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Rasters FC crowned Chief Ndanga trophy champions

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Rasters FC crowned Chief Ndanga trophy champions

Dr Phiona Riekert red dress, Dr Monica Makonese blue dress and Chief Ndanga black cap.

Brighton Chiseva

ZAKA – Ndanga Rasters Football Club last week lifted the Chief Ndanga trophy after dismissing Chimedza Football Club in the finals after a 4-3 win in the penalty shootout following a goalless draw at a match played at Chimedza School.
The tournament was sponsored by Doctor Phionah Riekert and was launched a few weeks ago in Chief Nyakunhuwa area and is set to rotate to all Zaka’s four Chiefs and will be held annually.
Chief Ndanga’s trophy had 12 teams which participated and Ndanga Rasters were unbeatable from the right from the quarter finals up until the finals.
The Rasters defeated Danda FC with a goal to nil and Chimedza defeated Redza with the same margin in the quarter finals.
The Rasters secured a ticket to the finals after dismissing Rusakazara 4 -2 in a penalty shootout while Chimedza secured theirs after beating Rwonzi in penalties after goalless draws in both games.
The two teams walked away with a soccer kit and a ball each as their prices and the players were promised cash prize and but the actual amount was not disclosed.
Speaking after the Tournament, Dr Riekert said the tournament was meant to help the unemployed youth to develop their talents through sport and was also a payback to her home area and will bring in more programs to cater for other sports persons.
“Next time I will bring more games to cater for women as well so that everyone benefit,” she said.
Dr Riekert is a business entrepreneur and a doctorate graduate based in South Africa.
The next tournament is set to be held in Chief Nhema area in two weeks’ time.news

Spar manager found dead

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Spar manager found dead
Police seaching for Mwale’s missing car at Chimusana Bridge
TellZim Reporter

MASVINGO – Residents of Masvingo were horrified when the lifeless body of Masvingo Spar manager, Emmanuel Mwale was pulled out of the polluted waters of Mucheke River where he spend two days trapped in his car after being swept away while trying to drive across a flooded Chimusana Bridge on Sunday.
Mwale had dropped his friend Lovemore Mupambamwa with whom he was reportedly shared some drinks at Manhede beer hall in Mucheke.
Some cars are reported to have turned back when they saw that the bridge was flooded and they actually warned Mwale to turn back.
Mwale is said to have attempted to drive his Nissan X-Trail across the low-lying bridge but got swept away.
There are also reports that Mwale could have been drunk and fell into the river after missing the bridge.
A motorist driving behind Mwale, who witnessed the car disappearing into the water, then went to the police to make a report.
The eye-witness is said to have been drunk himself and he failed to give a consistent account of what he had seen.
Balmain Spar staff however made a police report of their missing manager the following day. The police launched a search and rescue that Monday morning but found nothing since the car had been swept further downstream and was buried in a deep pool.
A suspicious object which later turned out to be the missing car was noticed appearing in the pool on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 leading to the resumption of the search.
Three brave citizens jumped into the water and retrieved Mwale’s body which was still trapped in the car wreck.
Masvingo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Charity Mazula took time to advise drivers to exercise caution when driving at night and in the rain.
“It is unfortunate that the case we were dealing with ended up in tragedy which claimed the life of Emmanuel Mwale.
“Drivers should be careful when driving during the rainy season so as to prevent any mishap that may come along the way. It is also important to avoid drinking and driving,” she said.News

Residents sell donated mosquito nets

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Residents sell donated mosquito nets


Davison Marenga

ZVISHAVANE – Some cash hungry people in Zvishavane are engaging in brisk business trading mosquito nets that are being donated by the United Nations Children Emergency Fund (Unicef).
A number of vendors in flea market stalls provide a ready market for traders of the nets.
The vendors resell the nets at exorbitant prices of up to US$10, much to the dismay of other people who are yet to benefit from the Unicef programme.
Residents who spoke to this publication criticised the trade in donated mosquito nets as an insensitive act of greed.
They said most beneficiaries lie about their family sizes so as to get more mosquito nets than they actually need, with the remainder going the market.
“Ndonzwa kurwadziwa ndichiona umwe munhu achitengesa manets isu tisina. Vamwe vakutoita business nawo,” (It’s painful that some people are selling the nets when there are people who are in dire need of them) said Tawanda Murehwa.
“They are selling the nets to the already struggling people. This area is heavily infested by mosquitoes so these greedy people are profiting from a bad situation,” Fungai Sibanda.
Other residents said aid organisations must carefully vet their targeted beneficiaries before distributing mosquito nets in order to ensure that their generosity does not get abused.
Unicef has donated mosquito nets to many mosquito infested areas in Zvishavane.news

Open letter to my patron Mr President

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Open letter to my patron Mr President

Dear Bob

I hope this finds you well Mr President; the patron of the Zombabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), Commander In-Chief of the Defense Forces, the Chancellor of all State universities who is also First Secretary of Zanu PF. I am addressing you in my capacity as an esteemed liberation war fighter and I will try to be both blunt and frank with you – zviye zvatinoita pachicomrade.
 In case you doubt my war credentials as many people think Mapombi anopenga. To put the record straight, I am not crazy inhamo yamakatiunzira iyi Mr President. Taitombopfekawo masuit iwaya amunopfeka zvaitonwisawo mvura mufunge but now ndava kupfeka mamvemve nekuti nyika iyi makavondonga mega iyi. Anyway, for my war credentials please do not hesistate to consult our highly esteemed chairperson Chris Mutsvangwa, Douglas Mahiya, Francis Nhando and Headman Moyo, just to mention a few. I am very sure they will tell you that we were together in the trenches and it’s just that I was operating in Chirimudombo area imimi muri kujeri kuGonakudzingwa uko. 
I also worked closely with the later Cde Rex Nhongo ‘aka’ Solomon Mujuru who died in a mysterious inferno a few years ago. Asi mukati waiva moto uri wega here uya wakauraya Mujuru nhai Mr President? I am not suggesting anything here kungobvunzawo hangu just like a Cde who was saddened by the seemingly controversial death of a fellow war vet.
Anyway, I will be precise Mr President. Mapombi is very sure that the recent announcement by my fellow Cdes that we have disappointed you from the position of being our patron came as a surprise to you especially considering that you had handed over 13 Ford Ranger vehicles to the war vets. Mr President, 13 vehicles is just a drop in the ocean – it’s nothing considering the number of war vets in our association. To be frank with you, it’s a mockery – a misguided and misplaced priority to be more precise. Hatidyi mota isu Cde!
We want money to pay school fees for our children and to buy food. Period! This is one reason we decided to relieve you from the role of patron because you have failed to take seriously the welfare of war vets.
Secondly, we have noted with concern that you have formed your own faction, Gushungo 40 (G40) which is run and supported by war deserters. E-eh ndokwakazara vanhu vakatiza hondo kuG40 the likes of self-proclaimed Robin Hood, Professor Jonathan Moyo. You have sided with these Mafikizolos at the expense of War vets to an extent that you decided to kick-out our leader Chris Mutsvangwa both from parliament and Zanu PF, while Mahiya, Moyo, Nhando and Matemadanda have been dragged to the courts. And makambotidira mvura ine unye nema tear gas gore rino when we tried to have an amicable meeting with you. Kkkkkkkk is this what we really fought for Cde Mr President? For ministers to loot over $400 000 from Zimdef and stole land earmarked for the youth? No, no, no!
As if that is not enough, your wife Marujata, as Dzikamai Mavhaire affectionately calls her, belittled us at Chiweshe rally early this year together with Mboko saying there was nothing special about being a war vet. Marujata denigrated us calling us all sorts of names. There is nothing special about being a war vet – really? Hanzi makatumwa here kuenda kuhondo kwacho. Anyway, I hope you clearly heard what Cde Jabulani Sibanda said – hanzi power will never be sexually transmitted. Kkkkkkk please tell Dr Amai that. Anyway, this is nothing but just a gentle reminder Mr President.
In addition, the country is now on its knees due to corruption and poor sound economic policies. War vets are failing to access their little $200 from the banks due to cash crisis because your G40 faction front runners have looted all the hard cash. Our Cdes are sleeping in corridors so that they can join bank queues early in the morning. Civil servants are no exception and this has seriously affected production in the country since people are now spending much of their time in bank queues. Surprisingly, we haven’t seen any one of your ministers in these long winding queues. Kkkkk even ana Dzikamai Mavhaire still walks through the banking hall straight to the manager’s office and given his money at our CBZ Masvingo branch, while the poor civil servants and war vets are in queue.  Then imagine kana vana Mavhaire vava kuZimPF vachiri kushandisa power rekuZanu PF kudaro kuzoti vachiriko? Anyway, Mapombi thank God that she is not a bank account holder at any bank. This is the extent to which you have destroyed our beloved country Mr President.
Of late, students have been embarrassing you at graduation ceremonies as they demonstrated demanding jobs. Kkkkkk kusvika your security team yava kutorera vanhu anything they would suspect kuti chingashandiswa kunyoresa an anti-Mugabe message at graduation ceremony. But hats off to the NUST student akaita zvekudeedzera after they have taken away pens kkkkkkk ndofunga next graduation vanhu vachanwiswa musombodhiya so that mavoices avo become horse and they won’t be able to shout loud.
Anyway, it is against this background that we, the liberation war fighters, have decided to disappoint you from being our patron with immediate effect. We might consider re-appointing you in future if you stop forthwith sidelining with G40 and becomes a fair leader. We will not miss you because there is virtually nothing to write home about you for the entire period you was the patron of war vets except that you increased our poverty.
It’s almost lunch time ndibvumirei ndiende hangu kundokanga maputi angu for lunch while I wait for fellow war vets to come and buy me some rotten bananas here at Dr Grace Trading Centre. But Mphoko be warned; I am going to confront you at the conference.
Yours Faithfully
War Vet Mapombi, mboko imboko!

Midlands to host provincial traditional dance gala

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Midlands to host provincial traditional dance gala

Jubilee Mahlamvana

ZVISHAVANE – The Midlands province is preparing to hold its first ever provincial traditional dance festival on December 10, 2016 at Siboza Business Centre.
Zvishavane-Runde constituency legislator, Fred Moyo is expected to be the guest of honour.
The programme is aimed at promoting arts, culture and heritage from grassroots level as well as to conscientice the youths about the Zimbabwean culture, especially in rural areas.
Zimbabwe National Traditional Dancers Association (ZNTDA) president Kennedy Kachuruka said rural people are eager to preserve local value.
“I was very happy when I heard of this event and I have come here to see the developments on the ground with regards to the event,” Kachuruka said.
Assistant District Administrator Nyasha Chiwanga said the ceremony will be a big event which will incorporate cultural artefacts like craftwork.
“We want to treat this festival as a national event that is meant to give a platform for every Zimbabwean citizen to showcase their cultural practices,” said Chiwanga.
The organisers are pleading with well-wishers and the donor community to support of the programme.news

UK-based DJ Sibanda donates to Bopoma villages

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UK-based DJ Sibanda donates to Bopoma villages

Members of the Bopoma Villages pose for a photo with the goods donated by Phillip Sibanda Trust

Tatenda Shunyai

ZAKA – A Zimbabwean radio presenter at Wythenshawe FM in England, Philip Sibanda has extended a helping hand to orphans and other vulnerable children at Bopoma Children’s Villages in Zaka by donating clothes and a sewing machine.
The goods were donated recently under the Manchester-based radio presenter’s Phillip Sibanda Trust.
The trust has been on a drive to help disadvantaged people in Masvingo by sourcing various goods from well-wishers in the United Kingdom for distribution back home.
Elson Chigiya who represented the trust during the handover of the goods to the children’s villages said it was good to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate.
“I am happy that the little we have has put smiles on the faces of the children who live in this community.
Bopoma Villages director, Komborero Garira expressed joy there were people in far-flung places of the world who have them in mind.
“We thank the Phillip Sibanda Trust for the donation and we are glad they have shown a commitment to improve the conditions of the children we have here.
“The sewing machine that we received is one of its kind and it will help us equip the children with skills that will help them do productive work and fend for themselves in the future,” Garira said.
Bopoma Villages is home to orphans and other vulnerable children in Banga under Chief Ndanga in Zaka.
It was established in 2012 and was registered in 2015 and was decentralised into different homes that take foster care of vulnerable children in that area.news

Hwiru school bus saga deepens

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Hwiru school bus saga deepens

…bus to be returned to supplier

Peter Chawapiwa

MPANDAWANA – Hwiru Primary School in the new town of Mpandawana is set to lose its school bus after a recent full council meeting resolved that the bus should be returned to the

supplier; Frontcom Private Limited.
The bus, which was bought last year, has been at the centre of controversy
since early this year when parents protested the deal saying the school
authorities acquired the bus without consulting them.
The full council meeting has now decided that the bus must be returned to
the Harare-based company, after the school failed to service its debt.
The school had already paid US$57 000 towards for the bus but Frontcon is
reportedly willing to pay back only US$28 000 as the school had used the
bus for a long time.
An audit report presented to full council also stated that apart from
failing to service the full debt, there was no sales agreement between the
school and Frontcom.
The report also noted that certain procedures in the acquisition of the bus
had not been followed, with the failure to follow proper tender procedures
being highlighted.
Hwiru Primary School was built by the Gutu Rural District Council and now
belongs to the new Town Board.
The decision to return the bus to the supplier was made in the absence of
the school head, John Takabvirwakare, his deputy Josiah Ambrose Tererai and
members of the School Development Association (SDA) who did not attend the
meeting.
The decision will be formally conveyed to the school authorities before
another audit report on the bus, which was compiled by the Ministry of
Primary and Secondary Education, has been made available.news

Lowveld farmers embrace command Agric

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Lowveld farmers embrace command Agric

Increase Gumbo

CHIREDZI – Sugarcane farmers in the Lowveld particularly small scale farmers have embraced the recently introduced command agriculture concept which was introduced by the government in order to mitigate food shortages and stop maize importation in the country, TellZim has learnt.
Speaking during a field tour which was attended by various A2 farmers, Edmore Veterai, an A2 farmer  who is also the chairperson of Zimbabwe Sugarcane Development Association (ZSDA) said  command agriculture will definitely mitigate food shortages since it has brought Zimbabwean farmer into focus.
“I think this is an excellent move since command agriculture has brought Zimbabwean farmer into focus since a lot of farmers were ignoring and neglecting and vandalising very good colonial irrigation infrastructure so command agric will revive and I think as Zimbabwean we must learn to appreciate sundry cost,” said Veterai.
Veterai also said that command agriculture will generate more income to the farmer compared to the income they were getting from sugarcane growing and it will promote high yields since command agriculture comes with a package of inputs and a strong supervisory team.
“Under command agriculture we earn more income when growing maize compared to sugarcane because we earn a total of 15 tonnes per hectare which is $5 850 per hectare which far much high than what we earn from sugarcane.
We also appreciate that command agriculture have a strong supervisory team which ensures that farmers do not divert inputs to other use and as farmers we  are given hands on for the first time by our  agricultural extension officers.” he said.
Chenesai Magombiro, ward 31 A2 farmer  who had since given five hectares towards command irrigation also hailed command agriculture since it promotes crop rotation which increase yields and farmers no longer have to stick to growing  sugarcane only.
“It is a great move considering that the government will provide us with all the inputs till we harvest the crop. What I like most about the idea is that it promotes crop rotation especially to sugarcane farmer who were only planting sugarcane, crop rotation increases yields and is a good method of pests control,” said Magombiro.
Major Dingani Makwenjere who is the team leader of command agriculture in Chiredzi district also said farmer in the district have embraced command agriculture   though others still have to be educated on the importance of the phenomenon.
“Some farmers have adopted the concept but we hope that farmers with irrigable land will give us more hectrage under command agriculture since the district is highly affected with drought,” said Makwenjere.
He also said some farmers are willing but they do not have irrigation facilities like farmers along Chiredzi River if given pumps to pump water for irrigation they can increase command irrigation in the Lowveld. news

Healing Jesus Crusade comes to Masvingo

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Healing Jesus Crusade comes to Masvingo

Evangelist Dag Heward-Mills


Moses Ziyambi

MASVINGO – The Healing Jesus Crusades, which have been held outside the country for a long time, have finally come to Zimbabwe with 14 crusades happening, one of them at Mamutse Stadium in Masvingo on November 27 – 28, 2016.
Renowned international evangelist; Dag Heward-Mills will grace the crusades as the guest at all the 14 crusades in the country.
The Ghana-based preacher has been accelerating his evangelistic work across Africa and the world, with at least 132 evangelistic crusades having been held since 2004. The crusades have taken place in all countries of West Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and 28 cities in South Africa.
Bishop Lincoln Dahwa, of the Gospel Revival International Ministries said the crusade will win many souls for Christ.
“The aim is to bring many people to Christ so that they can find purpose in their lives. The crusade is an inter-denominational outreach programme which seeks to bring people of different churches together in the name of Christ,” said Bishop Dahwa.
During the course of the crusade, he said, there will also be a pastors and leaders conference for all leaders of different churches in Masvingo.
“We feel that we are blessed as the people of Masvingo because we will host the crusade earlier than other places. We encourage people to come and hear the word of God from one of the most gifted preachers of our times.
“Those who seek any form of deliverance and healing should look forward to the Lord doing wonders in their lives,” said Bishop Dahwa.
Healing Jesus Campaign international director, Reverend Eldad Barber said God has remembered the land of Zimbabwe through the crusades.
Bishop Manzonzo echoed the same sentiments and urged people to come in their numbers and witness the hand of God.
“The blessings of God will be poured upon the land and we are going to witness great salvation, miracles through the ministration of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills,” said Bishop Manzonzo.
There will be free buses to ferry people from all locations in the city and surrounding areas like Mashava, Bhuka and Nemanwa.
A medical doctor by profession, Bishop Heward-Mills is the founder and presiding bishop of the Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) denomination.news

Zaka teacher reports head over victimisation

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Zaka teacher reports head over victimisation

Zedius Chitiga


Tatenda Shunyai

ZAKA – A Zaka Primary School teacher who alleges victimisation by school head; Tawedzerwa Masase, has reported the matter with the District Education Inspector (DEI) saying Masasa is making his work very difficult.
Estone Matthews, a Grade 5 teacher at the school says the school head is victimising and harassing him for expressing his views.
In June, TellZim News reported that Masase, who is believed to have links to state security agencies, was victimising Matthews for allegedly inciting other teachers to defy Zanu PF.
Matthews is the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) provincial manager.
In a follow-up letter to his earlier complaints of harassment by state security agencies at the instigation of Masase, Matthews says he was being victimised for questioning why a very large hose was built for the head when teachers were ‘squatting’.
In June, Dr Takavafira Zhou of PTUZ said Masase was linked to the 2008 election violence “where innocent people like Simbarashe Chikomba were killed just because they did not support Zanu-PF.”
Matthews says the school head at one point removed a window pane from his house and used it to on another teacher’s house which was being built.
He says the school head also hates him because he questioned why the school was spending large amounts of money hiring computers when the school could just pay instalments for its own computers.
As a result of the feud, Matthews says he was left out of a workshop held at the school for the purpose of streamlining teachers with the demands of the new curricula being introduced by government.
The letter was copied to Masase, Provincial Education Director (PED), Permanent Secretary of Education and PTUZ.
PTUZ Masvingo provincial coordinator, Munyaradzi Chauke says Masase was pursuing a vendetta against Metthews.
“We view this as harassment and it’s not the first time. We are calling upon the Ministry of Education to take action because it is matter of urgency. The headmaster hates Matthews because he is a meber of our union,” said Chauke.
PED Zedius Chitiga said he was yet to learn the current twist of the matter.
“I am still to get the details of this issue but we are going to look into it and map the way forward,” said Chitiga.news

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