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Form one boy hangs self after abuse form grand parents

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Form one boy hangs self after abuse form grand parents

Brighton Chiseva

ZAKA – A Form One pupil who failed to gather all his grandparents’ livestock from the veld hanged himself last week after being instructed not to return home unless he finds all the cattle.
Godsave Chaza, of Gumbire village under Chief Bota, was a pupil at Rudhanda High School and is said to have been severely traumatised by continuous abuse from his grandparents who were his guardians.
On a certain day, the boy is said to have failed to find one beast and was warned not to return home the next time he fails to locate all the cattle.
On the second day, the boy is said to have failed to find the whole herd and decided to take his own life for fear of his grandparents.
On the fateful day, he had met some friends who were going to school and told them that he was going to look for the cattle.
It is alleged the boy had previously confronted his grandparents demanding to know his father.
There are several reported and unreported cases of child abuse in the poor district of Zaka and many people believe authorities are not doing enough to protect the rights of children.
Recently, TellZim News wrote a story of a grandmother who was said to have sexually abused two minors but she is reportedly still walking free while a disabled man is accused of sexually abusing his stepdaughter but nothing has reportedly  been done to him.news

Mugabe to rule on his death bed: Nhenjana

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Mugabe to rule on his death bed: Nhenjana

President Robert Mugabe

Brighton Chiseva

ZAKA – Zanu PF Masvingo provincial chairperson Amasa Nhenjana last week told Zaka district party leaders that Mugabe is going to leave the presidential office only after his death.
Addressing party leaders in Jerera during an inter-district meeting, Nhenjana said Mugabe is the party’s candidate for 2018.
“As long as he is still breathing, we will carry him to wherever he is needed and he will only leave that office after his death,” said Nhenjana.
His words may, however, displease influential First Lady Grace Mugabe who recently declared that President Mugabe will rule from the grave.
The party leadership agreed that the first resolution at the conference will be to endorse Mugabe as the first secretary, the only centre of power and the 2018 presidential candidate.
Nhenjana confirmed that there were divisions in the party but people were supposed to work together if elections were to be won.
“You hear on radio and read in newspapers that the party is divided but you don’t have to engage in those divisions. I know you have your own differences but let’s work together for the good of the party,” Nhenjana said.
He urged members to recruit newly married people from other districts and school children who have just completed their ordinary level into the party.
“Don’t just be happy that you have a new bride and you give her some money without making sure that she is eligible to vote and that she is in the party,” he said.
Attendants, however, castigated the imposition of candidates as cancerous.
The youth said Zanu PF’s survival was based on rural people who should be given residential stands as those who live in towns.
Zaka North Legislator Robson Mavhenyengwa said it was not fair for people to start campaigning for posts that are not yet vacant, highlighting his fear of Alson Darikai who is campaigning to take over the seat.
“It’s not good to start to campaign for Nhenjana’s position or my seat while I am still there,” said Mavhenyengwa.
James Makiya is eyeing Paradzai Chakona’s Zaka Central while Killer Zivhu wants the provincial chairmanship.news

Zuma -Zaka arts festival preps at advanced stage

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Zuma -Zaka arts festival preps at advanced stage


Brighton Chiseva

ZAKA – Preparations for the launch of the Zuma – Zaka Arts, Culture and Heritage Festival, which is set to be held on December 15 this year at Zuma Lodge, are at an advanced stage.
Running under the theme ‘Transforming Communities Through Arts and Cultural Heritage’, the festival is meant to promote talent identification and development among school children.
The festival will be the first of its kind in the district which is generally regarded as culturally rich yet underexploited.
Rungano Munyariwa, who is the director of Zuma Lodge and coordinator of the festival, said the event is meant to promote and resuscitate near extinct cultural values and practices.
Various cultural performances have been lined up and artists from across the country will be performing.
The festival will incorporate different arts like music, dance, poetry, storytelling, pottery as well as weavers’ crafts which will be on exhibition.
The festival is set to be an annual event where local history is documented and preserved.
The event has drawn the attention of various stakeholders including music lecturers from Masvingo and Bondolfi teachers colleges, the District Administrator’s office, village herds and chiefs, the education ministry and other relevant government departments.news

Masvingo to host Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

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Masvingo to host Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

Angeline Mikiri


Tatenda Shunyai

MASVINGO – All roads lead to Masvingo for the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day to be held on November 25, 2016 at the Civic Centre.
The conference will run under the theme ‘Celebrate, Empower and Support Women in Business.’
The event will be graced by high profile keynote speakers like Vice Chancellor of the Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU), Professor Sunungurai Mutanga and Dr Marah Hativagone who was the first black woman president of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC).
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day is an internationally recognised day that is meant to empower, celebrate and support women in business globally.
It is a movement aimed at uplifting women in business.
Statistics show that women perform 66 percent of the world’s work, yet earn 10 percent of the world’s income.
They also account for 85 percent of consumer purchases and control US$20 trillion in worldwide spending.
The 2016 Women’s Entrepreneurship Ambassador for Zimbabwe, Angeline Mikiri praised efforts being made to inspire women in business.
“It will be a day to support women in business and it is also a platform for one to showcase what they have. It will be an opportunity for networking while celebrating women in business,” Mikiri said.
Meanwhile, all tertiary institutions in Masvingo have already confirmed their participation.
The event will also give business people a chance to exhibit their products.
The guest of honour for the day will be the minister of Small to Medium Enterprise and Co-operative Development, Sithembiso Nyoni.

Bikita West by-election date set

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Bikita West by-election date set

Upenyu Chaota

MASVINGO – President Robert Mugabe has picked January 21, 2017 as the date for the Bikita West by-election when Zanu PF’s Beauty Chabaya is expected to battle it out with other opposition candidates including Kudakwashe Gopo of ZimPF and an independent candidate, Heya Shoko.
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has maintained its stance of boycottying elections until electoral reforms are made.
They have, however, made commitments to support any candidate opposing Zanu PF and are likely to rally Shoko who is an independent candidate.
Zanu PF’s Masvingo provincial executive has already revealed that the seat is a must win for the party if the embarrassment of Norton is to be prevented.
Bikita remains a fragile ground since it is still nursing the wounds of horrific political violence it suffered during the run up to the 2008 elections.
Zanu PF’s Masvingo provincial chairperson Amasa Nhenjana has expressed confidence in the elections saying the people of Bikita have shown their support for the party.
“Norton was a mistake which cost us a big deal. Bikita West is not a game and we will reclaim our dignity. The elections will be free and fair. We will not force anyone to vote for us but we will campaign peacefully and rally people behind our party.
“There are people who think we are a violent party and we always rig election, but that is not the case. If we had the capacity to rig, why then did we allow ourselves to be humiliated in Norton?” said Nhenjana.
He chided the opposition for being sore losers who never accept defeat graciously.
“The problem with opposition is that they see us campaigning while they relax in their different corners and when we win elections, they say we have rigged.

How can you be cheated for 36 years? Politically, the opposition is stupid because they always find comfort from their defeat in the rigging mantra. No one still believes them. Bikita West will give them a wake up call,” said Nhenjana.news

Capital Foods opens branch in Zvishavane

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Capital Foods opens branch in Zvishavane

Jubilee Mahlamvana

ZVISHAVANE – Stock feeds company, Capital Foods has extended its sphere of influence by opening a new branch in the mining town of Zvishavane.
The company boasts 34 other outlets that offer a variety of stock feeds at affordable prices elsewhere in the country.
Speaking at the launch of the new shop, Capital Foods sales director Owen Nyoni said Zvishavane offers enormous potential for such business as poultry keeping due to the area’s suitable climate.
“We have realised that this area has favourable weather conditions that promote poultry keeping so we saw it fit to open an outlet which will serve the area’s poultry, livestock and stock feed needs at affordable prices,” said Nyoni.
The shop, which is located at Mandava turnoff, along Zvishavane- Masvingo road, is set to offer the best in stock feeds and poultry, including quails (zvihuta).
The new outlet’s opening ceremony saw members of the public being taught proper and safe ways of keeping their poultry.
They were given tips on administering medicines and vaccines to their livestock and chickens.
Capital foods also promised to sponsor a YA FM radio programme every Thursday which will be dedicated to discussions on livestock diseases prevention and control as well as teaching farmers effective ways of treating those diseases.news

Lacoste, G40 in congress accreditation tiff

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Lacoste, G40 in congress accreditation tiff

Daniel Shumba


Upenyu Chaota

MASVINGO – Zanu PF’s Team Lacoste and Generation 40 (G40) factions have scrapped their few months’ old truce and rekindled their feud ahead of the party’s December conference with ominous fights over control of the accreditation process.
The conference will be held from December 13 to 17 at the Masvingo provincial show grounds.
Last week’s accreditation process at Victoria Primary School came to a halt as members from both factions came close to fist fights with allegations that the accreditation list contained only names of those with close links to Masvingo Urban legislator, Daniel Shumba.
Suspected Team Lacoste members reportedly phoned party chief whip, Lovemore Matuke, demanding that the process be stopped because the list, which was sent from Harare, was a creation of Shumba whom they allege to be a G40 sympathiser.
Matuke confirmed stopping the accreditation process saying he was doing a duty for the nation.
“You cannot just compile a list from the comfort of your home and think we will accept that. The list is compiled by the provincial chairperson who then sends it to Harare where it is verified and then given to the accreditors.
“The people have to understand that the conference is attended by one party chairperson per ward and not everyone. It is not a place where you can take your whole family.
“We realised that the list which was being used was not for people who were in the structures but for the ones loyal to someone,” said Matuke who is also the secretary for security in Zanu PF.
Alleged G40 members then accused Matuke and Godhati Dunira, who are both said to be fighting in the Lacoste camp, of sour grapes.
Masvingo provincial chairperson Amasa Nhenjana, who at one point openly declared war on Team Lacoste, said Matuke has no power to stop accreditation if the names are already in the hands of the accreditors.
“Matuke is the secretary for security and he was present when the names were defended in Harare. He does not have the power to stop the accreditation now and we will make sure the process continues smoothly.
“It is not like the names were engineered here but they were approved in Harare. The accreditation will go on as planned,” said Nhenjana.news

Sex for uniform cop escapes jail

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Sex for uniform cop escapes jail

Peter Chawapiwa

A Masvingo Central police officer who used his uniform as surety after failing to pay a sex worker was last week cautioned and discharged by Masvingo provincial magistrate, Langton Ndokera.
Givemore Marara, who was represented by Collen Maboke of Ruvengo, Maboke and Company Legal Practitioners appeared before the courts after he made a false report to Victoria Range Police Base that his uniform had been stolen.
The State, led by Nancy Makuvise, told the court that on June 21, 2016, Marara, who resides at 7038 Ephraim Gwanongodza Street in Victoria Range, met Mary Gavaza, a sex worker, at Ritz Night Club.
The pair agreed to spend the night together for US$20. They proceeded to 15670 Mayor Urimbo Street in Runyararo West where they spent the night.
The following morning, after failing to pay the stipulated amount, Marara told Gavaza to keep his uniform as assurance that he will come back and pay her money.
He had also asked Gavaza to wash the uniform but he later proceeded to Victoria Range Police base where he made a report to Constable Gamunorwa that his uniform had been stolen.
Gavaza disputed Marara’s assertions saying the uniform was never collected from her and she only learnt of the case after four police officers visited her home.
However, Marara’s case with the Police Disciplinary Tribunal is still pending and a ruling is expected to be made later.news

Chatora helps Mberengwa, Zvishavane schools

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Chatora helps Mberengwa, Zvishavane schools

Chatora handing over food stuffs to one of Rupemba Primary School staff


Isabel Ndlovu

ZVISHAVANE – Successful businessman and miner, Charles Shava, popularly known as Chatora is moving around Mberengwa and Zvishavane helping the poor schools there with money and various goods that they need to improve learning conditions.
He recently attended a function at Rupemba Primary School in Mberengwa where he donated food stuffs for ECD pupils.
It was then that he got touched by the dilapidated structures ECD pupils were using as classrooms and he donated US$500 to help in the building of proper classrooms.
He proceeded to Murerezi Secondary School in Mberengwa under Chief Negove and donated another US$500 to be used to buy furniture for the computer room.
Mponjani Primary School in Matanda Village under Chief Negove was also one of the lucky schools after it got US$300 from Chatora.
Bilashaba Primary School and Msipane Primary School in Zvishavane both walked away with US$100 to help in their prize giving ceremonies.
The chairperson of the prize giving event at Bilashaba Primary School, Elifa Makunzva thanked Chatora for his generosity.
“I want to thank Mr Shava for the money he gave us to start preparations for the prize giving ceremony and I pray to God that he continues to receive more so that he can carry on his good work,” said Makunzva.
School Development Committee (SDC) chairperson at the school, Tinomudaishe Ngwenya said Chatora had done a lot for their school and they will never forget him.
Chatora told TellZim News that he always takes clues from the holy Bible which motivates him to give.
Chatora is the proprietor of Mnene 100 mines and Bedford Blue mines.news

Nhenjana, Zivhu on collision course

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Nhenjana, Zivhu on collision course


Upenyu Chaota

MASVINGO – Acting Zanu PF provincial chairperson, Amasa Nhenjana has mocked provincial party treasurer, who is also Chivi Rural District Council chairperson, Killer Zivhu’s indications that he wants to take over as the party’s substantive provincial chairperson.
Nhenjana took a dig at Zivhu saying he must not take what he is told from hidden corners by Josaya Hungwe and bring it to the public as if that is the position of the party.
“When people discuss their dreams in private that is where they should stay. If then you come and scream at the top of your lungs and tell everybody that you want to be chairman, that’s a problem because you cannot be endorsed by one person.
“The party is bigger than any person and let us wait on the party. I am the acting chairperson but at no point have I gone around claiming to be what I am not,” said Nhenjana.
When contacted for comment, Zivhu laughs off at Nhenjana describing him as someone very immature and stupid who behaves like an Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupil.
“It’s a shame for Masvingo province to have a chairman of the calibre of Nhenjana. He is a mere stupid who behaves like an ECD pupil. He should concentrate on going to Madzibaba church. I cannot compete with Nhenjana; he is just too small.
“The party should revisit; I wonder how they gave such a strong post to a Grade 1 school dropout. He is not even the chairperson anyway; the chair is (Ezra) Chadzamira and he is currently on suspension and he might bounces back if he is cleared of any wrong doing by the politburo,” said Zivhu.
Two weeks ago Zivhu made it clear that he was politically mature to take over the leadership of the province saying the post needs a real man who can move the province forward.
Zivhu said he will wait for his godfather, psychomotor minister Josaya Hungwe, to coach him and nurture him to become a good chairperson.
As a result, there has been intense lobbying by perceived Team Lacoste members who want the Nhenjana-led interim executive dissolved and replaced with substantive leaders.
The executive is suspected to be fighting in the G40 corner with Nhenjana said to be harbouring his own ambitions to become the substantive chair.
When asked to comment on Zivhu’s ambitions and the latest push to dissolve his team, Nhenjana said Zanu PF is a democratic party that will always have elections when they are needed.
“The party should decide whether or not elections should be held at a particular point in time. We cannot just dream of elections and think we can wake up and stand on top of trees telling people that you want to be chairman.
“That is not the procedure. The central committee decides on that and if they are quiet it means they are happy with the current system so others should wait and give the party time,” said Nhenjana.

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