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Healing Jesus Crusade comes to Masvingo

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Healing Jesus Crusade comes to Masvingo

Evangelist Dag Heward-Mills


Moses Ziyambi

MASVINGO – The Healing Jesus Crusades, which have been held outside the country for a long time, have finally come to Zimbabwe with 14 crusades happening, one of them at Mamutse Stadium in Masvingo on November 27 – 28, 2016.
Renowned international evangelist; Dag Heward-Mills will grace the crusades as the guest at all the 14 crusades in the country.
The Ghana-based preacher has been accelerating his evangelistic work across Africa and the world, with at least 132 evangelistic crusades having been held since 2004. The crusades have taken place in all countries of West Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and 28 cities in South Africa.
Bishop Lincoln Dahwa, of the Gospel Revival International Ministries said the crusade will win many souls for Christ.
“The aim is to bring many people to Christ so that they can find purpose in their lives. The crusade is an inter-denominational outreach programme which seeks to bring people of different churches together in the name of Christ,” said Bishop Dahwa.
During the course of the crusade, he said, there will also be a pastors and leaders conference for all leaders of different churches in Masvingo.
“We feel that we are blessed as the people of Masvingo because we will host the crusade earlier than other places. We encourage people to come and hear the word of God from one of the most gifted preachers of our times.
“Those who seek any form of deliverance and healing should look forward to the Lord doing wonders in their lives,” said Bishop Dahwa.
Healing Jesus Campaign international director, Reverend Eldad Barber said God has remembered the land of Zimbabwe through the crusades.
Bishop Manzonzo echoed the same sentiments and urged people to come in their numbers and witness the hand of God.
“The blessings of God will be poured upon the land and we are going to witness great salvation, miracles through the ministration of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills,” said Bishop Manzonzo.
There will be free buses to ferry people from all locations in the city and surrounding areas like Mashava, Bhuka and Nemanwa.
A medical doctor by profession, Bishop Heward-Mills is the founder and presiding bishop of the Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) denomination.news

Zaka teacher reports head over victimisation

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Zaka teacher reports head over victimisation

Zedius Chitiga


Tatenda Shunyai

ZAKA – A Zaka Primary School teacher who alleges victimisation by school head; Tawedzerwa Masase, has reported the matter with the District Education Inspector (DEI) saying Masasa is making his work very difficult.
Estone Matthews, a Grade 5 teacher at the school says the school head is victimising and harassing him for expressing his views.
In June, TellZim News reported that Masase, who is believed to have links to state security agencies, was victimising Matthews for allegedly inciting other teachers to defy Zanu PF.
Matthews is the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) provincial manager.
In a follow-up letter to his earlier complaints of harassment by state security agencies at the instigation of Masase, Matthews says he was being victimised for questioning why a very large hose was built for the head when teachers were ‘squatting’.
In June, Dr Takavafira Zhou of PTUZ said Masase was linked to the 2008 election violence “where innocent people like Simbarashe Chikomba were killed just because they did not support Zanu-PF.”
Matthews says the school head at one point removed a window pane from his house and used it to on another teacher’s house which was being built.
He says the school head also hates him because he questioned why the school was spending large amounts of money hiring computers when the school could just pay instalments for its own computers.
As a result of the feud, Matthews says he was left out of a workshop held at the school for the purpose of streamlining teachers with the demands of the new curricula being introduced by government.
The letter was copied to Masase, Provincial Education Director (PED), Permanent Secretary of Education and PTUZ.
PTUZ Masvingo provincial coordinator, Munyaradzi Chauke says Masase was pursuing a vendetta against Metthews.
“We view this as harassment and it’s not the first time. We are calling upon the Ministry of Education to take action because it is matter of urgency. The headmaster hates Matthews because he is a meber of our union,” said Chauke.
PED Zedius Chitiga said he was yet to learn the current twist of the matter.
“I am still to get the details of this issue but we are going to look into it and map the way forward,” said Chitiga.news

Bikita engages debt collectors as budget plummets by 50 percent

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Bikita engages debt collectors as budget plummets by 50 percent
Chibi Peter Bikita RDC CEO

Upenyu Chaota

BIKITA – Bikita Rural District Council (RDC) is battling to collect US$600 000 it is owed in unpaid levies and has submitted the first batch of defaulters to Mangwana and Partners Legal Practitioners while others have been given up to mid-November to pay up.
Most of the money is owed by government departments which are simply not paying for services including the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa).
Council has proposed a US$3.7 million budget for 2017, a figure which is less than 50 percent of the US$8.2 million for 2016 though council went on to collect only a mere US$1.6 million of that.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Peter Chibi said council was left with no option after exhausting all friendlier ways of recovering the money.
“We know things are hard, the economy is not performing and there is a cash crisis so we opened our doors for negotiations and payment plans but the idea had no takers. People have to honour their obligations because that is what makes the council functional.
“Without money there is no service delivery. We want to be able to provide the best services to the people and that can only be possible if everybody pays.
“We have taken the first batch of heavy defaulters especially government departments and Zinwa to the debt collector but we have given smaller defaulters till mid-November to pay up,” Chibi said.news

Gutu RDC approves US$2.43m budget

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Gutu RDC approves US$2.43m budget

Gabriel Mapepa

…paltry US$1 million for Mpandawana town

Peter Chawapiwa

GUTU – Gutu Rural District Council (GRDC) has approved its 2017 budget which is pegged at US$2.439 million and will cater for both the council and the new Mpandawana Town Board.
The budget was approved by full council last week with indications that the Town Board will receive just over US$1 million of the budget, a development which has drawn the ire of residents who feel the rural council is cheating the town.
Many residents feel the town board must be allocated the lion’s share of the budget arguing that council revenue is collected mainly from Mpandawana residents, and not from the rural areas.
The cost of external auditing was, however, not approved after councillors raised objections saying the report had not been presented to them prior to the full council meeting.
Alexander Mtembwa, Gutu RDC Chief Executive Officer, said the failure to make the audit report available to councillors was an oversight and promised to table it at the next full council in December.
Meanwhile, residents of the new town of Mpandawana said they were not happy that the Town Board had, for a second consecutive year, failed to craft its own budget.
“When the Town Board was put in place last year, we were promised that it would be covered by the rural council’s budget only in 2016 and not beyond that.
“This is the reason why we have repeatedly said Mpandawana’s new town status should be gazetted to enable the town to be weaned off the rural council.
“The interests of the councillors in the rural component of the council and those of the Town Board are poles apart and the new town needs to be separated from the rural council,” said one resident.news

Magistrate embarrasses Zvishavane Police officer-in-charge in court

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Magistrate embarrasses Zvishavane Police officer-in-charge in court

Zvishavane Riot Police escort MDC-T members to the station (file pic)

TellZim reporter

ZVISHAVANE – Officer-in-Charge Zvishavane police camp, Chief Inspector Kota Mhike was last week bamboozled in front of magistrate Shepherd Munjanja during the trial of seven MDC-T members accused of public violence as lawyers of the accused took turns to fire him with questions that he failed to answer.
Despite reportedly serving in the police force for 25 years, Mhike showed no guts or experience of defending his actions when asked to justify why he ordered his officers to break a court-sanctioned rally.
“May this honourable court protect me your worship,” Mhike kept on saying while sweating profusely.
He appeared before the magistrate as the first respondent to explain why he had unlawfully ordered the arrest and detention of the seven opposition supporters.
Mhike’s heavily armed officers disrupted an MDC-T rally that was scheduled for Sunday the November 6, 2016 despite the fact that the High Court had sanctioned the rally.
After disrupting the court sanctioned rally, the officer-in-charge reportedly ordered his subordinates to arrest Trynos Shava, Clifford Mulingwa, Tendai Tswana, Tobias Moyo, Patrick Museva, Tapiwa Shava and Lameck Sateko.
The seven were represented by lawyers from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and they were all freed after the court found the State’s arguments baseless.news

Malilangwe Trust donates equipment to fight lantana camara

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Malilangwe Trust donates equipment to fight lantana camara

Increase Gumbo

CHIREDZI – Malilangwe Trust has donated equipment worth US$1 800 to Chiredzi Sub Catchment Council, a community based management project, for use in the fight against the spread of lantana camara in parts of Zaka and Chiredzi.
Lantana camara (rukato in Shona) is a wild invasive plant that out-competes crops and vegetables leading to reduced yields for farmers.
The donated equipment included mattocks, axes, picks, hoes and gloves.
Chief Ndanga of Zaka, Chief Tshovani of Chiredzi, CEO of Chiredzi Rural District Council; Isaac Matsilele and various councillors from the sub catchment council witnessed the handover.
Malilangwe Trust general manager, Tendai Hunzvi said most communities in Zaka and Chiredzi were affected the weed.
“We realised that some parts of Zaka and Chiredzi are being affected by lantana camara so the aim to is to help communities to completely remove this weed,” said Hunzvi.
Matsilele praised Malilangwe Trust for being there for the community.
“I am humbled by this gesture from Malilangwe Trust. We find it remarkable to have stakeholders who are always there to help the communities,” said Matsilele.
He said council was having sleepless nights over the spread of the weed and they had since set new bylaws to fight the weed.
Chairperson of the sub catchment council, John Mutomani also praised Malilangwe Trust for its commitment to the eradication of the weed.
“This is not their first time of helping communities but they are always there for the people. At one time, they helped in the mapping of areas that are affected by the weed. We are so grateful,” said Mutomani.news

Shortage of pastures takes toll on Bikita cattle

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Shortage of pastures takes toll on Bikita cattle

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Upenyu Chaota

BIKITA – The EL NINO induced drought which has hit the country has had a devastating effect on livestock particularly in Masvingo’s Chivi and Mwenezi areas but Bikita has become the recent area where cattle are dropping dead due to hunger and excessive heat, while some get trapped in muddy rivers trying to scavenge the remaining water ponds.
Villagers pin their hopes on the impending rainy season so it can fall and breathe some life into the plain grazing lands.
Chief Ziki told TellZim News that they have heard many reports of cattle dropping dead and some getting trapped in muddy pools while trying to get a sip of water, a situation he says was not common in Bikita.
“Bikita is affected by drought but we have never had a situation where our livestock just drops dead because of hunger. We used to read about it in the newspapers happening in other areas like Chivi and Mwenezi but now it has come to our kraals.
“Beause most rivers are drying up and only small ponds are left, we have heard situations where cattle get trapped in muddy pools and fail to come out because they are too weak,” said Chief Ziki.
He added that the government has to intervene and make sure that they bring stock feeds at affordable prices to the people.
“We have never had such thin cattle in Bikita. We plead with the government to come and rescue our villagers from making huge losses. If only they could provide us with stock feeds at affordable prices so that we can buy and feed our cattle,” said Chief Ziki.news

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

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