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Good-bye ‘ghost workers’

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Good-bye ‘ghost workers’
Upenyu Chaota
In a bid to reduce the wage bill, government has launched a witch hunt for ghost workers in all departments, a development which was welcomed by main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) and workers’ unions, saying it would go a long way in improving the current financial woes. There are over 80 000 ghost workers according to the former Minister of Finance Tendai Biti during the inclusive government. 
The development also came at a time when government has failed to put together civil servants’ salaries for June, with most of them scheduled to get their dues mid-July save for the army, police and the prison officers.
Labour and Social Welfare Minister Priscilla Mupfumira confirmed the development saying the rationalisation at the lower government departments is aimed at making sure that there were no ghost workers in the system who are milking the State dry.
“The ministry has embarked on a rationalisation process to try and reduce the number of staff at government departments and making sure that there are no ghost workers in the system since the government has no money to cater for the huge wage bill,” said Mupfumira.
MDC-T National Spokesperson Obert Gutu however attacked the government for starting the exercise at lower departments saying there are also ghost workers in high offices who are getting hefty salaries and allowances who should be weeded out.
“Rationalisation is not bad if it is done properly. It should be done from the top to bottom beginning with Mugabe himself, he must go. We have been consistent as MDC-T about these ghost workers but I am happy that Zanu-PF has finally felt the pain and they are correcting the anomaly,” said Gutu.
“We have a big government which we believe should be cut by one third. The bloated cabinet is made up of ministers who earn hefty amounts yet they are not productive. As a party which has the interest of the workers at heart, we will fight for the protection of workers. Zanu-PF promised two million jobs but they have destroyed jobs instead, and they want to do it again,” said Gutu. 
Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Dr Takavafira Zhou said the Public Service is run by inept and incompetent people who should be the first to be fired.
“The question is not about rationalising lower departments because these guys are not a huge cost. The real problem is that the government is made up of too many ministries.
“They have to cut the number of ministers because some of the ministries are just created by Zanu-PF to reward themselves. Look at the Ministry of Education, it has been divided into Higher and Tertiary, Primary and Secondary and Psychomotor, yet one minister can handle all that,” Dr Zhou said.
“I don’t see why government appoints Deputy Ministers when they do not do anything. They just get paid for doing nothing. A Deputy Minister will never be an Acting Minister for one day so why do we need them? This is where most of the money is being spent and the Public Service has to deal with this issue first before coming to the grassroots,” he added.
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) Secretary-General Japhet Moyo also slammed the government for failure to protect the workers.
“Restructuring is done in many organisations but we have to do it with a human face. I have always asked whether there is no way of restructuring without the loss of jobs. We have a very big government, why can’t they start from the top to bottom? Our deepest fear is that workers are going to be unfairly treated,” said Moyo.news

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Runaway inmate sentenced to five years in jail

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Runaway inmate sentenced to five years in jail
Memory Rasa
MUTIMUREFU – The Masvingo Magistrates Court last week sentenced a runaway inmate, whose escape was allegedly assisted by a Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer, to five years in prison.
He was arrested in Harare after spending three months on the run.
The accused ZPCS officer who is accused of abetting the escape has also been arrested and is awaiting trial.
It is the State’s case that on March 26, 2016, Shepherd Chimhara (40) of 563 Husvu Street, Rujeko B in Masvingo allegedly assisted an inmate, Kudakwashe Nyashanu (24) to escape from Mutimurefu prison.
Nyashanu pleaded guilty before Masvingo Provincial Magistrate Langton Ndokera and confessed that he escaped from prison with Chimhara’s assistance.
Before escaping, Nyashanu was serving a 76 months jail term at the correctional facility for robbery.
The State alleges that Chimhara drove his car and parked it close to where the inmates were working at the prison and left his car trunk open for Nyashanu to hide in before driving the car away pretending to be rushing for lunch.
He allegedly discouraged his colleagues from conducting a routine search on the car.
Chimhara was later  arrested and charged for assisting a prisoner to escape as defined in Section 185 (1)(d) of the Criminal law and Codification Reform Act chapter 9:23 and was released on bail.
Fidelis Nyamukondiwa prosecuted.news

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Old Mutual comes to Zvishavane

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Old Mutual comes to Zvishavane

Davison Marenga
ZVISHAVANE – Zimbabwe’s leading integrated financial services group, Old Mutual, on Wednesday commissioned a world class one stop financial services shop in the Midlands mining town of Zvishavane.
The service centre, known as the Green Zone, gives customers the convenience of accessing Old Mutual services and products under one roof.
Old Mutual Group Chief Executive Officer, Jonas Mushosho, said his organisation was on a drive to bring world class service to customers. 
“Our customers have stood with us for many generations for over a century. Together we went through two world wars, the liberation struggle, several droughts, record hyperinflation, to mention some of the key events.
“The successes and challenges we encountered have helped create a strong bond between Old Mutual and its clients. It is in recognition of this intrinsic relationship that Old Mutual is investing into world class customer service centers such as the one we are commissioning today,” said Mushosho.
The Zvishavane service centre is a mini version of the bigger Green Zones that were opened in Harare in 2013 and more recently in Bulawayo.
Mushosho said 2016 was turning out to be an exciting one for Old Mutual’s customers as the group was all out to meet their expectations in spite of the prevailing economic difficulties.
“While many have retracted into their shells in response to the current challenging economic environment, it is full steam ahead for Old Mutual.”
Mushosho said Old Mutual was drawing from its experience, garnered over many decades since 1895, to firmly entrench its position as Zimbabwe’s leading integrated financial services group.
“Our customers in Zvishavane and its environs have every reason to claim bragging rights as this Mini Green Zone is the first such service centre to be established in smaller urban centres.
The Mini Green zones, CABS; which is an Old Mutual subsidiary, and the rest of the company’s business units are under one roof.
Prior to the opening of the new service centre, Old Mutual was represented CABS ,in Zvishavane.
“Our investment in this mining town was well thought out –it is in recognition of the support Old Mutual have consistently received from this community .Today we are saying ‘Thank you’, for your loyalty and commitment to Old Mutual”.
The Green Zone concept is part a strategy by Old Mutual Zimbabwe limited to bring closer co-operation and synergy among group companies.
The Green Zone brings together comprehensive financial advice, investment and banking expertise of Old Mutual Zimbabwe limited companies under one roof.news

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Zvishavane Youth Council empowering youth through art

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Zvishavane Youth Council empowering youth through art
Davison Marenga
ZVISHAVANE – With the high prevalence of unemployment in the country, Zvishavane Youth Council (ZYC) has taken the initiative of empowering youth in and around the town with life skills to prevent them from getting into crime.
Volunteers operating with nothing but their few resources are helping the youth to realise their full potential in various aspects of life through art.
A centre run by the ZYC currently offers visual painting, music, and interior deco lessons to youth and is planning to involve more young people from elsewhere.
“Unemployment rates being high, poverty is on the increase, we decided to help so that youth can avoid a life of crime and build a better country,” said the centre’s vice coordinator, Clifford Mugiya.
Bigboy Marenga, a facilitator at the centre, said they want to introduce more disciplines in their programmes for the benefit of more young people.
“I believe we will soon be having a new teacher who will be teaching traditional dance and another one for cultural studies,” said Murenga.
The closure of Shabani Mine and limited employment opportunities from other mines like Mimosa has created big jobless figures leading to desperation and drug abuse among young people.
Situated at the old swimming pool behind Pick n Pay Zvishavane, the centre is seeking for support from well wishers so that they can expand operations.
“We appeal for corporate and individual assistance so that we can implement all the plans we have to give as many young people as possible opportunities that will make them better people.
“This is not a personal venture but a social initiative people for local people. We need to help the youth so that they can realise their dreams in life, I am calling for the business community to help us in this initiative,” said Marenga.entertainment

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Things have fallen apart!

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Things have fallen apart!
Things have fallen apart! Mapombi is not as learned as our Cdes in Zanu PF and government but izvi hazvichada kudzidza izvi – even a dull person can tell kuti nyika yava mamvemve iyi. Mapombi is ever grateful to Zanu PF for one thing – makaita basa makaita kuti ndizivewo nhamo ndaizozivirepi? Urovha, kudya rotten bananas nekurara mumaplastic ndaizozvizivirepiwo ini Mapombi ndakanga ndaendesewawo kuchikoro nevabereki vangu. i could be somewhere else, maybe in one of the offices up there but Zanu PF chiwororo. Kkkkk ndeyeropa zveshuwa! I am really grateful because now I know the other side of life which is punctuated by hunger, unemployment and general poverty. Haaa maoko kuZanu PF and its government haaa muri shasha dzekuuraya economy.
You have failed the nation; Mapombi is very sure this is not what Cdes Herbert Chitepo, Josiah Tongogara and others fought for. Things have just fallen apart and nyika yangova madhende iyi. Being educated or not, it’s now one and the same thing. Chinua Achebe’s novel ‘Things fall apart’ sums up our situation – zvinhu zvava manyama amire nerongo. The economy is biting and they have run out of ideas to an extent that they are thinking of introducing Bond papers – aah are they Bond Papers or Notes? Whatever! Kkkkkkk Dr Mangundya makaitira kupiko PhD yenyu?  UZ? Kkkkkk ask your predecessor Dr Gideon Gono he will tell you more about Zanu PF. Kkkkkk I promise to pay the bear cheque on demand kekekeke seka zvako mwana wekwaChirimudombo. Very soon, this October, we will promise to pay the Bond Note on demand, if there will be anyone to demand it anyway.
Mapombi was however touched by the latest news that government has no money to pay civil servants salaries this month – hanzi ruzhinji rwava kutozowana mari next month except for those vanoshanda kubasa kune pfuti chete hanzi ndivo vachapiwa this week nekuti vanotyisa hurumende. Kkkkkk zvakaoma! Ugoona I almost joined kuarmy uko but my parents discouraged me saying ungapinda basa nekumhanya here enda undoitawo degree. I’m sure my parents regret the decision because now Im stuck here at Dr Grace Trading Centre surviving on rotten bananas. I sleep at the open and cover myself with plastics. But one thing that at least make me smile and feel comfortable with my situation is that the majority of vendors have degrees. Akomana kuita Masters degree in Business Adminstration yekuzotengesa airtime paPick and Pay apo? Honours Degree in Accounting kuzotengesa mabanana paOK Supermarket? Kkkkk but Zanu PF ka! After that you brag that we have the highest literacy rate in Africa and, as if that is not enough, you brag that you have created over two million jobs. 
The problem is that we do not have a strong opposition party in this country – Morgan Tsvangirai has become legend of the parks and is allergic to sleeping alone – hanzi Save ihove ikagara pasina mvura inofa. Vakarara pasina mukadzi padhuze vanoita hope dzemadzikirira. Kkkkkk ungachidii chematama? Hapana. But I still remembered Tsvangirai’s speech he delivered at Mucheke Stadium in 2003 when he was still serious about taking Mugabe head-on. ‘Hanzi muri kutaura nyaya yekushaya chikafu? Muchashayisisa chaizvo kusvika maziva pekuvhotera.’ Kkkkkkk chaimbotaura wena Teaboy. 
But at least we enjoyed during the inclusive government and we thank Tsvangirai for that. Had it not been you and the MDC zvingadaro takapera kufa kare. Mapombi however, has pinned a lot of hope on Dr Joice Mujuru of the Zimbabwe People First come 2018. Hameno pamwe kungofarira n’anga neinondobata mai! Anyway, Mapombi is considering being a registered voter, and come 2018, I will cast my vote. Who I will vote for only God knows but certainly I will not have the courage and guts to put my X on a centurion. Never!
Mapombi is not as heartless as those Cdes who continue to push President Robert Mugabe to remain in office. Kkkkkk zvimwe muchiti munotamba chokwadi. Or is it him who is refusing to vacate office? I am sure War Vets know better on that one. The problem with dictators is that they think they are the best leaders ever and no one can do much better than them. Anyway I don’t know much about dictators because the only dictator I knew the whole of my life was Mamar Gadaffi the late Lybian President – may his soul rest in eternal peace! E-eh e-eh vafunga zvavafunga musade kuhwanda naMapombi pliz pliz. I have made it clear that the only dictator I knew was Gadaffi. Period! Izvo zvamava kutaura izvo ini handipo.
But, of late, Mapombi is forming an alliance with the war vets these days. Kkkkkk I salute the war vets – in fact Mapombi is working on a national pledge inenge ichingorumbidza nekutenda maWar vets edu. of course the pledge will be totally different from yaDofora iye – aah I mean Dr Dokora mhani. Cde Victor Matemadanda, Chris Mutsvangwa, Black Jesus and vaMahiya zviri sei? Kkkkk tinayewo wedu Jesu mutema mungatidii?
Honestly, I respect these Cdes – they died for this country. They are gentlemen havavanzi. They want Ngwena and they are too blunt. Even Mugabe tried to silence them but in vain. Mungamadii maWar vets – hapana ende hapana! They have spoken and who am I to say no to Ngwena? Generally Mapombi has very little, if there is any to appreciate from Zanu PF, but pana Ngwena tinowirirana maCdes! 
Mapombi is equally educated as our Cdes in Zanu PF and government – e-eh tinawovo maPhD aya (UZ). Kutyei!  But the truth is hapana zvinozivikanwa nevarume nevakadzi ava – Mapombi is a gentleman handivanzi. Mapombi has since resolved that she will only respect maWar Vets. Kkkkkk if you are not War Vet please forget! I mean kanganwai zvenyu – chero mukawana ndichidya my rotten bananas handikupei. Even if you march against me I don’t care! 
Aah it’s almost lunch time ndichingohumana zvangu let me go ndinokanga maputi angu for lunch. But just a quick one – how can I get to Ngwena maCdes? I have a word or two of advice pane zvandakarotswa kkkkkk kurota achibvutirwa chigaro neMuzezuru kkkkkk kuda ihope dzechando nekuti sandinyore kurara mumaplastic vakomana. Thank you Zanu PF dai musipo nhamo yakadai taizoionerawo kupi. Haa muri shasha ndibatei ruoko. By the way, did Mpokho vacate the hotel room? Mapombi heard vakaramba kugara dzimwe dzimba vachiti dzakashata kkkkkkkk baba vangu iwe chirungu hachide kubatira pamusoro ichi. Maimbogara yakadiiko musati manzwirwawo tsitsi naPresident? Tiitirei mushe apa mukupedza mari dzema civil servants apa nezvinoitiwa hapana. Nxaaa! Mboko imboko!Mapombi

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Masvingo agricultural show dates set

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Masvingo agricultural show dates set

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MASVINGO – The annual Masvingo Agricultural Show dates for year 2016 have been set for September 29 – 02 October.
Masvingo Show Society chairperson Phillip Mauta confirmed the development and said they are looking forward to increased number of exhibitors this year.
“This year’s agricultural show dates have been set and the show will be held under the theme; ‘Working towards economic development’. We are also looking forward to an increased number of exhibitors. Companies interested in taking part can visit our offices at the Show ground,” Mauta said.
Last year’s exhibition was characterised by absence of livestock exhibitors as the veterinary services banned cattle movement following the outbreak of foot and mouth outbreak.news

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Junior driving introduces class 1 lessons

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Junior driving introduces class 1 lessons
Upenyu Chaota
The ‘Oxford University’ of all driving schools, Junior Driving, has finally delivered to the calling from various stakeholders by introducing the much awaited class 1 driving lessons beginning from next week.
Junior Driving School Director Noah Marima said they have responded to the inquiries which have been made by the community to provide lessons of all classes.
“We have purchased a Yutong bus which is expected to arrive in the country any time soon. Many people approached us with suggestions regarding class 1 lessons and we finally delivered on that call. We have also introduced Class 3 lessons.
“I assure all our valued clients that starting July, the class 1 lessons will be available. We will be having a full house since all classes are being taught. All people who are serious about driving should visit our offices and we are there to assist them become their own drivers. With us, getting license for any class is very much possible,” said Marima.
He said even the disabled people can now smile since Junior Driving now has automatic vehicles to help them acquire their own driver’s licences.
Junior Driving School also offers lessons to physically challenged people who will then use automatic vehicles for VID testing.
Physically challenged people are therefore encouraged to utilise the opportunity.
In Masvingo, class 1 lessons were only offered by the Central Mechanical and Equipment Department (CMED) which had a lot of pressure due to high demand. Junior Driving will ease that pressure with even more competitive rates.news

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Shock as brothers behead father over donkey dispute

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Shock as brothers behead father over donkey dispute
Increase Gumbo
CHIREDZI – In an incident that has left Chilonga residents shell-shocked, two brothers from Chirove village in Malisanga allegedly connived to murder and decapitate their father, Zavhu Mugwambami, following a family misunderstanding over donkeys recently.
Masvingo Provincial Police spokesperson, Inspector Charity Mazula, as all always, professed ignorance over the matter saying TellZim News should notify her that it has a reporter in Chiredzi before she can comment on the matter.
However, Shepherd Chirove, who is a nephew to the deceased, said the dispute reportedly erupted after Mugwambami asked one of his sons, Ketai, to sell one of his cattle and buy donkeys that they could use to pull a scotch-cart as they reaped their sorghum from the fields.
“We only heard that Ketai rejected his father’s advice and got into a dispute with him,” said Chirove, adding that the boys had harboured a grudge against Mugwambami after he got into a habit of beating up their mother after he had married a second wife.
He said the two sons and their father later went to the fields to harvest sorghum where the dispute resumed.
That is when the two sons are said to have returned home and warned their mother that Mugwambani was so angry with everybody that she would better spend the night at their uncle’s place to avoid trouble.
When their mother left, the two sons are said to have returned to the fields where they beat up their father and chopped off his head.
When the deceased’s uncle realised that Mugwambami had not returned home from the fields, he went out to investigate, only to find the motionless body with the chopped head covered by a cap.
The case was reported to Ndali police station but the officers failed to attend the scene saying they had no vehicle. The matter is now being investigated by CID Chiredzi and the two brothers have since been arrested.news

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MDC-T national youth chair up for treason

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MDC-T national youth chair up for treason
Upenyu Chaota
MASVINGO – The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) National Youth boss Happymore ‘Cde Bvondo’ Chidziva was last week arrested and charged with incitement and treason after surrendering himself at Masvingo Central police station.
He was however released the same day as police claim that they want to do further investigations.
Chidziva was on police wanted list for over two months before finally handing himself to the police after reportedly evading them for that long.
He is alleged to have incited people in Gutu to grab food aid which he claimed was being distributed by the government along partisan lines with opposition sympathisers being left out.
The treason charge stems from a youth meeting he addressed in Chiredzi last month where he allegedly threatened to remove President Robert Mugabe from power by force.
A defiant Chidziva told TellZim News that police were just being used by Zanu PF to derail the ‘train of change’ which he said has already taken off.
“I heard the Masvingo police were looking for me and I decided to pay them a visit to clarify the matter. They levelled atrocious charges against me but all in bad taste.
“Zanu PF is trying to use all apparatus at its disposal to slow us down from mobilising the masses. They think if they have me arrested, I will get intimidated and stop my job of making sure that president Morgan Tsvangirai takes his rightful position at State house. They can slow the process but never stop us.
“We will never remove Mugabe from power by force. We mobilise people to register and vote; it is the force of their votes which will send Mugabe packing. I guess they may have misconstrued that part. They even released me because they had no genuine case against me,” said Chidziva.news

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Masvingo to march against government misrule

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Masvingo to march against government misrule
Itai Muzondo
MASVINGO – The anti-government mood currently sweeping the country has reached Masvingo with local pressure groups recently getting court clearance to march in protest against the worsening economic and political situation in the country.
Anoziva Muguti of the Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Association (Murra) said the demonstration, which was originally scheduled for last Saturday, has been postponed due to late release of clearance by the courts. 
“It’s true, as citizens we have seen it fit to rise against bad governance which has long affected Masvingo and the nation at large. We were scheduled to demonstrate last week but we have since postponed the march.
“Some of our members were not comfortable demonstrating considering that we had been denied police clearance and had to make an urgent application at the court. We will quickly meet this week and decide on another date,” Muguti said.
The organisers said they wish to petition the Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs, Shuvai Mahofa on issues like rampant unemployment, corruption, cash crisis, endless police road blocks, spot fines and the inhuman treatment of Tokwe Mkosi floods victims.
“Government should adopt investor friendly policies and ensure that the indigenisation policy does not threaten investment so as to boost industrial development. Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) must lower taxation and punitive measures that have crippled young entrepreneurs. This must be done as early as yesterday.
“Government should curb corruption, spot fines must be erased, and fines have to be paid at the police station. The number of roadblocks should also be reduced and must be done at safe places,” read part of the draft petition.
Organisations taking part in the march include Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development Trust (COTRAD), Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Association (MURRA), ZimRights, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), Masvingo Residents Trust (MRT), Community Working Group on Health, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), (MCRA), (ZIMSET) and Masvingo Vendors Association.news

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