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Masvingo Scout holds its 2015 provincial camp

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Masvingo Scout holds its 2015 provincial camp
By Theresa Takafuma    
                                                                                                                                                               The Masvingo Scouts has recently hosted its provincial camp meeting in Chivi, where close to 300 pupils from various schools participated.

The camping which started on Friday last week, was officially opened by the Provincial Education Director (PED) Zedius Chitiga on Saturday.
Masvingo Provincial Scouts Commissioner Silvester Chin’anga said the gathering gave the scouts an opportunity to interact with the rural Chivi community as they had a scout hike to an important learning place where they visited the community, caves and rock paintings in Madya area.

“The scouts had an opportunity to interact with Chief Chivi who told them the History of the Murambwi clan, and they  also visited an important learning place with rock paintings in Chivi, which equiped them with the knowledge of history of that place,” Chin’anga said.

“We  also allowed the scouts a hike of about two kilometres so that they acquaint with the environment and nature as well as perform some community  service,” said the Provincial Scouts commissioner.


Chin’anga said the scouts also conducted a clean-up campaign at Chivi Growth Point, in which the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and the local authorities will be involved in the collecting of the waste.

“Since our main thrust is to teach the children to be responsible in society, they  conducted a clean-up campaign at Chivi Growth Point, after which they visited patients at Chivi District Hospital,” he said.
Meeanwhile, a Mucheke High School pupil will attend the World Scout Movement Jamboree in Japan this year.local

Man burns his dog over ten eggs

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Man burns his dog over ten eggs

Prosper Mavenga

A Bikita man was ordered to pay US$ 20 fine for brutally killing  his only dog through setting it on fire as a ‘death sentence’ after he ‘convicted’ his petty for eating ten eggs.
Garikai Chikangara (46) of Beta Village under Chief Mazungunye went berserk last week when he found ten eggs laid by his hen missing. He summoned all family members to explain what had happened to the eggs. Upon failing to get satisfactory explanation, he called his dog and he discovered some watery egg marks on its snout.
He immediately dug a hole and tied the dog’s legs before putting it in the pit. He took grass and dry maize stalks and set fire on the grass while the dog was underneath.
A wailing that went across the whole village  as the dog tried to escape. Villagers who saw a blaze of fire and a cloud of smoke ran to Chikangara’s home thinking that one of his huts was on fire. Upon arrival, they discovered that he was seated while his dog was burning.
They alerted the police and Chikangara was arrested and ordered to pay a fine for his cruelty to animals.local

CBAP brings joy to orphans

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CBAP brings joy to orphans
Theresa Takafuma
Community Based Aids Programme, a voluntary organization’s poultry projects is giving orphaned and vulnerable children in several schools in Masvingo District something to smile about.
The organization, which provides educational and psychosocial support to orphaned and vulnerable children, has implemented chicken projects in ten schools which will continuously sustain them.
CBAP coordinator Samuel Mhungu said the chicken projects in schools are meant to give sustainability to the orphaned and vulnerable children, so that they get an equal chance to education like others, instead of being left out.


                                                     Some of the beneficiaries pose for a photo
“Amongst the many things that we do for the orphaned and vulnerable children, the chicken projects in many ways capacitate these children to be able to sustain themselves even in the absence of parents or guardians,” Mhungu said.
“After giving each school 100 chicks, we then encourage them to sustain the project, using the profits and some of the schools are now on the sixth batch since we started, “said Mhungu.
One of the beneficiaries of the poultry project, Chikarudzo Secondary School, which enrollment is dominated by orphaned and vulnerable children, has now implemented the project as part of the school’s agricultural department, and has since helped 84 pupils to pay part of their school fees.
Chikarudzo Secondary School headmaster Joyce Magara said the CBAP projects were bringing relief to the school, as its enrolment is dominated by vulnerable children, among them child-headed families.
“CBAP has brought relief to this school because our enrolment which has been previously affected by the burden of orphaned and vulnerable children is now in a better position,” Magara said.
“The children are now being given survival skills through the poultry project, which will enable them to take care of themselves even after they leave this school,” Magara said.
Pupils at Manunure High school said through the project, they are now assisting their community with the technical knowledge for broiler projects, as they now know better about the feeds, chemicals and bedding of the chickens.
“We are sometimes asked by people in the community how to best keep broilers and our advice is very effective, since we do it practically at school through the project,” said a pupil at Manunure High school.
Proceeds from the chicken projects are used to pay fees for the children, and at Chekai Secondary School, plans are afoot to start using the profits to implement a sewing project at the school, which will see to the provision of uniforms for the vulnerable children.
CBAP, which operates in 22 wards of Masvingo district and assists 115 schools , 34 secondary schools and 81 primary schools, helping nearly 11000 children altogether, also offers psycho-social support to these children during school holidays where they hold one week mentoring camps for them.
The organization has also been instrumental in bringing Antiretroviral treatment to clinics that could not easily procure it, but are now handing over the programme to the government.local

Chitima flea market now called Dr Grace Trade Centre

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Chitima flea market now called Dr Grace Trade Centre
Lloyd Shunje
The Garikai flea market popularly known as Chitima  market due to its location adjacent to a railway line in Masvingo town is now officially renamed after the First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe as a way of honouring her for supporting vendors in Zimbabwe.
Addressing vendors in Masvingo today (Thursday) at the usually squalid market, the Queen of Grace ZIMASSET Trust secretary general, Ephraim Chizola said the market  is now called Dr Grace Trade Center.

“The Queen of Grace ZIMASSET Trust is opening a new chapter in Masvingo as we aim to improve the lives of vendors. We have changed the Chitima market to Dr Grace Trade Centre as the First lady has improved the lives of our vendors”, said Chizola.
However, there are no toilets at the market.
Chizola said council should let vendors trade in the streets until they are allocated proper places to do their business.
“No one is going to remove vendors from the streets, they will remain like that until they are allocated a proper place by the council,” added Chizola.
Masvingo Town Clerk Adolf Gusha admitted that it was his council’s duty to look for a place for vendors. Despite the fact that municipal police is chasing vendors every day, Gusha said they were no longer going to remove informal traders from the streets.
“It is our duty as the city council to find a proper place for vendors, but for the meantime they will remain in the streets”, said Gusha.local

Its 62 years, Zvishavane South still waiting for dam project

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Its 62 years, Zvishavane South still waiting for dam project
By Itai Muzondo
Zvishavane South Old People’s Committees (OPCs) have gone for 62 years waiting for a dam project to become a reality in order for them to embark on an irrigation project, it has emerged.
Speaking during the Humanitarian Information Facilitation Centre (HIFC) engagement meetings recently in the Midlands province, the OPC chairperson Aaron Masuku said his community was still hopeful that the government would construct Chibumba-Barebare dam which was pegged in 1953.
Masuku said they were tired of ‘the aid’ from well wishers when the government could come up with poverty alleviating projects for them.
 “Instead of giving us food, why not give us fixed projects like irrigation schemes.  In this area, we have pending projects that would see us survive in times of low yield as this one like the long forgotten Chibumba – Barebare dam where an irrigation project was pegged back in 1953 but still a pipedream until now,” said Masuku.
“We also have nothing to brag home about from the looming mining industry in this area. Diamonds have since been discovered close by at Murowa diamonds but development is still static considering the state of roads and schools around in comparison to the impact of the same mineral in nations like Botswana,” added Masuku.
Zvishavane South Member of Parliament Freddy Moyo, however, said that the government is struggling because of the national challenge and promised that he would sit with his constituency at local level to curb the current challenges.
“Government is struggling because the current drought is a national challenge. I however, look forward to sit face to face with my constituency at local level besides lobbying for their grievances in parliament so that we come up with a contingent plan especially on such irrigation projects,” said Moyo.

                                             Freddy Moyo
Another OPC member, Collier Gumbochuma also blamed the government over the poverty affecting the community.
“We blame the government at large for this current situation of widespread hunger as their land reform program brought along a lot of anomalies which holds back rains resulting in severe droughts,” said Gumbochuma.local

VP Mphoko downplays Gukurahundi again

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VP Mphoko downplays Gukurahundi again
… says Mugabe’s hands are clean … refused to entertain questions
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Vice President (VP) Phelekezela Mpoko has downplayed the Gukurahundi massacre for the second time this year saying the only planned Gukurahundi he remembers took place before Independence as President Robert Mugabe was fighting for the liberation of the country.
While delivering his public lecture at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) on National Healing today, Mpoko reiterated that the much talked about Gukurahundi which killed over 20 000 people in Matabeleland in early 80s was a British conspiracy targeted at dividing Zimbabweans.
“The Gukurahundi that I know ended on 18 April 1980. The disturbances which rocked Matabeleland in the 80s were not the original Gukurahundi but a British conspiracy targeted at dividing Zimbabweans,” said Mpoko.
Although he acknowledged that there were ‘disturbances’ which rocked Matabeleland after Independence, Mpoko did not go into detail in explaining how it happened. He also did not disclose the names of the people who masterminded the killings but insisted that Mugabe was not involved.
“President Mugabe’s hands are clean on that one… he was never involved,” said Mpoko.
However, people who attended the supposed lecture said they were not satisfied by the VP’s address.
“He failed to articulate his facts…it was all disjointed,” said one lecturer.
Soon after his lecture, a lot of people, including students and university staff wanted to ask questions but they were denied the opportunity.
Only GZU Vice Chancellor Professor Rungano Zvobgo’s wife Ellen who is also director of the School of Gender Studies at the university and one Zanu PF youth were allowed to ask questions.
“We wanted to ask questions but it seemed everything was stage managed. How can you call us for a lecture and deny us the opportunity to ask questions. He was lying and they thought we would embarrass him if we asked questions,” said another lecturer who refused to be named.
                                                 VP Mphoko
In February this year, Mpoko told the state run Sunday Mail newspaper that the disturbances that rocked Zimbabwe in the early years of Independence were part of a region-wide conspiracy to destabilize Southern Africa and not of any anti-Ndebele agenda by Shonas.local

Zanu PF now led by uneducated old people – Mahofa

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Zanu PF now led by uneducated old people – Mahofa
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MASVINGO – Minister for Provincial affairs for Masvingo, Shuvai Mahofa (74) who  replaced Kudakwashe Bhasikiti (54) shocked hundreds of people at Nemanwa Growth Point recently when she confessed that Zanu PF is being run by too old people.
Mahofa made stunning revelations while addressing people at a farewell party for the former Masvingo Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer Clemence Makwarimba on Friday.
She said her ascendancy to a ministerial post had nothing to do with her educational qualifications.
 “Zanu PF and government yava kutongwa nechembere dzakaita sesu vana Mahofa (Zanu PF and the government is now being led by old people like me). I am not learned but politics has nothing to do with education but loyalty. I want to tip those youths who wish to be leaders one day to remain faithful to the aged leaders,” said Mahofa.
As if she was confirming that only old people will continue to be appointed in government, Mahofa  said Makwarimba is going to get a top government post.
“I want to thank you Makwaramba for remaining faithful to the party, you will be surely rewarded. We are going to politburo meeting next week where we are going to fire more people and people like Makwarimba will replace them,” she added.

          Shuvai Mahofa who recently failed to read Independence speech fluently
The country’s economy has continued to take a nose dive since the July 31, 2013, harmonized elections and Zanu PF has been accused of appointing too old people in government who no longer have the energy and new ideas to bring development.
The majority of government ministers are over 70 years of age. About 17 youthful ministers were, however, expelled from government recently for allegedly being aligned to the former Vice President Joice Mujuru.

When Mahofa became Minister for Masvingo Provincial Affairs, she immediately moved her office from the second to the ground floor because she could not  climb the stairs owing old age.
Government  incurred unplanned costs to renovate the new office while civil servants are now inconvenienced as the office of the Provincial Administrator (PA) is now a distance from the Minister of State’s office.politics

Masvingo Senator says government not willing to reform media laws

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Masvingo Senator says government not willing to reform media laws
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Media reforms will never see the light of the day since the government has displayed that it lacks motivation to reform media laws, Masvingo Senator Misheck Marava has said.
Speaking at a belated World Press freedom commemorations on Saturday at Charles Austin Theater in Masvingo, Marava said the executive is sitting upon bills submitted to them a long time ago thereby blocking the realignment of almost 400 laws to the constitution.
Marava said the Executive is responsible for the delay in the realignment of these laws, and parliament cannot do anything since it can only operate under the dictates of the executive.
“The executive is not serious enough about the realignment of the several laws to the constitution, and parliament cannot do anything since it can only nudge from behind,” Marava said.
“The parliament has been on leave and only resumed last week, yet there is so much work to be done, but the executive has to release those bills first,” he said.

                    Misheck Marava
Marava also said the work of journalists in Zimbabwe is very hard due to the repressive media laws which look like they were made to muzzle the press.
“Journalists in Zimbabwe are very strong in the way they are doing their jobs considering what they have to go through in their daily activities,” Marava said.
“In a normal situation, a journalist does not have to go to court to prove his point. Protection of journalists should be enacted according to the constitution,” Marava said.
Speaking at the same event, prominent Masvingo lawyer Martin Mureri said the constitution grants media freedom with the right hand and takes back with the left, as some of the repressive media laws are still prevailing over the constitution.
“Until such a time when government revisits the media laws, some of which have to be repealed, that when we will have media freedom,” said Mureri.local

GZU BOOST ENACTUS PARTNERS DELTA TO FIGHT ALCOHOL ABUSE

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GZU BOOST ENACTUS PARTNERS DELTA TO FIGHT ALCOHOL ABUSE

BY TINASHE TIRIVAVI
Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) Building Opportunities On Student Talent(BOOST) ENACTUS team in partnership with Delta Corporation has engaged the Masvingo community in an intensive campaign to try and flash out underage alcohol abuse.
The Corporate Affairs manager for Delta Corporation TsungieManyeza said in her presentation at the launch of the 2015 Delta-BOOST Ethics transparency initiative, that the company’s 88% market share calls for the need to educate the community about risks involved with abusing alcohol.
“Delta holds a market share of 88% percent in Zimbabwe and whenever there is an alcohol related accident people usually blame Delta, because of this we have seen it necessary to partner up with organisations like BOOST ENACTUS who work with students where these cases are common in our campaign against alcohol abuse” she said.
Munyeza expressed that underage drinking and consumption of alcohol whilst driving has affected many people’s lives thus there was need to encourage it’s wise consumption and prohibit youngsters from doing so in any possible way.
Monitoring and Evaluation officer for GZU’s ENACTUS team Graham Kembo said they have welcomed the opportunity to partner with the company since they were also making efforts to address this issue.
“We are pleasedby Delta’s initiative since it taps into current challenges that we are facing as youths which include underage drinking of alcohol,” he said.
“We believe it will change many lives,” he added.

In its efforts the ENACTUS team came up with a Facebook page “GZUABOVETHEINFlUENCE’ which received an appeal from a lot of people particularly students.
However in defiant to this some students based at the university’s Mashava Campus said they will continue consuming alcohol especially the one being brewed in the surrounding villages.
“We usually go to the community particularly “KwaPeter” where we buy 5litres traditional liquor for $1,” said a student identified himself as Djaboski
This is the second year DELTA -BOOST ethics are running under the theme above the influence – campaign against alcohol abuse.local

HIP-HOP SENSATION ‘THE MONKEY NUTS’ HITS SOCIAL MEDIA BY STORM

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HIP-HOP SENSATION ‘THE MONKEY NUTS’ HITS SOCIAL MEDIA BY STORM
By John Mubayi

A Zimbabwean hip-hop group ‘The Monkey Nuts’ which is based in UK took social media by surprise after launching their debut album Boom Bap Idiophonics on the 1st of May, at the just ended Harare International Festival of Arts (HIFA).
The hip-hop sensation stormed social media as they got 400 likes on Facebook on the day of the album release and increased to over 2000 views and 4000 followers on You Tube and Twitter respectively.
The trio comprising of Joshua Chiundiza, Tinotenda Tagwirei and Impi Maph have a record deal with a UK record label Barely Being Even (BBE), released their album that features French producer Lionel Corsini (DJ Oil) and mbira songstress Hope Masike.
Born and raised in the capital, the group has been on the local hip-hop scene since 2011 and have been trotting towards the international arena.
Boom Bap Idiophonics their album was produced by Sam Monro (Comrade Fatso)one of Zimbabwe’s leading poets and stand-up comedian and Tongai Makawa (Outspoken) also a poet and emcee.

Speaking at HIFA, one of the group members Chiundiza acknowledged that “ironically Boom Bap Idiophonics was created when The Monkey Nuts, DJ Oil and Hope Masike met at HIFA 2013”
Chiundiza also added that “they were preparing live shows to be held in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the UK later this year”
The album is available for pre-order worldwide and the purchase can be done online via iTunes making use of social media to capture both local and international audiences.
Social media has been helpful towards the popularity of The Monkey Nuts since their formation in 2011 and the release of their debut album has led them to go viral.
Zimbabwean hip-hop has been fading away as the dancehall genre has been catching the attention of many but artists like Outspoken,Shingirirayi, ExQ, Stunner and The Monkey Nuts have been holding on firmly.Entertainment
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