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Zanu PF Cllr slapped 15 years for raping mentally-challenged woman

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Zanu PF Cllr slapped 15 years for raping mentally-challenged woman


Mukai Musimwa

CHIPINGE –
A sadistic appetite for sex has landed a Zanu PF Chipinge Rural Ward 13
councilor in the dock after he was slapped with a 15 years jail sentence for
raping a mentally challenged woman.
David
Chivhovho (63) of Plot number 49 Grassflats Village under Chief Mutema will serve
an effective 12 years imprisonment after three years were set aside on the
condition that he does not commit a similar offence.
It
was the State’s case that in February 2019, Chivhovho went to the victim’s home
knowing fully that she would be alone.
He
produced a knife and threatened the victim with death if she refused his
advances before pulling her into the kitchen hut.
Chivhovho
laid the victim on the floor and forced open her legs and removed her under
garment before having sexual intercourse with her once and left.
Out
of fear, the victim did not disclose the ordeal to anyone and Chivhovho came
back and raped her again on two separate occasions in the month of February
2019.
The
victim kept quiet again and later on gathered courage and reported her ordeal
to her aunt who went and made a report to village head Masunungure where
Chivhovho promised to pay two cattle and $500 for his deeds.
The
matter found itself into the hands of the police after a tip off by other
villagers which led to the arrest of Chivhovho.
With
the sentencing of Chivhovho, Ward 13 has become vacant and is now open for a
by-election.

Maduyu Driving School to open new branches

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Maduyu Driving School to open new branches

Mark Chavunduka

MASVINGO – Maduyu
Driving School plans to extend its territory by opening new branches in Mashava,
Bhuka, Filabusi and Zvishavane before the end of this year.
The
driving school, whose offices are at Number 4 Hellet Street, began operating
back in 2017 and has grown in reputation for classes 2 and 4 practical lessons
as well as oral lessons.
Maduyu
Driving School instructor Titos Maduyu said the company was proud of what it
had achieved in its relatively short history.
“We
are really pleased by our achievements and we are working harder to do more.
Many people are now proud holders of driver’s licences courtesy of the work
that Maduyu Driving School is doing.
“People
in remoter parts of the region find it difficult to come to Masvingo town for
driving lessons because of transport costs. We, therefore, have decided to open
new branches in those areas,” said Maduyu.
The
driving school wants to start offering class 2 and 4 lessons in Mashava, Buka,
Filabusi and Zvishavane but also wishes to extend its territory to bigger
cities.
“We
offer class 2 and 4 but we promise to start offering class 1 lessons this year.  It is within our wishes to expand the driving
school to Harare, Gweru, Mutare and Bulawayo,” said Maduyu.
The
driving school has reduced the cost of class 2 and 4 lessons to cushion
prospective drivers who find themselves in difficult financial positions owing
to the unfavourable economic climate prevailing in the country.
Promotions
that are often offered include a free practical driving lesson for every 10
fully-paid-for lessons.
A
full course package comes with an incentive of a free vehicle when going for
final test at the Vehicle Inspectorate Depot (VID).
“We
can also customise packages to suit an individual learner driver’s needs and
concerns since we are part of the community. While we teach driving, we are
also driven by the desire to make a change in people’s lives,” said Maduyu.

Suspended Gweru Town Clerk’s US$176 000 car delivered

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Suspended Gweru Town Clerk’s US$176 000 car delivered

Suspended Gweru TC Gwatipedza’s new wheels


…residents threaten demonstration
Tinaani Nyabereka      
GWERU– The
under fire City of Gweru Town Clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza could soon be smiling
all the way back to work if cleared on corruption charges after the city
council has finally finished paying for her brand new Toyota Land Cruiser VX
car.
Gwatipedza
was suspended in 2019 on incompetence and corruption charges but the local
authority had started paying for her car in 2018 which cost residents US$176
000.
City of
Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe said that the council has cleared all the money for
the car to Toyota Amalgamated Motor Company (AMC) whom he said will deliver the
car soon.
“The car
was bought by the council and it remains council property. The payment was
started in 2018 and it has been paid in batches.
“The
council has now finished paying for the car and we now await delivery. It was
bought for the Town Clerk who is on suspension pending a disciplinary hearing.
“For the
benefit of residents let me make it clear that the vehicle was bought at a 1:1
rate while the bond was still equivalent to the United States dollars,” added
Makombe.
Gweru
Residents and Ratepayers Association (GRRA) director Selipiwe Cornilia said the
council is going out of its way to buy luxurious cars for the management when
little attention is given to service delivery threatening a demonstration if
the new car is not exchanged for an ambulance and other service delivery
vehicles.
“As
residents, it is our wish to see our officials driving dignified cars but it’s
a challenge now if they buy top of the range cars for themselves while buying
second hand vehicles for service delivery. That on its own compromises service
delivery.
“Also
our roads are not worthy for us to buy vehicles of US$176 000 because they are poor
.If these cars break down it’s us residents who will ensure that they are serviced
again.
“We urge
the mayor and management to reconsider the car for exchange with an ambulance
and other two service vehicles for the betterment of service delivery failure
of which we will demonstrate,” added Cornilia.

Writing of Ndau dictionary excites cultural experts

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Writing of Ndau dictionary excites cultural experts

John Madhodha Dube is leading the Ndau dictionary effort

Stephen Ephraem

CHIPINGE – The writing of a Ndau dictionary Ndau in Chipinge has excited many traditionalists and custodians of culture who see it as significant to the preservation of the language.
A project called Musai ChiNdau Authors is spearheading the promotion of literature in Ndau language.
The authors include John Madhodha Dube, Gift Chitumba, Newman Sigauke, Life Madhodha, Bonnie Sithole and Samson Mhlanga.
Dibe, who is the project chairperson, said their work was aimed at helping scholars with Ndau vocabulary.
“Our aim is to have a rich library of Ndau literature. We have several unpublished poetry anthologies in Ndau language. Now we are completing the writing of a Ndau dictionary which we hope will be useful to scholars.
“We are excited that Ndau is now recognised as one of the 16 official languages of Zimbabwe and we want to publish the Ndau dictionary to promote our language. We appeal for any well-wishers to help us publish the dictionary,” said Madhodha. 
Cultural expert Irikidzai Mtetwa, who is a niece and assistant to Chief Musikavanhu, said the project was important in efforts to preserve Ndau identity.
 “I am pleased by what the authors are doing. Many people shy away from identifying themselves with Ndau language so these authors are uniting all of us,” she said.
Ndau Festival of the Arts director Phillip Kusasa, an author in his own right, urged more Ndau writers to promote their language.
“More Ndau literature is required since we have a critical shortage of Ndau books for academic and entertainment purposes. Seeing writers coming up with such a project is something that excites everyone concerned with the promotion of Ndau language.
“Currently, Ndau Festival of the Arts is working in consultation with Curriculum Development Unit in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education so that Ndau literature is considered for academic purpose,” said Kusasa.

Let’s worry about cockroaches not coronavirus

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Let’s worry about cockroaches not coronavirus

Sometimes
Mapombi wonders what sin we have committed as a country to deserve this kind of
leadership. Does Cde Dambudzo know that he is the President of this country? At
first ndaifunga kuti mukuru ari kuwanza mbanje but I later realized that the
man is not aware he is the President. ED should start behaving like a true
leader or else we kick him out. I do not care if he has pacified the army with
the so called garrison shops. Those military boys are not happy because they do
not even have enough money to buy from those garrison shops. Mashefu eku army ndiwo
ega anongozipigwa twuvafana twuchifamba nemauniform akadambuka magaro. I know
vana mukoma vanorova but someone has to man up and tell them the truth.
Mapombi
is a woman but she will have to man up and tell vana mukoma that they should
tell their boss kuti all civil servants are equal. Kana zvaramba ngavaite iya
yavakatamba Mugabe gore riya. Army yemuno I respect it a lot because they are
the only ones who did a coup and managed to convince the whole world that it
was not a coup but just a military intervention. I salute you vana mukoma and I
hope muri kuonawo manyongori ari kuitwa nemukuru wenyu ED and you are our last
hope. We have tried Chamisa but it seems kwatakabva ndiko kwatiri kuenda.
There
are a lot of people who get very angry and emotional when the name of Chamisa
is portrayed in a negative light. Ndima iyi inemakata chinin’ina changu inotoda
mushina muhombe. Rest in peace Tongai Dhewa Moyo. Ndima yaremera Chamisa zvino.
Nerorists I want you to shut up and listen. I know you may want to be quick to
be defensive but nhasi ndinemi. Munongori an extension of Zanu PF but you are
too docile to see it. Chamisa wenyu uyu anenge atadza kufamba nechitima ichi.
Everyone anongokadherera kaChamisa kacho kkkk.
This
is why sometimes I admire mukoma Dambu. Cde Dambu havana mafunnies, he does not
let anyone grow a long tail without chopping it off. Cde Dambu establishes his
authority and no one dares to challenge him which is why muchiona zvifana zviya
vana Matutu and Tsenengamu zvakadzingwa zvakuda kukura musoro. Cde Dambu has a
grip on Zanu PF ndosaka muchiona muZanu PF muine discipline. Vana Chiwenga vari
kutodawo chitanda chiya but havambouyi vachiti bufu publicly because Cde Dambu
havatangiki. Anyone anenge ari in charge of Zanu PF will wield so much power
that everyone under them will turn into yes boss zombies. I really miss Dr
Morgan Tsvangson. Changa chisingadhererwi chamatama. The house was in order.
Chamisa
seems to be struggling to keep the house in order. The people are just doing
madiro ajojina pasina anobata shamhu. Who would trust munhu anojairirwa
nanaMaboke chaiwo. Heee Maboke is not our mayor heee tinomudzinga heee what
what. Mudzinge tione I double dare you. Maboke hakuna kwaari kuenda. Masvingo
hautigoni iwe Chamisa. Tinoita zvemusoro wedu kkkkk. Chamisa lacks the
shrewdness of a true leader which is why a lot of people are already looking
within his ranks for a replacement. How can Chamisa finish two years achingorwa
with a mere mayor achitadza kungomudzinga kana achizviti ane power racho?
Masvingo yagara ine nharo manje kkkk. Whoever said Masvingo shapes the politics
of the country was a true genius. Wezhira wezhara wezhowezha wezheve ane nharo.
I heard pakaita chimurenga during Chamisa’s MDC district elections.
Pakadamburana
vanhu and some districts had to be aborted mafaction adhumhana. But mamwewo
maleaders in MDC haanyari chokwadi. We have seen the MDC die in the hands of
people like Chanyau the Masvingo district chair. These guys call for the
removal of Zanu PF but ivo they do not want to leave office. MDC has become
dormant vana Chanyau vachingofamba vachibhon’a pasina chinoziikanwa. Who in
their right mind would follow that drunkard which is why his faction disrupted
the district elections. MDC is a party of drunkards only because whenever they
are gathered vanege vakangodhakwa vese zvekuti even Chamisa finds it difficult
to control his people. Hakuna zvakadaro kuZanu PF which is why ichitonga nesuwo
tisina mhosva.
Kudenga
kuna Mwari hama dzangu. Jehovah ndiye mufudzi wedu. No weapon formed against us
shall prosper. Mthuli angauya with his stupid policies but Jehovah will fight
from our side. We may be cursed with Cde Dambu as the President but the Lord
will deliver us from evil one of these days. Shuwa dzimwe nyika dziri busy
kutaura about coronavirus isu wedu Cde Dambu is busy kutaura about mapete.
Mapete here vakomana kkkk haaa we are in trouble. We have not heard our President
talk about Coronavirus publicly and here we thought after sweeping in Gutu he
would take the opportunity to address the nation and give us an update on the
country’s level of preparedness but in his wisdom or lack thereof, he decided
to go for mapete.
Are
these cockroaches the biggest worry right now nhai iwe Dambu. Mukuru uyu ane
problem and he needs serious help. Shuwa a whole President of a country kuudza
nyika yese kuti tokusungirai mapete kkkk haaa Dambu ndamutadzawo hangu.
Anobvepi mapete mudzimba dzine nzara kudai. Mr President for you own
information mapete haagari pane nzara. Nyika ine nzara iyi saka mapete kuno
hakuna. Maybe kwenyu kuState House kwamunodya muchirasa ndiko kwaakazara
mapete. Munhu wese kuState House kunotsvaga mapete kumba kwaDambu. Maybe
tingamusunga tikapedza dambudziko rashupa vana veZimbabwe. If coronavirus hits
Zimbabwe today tinopukutwa tese tikapera. Imagine a country where there are
only two infectious hospitals. Kana Mapombi akarohwa necorona yake kuno
kuChitima I have to be rushed to Harare just imagine. Mwari ndiye
arikungotichengeta chete apa otherwise our days are numbered. I hope South
Africa will be able to contain their cases otherwise we are next.
Now
is not the time to talk about mapete Cde President. Shuwa mungakwira ndege
kuuya kuzotaura about mapete kwaGutu? Who voted for Zanu PF please show by
raising your hands? Is this what you voted for? I am sure kana mose makavhotera
Zanu PF muine any decency at all you should apologize to the nation. This is
what you have forsaken us to for the next five years. Kusatonyara murume mukuru
kutaura about mapete iko kuine coronavirus. A true leader should address nation
on the county’s state of preparedness regarding the notorious coronavirus.
I
heard there is a man from Thailand who ran away from Wilkins hospital achitya
to be tested of coronavirus. I hope that Thailand national ran to the state
house. Maybe ikatangira ikoko vanoona kuti zvemapete hazvina kana basa. Whoever
arikupa Cde Dambu mbanje please slowdown a little bit. We cannot have a
President who is high all the time who will be living in a world of his own.
Munhu akarohwa nemandudu anenge akuona mapete itori coronavirus kkkk. Nyika
yese yakutya mapete kkkk. I suspect chimuchinda chiya chinonzi Energy Mutodi
ndicho chiri kutsvagira ED energy yaari kushandisa kutaura marabishi atiri
kunzwa aya.
From
the mapete issue, Cde Dambu went on to talk about a mortuary and praised it
like it was a mega project. He described the mortuary like he was describing a
refrigerator. And to make matters worse, he suggested the stupidest thing ever
of paying the first people to be put in that mortuary. This man wants us to die
for real. His fascination with mortuaries when the economy is dying is
worrying. Does he want us all to die and fill those mortuaries? Instead of
building infectious hospitals for coronavirus he is building mortuaries and talking
about mapete. Shame on you. I have said enough regai ndinokanga hangu maputi
angu for lunch. VP Chiwenga kuChina hakuchaendekizve kkkk. Mukaenda you will
stay there and munowana chair yagara mumwe. You guys are just looters. How come
no one is getting sick these days? Dai kusina coronavirus tingadai takaneta nekunzwa
kuti Chiwenga ava China but now he is here. Coronavirus dai yaramba iriko, our
leaders will stay at home. Mboko imboko.

Warring MDC factions threaten to tear Masvingo apart

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Warring MDC factions threaten to tear Masvingo apart
MDC members fight at the Masvingo Urban district elections in Rhodene 


…as
fists fly at district elections

Upenyu Chaota
The
Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has hit turbulent waters in Masvingo after members of
rival camps fought each other during district elections conducted last weekend.
The
clashes pitted members of the James Gumbi and Tongai Matutu factions, leading
to the abortion of the Masvingo district elections as one party activist
grabbed a ballot box and tossed it about.
The
MDC factional fights in Masvingo stem from the controversial provincial and
district congresses held last year where the Gumbi faction retained the
leadership of the province much to the dissatisfaction of the Matutu faction.
Barely
a year later, Chamisa suspended the whole executive after realising that infighting
and parallel structures were further weakening the party in the province.
Chamisa
accused the Gumbi-led provincial executive of fermenting divisions in the
province before ordering new elections in 11 of the party’s districts across
the province.
The
congress re-runs were ordered in Chiredzi East, Bikita South, Bikita West, Gutu
North, Gutu Central, Gutu West, Mwenezi East, Masvingo North, Masvingo Central,
Masvingo South and Masvingo Urban districts.
The
district elections went on smoothly in seven districts but the atmosphere
changed in three districts of Chiredzi East, Masvingo Urban, Bikita West and
Masvingo North.
The
elections were not held in Chiredzi East after the presiding officer is said to
have failed to cross a flooded river and Masvingo North failed to vote after
the Matutu faction protested against the election venue.
The
Matutu faction is said to have won all the districts which were conducted but
their victory could no longer be tolerated in Masvingo Urban and Bikita West.
There
was violence in Masvingo Urban at the party’s provincial offices where former
district chairperson Murangamwa Chanyau allegedly aligned to the Gumbi faction
was seemingly losing to team Matutu.
Though
MDC national organizing secretary Amos Chibaya had ordered supporters to desist
from drinking beer during the voting process, drunk members allegedly aligned
to Gumbi stormed the provincial offices and took the ballot boxes and destroyed
them.
This
led to a confrontation with those allegedly aligned to Matutu and the whole
process was aborted. In Bikita West, violence also broke out after members
allegedly aligned to Gumbi ran away with ballot boxes.
Chibaya
told TellZim News that they are going to do re-runs in Masvingo Urban and
Bikita West on a date to be announced.
“There
were disturbances in in Masvingo Urban and Bikita West so we are going to do
re-runs again on a date to be advised,” said Chibaya.
The
suspended provincial chairperson Gumbi could not be drawn into comment but his
rival Matutu told TellZim News that he was not after any position, adding that people
must shun violence.
“All
I want to see is democracy where people are freely allowed to exercise their
voting rights without fear. The culture of violence in some of our people
should be condemned.
“It
is completely uncalled for to attack fellow members because they are
participating in our internal democratic processes,” said Matutu.  

ZCC Mbungo worker steals 50kg copper wires

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ZCC Mbungo worker steals 50kg copper wires

Progress
Chaya
A
senior mechanic at Mutendi Mission recently appeared before Masvingo magistrate
Candice Kasere and was slapped with a 18-month jail term for stealing 50kg of
copper wire from his employer.
Regis
Chidzonga (32), from Choga village under Chief Nyamweda, who worked at Mutendi
Mission garage as a senior mechanic and spray painter, was charged for theft as
defined in section 113(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
Chapter 9:23.
Six
months of Chidzonga’s sentence were suspended on condition that he will not
commit a similar offence over the next five years. The remaining 12 months were
also suspended on condition that he completed 420 hours of community service at
a police station.
It
was the State’s case that on February 05, Chidzonga was stopped by garage
security guard Godfrey Wafa while carrying a sack of stolen copper wires trying
to exit the premises.
Upon
searching the vehicle further, the security guard also found a car battery
which Chidzonga could not account for.
A
report was then made to their manager Torwiwa Mufandaedza who filed a report to
the police.
An
alert Wafa had for many days tracked Chidzonga gathering together many pieces
of copper wire hiding them in the garage saying he need to fix school bases until
the day he collected them that led to his arrest.
In
defence Chidzonga said there had been a long-standing enmity between him and
his superiors that make them blackmail him.
“I
didn’t steal the copper wires. They were placed beside my place and they stayed
there for one week until the day I decided to take them to my bosses. That’s
when the guard arrested me,” said Chidzonga.

Gutu West MP Paradza invests in new clinic

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Gutu West MP Paradza invests in new clinic
The disused mine house under renovations 

Sinclair Chiwara

GUTU–
Gutu West Member of Parliament (MP) John Paradza is working with members of the
Chavarove community in Ward 29 to turn a disused farmhouse to into a clinic.
The house, which had
been standing derelict for many years, is now undergoing extensive renovations
to make it suitable to host the provision of health services.
In an interview with
TellZim News, Paradza said that he expected all work to be completed by
mid-April after which other processes will be followed.
“We started work on the
project two years ago but financial obstacles saw us taking longer to complete
the work than we had expected,” said Paradza.
The Grain Marketing
Board (GMB) is incentivising workers who are involved in the voluntary work
through a food-for-work scheme while a community burial society called VaDuma
is cooking for them.
The clinic, which will
have a few maternity beds, will be supplied with water from a solar-powered
borehole.
To access basic
healthcare, the people of Chavarove are currently travelling to Chatsworth Clinic
which is 20km away.
More serious cases are
referred to Gutu Rural Hospital or Gutu Mission Hospital or Driefontein
Missions Hospital which are all further away.
Ward 29 Councillor
Axilia Mhuru, who is actively involved in mobilising labour, said it was
pleasing to know that villagers will soon be enjoying easier access to basic
healthcare.
Materials being used in
the refurbishment work are transported by scorch carts and wheelbarrows.
One committee member
who spoke to TellZim News said the project meant so much to villagers that
getting voluntary labour was not difficult.
“People are cooperating
and there is so much team spirit. We are pleased that much of the materials needed
to complete the clinic are in place. The MP is very helpful and people are
willing to work with him,” said the villager.

Women’s rights lawyer Chivasa attacks Women’s Quota

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Women’s rights lawyer Chivasa attacks Women’s Quota
Lucy Chivasa

Star
Matsongoni

MASVINGO – A
prominent women’s rights lawyer has criticised government’s move to extend the life
of the proportional representation system beyond its 2023 end, saying the move
was an attempt to perpetuate female servitude in politics.
In
her contributions during a discussion jointly organised by TellZim and the
Community Tolerance, Reconciliation and Development (Cotrad) Trust at Chevron
Hotel on Friday, March o6, Lucy Chivasa said the system was meant to make
female politicians forever grateful to the ‘benevolence’ of their male
counterparts.
The
discussion was also attended by the Co-Chairpersons of the now-defunct COPAC,
Paul Mangwana and Douglas Mwonzora.
COPAC
was the committee which spearheaded the constitution-making process during the
inclusive government which ran between 2009 and 2013.
Section
124 of the constitution makes for a more gender-balanced parliament by
providing for the appointment of 60 non-constituency legislators drawn with
reference to the proportion of the total number of votes that a party gains in
each of the country’s 10 provinces.
The
provision is supposed to end in 2023 but government wants to extend the clause
through one of the at least 27 amendments it wants to effect onto the
constitution.
Chivasa,
however, argued that on the surface, the provision seemed noble but was, in
actual fact, bad for women’s development in the field of politics.
“We
are tired of being a charity case. We must compete on an equal footing and be
voted for; if we lose we lose. That would be the result. This whole idea of
saying that since there are 10 men, there should be 10 women should stop.
Rather give us a chance to be voted for in a fair manner.
“The
bill seeks to extend the women’s proportional representation system for more
years and that will be the single entry point for women to parliament. All
those women will be at the mercy of men who will abuse them saying, ‘if you
want us to include your name on the list, better do this and that for us’. What
we want is a level playing field where female politicians can compete on an
equal footing,” said Chivasa.
She
also attacked the whole idea of amending the constitution, which she said
needed to be defended not amended.
“Amending
the constitution is retrogressive. We are not moving forward but rather going
back to the Mugabe era where so much power was concentrated into the hands of
one man. It’s shocking that this time around, you want to make it even worse.
“If
it’s not broken why fix it? There is no reason to amend the constitution when
we haven’t even implemented it to the fullest,” said Chivasa.
She
said she was also particularly worried by provisions of the bill that seek to dilute
the Human Rights Commission’s powers by giving some of the powers to a Public
Protector who will be appointed by the President.

Solar-powered borehole for Mhandabwe

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Solar-powered borehole for Mhandabwe
The solar-powered borehole

Virginia
Njovo

CHIVI
– Villagers
in some areas in Ward 6 close to Mhandamabwe business centre now have a
solar-powered borehole from where they can draw water for home and agricultural
use.
The borehole was
installed by Chivi Rural District Council (RDC) chairperson Godfrey
Mukungunugwa using his own personal financial resources but with some
logistical support from the Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs
Ezra Chadzamira.
The borehole is
situated at a farm owned by the Hwarare family who donated a big portion of the
land to a consortium of 30 families that are now beginning to till the land in
preparation for planting vegetables.
The borehole is made-up
of a 0.5 horsepower submersible pump which is powered by 2×80 watts solar
panels that produce 24 volts of electrical energy.
The pump takes some 30
minutes to fill up a 5 000-litre water storage tank situated close by, while a
tap installed even closer-by is also fed by the pump.
Speaking during the
commissioning of the borehole, Chadzamira said he was pleased that leaders were
becoming more and more responsive to the needs of their communities.
“It has been said that
he who gives you water, gives you life. This is a dry but potentially-rich
place which needs to be capacitated. Government needs all leaders; be they MPs
or councillors, to take the lead in finding solutions to challenges that affect
their people. I am glad that Cllr Mukungunugwa has done something tangible for
his people and it will not end there as he has assured us,” said Chadzamira.
He also said his office
was open for all people who had ideas on how to improve lives in communities
where they lived.
“It should now be about
development, not politics. We are past elections and we must now work together.
My office is open for those who want to make a difference. We don’t want a
culture of back-biting and demoralizing those who make an effort. This is
President Mnangagwa’s vision, and we must support him,” said Chadzamira.
In his own remarks,
Mukungunugwa said he had identified many other places that will soon have their
own boreholes.
“This will definitely
not end here. There are other places in the wards that I want to help with
easier access to clean water to drink. The ultimate goal is to make sure that
there is potable water at every 500 metre-distance in our district. I
appreciate the support from the office of the Minister of State for Provincial
Affairs,” said Mukungunugwa.
The event was attended
by many MPs including Mathias Tongofa of Chivi North, Farai Musikavanhu of
Chiredzi West and Claudious Maronge of Masvingo South.
Other prominent people
who attended include Chivi District Development Coordinator (DDC) Innocent
Matingwina, Chivi RDC CEO Tariro Matavire and his Masvingo Rural counterpart
Martin Mubviro.

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