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Craftsmen open exhibition centre in Zvishavane

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Craftsmen open exhibition centre in Zvishavane

Jubilee Mahlamvana

ZVISHAVANE – Two local craftsmen have brought life to the craft industry in Zvishavane by opening up a new exhibition centre at corner Goddard Road and Robert Mugabe Way near Zvishavane Town Council offices.
Born and raised in Zvishavane, the two artists, Kudakwashe Makalisa and Agusto Nyoni, of Mandava said they saw the need to exhibit their artisanal talents in their home town.
After showcasing their work in many places around Zimbabwe and abroad, the two said they have decided to look for a permanent place for their products closer home.
Speaking to TellZim News, Makalisa said they were praying about getting a permanent place to operate from so that they could move away from marketing their wares on the streets.
“Our aim was to get a permanent place to operate from and parade our products to customers. We are humbled that we have got a suitable place now,” Makalisa said.
The centre is the first of its kind in Zvishavane and the artisans say they wish to partner with other willing artisans to grow the craft industry in the Midlands and the country at large.

Panganai High lifts 2016 Chief Nhema Trophy

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Panganai High lifts 2016 Chief Nhema Trophy

Brighton Chiseva

Zaka – Panganai High School was last week crowned Chief Nhema trophy champions after a 3 – 2 win over Matara in the finals at Chinorumba High School in Zaka district.
The tournament, which is held yearly and is sponsored by Flexi Mart Supermarket in partnership with Chief Nhema, Rangarirai Bwawanda, attracted 11 schools this year.
The first runner-up in Group A was Panganai, in Group B was Mutsambwa which finished the group stages undefeated and without conceding a goal while Matara was the first runner-up in Group C.
Panganai secured a ticket to the finals after dismissing Mutsambwa by two goals to one in a penalty shoot-out following a goalless draw in the semis.
 Matara secured theirs after beating Tsiga with a goal to nil in the semi-finals.
The champions walked away with two soccer kits, boots, socks and a ball. The second team got a soccer kit, boots, socks and a ball while number three and four were given a soccer kit and a ball and the rest of the participants were given a ball each.
Mutsambwa’s Kudakwashe Tarume was named player of the tournament while Courage Dembure was crowned the best goalie after serving several penalties.
Admire Ndemo from Panganai went away with the top goal-scorer prize with three goals and Kudakwashe Chimbemu from Matara was the most disciplined player.
Speaking after the tournament, Flexi Mart sales operations director, Wilson Mususa, said he was humbled by the support from their customers in Zaka.
“If you continue supporting us and buying from our shops, then we will not stop coming back with your money and sponsor tournaments like this,” said Mususa.
Chief Nhema said the tournament was meant to scout for young talent as well as help the schools with what they need.
“When we were at school, some schools had no balls or kits, so I decided to help them through this sponsorship,” said Cheif Nhema.
Lettie Chadamoyo, who stood for the Provincial Education Director (PED) as Guest of Honour, thanked Flexi Mart Supermarkets and Chief Nhema for their unique partnership for the development of sport.
Other schools which participated in the tournament were the host Chinorumba, previous winners St James, Muroyi, Mutevhure, Svingarimwe and Rusere.news

MSU students’ demand for ‘morning after’ pills rises

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MSU students’ demand for ‘morning after’ pills rises

Davison Marenga

ZVISHAVANE – The establishment of the Midlands State University (MSU)’s Zvishavane campus has led to a rapid increase in the use of Levonogestrel pills, popularly known as ‘morning after’ pills, a situation that threatens to reverse recent against new HIV infection rates, it has been said.
Speaking at the sidelines of Bethany Project Sports Gala, the District AIDS Coordinator, Denis Jaravani was worried that statistics of new HIV infection and prevalence in Zvishavane could soon point to the worst due to evidence of unprotected sex by students.
Although Jaravani expressed cautious optimism on the recent gains the district has made in reducing HIV cases, he made it clear that infection rates remain very high in such places as Mabula, Zuderburg and Mandava due to the presence of many artisanal miners.
“We fear that the figures may increase with the coming of (MSU) students as statistics we get show that the use of morning after pills increase in the course of their semesters,” Jaravani said, warning young people on the dangers of promiscuity and unprotected sex.
The morning after pill is up to 89 percent effective in preventing pregnancy when taken within 72 hours (three days) after unprotected sex.
Jaravani said extensive awareness campaigns had nonetheless seen the district dropping from second position last year to fifth this year in terms of HIV prevalence rate in the Midlands.
Bethany Project director, Rebecca Gumbo urged the youth to protect their health by engaging in activities that keep them away from sex.
“The youth must avoid risky behavior that put their lives in danger. The main idea of this event is to encourage the youth to know their HIV status to enable them to shape their future accordingly,” Gumbo said.
“We are planning to reach the vision 2020 goals; getting 90 percent of the people tested to know their HIV statuses. I hope with the help we are getting from various stakeholders and the responses we are getting from the youth, the goal will be achieved,” she added
The gala was graced by a number of stakeholders including representatives from the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC), Midlands AIDS Caring Organisation, Midlands Aids Support Organisation, National Aids Council (NAC) and the Ministry of Sports and Recreation.news

Pamushana, Gokomere dominate Masvingo Provincial Merit Awards

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Pamushana, Gokomere dominate Masvingo Provincial Merit Awards


Tatenda Shunyai

MASVINGO – Pamushana and Gokomere high schools continue to exhibit their academic prowess in Masvingo province, collecting most of the prizes at the provincial Merit Awards held last week at Victoria primary school.
The two schools proved their mettle in the boarding and urban category because of the remarkable results they produced in the year 2015.
Pamushana proved to be the best when they produced an enormous 201 As in Integrated Science while Zimuto High School produced 143 As in history.
In other categories like day and satellite school, different other schools collected the awards with no one school dominating the others.
Pamushana and Gokomere’s performance were rewarded handsomely with both schools walking away with many prizes including HP printers from Byword.
The Provincial Education Director (PED) for Masvingo Zedius Chitiga commended the hard work shown by the teachers in the province both in academic and non-academic fields.
“The hard work that is being shown by the teachers in our province is quite encouraging and we call for more from them as we strive to maintain our standards. We want to reach for the moon, and from the moon to the stars,” said Chitiga.
The province came out tops in the Zimsec 2015 Ordinary Level results category, with team Masvingo taking first position at the 2016 youth games.
This year’s ceremony was running under the theme “Curriculum Adaptation: Key to Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation of our Schools and Communities’.

Dewure High hosts prize giving event

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Dewure High hosts prize giving event

TellZim Reporter

Dewure High School will on October 22, 2016 hold a prize giving day for outstanding students who have performed well in various subject areas.
The prize giving ceremony will be graced by prominent land developer and Gutu born businessman, Felix Munyaradzi.
Dewure High head, Samuel Mahwehwe said preparations are at an advanced stage and all was in place for the event.
“We will be hosting our annual prize giving day on 22 October. There are various prizes up for grabs for pupils who will have excelled in various subject areas from form one to form six.
“We also have a prize for the overall best pupil.
“The prizes range from stationery to electronic devices which will help facilitate the learning process,” said Mahwehwe.
Mahwehwe said prize giving ceremonies are held to try and boost competition amongst pupils.
“It is a good thing to reward hard work. A pupil will feel motivated to surpass all the expectations especially when they know there is a reward. There will be a lot of competition because everybody wants a reward.
“We thank the support we are getting from parents and other stakeholders towards the event,” Mahwehwe said.news

Town council, ZYC fight over premises

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Town council, ZYC fight over premises

Davison Marenga

ZVISHAVANE – Zvishavane Town Council secretary Tinoda Mukutu has fired blazing shots at Zvishavane Youth Centre (ZYC) patron, Bigboy Murenga, whom he accuses of abusing the youth for selfish gains.
Murenga runs his ZYC at the council’s swimming pool compound after negotiating with Council for a take-over since the premises had been lying idle for years.
The centre says it works for the welfare of youth, their empowerment as well as providing shelter to abused children but Council has since served ZYC with a 30-day eviction notice after a fall-out.
Members of the youth institution have however defiantly told Council to give them alternative premises before they can move out and the deadline has since lapsed.
The town secretary, in an interview with TellZim News, attacked Murenga for allegedly trying to convert the premises into a beer drinking hub so that he can make money for himself
He said young people must not be deceived by selfish individuals who use them as fronts in their pursuit of self-gain.
“There is a thief hiding behind the youth claiming to drive their needs forward yet all he wants are his own selfish gains,” said Mukutu.
Murenga has however scoffed at Mukutu’s allegations which he said were shocking.
He described his work as noble; saying his concern was to work hard for the empowerment of youth in Zvishavane.
“I have never entertained the ideas that are contained in their allegations and all I wanted was to help the youth of Zvishavane. These are just words from a corrupt institution desperately trying to correct their mistakes,” he said.news

Zvishavane police thwart MDC-T rally again

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Zvishavane police thwart MDC-T rally again


Exsto Makunzva

ZVISHAVANE – Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Officer Commanding Zvishavane District, Chief Superintendent Edward Ncube, has come under fire after he stopped an MDC-T rally which would have been held last Saturday.
Chief Supt Ncube dismissed the MDC-T’s application to hold the rally, citing alleged failure by the party to comply with sections 25 and 27A of POSA Chapter 11: 17.
The party allegedly failed to bring a notice within the stipulated period and also failed to bring a clearance letter from the local authority.
The police chief barred the rally through a prohibition letter addressed to Benard Sibanda, the convener of the rally.
Attempts by the party’s lawyers to reverse the ban failed.
Zvishavane senator, Lillian Timveos, criticised what she called the police’s partisan application of the law.
“I am very much disturbed by what the police in Zvishavane are doing. Everywhere else rallies are being conducted. Why are they prohibited in Zvishavane?
“I think this Dispol (Officer Commanding District) is up to something nasty because it’s not the first time this has happened. The last time we wanted to hold a demo, he abruptly stopped us when we were about to start despite having initially cleared the gathering weeks before.
“We also wanted to do a clean-up campaign but the same person stopped us and this time we wanted to hold a rally and he has stopped us again. In other towns like Kwekwe, Gweru and Masvingo, similar gatherings have been done without any incident,” she said
She accused the Zvishavane police of acting like an overzealous arm of Zanu-PF.news

ZNFPC in clean-up campaign

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ZNFPC in clean-up campaign

Tinomutenda Midzi

MASVINGO – Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC), last week embarked on a clean-up campaign in Mucheke as part of the organisation’s social responsibility commitments.
At Mucheke Bus Terminus where much of the cleaning took place, the ZNFPC Masvingo provincial staff were joined by personnel from the Environmental Management Agency (EMA), Masvingo City Council and other private individuals.
During the campaign, members of the ZNFPC also delivered their core services to the public.
Olga Muza, the ZNFPC Provincial Human Resources and Administration Officer, who spoke on behalf of Peter Vhoko – the provincial manager – said the campaign was meant to deliver outdoor services and to get feedback from the public.
“As ZNFPC, we know the importance of offering outdoor services. We don’t necessarily have to make people come to us but we also visit them to get feedback. Some people are shy to come and collect products like condoms from our offices. Providing public information and getting feedback is an effective tool in our work,” she said.
She said the campaign was also meant to create organisational visibility to the public.
“Some people have merely heard about us, some know where our offices are and some know very little about us. This campaign, through interacting with people, helped to create the visibility of ZNFPC. Many now know where to find us and above all, know more about our services,” Muza said.
ZNFPC is a parastatal operating under the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) and takes cognisance of the London Summit of 2012 which seeks to reduce unmet family planning needs.
The organisation also works to increase affordability, accessibility and availability of services to all, especially for young people between the ages of 14 and 19, whose unmet needs are high.news

Masvingo Gen Hospital: Pregnant women at risk

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Masvingo Gen Hospital: Pregnant women at risk

Itai Muzondo

MASVINGO – The risk faced by pregnant women who visit Masvingo General Hospital for delivery has increased with critical maternity ward equipment and drugs being in short supply, TellZim News can reveal.
 A recent audit report of Masvingo Provincial Hospital by the Auditor General’s office paints a gloomy picture of the referral hospital which is running without critical material and medicines in the maternity ward.
The hospital has ran out of such simple yet critical equipment as Doppler fetal monitors – handheld ultrasound baby heartbeat monitors used to listen to an embryo or fetus’ heartbeat.
The report also highlights the lack of alternative water channels to serve theatres, a situation which makes it difficult for the hospital to control infections.
“I observed with concern the shortage of Cytotec, Hydrallazine, Nifedipine, injection needles, BP machines, catheters and urine bags at the maternity ward which are critical to service delivery by the Ministry. Also of major concern was the fact that the maternity ward had no functional doplar machine at the time of audit on October 04, 2016,” the report reads.
Cytotec is a medication used to start labour, cause an abortion and treat postpartum bleeding due to poor contraction of the uterus during childbirth while hydralazine is injected as a smooth-muscle relaxant to treat hypertension thereby lowering blood pressure.
Nefedipine is also a critical drug used to treat high blood pressure and premature labour.
“This was contrary to section 3 (2) (b) of the Public Health Act (Chapter 15:09) which stipulates that the functions of the Ministry responsible for health shall be to promote the public health, prevention, limitation or suppression of infectious and contagious diseases,” the report reads.
The report discloses that water shortages are not only affecting the maternal ward but other strategic sections of the hospital.
“I observed with great concern that there was erratic water supply at maternity ward and all the three theatres that is main theatre, maternity theatre and casualty theatre. These facilities were only relying on council water whose availability was erratic. At most instances these facilities were operating without water supply for long periods when council water is not running.
“This scenario had a devastating effect to service delivery as machines such as autoclaves could not operate without water. Furthermore, infection control in maternity ward where discharged human fluids need to be constantly cleaned was compromised. This was caused by the non-availability of a borehole and water tanks,” the report notes.
Masvingo Provincial Medical Director (PMD) Dr Amadeus Shamhu referred this publication to the hospital’s Medical Superintendent, Dr Chirengwa who was unavailable for comment.
“It is every institution’s duty to make sure that medicine is available at the hospital. The Medical Superintendent is in charge of that so it will be best if you get in touch with Dr Chirengwa,” Shamu said.news

Acute water shortage hits Gutu district

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Acute water shortage hits Gutu district

Peter Chawapiwa

GUTU – An acute shortage of safe drinking is seriously affecting some wards in Gutu district with concerned villagers calling on government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to drill boreholes to alleviate their plight.
Scores of villagers from Wards 19 and 21 who spoke to TellZim News said the persistent dry spell in the district had pushed down the water table, resulting the drying up of wells.
“We no longer have access to safe drinking water since most of our deep wells have dried up. Our riverbeds are dry and we now have to walk long distances in search of safe water.
“The few wells that still hold some little water are oversubscribed and cannot provide adequately supply everybody,” said Regis Ganyani.
Other villagers pleaded with non-governmental organisations like Action Contre la Faim (Action Faim) to come to their aid.
“We believe that the only lasting solution lies in the drilling of boreholes in the area. We have been faced with the same problem for some time but this time around it has become acute because our wells have dried up and there are no prospects that they will provide adequate water even if the rains come.
“We have continuously deepened our wells and some of them are now in excess of 30 feet deep but they have no water. Only government or NGOs can save our situation now,” said one villager.
A survey carried out by TellZim News showed that Ndirwo, Mabhari, Zengeya, Kudzerema, Mupereki and Mutero villages which lie next to each other have had no boreholes sunk in the area.
They rely mainly on their deep wells for safe water and resort to unsafe water from the riverbeds during the wet season.
Provincial Medical Director, Dr Ammadeus Shamu said while drilling boreholes was the solution it would take some time to implement the project.
“At the moment there are no funds available for the drilling of boreholes. Our partners in the NGO community are mainly focusing on the rehabilitation and maintenance of existing boreholes.
“If and when the funds become available we will consider drilling boreholes in the affected areas,” said Dr Shamu.news

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