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ZNNP+ Holds Provincial ARV beauty contest

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ZNNP+ Holds Provincial ARV beauty contest

Isabel Ndlovu

ZVISHAVANE – The Zimbabwe Network for People Living with HIV (ZNNP+), in collaboration with the National Aids Council (NAC) recently hosted the Midlands ARV Beauty contest in Kwekwe as part of efforts to fight the HIV virus.
The event kicked off with all the 10 districts in Midlands participating in the pageant which also sought to fight the stigma of HIV and Aids.
The adult female category was won by Rumbidzai Maswaure from Gweru who became Miss ARV in that category while Emmanuel Siziba from Mberengwa won the adult male category.
Fadzai Musengwa took the first position in the adolescent female category with Alexander Matambo of Chirumhanzu taking first position in the adolescent category and became Mr ARV in that category.
The Young People’s Network (YPN) also sent representatives to take part in the modeling contest.
The ZNNP+ Zvishavane chairperson Maida Banda was very happy about the event as it gave them time to meet with others and celebrate.
“I am so delighted to attend such a colourful event, it is so relieving especially for us positive people because we get to enjoy and forget about our status and other problems we face in our day to day lives,” said Banda.
One of the contestants who talked to TellZim News said she was looking forward to the National ARV Beauty Contest to be held in December.
“I am already looking forward for the national contest because I am confident I will get a prize, everyone gets a prize for participating in such events,” she said.news

Diaspora ready to fight for right to vote

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Diaspora ready to fight for right to vote

Part of the crowd  that attended the DVC meeting in Johannesburg

Moses Ziyambi

People living outside the country say they have been emboldened by the government’s hardline stance against their right to vote and have now decided to fight for that right through litigation and political processes.
Government is often criticised for conveniently respecting the diaspora in as far as their remittances are concerned only to treat them with disdain when they ask for their political rights.
Many pressure groups, faith-based organisations and external wings of opposition parties gathered in Parktown, Johannesburg on November 12, 2016 and signed a Memorandum of Understanding to commence a spirited fight to win the diaspora vote.
The gathering fell under the Diaspora Vote Coalition (DVC) and was facilitated by Bishop Paul Verryn, the renowned philanthropic clergyman of the Methodist Church.
In a press statement, the DVC, agreed “to fight with one voice and in one corner” so as to attain the right to vote for all people of Zimbabwe living outside the country.
The DVC include such groups as the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF), #This Flag, Tajamhuka, Global Zimbabwe, and external wings of Zapu, MDC-T, MDC-N and the Liberal Democrats of Zimbabwe (LDZ).
“The signing ceremony marks a clear statement of intent by Zimbabweans resident in the diaspora that they are ready to fight for this inalienable right, until it is realized,” reads the statement.
As part of its roadmap, the DVC resolved to pursue a number of campaigns, including approaching the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe for an order declaring provisions of the Electoral Act, that restrict  the right to cast postal votes to government employees and their spouses only , as unconstitutional.
The coalition will concurrently seek to interdict the State-aligned Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) from commencing any voter registrations activities, until the matter of the diaspora vote has been heard.
This will be accompanied by vigorous lobbying of the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), African Union (AU), Sadc and other relevant structures to support the cause.
ZEF chairperson and human rights campaigner, Advocate Gabriel Shumba said the diaspora vote is a non-negotiable right.
“The Constitution is unequivocally clear on the rights of all citizens to vote…. Arguments advanced so far to deny us this fundamental right are unconvincing. The alignment of the electoral laws to the new Constitution can be done in a jiffy,” said Adv Shumba.
Recently, ZEC head, Rita Makarau cited resource constraints as the reason why the diaspora cannot register to vote and cast their ballots in their countries of residence.
She said those who wanted to vote in 2018 should come back home and register to vote then come back again to vote in their wards, an expense that most diasporans cannot afford.news

Rasters FC crowned Chief Ndanga trophy champions

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Rasters FC crowned Chief Ndanga trophy champions

Dr Phiona Riekert red dress, Dr Monica Makonese blue dress and Chief Ndanga black cap.

Brighton Chiseva

ZAKA – Ndanga Rasters Football Club last week lifted the Chief Ndanga trophy after dismissing Chimedza Football Club in the finals after a 4-3 win in the penalty shootout following a goalless draw at a match played at Chimedza School.
The tournament was sponsored by Doctor Phionah Riekert and was launched a few weeks ago in Chief Nyakunhuwa area and is set to rotate to all Zaka’s four Chiefs and will be held annually.
Chief Ndanga’s trophy had 12 teams which participated and Ndanga Rasters were unbeatable from the right from the quarter finals up until the finals.
The Rasters defeated Danda FC with a goal to nil and Chimedza defeated Redza with the same margin in the quarter finals.
The Rasters secured a ticket to the finals after dismissing Rusakazara 4 -2 in a penalty shootout while Chimedza secured theirs after beating Rwonzi in penalties after goalless draws in both games.
The two teams walked away with a soccer kit and a ball each as their prices and the players were promised cash prize and but the actual amount was not disclosed.
Speaking after the Tournament, Dr Riekert said the tournament was meant to help the unemployed youth to develop their talents through sport and was also a payback to her home area and will bring in more programs to cater for other sports persons.
“Next time I will bring more games to cater for women as well so that everyone benefit,” she said.
Dr Riekert is a business entrepreneur and a doctorate graduate based in South Africa.
The next tournament is set to be held in Chief Nhema area in two weeks’ time.news

Spar manager found dead

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Spar manager found dead
Police seaching for Mwale’s missing car at Chimusana Bridge
TellZim Reporter

MASVINGO – Residents of Masvingo were horrified when the lifeless body of Masvingo Spar manager, Emmanuel Mwale was pulled out of the polluted waters of Mucheke River where he spend two days trapped in his car after being swept away while trying to drive across a flooded Chimusana Bridge on Sunday.
Mwale had dropped his friend Lovemore Mupambamwa with whom he was reportedly shared some drinks at Manhede beer hall in Mucheke.
Some cars are reported to have turned back when they saw that the bridge was flooded and they actually warned Mwale to turn back.
Mwale is said to have attempted to drive his Nissan X-Trail across the low-lying bridge but got swept away.
There are also reports that Mwale could have been drunk and fell into the river after missing the bridge.
A motorist driving behind Mwale, who witnessed the car disappearing into the water, then went to the police to make a report.
The eye-witness is said to have been drunk himself and he failed to give a consistent account of what he had seen.
Balmain Spar staff however made a police report of their missing manager the following day. The police launched a search and rescue that Monday morning but found nothing since the car had been swept further downstream and was buried in a deep pool.
A suspicious object which later turned out to be the missing car was noticed appearing in the pool on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 leading to the resumption of the search.
Three brave citizens jumped into the water and retrieved Mwale’s body which was still trapped in the car wreck.
Masvingo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Charity Mazula took time to advise drivers to exercise caution when driving at night and in the rain.
“It is unfortunate that the case we were dealing with ended up in tragedy which claimed the life of Emmanuel Mwale.
“Drivers should be careful when driving during the rainy season so as to prevent any mishap that may come along the way. It is also important to avoid drinking and driving,” she said.News

Residents sell donated mosquito nets

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Residents sell donated mosquito nets


Davison Marenga

ZVISHAVANE – Some cash hungry people in Zvishavane are engaging in brisk business trading mosquito nets that are being donated by the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (Unicef).
A number of vendors in flea market stalls provide a ready market for traders of the nets.
The vendors resell the nets at exorbitant prices of up to US$10, much to the dismay of other people who are yet to benefit from the Unicef programme.
Residents who spoke to this publication criticised the trade in donated mosquito nets as an insensitive act of greed.
They said most beneficiaries lie about their family sizes so as to get more mosquito nets than they actually need, with the remainder going the market.
“Ndonzwa kurwadziwa ndichiona umwe munhu achitengesa manets isu tisina. Vamwe vakutoita business nawo,” (It’s painful that some people are selling the nets when there are people who are in dire need of them) said Tawanda Murehwa.
“They are selling the nets to the already struggling people. This area is heavily infested by mosquitoes so these greedy people are profiting from a bad situation,” Fungai Sibanda.
Other residents said aid organisations must carefully vet their targeted beneficiaries before distributing mosquito nets in order to ensure that their generosity does not get abused.
Unicef has donated mosquito nets to many mosquito infested areas in Zvishavane.news

Open letter to my patron Mr President

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Open letter to my patron Mr President

Dear Bob

I hope this finds you well Mr President; the patron of the Zombabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), Commander In-Chief of the Defense Forces, the Chancellor of all State universities who is also First Secretary of Zanu PF. I am addressing you in my capacity as an esteemed liberation war fighter and I will try to be both blunt and frank with you – zviye zvatinoita pachicomrade.
 In case you doubt my war credentials as many people think Mapombi anopenga. To put the record straight, I am not crazy inhamo yamakatiunzira iyi Mr President. Taitombopfekawo masuit iwaya amunopfeka zvaitonwisawo mvura mufunge but now ndava kupfeka mamvemve nekuti nyika iyi makavondonga mega iyi. Anyway, for my war credentials please do not hesistate to consult our highly esteemed chairperson Chris Mutsvangwa, Douglas Mahiya, Francis Nhando and Headman Moyo, just to mention a few. I am very sure they will tell you that we were together in the trenches and it’s just that I was operating in Chirimudombo area imimi muri kujeri kuGonakudzingwa uko. 
I also worked closely with the later Cde Rex Nhongo ‘aka’ Solomon Mujuru who died in a mysterious inferno a few years ago. Asi mukati waiva moto uri wega here uya wakauraya Mujuru nhai Mr President? I am not suggesting anything here kungobvunzawo hangu just like a Cde who was saddened by the seemingly controversial death of a fellow war vet.
Anyway, I will be precise Mr President. Mapombi is very sure that the recent announcement by my fellow Cdes that we have disappointed you from the position of being our patron came as a surprise to you especially considering that you had handed over 13 Ford Ranger vehicles to the war vets. Mr President, 13 vehicles is just a drop in the ocean – it’s nothing considering the number of war vets in our association. To be frank with you, it’s a mockery – a misguided and misplaced priority to be more precise. Hatidyi mota isu Cde!
We want money to pay school fees for our children and to buy food. Period! This is one reason we decided to relieve you from the role of patron because you have failed to take seriously the welfare of war vets.
Secondly, we have noted with concern that you have formed your own faction, Gushungo 40 (G40) which is run and supported by war deserters. E-eh ndokwakazara vanhu vakatiza hondo kuG40 the likes of self-proclaimed Robin Hood, Professor Jonathan Moyo. You have sided with these Mafikizolos at the expense of War vets to an extent that you decided to kick-out our leader Chris Mutsvangwa both from parliament and Zanu PF, while Mahiya, Moyo, Nhando and Matemadanda have been dragged to the courts. And makambotidira mvura ine unye nema tear gas gore rino when we tried to have an amicable meeting with you. Kkkkkkkk is this what we really fought for Cde Mr President? For ministers to loot over $400 000 from Zimdef and stole land earmarked for the youth? No, no, no!
As if that is not enough, your wife Marujata, as Dzikamai Mavhaire affectionately calls her, belittled us at Chiweshe rally early this year together with Mboko saying there was nothing special about being a war vet. Marujata denigrated us calling us all sorts of names. There is nothing special about being a war vet – really? Hanzi makatumwa here kuenda kuhondo kwacho. Anyway, I hope you clearly heard what Cde Jabulani Sibanda said – hanzi power will never be sexually transmitted. Kkkkkkk please tell Dr Amai that. Anyway, this is nothing but just a gentle reminder Mr President.
In addition, the country is now on its knees due to corruption and poor sound economic policies. War vets are failing to access their little $200 from the banks due to cash crisis because your G40 faction front runners have looted all the hard cash. Our Cdes are sleeping in corridors so that they can join bank queues early in the morning. Civil servants are no exception and this has seriously affected production in the country since people are now spending much of their time in bank queues. Surprisingly, we haven’t seen any one of your ministers in these long winding queues. Kkkkk even ana Dzikamai Mavhaire still walks through the banking hall straight to the manager’s office and given his money at our CBZ Masvingo branch, while the poor civil servants and war vets are in queue.  Then imagine kana vana Mavhaire vava kuZimPF vachiri kushandisa power rekuZanu PF kudaro kuzoti vachiriko? Anyway, Mapombi thank God that she is not a bank account holder at any bank. This is the extent to which you have destroyed our beloved country Mr President.
Of late, students have been embarrassing you at graduation ceremonies as they demonstrated demanding jobs. Kkkkkk kusvika your security team yava kutorera vanhu anything they would suspect kuti chingashandiswa kunyoresa an anti-Mugabe message at graduation ceremony. But hats off to the NUST student akaita zvekudeedzera after they have taken away pens kkkkkkk ndofunga next graduation vanhu vachanwiswa musombodhiya so that mavoices avo become horse and they won’t be able to shout loud.
Anyway, it is against this background that we, the liberation war fighters, have decided to disappoint you from being our patron with immediate effect. We might consider re-appointing you in future if you stop forthwith sidelining with G40 and becomes a fair leader. We will not miss you because there is virtually nothing to write home about you for the entire period you was the patron of war vets except that you increased our poverty.
It’s almost lunch time ndibvumirei ndiende hangu kundokanga maputi angu for lunch while I wait for fellow war vets to come and buy me some rotten bananas here at Dr Grace Trading Centre. But Mphoko be warned; I am going to confront you at the conference.
Yours Faithfully
War Vet Mapombi, mboko imboko!

Midlands to host provincial traditional dance gala

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Midlands to host provincial traditional dance gala

Jubilee Mahlamvana

ZVISHAVANE – The Midlands province is preparing to hold its first ever provincial traditional dance festival on December 10, 2016 at Siboza Business Centre.
Zvishavane-Runde constituency legislator, Fred Moyo is expected to be the guest of honour.
The programme is aimed at promoting arts, culture and heritage from grassroots level as well as to conscientice the youths about the Zimbabwean culture, especially in rural areas.
Zimbabwe National Traditional Dancers Association (ZNTDA) president Kennedy Kachuruka said rural people are eager to preserve local value.
“I was very happy when I heard of this event and I have come here to see the developments on the ground with regards to the event,” Kachuruka said.
Assistant District Administrator Nyasha Chiwanga said the ceremony will be a big event which will incorporate cultural artefacts like craftwork.
“We want to treat this festival as a national event that is meant to give a platform for every Zimbabwean citizen to showcase their cultural practices,” said Chiwanga.
The organisers are pleading with well-wishers and the donor community to support of the programme.news

UK-based DJ Sibanda donates to Bopoma villages

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UK-based DJ Sibanda donates to Bopoma villages

Members of the Bopoma Villages pose for a photo with the goods donated by Phillip Sibanda Trust

Tatenda Shunyai

ZAKA – A Zimbabwean radio presenter at Wythenshawe FM in England, Philip Sibanda has extended a helping hand to orphans and other vulnerable children at Bopoma Children’s Villages in Zaka by donating clothes and a sewing machine.
The goods were donated recently under the Manchester-based radio presenter’s Phillip Sibanda Trust.
The trust has been on a drive to help disadvantaged people in Masvingo by sourcing various goods from well-wishers in the United Kingdom for distribution back home.
Elson Chigiya who represented the trust during the handover of the goods to the children’s villages said it was good to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate.
“I am happy that the little we have has put smiles on the faces of the children who live in this community.
Bopoma Villages director, Komborero Garira expressed joy there were people in far-flung places of the world who have them in mind.
“We thank the Phillip Sibanda Trust for the donation and we are glad they have shown a commitment to improve the conditions of the children we have here.
“The sewing machine that we received is one of its kind and it will help us equip the children with skills that will help them do productive work and fend for themselves in the future,” Garira said.
Bopoma Villages is home to orphans and other vulnerable children in Banga under Chief Ndanga in Zaka.
It was established in 2012 and was registered in 2015 and was decentralised into different homes that take foster care of vulnerable children in that area.news

Hwiru school bus saga deepens

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Hwiru school bus saga deepens

…bus to be returned to supplier

Peter Chawapiwa

MPANDAWANA – Hwiru Primary School in the new town of Mpandawana is set to lose its school bus after a recent full council meeting resolved that the bus should be returned to the

supplier; Frontcom Private Limited.
The bus, which was bought last year, has been at the centre of controversy
since early this year when parents protested the deal saying the school
authorities acquired the bus without consulting them.
The full council meeting has now decided that the bus must be returned to
the Harare-based company, after the school failed to service its debt.
The school had already paid US$57 000 towards for the bus but Frontcon is
reportedly willing to pay back only US$28 000 as the school had used the
bus for a long time.
An audit report presented to full council also stated that apart from
failing to service the full debt, there was no sales agreement between the
school and Frontcom.
The report also noted that certain procedures in the acquisition of the bus
had not been followed, with the failure to follow proper tender procedures
being highlighted.
Hwiru Primary School was built by the Gutu Rural District Council and now
belongs to the new Town Board.
The decision to return the bus to the supplier was made in the absence of
the school head, John Takabvirwakare, his deputy Josiah Ambrose Tererai and
members of the School Development Association (SDA) who did not attend the
meeting.
The decision will be formally conveyed to the school authorities before
another audit report on the bus, which was compiled by the Ministry of
Primary and Secondary Education, has been made available.news

Lowveld farmers embrace command Agric

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Lowveld farmers embrace command Agric

Increase Gumbo

CHIREDZI – Sugarcane farmers in the Lowveld particularly small scale farmers have embraced the recently introduced command agriculture concept which was introduced by the government in order to mitigate food shortages and stop maize importation in the country, TellZim has learnt.
Speaking during a field tour which was attended by various A2 farmers, Edmore Veterai, an A2 farmer  who is also the chairperson of Zimbabwe Sugarcane Development Association (ZSDA) said  command agriculture will definitely mitigate food shortages since it has brought Zimbabwean farmer into focus.
“I think this is an excellent move since command agriculture has brought Zimbabwean farmer into focus since a lot of farmers were ignoring and neglecting and vandalising very good colonial irrigation infrastructure so command agric will revive and I think as Zimbabwean we must learn to appreciate sundry cost,” said Veterai.
Veterai also said that command agriculture will generate more income to the farmer compared to the income they were getting from sugarcane growing and it will promote high yields since command agriculture comes with a package of inputs and a strong supervisory team.
“Under command agriculture we earn more income when growing maize compared to sugarcane because we earn a total of 15 tonnes per hectare which is $5 850 per hectare which far much high than what we earn from sugarcane.
We also appreciate that command agriculture have a strong supervisory team which ensures that farmers do not divert inputs to other use and as farmers we  are given hands on for the first time by our  agricultural extension officers.” he said.
Chenesai Magombiro, ward 31 A2 farmer  who had since given five hectares towards command irrigation also hailed command agriculture since it promotes crop rotation which increase yields and farmers no longer have to stick to growing  sugarcane only.
“It is a great move considering that the government will provide us with all the inputs till we harvest the crop. What I like most about the idea is that it promotes crop rotation especially to sugarcane farmer who were only planting sugarcane, crop rotation increases yields and is a good method of pests control,” said Magombiro.
Major Dingani Makwenjere who is the team leader of command agriculture in Chiredzi district also said farmer in the district have embraced command agriculture   though others still have to be educated on the importance of the phenomenon.
“Some farmers have adopted the concept but we hope that farmers with irrigable land will give us more hectrage under command agriculture since the district is highly affected with drought,” said Makwenjere.
He also said some farmers are willing but they do not have irrigation facilities like farmers along Chiredzi River if given pumps to pump water for irrigation they can increase command irrigation in the Lowveld. news

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