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Mvuma man carjacked, loses US$360 to robbers

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Mvuma man carjacked, loses US$360 to robbers

Tinaani Nyabereka

Mvuma- Police are investigating a case of robbery where a 26-year-old man was robbed of cash and his car along Harare-Masvingo road.
The incident occurred on January 19, 2022 at about 2200 hours.
Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko appealed to members of the public who might have information on the whereabouts of the suspects.
“We are appealing to members of the public with information that can help to identify the suspects who are three males, two females and subsequently recover the vehicle, to approach the nearest police station.
“The vehicle is a white Toyota Runnex registration number ADQ 3872. Once again, we urge drivers to desist from the habit of offering lifts to strangers since some of them will be moving criminals,” added Mahoko.
Circumstances given are that, Cosmas Kangirai of Fairfields, Mvuma was hired by five people from Chaka Business Centre to Chivhu.
Upon arrival at the 170 kilometre-peg, the suspects ordered him to stop the car purporting to have reached their destination before one of the suspects grabbed Kangirai by the neck demanding cash from him whilst others searched him.
They further tied his hands and legs and took cash amounting to US $360 from him before driving to Matende Compound, Fairfields where they dumped him.
The complainant however managed to free himself and reported the matter at Mvuma Police Station and police attended the scene.
The suspects are still at large.

‘Lack of access to IDs violation of human rights’

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‘Lack of access to IDs violation of human rights’

Melinda Kusemachibi

A coalition of 26 residents associations working under the banner ‘Residents Association Coalition for Electoral Reforms’ has bemoaned lack of access to national registration documents and structural discrimination which they say have become obstacles in electoral processes.
Addressing a press briefing in Masvingo on January 26 on behalf of various residents associations, Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Association (MURRA) director Anoziva Muguti said delays in accessing national documents ahead of elections equals violating human rights as everyone has the right to national registration documents.
“Lack of access to national registration documents and structural discrimination has become obstacles for residents to participate in electoral processes in particular the upcoming by-elections and watershed 2023 general elections.
“We call upon the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to urgently engage the Registrar General and investigate the causes into the delay of issuance of national registration documents as this is violating human rights and in this case the right to vote,” said Muguti.
He also said that there should be creation of an ideal environment where national registration documents are accessible to everyone.
“For the right to vote and be elected to be exercised meaningfully, it is important that there is an environment where national registration documents are accessible to residents in all parts of the country,” he said.
However, he went on to say as an organization, they also noted with concern the discriminatory practices.
“As the Nomination Court sits on the January 26, 2022 for local government and national assembly by-elections, we note with concern the discriminatory practices at the Nomination Court processes of demanding marriage certificates on female candidates and divorce papers for previously married women, while the same documentation is not required for men,” said Muguti.
This also come against a background where women comprise just 14percent of the total councilors’ population in Zimbabwe and this figure has declined by two percentage points in each election since 2013, when women comprised 18percent of the elected representatives in local government.
Muguti also indicated that as residents associations, they have engaged legal experts who are seized with the matter.
“To this end we have engaged legal and electoral experts who are seized with the matter. We therefore, make recommendations that the Residents Association for Electoral Reforms will petition Parliament on the challenges associated with voter registration including access to documentation and approach the Constitutional Court on discriminatory practices in the nomination court processes,” said Muguti.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) shelved the mobile voter registration blitz, that was supposed to start in December 2021 saying a number of new registrants had no national Identity Documents (IDs) and were giving them until February to get them, and only then would electoral body resume the exercise.
However, citizens seeking national identity cards and birth certificates are facing challenges in acquiring the crucial documents as they are asked to book first then apply later owing to a number of challenges.

Chilonga Villagers cross flooded Runde despite Tugwi-Mukosi spilling

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Chilonga Villagers cross flooded Runde despite Tugwi-Mukosi spilling

Beatific Gumbwanda

CHIREDZI-Villagers in Chiredzi South have refused to be cut off from the Central Business District (CBD) by the flooded Runde River, despite Tugwi-Mukosi dam spilling into the same river as they continuously cross using their home-made canoes.
Tugwi-Mukosi, the country’s biggest inland lake is spilling into the already flooded Runde River, where people from Chiredzi South and parts of Chiredzi East cross the river through the low lying Chilonga Causeway, which is currently covered by water.
Villagers then resort to cross the river using homemade canoes, which is risky to their lives as during the current rainy season, the river has since claimed two lives including that of a soldier who fell from a moving truck which was crossing through the causeway.
The situation has since been worsened by spilling Tugwi-Mukosi dam as the volume of water in Runde River has increased.
In an interview, Chiredzi District Development Coordinator and Civil Protection Unit (CPU) chairperson, Lovemore Chisema said it has become the villagers’ culture to cross the river using canoes during the rainy season despite the dangers it poses to them as using alternative routes to get to Chiredzi is expensive.
“This has slowly become a culture for those living across the river to cross using their home-made canoes during every rainy season despite the dangers it has to them as it claims more than five lives every year. Using alternative routes, like going via Rutenga is very expensive to them than to just pay US$ 2 to cross the river,” said Chisema.
Chisema also said they have incorporated opinion leaders at Chilonga to help in the campaign to encourage people not to cross the river when it is flooded.
“We are doing campaigns to educate villagers to desist from crossing the river when it is flooded and have also incorporated village elders and other opinion leaders at Chilonga Business Centre to help in the campaigns,” added Chisema.
The government of Zimbabwe is delaying the construction of Chilonga Bridge which requires more than US$20 million and has been budgeted for for more than three years without the actual work taking off.

CSO’s disgruntled by voter registration blitz time frame

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CSO’s disgruntled by voter registration blitz time frame

Fredrick Moyo

Civil Society Organisations have expressed dissatisfaction over the timeframe within which Zimbabwe electoral Commission (ZEC) has proposed to conduct the biometric voter registration saying the dates present a limited duration that is likely to result in more people missing out on the exercise.
ZEC released the mobile registration exercise dates that will be conducted in two phases; the first phase being from February 1-18 while the second runs from April 11-30, 2022.
Election Resource Centre (ERC) Legal and Advocacy Officer Takunda Tsunga said the framework given by ZEC is restrictive, prohibitive to marginalized communities and long term solutions should be put in place to aid voter registration.
“As ERC, we continually state that the current framework for the blitz is extremely prohibitive. It is restrictive to marginalized communities who have limited access to voter registration centres due to financial constraints or due to long distances. However, we continuously advocate for longer term solutions needed to be put in place to bridge the gap between voter registration centres and citizens.
“We should use these dates to test the administrative capacity of the electoral commission to be able to undertake this exercise. We should also test the willingness of citizens to participate in electoral processes such as voter registration. I think once we engage citizens on this issue, we will be able to gauge the empathy or willingness of citizens to participate in electoral processes. In order for us to be able to reach a large audience, it takes coordinated efforts between ZEC, CSO’s, political parties and citizens themselves to mobilize each other to go and register to vote,” said Tsunga.
Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD) Programmes Officer Ishmael Kupfuwa said they applaud ZEC’s efforts in embarking on a blitz but the time is limited to reach every willing participant.
“As CSOs we appreciate efforts by ZEC in trying to reach many people through the blitz. However, the timeframe is too limited for both ZEC and CSOs to reach every corner with voter education and most importantly for potential voters to register to vote.
“Therefore the blitz should be given more time and ZEC should decentralize some voter registration even at constituency level so that people who cannot afford to travel to ZEC district and or provincial offices can go register their names in their constituencies,” said Kupfuwa.
ZEC Masvingo deputy Provincial Election Officer (PEO), Maxwell Ncube said they are looking forward for the blitz to reach every willing citizen who want to partake in the registration process and will not comment on the blitz time frame as it is only meant for those who did have time to reach registration offices.
“The mobile registration exercise is expected to cover every ward in the province and the citing of the registration centres in wards was informed by the vastness of the ward and the centrality of those centres in relationship to the ward. I will not comment on the view of the CSO’s on the time factor, but time will never be enough though we hope to register all willing citizens.
“This is just a mop-up exercise to cater for those who did not have time to visit our offices. It does not necessarily mean that we are closing offices after mobile registration. The issue of restrictive and prohibitive nature of our programmes is something else that I cannot comment on, but the whole idea is that we tried as much as we can within the provided space to make sure everybody and every ward is catered for and we are hoping that everyone who is willing would come and register,” said Ncube.
ZEC had shelved the mobile voter registration blitz that was supposed to begin in December 2021 saying a number of new registrants had no national identity documents.

Model and auto-electrician all in one: Miss Independence Zimbabwe

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Model and auto-electrician all in one: Miss Independence Zimbabwe

Fredrick Moyo

Masvingo model and winner of Miss Independence Zimbabwe 2021, Rejoice Kazingizi has decided to go beyond the modeling profession as she pursues her other career as an auto electrician.
The 24-year-old Kazingizi studied automotive electronics, a system used in vehicles, including engine management, ignition, radio, carputers, telematics, in-car entertainment systems at Masvingo Polytechnic College from 2017-19.
Kazingizi who is doing part-time jobs and working from home says she finds it hard to sail through the male dominated industry because of being discriminated along gender lines.
“I do part-time jobs, phone calls and work from home as it is difficult to be in a male dominated industry as we are looked down upon as females.
“I have always learnt to keep my head high and focus on the goal, just like I do when I am competing in modeling,” said Kazingizi.
She added that in her mechanics voyage, she faced many challenges as some tried pulling her down and demotivating her in doing what she likes most.
“In my journey of becoming an electrician, I came across pessimistic people trying to pull me down but to no avail. I love what I do. I cherish this trade because of its versatility.
“I really felt like it is a trade that introduces you to various industries, but lately I have been appreciating how it knowledgeably allows me to advocate for the rights and protection of women,” added Kazingizi.
The Miss Independence 2021 winner also said that soon she will have her own garage and also be an employer, employing women, saying what man are capable of doing, women can also do.
“I see my self as a garage owner employing some young women in this trade. People associate beauty with weakness and l am a proof of defying that. What men can do woman can do too. We are just tough as man,” said Kazingizi.
She added women are stereotyped and that she was inspired by a friend to be in the mechanic field, and will continue chasing her dream.
“I got inspired by the lady Makanika Memo in Chitungwiza. Women are breaking stereotypes. People got surprised, confused with me that l am an electrician and a model, how do the two trades link?
“As of now I am Miss Independence Zimbabwe 2021 .For me and to any other young lady reading, this means you can be whoever you want to be. In a nutshell it is allowed to chase many dreams, the sky is the limit,” Kazingizi said.

MISA calls for fair, balanced coverage during elections

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MISA calls for fair, balanced coverage during elections

Melinda Kusemachibi

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has called upon state broadcaster the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) to present an implementation plan for fair and balanced coverage of political parties during elections.
The letter written to ZBC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Adelaide Chikunguru on January 21, 2022 requested the broadcaster to furnish them with the plan of action ahead on the by-elections scheduled for March 26 this year.
“As the by-elections proclaimed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for March 26, 2022 beckon, immense responsibility is thus thrust on the media to comply with the Constitution in terms of its coverage of different political parties and interests. The Zimbabwe Electoral Act also states how the media should conduct itself during elections,” read part of the letter.
MISA also stated that the High Court of Zimbabwe and several election observers should come up with recommendations on how public media should cover elections.
“It is in that regard that the High Court of Zimbabwe and several election observer missions came up with several recommendations on how the public media, ZBC and Zimpapers, should cover the country’s elections following the conclusion of Zimbabwe’s 2018 harmonized elections,” it reads.
The letter indicated that Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) report showed that state owned media outlets were in favour of one political party.
“The SADC report noted that the public broadcaster and state-owned newspapers were in favour of one political party, contrary to the relevant provisions of the Constitution, Electoral Act, and revised SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections, which requires State-owned media to be impartial,” read part of the letter.
MISA also indicated that in 2016, Chief Justice Luke Malaba who was then Deputy Chief Justice extensively quoted the Electoral Act in Majome vs ZBC case during which he said Electoral Act requires a public broadcaster to cover all political parties contesting during elections.
Accreditation of journalists is cumbersome and costly as media personnel have to be accredited with Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) before Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) also accredit them for covering of elections.
MISA Zimbabwe appealed to ZEC that media practitioners applying to be accredited by the commission, only submit details based on ZMC-issued accreditation cards without having to pay an additional accreditation fee.

Gokwe Minor (15) succumbs to groin injuries while playing

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Tinaani Nyabereka

Gokwe– A 15-year-old juvenile died after he was assaulted on private parts while playing with other boys in the grazing lands.
The incident occurred at Gandiwa village in Chief Nemangwe’s area in Gokwe on January 20 2022.
Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident and urged members of the public to watch over children whenever they play.
“We appeal to members of the public to always supervise their children when they play,” Mahoko said in a statement.
Circumstances are that the now deceased (name withheld) was herding cattle with other boys.
They divided themselves into two teams and started playing what they termed ‘kick boxing’. Another boy aged 15 kicked the now deceased on his private parts and he fell down.
The teams stopped playing and the now deceased proceeded home having difficulties in walking. He narrated the matter to his 42-year-old Aunt who rendered first aid to him.
During the night his condition deteriorated and he succumbed to the injury.
The matter was reported to the police and the body of the deceased was taken to Gokwe Hospital mortuary for post mortem.

Ngomahuru inmates escape, one eaten by crocodile

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Ngomahuru inmates escape, one eaten by crocodile

Kimberly Kusauka

Two inmates from Ngomahuru Psychiatric hospital in Masvingo recently escaped from the mental health institution under unclear circumstances resulting in the death of one of the patients as he tried to cross Crocodile-infested Tugwi River.

It is reported that Kudakwashe Gomwe (22) from an unnamed location in Harare and Courage Mutsaru (27) from Makonde village under Chief Nemauzhe escaped before Mutsaru was allegedly seen by a villager being attacked by a crocodile in Tugwi River.

Masvingo Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa acknowledged receiving a report of the incident.

“I can confirm that we have a report of that incident,” said Dhewa.

On January 22, Mutsaru and Gomwe were reported to have escaped from the hospital.

A nurse at the hospital reportedly received a call from a villager who said they saw someone wearing hospital attire trying to cross Tugwi River but they had witnessed him being attacked by a crocodile.

A search party was released and they could not locate the two.

A source who disclosed the information on condition of anonymity said the inmates escaped through the window after removing a burglar bar and went into the forest.

“These two men escaped on Saturday through the window and ran into the forest where they found their way.

“Mutsaru tried to cross Tugwi River and was spotted by villagers who were across. When they tried to rescue him, he was already caught by a crocodile which is believed to have eaten him alive,” said the source.

A source also said that these men have been at the hospital for a long time which was viewed as negligence by their family members over failure to visit them.

“These two men have been in the hospital for a long time and they maybe began to feel like their families no longer wanted them, so they escaped so that they could regain their freedom,” said a source.

There have been reports that inmates are allegedly complaining about food shortages, blocked toilets, staff shortages as well as lack of medication which triggers these kind of tragedies.

In 2021 Ngomahuru Psychiatric Hospital was slapped with a law suit by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) after there had been a water crisis which saw inmates having to bath at nearby Magwagwaza River.

Yellow fever hitting Zim hard but …

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Yellow fever hitting Zim hard but …

Ladies and gentlemen, I can’t stop wondering how we ended up having two cyclones hitting our country at the same time, what coincidence it is, having cyclone Chamisa and the Yellow fever at the same time we are having cyclone Ana. I used to hear sekuru vangu kwachiri Mudombo vachiti paifamba Masvikiro kana varidzi venyika vaiperekedzwa netumvura. Could this be what is happening? Honestly if you look at the calmness of Ana mmm, you will be tempted to believe it. I know it is a bit harsh in some areas, but I know hakusi kuzama kutyisa vanhu but kungotiwo zvityise kkkk. But mukati mufana haana kuromba iyeyu, I hear Mazoe, maBanana and other yellow things are disappearing in shop shelves only two days after the announcement of the new party name and colours. KKK we have crazy people in Zimbabwe. Apawo maZanu are busy throwing away anything that is yellow. Yes yellow is the colour in town. I am also looking for a yellow something even a yellow paperbag rekuisa some rotten bananas, iwo ari kuora sei nemvura iyi.
Thumbs up to the young man, launching a new party is the only meaningful thing you have done for some time now, other than moving around the country exposing Zanu PF’s violent character when it comes to the opposition kkk. Not ana Khupe or Mwonzora, I mean the real opposition. You exposed them paya though they don’t learn, Zanu PF haina matyira when dealing with something that threatens their stay in power. The only way to deal with Zanu so far is voting zvine mutsindo so that rigging will be hard for them. Tikasadaro sure sadza reYellow munoridyira mahara kkkk. Yes people have gone back to the 2006-08 era where the whole country was surviving on yellow mealie meal from CARE. Business tip, vanobika sadza itai reYellow mufe nemari. Munhu wese akudya yellow except Mapombi, ini hangu handiudi hunondirangaridza chegore riya kkk.
Provebs 23:13-14 says, ‘Do not withhold discipline from a Child; if you punish him with a rod, he will not die. Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death. So today I am not sparing the rod on the new baby CCC. I like the new baby, who else doesn’t like mwana mutsva, chero varoyi vanongotiwo makorokoto wani. I like the way people are embracing the new party name, slogan, symbol and colours though it is a bit late, nhasi zvangu nemachinja, I know they say touch not the anointed kkk. Imi its true this has been long overdue, ah aidai akangozviita kudhara izvi hapana hapana apa. Ah ko moti zvaienda nepi, the party name and slogan should have time to percolate into the people’s minds. Don’t underestimate the name MDC, range rapinda muvanhu chero imi you know it that is why maiita ana MDC-T, MDC-N, MDC-199, MDC-Renewal and lastly MDC-Alliance kkkk. It was done to try not to do away with the MDC name kkk. Others are still saying pamberi naMugabe wani. I hope we won’t have that confusion pamarally vamwe voti hezvoko bwaa. Zvekuti hee chigunwe ndeche ISIS haa inziyo tichishanda dziya hapana hapana, be rest assured, this will not change anything muBallot, people will be very cautious of that pakunovhota. Vanhu vanoziva zvavanoda, imi Zimbabweans are educated, I mean literate enough that they cannot be confused zvekutadza kuona panaChamisa.
The name sounds good to me though some are saying its personalising the name to Chamisa Chete Chete, my worry is on the CHANGE aspect, ko kana mapinda would you still need change here ladies and gentlemen. I know you will accuse me of yep yeping too much so I will not touch the anointed.
But machinja should stop majoring on the minor and concentrate on big issues, Mwonzora and Khupe are not the enemy here, the real enemy is Zanu PF and it is very powerful and well-oiled. Don’t celebrate. Kushaya macandidates kwana naDhagi means they are politically a spent force, Khupe announced the official split from MDC–T and she is only a threat to Mwonzora. If you want to know the real enemy, just look at the results of the nomination court, its Zanu PF and CCC with candidates in all the respective areas, this should tell you the real enemy.
I used to think Mwonzora and Komichi were responsible for but double allocation of candidates in 2018 but I was wrong. Another culprit is in CCC because the system is still repeating in the party. How can CCC field double candidates in three wards? Three ese ayo really, what’s wrong with this party ladies and gentlemen. I thought it was a thing of the past but I can see zviri muropa. I thought as a new party, we will see new ways of doing things but alas vaakutoita semaWarrios. Tsvangirai once said it paMucheke hall apa, hanzi the then MDC party he was leading was just like Zanu PF. Doing it the ZANU PF way kkk. We are yet to see real democracy in the party. Kuramba maprimary elections and resorted to public consultations kunge budget. Kuenda paSisk pamashop voti uyu momuda here vanhu voti eeeeeeh kkkk, who is still doing that mukore uno, vanhu ngavapinde mugango adyiwa adyiwa that’s democracy, kukundwa neZanu sure. Someone is sabotaging the party kuHarare uko, who signed for the two candidates in the wards, heee? I thought factionalism is Zanu PF thing, I was wrong again.
Before I go for lunch, let me remind CCC leadership that we want primary elections. As a woman, Mapombi is behind Mai Muchuchuti kuWard 4 uko kwaMucheke. She is popular and proved it in 2018 pavakadashura Godfrey Kurauone and you went on to deny her the chance hiding behind the youth banter, isu semamai hatisi kuzodzokera sure, we are calling for our VP Mai Kore to push women agenda in the presidium that’s why she was elected there. Plz madam Kore, knock some sense in these male chauvinists who want to supress our voices.
Mapombi just heard that the clown Joseph Chinotimba from Buhera kumusha kwaSAVE rwizi rukuru, landed a top post in the war veterans association recently kkkk. Hanzi ndivo vava Commissar. He will work to lure investors in the country apa he recently won the Human Rights People’s Choice award kkk. He is the same guy who led the human rights violations in 2002 which saw a number of white farmers fleeing Zimbabwe. Now you expect that same guy to lure investors? Zvimwe itai muchiti tinotamba, anyway, nhamo yagara ine nharo kkk. Mboko imboko!!!!

CCC: New party with very old habits

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CCC: New party with very old habits

. . . imposes, fields double candidates
. . . Women at the mercy of male chauvinists

Faith Duri

MASVINGO – It’s only a new name! The rest is not so different from the disbanded Movement for Democratic Change – Alliance (MDC –A) from dictatorship, imposition of candidates, fielding double candidates to shoving of women candidates as was witnessed when the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members filed their applications for both national assembly and local government by-elections slated for March 26 this year.
CCC adopted the same leadership of the MDC Alliance; the presidium led by Nelson Chamisa, his three deputies Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube and Lynette Karenyi-Kore and the provincial structures – the same leadership that imposed candidates, blocked female candidates as well as fielding double candidates in the 2018 general elections. It seemed this leadership has continued with the old habits following reports of double candidates and blocking of women at the just ended nomination process ahead of the by-elections on March 26.
In Masvingo Urban Ward four (4) a female candidate who was chosen through consensus by party members in the ward suffered a huge blow after powerful men in the national executive shoved her aside and replaced her with Aleck Tabe on the eleventh hour at the nomination court. Fortunately for Muchuchuti, she had already submitted her application resulting in the ward having two CCC candidates. Muchuchuti is now at the mercy of male chauvinists who are forcing her to withdraw her candidature to pave way for Tabe.
Her papers were signed by party acting chair Job Sikhala and secretary general Charlton Hwende, the same leadership which allegedly appended their signatures again on Tabe’s papers on the day the nomination court sat. The same happened in Bulawayo where two wards had double candidates and, according to party sources, there is no clear justification why Muchuchuti and the other Bulawayo candidates were being replaced except that the districts were under immense pressure from the national leadership to do so.
Contacted for comment Job Sikhala said he was not the one who signed the papers, referring all questions to Fadzai Mahere.
“Take from the press conference done by Fadzai Mahere,” said Sikhala.
Mahere could not say anything when TellZim contacted her for comment. Instead she sent a link of a press conference which did not say anything with regards to the question she had been asked. There is only one female councillor at Masvingo City Council and CCC seems to care less about women empowerment and democracy.
What is more worrying is the party’s stance to block female candidates – it happened again in 2018 when Muchuchuti walloped Godfrey Kurauone at party primaries but the national leadership pushed her out and replaced her with the latter. It is now believed that Kurauone, who fairly lost to Muchuchiti then, is still bitter about that embarrassing loss he experienced hence is doing anything to block her from replacing him after he fled the country and sought refuge in the United States of America. Kurauone is believed to be using his powerful position as youth national organizer to settle his selfish cheap political battles.
When contacted for comment Kurauone distanced himself saying he is outside the country and there is no way he can influence issues happening back home. Perhaps Kurauone forgets that the internet makes the world a global village where one can interact with anyone, anywhere across the world.
“I am not in Zimbabwe, so how am I involved? The party leadership is dealing with the issue. Eventually we will have one candidate in Ward 4,” said Kurauone.
And true to Kurauone’s word, the two candidates have since been summoned to Harare today (January 28) by the leadership and reliable sources in the party said Muchuchuti will be forced to withdraw her candidature. If Kurauone was not involved as he claimed saying he was out of the country how then did he know to the dot that the leadership will deal with the matter where one candidate will eventually remain to contest for Ward 4.
Muchuchuti declined to comment on the matter but insisted that she has been working with the people in Ward 4 since the time Kurauone fled the country.
“I do not want to comment on this matter. What I can tell you is that I have been working with the people since the ward had no councillor,” said Muchuchuti.
Ordinary party members expressed displeasure over the national leadership imposing candidates, saying fielding double candidates was destroying the party.
“We could have won many parliamentary seats in 2018, but we lost because of fielding double candidates as well as imposing candidates who were unpopular. “Mai Muchuchuti won primaries against Kurauone in 2018 but the leadership imposed him to contest general elections. The same has happened again now and we no longer understand this; is the party against Muchuchuti or it is against women from ascending to powerful positions in general?” questioned a CCC member.
Another party member from Ward 4 did not mince his words and clearly stated that he will never vote for someone who is not known by the structures.
“I don’t have anything against Tabe the person, but we cannot be so blind to allow simple infiltration. We cannot allow people who are not party cadres and elbow out those who have been with the party and the people. We all know Tabe’s history and we cannot suddenly allow him to stand on party ticket. This widow (Muchuchuti) was rigged by Kurauone in 2018 and we cannot allow the same thing to happen again,” said a concerned Ward 4 voter.
Tabe who is the leadership’s preferred candidate once left the party to join MDC Renewal then People Democratic Party (PDP). Tabe even won a court order at some point and auctioned MDC-T property in order to retrieve his outstanding salaries the party owed him when he was the provincial administrator. He is the guy who was ‘anointed’ by Kurauone to take over Ward 4 against the will of the ordinary people in the ward.

Efforts to address the impasse resulted in some of Masvingo interested parties travelling to Harare in a move likely believed to try and resolve the matter.
CCC Masvingo provincial spokesperson Derick Charamba said he did not travel to Harare but the party’s provincial chairperson Advocate Martin Mureri and Aleck Tabe are the ones who went while Thokozile Muchuchuti also did not travel because she has not yet recovered.
“I did not travel to Harare. Mureri and Tabe are the ones who travelled and I think they are on their way back now. The other candidate (Muchuchuti) did not travel with them. She had not yet recovered from the injuries that she sustained,” said Charamba.
It is alleged that Muchuchuti suffered injuries when she was attacked on the nomination day by other aggrieved party candidates’ supporters and the matter is pending after it was reported at Masvingo Central police station.
Efforts to get a comment from Mureri where fruitless as his mobile phone went unanswered at the time of publishing.

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