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Gutu North joins Climate change mitigation initiative

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Gutu North joins Climate change mitigation initiative

Princess Masiiwa

Fauna and Flora Zimbabwe has taken up the initiative to ensure Gutu community joins the climate change and mitigation bandwagon by carrying out awareness campaigns and educating the community on the importance of conserving animals and trees.
Commemorating the belated National Tree Planting Day on January 4, 2022 at Jerenje village in ward 3 of Gutu North constituency, FaFlo Zim director Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa said their organisation has embarked on the noble initiative to conscentise the community on importance of Flora and Fauna.
“We taught people about climate change, importance of trees on the environment, the importance of wildlife and we also educated them on specially protected animal species,” he said.
He also said to tackle the issue of climate change this year; they are going to have awareness campaigns, education and training programmes on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
“We are going to do massive public awareness campaigns, education and training programmes on climate change mitigation and adaptation in order to resolve climate change this year,” he added.
Nyamukondiwa said they are going to partner key stakeholders on climate change management.
“We are also going to partner key stakeholders on climate change management,” he said.
He said they donated seeds of cabbage, rape, cucumber, onion butternut, carrot and tomatoes to a garden in Jerenje village in ward 3.
“We donated Cabbage, Rape, Cucumber, Onion, Butternut, Carrot and Tomato seeds to a garden that is in Jerenje Village in Ward 3 as well close to the tree planting site,” said Nyamukondiwa.
Deputy Minister of Housing and Social Amenities and Member of Parliament for Gutu North Constituency, Yeukai Simbanegavi said it is important to plant trees because people get money out selling fruits from trees they would have planted.
“It is very important to plant trees because if people sell fruits that they get from these trees, they get money to help them in their day to day lives,” said Simbanegavi.
She also said in order to tackle climate change and its effects; they encouraged members of the public not to cut trees as deforestation will lead to climate change and flooding.
“We encourage members of the public not to cut down trees as it can lead to flooding and climate change,” she added.
The national tree planting day set for the first Saturday of December annually on the national calendar is meant to reclaim forests lost due to various human activities like land clearance for farming and demand for wood as fuel among others.

Chimanimani girl dies in ‘honour killing’ on Christmas Eve

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Chimanimani girl dies in ‘honour killing’ on Christmas Eve

Courage Dutiro

Approaching Christmas everyone had expectations of joy and jubilation, but for a family in Manicaland, gender based violence (GBV) reared its ugly head and claimed the life of a teenage girl allegedly at the hands of some male relatives.
A family in Matiashe village in Chimanimani West spent half of the Christmas holidays in a sombre mood following the death of a 16-year-old form 4 girl, Lessego Mukudo who died minutes after she had been beaten by her two male relatives over allegations of trying to join the world’s oldest profession, commercial sex work.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Manicaland provincial spokesperson Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka said the incident happened on December 22, 2021.
“The matter happened on December 22, 2021 around 21:00 hours at Nyanhanda homestead in Matiashe village. The accused persons are Comfort Chibvuma (23) who is related to the deceased Lesego Mukudo (16) and Munashe Njaravani (30) who is related to Grace Nemaramba, who is the late Mukudo’s aunt,” said Chinyoka.
It is said Mukudo was staying with her mother’s younger sister while attending school at St Patrick’s High School.
In Chimanimani like in any other patriarchal societies, the activities of girls and women are closely monitored and the maintenance of a girl’s “sexual purity” is regarded as the responsibility of male family members and other male relatives.
Speaking to TellZim News Headman Ephraim Matiashe confirmed the matter saying the girl was beaten to point of death over allegations of being promiscuous.
“The sorrowful event happened in my area. She lost her life after being beaten by her uncle, and another male relative over allegations of being naughty,” said Matiashe.
The traditional leader has however urged people to solve issues amicably without spilling blood.
Sources privy to the incident said on December 16, 2021 on 1600 hours Mukudo left home to an unknown destination and was later found by Chibvuma on December 22, 2021 at Hot Springs Business Centre and convinced her to return home.
When they arrived home, it is said around 20:00 hours Chibvuma started beating Mukudo with a stick before Njaravani later joined until the deceased became unconscious.
Another source who identified himself as Hardlife Doriro said when the two allegedly noticed that the deceased was lifeless, they told some family members that they were going to Nyanyadzi police station to report the matter and they then vanished into thin air and never made it to the police station.
The incident comes hard on the heels of the annual 16 days of activism against gender based violence, exposing the glaring need for GBV education to be taken to areas where harmful cultural practices like honour killings are rampant.
United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) states that Gender-based violence (GBV) includes physical, sexual, mental or economic harm inflicted on a person because of socially ascribed power imbalances between males and females.
It also includes the threat of violence, coercion and deprivation of liberty, whether in public or private.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that about 5,000 women are killed worldwide annually for reasons of honour.

Redcliff woman killed, left intestines protruding

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Redcliff woman killed, left intestines protruding

Tinaani Nyabereka

Kwekwe-Police have launched a manhunt for two suspects, one female and male suspected of being involved in the gruesome murder of a 22-year-old woman who was stabbed three times at Mutegude Shopping Centre in Rutendo, Redcliff.
Midlands Police Spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko appealed to members of the public who have any information on the whereabouts of the assailants.
“We are appealing to members of the public with information that can help identify and locate the two, a lady and a man involved in the incident.
“Murder is a serious crime and may the public develop keen interest in assisting police in the investigation of serious crimes. Public places should be safe for all,” Mahoko said.
The incident took place on December 31, 2021 at about 2030 hours.
The now deceased has been identified as Yeukai Muzadzi.
It is alleged, the now deceased was having an altercation with another female adult when an unidentified man appeared and stabbed her three times with a knife.
It was discovered that Muzadzi sustained three stab wounds and her intestines were protruding when the police attended the scene.
The now deceased was rushed to Kwekwe hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Mother connives with daughter to ‘circumcise’ boyfriend over beer

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Mother connives with daughter to ‘circumcise’ boyfriend over beer

Russell Mapuvire

ZVISHAVANE- A mother and daughter from Vengai village in Mazvihwa communal lands appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Archie Wochiunga on January 6, 2022 facing attempted murder charges after they attempted ‘circumcise’ the mother’s boyfriend over a spilt bottle of ‘double punch’.
Laida Mwedzi (45) and her daughter Gladys Shava (26) are accused of attempting to kill Onias Hove (46) on December 25, 2021.
The state case as presented by prosecutor Isheanesu Mashayanye was that the two accused nearly severed Hove’s manhood off while he was unconscious.
It is reported that at around 1800hrs on Christmas Day, Mwedzi and Hove had an argument at the former’s homestead over accidental spilt alcohol (Double Punch) and at the height of the argument, Mwedzi picked up an empty bottle, hit Hove once on the head before he fell down.
Shava joined the fighting party by jumping and sitting on Hove’s stomach before chocking him.
While Hove was still unconscious, the two accused then cut his foreskin but the complainant only realized that he has been injured when he saw the two trying to dress him properly by pulling his trousers up.
Hove did not even know the object that was used to perform the ‘operation’.
Sensing danger and possible arrest the two threatened Hove not to seek medical attention or try to report the matter to police assuring him that they would use traditional methods to heal the wound.
The two were later arrested after the matter was reported to police.
They were then remanded in custody to January 17 and advised to apply for bail from the High Court while Hove’s wounds are being treated.

Skin bleachers at high medical risk, expert

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Skin bleachers at high medical risk, expert

Branton Matondo

Following a recent rush for presumably no-side-effect skin lightening creams, a medical expert based in Gweru has warned people using these skin bleaching chemicals to stop the practice forthwith as there are resultant permanent biological repercussions.
Majority of Zimbabweans have of late joined the ‘yellowbone’ bandwagon through the use of multiple skin lightening substances that have grossly infiltrated the nation from neighbouring Zambia, South Africa, Malawi and Mozambique.
Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) President Robert Chiduku has called everyone using skin lightening substances to stop as they will encounter high medical risks and permanent body damage.
“People who are doing skin bleaching should stop. It is highly dangerous not only to your skin but to the rest of the body,” said Chiduku.
He added that skin lightening lotions and substances come with a lot of dangerous effects chief among them being inflammation and redness, which then result in long lasting damages.
“Skin bleaching causes skin blistering, redness of the skin which results from inflammation and there is a 90 percent chance of skin ulcers because your blood vessels are protruding due to the affected skin cells,” added Chiduku.
Most skin lightening substances have dominated the black market for the past decade as they contain restricted ingredients.
Chiduku said that most bleaching lotions and injections do contain large contents of mercury and mercury is naturally hazardous to skin formation and pigmentation.
“There is mercury poisoning because most of these formulations use mercury during manufacturing. The level of mercury toxicity is alarming. Mercury poisoning is shown by skin redness, inflammation, blisters, skin acne, swelling, dry scaly skin. Probability of the skin scaling off is actually high because the skin is always under high levels of mercury,” he said.
Though females tend to be high users of skin lightening materials male counterparts have also seen a surge in the numbers of consumers.
He added that people should be worrisome of exogenous ocronosis which is the abnormal skin disorder causing blue black pigmentation.
Though majority of effects seem to be centred on skin structure, Chiduku added that people using these brands will be weak in fighting diseases and pathogens.
“At the same we should also recognize that use of bleaching agents reduces your capacity to fight infections which means one’s susceptibility and vulnerability to infections is too high. When an infection kicks in, they cannot fight it let alone see it. Surgical procedures are difficult to carry out because your skin will be extra thin,” he added.

Only 371 register to vote in Masvingo province

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Only 371 register to vote in Masvingo province

Melinda Kusemachibi

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Masvingo has said a total of 371 people registered to vote in the whole of Masvingo province for the entire 2021 despite the fact that the offices were open for registration since the end of the 2018 harmonized elections except during the hard lockdown period.
Deputy Provincial Election Officer Maxwell Ncube confirmed that a total of 371 registered to vote for the year 2021 with 257 being males and 114 females.
“371 people registered to vote in Masvingo province. More surprisingly men who registered to vote during the year 2021 shows the other way that it actually doubled that of women who registered, which is very unusual and we do not know the reasons behind or it could the change by males wanting to register as voters we do not know,” said Ncube.
He also said they encourage people to come and register to vote in 2022.
“We continue to urge more potential voters to come and register to vote in 2022 in preparation for harmonized elections that are likely to be held in 2023,” he said.
Ncube also said that they managed to engage stakeholders after some restrictions were relaxed.
“The year 2021 was characterized by a shadow restriction due to Covid-19, at times total shutdown of our offices. However, over the last part of the year, restrictions were relaxed and we also engaged stakeholders such as political parties and Civil Society Organizations in anticipating that they will mobilize more voters to come and register.
“Only those who did not register to the run up to 2018 elections and those who turned 18 after 2018 need to register,” said Ncube.
Last year (2021) ZEC shelved the mobile voter registration blitz, that was supposed to start in December 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 the electoral body resume the exercise.
ZEC Commissioner Joyce Kazembe was quoted in some sections of the media saying 5 647000 had registered to vote country wide for next year’s elections with 22 000 dead removed from the voters roll.
“By the end of November 2021, we had recorded 5 647000 registers voters from 2023 elections including the new ones and those that had registered in the previous elections.
“The figure provided by the commission was of voter registration in 2021 and is not the cumulative figure in the country’s voter’s roll. Please note that the figure is added to already registered voters in the votes roll,” said Kazembe.

Mwonzora at it again

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Mwonzora at it again

…as Gweru city council declares mayoral seat vacant

Kimberly Kusauka

MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora is under fire following a criminal case of perjury being opened against him by Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe who, together with former party president Dr Thokozani Khupe are fighting their dismissal from public office.
On January 5, Mwonzora’s MDC-T released a statement dismissing Makombe’s allegations as well as dispelling his dismissal, which created confusion as the latter’s position was on December 29 declared vacant.
It is alleged that Mwonzora wrote a letter of recall on December 10, 2021 to Minister July Moyo saying Makombe had been dismissed from his party, therefore could no longer hold office in the name of the party.
Makombe and Dr Khupe then interdicted the recall which was read on December 17, and in response, MDC-T denied having made the decision to recall Makombe, but minutes attributed to Gweru City Council confirmed Makombe’s recall.
They reportedly opened a criminal case at Bulawayo Central police station, with the two also making a fresh urgent court application at Bulawayo High Court to seek an order to stop their recall.
Contacted for comment Mayor Makombe said he could not say much as the issue is still before the courts.
“The issue is still at the courts, that is all I can tell you,” said Makombe.
MDC-T Secretary for Information and Publicity Witness Dube dismissed the issue as “mere rumours, gossip and speculation” when contacted for clarification on the matter and said that if any recall is made, the information will be published and the party will not be involved in rumours circulating in the media.
“Once any recall is effected; it becomes public knowledge that is beyond any speculation. The party will therefore not be drawn into gossiping about itself and its representatives. What you are asking about is just speculation and gossip for you to insinuate that the only reason why Makombe is not officiating could be linked to a recall you have no official knowledge of.
“A recall is effected through the relevant arm of government, and as a party, it is our policy never to discuss our recalls until such a time when they are effected, and this is a position informed by professional and humane considerations. I hope this information makes you realise that you are free to speculate about anything at all as long as you leave the MDC-T out of it,” said Dube.
He further said that the publication’s reporter risks being involved in stories in which they would miss dignified exists.
“You risk being personally involved in your stories, if you miss the many dignified exists you are offered by your respondents. Surely, your level of pressing questions risk going beyond just being interrogative to being outright personal about the Makombe issue.
“Once I have given you a clear party position, you seem not to be comfortable making news out of, I am then left with no choice but ask you to disengage me from your conversation, in the manner I had to do,” fumed Dube.
This was contradictory to what he said to TellZim News last year after rumours emerged that Makombe had been recalled when he said any recall will be published in a party statement.
“Should our party be left with recalling as the only corrective measure on any councillor, such councillors will be communicated to, and their names published in a party statement,” said Dube.
Councilor Cleopas Shiri has been standing in as Acting Mayor in recent Gweru City Council events, and when contacted for comment, Gweru Acting Town Clerk Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe referred questions to council spokesperson Vimbai Chingwaramusee, who also referred the reporter to Chikwekwe.

SRC gives AFCON update on Warriors

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SRC gives AFCON update on Warriors

…as ZIFA Secretariat acknowledges call for an extra ordinary congress

Fredrick Moyo

The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has given an update on the Zimbabwe men’s football team that is in Cameroon to take part in the upcoming 2022 Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals set to begin on Sunday, January 9.
In a Press statement dated January 5, released by the Board of Commissioners which included the SRC Chairman Gerald Mlotshwa advised all members of the public that the Warriors are in Cameroon for the 2022 continental showdown as they continue to engage global Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) updating them on the administration of football in Zimbabwe.
“The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) would like to advise members of the public that the Zimbabwe men’s football team – the Warriors are now in Yaounde, Cameroon to participate at the 2022 AFCON Cup finals.
“The SRC has a US$1 million budget for the Warriors campaign made up of US$800 000 and ZWL$21 000 000 to finance their participation at AFCON, inclusive of appearance and match fees.
“The Warriors started camp on the 23rd of December 2021 in Harare where they were in a bio-secure bubble at a local hotel. Therefore, players who made it to the final Warriors squad together with the technical team and support staff left for Yaounde, Cameroon to begin their second leg of camping which was from the 29th of December 2021 and ended yesterday 4th of January 2022.
“This evening (January 05) the Warriors fly to the official ‘Game Village’ in Baffousam where CAF has made arrangements for their accommodation and related logistics.
“The Warriors were training in Yaounde at the Presidential Guard stadium. The team was availed additional medical personnel who are Covid-19 specialists in the view of the current operating environment by CAF,” read the statement.
The secretariat also said morale is high in the camp.
“The ZIFA Secretariat advises that the camp is in high spirits. The SRC commends the ZIFA Secretariat for their dedication and commitment with the regard to the Warriors participation at AFCON.
“The SRC continues to engage FIFA positively in updating them on developments regarding football administration in Zimbabwe,” read the statement.
The Warriors will lock horns with the Lions of Teranga (Senegal) on January 10, before taking on the Flames (Malawi) on January 14, and wrap up their group campaign with Guinea’s National Elephants on January 18.
This is the fifth time the Warriors have qualified for a big tournament in Africa but have never gone past the group stages in the competition.
Meanwhile Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has notified the Secretariat of the intention to hold an extra ordinary congress in which all suspended members of the board will answer all the accusations levelled against them.
This was communicated through a press statement dated January 5, 2022, signed by ZIFA Head of Communications, Xolisani Gwesela stating that the Secretariat have acknowledged the receipt of correspondence from some ZIFA members who called for the extra ordinary congress.
“The ZIFA Secretariat acknowledges receipt of correspondence for some ZIFA members dated January, 3 2022 and their call for an extra ordinary congress in line with Article 28 of the ZIFA constitution.
“The Secretariat has verified the credentials and authenticity of members who called for the meeting. The members who appended their signatures in a letter to ZIFA Secretariat are bona fide ZIFA Members.
“It is noted that ZIFA Executive Committee as well as General Secretary are suspended by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC), and are therefore not able to meet as a board to convene an extraordinary general congress, please note the provision contained in Article 28(2) of the registered Constitution of 2013 which now applies and we quote: ‘If an Extraordinary Congress is not convened, the Members who requested it may convene the Congress themselves’,” added the statement.
The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) suspended the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) board with immediate effect accusing the board of several transgressions which including abuse of public funds and gross incompetence.

Welcome to 2022 in 2021

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Welcome to 2022 in 2021

Welcome to 2022 maCdes, I hope you enjoyed the Christmas and New year celebrations, lets thank God ladies and gentlemen, inyasha kudai tiri vapenyu. Let’s remember these young fellas who perished on New Year’s Day, May their souls rest in peace Mwari vachinyaradza mhuri dzakasiiwa. So kuva vapenyu kwedu means God is there.
Ko our presidents have joined the gospel of prosperity just like our pastors kkkkk. Hanzi 2022 is the year of growth. Really Mr President, ini hangu I am not docile so i won’t say I receive. Let me tell you the truth, 2022 will never be a better year, if there is any change we could witness it is a negative one kkk, we have been in a worse situation and can only go from worse to towel. Those who have been hustling continue to do so coz hapana zviripo makumbo enyoka. I am not a prophet of doom saAmos but mark my words. It’s not only ED KKK, Chamisa as usual is also promising good things in 2022 kkkk. Hanzi 2022 is a year for citizen action and community leadership for change. You have been promising people this since you took over youngman, we need real action not empty promises, and people are still waiting for the signal you promised. Vazhinji vari kupera kufa neCovid vasati vaona change. NDOPANDOZODIRA Sikhala ipapa, he needs action kwete kungotaura. WHO has also joined in the prosperity gospel, hanzi we are defeating Covid-19 in 2022. Encouraging isn’t it?, there is a catch though, the governments must make sure that people adhere to protocols kkkk, nemiwo Jungwai kuti zviite. It is Mapombi’s prayer that all the promises YaED, Chamisa and WHO dzinobudirira because zvakatinakira. However, I know hangu kuti paOne and two apo makata kkkkkl.
By-election dates have been proclaimed, hanzi 26 March chinenege chaka Pfuta, yes let’s go neuwandu hwedu tinovhota kkkk, I won’t tell you pekuvhotera because zvazara izvi, you all know where to put the X, ko kutyei, chero pane madofo ingoisai ipapao zvipere kkkk.I say madofo because these guys from the other side usually put madofo asina kana chaanoziva, kunoti muParliament zii, muCouncil chamber kudai ziiii. If you think I am lying please attend any one full council meeting pedu paCivic Centre apa muone kuti ndiri gentrumeni handivanzi, ana Beta nana Mai Maridza ah, kusiya zvavo Manyanga achiita zvaanoda kunge Kanzuru ndeyekumba kwake. Izvezvi hatisati tamboziva kana 1 canditate yeMDC-Alliance in all the nine wards dziri kuda maBy-election. Please isaiwo maCandidates ari nani vakomana. After all has been said and done, Let’s register to vote ladies and gentlemen,, there is no any other miracle that can happen to for the MDC to win Elections, maybe Chamisa hake since he is a pastor has a bag of miracles ready to be used in 2023 which is around the corner, ko paseri apo. I was worried to hear that only five women registered to vote in the whole of Mashonaland province, what a shock is that. Though I doubt kuti iSure, come on my fellow women, we are the majority and we can do better. If this complacency in registering to vote continues then forget zveNHM, It will be just wishful thinking. Hanzi naED this is a year of growth but I say this is the year to register to vote, let’s go and knock at those few centres dotted around and register.
I heard some youths are registering simply because some election related organisations are giving them money when they produce proof of registration. I didn’t know we could stoop so low. The youths need serious education on why they vote because this has proven that they really don’t know. How can we advocate for youths in leadership when they don’t know their rights. I think chero youth quota in Parliament is uselss kana zvakadai. I appeal to those responsible for voter education and political parties to make sure they educate vana on the need to register to vote and then vote. Zviya zvainzi we need an anti-corruption subject in schools is useless, apa ndopanoda subject manje, from grade 1 chaiko mwana ngaadzidziswe the need to participate in elections.
Iwo maErections aya nhaka tichahwa kwazvo. Takatanga DCC, tevere macell and ward chaipersons, ndokuuya PCC manje taakuda kuenda for By-elections as we wait for the final one in 2023 kkkk. Iwo maprovincial elections anga akaoma, manonokere akaita kubuda maresults apa mmmm, tichaonerera hedu pana 26 March. I know these guys they may return us to the 2008 time where they took ages to announce results. Chete apa they adopted them sezvaari because I thought they were cooking them. Vanhu vari kufara paMasvingo, even kuno kuchitima people are happy, they have hopes that Mavhenyengwa would do something kkkk, they hope so havazivi kuti he is just as useless as anyone in Zanu PF kkkk, ritoriwo dofo zvaro kkkk. You think I am lying, haadiwe chero kumba kwake uko. Go ahead and ask anyone from Mukwirimba munzwe kkkk. Hameno, lets watch and see but I think njuga dzichamuremera apa. I heard Chadzamira has conceded defeat, ndokukura Chitova ikoko, rarai henyu nebhutsu musiirewo Mavheneyngwa tione. Iye Chadzamira anga anyanyawo kuva powerful mmm ndosaka anga okonzeresa. Those who were rigged tough luck kkkk . Taste the bitterness of your own medicine, zvakarigana ikoko kkkk, zvavari kunzwa ndozvinonzwawo vamwe paya kana mabira sarudzo kkkk. Biranai henyu we don’t care.
Ko Bulawayo ndoyakazotirongera kudzosa JB, that guy is an orator but very ruthless, beware of another 2008 ladies and gentlemen. Is gamatox crawling back into Zanu PF? Let’s see kwazvinosvika. Zivhu naThemba have formed an alliance, Mukati kwakanaka iyemi?. I don’t support Zanu PF hangu but let me applaud Mash Best for trusting a woman pachigaro. It’s encouraging if my fellow women are taking such positions. If ZANU guys approaches me and promise me a position surely I will join, for the sake of getting more women in leadership positions not kuti ndoida, I hate it to the core. KuMDC Alliance hatitaure, zvagara zviriko, ana Mahere, Kore Johana haa wozodei.
Ko kwenyu team SA yaivakowo here kkkk, I am sure mange makagadzirira mari dzekutenga ,maphone vaakudzokera. I hear vana vari kutambura paborder apa. Those without permits are being deported. All because our motherland has been captured by individuals who run it like their private company. Gadzirisai nyika vana vadzoke kumusha. Hamunyare makaita seiko. Many boarder jumpers are losing lives in Limpopo trying to run away from Zim. But naivo vachinyanyawo, dai vazoenda after maBy-elections better. Come back and register to vote tibvise Zanu iyi. Basa kungopopota muri ikoko.
Before I go zvangu kunokanga maputi angu for lunch, pane akazombonzwawo about our very own Chief, yes I mean Murinye kkk, who else deserve that title other than him. Is he safe, takapinda navo here mugore idzva iri kkkk. Kana muri mupenyu huyai ndimbokuonai pachitima apa. But next time please don’t play around with the truth like that munofira mahara. Ko nyaya yeZifa neSRS yava papi, itai serious imi vanhu muchitanga nyaya dzamunopedza. I hope maWorry Us will not do zviri kuitwa neMan U izvi. Hatidi stress isu, we can’t have nhamo gumi nguva imwe. Zanu nedivi, SA yodzinga vana vari kucrosser, Omicron, maWarriors ahhh.
Pane akazombonzwa nezvaMboko? I miss that guy a lot, dai aripo maybe takadyawo nyama paChristmas neNew year. I doubt aitishairawo tutiyo or maIncubators totsotsonya tega kkk. Mboko Imboko.

It’s Chamisa time!

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It’s Chamisa time!

…by-elections to put Mwonzora in his right place

Brighton Chiseva

The long awaited by-elections which were recently proclaimed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa are going to put to test Zimbabwe’s main opposition parties, with the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance having an upper hand in most if not all the recalled vacant seats.
With barely two and half months to go until the national assembly by-elections on March 26, MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has revealed that he is more interested in having dialogue with the ruling Zanu PF, evidenced by his State House visit to meet President Mnangagwa on January 6, hours after the by-elections proclamation was made.
Chamisa on the other hand is expected to reveal part, if not most of his election strategy with the by-elections necessitated by the recall of his stronghold in the national assembly by the MDC-T after it won a legitimacy battle in 2020, with political experts saying that playing his cards close to his chest is no longer an option.
The recalling of legislators by Mwonzora’s MDC-T came as what many called a killer blow to MDC Alliance and for some time the party lied low, raising speculation that it was as good as done, after which Chamisa went on a tour towards the end of 2021 that was marred with violence from alleged Zanu PF supporters, dragging Chamisa out of a long hiatus from political relevance.
The tour came hot on the heels of MDC-T Deputy Chairperson Giles Mutsekwa telling supporters in Masvingo that the MDC Alliance name issue was as good as done as his party had already won the case in court, therefore stripping Chamisa’s party of the name.
“The party name wrangle we have with MDC Alliance is as good as done as we have already won the battle. We are coming from the high offices where the matter should end, and I can assure you that the matter is done. Chamisa and crew are just making noise but they are illegitimate,” Mutsekwa said in October 2021.
Addressing journalists at a press conference in Masvingo a week later, Chamisa scoffed at the party name issue saying fighting for names was petty because the electorate was conscious of who they were going to vote for come election time.
“Fighting over names is petty because the people are conscious of the people they need to occupy office. We are not worried about names because you can call a donkey something else but people know that it is a donkey, so whatever they call us we will remain MDC-Alliance because people know their leadership,” Chamisa said.
MDC-T Presidential Spokesperson Lloyd Damba recently said his party was past the name issue as there was a standing court ruling they have won.
“We are past the issue of the name, there is a standing court ruling that we won and certain parts of the media for political expediency somehow hijacked the name and credited it to Nelson Chamisa in contempt of court. We stand where we stood (sic) because we know who we are and where we came from and are going. The alliance agreement defines who is the MDC Alliance and who is the principal of that pact,” said Damba.
He went on to say they were confident that they will win the elections saying the party was formed to take power through peaceful and constitutional means.
“As a party, we were formed to take state power through electoral peaceful democratic and constitutional means. One thing that you know is that you go to war not to die but to kill,” said Damba
When asked for comment on the state of preparedness and party name issue however, MDC-Alliance spokesperson Advocate Fadzai Mahere said they will reveal the party’s position at the right time.
“At the appropriate time, we will set our position to the people,” said Mahere.
Political analyst Doctor Alexander Rusero said the issue of the name was not critical when it comes to elections saying the Chamisa camp could not be foolish not to know what needs to be done.
“I am sure something is brewing in the Chamisa camp, they cannot be foolish and they will soon produce something that will put the name issue to rest. Even if Mwonzora uses the name MDC Chamisa people will always know what they want,” said Dr Rusero.
Dr Rusero also said Mwonzora had nothing to prove as he has nothing much to offer, with the real battle being left between Chamisa’s party and Zanu PF’s newly elected provincial leaders to prove their strength in mobilizing for the 2023 harmonised elections.
“Mwonzora is just an accident of politics and a spent force, he has nothing to offer, so the election is a real test for Zanu PF’s newly elected provincial leaders’ ability to mobilize for 2023. The new dispensation does not know the culture of elections and still has the 2018 election hangover so this by-election is more about them as the incumbent,” said Dr Rusero.
He went on to say elections were not just there to test the preparedness of the parties but a constitutional matter as well as a yardstick to indicate who the electorate chooses to represent them.
Another political commentator Doctor Wellington Gadzikwa said the by-election will prove who is who between Chamisa and Mwonzora saying the election will set pace for the 2023 elections, with the name issue having the potential to confuse the electorate if both parties decide to go by the same name.
“This is a litmus test for the MDC parties, this is where we are going to see who is who between the two. However, the name issue could bring confusion to the electorate because Mwonzora and team are threatening to use the MDC-Alliance name and there could be minor differences,” said Dr Gadzikwa
A total of 28 seats are vacant in parliament and 105 in local authorities, with most of them being recalls by Mwonzora’s MDC-T which saw all elected officials loyal to Chamisa’s MDC-Alliance being purged from public office.
There seems to be a strong inclination to Chamisa using the Citizens Convergence for Change (CCC) as some of his support base has hinted that in both mainstream and social media.

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