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Vice President Chiwenga has accused the opposition-dominated Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of running down the second-largest city in Zimbabwe. 
The former army boss made remarks while addressing ZANU PF supporters in Bulawayo last week where the party was campaigning for 26 March by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections. He said:
<blockquote>
It is high time that we say enough is enough. We are all aware that Bulawayo City Council, has farms in the peri-urban environments, the farms used to be massive sources of employment, particularly for the local people, the sad story is that the farms have been parcelled and rented out to council employees.
This council has dismally failed. They have failed the electorate and people of Bulawayo. 
Is it not a shame that the current opposition-led councils have selfishly decided to rent out revenue streams to themselves and changed business, where is their conscience
</blockquote>
He added that the city council used to own and run numerous strategic business units as part of diversification so that they do not solely depend on revenue from rates. 
Among other issues, Bulawayo, previously the industrial hub of Zimbabwe, is saddled by perennial water challenges.
This is happening when the Zambezi water project, mooted in 1912, is taking longer to be completed. The project is aimed at eradicating Bulawayo’s water challenges once it is complete. 
Addressing his supporters in Bulawayo on Saturday, the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, promised that he will <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/03/05/ill-be-next-president-of-zimbabwe-and-im-ready-ccc-leader-nelson-chamisa/">complete the project</a> when he gets into office.
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Council Has Failed The Electorate And People Of Bulawayo - Chiwenga

The ruling ZANU PF held its rally in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North province on Saturday to campaign for the 26 March by-elections and for 2023 harmonised elections. President Emmerson Mnangagwa was scheduled to address the rally but he did not attend. Former Vice President, Kembo Mohadi, was the party’s senior official. Below are pictures from the scene:
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<li class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/03/05/pictures-ccc-rally-at-white-city-stadium-in-bulawayo/">PICTURES: CCC Rally At White City Stadium In Bulawayo</a></li>
<li class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/27/pictures-ccc-rally-at-mbizo-4-shopping-centre-kwekwe/">PICTURES: CCC Rally At Mbizo 4 Shopping Centre, Kwekwe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/26/pictures-zanu-pf-rally-at-mbizo-grounds-in-kwekwe/">PICTURES: ZANU PF Rally At Mbizo Grounds In Kwekwe</a></li>
</ul>
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Pictures: ZANU PF Rally Tsholotsho Matabeleland North

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa">Nelson Chamisa</a>, the leader of opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> Saturday said he will <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/03/05/chamisa-pledges-to-personally-deal-with-double-candidate-issue/">personally sign nomination papers for party candidates</a> to avoid the issue of double candidate mix-up.
This year, just weeks after being formed, CCC fielded two candidates in at least two wards, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/01/26/chamisa-led-ccc-fields-double-candidates-in-bulawayo/">Bulawayo</a> and <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/01/29/ccc-fails-to-resolve-masvingo-double-candidate-mess/">Masvingo</a>, for the 26 March by-elections, a move that will divide the party’s votes.
Responding to Chamisa’s remarks, renowned author, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tsitsi_Dangarembga">Tsitsi Dangarembga</a> said:
<blockquote>
Alone, or are there co-signatories?
</blockquote>
Political Science Professor, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Jonathan_Moyo">Jonathan Moyo</a>, suggested that Chamisa has a mammoth task. Said the exiled former Information minister:
<blockquote>
Plus his nomination papers as presidential candidate <a class="link-complex" data-user-name="nelsonchamisa" href="https://twitter.com/nelsonchamisa/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@nelsonchamisa</a> will sign for: *280 MPs: 210 constituency + 60 pr women &amp; 10 pr youths *80 Senators: 60 pr + 18 chiefs +2 persons with disabilities *110 provincial councilors * 1,958 Ward Councillors *TOTAL: 2,428 CANDIDATES!
NB: The Electoral Act provides for two signatories to countersign nomination papers for election candidates sponsored by, or representing, political parties!
</blockquote>
Others said the plan was not thought through as it is centralisation of power which is contrary to the gospel of devolution the party is preaching.
Some said he only meant that his office will preside over the whole process. 
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Responses To Chamisa's Plan To Address Double Candidate Mix-up

Opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> vice president, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tendai_Biti">Tendai Biti</a>, has said the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa">Nelson Chamisa</a>-led government will re-dollarise.
He made the remarks while addressing scores of CCC supporters who thronged to the White City Stadium, Bulawayo for the party’s campaign for the 26 March by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections. The former Finance Minister said:
<blockquote>
USA! The next president of Zimbabwe is Advocate Nelson Chamisa and under a Nelson Chamisa government, we’ll bring back the US dollar. The civil servants, the civil servants, the civil servants will be paid in US dollars, the doctor will be paid in US dollars, the teacher will be paid in US dollars, the war veteran will be paid in US dollars, the nurse will be paid in US dollars, the Kombi driver will be paid in US dollar. We will make Zimbabwe great again. Zikomo Kwambili.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe adopted a multicurrency system in 2009, shortly before the Government of National Unity, following the collapse of the local unit.
The Southern African country recorded a record high inflation of 231 million per cent, as per official records, rendering the Zimbabwe dollar worthless. 
The government <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/06/24/breaking-rbz-si-142-bans-use-of-all-foreign-currencies-with-effect-from-24-june-2019/">ditched the multicurrency system in June 2019</a> and reintroduced the Zimbabwe dollar.
The Zimbabwe dollar has been shedding value against other currencies thereby eroding workers’ salaries and their buying power.
Workers have been pushing the government to re-dollarise and pay them in United States dollars as was the case prior to October 2018.
Authorities are adamant that Zimbabwe will not re-dollarise as the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/13/we-cannot-grow-our-economy-on-the-basis-of-a-foreign-currency-president-mnangagwa/">country cannot grow its economy on the basis of a foreign currency</a> which it does not have control over.
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The Chamisa Govt Will Bring Back The USD, All Workers To Get USD Salaries - Biti

Nelson Chamisa, the interim president of the newly formed Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) Saturday addressed dozens of his party supporters at the White City Stadium in Bulawayo. The party was campaigning for the by-elections scheduled to be held on 26 March and for the harmonised elections slated for 2023. Listen to the audio below for more:

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AUDIO: Chamisa's Address At CCC Rally White City Stadium Bulawayo

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said sanctions imposed on his country are <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-05-22/h_34e69607d6c894cb17da288fcf78e2f4?utm_source=twCNNi&amp;utm_content=2022-03-05T17%3A19%3A35&amp;utm_term=link&amp;utm_medium=social">“equivalent of a declaration of war,</a>” CNN reports.
Several countries including EU members, the US, the UK and Canada, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/25/world-leaders-impose-sanctions-on-russia-while-china-accuses-usa-and-allies/">imposed sanctions</a> on Russia after Putin authorised the invasion of Ukraine on 24 March citing genocide on pro-Russian citizens.
Putin added that Russia could have avoided attacking Ukraine and “could have helped the republics of Donbas at the contact line and reinforced them with the Russian army, but in this case, and I mean with the unwavering support from the west, we would have radicals on the other side coming endlessly… with support from the west.” He added:
<blockquote>
The current [Ukrainian] leadership needs to understand that if they continue doing what they are doing, they put under question the future of Ukrainian statehood. And if that happens, it will be entirely on their conscience.
</blockquote>
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the West was engaged in “economic banditry” against Russia and that Moscow would respond. 
He did not specify what response there would be but said it would be in line with Russian interests. 
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett flew to Moscow to meet Putin regarding Ukraine. 
Bennett, who is religious, took the unusual step of flying on the Sabbath to meet him. The trip follows a request by Ukraine for Israel to mediate the conflict.
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Sanctions Are Equivalent To A Declaration Of War - Russian President Putin

The Presidential Borehole Drilling scheme has been set in motion, with Chitungwiza being the first beneficiary of the initiative aimed at eradicating the perennial water challenges. 
The Presidential Borehole Drilling scheme was initiated by the Zimbabwe Youth Presidential Support Organization (ZYPSO).
Chitungwiza, located 9km south of Harare city, has been experiencing acute water and sewer challenges in the last two decades owing to the collapse of an efficient reticulation system in the opposition-led urban council.
The repercussions have weighed heavily on residents and other ratepayers. ZBC News quotes one elderly resident as saying:
<blockquote>
We had become so accustomed to recycling and reusing dirty water, we have tap water once a week and having water at the local borehole was a challenge due to politics. For the past 15 years, water has been a challenge and as an elderly person, I couldn’t get access and ended up buying a 20-litre bucket of water for US$1, I had no option.
</blockquote>
Tempter Paul Tungwarara, President of the Zimbabwe Youth Presidential Support Organisation said:
<blockquote>
We are going to all areas in Harare so all people can have access to water, what we are doing is, drill a borehole, put a solar system and put taps, we are moving away from bush pumps system and putting modern systems so that everyone gets access to the water.
</blockquote>
ZANU PF St Mary’s Candidate, Nobert Jinjika said at least 20 boreholes are scheduled to be drilled in the dormitory town and they will be used by all residents despite one’s political orientation. 
More: <a href="https://www.zbcnews.co.zw/presidential-borehole-scheme-launched-in-chitungwiza/">ZBC News</a>

Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme Launched In Chitungwiza

Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the newly-formed <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> has pledged to personally deal with the issue of double candidate fielding.
The party, that morphed from the MDC Alliance, is still haunted by the issue that also affected MDC Alliance.
CCC <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/01/26/chamisa-led-ccc-fields-double-candidates-in-bulawayo/">submitted double candidates to stand in at least two municipal by-elections in Bulawayo</a>, exposing differences in the party’s top echelons.
The four candidates were accepted by the nomination court sitting in Bulawayo in Wards 9 and 26 ahead of the by-elections set for March 26.
Bekithemba Nyathi, a former member of the People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC), a defunct party that was led by former Vice President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Joice_Mujuru">Joyce Mujuru</a>, eventually withdrew from the race. 
The party, however, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/01/29/ccc-fails-to-resolve-masvingo-double-candidate-mess/">failed to resolve the issue of double candidates in Masvingo</a> Urban, Ward 4, where Thokozile Muchuchuti and Aleck Tabe both filed their nomination papers to contest in the 26 March by-elections.
The two candidates were called to Harare to meet senior party leaders to resolve the matter but there was no breakthrough after Muchuchuti failed to travel to Harare, claiming she was unwell.
Despite the intervention of top CCC officials led by Vice President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Lynette_Karenyi">Lynette Karenyi-Kore</a>, a consensus remained elusive as neither of the candidates was willing to withdraw.
Addressing party supporters at White City Stadium in Bulawayo this Saturday, Chamisa said he would personally sign nomination papers for all party candidates to avoid fielding more than one candidate.
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Chamisa Pledges To Personally Deal With Double Candidate Issue

Opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has reached out to ZAPU and “all those in the other parties” to join with his party in a bid to dislodge the ruling ZANU PF from power.
Chamisa was addressing CCC supporters at the White City Stadium in Bulawayo where the party was campaigning for the 26 March by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections. He said:  
<blockquote>
We want to work with everyone progressive… People have been speaking on various platforms, but we are starting afresh… It’s no longer about parties. We’re saying to ZAPU let’s work together, … we’re saying to all those in the other parties, come and let’s work together. It’s not about positions, it’s about the change we want for the people of Zimbabwe. There is enough space for everyone. I know that a lot of you have said so and so but, no, we want to make sure that we build a citizens’ coalition for change. 
</blockquote>
He urged Zimbabweans to vote in the upcoming elections adding that it will be difficult to rig if enough people vote.
Chamisa makes the remarks when some CCC supporters, including some senior party officials, have made it clear that they do not want former Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe, to have a coalition with the party.
They accuse her of working with the ruling ZANU PF to dismantle the opposition in the country.
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"We Say To ZAPU, Everyone, Come, Let's Work Together," - Chamisa

Opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC)’s leader, Nelson Chamisa Saturday reiterated that he will be the next president of Zimbabwe adding, “I’m ready.”
He made the remarks while addressing dozens of party supporters at the White City Stadium in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Bulawayo">Bulawayo</a> where he was campaigning for the 26 March by-elections and 2023 elections.
He pledged to transform the lives of people in Bulawayo and the whole nation at large.
More promises:
<ul>
<li>He promised to complete the Zambezi water project The idea to bring water to Bulawayo from the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/25/zambezi-water-project-will-be-completed-during-my-time-ed/">Zambezi River</a> was mooted in 1912 and has remained a dream for over a century and Zimbabwe’s second-largest city has continued to experience debilitating water shortages.</li>
<li>To restore Bulawayo as the industrial hub of the country. Bulawayo is Zimbabwe’s second-largest city and it is 439km from the capital, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Harare" title="Harare">Harare</a>, 111 km from the Botswana border, and on the line of rail via <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Victoria_Falls" title="Victoria Falls">Victoria Falls</a> to Zambia and the Copperbelt. Chamisa said his heart is in pain when he visits Bulawayo, a former industrial capital.</li>
<li>To restore quality education. Zimbabwe’s education sector, like all other sectors, collapsed in the last two decades and scores of learners have been going abroad for education.</li>
<li>To ensure justice for victims of political violence starting with Gukurahundi victims. An estimated 20 000 people were killed in Matabeleland and Midlands by a North Korean-trained 5th Brigade.</li>
</ul>
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I'll Be Next President Of Zimbabwe And I'm Ready - CCC Leader Nelson Chamisa

Opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa, addressed dozens of party supporters at a rally held on Saturday 5 March 2022 at White City Stadium in Bulawayo. He made a number of promises including that his party will restore Bulawayo as the industrial hub of the country. He also said CCC will complete the Zambezi Water Project. The idea to bring water to Bulawayo from the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/25/zambezi-water-project-will-be-completed-during-my-time-ed/">Zambezi River</a> was mooted in 1912 and has remained a dream for over a century and Zimbabwe’s second-largest city has continued to experience debilitating water shortages. Watch live:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C&amp;ref=watch_permalink&amp;v=1007821870152472
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WATCH LIVE: Chamisa Addresses CCC Rally At White City Stadium In Bulawayo

The opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) on Saturday 5 March 2022 held its election campaign rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo. We present below pictures shared by various publications and individuals at the scene:
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PICTURES: CCC Rally At White City Stadium In Bulawayo

Vice President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Constantino_Chiwenga">Constantino Chiwenga</a> Friday condemned violence saying it is not developmental. He made the remarks while addressing ZANU PF supporters in Bulawayo
The former army boss speaks amid criticism for his earlier remarks which preceded the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/27/ccc-supporter-dies-in-spear-attack-during-kwekwe-rally/">murder of Mboneli Ncube</a>, a <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> party supporter who was stabbed at a CCC rally in Kwekwe on Sunday. 
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/27/chiwenga-threatens-to-crush-ccc-when-time-is-ripe/">Chiwenga had likened the opposition CCC to lice that will be crushed when the time is ripe</a>, remarks that were viewed by civil society organisations and opposition parties as inciting violence. Some defended him saying it was figurative speech.
Addressing ZANU PF supporters in Bulawayo’s Old Pumula suburb, Chiwenga preached peace. He said:
<blockquote>
We also want the election process to be defined by peace. We don’t want any violence. We condemn it and give it the utmost contempt it deserves. Violence is not developmental.
Let us remind each other, including those in opposition that being in opposition today is not permanent. So we remain as brothers and sisters of one Zimbabwe. An election is certainly not a justification for any form of violence.
</blockquote>
In the past, Zimbabwe recorded an increase in cases of both intra-party and inter-party violence shortly before, during and after elections. 
The lastest rise in political violence, therefore, causes great concern amongst observers considering that the Southern Africa country is gearing for the 26 March by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections.
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"Violence Is Not Developmental," - VP Chiwenga

Alex Tawanda Magaisa, a law lecturer in the United Kingdom, has discussed the Trojan Horse theory, prompting some to believe he was warning opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) against accepting Thokozani Khupe in the party.
Magaisa, a former Chief of Staff in the office of a former Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, speaks amid disagreements in the CCC over whether to have a coalition with Khupe who was recently fired from the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora.
Some say Khupe, once Tsvangirai’s deputy and a former Deputy Prime Minister, cannot be trusted since she “joined hands with the ruling ZANU PF” to dismantle MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa. Some say she has a lot to contribute adding that many former ZANU PF members have been admitted into the party in the past.
Magaisa says things regarded as Trojan Horses are weapons disguised as gifts. Pindula News presents Magaisa’s remarks below:
<blockquote>
<h2>Trojan Horse</h2>
1. “Be wary of Greeks bearing gifts” The adage originates from a legend in Greek mythology. The legend is drawn from a tale in Homer’s famous poem, The Iliad which describes the end of a long-drawn war between the Greeks and the Trojans in ancient times. The lesson is timeless.
2. The war had been going on for nearly a decade with the Greeks laying siege upon Troy, the of the Trojans, but to no avail. With both sides exhausted, the Greeks built a large wooden horse, which they left at the gates of Troy, seemingly as a peace offering.
3. The Greeks appeared to sail away in retreat. When the Trojans saw the wooden horse, they thought it was a sign of surrender &amp; a peace offering. They opened the gates of their city and took the horse inside and celebrations began. After all, the war was over, wasn’t it?
4. But the Trojans didn’t know it was a trick. Greek soldiers were hiding inside the belly of the large wooden horse. And by bringing it into their city, the Trojans had allowed their bitter enemy inside. And the Greeks had entered the Trojans’ citadel without even fighting.
5. So as the Trojans dropped their guard, the Greek soldiers came out of the horse and opened the gates of Troy to allow in their compatriots who were lurking outside. They entered Troy and won an easy victory. According to the legend, that is how the Trojans were defeated.
6. Over time, when something was referred to as “a Trojan Horse”, it was because it was a weapon that was disguised as a gift. The Roman poet, Virgil is credited with coining the phrase, “Be wary of Greeks bearing gifts” in his account of the legend of the Trojan War.
7. When people say beware of the Greeks bearing gifts, they are warning you to be careful because sometimes things that are presented as gifts can turn out to be your greatest undoing. Not everything that glitters is gold. Observe carefully who the promoters of that gift are.
8. There will be offers of gifts and it’s hard to resist the allure. But these gifts may also be weapons in disguise. You cannot afford to behave like the Trojans. Before you bring the horse through the city gates, be sure that it is not carrying the opponent’s troops inside.
WaMagaisa
</blockquote>
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Be Wary Of Greeks Bearing Gifts - Alex Magaisa

Over 10 500 people have signed an <a href="https://www.change.org/p/kamala-harris-deport-panganai-java-from-the-us-an-enabler-of-human-rights-violations-in-zimbabwe?recruiter=1219351160&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&amp;utm_medium=whatsapp&amp;utm_content=washarecopy_32547995_en-GB%3A4&amp;recruited_by_id=5dabfdf0-f688-11eb-ae10-894eec3ee774">online petition</a> addressed to America’s Vice President Kamala Harris calling on her government to deport flamboyant self-styled prophet <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Passion_Java">Passion Java.</a>
Started Thursday by former MDC Alliance councillor <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Kurauone">Godfrey Kurauone</a>, the petition has a target of 15 000.
It is also addressed to Senators:  Cory A. Booker, Tim Kaine, Bernie Sanders, Charles E. Schumer, Joe Manchin III, Richard Blumenthal, 
Michael F. Bennet, Tammy Baldwin, Mitch McConnell, and Representative Nancy Pelosi.
The petition describes Java as a supporter of the ruling ZANU PF which is accused of “killing citizens, violating fundamental rights and stealing national resources.” Reads the petition:
<blockquote>
While this (human rights violations) is happening, Panganai Passion Java, a self-proclaimed prophet, enjoys permanent resident status in the USA while he goes back to Zimbabwe to actively support a regime that is killing citizens, violating fundamental rights and stealing national resources. He uses State resources to move around the country buying votes for Mr. Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The State Department of the United States has through it’s Secretary of State has the power to begin the process of revoking Mr. Passion Java’s permanent resident status. The USA policy is to support freedom, democracy and prosperity for the people of Zimbabwe and to this end has imposed restrictive measures on individuals who aide human rights violations and undermine democracy in Zimbabwe. Mr. Java is one such culprit and should be sanctioned and barred from coming to the USA and his accounts frozen.
</blockquote>
Java stays in America but has recently been in Zimbabwe where he is using his Passion Java Records and proximity to dance-hall artists to campaign for President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of 2023 harmonised elections.
Meanwhile, Prince Muwandi one of Java’s supporters has launched another petition in support of the prophet titled, “Appreciation of the good works done by Prophet Passion.”
The petition says Passion Java does Charity work, encouraging the youth to stop drugs, to work, conduct projects, promote the music industry, preach the Gospel and support good works done by president Mnangagwa.
The United States has in the past sanctioned individuals and organisations believed to be aiding the ruling party. 
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Over 10 500 People Sign Petition To Have Passion Java Deported From The USA

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> vice president Tendai Biti and dozens of his supporters were Friday injured after they were attacked with stones by suspected ZANU PF activists in Mabvuku, Harare.
Biti was campaigning in the Mabvuku suburb ahead of the 26 March By-elections, when his convoy was intercepted by the assailants who threw stones.
<a href="https://thehararetimeszw.com/2022/03/05/stone-throwing-zanu-pf-youths-attacks-biti-in-mabvuku/">The Harare Times</a> reports that Biti’s campaign vehicles were severely damaged in the skirmishes, as Biti himself sustained a swollen arm after he was hit during the attack.
The former Finance Minister described the incident as barbaric and called on the electorate to dump the “unelectable, violent” ruling party in the upcoming by-elections.
This comes when Biti’s <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/03/03/armed-men-raid-bitis-home-security-aide-seriously-injured/">home was attacked by 4 men armed with machetes, axes and a gun</a> in the early hours of this Wednesday. His guard was attacked and suffered bad injuries to his head and had to receive urgent medical attention. The men did not take anything.
On Sunday, February 27, a CCC supporter, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/28/ccc-supporter-murdered-at-kwekwe-rally-named/">Mbonesi Ncube, was murdered</a> in a spear attack by suspected ZANU PF activists during a rally at Mbizo 4 Shopping Centre in Kwekwe.
Biti is campaigning for the Harare East parliamentary seat alongside Zanu-PF’s <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Mavis_Gumbo">Mavis Gumbo</a> and LEAD candidate, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/18/bitis-challenger-bravely-working-towards-development-of-our-society-economy/">Precious Musarurwa. </a>
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Biti Attacked By Stone-wielding Assailants In Mabvuku

The opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) says its leadership is in danger, with the party leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa">Nelson Chamisa</a> saying several attempts have been made on their lives. 
Only this Thursday, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/03/03/armed-men-raid-bitis-home-security-aide-seriously-injured/">unknown assailants attacked</a> CCC senior official <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tendai_Biti">Tendai Biti</a>’s house and physically assaulted his mother and security guard, seriously injuring them in the process.
Reasons for the attack were not immediately given, but Chamisa this week said there is a plot to attack the party leadership and warned them to be on high alert. He said:
<blockquote>
It’s only that we don’t say much and the people who were doing this are the people who have been making attempts on our lives. They were celebrating that we poisoned him when he was in Botswana, I don’t normally eat but it shows you wicked people who believe in eliminating elements.
We have told all our leaders, all our candidates that please eat with a lot of care, it is good to have appetite but control your appetite. Be careful, not everything is food, we are in a dangerous zone. Be careful about your cars, just last night they sideswiped our car.
</blockquote>
Chamisa told The NewsHawks this week that the state killed former Prime Minister, the late <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Morgan_Tsvangirai">Morgan Tsvangirai</a> who succumbed to cancer on 14 February 2018. 
There has been a rise in reported cases of intra-party and inter-party political violence across the country since 2020. This is happening as the country is preparing for 26 March 2022 by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections. 
Zimbabwe has in the past experienced political violence before, during and after elections, a situation that undermined polls’ credibility.
More: <a href="https://thenewshawks.com/they-want-us-dead-chamisa/">The NewsHawks</a>

They Thought They Had Poisoned Us - CCC Leader Nelson Chamisa

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) change champion in chief, Nelson Chamisa, on Friday graced the funeral of a murdered party member, Mboneni Ncube’s funeral in Sibomvo village Vungu, Midlands Province.
Ncube was stabbed to death by suspected ZANU PF supporters during a CCC campaign rally at Mbizo 4 Shopping Centre in Kwekwe on Sunday afternoon.
Posting on Twitter, Chamisa described Ncube as a great citizen and change champion saying his hope for change is not in vain. He wrote:
<blockquote>
I’M IN VUNGU, MIDLANDS…Laying to rest a great Citizen &amp; Change Champion, the murdered Mboneni Ncube. So pained as we mourn with this very loving Ncube family. The young girl Sibonginkosi (pic below) is Mboneni’s only child. Mboneni’s hope for Change is not in vain. RIP champion!
</blockquote>
CCC secretary for welfare Maureen Kademaunga also posted on Twitter:
<blockquote>
Thank you Champion in Chief, President @nelsonchamisa for taking Mboneni Ncube to his final resting place &amp; for standing with the family whose son’s life was brutally ended by a vigilante group linked to ZANU PF. RIP Mboneni, we will stand until justice is served!
</blockquote>
Below are pictures from Ncube’s funeral:
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PICTURES: Chamisa Attends Burial Of CCC Supporter Murdered At Kwekwe Rally

Former MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe is expected to attend the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally set for Bulawayo on Saturday.
Recent reports claim Khupe is open to working together with CCC leader Nelson Chamisa in spite of their acrimonious separation in 2018 following the death of MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai.
New Zimbabwe reported sources as saying Khupe could be on the brink of joining hands with CCC following her recent expulsion from the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora. Said a source:
<blockquote>
The president could be at White City Stadium on Saturday. If she does make it to the rally, this will be confirmation she is coming back, rejoining her former comrades in the opposition party.
</blockquote>
Khupe’s spokesperson Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu could neither confirm nor deny that Khupe will grace the CCC rally on Saturday. He said:
<blockquote>
We do not have any plans regarding the weekend CCC rally. In politics a day is too long for one to decide on what they are going to be doing over the weekend, we will let you know on Saturday.
</blockquote>
Chamisa declared that CCC will welcome all former MDC members but stressed that they will join the party on the basis they “move to the back of the bus.”
He made the remarks while launching the CCC’s by-elections campaign at Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare two weeks ago.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/khupe-to-make-grace-chamisas-bulawayo-rally/">New Zimbabwe</a></h4>

Khupe To Attend Chamisa's Bulawayo Rally

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has threatened to sue activists and pressure groups for disclosing people’s personal details when exposing alleged discrepancies on the national voters roll.
Speaking on Thursday in a meeting with the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, ZEC chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said the public disclosure of voters’ personal details was illegal and exposed voters to physical attacks.
Silaigwana singled out Team Pachedu, a group of activists who have been at the forefront in exposing alleged ZEC misdemeanours in managing the voters’ roll. He said:
<blockquote>
First and foremost, it is important to note that most, if not all, of the allegations that are being raised on social media have not been formally brought to the attention of the commission save through unorthodox means.
A shadowy group called Team Pachedu has been at the forefront of raising some of the allegations on social media, especially regarding issues related to the national voters roll.
The publication of voters’ information on social media, as is now being done without seeking clarification from the commission, is highly deplorable and puts voters at risk.
As much as the national voters roll is a public document, it is also a security document containing voters’ personal details.
Any abuse of it attracts legal consequences and the commission has a duty to protect voters’ information which they supplied in confidence.
The advent of social media has exacerbated challenges related to the security of information of citizens.
</blockquote>
Silaigwana said allegations made against ZEC may negatively affect the credibility of the electoral process. He said:
<blockquote>
The commission is accountable to Parliament through the Justice Committee and has engaged to give updates on electoral activities.
Of concern to the commission are the various allegations which relate to the mandate of the commission that has been highly publicised on social media, which have a damaging effect of casting aspersions on the credibility of our electrical process.
</blockquote>
Team Pachedu recently exposed irregularities, among them the movement of over 170 000 registered voters from constituencies without their consent.
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ZEC Threatens Whistleblowers

Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe said that police will not hesitate to arrest perpetrators of politically-motivated violence regardless of their political affiliation.
Speaking on Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN), Kazembe said citizens are free to express themselves without resorting to violence. He said:
<blockquote>
Violence is not tolerated at all regardless of who does it or perpetrates it. We are saying no to violence. President Mnangagwa is on record saying no to violence and he means it.
He has directed us to ensure that anyone involved in political violence should be accounted for. No one is above the law.
We are saying no to political violence, we have come a long way and believe that we do have some good levels of democracy in this country where people are free to express themselves.
As you have noticed people can insult anybody not that it is a good thing, but clearly shows that there is democracy in this country.
</blockquote>
Kazembe’s remarks came after one person was killed while several others were injured when violence broke out during a Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) campaign rally at Mbizo 4 Shopping Centre in Kwekwe on Sunday.
CCC supporters have also been victims of politically-motivated violence in Harare East, Mabvuku and Chitungwiza in recent weeks.
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No To Politically-motivated Violence - Kazembe

MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has distanced his party from a Constitutional Court application by Tapera Sengweni, and three others, who are seeking to stop the 26 March by-elections.
Sengweni, who is reportedly an MDC-T legal advisor and Mwonzora’s close ally, argued in his application that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) failed to hold elections within the 90-day timeframe prescribed by the laws of the country.
In a post on Twitter in which he tagged journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, Mwonzora said the MDC-T has nothing to do with the application and will not interfere with citizens seeking to assert their rights. <a href="https://twitter.com/DMwonzora/status/1499382703204012039">He said:</a>
<blockquote>
The MDC-T has neither filed nor sponsored any court application to stop by-elections. The application being circulated has been filed by a group of 4 Zimbabweans. We do not interfere with Zimbabweans seeking to assert their rights.
</blockquote>
Responding to Mwonzora, Chin’ono described the MDC-T leader as “evil”. Said Chin’ono:
<blockquote>
Dhaggi @DMwonzora we are not fools! At the heart of what you are doing is to prolong councils as dysfunctional so that your handlers can continue LOOTING councils without legitimate oversight
You are an EVIL man Dhaggi because what you are doing is literally killing Zimbabweans.
</blockquote>
In his founding affidavit, Tapera also argued that Zimbabwe cannot afford to hold by-elections this month and should wait for general elections that are due in 2023. He said:
<blockquote>
As a small economy, Zimbabwe has financial challenges that are affecting the greater majority of its population.
The government is struggling to pay its employees a living wage. It is not prudent to drag the country into another plebiscite whose outcome does not change the numerical configuration of parliament in any way.
</blockquote>
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Mwonzora Distances MDC-T From Court Application To Stop By-elections

Former MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe is reportedly mulling working together with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party led by Nelson Chamisa in future elections after her acrimonious departure from the Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T.
Khupe recently said she we tell members and supporters of her party who to vote for in the 26 March elections at the right time.
Addressing a press conference at the Bulawayo Media Centre on Wednesday, Khupe said she decided against participating in the upcoming elections to avoid splitting the opposition vote. She said:
<blockquote>
The needless fragmentation of the opposition has not only deflated hopes and punctured national confidence but it has also slowly led to people staying away from national processes and losing faith in elections.
It is in this spirit that I’m urging the nation to rally together and to encourage each other to be active participants in national processes, especially in the ongoing voter registration blitz.
Unity amongst opposition political parties is of paramount importance, as it will result in the formation of a formidable force to confront ZANU PF.
The formidable force must start to speak with one voice, they must start to act with one voice and they must start to vote with one voice.
It is high time as opposition parties we converge and mobilise citizens and together unite for a common course and that common course being a new Zimbabwe.
We need to unapologetically preach the gospel of unity, in bars, in churches, in the villages and in the urban areas where we stay.
Let us remind each other that future generations will not forgive us if we allow next year’s chance to slip away.
It is a glorious chance that comes to us ordinary people once every five years and we must make the most of it.
</blockquote>
Khupe and Chamisa worked as co-vice presidents to the late former MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai between 2016 and 2018 but their relationship was an uneasy one.
Their relationship broke down after Tsvangirai’s death in February 2018 as they fought over the control of the opposition party.
Meanwhile, CITE reported sources as saying Khupe is most likely to make an appearance at the CCC rally this Saturday to be held at White City Stadium in Bulawayo.
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Khupe Hints At Working With Chamisa

<h2>Full statement by Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere on recent attacks on party members and supporters.</h2>
<blockquote>
The Citizens’ Coalition for Change condemns the escalation of political violence, particularly the egregious attacks against our members as we approach the 26 March by-election,
In the early hours of this morning, four men armed with machetes and a gun stormed the home of Hon. Tendai Biti who is our by-election candidate for Harare East constituency.
Hon Biti was not present at the property at the time of the attack. However, his elderly mother, family visitors and members of his campaign team were home.
The armed men beat up Hon Biti’s guard in the head and limbs. He suffered extensive injuries that required medical attention which he is now receiving at a local hospital.
This is not the first attack on Hon. Biti’s campaign team. On the 27th of January 2022, Erasmus Nyandoro, Zellers Gumbo, Tatenda Chigwada and Prince Mutebuka were beaten by armed riot police in the centre of town because they were wearing yellow CCC shirts.
Furthermore, on 16 February 2022, after a campaign meeting Tafara, armed Zanu PF thugs violently attacked three members of Hon. Biti’s campaign team and they sustained deep injuries on their legs and backs. They were beaten using iron bars.
Again, on the 19th of February, Obvious Nyahondo, was attacked by Zanu PF thugs at the Tafara venue of a rally that was to be addressed by Hon. Tendai Biti.
The attackers took his property including his phone and he sustained deep cuts to his legs and back. Although police reports have been made in respect of these incidents, the perpetrators are yet to be brought to book
This morning’s attack on Hon. Biti’s home comes barely four days after Zanu PF thugs murdered Mboneni Ncube at a CCC rally in Mbizo Kwekwe.
He was attacked with a spear three times in his back. We are advised that 11 of the 16 suspects in this gruesome murder have since been released by the Zimbabwe Republic Police. Many of our supporters were injured and 23 were hospitalized.
We call for an immediate end to this clear pattern of political violence by Zanu PF against CCC. We further call for a full retraction of the statements made by a senior Zanu PF official to the effect that “CCC members must be crushed like lice.”
The statement was not only incendiary, genocidal and unconstitutional but wholly unacceptable in a constitutional democracy.
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, the Human Rights Commission, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the Zimbabwe Republic Police must urgently investigate these statements and the series of violent attacks against CCC and ensure there is accountability for the perpetrators.
An electoral process soaked in the blood of innocent citizens is not the sort of electoral process the citizens of Zimbabwe deserve.
</blockquote>
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Political Violence Must Stop - Mahere

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it is concerned with recent cases of politically motivated violence reported in the media which resulted in the loss of life.
In a statement, ZEC chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba said the commission condemns and abhors the acts of violence that negatively impact the electoral environment ahead of the 26 March by-elections. Said Chigumba:
<blockquote>
It is disheartening to note that such acts of violence are taking place notwithstanding the Commission’s plea at a recently held Multi-party Liaison Meeting where political parties were advised to adhere to the Political Parties Code of Conduct set out in the Fourth Schedule of the Electoral Act and to which their candidates made an undertaking to comply with when they submitted their nomination papers.
The commission would like to reiterate its calls for tolerance by all political parties and election stakeholders and urges all political parties and candidates to adhere to the code of conduct.
</blockquote>
Chigumba called on all political parties to instruct their members and supporters to comply with the code and applicable electoral laws and to urge their members to desist from intimidation, violence and other illegal activities or offences.
The ZEC boss also implored political parties to discipline their office-bearers, members, supporters and candidates who contravene the Code and the laws of the land.
Chigumba advised victims of electoral and politically motivated violence to report such cases to the Police and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission for investigation and redress.
On Saturday, police in Gokwe used teargas, water cannon and batons to disperse a lawful gathering of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters in the town.
The opposition supporters were waiting to be addressed by the party’s president Nelson Chamisa.
The following day, on Sunday, a CCC supporter was stabbed to death while more than a dozen others were injured when suspected armed ZANU PF activists stormed a rally at Mbizo 4 Shopping Centre in Kwekwe.
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ZEC Expresses Concern Over Politically Motivated Violence

Recalled Chitungwiza mayor and Ward 7 councillor Lovemore Maiko said he doesn’t regret supporting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa after he was recalled early this week by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora.
Maiko was notified of his recall through a letter sent to him by the acting town clerk Evangelista Machona dated 1 March 2022.
Speaking to New Zimbabwe, Maiko said his recall did not come to him as a surprise as he knew it was coming. He said:
<blockquote>
These days recalls are now being done on the basis that you are no longer an MDC member; this has been happening for a long time now and there is nothing surprising about this.
I was elected under the leadership of Nelson Chamisa and that is why I am being recalled, it is something that I knew was coming and despite all that, I will continue serving the people which is my community that elected me to office.
</blockquote>
Part of the letter to Maiko from Machona, that also had a letter attached from the Local Government Minister July Moyo, read:
<blockquote>
Kindly be advised that we are in receipt of the attached letter from the minister of local government and public works, honourable J.G Moyo dated 1 March 2022 informing council that you have been expelled from your party, the Movement for Democratic Change (T).
In view of the above, kindly be advised that you are no longer a councillor for Ward 7 and the ward is now vacant with effect from 2 March 2022.
Please ensure that you surrender any property that belongs to the council and the acting chamber secretary through the audit manager.
</blockquote>
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Maiko Says He Doesn’t Regret Supporting Chamisa

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov has said Russia is a responsible member of the international community committed to its Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) non-proliferation obligations and is taking all necessary measures to prevent the emergence of nuclear weapons and related technologies in Ukraine. He made the remarks while addressing a high-level segment of the Conference on Disarmament, March 1, 2022. The conference comes amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine after <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/02/24/ukraines-foreign-minister-putin-launched-full-scale-invasion-well-defend-and-win/">Russia attacked its neighbour</a> over alleged genocide on pro-Russian citizens. We present his remarks below:
<blockquote>
Mr. President,
Dear colleagues,
I am honoured to address the Conference on Disarmament in person once again. I hoped that I could do it live while being in Geneva. However, it seemed impossible because the EU refused to comply with one of the fundamental human rights – the right to freedom of movement. Having chosen the path of unilateral illegitimate sanctions, the EU countries are trying to move away from an honest face-to-face dialogue, from direct contacts aimed at helping to find political solutions for pressing international problems.
The most acute of them – the tragedy of Ukraine – is the result of connivance of Western patrons to the criminal regime developed there after the bloody unconstitutional coup d’état in 2014 carried out contrary to the safeguards of Germany, Poland and France under the agreement on the settlement of internal Ukrainian crisis. Already then the attitude of the putschists to European values became evident. Today the dangers that the Zelensky’s regime pose for neighboring countries and international security in general have increased substantially after the authorities settled in Kiev started dangerous games related to plans to acquire their own nuclear weapons.
The irresponsible statements made on this subject are not just bravado. Ukraine still has soviet nuclear technologies and means of delivery of such weapons. We can’t fail to respond to this real danger. I can assure you: Russia as a responsible member of the international community committed to its WMD non-proliferation obligations is taking all necessary measures to prevent emergence of nuclear weapons and related technologies in Ukraine. We expect that everyone is aware of the need to solve this problem.
Today, there is a clear need to cooperate intensively in order to increase predictability and prevent new spirals of an arms race. In the current circumstances, it is necessary to refuse to take any actions aimed at dismantling the arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament architecture. Of high importance is to refrain from dangerous steps in the field of military build-up that could be regarded as a violation of the principle of equal and indivisible security. 
Unfortunately, this very fundamental principle is being disregarded by NATO member-states that redouble efforts to deter Russia. Suffice to mention pulling the Kiev regime into the Alliance’s orbit with providing it with lethal weapons as well as conducting provocative military exercises and other activities in the proximity of the Russian borders.
So far Western colleagues failed to demonstrate any willingness to provide Russia with legally binding long-term security guarantees. We mean the rejection of further NATO expansion, including the revocation of the “Bucharest formula,” which ensures Ukraine and Georgia NATO’s membership. Western countries must refrain from establishing military facilities on the territories of former USSR republics that are not NATO members, including the use of their infrastructure for any military activities. And finally, NATO’s military capabilities, including strike ones, and infrastructure, must be brought back to the levels of 1997 at a time when the NATO-Russia Founding Act was signed. These goals are of crucial importance for us.
In addition, I would like again to call on the US, its allies and clients to strictly comply with their international obligations not to strengthen their own security at the expense of others. It would certainly improve the military and political environment in the Euro-Atlantic region, pave the way forward on the entire combination of arms control issues, including possible work on any new arrangements.
Dear colleagues,
The UN disarmament machinery has a decisive role to play in paving ways to get the arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation system out of the crisis. The Conference on Disarmament is its key element. Results of its activities directly impact on the security of all mankind.
Among provisions from the Conference’s agenda, I would like to single out a legally binding instrument to prevent an arms race in outer space. The document is to strengthen the international legal regime in the area of space security. As you know, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibits the placement of any types of WMD in outer space. It is clear that this norm does not extend to other types of weapons. Certain countries took advantage of this loophole to start weaponization of outer space. Doctrinal documents have been adopted, and plans for the deployment of weapons systems, including strike weapons, are being drawn up and transferred into the implementation stage. The threat of a new arms race and the transformation of outer space into an area of armed conflict are gaining real shape. All of this is fraught with dire consequences for global stability.
Russia and China submitted to the Conference a draft Treaty on Prevention of Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects. Not an acceptable option is to delay the launching of such negotiations. Attempts to replace a legally binding instrument in this area with some half-measures in the form of “rules of responsible behaviour” in outer space are to be considered, in our view, as counter-productive.
We are convinced that negotiations on the prevention of an arms race in outer space would create a favourable context for progress towards nuclear disarmament, another agenda item to which Russia is devoting the greatest attention.
On our initiative, without any conditions the U.S.-Russian New START Treaty was extended for five years in February 2021. By agreement between the presidents of the U.S. and Russia, a comprehensive dialogue on strategic stability was initiated. Its key task is to lay the foundations for future arms control and risk reduction measures. We are ready to work together on a new “security equation” that takes into account all the factors of strategic stability in their interrelationship. 
It is unacceptable to us that, contrary to the fundamental provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), a number of European countries still have U.S. nuclear weapons on their territories. The flawed practice of “nuclear sharing” involving non-nuclear NATO countries persists and provides a framework for testing actual scenarios for the use of nuclear weapons against Russia. It is high time for U.S. nuclear weapons to be returned home of their possessor and for the associated infrastructure in Europe to be completely dismantled.
We have always believed and continue to believe that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. This principle is reiterated in the Joint Statement of the Presidents of the U.S. and Russia of 16 June 2021 and in the Joint Statement of the Heads of State of China and Russia of 28 June 2021. It is important that at the initiative and with the most active participation of Russia, a Joint Statement of the leaders of the five Nuclear-Weapon States on preventing nuclear war and avoiding arms race was adopted on 3 January 2022.
Our country unilaterally undertook not to be the first to deploy systems previously banned by the INF Treaty in regions where no similar American-made means would be deployed in order to ensure predictability and restraint in the missile sphere in the context of the termination of the INF Treaty. We call on the U.S. and its allies to follow our example. I stress in particular that Russia has not possessed and does not possess intermediate-range and shorter-range ground-launched missiles. To argue otherwise would be to create a deliberately false picture and to cover up the actions of those who are really to blame for the destruction of the INF Treaty.
Russia remains open to initiatives for multilateral negotiation formats on the prevention of an arms race and the strengthening of strategic stability. We believe that such ideas should be implemented on the basis of consensus, taking into account the legitimate interests and concerns of all potential participants.
We expect that this year will see the holding of the repeatedly postponed Tenth NPT Review Conference. This Treaty is a key element of international security and strategic stability system. It is essential that the Conference be held in a constructive business-like atmosphere and that at its conclusion the participating States reaffirm their readiness to comply strictly with the commitments they have undertaken. Russia is open to co-operation with all countries for the sake of a successful forum.
We are concerned with the controversial venture of Australia, the UK and the US to create a closed partnership AUKUS. We believe that AUKUS affects negatively the nuclear non-proliferation regime, provokes tensions and creates prerequisites for a new round of the arms race, and not only in the Asia-Pacific region.
We look forward to progress with the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). In this regard, the position of the United States is disappointing. The current U.S. administration has been in office for over a year, but Washington’s previous approach, set out in the 2018 nuclear doctrine stating the refusal to ratify the CTBT, has not yet been revised.
Efforts to restore the full implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action to resolve the situation around the Iranian nuclear program continue. We expect them to be successful. There is no reasonable alternative to the JCPOA. Commitments under the “nuclear deal”, reinforced by UN Security Council Resolution 2231, must be strictly implemented without any reservations. We are compelled to state that the current situation is a clear evidence of how dearly Washington’s inflexibility costs global security. A policy based on pressure and blackmail is absolutely hopeless.
Support is needed for efforts to establish a Middle East zone free of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction (WMDFZ), as envisaged by the resolution of the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference. On the positive side, we have already convened two sessions of the Conference in accordance with the decision adopted in December 2018 by the UN General Assembly. Russia actively participated in the work of these fora as an observer. We look forward to Israel joining this process, as well as the United States, a co-sponsor of the 1995 WMDFZ resolution.
We advocate strengthening the regime of the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons (BTWC). We are determined to work constructively with the aim of effectively holding a BTWC Review Conference. We call on international partners to support Russian initiatives aimed at reinforcing institutional foundations of the Convention.
The state of affairs in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is deeply troubling. This is a direct result of the destructive policy promoted by the US and its allies in line with the flawed and harmful concept of “rule-based order”. Western countries have actually “privatized” this technical international structure and submitted it to their geopolitical ambitions. They openly use the Secretariat of the Organization to exert political pressure on “unwanted” governments, against which unsubstantiated accusations are generated. It is in the interest of the international community to do everything possible to prevent the OPCW from turning into a tool for certain states to achieve their reprehensible mercenary goals.
Dear colleagues,
We presume that the Conference is capable of reversing the disastrous trends in the field of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, making a significant contribution to strengthening international security and stability. The Russian initiative to develop an international convention to combat acts of chemical and biological terrorism also addresses this problem. Strengthening the international legal framework for combating WMD terrorism serves the interests of all states.
I am sure that, given the political will, the participants of the Conference will be able to overcome the existing divergences and reach mutually acceptable solutions that pave the way to the resumption of negotiations. We expect the Six Presidents of the 2022 session of the Conference to make its contribution.
Thank you.
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Exiled former Information minister, Jonathan Moyo, has said the United States and NATO days of dominance on the geopolitics arena are over. 
The Political Science Professor made the remarks while responding to a Twitter post by the United States Economics expert, Professor Steve Hanke which indicated that Russia and China signed deals days before Kremlin attacked neighbouring Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Reads Hanke’s post:
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Days before the Ukraine invasion, China made Russia its no. 1 supplier of oil. This comes in addition to China’s 1yr deal to buy 100M tons of coal from Russia. There will probably be more deals. Birds of a feather flock together. 
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Six days before the military campaign began, Russia announced a yearslong deal to sell 100 million tons of coal to China — a contract worth more than $20 billion. And hours before Russia began bombing Ukraine, China agreed to buy Russian wheat despite concerns about plant diseases.
In response to Professor Hanke’s post, Professor Moyo said:
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Finally a new world order beckons; following the collapse of the USSR which precipitated a unipolar world order badly dominated by the US. Watch the BRICS, especially Russia, China and India. The @UN Security must be dismantled and reformed. The US and NATO belong to the past!
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state that spanned Eurasia during its existence from 1922 to 1991.
BRICS is the acronym coined to associate five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The platform was created to promote partnerships within Global South countries.
Meanwhile, some believe that BRICS lacks coherence as indicated by China-India border disputes and South Africa’s recent rebuke of Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. 
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The US And NATO Belong To The Past! - Professor Jonathan Moyo

Gutu South MP Pupurai Togarepi of the ruling  ZANU PF has said Zimbabwe must demand compensation for losses incurred while the country was under British rule.
Togarepi said this last Thursday while debating a motion on unethical practices by forces of imperialism in the National Assembly. He said:
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The people of Zimbabwe, young and old, demand that the British must pay reparations for the crimes committed during colonisation and after the creation of their surrogate government of Rhodesia.
The British committed crimes against humanity on our land. They continue to do so to this day with impunity, through imposing illegal sanctions. Zimbabwe has to be compensated for the damage it suffered as a result of colonialism as our forefathers were dispossessed of their assets.
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Demand restitution from the countries that caused untold suffering to the black majority and unduly benefited from the economic resources of our land.
Demand reparation for each of the years that the country laboured under the bondage of colonialism; and strongly condemn the imposition of sanctions on Zimbabwe for repossessing its land from imperialists.
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Togarepi said four decades after independence, some die-hard imperialists were still dreaming of re-colonising Zimbabwe.
Mberengwa East legislator Marko Raidza (ZANU PF) said Britain must apologise for the two countries to work together in harmony. He added:
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They might think that by giving a hand of reconciliation as a nation, we have forgotten. We have forgiven but we did not forget what they have done to us and that is why we continue to talk about it today.
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Zimbabwe won independence from Britain in 1980 following a prolonged armed liberation struggle.
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/03/britain-must-compensate-zim-for-colonial-rule-losses/">NewsDay Zimbabwe</a>

"Zimbabwe Must Demand Reparations For Losses Incurred During British Rule"

The Facebook parent company, Meta, says it has uncovered Russian efforts to undermine trust in the Ukrainian government and a separate attempt to hack Ukrainian military officials and journalists using its platform. Said Nathaniel Gleicher, Meta’s head of security policy:
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There’s been a lot of speculation and interest on whether there are covert influence operations targeting public debate in Ukraine and to what degree we’re seeing cyber hacking groups targeting individuals in Ukraine. This is a case where we’re seeing both of those things.
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Meta says it alerted Twitter and Google who on Monday said they also had removed accounts involved in the campaigns.
Meta described the two campaigns on Facebook as small in scale and caught in the early stages. The first campaign involved a network of about 40 accounts, pages and groups on Facebook and Instagram, operated in Russia and Ukraine. They used fake personas, including computer-generated profile pictures, to masquerade as independent news outlets and posted claims about Ukraine being a failed state.
Meta said it has removed the accounts and blocked the associated websites. 
Twitter banned more than a dozen accounts connected to the effort and blocked sharing of links. 
Google took down several YouTube channels involved in the campaign, according to Shane Huntley, who leads Google’s Threat Analysis Group.
Meta and Google have blocked some outlets entirely in Ukraine, at the request of the Ukrainian government. On Monday, Meta said it was barring access to the accounts of two of those outlets, RT and Sputnik, for its users in the European Union at the request of local governments and EU officials.
More: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/02/28/1083401220/facebook-uncovers-disinformation-and-hacking-campaigns-targeting-ukraine">NPR</a>

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