In a bid to fight water shortages in the city, Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Shuvai Mahofa has pledged to donate a borehole to the Masvingo City council.

Masvingo Town Clerk Adolf Gusha said council appreciates the Provincial Minister’s sign of goodwill.

“The Minister wrote to us advising that she will donate a borehole to Masvingo City Council to be drilled at the Civic Centre Gardens. Feasibility studies will be carried out to determine a suitable site. The borehole will be the second in the Civic Centre Gardens and will assist during water shortages. Council has since accepted the donation,” Gusha said.

When conducted for comment, Mahofa said she wishes to do all that she can to help other communities across the province to have access to clean water.

“I am working on a borehole that I will donate to Masvingo City Council. My wish is to embark on other developmental projects in the province. Lack of resources is the major limitation but we will continue to work hard to improve the welfare of our people,” Mahofa said.news

Zvishavane – Residents in Mandava surbub are complaining over the lack of repairs on burst water and sewer pipes, saying the neglect of such crucial infrastructure poses a danger to the health of residents. 

Residents say the gushing sewer water has provided a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

“Mosquitoes are breeding at this place and this is not healthy for all of us,” said Alice Tabvirei, who is a resident of the suburb.

To make matters worse, some people are also throwing used condoms into stagnant pools of dirty water, exposing them to children who play around.

“We are not always around to monitor our children and they sometimes end up picking things they should not be picking at all,” said a disgruntled mother.

Residents who stay at ‘Majaradha’ told this publication that council does not seem to care about the deteriorating infrastructure in the town. 

However, other residents seem to have gotten used to their dirty surroundings so much that they now enjoy their meals in the outside, despite the putrid smells.

“We are now used to the smell and it affects us no more,” said Tafara Dhewa.

The sewer bursts have been like that for several months now with other residents planting vegetables close to them to make full use of the free water.

“Council is fully aware of this mess but they take no action. We see council employees jumping the pools all the time like everybody else without seeming to care,” said Taurai Ncube.

No comment could be taken from council, with the town engineer said to have gone to Bulawayo on official duties.news

Something must be very wrong Cdes! I mean there is something wrong in the manner this country is being run. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zimbabwe Private (Pvt) Limited (Ltd) must be very incompetent and LAZY. E-eh private Limited company ndiyo cheteka yekuti the owner cannot be fired zvekumhanya. CEO anotonga kusvika aneta akada kupa mwana kana mukadzi kuti ambotongawo ndiye kutyei iri private company – it’s a family business ka!

But I was bored recently; someone awakened me from a deep sleep kwedu kwaDr Grace Trading Centre uko ndakarara zvangu mumaplastic. The person was playing some music and the sound was very loud. But I ended up enjoying one of the songs from Alick Macheso yekuti ‘Zvawaita zvandirangaridza chegore riye’. I laughed lungs out as I started to visualize some of the scenes involving our war veterans that occurred in Harare during the past few months. Kkkkkkkk kudirwa mvura inososona here akomana kkkkk WAR VETERANS?

President Robert Mugabe havaitirwe demonstration zvekumanya maCdes kkkkk. Musandirangaridze chegore riye akomana varume vakuru kumhanyiswa senge pwere; kuita senge musinawo kurwira nyika ino? Kkkkkk the only marches and demonstrations that are accepted are for the President and not against the President. Eheka mukaita million-man march to prop up support for President or demo against the Western hamuchione. Not against the CEO kkkkkkk munofarisa maCdes.

And Mapombi heard some of the war veterans were labelled dissidents last week. Dissidents! O-oh yes dissidents – and Mapombi is very sure you know what this means Cdes; watch out for Gukurahundi Part 2.  By the way is it Part 2 or 3? Ko paye painzi Morgan Tsvangirai kakadashurwa yaive Part aniko iye?

Mugabe’s uncouth and reckless statement should be condemned by all strongest possible terms – kuti rangaridza gukurahundi hatichada! Refering our Cdes who fought and died for this country as dissents is unpardonable. Mapombi as an unbeatable record of being a real gentleman – handivanzi ini! The CEO’s utterances were not acceptable to say the least.

But Mapombi heard something – hanzi there are some places somewhere in Singapore, India and China where one can go for brain sharpening. Ko hakunawo here kunoitiwa zve anti-ageing vakomana? If there is any place for such maiendawoka nana gogo Shuvai Mahofa and company because zvimwe zvava kutaurwa izvi hazvisisina maturo. Kkkkkk please get me right, I said gogo Shuvai and company, not otherwise. Priz priz get that right or else Mapombi will be in serious trouble with those guys who wear cheap nylon suits and dark glasses.

Mapombi is blunt sometimes – anobaya dede nemumukanwa chaimo. This country needs overhaul – we now need a new CEO or else the company should be placed under Judicial management. We all know kuti Garwe haridye chebamba asi apa rikatadza rinofa nenzara nekuti hapana chinouya neronga apa. We have been trying the same formulae to solve the economic equation for the past 36 years but, alas, we have failed. In 1980 there were fewer potholes than today; our money had value but today we have no currency kkkkkkk haa yaa Zanu PF yambotionesa chitsvuku vakomana. Hanzi Bond what? Bond coins, Notes?  Mapombi heard the maximum daily withdrawal for individuals is now $100? Kkkkk zvakaoma hazvo. Isu hedu vana Mapombi hatina Mabank accounts but hama dzeduwo dzinozotipawo rotten bananas ndodzatinonzwirawo tsitsi.

Anyway, Mapombi is impressed by the war vets – hatidzore tsvimbo nekuti gudo rabata kumeso maCdes! The company (Zimbabwe) is facing liquidation and the CEO should handover the button to his immediate junior – chinhu ngachimbopiwawo garwe vakomana! Kkkk but Mapombi like the courage ine mawar vets this time around – they were labelled dissidents and threatened to be crushed like ‘cockroaches’   but havatombovhunduke. Ngwena yakarindira chitanda ichi for quite some time and to evade him simply because Mukaranga hazvichaita! Ko iwo Mazezuru ndiwo akaita seiko? Should the Makaranga, Ndebeles, Tonga, Korekore, Manyika, Shangani and Venda leave this country and find somewhere to stay so that the ‘unconquerable Zezurus can remain vachitonga? Haa izvi zvazonyanya izvi. Ngwena ngaimbopiwawo chitanda zvoendawo kuManyika nekumaNdebele zvichingotenderera. After all, we all fought for this country – I mean all the tribes. So no tribe should be dominant over others.

Mapombi is a gentleman haavanzi – war vets vanoda kupiwa sando apa. Speak up your mind Cdes! Ngwena kuvanhu! Ahh it’s almost lunch time, let me end hear lest I will be accused of yep yepping. Regai ndindokanga hangu maputi angu for lunch. But nzara tanzwa vakomana even rotten bananas are hard to come by kuno kwaDr Grace Trading Centre. 

Kkkkk life sometimes so ka ma1 – ndiri kutonetseka kutsvaga mabananas akaora but Mphoko has been staying in hotel since appointment. Kkkkk haya gore munhu achigara muhotera ndokutongaka uku? Imbotai asi zivai kuti mufaro mwena ukautevedza unoguma. Mboko imboko!!!!Mapombi

A 32 year old man from Kuchinei village under Chief Chimombe, Gutu district, last week murdered his mother in cold blood for slaughtering his chicken to feed a visitor and later committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree.

Bhasera police referred questions to the Provincial Police Spokesperson, Inspector Charity Mazula who could not be immediately be conducted for a comment.

Farai Tamanika Sharara is said to have killed his mother, Otilia Sharara (71) on Saturday 11 June around in the afternoon by hitting her on the head four times with a pestle for slaughtering a hen for his sister, Otilia’s daughter, without his consent. 

Farai, who was not around at the time his sister, identified as Tsitsi Sharara, arrived from Zaka, found his mother preparing the meat and scolded her for slaughtering the chicken which had small chicks.

Sources say Tsitsi told Bhasera police she had tried in vain to stop her brother from shouting at their mother.

Farai is said to have got even angrier and started insulting Tsitsi, saying their mother could have slaughtered the rooster instead of a hen.

It is at this point that Farai took a pestle and swore that somebody was going to die; either him or somebody else.

Sensing grave danger, Tsiti then rushed to neighbours to look for help leaving her mother rebuking the irate Farai.

When she returned with the neighbours some moments later, they found Otilia lying dead in pool of blood before finding Farai hanging in a tree a few metres away from their home stead.

The two bodies were taken to Gutu Mission hospital by Bhasera police.

ZAKA – All four Zaka constituencies last week joined the rest of the country in selecting child parliamentarians for the next parliament with Zaka North and Central being asked to field male candidates while Zaka East and West were reserved for females.

Zaka East held its elections at Matara Secondary School while Zaka West ran the process at Rudhanda High School.

Zaka Central ran its selection process at Chinorumba High School, with Zaka North conducting its own process at Mutsambwa Secondary School.

Pamela Charles, a Form 3 pupil at Matara Secondary School won the Zaka East seat after beating five other rivals from different schools in the constituency.

The Zaka West seat went to Rutendo Muromo, a Form 5 pupil at Rudhanda High School after she secured 19 votes with the Zaka Central seat going to Musiso High School’s Kupakwashe Mazuru who garnered 12 votes.

Elections for the Zaka North seat saw a Form 3 pupil of Mutsambwa Secondary, Liberty Chawa winning with 11 votes.

The selection process was guided by debates on the topic “Conflict and Crisis in Africa: Protecting Children’s Rights” on which each participant would make a five minutes presentation.

Another category saw child councillors being selected for various wards.

The senator will be chosen from the serving parliamentarians and the chiefs will be chosen by the Youth ministry.news