? What’s informing our enrollment when there is no communication between industry and universities?
“Concentrate more on the practical, technical, scientific and vocational skills which I feel will close the gap between need and available jobs. If we don’t do that, if we concentrate on this ‘elitist’ kind of education, where we should be good at speaking good English to do anything, we will continue to create problems for this country.
“Are we creating the industries? No, we are creating the toyi-toyi guys. What we have done is; because somebody just wants a degree, the university wants money, we recruit. Seriously, we are causing problems to this nation,” said Dr Gandawa.
He warned permanent secretary in the Higher Education ministry, Professor Francis Gudyanga that he had a ‘mammoth’ task to reverse the trend.
He also queried the quality of professionals being churned out by universities yearly, saying the curricula was far too way behind, leading to the production of a workforce which he said was hardly competent to understand the dynamics of a fast changing world.
“I maintain our universities are not training for the future but are mainly training for the past and, if we are lucky, for the present….Is the lawyer we are training today able to defend me in a court of law dealing with cloud computing, data analysis and cybercrime?
 “Our social science theory is divorced from a world functioning that is riding on science and technology. We have an educational system which fails to impart skills that are required by industry and more often than not, industry has to retrain graduates. They have the theory but no practical skills,” said Dr Gandawa.
His words were supported by the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) CEO Fredrick Mandizvidza who said the country cannot run on huge numbers of arts and humanities graduates.
“We are looking at jobs of the future through the STEM programme. The kind of skills that we anticipate to be equipped into these young people, are skills for jobs of the future, not for jobs of today because the world out there is moving and moving very fast,” said Mandizvidza.
In July 2015, Higher and Tertiary Education minister Professor Jonathan Moyo called for a review of the tertiary education system, saying universities were churning mostly ‘unemployable’ commercials and humanities graduates with ‘irrelevant’ degrees that do not speak to market demands.local

Of China shops that decline EcoCash and Swipe

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Of China shops that decline EcoCash and Swipe

Nxaa! Mapombi once told you kuti this Look East policy brings nothing but problems to Zimbabwe mhani. What else have we benefited from China except those mega deals, which never came to fruition after all.
President Mugabe made some of our Cdes to believe that the Chinese were going to turn our economic fortunes for the better yet they are here to loot vobva vaenda havo nema US dollars ese. We have witnessed several front page stories by the state media about mega deals and the Dangote stories but chakazobuda chii? Hapana.
And now we are even blaming sanctions and the West for sabotaging our Look East policy kkkkkkkkkkkk baba vangu iwe seka zvako Mapombi of the unknown totem.
We should chase these people away because they are looting our resources. We all know what happened in Marange diamonds – they looted all the diamonds and we even failed to account for $15 billion? Musaita zvekutambazve imi kuti $15 billion yongoshaikwa. MaChina kuita madiro nemaDiamonds vagari vekwaChiyadzwa vachitambura. Haa musadaro vakomana hamunyare makaita seiko?
As if that is not enough, the Chinese are now looting US dollars kuenda nawo ari muma bags and trunks. Go around the town in all China shops they are strictly accepting cash and no EcoCash, Swipe or RTGS. Mapombi was got into one of the China shops along Hofemeyer Street achida hake kutenga maputi ake for lunch and she asked kuti munobvumawo EcoCash or swipe here zvikanzi bodo tongoda cash chete.
All other local shops and supermarkets are accepting plastic money for the ease of doing business but maChina haade zvakadaro; what they want is cash so that vanoisa mumasaga voenda nayo. Mapombi is afraid even maBond Notes vachaenda nawo kuChina ikoko because they are missing big time.
Mapombi would want to appeal to those in high offices to visit these China shops and find out why they are not accepting plastic money. Mapombi also discovered that they even have swipe machines but they don’t use them unless if the customer threaten them – manje kuitawo here ikoko.
Do we all need to wear suits and dark glasses so that they can accept swipe or EcoCash from us? Imagine if OK or Pick n Pay was doing that, maCivil Servants airarama here? Of course isu vana Mapombi were not going to have any problem because kwedu kwaGrace Mugabe Trading Centre uko totodawo cash chete kkkkkkkk.
Anyway, we hope vema office makuru will tell these Chinese-run shops to shape up or ship out. Ngavatiitire mushe kana vasingade zvemuno ngavadzokere kuchinyika chavo. After all they are of no benefit to us except kungozvarisa vana sisi nevanin’ina vangu. Nxaa!
By the way how is madam boss doing after that freak accident at Harare Airport? At least I warned her musazoti Mapombi haana kutaura – Team Lacoste iri kutoda musoro waJohwani mundiro chaimo. But it never rains but pours for Dr Amai; Mapombi heard kuti vana musikanzwa vanyanya paJoni apa ukaona vanhu vosvika pakudzingwa pavanogara hahahahahaha. Ngaisiye matambo.
It’s almost lunch time guys let me go ndindozvikangira hangu maputi angu ndakazvinyararira. These days rotten bananas are difficulty to come by dai chando chachipera better kuda zuva ringapisa mabanana akaora tikararamawo.
Mapombi heard Mphoko and Mnangagwa hazvichaonani zveshuwa. By the way, Tyson was in town this week – the guy is still in charge I must say.  Mugabe akatokanganwa zvake kuti kune pending case yaTyson which was referred to the presidium. Kkkkkkk zvinoita kukura vakomana kana kuti ndokutotamba politics dzacho? Hameno. Handei tione. Mboko imboko!mapombi

Tafadzwa Shumba to represent Masvingo scouts in Germany

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Tafadzwa Shumba to represent Masvingo scouts in Germany

Tafadzwa Nkata Shumba (left) poses for a photo with Masvingo NSO provincial commissioner Silvester Chin’anga

Brighton Chiseva

MASVINGO – Masvingo Scouting Association has selected 23-year-old Tafadzwa Nkata Shumba to represent the province among the Zimbabwean scouts contingent which left the country yesterday (Wednesday) for Germany where they will spend the next 14 days.
Shumba, who is the provincial rover scouts leader, joined nine other rover scouts who are heading to the European country representing their scouting provinces.
Speaking to TellZim News before his departure, Shumba said being nominated for the opportunity was a privilege and was proud to represent the province and the nation.
“Being invited and nominated was a real privilege and a once in a lifetime opportunity so I am proud to be representing my nation and I am proud to be a member of the Zimbabwe National Scouts Organisation (NSO),” Sibanda said.
He said the trip will contribute to his wealth of experience as a scout due to the many fruitful activities that he will be exposed to during his time in Germany.
Masvingo NSO provincial commissioner Silvester Chin’anga said he was confident that Sibanda will represent the province well.
“We have no doubt the boy will raise the Masvingo and Zimbabwe flags high and make us proud. I have confidence in him and whatever he will learn there is not going to be for himself alone but for the growth of the whole scouting movement,” said Chin’anga.
Shumba is a beneficiary of a German scouting programme that is organised every four years as a way of sharing experiences with scouts from other countries.
This year’s programme is expected to host about 4 000 scouts from Germany and 500 from elsewhere.local

Doug Hill Schools Drama Festival sprouts to life

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Doug Hill Schools Drama Festival sprouts to life

TellZim Reporter
This year, Masvingo Theatre and Arts Club launches the first edition of the Doug Hill School Drama Festival yet again.
The festival will run from August 01-02 in the graceful ambience of the Charles Austin theatre.
The festival will witness riveting acts from eleven various schools from all over Zimbabwe. Some of the schools that will take part in the festival include Evelyn Girls High, Victoria High School, Gifford, Shingirirayi, Dewure and Pamushana.
This year, it has been decided that the festival will not adopt a theme as a way of encouraging creativity among young aspiring theatre practitioners.
The programme will be very rich with workshops that will be presided over by professionals to nurture young artists to become theatre gurus in the mould of Hill himself. To offer variety and excellence in the spirit of the festival, Masvingo Music Awards winner Alchemy will perform live, alongside renowned guitarist Maramba.
The Masvingo Theatre and Arts Club will showcase a masterpiece performance of Born Free.
Charles Austin Theatre artistic director Mike Banda said preparations were going well and was confident that this year’s event will exceed expectations.
“We are also happy to have the support of Nhimbe Trust in celebration of the ever-growing, unwavering commitment of Mr. Hill in the theatre history of Zimbabwe.
“I also hope that this young generation will be able to learn a lot from this festival and that they will be able to use theatre to transform the society just like Mr Hill did,” said Banda.entertainment
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