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Shingai Primary School constructs new blocks

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Shingai Primary School constructs new blocks

One of the blocks still under construction at Shingai Primary School

Paida Mukono

28 April 2017, CHIREDZI – Church of Christ-run Shingai Primary School has made strides to improve learning conditions by constructing a state-of-the-art computer laboratory and a Grade One classroom block which will be opened in May this year.
The laboratory block was built at a cost of over US$70 000 and will house 110 desktop computers in two rooms.
Vice chairperson of the School Development Committee (SDC) Jonathan Mupamombe said the current SDC board has managed to preside over the construction of three buildings including the ECD block using the building levy.
“The school has constructed two blocks using the building fund. We have also finished an ECD block which is already in use. There is also a computer lab with two rooms that will be shared by those doing Grade Three going down and Grade Four going up.
We want every child to learn how to use a computer because we are living in the age of technology. We plan to construct another building for Grade 5 pupils to make sure that they all attend morning classes,” said Mupamombe. 
Mupamombe said the school has huge expansion plans and will engage council to be given more land to build new classrooms because enrollment is rising yearly.
 “We are running out of space and we hope our council will find more land for us. We want to give every child a chance to get primary education at our good school,” Mupamombe said.
He also appealed for well-wishers to come on board and help the school with resources to fund its development plans.education

SDA to host health expo in Masvingo

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SDA to host health expo in Masvingo

Members of the SDA cleaning a filthy spot in the CBD

Tatenda Shunyai

28 April 2017, MASVINGO – The Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) will host a health expo in Masvingo on March 19 – 26 at the Civic Centre where people will receive free medical help.
The event will see people receive free medical check-ups and medical testing for various ailments while dental and optical services will also be provided.
Medical consultations and minor operation services will be provided while complex conditions will be referred to hospitals for attention.
Speaking at the pre-health expo meeting held last week at the Civic Centre, SDA National health director, Dr Douglas Mutanga invited people to be part of the expo.
“We are inviting people from all walks of life to come and receive free medical help. People from all walks of life are invited regardless of circumstances.
“People must come for check-ups on time so that they get to know the state of their health early because your health is your wealth,” Dr Matanga said.
The pre-health expo saw church members of the church marching from their respective areas to the Civic Centre followed by a clean-up campaign in the CBD as part of efforts to encourage people to keep healthy surroundings.
The health expo will also offer free medication and give educational tips on health and good living habits.
Men and women’s clinics will also be available to offer medical advice for different health problems that are found in men and women.
The organising committee is also planning to work with Zimbabwe Medical Association (Zima) for the Expo.
In 2015, the SDA hosted similar health expos in Chitungwiza where thousands received free medical help. Another successful medical expo was also held in Gwanda last year.religion

Chivu, Chiredzi accuse Kasukuwere of double standards

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Chivu, Chiredzi accuse Kasukuwere of double standards
Kasukuwere

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Elliot Jinjika

28 April 2017, CHIREDZI – Residents organisations in Chiredzi and Chivhu have criticised Local Government Minister, Savior Kasukuwere of ignoring what they call the rot in the Chiredzi Town Council and Chikomba Rural District Council while ruthlessly descending on all MDC-T dominated councils in the country.
At the centre of the grievances in Chiredzi is the minister’s alleged failure to take action against council despite many irregularities having been unearthed by a ministerial audit team.
When the audit team visited last year, it discovered that councillors had irregularly shared amongst themselves 40 residential stands that they latter resold to third parties at inflated prices.
The team also found that council chairperson; Francis Moyo had been involved in an accident while driving a car he was not supposed to drive.
He allegedly went on to make a false report saying the car was being driven by a council driver.
In Chivhu, Collen Zvarevashe of the Chivhu Residents and Ratepayers Alliance said his organisation was aware of nepotism cases where close relatives of the Chikomba council management had found their way onto the council payroll as ‘interns’.
“There is a lot of corruption and nepotism in our council but it is being ignored. Council offices at Sadza and here in Chivhu have accommodated people who have been employed as interns yet they are not studying. What sort of work-related learning will make one stay at his workplace for more than a year?” queried Zvarevashe.
Chikomba RDC chairperson, Pardon Mudzimu, however, dismissed all allegations of malpractice at the council, saying everything was being properly done.
“There is nothing of that sort at the council. I don’t know about that, ask even the CEO or the HR (manager), they can testify,” said Mudzimu.
He took a swipe at the media for tarnishing the image of council through negative reporting.
Council HR manager, Bullen Chiwara, however, refused to comment, saying only the council CEO and chairperson were allowed to speak to the media.
In Chiredzi, the United Chiredzi Residents and Rate Payers Association secretary general, Bernard Dhachi told TellZim News residents were not happy that Kasukuwere was ignoring the rot while haunting MDC-T councils, the latest being Gweru where he fired Mayor Hamutendi Kombayi.
“There is no accountability in council and corruption cases are being ignored. The minster should come and end the rot in the council with the same vigour with which he is pursuing councils being run by the opposition.
Chiredzi Residents and Rate Payers Association (CHIRRA) chairperson, Jonathan Muusha said they suspect that the minister was keeping his silence because he was benefitting from the rot.
“The investigation team indicated that the accident saga was supposed to be made a police case but nothing has been,” said Muusha.
When contacted for comment, Kasukuwere said he was still working on the report.
“I have just received the report and soon after I finished perusing it, I will give recommendations for the benefit of the people,” said Kasukuwere.politics

Red Cross beneficiaries appeal for extension of aid

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Red Cross beneficiaries appeal for extension of aid

Cephas Shava

28 April 2017, MWENEZI – People who have been receiving monthly allowances from Zimbabwe Red Cross in Mwenezi since October last year have expressed despair as the programme is scheduled to come to an end this month.
The Zimbabwe Red Cross – funded by the British Red Cross through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society – has been helping about 985 households in accordance with the organisation’s schedule.
Ward 14 councillor Admire Matutu thanked the organisation for its charity work in his area but said people were still in need of assistance as the agricultural yields have been affected by recent floods.
“The Red Cross has helped a lot of people in this area but there is still more that needs to be done. It is quite unfortunate that they will be leaving us soon. Our people are desperate.
“A lot of households have been dependent on the initiative and a huge gap will be felt when they are gone,” said Matutu.
Zimbabwe Red Cross provincial programmes manager Fungai Maregedze said chances that the programme will be extended beyond March were slim.
“There were suggestions forwarded to us during our provincial drought relief committee meeting to extend the end of March deadline to May. Though we are willing to prolong the relief aid, it’s highly unlikely that we will be able to go beyond March,” said Maregedze.
The organisation has been giving cash to about 985 households in wards Five, Eight and 14.
Red Cross has been catering for at most five people per poor household with each person getting US$7.health

Twelve-year-old boy hangs self

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Twelve-year-old boy hangs self

TellZim Reporter

28 April 2017, MUTARE – A 12-year-old year old boy from Chisuko Village under Chief Nyashanu in Buhera was last week found hanging on a tree in a suspected case of suicide.
Samuel Masuka was found dead on the tree branch some 100 metres away from his homestead.
Manicaland Police spokesman Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said investigations were underway to reveal what really transpired on the day.
“We received a report following the death of Samuel Masuka who reportedly hanged himself on a tree. Investigations are underway,” said Inspector Kakohwa.
Inspector Kakohwa said that around noon on the fateful day, the boy and his eight-year-old brother went to the cattle pan to milk the cattle.
“Samuel then instructed his brother to drive away the cattle which were grazing close to a maize field but when he returned later on, he found Samuel hanging on a tree branch. He rushed home and informed their grandmother Mavis Vurayayi and she found Samuel dead,” said Inspector Kakohwa.
A police report was made to Muzokomba Police Station and the body of the deceased was taken to Mutare Provincial Hospital for a post mortem.
No foul play is suspected in the case.local

New Gweru mayor calls for unity

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New Gweru mayor calls for unity

Itai Muzondo in Gweru

28 April 2017, GWERU – The newly-elected Gweru mayor, Charles Chikozho last week called for unity in the council as he took time to meet fellow councillors for the first time since taking over from Hamutendi Kombayi.
Speaking to TellZim News after the closed door meeting held at council offices, Chikozho said he gathered the councillors to emphasise the need of working as a team.
“The meeting was a big step forward on how we are going to work as council. I felt it was time I called my councillors to emphasise the issue of unity as I believe team work can bring us good results in rebuilding Gweru’s lost dignity.
“Honestly speaking, this place had fallen into shambles and even respect had become a thing of the past. Imba yacho yanga yangova dongawatonga. I would like to thank the commission for going half way in restoring order and unity in the town house,” Chikozho said.
He also said if unity was attained, all councillors would stand a chance of retaining their posts in 2018.
“Partisan politics must be left at our respective party offices. When we arrive here, I wish to see councillors doing the business of working for residents instead of accelerating political fights as if we come to council to campaign. If everyone supports what I am trying to bring, we all stand a chance to retaining our wards in 2018,” added Chikozho.
Meanwhile, council committees are expected to convene their first full council meeting on March 31 where major decisions on land audits and the complaints of vendors are expected to be made.politics

Mwenezi man beds daughter, infects her with herpes

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Mwenezi man beds daughter, infects her with herpes

Cephas Shava

28 April 2017, MWENEZI – A 59-year-old man who engaged in several sexual encounters with his 14-year-old step-daughter and infected her with genital herpes was recently slapped with a 4-year jail sentence.
Appearing before Magistrate Honest Musiwa, the man, (who cannot be named to protect the minor) of Village 6 Baloyi, Chief Chitanga, was convicted on his own plea of guilty.
The man said he was in “love” with the minor and pleaded with the court to be lenient on him since he was on medication.
“Ndinomwa mapiritsi your worship…,” said he said. The court however told him that he will be given the freedom to take his medication while in prison.
It was the State’s case that some time in December last year, the man took advantage of his wife’s absence from home and proposed love to the 14-year-old step-daughter who accepted the offer. He then had sex with the minor on several occasions with her consent.
The matter however came to light last month after the girl’s mother became suspicious before setting a trap and catching her husband and her daughter having sexual intercourse in her bedroom. She immediately filed a police report leading to her husband’s arrest.
A medical report that was produced in court reveals that the girl engaged in sexual encounters and had developed genital herpes. Willard Chasi appeared for the State.local

Ten years for raping minor

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Ten years for raping minor

Shumirai Zhou

27 April 2017, GWERU – A cattle herder from Munyamani village in Mberengwa was recently sentenced to ten years imprisonment by Gweru Magistrate Morgan Nemadire after he pleaded guilty to raping his employers’ 11-year-old daughter.
Magistrate Gumbo suspended two years on condition that the accused does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
The court heard that man and the girl fell in love in May 2016 and on several occasions, the man lured the minor into his bedroom for sexual intercourse, each time giving her US$1 to buy her silence.
On March 18, 2017 at around 09:00 hrs, the accused requested that the complainant accompany him to a nearby well to fetch some water and she agreed. He then took her to a bush where he stripped her naked and raped her but act was seen from a distance by the minor’s sister who then reported the case to their mother.
After being asked, the minor revealed that the accused had violated her on several incidences and a police report was made leading to the arrest of the accused.
Kelvin Guvheya stood for the State.local

Demystify sex, says ZNFPC

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Demystify sex, says ZNFPC


Memory Rasa

28 April 2017, MASVINGO – The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) Masvingo last week called upon stakeholders to join hands and improve parental sex education to their adolescent children as a measure to minimise teen pregnancies.
Speaking during the provincial Adolescence Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) coordination forum at Chevron Hotel, ZNFPC ASRH manager Kefas Chanana bemoaned the ‘big gap’ between parents and their children.
“Gone must be the days when parents lie to their children that babies are bought at hospitals. Children who get sex education at family level earlier in their lives are the most empowered. Sex is no taboo, so please teach your children,” said Chanana.
Research, Chinana said, showed that 43 percent of adolescents who fall pregnant young have never had any sexuality talk with their families.
Speaking at the same event, ZNFPC Masvingo provincial marketing and communication officer Herbert Chikosi called for girl empowerment through education saying the best contraceptive for a young woman is education.
“Pass rates in some of our districts especially in Mwenezi and Chiredzi are far below pregnancy rates. Let us all work together because adolescence pregnancy has huge psycho-social, economic and health consequences to the nation,” Chikosi said.
The forum dwelt on topics of adolescence fertility study and ASRH strategy with the main vision being that of reducing teenage pregnancy from 24 percent to 12 percent by 2020.
Other stakeholder organisations at the event were Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF), SayWhat, Zvandiri (AfriCaid); Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisationand Empowerment, Bhaso, Regai Dzive Shiri, Ministry of Women Affairs, Young People’s Network (YPN) among others.health

Dembo offspring out to revive great name

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Dembo offspring out to revive great name
Morgan Dembo

Itai Muzondo

28 April 2017, MASVINGO – Two decades after his father’s death, Morgan Dembo, son to legendary sungura musician, the late Leonard Dembo, has revealed that it has always been his wish to fill his father’s big shoes.
The artist, who has been working as a backing vocalist to his brother Tendai, last week released his own album named ‘Jackpot’, which contains two tracks; Jackpot, which is the title track, and Zvinondinetsa.
“Jackpot is a lucky win, a dream come true so the album reflects my desire to be like my father. I have always wanted to be my father. This has inspired my track ‘Zvinondinetsa’ which is a continuation to my father’s ‘Tinokumbira kurarama’.
“The song decries the bondage of sin which hinders progress and it also laments the spirits of poverty, evil and vice. The Lord of Africa promised salvation to the gentiles. He must send forth the Holy Spirit to us all in order to fight the devil,” Morgan said.
The youthful musician expressed his admiration for iconic lead guitarist Innocent Mujintu as well as sungura maestro Alick Macheso whom he said has always been a father figure to him.
“I do not work with anybody from my father’s team but I would be happy to engage the last surviving Barura hero, Innocent Mujintu,” Morgan said.
“My mother is my biggest fan and she says my looks remind her of my late father. Baba Sharo (Macheso) has been my father in the absence of my late father. Macheso has always discouraged me from abusing drugs and urged me to revive my father’s fame, telling me that I have a place among the kings of sungura music,” he added.
Music experts Willard Loti of the then Utakataka Express, and Douglas Inusa of Zim Select were also part of the ‘Jackpot’ project.
Popularly known as Mogiza in the entertainment circles, Morgan has also promised to drop another album in September.entertainment

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