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Motorists complain over Rutenga – Buchwa roadblocks

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Motorists complain over Rutenga – Buchwa roadblocks

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Davison Marenga

ZVISHAVANE – The Rutenga – Buchwa Road has seen a sharp decrease in the number of public transport operators due to increased police roadblocks that members of the public say are scaring away business, leading to transport shortages and a rise in fares.
The road has probably the densest roadblock concentration in the province with police mounting more than five blocks on a 20km stretch of the road, a situation that operators say is milking them dry and causing unmanageable losses.
Some commuters told TellZim News that they now face challenges in getting public transport due to the limited number of operators available.
They also said also said the few available vehicles doing business on the route are now overcharging to make up for the money that the police take from them.
“The police are making our lives hard as they are taking too much money from these operators. How can they mount roadblock every 4km and demand money at each stop?” quipped one disgruntled commuter.
Another one said the police must do their work with reasonable restraint if the public is to benefit from the supposed law-enforcement operations.
“It is a bad situation when the police are hated more than the petty thief on the streets. People have seen that the roadblocks are there more as a fundraiser than a sincere measure to tackle lawlessness on the roads,” said the commuter.
Police have always maintained that opposition to roadblocks were misplaced and were motivated by criminal intent although there have been credible complaints from different quarters even to the effect that the roadblocks were negatively affecting investment and tourism in the country.local

Beitbridge urges residents to pay bills as water crisis loom

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Beitbridge urges residents to pay bills as water crisis loom

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BEITBRIDGE – The Beitbridge Town Council has urged residents to pay their bills to avert severe service delivery challenges as authorities grapple with problems in the provision of sufficient water.
Council says the town’s water problems stem from lack of funds caused by low payment for services by residents.
Beitbridge Town Council Public Relations Officer (PRO) Raniel Ndou said people who are not paying water bills are making life difficult for the council which still needs to pay the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) for water services.
 “It is hard for council to pay Zinwa when residents are not paying their bills. The water authority is therefore forced to ration its water and residents will end up suffering from water shortages,” said Ndou.
He also said the local authority is forced to take extreme measures against rates defaulters not out of will but out of the need to raise money to fund service delivery.
“We often end up being forced to take measures like cutting supplies for those who are not paying their bills with the hope that we can make them to pay. We do not want to do this as we want to live in harmony with our people.
“We are therefore calling our residents to pay their bills and help us prevent the worsening of water shortages.  There is no way we are going to be able to pay Zinwa when our residents are not paying their dues,” Ndou said.local

Redwing Mine workers evicted

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Redwing Mine workers evicted
Some of the evicted former Redwing Mine employees

Nashe Mahachi

MUTARE – Some 87 former Redwing Mine employees and their families have become destitute over night after they were evicted from the company houses in which they have been living for years.
Workers who spoke to TellZim News said that their properties were damaged to prolonged exposure outdoors.
One former worker in Liverpool area who declined to be named said he was shocked when he returned home to discover that his family was outside with their belongings.
“They just came and threw us out and locked the doors. Now we are sleeping on the verandahs. These people are heartless. They do not even care about our welfare and the number of years we have served here.
“The company used to deduct money which they said they will buy us houses when we retire. Nothing was done,” the employee said.
“It is so sad. We have been working here for years. I’m a foreigner. I came to Zimbabwe 40 years ago. All my children were born while I was here. The bosses at the mine told us that we will get houses upon retiring. Now they are telling us to vacate the houses. I have nowhere to go,” said another worker of Malawian origin.
Public Relations manager at Redwing Mine, Ranga Mberi said he was not aware of any housing schemes and contributions that may have been entered into between the former workers and the company.
“Metallon Corporation follows all legal due processes in treatment of staff that leave the company. Metallon and all its subsidiaries including Redwing Mine take seriously its obligations to current or former members of staff.
“All necessary steps including due notice and provision of other assistance have been taken prior to retired members of staff departing from company accommodation.
“Metallon Corporation is not accountable for any housing schemes and contributions that may have been entered into between the former members of staff and any third parties.
“Metallon is confident that Redwing Mine met all its obligations and management remains available to dialogue with former employee on any issue if required,” said Mberi.local

Women Breaking Barriers – Tendai Matongo, City of Masvingo mechanic

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Women Breaking Barriers – Tendai Matongo, City of Masvingo mechanic

Charles Maregere

“No matter the attitude of your co-workers, there is still the general public out there. There is always shock the first time people hear about your profession. There is always request to explain ‘how come?’ as if there must be an incredible backstory to your choice.
“There is always sexism and misunderstanding to some degree. Much of it comes from the simple fact that a layperson is not familiar with the details of a mechanic’s profession, and you’ve got stereotypes coming in from every corner, doubling when mixed with gender,” says Matongo, who has been with the City of Masvingo as a mechanic for almost 14 years now.
“I have always had a fascination with fixing things. As a teenager who had just finished high school, I thought I should really go for it. As an empowered woman who was not afraid of learning what she is not traditionally taught, I completed my training at Masvingo Poly Technical College.
“I think there are so few women mechanics because it’s a stereotypical male environment, but I plan to change that. There is no reason women can’t do it. It’s not about brute strength. There is a tool for everything. In fact, women have certain characteristics that make them perfect for the trade. Women are dexterous and patient, they have less of a tendency to throw a spanner across the room. To young girls out there I would like to tell you that this is actually quite a cool job. The more women that do it, the more other women will see it as good option.
“In line with all that, women should remain firm and focused in order to achieve their goals in the profession,” Matongo says.

Women Breaking Barriers – Transmission mechanic, Maina Musekiwa

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Women Breaking Barriers – Transmission mechanic, Maina Musekiwa

Charles Maregere


Often, the term transmission refers simply to the gearbox that uses gears and gear trains to provide speed and torque conversions from a rotating power source to another device.
The most common use is in motor vehicles, where the transmission adapts output of the internal combustion engine to the drive wheels. Such engines need to operate at a relatively high rotational speed, which is inappropriate for starting, stopping, and slower travel.
The transmission reduces the higher engine speed to the slower wheel speed, increasing torque in the process. Transmissions are also used on pedal bicycles, fixed machines, and where different rotational speeds and torques are adapted.
Musekiwa says a transmission often has multiple gear ratios or simply “gears” with the ability to switch between them as speed varies. This switching may be done manually by the operator or automatically. Directional forward and reverse controls may also be available especially in motor vehicles.
 The Masvingo based Musekiwa, who has been in the industry for the past 20 years, says though both men and women have equal senses, its painful to see that there are some men who still look down upon female professionals
She also makes it clear that it is even more painful when women car owners look down upon female mechanics saying women’s lack of access to funding opportunities makes them fail to start their own service shops.
“The biggest hurdle women entrepreneurs’ face when starting a business is the challenge of raising capital. Investors naturally give less consideration to business women and I can’t really understand the reason for this.
“It’s easier for business men to raise capital than for women to do the same unless the woman has exceptionally proved her competence and credibility over time. Women entrepreneurs find it difficult to obtain a bank loan because investors and bankers inaccurately consider them to be a higher risk investment,” said Musekiwa.

Devine Oasis College unstoppable

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Devine Oasis College unstoppable
Devine Oasis College students and staff members

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ZVISHAVANE – Devine Oasis Christian College has made its presence felt with an imposingly attractive red and black look which is irresistible for anyone travelling in the direction of Mandava shopping centre.
The college’s enrolment in Zvishavane has now grown from 90 students last year to 150 this year and its branches in Chivi and Gokwe are also doing wonders.
Prosperous Saureya, an English language and History teacher at the college, said the secret behind the college’s success was, among other things, the competence of its teaching staff.
“The college boasts highly qualified teachers who love their jobs. I have really enjoyed my profession for all the two years since I have been here and I am happy that I have produced some distinctions during this period.
“Our fees are very affordable, reflecting our desire to educate the community more than we like to make profit out of it. That is the reasons why our enrolment is rising,” said Saureya.
Geography and Religious Studies teacher, Belinda Dzoro said she was proud to be part of an educational institution that values quality education.
“We don’t discriminate at all; we accept even repeaters and pupils who would have been rejected by other schools due to poor grade seven results. We also want to produce the best out of pupils who would have performed poorly at ‘O’ Level and we always nurture them to pass with flying colours,” Dzoro said.
Ashera Bamule, a lower six student, said she was happy to be associated with Devine Oasis Christian College because, when people least expected, she managed to pass her ‘O’ Levels with 3As, 4 Bs and one C.
Another student, Ottilia Vambisa came as a repeater but managed to pass with 5 As and 2 Bs and is now a lower six student at the college.
Brighton Chibaya, who is doing his upper six, got 4 As, 3 Bs and one C. “I thank Devine Oasis College very much and the director Mr. Vherukai. If I had not got the chance to be here, surely I would not have managed to pass,” said Chibaya.education

Man arrested while showing off stolen property

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Man arrested while showing off stolen property


Davison Marenga

ZVISHAVANE – The urge to show off in front of women recently landed a Zvishavane man in hot soup after he was arrested by the police after failing to prove that the gadgets he was in possession of were actually his.
Ellington Gumbo (24) left the gallery at the Zvishavane Magistrate Court in uncontrollable laughter after he told the Presiding Magistrate Lyn Manyika that he only took the iPad and a cannon camera only to show off to his girlfriend and was not intending to keep the things.
“I did not steal the items but took them only to impress my girlfriend whom I wanted to show that I had expensive things and was on my way home to return them when I was intercepted by the police,” Gumbo told the court.
Magistrate Manyika sentenced Gumbo to 20 days in prison or alternatively to pay a fine of US$100 before the first day of June.
It was the State’s case that on the May 17, 2017, Gumbo broke into the house of his boss, Thomas Svikore, who had gone to Mutare on a business trip and took an Apple iPad and a cannon camera valued at US$800 before vanishing.
He however ran out of his ‘luck’ after he was stopped for questioning by police details who were patrolling in Mandava around 23:00 hrs.
It was then found that he had some gadgets which he failed to produce proof that they were his, leading to his immediate arrest.
This was after the police had interrogated him and got confessions from Gumbo who revealed that he had taken the goods from his boss’ bedroom.  
Stanley Ncube prosecuted.local

Minors torch hut, kill toddler

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Minors torch hut, kill toddler

Nashe Mahachi

MUTARE – A two-year-old toddler was burnt to death after her six-year and seven-year-old brothers torched a thatched hut while the baby was inside.
The now diseased baby was identified as Zelma Mudyariwa of Mutsiyabako village under Chief Zimunya.
Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said the minor sustained severe burns on face and stomach.
He said Zelma’s mother Edith Kapfumvuti went to the garden leaving the minor in the company of her brothers aged six and seven.
The two children then took a burning log from the fire place and lit the thatched house while the diceased was inside before running away.
The children heard Zelma crying and one of them ran and rescued her but it was too late as she had sustained some severe burns on face and stomach.
The toddler’s father Pfungwa Mudyariwa rushed her to Mutambara Mission Hospital where she succumbed to burns the following morning.
Inspector Kakohwa urged parents and guardians to leave their children in custody of mature people to avoid unnecessary loss of life.local

Zvishavane woman scalds niece with boiling water, saved from jail

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Zvishavane woman scalds niece with boiling water, saved from jail

Shumirai Zhou

ZVISHAVANE – A 30-year-old woman residing at House Number 84, Mandava, was last week convicted for pouring hot water on her niece but was freed from the prospect of jail by the Zvishavane Magistrate Court.
Mtandazo Dube had pleaded guilty to charges of assault as defined in Section 89(1) (a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9:23 when she appeared before Magistrate Shepherd Mnjanja.
The magistrate, however, commuted Dube’s prison sentence to community service after considerations that she was nursing her 10-months-old baby and after the victim had pleaded that she be set free.
Mjanja identified Dube as a heartless woman who could have served the jail term had it not been for the given considerations.
She will therefore have to perform 12 weeks of community service at Gresham High School to make up for the 12 months imprisonment that still remained after Mnjanja had suspended three months of the prison term on condition that she does not commit a similar offence over the next three years.
Prosecutor Monica Mungwena told the court that on May 5, 2017 at around 19:00 hrs, the accused and her niece Grace Muturure (16), who is a form three pupil at Zvishavane High School, were involved in a heated argument over alleged gossip on the part of Dube.
It was heard that due to anger, Dube took a tin of boiling water and emptied it onto the complainant’s body.
The victim sustained severe blisters all over her body and was carried to Zvishavane District hospital before the arrest of Dube.local

Helen McGhie’s Zengeya calls it a day

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Helen McGhie’s Zengeya calls it a day

Horuno Herbert Zengeya

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A massive party was last weekend held in honour of former Helen McGhie Primary School head Horuno Herbert Zengeya who has gone into retirement after 16 years at the helm.
During his time, the government primary school was transformed into one of the most outstanding, cleanest and well reputed schools.
It also became the choicest primary school for many parents in Masvingo with a place at the school for one’s child becoming an increasingly coveted prize.
Zengeya is also credited with putting up modern facilities like state-of-the-art classroom blocks and a soon to be completed palisade perimeter fence to improve security for school children.
His zero tolerance to littering won the school tributes for the cleanest surroundings in the city.
The farewell party was organised through contributions made by parents, local businesses and members of staff.
Masvingo Provincial Education Director (PED), in a speech delivered on his behalf by a representative, praised Zengeya for a sterling performance as school head.
“He has seen Helen McGhie become the academic powerhouse in Masvingo province and Zimbabwe at large. Mr Zengeya raised the school pass rate to above 90 percent since he became Head of Helen McGhie School in 2001,” said Chitiga.
New Helen McGhie school head Sheila Deve praised Zengeya for putting the school on the map through hard work.
“Our school boasts excellent academic results and the facilities are unmatched, thanks to the tireless efforts of Mr. Zengeya. We recognise and honour the hard work and commitment he invested in the school,” Deve said.
School Development Committee (SDC) chair Tinashe Mutema described the occasion as a bittersweet moment.
“Though we are sad to say goodbye to our beloved school headmaster, Mr Zengeya, popularly known as Khule Zex, we are happy that he would finally have some precious time for his family and friends,” said Mutema.
In his speech, Zengeya had words of praise for staff and everybody whom he worked with during his successful tenure as school head.
“They rewarded me with 16 full years free of stress as head of Helen McGhie School. That’s why I never fell ill for a single day for the 16 years I headed Helen McGhie School,” said Zengeya.
The event was attended by many dignitaries including City of Masvingo Mayor Hubert Fidze, Masvingo DSI Ishamel Chigaba, his Chivi counterpart; Tererai, former PED Fadzai Jirivengwa  as well as many school heads and business people.education

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