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A jackal seen roaming the streets in Seke Unit A, Chitungwiza, on Friday morning fled into a house when people started pelting it with stones.
A large crowd gathered in an attempt to see the unusual animal and the householder quickly phoned the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks).
A Zimparks team eventually shot dead the jackal after they failed to capture it alive. The owner of the house, Alfonce Mutengi, said:
<blockquote>The timid animal then sought refuge in one of our rooms after one of our tenants left the door to his bedroom open.
It hid under a bed and I went to investigate only to establish it was an unusual animal.
It was quite timid obviously because of the noise and the attack it had been subjected to by members of the public.</blockquote>
Mutengi locked the door and contacted Zimparks who asked him if he was sure the animal was indeed a jackal. He added:
<blockquote>They asked me to verify if indeed it was a jackal and told them it was. They then advised me to lock the door and wait for them.
When they came here they tried to capture it but could not do so because they did not have a cage.
One other problem was that they could not open fire given the crowd that had swelled and they decided to call the police so that they could control people while they deal with it.
They then went to get some police officers who managed to contain the crowd while they captured it.
They shot it rather than attempting to capture it.</blockquote>
One of the residents, Veronica Mugutso said she was part of the crowd that chased the animal.
She said what was strange about the jackal was how it got into the middle of the residential area given that the nearest bushy area is near Chikwanha business centre which is about 5km away.
ZimParks spokesperson, Tinashe Farawo said the shooting was routine. He said:
<blockquote>We received reports and we responded. We treated it as one of the problem animals that is causing discomfort to human life.
Our officers shot it and took it away. It is part of the wildlife and human conflict that we have to deal with.</blockquote>
Meanwhile, Mutengi felt that the incident cast a bad spell at their residence.
He said he had to administer some traditional muti to cast the bad spell associated with the coming of the jackal.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/jackal-found-in-chitungwiza-house/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

Pindula News

Jackal Found In Chitungwiza House

The wife of a businessman <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/05/01/dotito-traditional-healer-arrested-over-bindura-triple-murders/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">who was allegedly poisoned and strangled to death by two traditional healers during a money-making ritual in the Bindura</a> area has died.
Medio Kashiri is one of the three people recently found dead at Bata Farm in Bindura. His wife died two days after his death, reportedly after experiencing a heart attack.
Petros Mwale and Antony Murombo Ndawana were the other two people found dead after they had drunk a concoction prepared by the traditional healers.
On Friday The Herald heard that the wife to Medio Kashiri died two days later with some in Rugare saying she died the night before her husband was buried.
According to neighbours, Kashiri’s wife was buried at Glen Forest to the north of Harare while her husband was buried at his rural home. One of the neighbours was quoted as saying:
<blockquote>We heard she complained of heartache. Akati ndabayiwa pamoyo and died that night before the burial of her husband.
We also heard her body was taken back to Harare for burial at Glen Forest where their children had bought graves for the couple.</blockquote>
The sister to Kashiri said the family spokesperson had travelled to the rural areas and he was the only one who was in a position to speak about the matter. She said:
<blockquote>I am sorry I cannot entertain your questions. We are still mourning. As you can see my mother is still mourning and cannot talk to you.
Our elder brother is the family spokesperson and he is not around. He is using a UK number and he will get back to you when he comes back.</blockquote>
Traditional healer Isaac Biningu (37) was arrested and appeared in court facing charges of murder and escaping from lawful custody.
He appeared in court on a stretcher bed due to injuries sustained after jumping from a moving police vehicle in his alleged bid to flee.
Biningu was remanded in custody to 27 May.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/05/02/villagers-impose-6pm-curfew-after-3-bodies-are-found-near-dam/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Villagers Impose 6 PM Curfew After 3 Bodies Are Found Near Dam</a></li>
<li><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/04/27/3-people-found-dead-near-bata-farm-bindura/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">3 People Found Dead Near Bata Farm, Bindura</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/more-misfortune-hits-kashiri-family/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

Wife Of Businessman Poisoned & Strangled By Traditional Healers Dies

A 20-year-old woman and her 30-year-old uncle, both from Chibuwe Village under Chief Mutambara, have confessed to having an incestuous relationship that resulted in the birth of a child.
The duo risks being banished from Mutambara as the offence is regarded as taboo according to the area’s traditions.
The man, Belt Chibuwe has since paid mombe ye cheka ukama (beast meant to sever ties between the two relatives) to his brother’s family as an acknowledgement of his incestuous relationship with Mollen Chibuwe (20).
Besides the cheka ukama beast, Belt also paid two beasts to Mollen’s father.
The matter came to light after an unidentified family friend-cum-prophet exposed the two love birds in one of his prophecies.
Mollen initially denied that she was in an affair with Belt but confessed to the incestuous affair after her parents finally discovered that she was pregnant.
Appearing before Chief Mutambara’s court last Saturday, the couple confessed to having been in love since 2019. Mollen said:
<blockquote>I slept with him three times and it was consensual because we are in love. We found nothing amiss with the affair.
We slept together on three different occasions, once when my mother was around, another time when she had gone to fetch water and lastly when she had gone to church.</blockquote>
Despite being married to someone else, Belt insisted that he loved his brother’s daughter, Mollen.
Chief Mutambara said the matter was a first of its kind to be brought before his court and therefore he needed some time to consult widely to come up with a proper verdict. He said:
<blockquote>These two are blood relatives and we are in a dilemma on how to preside over this issue. What is more shocking is that, before my reign, Belt’s father committed a similar offence and had an affair with his daughter.
It was reported and the matter was dealt with and fortunately, there was no child sired.</blockquote>
Chief Mutambara has since ordered Belt and Mollen to end the two-year-old sexual relationship.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.manicapost.co.zw/father-daughter-incestuous-relationship-exposed/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Manica Post</a></h4>

Man 'Marries' His Brother's Daughter

Harare City Council has been fined $800 000 by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) for failing to collect refuse regularly in and around the Central Business District.
EMA’s Provincial Education and Publicity Officer for Harare Metropolitan Batsirai Sibanda said this year alone, City of Harare had been fined three times for failing to collect trash. She said:
<blockquote>EMA has fined City of Harare $800 000 for failing to maintain a waste collection frequency that minimizes accumulation and avoids decomposition of waste on designated sites in Harare CBD, which is in contravention of section 14(1) of Statutory Instrument 6 of 2007 that is responsible for Solid Waste Management issues.
This year alone, the Agency has served City of Harare three Environmental Protection Orders for non-refuse collection and failure to remove illegal dumps in areas that include Mbare, Budiriro and in the CBD.</blockquote>
Sibanda warned the council that EMA will continue to monitor refuse collection and if there is no improvement, the Agency will take further action.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/harare-fined-for-failure-to-collect-refuse/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

City Of Harare Fined $800 000 For Failure To Collect Refuse

A driver delivering Pepsi soft drinks to Shurugwi was killed in a road traffic accident on Friday morning, Masvingo Mirror reports.
The now-deceased driver, Simbarashe Chiya (39) died when he lost control of his truck which overturned at Boterekwa Escarpment in Shurugwi and landed on its roof around 6:30 AM today.
Thousands of bottle drinks were strewn all over the place and villagers collected as much as they could after the owner of the truck Owen Mudzimba allegedly gave them the green light to take them.
The accident happened at a black spot infamously referred to as “pabutcher”.
Mudzimba is from Malbereign Harare while the driver is from Kuwadzana.
<h4>More: <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/pepsi-cola-truck-overturns-at-botorekwa-kills-driver/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Masvingo Mirror</a></h4>

Pepsi Truck Overturns At Boterekwa In Shurugwi, Kills Driver

A group of police officers who were rounding up vendors at Fife Avenue Shops in Harare assaulted one of the vendors who were already under arrest, using batons.
Below is the video of police brutality that was recorded by renowned photo-journalist Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi around 1 PM on Friday and <a href="https://twitter.com/daddyhope/status/1393160041440612361" rel="noopener" target="_blank">shared</a> on Twitter by Hopewell Chin’ono.
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Police were criticised for their brutality with one Twitter user, @love_humans01, saying: “White people used to treat us like this. Now our own do the same to us. Shame on them treating their own brothers in this manner.”
Another, Clive Anesu Bhebhe wrote: “Zvaitika right in front of me wena. Ndatotya kutora ma videos. It’s really pathetic. I think it’s about time citizens adopt an eye for an eye mentality. I also witnessed driver we Toyota Wish achiroverwa window ku down town earlier”.
@truter_owen said: “Do we still have professional police in Zim? Hell no! What we have ar overzealous Border Gezi trained Zanu footsoldiers willing to do any filthy cruel act in defence of Zanu whilst they earn peanuts!”

WATCH: Police Officers Beat Up Vendor In Harare

An elderly woman from Gweru was reportedly taken away by police officers after comparing current president Emmerson Mnangagwa to the former Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith, The Zimbabwe Mail reports.
The old lady initially complained loudly of the continued price hikes of bus fare to local Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) inspectors.
She then grumbled about the rising cost of living especially since she is aged and receives no assistance from the government.
Two police officers who were on patrol thought she was being harassed by touts due to her loud voice only to find her praising Ian Smith.
She was then removed by the police officers and made to climb into the back of a police vehicle.
Passengers and onlookers began insulting the local law enforcers for disrespecting an elderly citizen by the way they handled her.
The old lady was later cautioned by police and released without a charge.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/law-crime/elderly-woman-arrested-for-saying-rhodesias-ian-smith-was-better/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Zimbabwe Mail</a></h4>

Granny Arrested For Saying Rhodesia’s Ian Smith Was Better

Members of Parliament have called for the repeal of the Vagrancy Act saying it criminalises poverty and discriminates against homeless people in contravention of the Constitution.
The Vagrancy Act was enacted in 1964 and empowers the police to arrest vagrants or anyone who encourages another person to become a vagrant.
Online sources define as vagrant as a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.
A motion to repeal the law was moved in the National Assembly by Bubi legislator Sonny Mguni.
Mguni argued that the Constitution provided for equality and non-discrimination based on nationality, race, colour, tribe, or economic or social status. He said:
<blockquote>An increasing number of children are being forced to the streets as a result of poverty, abuse, torture, rape, abandonment or have been orphaned by the AIDS pandemic.</blockquote>
He urged the government to address the plight of children living on the streets as the family unit had disintegrated due to the economic hardships being faced by many people.
Umzingwane legislator Levi Mayihlome echoed Mguni’s sentiments, saying the law makes poverty a crime. He said:
<blockquote>This law says a vagrant is a person of no fixed abode and a person who wanders from place to place without cause.
It criminalises these kinds of persons and it also criminalises the people who were giving them help, assistance or protectiveness.
So, it becomes a kind of a crime to be poor, a crime to be homeless, a crime to be destitute, a crime without employment and a crime to be without shelter.</blockquote>
He added it was time that society addresses the problem and show a human face as a country.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/repeal-vagrancy-law-parly/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

MPs Push For Nullification Of Colonial Era Law That Criminalises Poverty

An MDC Alliance councillor escaped death by a whisker following a savage machete attack Monday night in Chinhoyi’s Mzari suburb.
Ishmael Mudyavanhu who is Chinhoyi Municipality Ward 10 Councillor sustained a deep gash on the head from the attack.
Mudyavanhu was reportedly attacked by unknown assailants and left for dead as he walked home around 9 AM after escorting a visiting relative.
MDC Alliance Mashonaland West chairman, Ralph Magunje Wednesday confirmed the incident to NewZimbabwe.com. Said Magunje:
<blockquote>I received the news of the attack on councillor Mudyavanhu this morning (Thursday), but l am yet to get full details of what actually happened.</blockquote>
An MDC Alliance councillor who preferred anonymity told the publication that Mudyavanhu was attacked about 100 metres from his home. The councillor is quoted as saying:
<blockquote>At around 9 pm, Mudyavanhu escorted his younger brother who had visited his family in Mzari low-density suburb. As he walked back, about 100 metres from his home, three unidentified men pounced.
One of them struck him on the head with a machete and he fell to the ground. The other two attackers joined and continued bashing him.
The assailants only fled after being flashed by the lights of an approaching car.</blockquote>
NewZimbabwe.com reported sources as saying the attack could be politically motivated as the councillor had earlier received threats on his life from an unnamed individual over an undisclosed matter.
Mudyavanhu is serving his first term as a councillor after dislodging former Chinhoyi deputy mayor Derrick Matapure (ZANU PF) in the 2018 harmonised elections.
The councillor is reported to be recovering from his home.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/mdc-alliance-councillor-attacked-left-for-dead/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

MDC Alliance Councillor Attacked, Left For Dead

Controversial former ZANU PF MP, Killer Zivhu has sensationally claimed that a sceptre that allegedly belonged to the late former president Robert Mugabe was handed over to Saviour Kasukuwere, an exiled former cabinet minister.
This comes after Chief Zvimba summoned former First Lady Grace Mugabe to a traditional court to force the exhumation of Mugabe’s remains for proper reburial.
Mugabe’s exiled nephew Patrick Zhuwao accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of sponsoring the attempt to have his uncle’s remains exhumed as he believes the veteran leader was buried with a sceptre that has spiritual powers which enhances a leader’s ability to govern.
Zivhu claims he was present when the sceptre was handed over to Kasukuwere because he “was chosen”. <a href="https://twitter.com/killerzivhu1/status/1393065354717536256" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Zivhu tweeted this Friday:</a>
<blockquote>Tsvimbo yakapiwa Cde Kasukuwere ndaivapo musi wacho chinhu chinokosha ichocho the is power on it for sure. Chamisa aingova mashoko chete mudhara atsamwa nezvaakaitwa. But tsvimbo yaishandiswa nomukuru ina Cde Kasukuwere. He was the chosen one zvokuti inoshandeyi handizivi zvangu.
(The sceptre was handed over to comrade Kasukuwere and I was there when it happened. The sceptre is of immense value, there is power on it. Chamisa was only bluffing. The old man was angry with what happened. But the old man’s sceptre is in Kasukuwere’s custody. He was chosen, but as to what the sceptre is used for, I don’t know.</blockquote>
Speaking in an interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Wednesday, Zhuwao said:
<blockquote>… the reason Emmerson Mnangagwa wants to exhume the mortal remains of president Mugabe is that he has been looking for what is referred to as tsvimbo yaMambo/[induku yeNkosi], which is really the sceptre that he believes will give him the authority to be the leader of Zimbabwe.
Emmerson Mnangagwa, in my presence and the presence of my two colleagues, has indicated that he believes that there are 16 traditional leaders who will effectively anoint the person that will be able to effectively govern Zimbabwe and he believes that president Mugabe had that tsvimbo yehuMambo/[induku yobuKhosi] (royal sceptre).</blockquote>

Mugabe's Sceptre Was Handed Over To Kasukuwere - Zivhu

Chief Zvimba, born Stanley Mhondoro, Thursday said he has nothing to do with the plot to summon former First Lady Grace Mugabe to a traditional court to force the exhumation of the late former President Robert Mugabe’s remains.
The summons was issued by the officer-in-charge Borrowdale Police Station, a chief inspector, an inspector, an assistant inspector, a messenger from Chief Zvimba’s court identified as Elvis Hundere and Jeremiah Moyo, from the President’s Office.
But speaking to NewsDay yesterday, Chief Zvimba distanced himself from the summons. He said:
<blockquote>I know nothing about this issue (summons). I am hearing it only from inquiries coming from here and there. I know absolutely nothing about that.
I have not seen anything and I have nothing to say about that because I am in the dark. I am not aware of anything.</blockquote>
The summons was inviting Grace to Chief Zvimba’s traditional court to answer to charges of “improperly” burying Mugabe at his Kutama homestead in September 2019.
The government wanted Mugabe to be buried at the National Heroes Acre and was already in the process of building a mausoleum for him, but the family refused to budge and buried him as per “his wish”.
Mugabe’s exiled nephew Patrick Zhuwao accused Mnangagwa of sponsoring the attempt to have his uncle’s remains exhumed “because he has been looking for a sceptre that he believes has the authority to be the leader of Zimbabwe”.
However, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana mocked Mugabe for “being buried” with a sceptre. He tweeted yesterday:
<blockquote>Saka kachikule kakaita zvetsvimbo, tsvimbo yaiva useless paeconomy (so this old man was using a sceptre which failed to solve the country’s economic woes).</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/05/mugabe-exhumation-saga-deepens/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

Chief Zvimba Disowns Grace Mugabe Summons

Delish Nguwaya has been appointed Affirmative Action Group (AAG) consulting advisor responsible for security.
The appointment was made by AAG founding president Phillip Chiyangwa and is with immediate effect. Chiyangwa said in a statement Thursday:
<blockquote>I hereby appoint you as the AAG national executive council member responsible for security with immediate effect, to serve from May 2021-2025.</blockquote>
Nguwaya’s mandate is to advocate for and defend, the rights of the majority against market forces in light of the weaknesses in the public social support systems. Said Chiyangwa:
<blockquote>… Thus (he) will actively defend the right of all disadvantaged persons or groups unfair and unjust treatment at the bends of institutions that draw their strength or profit from the operation of democratic and popular based governance in Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
Nguwaya is the local representative of Drax International, which supplies various products including medical drugs.
The controversial businessman was arrested in June last year after he allegedly misled the government into believing that his company Drax International was a medical firm and could supply COVID-19 equipment to the Health ministry.
He was, however, removed from remand in December by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna.
In his ruling, Nduna pointed out the fact that Nguwaya had been remanded 10 times without trial. The State was seeking another postponement.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/delish-nguwaya-lands-top-aag-post/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

Delish Nguwaya Lands Top AAG Post

Children of war veterans in Chiredzi town have been allocated 20 stands to erect market stalls at Melbourne Park.
The move comes after children of the ex-combatants called for recognition from the council by way of stands.
This adds to a long list of the perks that comes with being a veteran or a child of a veteran of Zimbabwe’s war of independence.
After demobilisation at the end of the war in 1980, the war veterans were offered jobs of their choice, pensions, free medical aid, state-assisted funerals, school fees for their children and farms.
Chiredzi Town Council vice-chairperson, Ropafadzo Makumire told a full council meeting on Monday that the local authority has allocated the land to the children of the war veterans.
Meanwhile, United Chiredzi Residents and Ratepayers Association chairman Josphat Tizirai said the children of war veterans should follow the same procedures of going on the waiting list to acquire stands.
Council chairman Gibson Hwende said the war veterans’ children made an application and council had secured the land. Said Hwende:
<blockquote>This is historical, they applied for land so that they will be recognized as children of war veterans. We have identified land for them in Melbourne Park.</blockquote>
Council secretary Charles Muchatikwa said the beneficiaries will pay for the stands.
In September <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/09/08/war-veterans-say-they-are-entitled-to-university-degrees/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">last year, war veterans demanded that the government award them honorary degrees</a> for their role in the liberation struggle.
Here are some of the demands made by war veterans in recent years:
<ol>
<li>University degrees</li>
<li>Tax rebates for their suppliers</li>
<li>Pension</li>
<li>Medical and dental care</li>
<li>Educational Assistance</li>
<li>Funeral Assistance</li>
<li>Gratuity</li>
<li>Clear categorization of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle members</li>
<li>Tax and Duty exemption</li>
<li>Quota system in Parliament and all government institutions and agencies</li>
<li>Automatic promotion of serving veterans of the liberation struggle in State institutions</li>
<li>Diplomatic passports</li>
<li>Bravery medals and new identity cards</li>
<li>Compensation of war victims and veterans of the liberation struggle living with disabilities</li>
</ol>
<h4>More: <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/endless-milking-council-to-allocate-stands-to-war-vets-children/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Masvingo Mirror</a></h4>

Milking Zimbabwe Dry: Council To Allocate Stands To War Vets’ Children

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) has sealed a broadcasting deal with local media company Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN) for the upcoming 2021 domestic league season.
The deal will see the topflight matches streamed live on ZTN’s social media pages and YouTube channel.
Speaking after signing the contract on Wednesday, PSL chairman Farai Jere said:
<blockquote>We’re extremely proud to be establishing a partnership with one of the most exciting, innovative and dynamic media companies in Zimbabwe.
ZTN has an outstanding track record of delivering top-quality programming. Our special relationship with ZTN began last year during the Castle Challenge Cup between Highlanders and FC Platinum at Barbourfields Stadium where we achieved a record viewing of 600 000 viewers across the board.</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the PSL and Delta Corporation have renewed their sponsorship partnership for the next three seasons.
The new deal was unveiled in Harare on Thursday. It is worth US$1 130 000 per season which will be split across three competitions.
The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League will get $700 000 while the Chibuku Super Cup will be sponsored for $375 000.
The Castle Challenge Cup which acts as the season opener between league winners and the Chibuku Super Cup champions is worth $55 000.
The prize money, however, is payable in Zimbabwean dollars at the bank rate of that day.
The 2021 campaign is expected to start on May 22 with the Chibuku Super Cup.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.soccer24.co.zw/2021/05/12/psl-ztn-sign-broadcast-deal-for-local-league/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Soccer24</a></h4>

PSL, ZTN Seal Broadcasting Deal For 2021 Season

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behind a bizarre push to exhume the remains of the late former president Robert Mugabe because he wants to lay his hands on his predecessor’s mystic sceptre, Mugabe’s exiled nephew Patrick Zhuwawo has sensationally claimed.
Speaking during an interview with the SABC on Wednesday from South Africa, where he sought refuge following the 2017 military coup that toppled Mugabe, Zhuwawo claimed Mnangagwa believes the sceptre, or “tsvimbo yaMambo” in the Shona language, was buried alongside Mugabe at Kutama Village in Zvimba.
This comes after Chief Zvimba on Tuesday summoned Mugabe’s widow Grace to a village court on accusations of violating tradition by burying the late former president inside of his rural homestead.
In the summons sent to Grace, the traditional leader said burying Mugabe at his homestead is unheard of in his area and he wants her to rebury the late president at a place designated by the family and his late mother.
Zhuwawo said Mugabe’s widow is not feeling well and is outside the country where she is seeking medical treatment. He said:
<blockquote>He knows very well that Amai Mugabe is not well, she is out of the country, he knows that she is receiving treatment.</blockquote>
He knows very well that she will not be able to attend and yet he sent one of his officers to be the head of the delegation that went to deliver the summons to someone that they know very, very well, will not be available.
<blockquote>… the reason Emmerson Mnangagwa wants to exhume the mortal remains of president Mugabe is that he has been looking for what is referred to as tsvimbo yaMambo/[induku yeNkosi], which is really the sceptre that he believes will give him the authority to be the leader of Zimbabwe.
Emmerson Mnangagwa, in my presence and the presence of my two colleagues, has indicated that he believes that there are 16 traditional leaders who will effectively anoint the person that will be able to effectively govern Zimbabwe and he believes that president Mugabe had that tsvimbo yehuMambo/[induku yobuKhosi] (royal sceptre).</blockquote>
Zhuwawo told the SABC that he has the evidence to corroborate his claims. He said:
<blockquote>I have the evidence of him having spoken to me and to a couple of my colleagues and one of my colleagues is willing to turn around and say ‘look this is what he believes.’
He believes that Zimbabwe, the governance of Zimbabwe is determined by 16 traditional leaders and he believes that it is those traditional leaders who handed a sceptre to president Mugabe, but president Mugabe had indicated to him that no such thing ever happened.</blockquote>
Zhuwawo vowed the Mugabe family will not attend Chief Zvimba’s court saying the traditional leader was promised cars during Mugabe’s funeral.
<h4>More: Kukurigo via <a href="https://www.thezimbabwean.co/2021/05/mnangagwa-wants-mugabe-exhumed-over-mystic-tsvimbo-nephew-claims/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Zimbabwean</a></h4>

Mnangagwa Behind Push To Exhume Mugabe, He Wants ‘Mystic Tsvimbo’, Says Zhuwawo

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum on Wednesday said it had approached the Attorney-General (AG)’s Office seeking the alignment of the Communal Lands Act with the Constitution to protect citizens from arbitrary evictions from their homes.
The Communal Lands Act is being applied by the government to displace villagers in Chilonga in Chiredzi to pave way for a lucerne project. Villagers have occupied that land for generations, but do not have title deeds. The Forum said in a petition to the AG’s Office:
<blockquote>It is a well-known fact that the aforesaid Act has provisions that are inconsistent with the Constitution and are regrettably being used to violate human rights in communities.
We are urgently seeking you to intervene and come up with a Bill to push for the alignment of this law with the Constitution.</blockquote>
The AG indicated that persons occupying communal land were not protected by the Constitution as they did not own the land despite occupying it for decades.
The forum added that the Communal Lands Act was unconstitutional as it violated freedom from arbitrary evictions, violations of property rights and failed to recognise the cultural and indigenous rights of communities over communal land.
The request was forwarded to the inter-ministerial task force on the alignment of laws for consideration.

The Forum Challenges Constitutionality Of Communal Lands Act

Police in Gweru have banned the carrying of machetes and other dangerous weapons by members of the public for the next three months in a bid to reduce murder cases that have been occurring in the area.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said the ban will be effective from Tuesday next week to 16 August.
Gweru Rural District Chief Superintendent Enthia Muzvidziwa issued the ban under Section 4 of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act. Said Insp Mahoko:
<blockquote>This prohibition order has been issued in terms of Section 4 of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act Chapter 11:23 which says any person failing to comply with such a prohibition shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 ($30 000) or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such a fine and imprisonment.</blockquote>
Meanwhile, Insp Mahoko said police are investigating two robbery cases that took place on 10 and 11 May respectively.
In the first incident, which occurred on 11 May, a man who was in the company of his niece was robbed of cash, cell phones and a motor vehicle by strangers whom he had offered transport along the Gweru- Bulawayo Road.
In the other incident, a 65 -year -old man was robbed of his Itel cellphone, black satchel and US$120 by two unknown men near Zvamabande Hospital Gate, Chachacha in Shurugwi on 10 May.
Insp Mahoko said the cases were reported to the police who attended both scenes adding that investigations are in progress and the suspects are still at large.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/police-extend-ban-on-weapons-in-public/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

Police In Midlands Ban Machetes In Public

Reserve money for the week ending 30th April 2021 increased by ZW$76.54 million to ZW$22.62 billion, largely reflecting increases of ZW$140.94 million and ZW$66.56 million in statutory reserves and currency in circulation, respectively.
Partially offsetting the increase in reserve money was a decline of ZW$130.95 million in banks’ liquidity (RTGS balances) at the Reserve Bank, owing to excess liquidity mopping up operations by the Bank.
<a href="https://t792ae.c2.acecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Reserve-Money-Update-30-April-2021.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">To view the whole PDF document, click here to download</a>

DOWNLOAD: RBZ Update On Reserve Money - 30 April 2021

A grief-stricken woman from Gwanda was overwhelmed with sorrow following the death of her mother in Mpopoma, Bulawayo and decided to follow her to the other world shortly after her burial.
Sithembiso Phiri-Sibanda who stayed with her husband in Gwanda committed suicide by hanging herself with a wrapping cloth a few hours after burying her mother, Rita Phiri (65), who reportedly died in her sleep on Sunday.
Phiri-Sibanda had travelled to Bulawayo to attend her mother’s funeral but ended up handing herself in one of the rooms.
The deceased’s visibly shocked husband, Obadiah Sibanda said he was at a loss for words following the double tragedy that befell the family. He told Chronicle:
<blockquote>We went to bury my mother-in-law at around 11 am. I had not realised that she did not go to the cemetery. When we returned from the cemetery, we had lunch and neighbours dispersed to their homes.</blockquote>
Sibanda said his wife took a bath after which she went into one of the rooms intending to change clothes.
However, after she failed to come out of the room after a considerable period of time, Sibanda said efforts were made to look for her and they discovered her room was locked.
They tried to knock on the door and there was no response, and on peering through the window, they discovered Phiri-Sibanda’s body hanging from the trusses.
She did not leave a suicide note.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/grief-stricken-womans-suicide-after-mums-burial/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

Woman Kills Self At Her Mother's Funeral

Two people died while two others escaped after a vehicle they were travelling in fell off the Deka River bridge along the dilapidated Deka road which connects Hwange to Msuna on the Zambezi River on Tuesday evening.
The owner of the car, Mike Ndlovu and a woman only identified as Fatima died on the spot while Xolisani, a friend to Ndlovu who was the driver, and another passenger survived.
The Toyota Chaser reportedly developed a mechanical fault while approaching the bridge, resulting in the driver failing to control it.
It is not yet clear how the survivors escaped before swimming out of the water leaving the deceased trapped.
Police retrieved the body of Ndlovu and Fatima on Wednesday.
A village head Godfrey Dube appealed to authorities to urgently rehabilitate the road and the bridge across the Deka River which is now a death trap. Dube told NewZimbabwe.com:
<blockquote>I was at the scene when the bodies were retrieved. It was a male and a female. The road and bridge were temporarily closed as the search for the bodies were conducted until they were retrieved from underneath the water.
This road is bad, companies have destroyed it completely and now driving along the road damages vehicles and at the same time puts people’s lives in danger. It is now a death trap.</blockquote>
Last year, two people died at the same bridge after a vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and fell into a ditch near the bridge after hitting a pothole.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/two-passengers-drown-after-vehicle-falls-off-hwange-bridge/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Vehicle Falls Off Hwange Bridge, Two Passengers Drown

The government has warned private commuter omnibus (kombi) operators that police will increase their operations against them as they are flouting COVID-19 regulations.
Private kombis were banned from plying the country’s urban routes in March 2020 and the government decreed that they register under the State-owned bus company, the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO).
In her post-Cabinet briefing Tuesday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said VID, TSCZ and police will clamp down on unregistered private kombis to bring sanity to the transport sector. She said:
<blockquote>… the Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID), the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe continue to enhance surveillance and enforcement in response to the upsurge of unregistered private kombis plying the country’s urban routes.
Owners of these vehicles are called upon to register with ZUPCO if they wish to operate on the country’s roads.
Drivers and crews of registered buses and kombis operating under the ZUPCO franchise are urged to strictly adhere to road rules and regulations as well as COVID-19 guidelines in order to avoid unnecessary delays to the travelling public and brushes with the law enforcement agencies.</blockquote>
Police have since launched a blitz targeted at illegal kombi operations that are breaking COVID-19 regulations.
Last week police in Bulawayo impounded over 400 kombis, buses and Honda Fit pirate taxis for violating regulations.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/police-to-step-up-blitz-on-illegal-kombis/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

Police To Escalate War Against Illegal Kombis

The late former President Robert Mugabe’s family says it will not entertain calls to rebury the country’s former strongman.
This comes after a Zvimba traditional leader summoned former First Lady Grace Mugabe to appear before his traditional court on a charge of “improper” burial.
But the Mugabe family spokesperson and nephew to the late feared former ruler, Leo Mugabe, said it was improper to summon Grace since the burial of his uncle was a done and dusted issue. He said:
<blockquote>No one will force us to change even if they come up with many court cases. They can go to hell.
Our position as a family is that we will not entertain this issue. We buried Mugabe and that’s all.
This person who is complaining is not part of the family and we don’t know why he is doing that.
We don’t know why the chief is summoning Grace on his charge sheet. Grace is not a Mugabe, she is an in-law in the family and the decision to bury him was a Mugabe family decision.</blockquote>
Leo vowed that no one would attend the court session and even if the complaint wins the case, no one has the power to force the family to exhume Mugabe for reburial. He said:
<blockquote>In any case, what will happen even if the complainant wins the case? It is an exercise in futility because as far as we are concerned, we are done and nobody can force us and we cannot say he was buried in a house when we all know he was buried in a courtyard.
Had we gone to the National Heroes Acre he was going to be buried in a proper room they call a mausoleum and was the chief going to summon President (Emmerson) Mnangagwa over that?</blockquote>
Chief Zvimba summoned Grace to appear before his court later this month after a ZANU PF official identified as Tinos Manongovere approached the court demanding that she be tried for the “irregular” burial of Mugabe.
Chief Zvimba warned that a ruling will be made even if Grace snubs the summons.
Mugabe, who was deposed by the military in a coup in November 2017, died in September 2019 at a hospital in Singapore. He died a bitter man, according to his nephew Walter Chidhakwa.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/05/hands-off-grace-mugabes/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

Mugabe Family Defends Grace In Row Over Late President's 'Improper Burial'

Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda has written to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Luke_Malaba">Chief Justice Malaba</a> advising him that President Mnangagwa had extended his term of office.
Malaba was set to retire on the 15th of this May when he reaches 70 years.
<blockquote>11 May 2021 
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE L. MALABA
Chief Justice of Zimbabwe Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe
Mapondera Building
HARARE
RE: ELECTION TO REMAIN IN OFFICE OF CHIEF JUSTICE OF ZIMBABWE: MR JUSTICE L. MALABA
His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, has considered your election to continue in the office of Chief Justice beyond the age of seventy years for an additional period of five (5) years. He has further considered and accepted the medical report which you submitted as proof of your mental and physical fitness to continue in that office.
I am pleased to advise you that after consultation with the Judicial Service Commission as required by law, His Excellency, the President has, in terms of section 186 (1) of the Constitution, accepted your election to continue in the office of Chief Justice beyond the age of seventy (70) for additional period of five (5) years from 16 May 2021.</blockquote>

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More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

FULL TEXT: Chief Justice Luke Malaba Term Extension

Law expert, Tinashe Hofisi has in the article below discussed term limits, retirement age and practice of Constitutional courts. The discussion comes when President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s term of office by an additional five years despite some stakeholders expressing reservations. We present Hofisi’s submissions below.
<blockquote>This post contributes to the debate over the constitutionality of the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/05/07/mnangagwa-signs-constitutional-amendment-bill-no-2-into-law/">2nd Amendment to the Constitution</a>. The dominant view posits that the 2nd Amendment altered a term-limit provision and thus cannot benefit any sitting judge. This post shows why this view cannot be sustained.
The 2013 Constitution introduced a new, stand-alone Constitutional Court and with it, a distinction between judges in general and constitutional judges. Whilst all judges continue to serve until the retirement age of 70, section 186(1) of the Constitution states that judges serving on the Constitutional Court can only serve for one non-renewable term of up to fifteen years. In other words, the role of constitutional judge is term-limited. This special restriction on constitutional judges is borrowed from continental Europe where it is an integral part of Constitutional Courts including those in Germany (limited to twelve years), France (limited to nine years) and Italy (limited to nine years).
Victor Ferres Comella explains that the non-renewable nature of the term is meant to ensure judges do not write opinions amenable to securing another term. This is by no means universal, as the term is renewable in other countries including Spain. He notes that the fixed term is exclusive to constitutional judges due to the binding nature and finality of decisions from the apex court. Judgements from lower courts are subject to appeal whilst those from the Supreme Court can be altered by ordinary legislation. On the other hand, Constitutional Court judgements cannot be  appealed and altering them requires the more onerous task of amending the Constitution itself. This heightened power is what justifies limiting the length of time for which one sits as a constitutional judge. Just as the term-limited presidency is in response to executive power, sitting on the highest court is term-limited to control the highest form of judicial power.
Any change to this fixed term cannot benefit any incumbent. Yet the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution does not change any term-limit provision. In fact, it does not change the retirement age either, which remains 70 years. The amendment gives judges of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court the option to serve for five years beyond the retirement age, subject to acceptance of their mental and physical capacity to do so. In other words, the amendment affects judges with and without a term-limit provision. It is less to do with term limits and more about the ability to work beyond the retirement age for a period of five years.
Section 328 of the Constitution states that changes to a term-limit provision cannot benefit any incumbent. <a href="https://www.bigsr.co.uk/single-post/big-saturday-read-why-amendment-no-2-fails-the-section-328-test">Certain</a> people argue that the retirement age is a term-limit provision. They predicate this on the Constitution’s definition of such provision as one which limits the length of time to hold public office. However, the Constitution has clear provisions for roles limited by length of time. The presidency is limited to a length of ten years whilst the constitutional judge is limited to a period not exceeding fifteen years. Parliamentarians are limited to a renewable length of five years and permanent secretaries are limited to a length of ten years.  Commanders of the uniformed forces are limited to a length of ten years whilst the Prosecutor General is limited to a length of twelve years. Members of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission are limited to twelve years whilst all other commissioners are limited to ten years. This is not about retirement, but the a limitation in length of incumbency. Retirement is not a limitation in length of time but attainment of age. This explains why, after expiry of the fifteen years, former constitutional judges are free to be appointed to lower courts. Whilst the term expires after fifteen years, retirement occurs at the age of 70. Retirement is not necessarily coterminous with extinction of the fixed term. Section 328(7) is thus inapplicable in the circumstances.
The Constitution is replete with minimum and maximum ages for various posts – that is not the same as creating a fixed length of time, beyond which incumbency cannot be held. Just as changing the minimum age to run for president would not be a change to presidential term limits, offering judges to work beyond the age of 70 is not the same as changing the term-limit of constitutional judges. Term-limits are only germane to constitutional judges, a practice originating in continental Europe and coterminous with establishment of a stand-alone Constitutional Court. Expanding that to mean all manner of judges, and thus members of the civil service, are term-limited by the mere existence of a retirement age goes beyond the scope, meaning and purpose of the Constitution’s provisions on term-limited incumbency.</blockquote>

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More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>; <a href="http://davidhofisi.blogspot.com/2021/05/term-limits-retirement-age-and-practice.html">Tinashe Hofisi</a>

Legal Expert Discusses Term Limits, Retirement Age And Practice Of Constitutional Courts

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s term of office by an additional five years after his medical report proved that he is still mentally and physically fit to continue in the esteemed judicial office.
Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda has written to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Luke_Malaba">Chief Justice Malaba</a> advising him that President Mnangagwa has accepted his election to continue in the office of Chief Justice beyond 70 years for an additional five years.
Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary Mr Walter Chikwana confirmed the latest development to The Herald.
Chief Justice Malaba became head of the judiciary following his appointment as the country’s Chief Justice on March 27 2017, having been Acting Chief Justice since March 1 2016 following the retirement of the late Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku.
Meanwhile, a number of people and institutions have approached the courts in a bid to challenge the extension of Malaba’s term of office saying the move was illegal as per the 2013 Constitution.
Malaba’s term of office is extended only days after <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/05/07/mnangagwa-signs-constitutional-amendment-bill-no-2-into-law/">president Mnangagwa signed into law the Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2</a> which among other things gives the president authority to make key judicial appointments.
<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/04/30/prominent-lawyer-beatrice-mtetwa-speaks-on-constitutional-amendment-bill-no-2/">The Bill faced resistance from stakeholders</a> who viewed it as a slap in the face of democracy since the masses had voted for the 2013 Constitution.
They viewed it as a way to ensure that Mnangagwa extends Malaba’s term of office beyond the 15th of this May when he was supposed to retire as he would have reached 70 years.

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A leaked phone call conversation between Zanu PF MP for Chiredzi North MP Roy Bhila and Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) business manager Innocent Gukwe has exposed tender fraud in parastatals.
Bhila is heard ordering Cottco to withdraw the tender for a 31-seater bus to ferry Cottco employees to and from work which had been won by Sasavona Logistics owned by losing MDC Alliance candidate John Manganye.
This tender fraud is happening barely a year after the United Kingdom-based John Manganye’s donation to Chiredzi Polyclinic was rejected at Chiredzi West MP Farai Musikavanhu (Zanu PF) instigation.
In the leaked call conversation, Bhila threatened the Cottco manager saying that he risked getting fired if he did not withdraw the tender offer.
<div>Gukwe tried to explain Cottco processes in awarding tenders, saying the company did not discriminate along political lines, but Bhila could have none of it. Gukwe said:</div>
<blockquote>_No one knew that the bus belonged to an MDC Alliance member. We do not look into people’s political backgrounds when awarding tenders. We thought it was just another local business person. We are now following your decisions on the case because Dingane Ncube (CIO) once came to me with the issue and said he was going to advise me on how to handle the issue._</blockquote>
In response, Bhila insisted that the tender should be withdrawn. He said:
<blockquote>_I am saying withdraw that contract with immediate effect. That bus belongs to an MDC Alliance member. Ministers are coming here on April 23 and the issue is going to be briefed to those ministers._
_The owner of the bus is the one who contested Farai Musikavanhu in 2018 and Musikavanhu is saying he is going to complain about the issue during the briefing with the ministers._
_I am saying cancel that tender._</blockquote>
Bhila then handed the phone to one Soul Nyangoni believed to be a member of the CIO who also threatened that someone was going to lose their job if they did not cancel the tender. He said:
_You just have to follow the advice you have been given by Bhila and we are managing the issue from our office._
Gukwe has since withdrawn the tender and the bus was eventually registered under the Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise.
Israel Muchini, the registered owner of the bus confirmed to NewsDay that the Cottco tender had since been cancelled.
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ZANU PF MP And Cottco Leaked's Call Exposes Tender Fraud

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<div dir="auto" lang="en">United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean law lecturer, Alex Tawanda Magaisa has said Chief Justice Luke Malaba will have a legitimacy deficit if he extends his tenure in office.</div>
<div dir="auto" lang="en">Malaba was supposed to retire on or before 15 May when he reaches 70 but is now set to retain his office following the adoption of Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 which among other things gives the president to make key appointments in the judiciary.</div>
<div dir="auto" lang="en">Reports suggest that President Emmerson Mnangagwa intends to extend Malaba’s tenure beyond 15 May. We present Magaisa’s full Twitter thread below.</div>
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<div dir="auto" lang="en">Left is the late former <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Godfrey_Chidyausiku">Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku</a>. On the right is his successor Chief Justice Luke Malaba. Months before CJ Chidyausiku reached his 70th birthday he started the process of choosing his successor. 4 days before he is 70, CJ Malaba has no successor.</div>
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<div dir="auto" lang="en">In fact, everything points to CJ Malaba succeeding himself. This is ironic. CJ Malaba was the beneficiary of CJ Chidyausiku’s respect of constitutional limits to his judicial term. He had his faults but on this occasion, he did what a professional judge &amp; leader would do.</div>
<div dir="auto" lang="en">4 years later, it’s CJ Malaba’s turn to give way to a fellow judge. There are there, judges awaiting their turn. But, it seems, he doesn’t want to go. Zimbabwe has had the misfortune of leaders who don’t want to give up power. But you would have thought judges were different</div>
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<div>Indeed, CJ Chidyausiku led by example when he respected the mandatory retirement age &amp; left. CJ Malaba was supposed to be a better judge and a better man. There were great hopes when he took over. But now he is failing even the basic test that his predecessor passed.</div>
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<div dir="auto" lang="en">Criticism has nothing to do with the man. I don’t know him. He has had bad cases but he has also had good cases. It’s nothing to do with whether he is a good judge or man. It’s all about the institution- his office &amp; respect for the Constitution which he’s sworn to uphold.</div>
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<div>By clinging on to office based on an amendment which is illegal, his (Malaba) tenure will suffer a legitimacy deficit. The amendment puts him in an awkward position where he must defend &amp; probably judge an unlawful amendment. It embarrasses &amp; demeans the office of the Chief Justice.</div>
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FULL THREAD: CJ Malaba Will Suffer Legitimacy Deficit

Here is Zimbabwe’s coronavirus or COVID-19 update or situation report by <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Ministry_of_Health_and_Child_Care">the Ministry of Health and Child Care</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/MoHCCZim/status/1377688318117355523">MoHCC</a>) as of 11 May 2021:
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<li>New cases: 15</li>
<li>Local Cases: 15</li>
<li>Returnees: 0</li>
<li>Deaths: 3</li>
<li>Tests: 2 118 Positivity (0.7%)</li>
<li>Vaccinations: 10 166 (first dose); 8 953 (second dose)</li>
<li>Total Cumulative Vaccinations: 539 526 (first dose); 170 246 (second dose)</li>
<li>Recoveries: 13</li>
<li>National Recovery Rate: 94.2%</li>
<li>Active Cases: 648</li>
<li>Total Cumulative Cases: 38 448</li>
<li>Total Recoveries: 36 221</li>
<li>Total Deaths: 1 579</li>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.63">Province</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=96.02">PCR Tests + Ag</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.81">Cum Cases (New)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.77">Recovered Cases (New)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">Active Cases</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.86">Deaths (New)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.85">Bulawayo</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.82">828</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.5">5723(4)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.17">5401(7)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.91">96</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.48">226(0)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.45">Harare</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">721</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.73">13138(6)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.64">12137(3)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.91">390</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.64">611(0)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.63">Manicaland</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.85">163</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.65">4060(3)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.78">3837(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.9">28</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.78">195(1)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.32">Mash Cent</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.79">82</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.29">1738(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=97.27">1634(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.81">12</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.32">92(0)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.23">Mash East</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.19">3</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.27">2585(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.22">2465(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=77.87">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.42">120(0)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.81">Mash West</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.77">60</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.68">2117(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.12">1957(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">18</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.2">142(1)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.63">Midlands</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.92">84</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.97">2468(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=96.75">2388(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.83">8</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.69">72(0)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.04">Masvingo</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.85">52</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.9">2413(2)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=95.17">2342(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.83">3</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.63">68(1)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.79">Mat North</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.96">109</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.03">1399(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.84">1301(3)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.97">79</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.32">19(0)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.78">Mat South</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">16</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.45">2807(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.8">2759(0)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.88">14</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.29">34(0)</td>
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<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.74">Total</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">2118</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=97.25">38 448(15)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=67.12">36221(13)</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.96">648</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.25">1579(3)</td>
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Opposition MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora has told Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, to let the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to operate without interferences after <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/05/10/mdc-t-mp-memory-mbondiah-punched-mliswa-in-parliament/">Monday’s session prematurely ended following the eruption of conflict allegedly started by Mliswa. In a statement. MDC-T said:</a>
<blockquote>The MDC-T is outraged by the attack of its parliamentarians in the Public Accounts Committee, namely the chairperson of that committee and MDC-T Secretary for Legal Affairs, Honourable Brian Dube, and a fellow committee member from our party, Honourable Memory Mbodiah in what was supposed to be a hearing on the ZESA report. The party wishes the public to take note of this development in the manner following.
First, it is the party’s public record through our two honourable members of parliament that the work of this committee came to an abrupt end after disturbances that were singularly orchestrated by Hon. Themba Mliswa, an independent Member of Parliament. Hon. Mliswa is said to have accosted Hon. Dube in his Chair, seeking to stop him from proceeding with the meeting. Meanwhile Hon. Mbondiah recorded the whole episode in her iPad device before hiding same under her breasts. Hon. said to have indecently assaulted Hon Mbondiah in the process of wrestling her iPad from her, which he proceeded to smash. It is after this that a physical confrontation ensued between the two. Counter allegations by Hon Mliswa are therefore a capricious and malevolent fabrication calculated at making women organisations to view Hon. Mbondiah as a typical ‘man who bites a dog’!
Second, this PAC had called in Mr Wicknell Chivayo of Intratrek to shed light on the Gwanda Solar Project where he was awarded US$5.6 million in advance payment and subsequently failed to deliver on the project. Specifically the PAC meant to forward the following questions to Mr Chivayo:
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<li>Did Intratrek get the contract through any tender? If there was a tender, Mr Chivayo to provide proof of same.</li>
<li>What is the current status of the project?</li>
<li>What were the sources documents used by Intratrek for all payments they received?</li>
<li>Why did Intratrek not issue any bank guarantee as required in tern of the contract?</li>
<li>What is Intratrek’s plan going forward since payment was made and no work was done? Do they intend to refund the nation? Are the funds still there since no work was done?</li>
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The Intratrek Gwanda Project is not pending in the courts as to be exempt from the PAC, see Judgement SC 39/21. The party therefore reads Hon Mliswa’s actions to have stopped the newly appointed committee chairperson from unravelling sedimentary and rampant corruption at ZESA Holdings around issues to do with controversial awarding of contracts on tenders without due diligence, and failure to follow procurement regulations among other alleged infractions of the law at this our national power utility company.
Third, the party is of the view that whatever Hon. Mondiah’s emotive and retaliatory attacks on Hon. Mliswa were, they are minor compared to his indecently assaulting a woman in the parliament precinct, and his violation of parliamentary decorum of same given the manner he stopped proceedings of this PAC meeting.
Fourth, it is also worth noting and very telling that the newly appointed PAC Chairperson from the MDC-T found not less than seventeen (17) committee meetings which had been sat, with no adopted minutes of same as records of work done. It therefore stands to reason that whilst the previous chairperson, Hon Tendai Biti, was given to being high-sounding on being a champion of fighting corruption through this committee, he left nothing to suggest any appetite to do same, and the entry of Hon. Dube can only be read as having broken a gentleman’s agreement that would have existed in maintaining corruption under wrap through this committee.
And fifth, the MDC-T wishes to assure the public that its newly appointed clean sweep broom is unperturbed by the resistance being shown by the corrupt cartels and their proxies, and will redouble efforts in brooking no interference in ridding our society of this evil that has brought endemic stagnation in our national economic growth.
Witness Dube
Secretary for Information and Publicity</blockquote>

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The Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) Monday claimed that its members were at the weekend forced to attend a Zanu PF rally at Kagande in Mutoko and were ordered to register as voters for the party in 2023.
The union posted on Twitter claiming that teachers affiliated to Artuz were now refusing to go back to their workstations for fear of victimisation. Artuz posted on its Twitter handle:
<blockquote>_Over the weekend, members of Zanu PF terrorised some teachers in Mutoko district, forcing them to register as part of the five million voters for Zanu PF. In some cases, Zanu PF had all the details of the teachers, they just visited to confirm. In Kagande, teachers were forced to attend a rally._
_A total of 31 trs reported through our hotline. Our rapid response team is in Mutoko assessing the safety of some trs who refused to attend the Kagande meeting &amp; those who refused to register as ZANU PF voters for 2023._</blockquote>
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Takavafira Zhou who is also the MDC Alliance spokesperson for Midlands echoed the Artuz report. Zhou said:
<blockquote>_We also are witnessing a sad situation where village heads are teaming up with school development committee members and are evicting the incapacitated teachers from school accommodation._
_We want to warn such misguided figures that they have no locus standi in intervening in cases between teachers and their employer._</blockquote>
NewsDay reports that Zanu PF party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo dismissed the claims saying Zanu PF is a party of law and order which subscribes to the rule of law. He added:
<blockquote>_If there are any instances of what Artuz is alleging, then they should report such matters to the police._
_If they want to get to the bottom of the issue, the Zanu PF provincial leadership is there. They should ask the provincial chairman what is happening. The police are there to contain such characters._</blockquote>
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