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League pleads with First Lady over Undenge

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League pleads with First Lady over Undenge

Grace Mugabe


Lloyd Shunje in Mutare

MUTARE – Woes continue to mount on under fire Zanu PF Women’s League National Secretary for Administration Letina Undege, with the Manicaland provincial women’s league asking First Lady Grace Mugabe to intervene against her.
Undenge has lately become under fire from the province for allegedly interfering in provincial activities including causing disharmony in the provincial women’s league.
Vice chairperson of the provincial women’s league, Betty Benge said they were asking First Lady Grace Mugabe to reign in Undenge whom she accused of dividing them.
“Mai Undenge has destroyed the party through her interference in provincial structures. We are kindly asking the First Lady to intervene so that we perform our duties diligently. The First Lady should give Mai Undenge an office in Harare to operate from there,” said Benge.
Youth league chairperson Mubuso Chinguno alleged that Undenge was influencing and instructing the party’s national secretary for administration Ignatius Chombo and other top party leaders to have him fired together with youth league secretary for finance Victor Saunyama.
“She is influencing top party officials to have me fired together with our secretary for finance Victor Sauyama. She is also interfering with our activities and this is annoying us,” said Chinguno.
During a Provincial Coordination Committee (PCC) meeting recently, a vote of no confidence was passed on Undenge’s husband; provincial chairperson Samuel Undenge who was accused of working to destroy the party and failing to control his wife.
At the meeting, war veteran Gift Kagweda did not mince his words, openly telling Undenge that he had destroyed the party in the province.
“Chairman, chairman, chairman, we have never witnessed such a mess in this province before. You are dividing us. We told you long back but you professed ignorance.
“Some of you built big houses in America and South Africa using us. Some of us don’t have money, we are poor. You only need us during election time to do your donkey work and after that, you forget about us,” said Kagweda.politics

Chivhu man threatened for burning Zanu PF regalia

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Chivhu man threatened for burning Zanu PF regalia

Elliot Jinjika

CHIVHU – The Nharira man who burnt Zanu PF regalia on Independence Day says he is now living in fear after allegedly receiving threatening text messages and phone calls promising him death if he continues with his actions.
The man burnt the regalia in the middle of a road to protest bad leadership which he blamed for the suffering in the country but he now says he has received threats from what he suspects to be Zanu PF supporters.
“I received calls and sms dzekutyisidzira kubvira musi wandakapisa regalia musi weIndependence. Kutaura kudai ndatumirwa mamessage from four different people but all conveying the same message vachibvunza kuti ndakazviitirei zvekupisa regalia yemusangano. Ndava kurarama in fear for my life and for the safety of my family,” said the man.
The man also claimed that he was a victim of the 2008 political violence that rocked the country and said he was afraid of being targeted again because one of the message allegedly threatens to do that.
“Muna 2008 ndakasangana nenguva isina kumira zvakanaka ndichinzi ndirimutengesi saka ndave kutya kuti zvingandidzokere sezvo ndakanyorerwa kunzi wakapukunyuka 2008 asi wave kuda kuzvipisirisa,” he said.
The man said he was told to delete all the messages that he received and start living an ordinary life without interfering into the politics of the day as it would cost him his dear life.
“I was instructed to delete all those messages and live peacefully without getting involved in politics and I have done that,” the man said, indicating that he no longer wants to attract attention unto himself.local

CiZC fights constitutional amendments

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CiZC fights constitutional amendments

Moses Ziyambi

MASVINGO – Civic society organisations under the

(CiZC) have embarked on a countrywide campaign engaging stakeholders to mobilise resistance against government maneuvres to change the constitution and widen executive powers in matters of appointments to the judiciary.
The coalition is particularly worried by recent government moves to scrap the requirements that candidates for the position of Chief Justice undergo public interviews to prove their suitability as provided for in Section 180 of the Constitution.
The Ministry of Justice wants to amend the clause and vest all powers with the President to make his own appointments by his own discretion.
Speaking at a stakeholders meeting in Masvingo, CiZC programmes manager Thulani Mswelanto said the group had also submitted a petition to Parliament rejecting the proposed constitutional amendments.
“This is to coordinate civil society to oppose proposed amendments to Section 180 of the Constitution. We maintain that the Constitution must be implemented in full before any amendments are considered,” Mswelanto said.
The coalition has already held other meetings in Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare and Gweru to rally support for the cause and is working closely with partners like Abameli Lawyers for Human Rights.
The proposed amendments have sparked wide-spread outrage, with critics saying the repeal of draconian legislation and alignment of non-conforming laws to the new constitution, which the government seems unwilling to do, was more urgent a matter than amendments to Section 180.

Maize thieves caught red handed

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Maize thieves caught red handed

Maize thieves caught in Chivhu


Elliot Jinjika

CHIVHU – Two thieves were last week caught red-handed pillaging a maize field at Liebenberg High School after they were ambushed by Constable Mushangwe Bara of the Chivhu Neighbourhood Watch and three staff members at the school.
The team had received a tip-off from another staff member through WhatsApp.
The staff member who sent the alert had been informed by her neighbours that two unidentified men were loitering around her premises and she later heard suspicious sounds in the school fields, prompting her to alert other staff members using Whatsapp.
Witnesses said the alleged thieves from Hurungwe (names withheld) were reportedly shocked as they did not expect to be ambushed and caught red handed with nowhere to escape.
The duo reportedly became aggressive after being cornered but were met with great resistance from the Constable Bara and his team leading to their arrest before they were taken to Chivhu Police Station.
“We planned an ambush against them. We had to take cover for some time ndokukambaira tichivakomberedza dzimare tazovaunganira kwakubva tabatidza matorch ataive nawo ndokuvabata. They tried to fight us in order to escape but we fought back and managed to arrest them,” said Constable Bara.
A number of unresolved theft cases at the school have made members of the staff apprehensive as they fear losing their hard-earned possessions.local

ZimPF dismisses split reports

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ZimPF dismisses split reports

Kudakwashe Bhasikiti

Upenyu Chaota

The Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party, which has been reported to have split again over leadership wrangle after the appointment of Ambassador Agrippa Mutambara as the interim president, has dismissed the reports as malicious, saying they were united and there was no bad blood at all.
ZimPF recently hogged the limelight all for the wrong reasons once again after the alleged imposition of the interim executive by one faction allegedly led by former Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, a move which was later shot down by another faction allegedly led by party elders Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa.
The Mutasa and Gumbo faction, through their alleged spokesperson Patrick Chitaka, was quick to dismiss the appointments and claimed Bhasikiti and Mutambara had fired themselves from ZimPF.
Speaking to TellZim News soon after a steering committee meeting at the party’s headquarters in Harare on Monday, Bhasikiti, who was appointed secretary for administration in the interim executive, said there were no divisions in their party and everyone was behind the elevation of Mutambara as the new leader.
He said the claims by Chitaka were mere jokes which were misconstrued by the media.
“People say ZimPF has split again because of the appointment of the interim executive which is very disturbing to hear. We are very united and we just got out from a meeting with our elder Gumbo and Mutasa whom they say are leading a faction.
“Nothing of that sort was ever said by them. You seem to have listened to Chitaka’s joke and got swayed by it. How could you just listen to any story?” said Bhasikiti
He said there were no divisions within the party and Mutambara will steer the party to its congress.
“We do not have factions but our detractors want it to appear as such. Both Gumbo and Mutasa support the interim executive and Mutambara will be the president till the party’s congress,” said Bhasikiti.politics

Prison officer haunts camp with mubobobo

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Prison officer haunts camp with mubobobo

Tinomutenda Midzi

MUTARE – A prison officer working at Mutare remand prison is allegedly causing extreme apprehension to women in the camp through mubobobo, it has been said.
A close source who spoke to TellZim News on condition that his name will note be published said the officer was recently caught putting some mysterious substances in the women’s restrooms at the remand prison.
This was reportedly after many women in the camp had raised complaints that they had had dream-like unwanted intimate encounters with the man during the night.
 “He was caught putting some substances in our bathroom and a lot of women had already complained saying they see him in dream-like situations at night coming to have sex with them,” the source said.
Another woman who spoke to TellZim News said the women once approached the suspect’s wife and she reportedly could not even deny the allegations.
Another reliable source said the man was transferred from Rusape prison and Mutare Farm prison after women in those places had raised the same issue.
“This is not new. When he was working at Rusape prison, he was transferred facing the same allegations. He was transferred also from Mutare farm prison because of that the mubobobo thing,” another source said.
Efforts to get a comment from the man were fruitless as his mobile number was not reachable by the time of going to print.local

Chimene takes blame for diamond hoax

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Chimene takes blame for diamond hoax

Lloyd Shunje in Mutare

MUTARE – Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs Mandiitawepi Chimene has taken the blame and apologised on behalf of the Ministry of Mines over false stories of new diamond discoveries that had caused panic in Mutasa Rural District Council (RDC)’s Tsvingwe area.
Despite efforts by the Member of Parliament for Mutasa South Irene Zindi and Mutasa Rural District Council to rubbish the authenticity of the rumours, fears of possible arbitrary eviction engulfed people in the area, forcing Chimene to visit to Tsvingwe last week.
Tsvingwe Residents Association chairperson Weston Makoni expressed displeasure in the manner by which the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) had initially handled the matter.
“We were not informed at first but they just came and said we should remain at home as they would visit, but they did not show up and they passed the same message for the second time and failed to come. We were not happy in this manner because no proper consultations were done to inform the local leadership,” said Makoni.
Speaking during a briefing with the local leadership, Chimene said she was also disappointed with issue and apologised of behalf of the Ministry of Mines.
“I was also disappointed with this issue and engaged the ministry where I was told that there was nothing like that in Tsvingwe. I was told that it’s rather an exercise that is being done nationwide by the ministry carrying out mineral explorations but that was not properly communicated to the people and local leadership.
“There was, for real, a disturbance which caused panic here and I have come to apologise on behalf of the Minister (Walter Chidhakwa) and the Permanent Secretary and assure you that there will be no displacements, so continue with your developments,” said Chimene.
Reports of a whole new diamond find in the area as well as some areas in Nyanga caused immense consternation among the people many of whom still nurse fresh memories of what happened when the Marange diamonds were discovered some 10 years ago.local, politics

Mujuru coming to Masvingo

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Mujuru coming to Masvingo

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MASVINGO – National People’s Party (NPP) president Dr Joice Mujuru will visit the province on May 11 at Maungwa business centre in Gutu South to address a party rally.
According to party officials, the visit is meant to commission the newly-elected provincial and national leadership and to update the people on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that the party signed with MDC-T.
Speaking to TellZim News, senior NPP member Jeffryson Chitando urged people to attend the rally in their thousands.
“All people are invited to attend the rally. This is the beginning of launching our party in the rural areas and the history of the death of Zanu PF will be marked at Maungwa.
“We also urge the youth to register to vote because it is the first step to break the umbilical cord of the Zanu PF stronghold in rural areas and we believe it is the first step to bury Zanu PF once and for all,” Chitando said.
He also went on to say the rally is meant to give an address on the state economy and to launch the 2018 election campaign.local

Man jailed for indecent assault

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Man jailed for indecent assault

Memory Rasa

MASVINGO – A 33-year-old man from Sisk in Mucheke was last week jailed for indecently assaulting a 15-year-old girl by forcing her to masturbate him and ejaculating on her hands without her consent.
Although he pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared before Masvingo Provincial Margistarte Langton Ndokera on April 27, 2016, Kevin Masabayana (33) was found guilty as charged and sentenced to 12 months of which three months were suspended.
It was the State’s case that on March 24, 2016, around 16:00 hrs, the 15-year-old girl had gone to Musabayana’s place of residence where her friend resides as a tenant but did not find her.
When she was leaving, the accused called her saying he wanted to give her his electricity card so that she could give it to her friend who had gone to the shops so that she could buy electricity.
The accused then dragged her into a room and locked the door before forcing the child to squeeze his already erect manhood and later spilled white substance on her hand.
Masabayana then gave the child a cream jacket to put on as she was shivering and told her to keep it saying it was his daughter’s which no longer fits.
The jacket was produced in court as evidence.
Coster Sesenyani prosecuted.local

MDC-T bans social media

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MDC-T bans social media

Morgan Tsvangirai

Upenyu Chaota

MASVINGO – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has warned its members to desist from criticising the progress being made in pursuit of a coalition and strongly defended, in particular, the deal with National People’s Party (NPP) and Welshman Ncube’s MDC.
Many MDC-T supporters in Masvingo still harbour grudges against Joice Mujuru, leader of the NPP, accusing President Mugabe’s former deputy of being instrumental in creating the Zanu PF monster against which many MDC-T supporters have lost limbs fighting.
MDC-T national spokesperson Obert Gutu, however, said no person had the right to undermine Tsvangirai’s efforts.
“President Tsvangirai is personally handling the matter of the coalition. He has been tasked by the National Council which is the highest decision-making body between congresses.
“Our disciplined cadres should not just make negative comments about the whole process because their president is doing all he can to come to the best of terms with other opposition forces,” said Gutu.
He said the party had proper communication channels through which feedback can be made, warning that going to the media and social media platforms to make complaints was not acceptable at any level of the party.
“The president will always brief relevant stakeholders on the progress he would have made. We do not want megaphone politics where everyone gets involved and voice their opinions.
“We want strict discipline from our members during this whole process and we want everybody to rally behind our president. Going to the media to create unnecessary confusion and factionalism will not be tolerated,” said Gutu.
He said it was not the time to pick fights with other opposition forces but was high time everyone put aside differences and work towards building a better Zimbabwe.
“We know there are others who are still bitter at Mujuru but now is not the time to fight amongst ourselves when the real enemy is out there
 “Mujuru may have worked with the system for a long time and has stepped on many toes but right now, our people should bury the hatchet and work towards defeating Zanu PF. The president will accommodate everyone on the negotiating table with one goal of removing Mugabe,” said Gutu.politics,topnews

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