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<p>Lawyers have demanded that the government tests the efficiency and or safety of the COVID-19 vaccine that was donated by China before administering it to the general populace without clinical trials, Newsday reports.</p>
<p>In a letter dated February 16 2021 written by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights’ lawyers from Mbidzo, Muchadehama, and Makoni Legal Practitioners the lawyers argued that clinical trials for SinoPharm should be done before inoculation and not during or after as suggested by a <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/15/watch-the-effectiveness-of-the-chinese-vaccine-will-be-tested-during-rollout-govt/">Ministry of Health official Dr. Robert Mudyirandima</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>….It is, therefore, our client’s view that clinical trials precede the rolling out of the vaccination programme, the aim being to establish whether the vaccination drug undergoing trials is safe to administer and will not have adverse side effects.</p>
<p>Clinical trials cannot be conducted simultaneously with the actual vaccination of the population as the acting Health secretary appears to suggest.</p>
<p>If that happens, many lives would be put at risk as they may be victims of irreversible side effects. Reports from other countries where this vaccine has been tested appear to confirm the possibility of such side effects.</p></blockquote>
<p>The government is yet to respond to the ZLHR but the vaccine has already been distributed to different provinces in preparation for deployment.</p>
<p>More: <strong><a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/02/no-to-vaccine-experiments-lawyers/">Newsday</a></strong></p>


Pindula News

Test The Vaccine Before Inoculation - Lawyers Challenge The Govt

<p>The European Union this week renewed their sanctions against a Zimambawean military entity Zimbabwe Defense Industries (ZDI) in order to prompt Zimbabwe’s authorities to demonstrate a long-term commitment to upholding human rights, Newsday reports.</p>
<p>In a statement announcing the renewal of sanctions, the EU said it will maintain its embargo to prompt Zimbabwean Authorities to investigate the role of security actors in human rights abuses:</p>
<blockquote><p>In light of its continuing concerns, the EU has reviewed its restrictive measures, recalling their purpose to encourage a demonstrable, genuine and long-term commitment by the Zimbabwean authorities to respect and uphold human rights and the rule of law,” the EU said yesterday.</p>
<p>The EU has decided to renew its arms embargo and to maintain a targeted assets freeze against one company, Zimbabwe Defence Industries, taking into account the situation in Zimbabwe, including the continuing need to investigate the role of security force actors in human rights abuses.</p>
<p>Violations of human rights and limitations on the democratic space are also persisting. The EU is especially concerned about a proliferation of arrests and prosecutions of journalists, opposition actors and individuals expressing dissenting views and the use by high-level officials of speech that could be interpreted as incitement to violence,</p>
<p>The Government of Zimbabwe has committed to adhere fully to its constitutional and international human rights obligations which imply respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms, including addressing impunity.</p>
<p>Perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses should swiftly be brought to justice and the recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry should be implemented as a matter of priority and urgency</p>
<p>These measures do not affect the people of Zimbabwe, its economy, foreign direct investment, or trade and Zimbabwe continues to benefit from duty free and quota free access of its exports to the EU, with negotiations to deepen the Eastern and Southern Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)<br/>
ongoing.</p>
<p>Accelerated political and economic reforms, respect for human rights, boosting trust in the rule of law and tackling corruption would contribute significantly to investor confidence, build a steady business climate and facilitate Zimbabwe in taking full advantage of the opportunities the EPA provides,” the European bloc said.</p>
<p>The EU reiterates its readiness to support credible and sustainable economic and political reforms, based on tangible commitments made by the government of Zimbabwe.</p>
<p>The EU regards electoral reform as an important element to strengthen democracy in Zimbabwe and is ready to continue its support in this field in line with the recommendations made by the 2018 EU electoral observation mission.</p>
<p>The upcoming political dialogue with Zimbabwe will provide an opportunity for exchanging views and deepening mutual understanding as well as looking for constructive co-operation</p></blockquote>
<p>The EU first imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe in 2002 but over the years lifted the sanctions against some individuals and entities but sanctions against the following remain in place:</p>
<ol>
<li>ZDI</li>
<li>Former First Lady Grace Mugabe,</li>
<li>Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga,</li>
<li>Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Philip_Valerio_Sibanda">Philip Valerio Sibanda </a></li>
</ol>
<p>More: <strong><a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/02/army-killings-haunt-ed/">Newsday</a></strong></p>


EU Renews Sanctions Against Zimbabwe Defense Industries

<p>ZimPapers has suspended 2 editors Washington Gwanzura and Tinashe Chuma for publishing a letter to the editor in the H Metro’s feedback column that wished one Zanu PF member or a person from the Presidium dead instead of Soul Jah Love.</p>
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<p>This was revealed in the letters seen by Pindula that stated that the duo will be suspended for 14 days without a salary or benefits as the ZSE listed entity investigates the issue. One of the suspension letters addressed to Mr. Gwanzura said:</p>
<blockquote><p>It is being alleged that you breached the Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited Code of Conduct and Grievance Procedure in that you failed to check H-Metro publication for the 19th February 2021 and cleared the copy for printing with an unacceptable statement in the feedback column.</p>
<p>In line with Section 21 of the Zimpapers Code of Conduct and Grievance Procedure, you are hereby suspended from duty for 14 working days without pay and benefits with immediate effect pending further investigations.</p>
<p>The period of suspension will be from 19th February 2021 to 11th March 2021.<br/>
In the meantime, please be advised that you are barred from setting foot at Herald House until the investigations are completed.</p></blockquote>
<p>HMetro has <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/19/h-metro-apology-on-article-wishing-death-on-presidium-member/">since apologized for the error</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://t792ae.c2.acecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Suspension-letters-Gwanzura-and-Chuma-1.pdf">Suspension letters – Gwanzura and Chuma (1)</a></p>


Zimpapers Suspends Editors Over Erroneously Publishing A Post That Wishes The Presidium Death

<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Opposition MDC Alliance’s Vice President, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tendai_Biti">Tendai Biti</a> has said he predicted in 2010 that the true value of Zimbabwe’s founding leader, the late Robert Mugabe would be seen when he is dead.</span></p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">While Mugabe was revered across Africa and the whole world, he was despised back home mainly for presiding over a failed economy.</span></p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Biti made the remarks in a tweet which was also a direct jab at Mugabe’s successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa whom he accuses of worsening the country’s woes. </span>He tweeted:</p>
<blockquote><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">In 2010 the </span><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/SundayMailZim" role="link">@SundayMailZim</a> carried an interview I did in which I stated that Mugabe’s true value will reflect after his death. Three years after his departure Zimbabweans find themselves at the mercy of relentless psychopaths masquerading as rulers. A failed Banana Republic.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ironically, since its formation in 1999, MDC has been pushing for Mugabe’s departure accusing him of being the author of the country’s economic, humanitarian and political crises.</p>
<p>Since Mugabe’s departure from the political arena in 2017, Zimbabwe has been on a downward trend especially in economic terms.</p>
<p>Zimbabwe recorded hyperinflation which risked reminding the nation of the dreadful 2008 era, it recorded the worst power cuts since 2016 and also faced severe starvation.</p>
<p>Some also argue that corruption and violation of human rights worsened when in the past 24 months.</p>
<p>A handful of analysts who have been comparing and contrasting Mugabe and his successor found lots of similarities and a few differences.</p>
<p>Many say Mnangagwa perpetuated Mugabe’s way of doing things, adding that he perfected some bad ones including bad governance.</p>
<p>Others, including United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Melanie_Robinson">Melanie Robinson</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TrevorNcube/status/1358652011579899906?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&amp;refsrc=email" rel="noopener" target="_blank">observe that Zimbabwe registered some positives since Mugabe’s departure.</a></p>
<p>They cite the removal of draconian laws like the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) and the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) as a step in the positive direction.</p>


Biti: I Predicted Mugabe's True Value Will Reflect When He's Dead

<p>The Republic of India has pledged to donate 75 000 coronavirus vaccines to Zimbabwe, with the South Asian giant granting Harare the opportunity to buy more.</p>
<p>In a post on his social media channels this Friday, President Mnangagwa said his government is working hard to procure more vaccines. He wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>We are grateful to our Indian friends for committing to donate 75 000 Covid 19 vaccines and for the opportunity to buy more moving forward.</p>
<p>We are working tirelessly to obtain sufficient vaccines so we can overcome this virus and revive our economy.</p></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We are grateful to our Indian friends for committing to donate 75,000 COVID vaccines &amp; for the opportunity to buy more moving forward. We are working tirelessly to obtain sufficient vaccines so we can overcome this virus &amp; revive our economy <a href="https://twitter.com/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PMOIndia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MEAIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MEAIndia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiainZimbabwe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IndiainZimbabwe</a></p>
<p>— President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) <a href="https://twitter.com/edmnangagwa/status/1362641596081184768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>India’s pledge to donate vaccines to Harare comes a few days after the country took delivery of 200 000 Sinopharm jabs from the People’s Republic of China.</p>


India Pledges To Donate 75 000 Coronavirus Vaccines

<p>ZANU PF Central Committee member Madeyi Maswi has succumbed to COVID-19. She was 54.</p>
<p>Maswi’s death was confirmed by family spokesperson Takunda Maswi who is also her son.</p>
<p>Takunda said her mother died on Thursday at St Anne’s hospital in Harare after she tested positive for the coronavirus and was hospitalised for more than a week.</p>
<p>Maswi is survived by her husband Christopher and three children; Tanyaradzwa (26), Takunda (24) and Tinotenda (20).</p>
<p>Mashonaland Central ZANU PF chairperson Kazembe Kazembe, who is also the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage described the late Maswi as a hardworking cadre. He said:</p>
<blockquote><p>We have lost a very hard working person, she represented the party at Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) among other important bodies.</p>
<p>At one point she was sent to China to the China Communist Party in an exchange program.</p></blockquote>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-199654.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Bulawayo24</a></strong></h4>


ZANU PF Central Committee Member Succumbs To COVID-19

<p>The MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa and the Douglas Mwonzora -led MDC Tsvangirai (MDC-T) have both slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for alleged insincerity after he blamed opposition parties for the rot in urban councils.</p>
<p>Mnangagwa told a ZANU PF politburo meeting on Wednesday that the opposition has run down urban councils by failing to deliver basic services.</p>
<p>However, MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Clifford Hlatywayo accused Mnangagwa of ruining the country since the disputed 2018 general elections and the rot has cascaded down to local authorities. He said:</p>
<blockquote><p>He (Mnangagwa) must be booted out first. He has failed the whole nation.</p>
<p>Everything has collapsed because of his failure to run the country. Councils don’t exist in isolation.</p>
<p>… Mnangagwa must keep quiet on that. We know it’s their election strategy. To suffocate local authorities only to claim MDC Alliance-led local authorities have failed.</p>
<p>They have been caught red-handed by the people of Zimbabwe. Let them change the strategy.</p>
<p>Zanu PF fired and arrested MDC Alliance councillors then start giving orders, forcing council officials to demolish houses for them to blame MDC Alliance. This trick is known.</p></blockquote>
<p>MDC-T spokesperson Witness Dube said it was unfair to expect local authorities to operate under bureaucratic bottlenecks created by the central government. He said:</p>
<blockquote><p>The emperor is risking running naked by starting to accuse us of corruption when they are actually the archbishops of corruption.<br/>
Local authorities are failing to work because of bureaucratic hurdles coming from central government.</p></blockquote>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/02/mdcs-residents-expose-zanu-pf-2023-plot/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></strong></h4>


Chamisa, Mwonzora Parties Slam 'Insincere' Mnangagwa

<p>Mashonaland Central Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Monica Mavhunga has ordered land barons in the province to stop allocating residential stands with immediate effect.</p>
<p>Mavhunga on Thursday met chief executive officers of all rural district councils and town clerks of urban councils and told them that the province had set up a committee to look into illegal settlements on wetlands and ecologically sensitive spaces.</p>
<p>She said no land allocations will be allowed in the province until the committee finishes its investigations and presents its findings. Said Mavhunga:</p>
<blockquote><p>All land barons, if any, in the province must cease operations forthwith until the committee presents its report. Those found on the wrong side of the law will be brought to book.</p>
<p>Politicians across the political divide are not spared. Those who broke the law or by-laws will be brought to book without fear or favour.</p>
<p>Land barons will not only have their day in court but must be made to compensate the desperate home seekers whom they callously fleeced and exploited.</p></blockquote>
<p>The committee is being led by the director for Local Government in the province, Cosmas Chiringa and was mandated with mapping wetlands and other ecologically sensitive places at growth points, in towns and in peri-urban areas.</p>
<p>Chiringa and his team are expected to draft a provincial master plan that will feed into the national master plan on ecologically sensitive spaces where human settlements are unsustainable.</p>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/mash-central-moves-to-correct-wetlands-wrongs/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></strong></h4>


Mash Central Maps Wetlands On Human Settlements

<p>The government has with immediate effect banned the allocation of residential stands in the Midlands province and warned councils and private land developers of arrest if they defy the directive.</p>
<p>This follows the release of a government report which showed that 25 out of 100 dysfunctional settlements in the province were sitting on wetlands.</p>
<p>Flooding which occurred in the provincial capital, Gweru, was blamed on the construction of homes on wetlands and on land unsuitable for human habitation.</p>
<p>The report noted that land developers allocated stands without council approval and it was recommended that all affected residents should be moved at the expense of the land developers.</p>
<p>Speaking soon after meeting local authorities over the report, Midlands Minister for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Larry Mavima said:</p>
<blockquote><p>For the benefit of doubt, any councillor, local authority official or private developer who may dare do that shall be arrested and prosecuted for violation of the law.</p>
<p>Accordingly, district development co-ordinators as representatives of the central government are expected to ensure compliance and implementation of all activities and processes directed towards resolving the issues of dysfunctional and illegal settlements in your respective districts.</p></blockquote>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/02/govt-bans-land-allocation-in-midlands/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></strong></h4>


Govt Bans Allocation Of Residential Stands In Midlands

<p>The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has accused the ruling ZANU PF party of sabotaging urban local authorities as part of a choreographed plan turn the electorate against opposition political parties ahead of the 2023 general elections.</p>
<p>This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday accused the MDC Alliance-led urban councils of failure to provide services, saying it was high time voters reject the party.</p>
<p>Harare Residents Trust director Precious Shumba claimed that for a long time, ZANU PF had an agenda to undermine local authorities run by the opposition and Mnangagwa has just confirmed it. Said Shumba:</p>
<blockquote><p>It’s all about electioneering. As residents, we have observed with increasing alarm that the central government is suffocating local authorities in Zimbabwe, especially urban local authorities under the control of opposition councillors.</p>
<p>The President is confirming a long-held agenda of ZANU PF to undermine local authorities run by the opposition in order to make the ratepayers reject the opposition.</p>
<p>The idea, in our view, is that when opposition-led councils fail to deliver, ratepayers will eventually discard them in preference of ruling party candidates.</p></blockquote>
<p>Shumba called upon the central government to address the issue of devolution and stop interfering with the running of councils.</p>
<p>He also said the government still retain executive authority over the approval of budgets, recruitments and dismissal of senior council officials, hence the buck stops with the central government.</p>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/02/mdcs-residents-expose-zanu-pf-2023-plot/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></strong></h4>


Harare Residents Accuse ZANU PF Of Undermining Council

<p>The late Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu died a bitter man after the government failed to apologise and compensate for his unlawful arrest and torture in the 1980s, his sister Theresa Thaka Mafu has said.</p>
<p>Chief Maduna was among a number of ZAPU and ZIPRA cadres such as the late commander Lookout Masuku and intelligence chief Dumiso Dabengwa who were arrested over alleged links to arms caches during the Gukurahundi era.</p>
<p>The Filabusi traditional leader who succumbed to diabetes last Saturday aged 86 was even denied national hero status despite his stellar contribution to the country’s liberation and the role he played after independence.</p>
<p>He was only given a State-assisted funeral and was buried on Wednesday at his homestead in Avoca, Filabusi.</p>
<p>Speaking to <strong>Southern Eye</strong> early this week, Thaka Mafu said his late brother was treated better by the racist Smith regime than he was under the late former president Robert Mugabe. She said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Our chief was dragged into prison almost 10 times even after independence when Mugabe threw him into prison on trumped-up charges, disregarding the fact that he was a chief.</p>
<p>(The late former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian) Smith would instruct his police to lead him into prison without handcuffs because of his status but Mugabe disregarded all this, handcuffing and putting leg irons on him.</p>
<p>It is a mockery that Chief Maduna was given a State-assisted funeral given his contribution compared to some of the people laid at the national shrine who have dubious records.</p></blockquote>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/02/chief-maduna-died-a-bitter-man-family/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></strong></h4>


Chief Maduna Died A Bitter Man, Says Sister

<p><strong>President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent his condolences to the family of the late Deputy Commissioner (retired) of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moses_Griffiths_Mpofu">Moses Griffiths Mpofu.</a> In a statement, President Mnangagwa said:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>The death last week of Retired Deputy Commissioner of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Cde Moses Griffiths Mpofu, has robbed our Nation of yet another gallant son of the soil, a former freedom fighter and a strong revolutionary cadre.</p>
<p>While we knew that Deputy Commissioner Mpofu had not been well for sometime, to the extent that he had to be hospitalized, our prayerful expectations were for his speedy recovery. Therefore, his untimely death came as a great shock to those of us who had lived, fought, and worked alongside him both before and after our country’s Independence.</p>
<p>His passing on has left a deep wound in our hearts that will be difficult to heal. We shall remember him for his strong virtues of courage, fortitude, patriotism, and integrity which he amply demonstrated before and after Independence as a senior police officer of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. The life he lived shall continue to inspire our nation.</p>
<p>On behalf of ZANU PF, Government, my family, and indeed on my behalf. I wish to express my deepest condolences to the Mpofu family. especially to his wife Sibonile and the children who have lost a dear husband, father and counsellor. May they be comforted from the knowledge that we are together during this hour of their deep grief.</p>
<p>May his dear Soul rest in Eternal Peace.</p>
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President Mnangagwa Mourns Rtd Commissioner Mpofu

<p>President Emmerson Mnangagwa Thursday conferred a Liberation Hero status on Soul Jah Love thereby triggering a tribalism debate.</p>
<p>Soul Jah Love’s hero status comes after a fighter in the liberation struggle, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Chief_Vezi_Maduna_Mafu">Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu</a> was denied the national hero status by the ZANU PF politburo.</p>
<p>The Politburo ignored a plea by ZANU PF officials in Matabeleland South province to accord the l<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/17/politburo-denies-chief-maduna-mafu-national-hero-status/">ate traditional leader with the national hero status</a> for his contribution to the struggle for black majority rule.</p>
<p>Responding to the conferment of the status on Soul Jah Love, <a href="https://twitter.com/SiphoMalunga/status/1362406530868469760">Siphosami Malunga,</a> the former Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Taking nothing away from Soul Jah Love who’s life story was as inspirational as his musical talents BUT how do you square not awarding Chief Maduna Hero status &amp; the next week awarding Soul Jah Love? It’s clear <a class="link-complex" data-user-name="ZANUPF_Official" href="https://twitter.com/ZANUPF_Official/" rel="noopener user" target="_blank">@<span class="link-complex-target">ZANUPF_Official</span></a> does not care for Matabeleland &amp; its people. Simple.</p></blockquote>
<p>Others however said the conferment of the status was political rather than tribal. MDC Alliance activist based in the United States, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Freeman_Chari">Freeman Chari</a> said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Not just Matabeleland people. Anyone who doesn’t lick them or give them mileage. Only a few months ago, Mukudzei Mudzi one of the stalwarts of the liberation struggle was shunned.</p></blockquote>
<p>In the past, a number of prominent politicians were not accorded with the hero statuses to the amazement of the public who thought they deserved the statuses considering their contributions to the country either before and or after independence.</p>
<p>Some even argued that the status is a reserve for members of the ruling ZANU PF.</p>
<p>Zimbabwe has for long been divided by a number of political events including the massacres of the 1980s during which about 20 000 people in Matebeleland and Midlands provinces were killed by the North Korean-trained fifth brigade.</p>
<p>The country’s founding leaders, Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo tried to address the issue by signing the Unity Accord but it was not effective as some called for the establishment of a “truth and justice commission.”</p>
<p>The matter has been a sacred one until only recently when President Mnangagwa said the nation must freely talk about it. Still, the matter is still a sensitive one.</p>


Hero Status For Soul Jah Love Spark Tribalism Debate

<p>A drunk 24-year-old man from Chinhoyi died after he was electrocuted at his residence in Mzari suburb on Sunday.</p>
<p>Tinashe Matondo of 28 Herbert Chitepo Drive was reportedly found dead near the carport which is secured by an electric razor wire.</p>
<p>It is suspected he got into contact with the live electricity conductors and was shocked.</p>
<p>Mashonaland West police spokesperson, Inspector Margaret Chitove confirmed the incident saying the tragedy happened around 10 pm. Said Insp Chitove:</p>
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<blockquote><p>Police confirm the sudden death of Tinashe Matondo, aged 24 of 28 Herbert Chitepo Drive who was electrocuted on Sunday around 2200 hours.</p></blockquote>
<p>Inspector Chitove added that Matondo had reportedly left the room in which he was sleeping with one Lameck (18) and proceeded to the fowl run to feed some broiler chickens that are being reared at the home.</p>
<p>Matondo however took longer than usual to come back prompting a suspicious Lameck to go and check on his colleague. Added Inspector Chitove:</p>
<blockquote><p>Lameck first searched in the fowl run as this was the time they usually replenished stockfeeds but failed to locate the now deceased.</p>
<p>He then scanned the premises only to stumble upon Matondo’s lifeless body near an electric razor wire at the garage.</p></blockquote>
<p>The matter was reported to Chinhoyi Central police who attended the scene.</p>
<p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/drunk-chinhoyi-resident-24-electrocuted/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe</a></strong></p>
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<p>Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Constantino Chiwenga has volunteered to become the first Zimbabwean to be vaccinated against the coronavirus using the Chinese developed Sinopharm vaccine.</p>
<p>Chiwenga received the Sinopharm jab on Thursday at a ceremony at the Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare that is set to signal the commencement of the country’s vaccination programme.</p>
<p>The Vice President volunteered to become the first recipient of the vaccine to assure health care workers who are set to benefit from the first phase of the vaccination programme.</p>
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<p>Zimbabwe received a donation of 200 000 shots of the Sinopharm vaccine from The People’s Republic of China on Monday and is set to start the inoculation of its citizens against the viral disease.</p>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/breaking-vp-chiwenga-volunteers-to-lead-vaccination/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></strong></h4>


VP Chiwenga Vaccinated Against Coronavirus

<p>National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda on Wednesday upbraided Monica Mutsvangwa, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services over the absence of both state and private media during sitting.</p>
<p>Mudenda raised the issue of the absence of the Fourth Estate from Parliament during the question-and-answer session.</p>
<p>Mutsvangwa said she was not aware of journalists’ whereabouts and directed Mudenda to his clerks within the National Assembly.</p>
<p>However, Mudenda reminded the minister of the importance of media coverage on proceedings in the House. He said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Minister, today is members’ day just like it is tomorrow Thursday.</p>
<p>The message from this House and the Senate must go to the people through the media. We are not quite happy with the sluggish manner in which ZBC in particular covers this House and the Senate.</p>
<p>The message must go out there; policy issues from honourable ministers must go out there and can only do so through the media, both public and private.</p>
<p>This is the importance of the fourth estate in any country.</p></blockquote>
<p>Parliament resumed business on Tuesday but members of the media who had turned up to cover proceedings were turned away.</p>
<p>The journalists were told to follow proceedings through parliament’s Zoom platform due to the coronavirus restrictions.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, reporters were told that a negative COVID-19 certificate was a pre-requisite for getting into the parliament building.</p>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/mudenda-roasts-mutsvangwa-over-media-ban-in-parliament/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></strong></h4>


Mudenda Upbraids Infor. Minister Over Media Ban In Parliament

<p>The MDC-T has urged the government to ensure that the COVID-19 roll-out programme is done in a transparent manner and to safeguard it from being hijacked by powerful cartels.</p>
<p>In a statement after yesterday’s Standing Committee meeting held virtually, MDC-T spokesperson Witness Dube said:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Party would like to encourage the Ministry of Health and Child Care to prioritise the health sector and other key sectors of our nation to receive the vaccine in a transparent manner.</p>
<p>… Further, as corruption has become endemic in our society, adequate mechanics must be put in place to ensure that unscrupulous cartels do not highjack the process for their selfish means.</p></blockquote>
<p>The MDC-T also called for a national dialogue that is genuine, inclusive and unconditional and for social, political and economic reforms as well as electoral reforms, among them, the Diaspora Vote. The statement read further:</p>
<blockquote><p>In that regard, the Party also noted that there were certain legal and procedural issues relating to the interpretation of the constitutive document relating to POLAD, (the Code of Conduct) that need to be looked at first as a matter of urgency so as to make dialogue easier and more inclusive.</p></blockquote>


MDC-T Urges Govt To Safeguard Vaccine From Cartels

<p>The Public Service Commission (PSC) has introduced a 2.5% deduction from all members of the public service with the funds set to be directed towards a savings and loan facility.</p>
<p>The facility, known as Government Employee Mutual Savings (GEMS) Fund, was launched last week with the government saying the Fund would “cushion… workers and in preparation for a rainy day which can come for any one of us at an unexpected time”.</p>
<p>The 2.5% deduction applies to all civil servants and those who are not interested can opt out by applying to their head of Ministry.</p>
<p>A nominal lending rate of 10 per cent per annum has been set, with lending thresholds set to range from 10 to 15% per annum depending on the actual amount applied for and the desired repayment period.</p>
<p>A circular to government employees released on Tuesday read:</p>
<blockquote><p>All members of the Public Service regardless of their category are going to receive a 2.5% deduction on their salary during the month of February 2021 and subsequently every month as admission to membership.</p>
<p>After 3 months accrual of contribution, members desiring to access short term to medium term loans will apply through their Head Ministry.</p>
<p>Members who do not wish to join the scheme are free to advise the head of ministry in writing.</p></blockquote>


Civil Servants To Contribute 2.5% Of Salaries To Savings Facility

<p>Vice President and Health and Child Care Minister Constantino Chiwenga was on Tuesday grilled by Members of Parliament on the efficacy and possible side-effects of the Chinese-donated Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine.</p>
<p>Harare East MP Tendai Biti (MDC Alliance) said it was not clear why the government was choosing Sinopharm when Sinovac is the dominant vaccine used in China.</p>
<p>Biti also questioned the government silence on the Covax facility, saying the budgeted US$6 million for vaccines was inadequate.</p>
<p>Makoni South MP Misheck Mataranyika (ZANU PF) queried why legislators were not placed on the priority list as frontline workers.</p>
<p>He also called for teachers to be prioritised in the vaccination rollout if schools are to reopen soon.</p>
<p>Kadoma Central MP Muchineripi Chinyanganya (MDC Alliance) questioned whether the vaccines were effective against the new South African variant now dominant in Zimbabwe while Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) questioned the logic behind using different vaccines in the country.</p>
<p>Chiwenga said Sinopharm and Sinovac were approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Zimbabwe will be taking both. He also said the government had already signed for the Covax facility.</p>
<p>On the effectiveness of the Chinese-developed vaccines against the dominant South African coronavirus variant, called N501Y, Chiwenga’s deputy, John Mangwiro said:</p>
<blockquote><p>These viruses mutate on a daily or weekly basis. There is no country that will say every day they make a vaccine against each mutant.</p>
<p>The vaccines we are getting now — for a vaccine to be on the market, it would have been looked at for at least not less than six to eight months.</p>
<p>The vaccines we are getting now, the studies started last year using a particular virus that they saw at that time.</p>
<p>People will start making vaccines according to the variants and we will be following the virus from behind. There is no way we can say the UK has this variant, now make the vaccine. It is impossible.</p>
<p>You need a year. By the time you finish making it for the variant that is there now, next year you will have 100 more variants.</p></blockquote>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/02/mps-grill-chiwenga-on-chinese-vaccine/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></strong></h4>


MPs Grill VP Chiwenga On COVID-19 Vaccines

<p>Superintendent Hilda Zisadza (47) of ZRP Mt Darwin District Headquarters was among the three people who died in a horrific road accident that occurred near Skyline Tollgate along Masvingo road on Monday, police have confirmed.</p>
<p>National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi also released the names of the other victims of the accident; Evermore Mhembere (40) of 1231 5th Crescent, Glen View 1 and Munyaradzi Chidamba (7) of 1231 5th Crescent Glen View 1, Harare. Asst Comm Nyathi said:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police expresses its deepests condolences to the bereaved families of three peoplewho died as a result of a Road Traffic Accident which occured near Skyline Tollgate along Masvingo Road on 15 February 2021 at around 1630 hours.</p>
<p>A Freightliner haulage truck encroached into the lane of oncoming traffic, resulting in a collision with a Toyota Rush vehicle with four people on board.</p>
<p>The Toyota Rush vehicle veered off the road, overturned and landed on its roof. The driver and the two passengers died on the spot while the fourth person sustained serious injuries.</p></blockquote>
<p>Asst Comm Nyathi urged motorists to be observant, exercise extreme caution, avoid speeding and to be conscious while on the roads.</p>


Top Cop Killed In Horror Accident

<p>Police have expressed concern over the rise in drowning cases countrywide with 483 cases recorded in 2020 compared to 411 cases in 2019.</p>
<p>In a press statement on Wednesday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi advised members of the public to be safety conscious as the rain season is still continuing. The statement read:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police reports that the country recorded a total of 483 cases of drowning for the period January to December 2020, compared to 411 cases recorded during the same period in 2019.</p>
<p>Of the 483 cases recorded in the year 2020, 26 cases were recorded in Harare, 7 in Bulawayo, 54 in Midlands, 55 in Manicaland, 55 in Masvingo, 30 in Mat North, 31 in Mat South, 58 in Mash East, 70 in Mash Central and 97 in Mash West.</p>
<p>In January 2021, a total of 59 cases of drowning were recorded in the country, compared to 71 cases recorded during the same period, in 2020.</p>
<p>It has been observed that more males drowned compared to females. In January 2021, 49 males drowned compared to 10 females.</p>
<p>Cases of drowning occur mostly when people attempt to cross flooded rivers, streams and other water points.</p>
<p>Children are drowning whilst playing or swimming in rivers, trenches and other water sources whilst some adults engage in fishing escapades using dingy boats or crafts which are not safe.</p>
<p>We also have people who try to cross rivers and streams using homemade boats and in the process drown.</p>
<p>As the rainy season is still continuing, the Police urge the public to be safety conscious and avoid crossing, fishing or allowing children to play in water bodies.</p></blockquote>


Police Concerned Over Spike In Drowning Cases Countrywide

<p>The ZANU PF politburo on Wednesday declared the late former police Deputy Commissioner Moses Griffiths Mpofu who died last week, a national hero.</p>
<p>This was revealed by ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu soon after the meeting held at the party’s headquarters in Harare. Said Mpofu:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Politburo has unanimously declared ZRP Deputy Commissioner (Retired) Cde Griffiths Mpofu as a national hero after considering the role he played during the liberation struggle and his position in the police force before his retirement.</p>
<p>He was consistent through and through and was very patriotic until the time of his death.</p></blockquote>
<p>Mpofu, who retired from the police force in December 2003, died last Friday at United Bulawayo Hospitals after a long illness.</p>
<p>In another development, Brigadier-General (Retired) Walter Epmarcus Kanhanga was appointed to the Politburo as a Committee member replacing the late national hero Air Chief Marshal (Retired) Perrance Shiri in Mashonaland Central.</p>
<p>ZANU PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo confirmed the latest development after Wednesday’s Politburo meeting. He said:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Politburo welcomed the President’s appointment of Cde Brigadier General (Rtd) Walter Kanhanga as a Politburo member (Committee Member) replacing the late Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Rtd) in Mashonaland Central.</p></blockquote>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/mpofu-declared-national-hero/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></strong></h4>


Mpofu Declared National Hero... Kanhanga Replaces Shiri In Politburo

<p>A 13-year-old boy from Nkululeko in Silobela, Midlands was electrocuted when he leaned against a ZESA powerline pole inside Nkululeko High Schoolyard.</p>
<p>Midlands provincial spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the tragic incident which occurred on Tuesday afternoon.</p>
<p>Mahoko said the boy, Luckmore Ngwenya, was herding cattle in the schoolyard together with his 17-year-old brother when the tragedy struck. Mahoko said:</p>
<blockquote><p>The scene has since been attended by the police and the body was taken to Gweru Provincial Hospital awating postmortem. Officials from the ZETDC also attended to the scene and investigations are still underway.</p></blockquote>
<p>The incident comes after another boy, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/11/11/gweru-student-electrocuted-another-falls-from-mango-tree/">Colleen Chinyemba, 15, who was doing Form 3 at Nkululeko High</a> was last year electrocuted while doing laundry in a tub at the school hostel.</p>
<p>Then an 1<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/09/04/11-year-old-bulawayo-boy-electrocuted-by-dangling-livewire/">1-year-old boy was last year September electrocuted</a> in a Bushy area near Nguboyenja flyover Bulawayo as he was searching for some wild fruits with his friends.</p>
<p>In the same month, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/09/04/fort-rixon-woman-electrocuted-at-a-bulawayo-zesa-substation/">a woman tragically lost her life</a> after she was electrocuted as she was relieving herself in a ZESA substation in Bulawayo.</p>
<p>Then another <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/02/06/15-year-old-bulawayo-girl-electrocuted-to-death-in-the-bathroom/">15-year-old girl from Nlumumani, Bulawayo was found unconscious</a> in their family residence’s bathroom in a suspected case of electrocution in February last year.</p>
<p>These cases have been on the rise recently and authorities blame faulty lines.</p>
<p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/just-in-boy-electrocuted-at-nkululeko-high/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></strong></p>


13-Year-Old Boy Electrocuted After Leaning On ZESA Pole

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<div dir="auto" lang="en">Susan made the remarks after her pictures with Chamisa made rounds on social media prompting sone to suggest that they had a romantic relationship. We present <a href="https://twitter.com/ChoosterIan/status/1361986894926651401" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Susan’s Twitter thread below</a>.</div>
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<div>The photos were being used to suggest that Susan <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Susan_Mutami">has been having affairs with a number of prominent politicians</a> in the country including the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/05/mliswas-ex-lover-claims-she-has-a-son-with-sb-moyo/">late former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sibusiso Moyo.</a></div>
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<div>Susan recently told the media that she has a son with Sibusiso Moyo.</div>
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<p>In 2014, Abbigail Muleya who is <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/16/vp-mohadi-using-drugs-to-enhance-his-performance-leaked-audios-with-alleged-married-lover-reveals/">alleged to be a mistress</a> to Vice President Kembo Mohadi got praises from the then-president of the United States of America Barak Obama for her resilience in the face of hurdles.</p>
<p>Abigal Muleya was drafted into the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a U.S. State Department initiative started by Obama, and travelled to the USA for a rigorous six-week leadership training at Tulane University in New Orleans.</p>
<p>The young lady had to travel two days from <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Binga">rural Binga</a> to Harare, hopping from bus to bus to attend an interview at the U.S. Embassy.</p>
<p>Muleya’s resolve fascinated the U.S. president, leading to him sharing her inspirational story at the end of the fellowship. Obama said in a speech to the fellows:</p>
<blockquote><p>Across the continent, young men and women set out on a journey in remote villages with no phones and internet, they navigated the back roads and traveled by bus and train to reach larger towns and cities just to get an online application from the program.</p>
<p>One young lady from Zimbabwe took a five-hour bus drive, then another six-hour bus drive, then another seven-hour bus drive. A two-day journey just to get her interview.</p>
<p>And among your ranks is that young woman from Zimbabwe who endured all those rides, so we wanna welcome Abbigal Muleya.</p>
<p>Where is Abbigal, where is Abbigal, where is she? There is Abbigal. That’s a lot of bus rides.</p></blockquote>
<p>Both Abbigail and her husband Jacob Mumpande are said to be members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and they are both attached to Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s office.</p>
<p>Mumpande allegedly dragged his cheating wife and confronted Mohadi at his Milcox Road house in Glen Lorne, Harare, over the affair on Sunday.</p>
<p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2021/02/17/from-gushing-obama-praise-to-cio-recruitment-meet-mohadis-mistress-abbigal-muleya/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">ZimLive</a></strong></p>


FLASHBACK: Obama's Praise For Mohadi's Alleged Mistress

<p>The Politburo has ignored a plea by ZANU PF officials in Matabeleland South province to accord the late Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu with the national hero status for his contribution to the struggle for black majority rule.</p>
<p>When ZANU PF officials visited Chief Maduna’s family to pay their condolences, they asked for his biography which they intended to use to apply for a national hero status to be bestowed on him.</p>
<p>However, the traditional leader was accorded a State-assisted burial by the government and will be buried this Wednesday at his rural home in Avoca, Filabusi in Insiza District. Maduna family spokesperson Mr Zwelithini Dlamini said:</p>
<blockquote><p>On behalf of the Chief Maduna family, we wish to confirm that the burial of the late Chief Vezi Maduna will be held on Wednesday 17 February 2021 at the Maduna homestead in Avoca, Filabusi.</p>
<p>All attendees are advised to wear their face masks properly and observe social distancing. This is a State-assisted burial.</p></blockquote>
<p>Chief Maduna (86) died on Saturday at his rural home after battling with diabetes for years.</p>
<p>He was also Senator Chief for Insiza, a member of the National Consultative Assembly for Zanu-PF and also served as the chairperson for Matabeleland South Provincial Assembly of Chiefs.</p>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/state-assisted-burial-for-chief-maduna/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></strong></h4>


Politburo Denies Chief Maduna Mafu National Hero Status

<p>Veteran pilot, Captain Judicat Jonas, who was the pilot-in-command on the B767-200ER flight that brought the 200 000 Sinopharm vaccines donated by China said the operation was an important one.</p>
<p>The flight consisted of 11 crew members – four pilots, two cabin crews, two engineers, load control, dispatcher and charters officer.</p>
<p>Speaking to <strong>The Herald</strong> on Tuesday, Capt Jonas said the crew’s key focus was to ensure that the preservation of the cargo until its final destination Harare. He said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Knowing the urgency and critical need we have as a nation for this vaccine given the loss of many citizens due to the pandemic, this was a very important operation for the good and benefit of the people of Zimbabwe.</p>
<p>The entire flight was very smooth with no challenges faced, quick turnaround times on the ground and the aircraft was in a perfectly serviceable condition having recently completed a major maintenance check and great teamwork from the rest of the crew.</p>
<p>Our key focus was to ensure we keep the cargo hold temperature within the required range for the preservation of the vaccine, right until its final destination Harare.</p></blockquote>
<p>Capt Jonas has a cumulative total of over 18 000 flight hours of which 10 145 hours are on the Boeing 767-200ER aircraft.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the B767-200ER, also known as Chimanimani, landed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport at 5.40 am on Monday.</p>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/veteran-pilots-mercy-flight/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Herald</a></strong></h4>


Veteran Pilot Speaks On Sinopharm Vaccine Flight

<p>The highly fatal and fast-spreading South African coronavirus variant now constitutes 61% of new infections in Zimbabwe, the government has said.</p>
<p>In a post-Cabinet press statement on Tuesday, the government said security services will further intensify movement restrictions across the country to enforce compliance with lockdown measures. The statement read:</p>
<blockquote><p>Cabinet wishes to inform the nation that results of the genomic sequencing recently conducted indicate that the type of COVID-19 virus that the nation had in 2020 has receded.</p>
<p>There is now a 61% dominance of the new South African variant of the COVID-19 virus, which spreads faster and has a higher fatality rate.</p>
<p>Accordingly, the nation now needs to be more vigilant than before and adhere to COVID-19 prevention and control measures.</p>
<p>Security personnel have, therefore, been directed to intensify monitoring and enforcement in order to enhance compliance.</p></blockquote>
<p>Meanwhile, the government said the vaccination of critical staff using the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China would commence this Thursday and would be voluntary and free.</p>
<p>The inoculation will be done in phases, with the first phase aimed at vaccinating 22% of the population. The Cabinet statement further read:</p>
<blockquote><p>The aim of the first phase is to vaccinate 22%, 18,4% under phase two; and 18,4% under phase three, thereby yielding a vaccinated population of nearly 60% of the population.</p></blockquote>
<h4><strong>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/02/govt-threatens-more-restrictions-as-anxiety-swirls-over-chinese-vaccine/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></strong></h4>


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