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A steep upward review in premiums by service providers and unexplained deductions by the Government have pushed civil servants deeper into poverty.
Last week, some teachers’ bank accounts were credited with as little as ZW$3 000 against a monthly family food basket of six pegged at about ZW$110 000.
A snap survey by the Zimbabwe Independent revealed that some funeral service providers increased premiums to about ZW$11 000.
Unions representing teachers accuse the Government of unilaterally deducting part of teachers’ salaries for taking part in a strike last term.
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou told the Zimbabwe Independent that the union was gathering evidence of such deductions for court action. Zhou said:
<blockquote>
I think it is mandatory that the government, through the parent ministry, tells us the criteria they are using to deduct the money. Why do they have to rob a poor man?
The deductions are illegal, callous and a monument to unfair labour practice.
Natural justice dictates that the principle of hearing the other side is fundamental before a decision is taken against anyone.
Therefore, if the employer, in its wisdom or lack of it, thought it had a case against the employees, due process was supposed to have been done, which is an investigation, preference of charges, inviting each employee for a hearing, carrying out the hearing then determination with reasons for the decision.
</blockquote>
An official from the Salary Services Bureau (SSB) told the publication that some teachers are now taking home less after one of the country’s leading funeral service providers increased premiums. Said the official:
<blockquote>
One of the leading funeral service providers increased premiums so much that some members had in excess of ZW$11 000 deducted.
My wife, who is a teacher, had a net salary of ZW$3 676,86 after the funeral service provider deducted ZW$11 160.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwean teachers earn gross monthly salaries ranging between ZW$20 000 (US$53) and ZW$30 000 (US$80).
Their South African counterparts earn an average of R24 000 (US$1 468) a month while teachers in Namibia earn about 12 900 NAD (US$866).
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2022/07/01/deductions-leave-teachers-in-penury/">The Independent</a></h4>

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Deductions Push Teachers Deeper Into Poverty

Police in Bulawayo have urged members of the public to share their problems with others so that they can find help rather than resort to taking their own lives.
This comes after a 37-year-old laboratory technician from Entumbane suburb committed suicide by hanging on Monday.
The now-deceased, Kelvin Magenende, left a note saying that he had failed his family.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Bulawayo Province, Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident to <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/i-failed-my-family-man-states-in-suicide-note/">Chronicle</a> on Thursday. He said:
<blockquote>
Police in Bulawayo are investigating a case of sudden death by hanging which occurred in Entumbane Suburb, Bulawayo on the 27th of June.
The deceased is a male adult aged 37 of Entumbane who was employed as a laboratory technician by the Ministry of Health and Child Care at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH).
On the 27th of June 2022 in the afternoon, a nine-year-old male juvenile who is the son of the now-deceased came back from school and found his father hanging from the roof truss.
The juvenile ran to a neighbour whom he told what he had seen. The neighbour advised the boy to go to the police.
</blockquote>
The boy then made a police report. At the scene, police found a suicide note in which the man said he loved his wife and she should take care of their two children since he had failed to cope with the situation. Added Ins Ncube:
<blockquote>
Preliminary investigations revealed that the now deceased had domestic disputes with his wife. The body was taken to UBH for post-mortem.
</blockquote>
According to last year’s World Health Organisation data on suicide, Zimbabwe has a suicide rate of 14 deaths per 100 000 people.
The report showed that Zimbabwean men are more prone to taking their own lives compared to women.
Zimbabwe was ranked 34th on a list of 182 countries, and the fifth in Africa, behind Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa and Botswana.
The country has experienced economic challenges over the past two decades characterised by high rates of unemployment, rising inflation, shortages of fuel, medicines, and running water, among other basics, as well as a repressive political system.
This could be a contributory factor to depression, despair and hopelessness which may push people t commit suicide.

"I Failed My Family", Technician (37) States In Suicide Note

Statement by the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Misheck Sibanda.
<h2>COMMEMORATION MESSAGE ON DR JOSHUA MQABUKO NYONGOLO NKOMO, LATE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, 1ST JULY, 2022</h2>
His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Cde. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa joins the Nkomo Family and the entire nation of Zimbabwe in commemorating the 23rd anniversary of the passing on of the national hero and former Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, on 1st July 1999.
“Chibwe Chitedza”, as Dr Nkomo came to be popularly known by his comrades-in-arms and the general populace, the late Father Zimbabwe epitomized a rare breed of dedicated sons of the soil who sacrificed the comfort of private life for the liberation of their motherland from the yoke of colonial bondage.
His exploits date back to the days of the African National Congress, through to the days of the National Democratic Party (NDP), the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU), and, ultimately, the united ZANU-PF, are well documented, and shall forever be imprinted in the history of our Nation, the SADC Sub-region, and of the African continent.
Dr Nkomo’s unrelenting fight for human dignity and social justice won him international acclaim and an indelible place in African history.
His fervency for the return of our principal heritage, Land, is well documented, and gave impetus to the historic Land Reform Programme which followed barely a year after his demise.
As the Forty-Second Anniversary of Heroes Day on 8th August 2022 approaches, we shall continue to cherish the values that Dr Nkomo stood for, among them unity, freedom, peace, patriotism, non-racialism, Unhu/Ubuntu, honesty, and selfless dedication to national duty.
The Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo Commendation Award for Community Development, Peace Building and Fostering Unity, which was established in 2021, is Government’s initiative to immortalise the late Vice President’s unparalleled contribution to Zimbabwe’s nationhood and to ensure that his legacy lives on.
Indeed, as the nation moves towards the attainment of Vision 2030, the foundational work of this great luminary continues to inspire and enlighten our path. We shall always remember and cherish Dr Nkomo’s achievement and vision.
May the soul of Umdala Wethu continue to rest in eternal peace.
Long live our Unity, Peace and Freedom, Long live Zimbabwe!

President Mnangagwa's Commemoration Message On Joshua Nkomo [Full Statement]

The latest World Bank report indicates that 40 per cent of Zimbabweans are living on less than US$1.90 a day.
The report is based on the multilateral institution’s Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), an interactive computational tool that allows users to replicate internationally comparable regional and country-level poverty estimates. It reads in part:
<blockquote>
Extreme poverty rate increased steadily between 2011 and 2020, only declining in 2021.
International poverty rate was 22% in 2011 and estimated to be 41% in 2021 and 40% in 2022.
Although poverty remains an overwhelmingly rural phenomenon, it has increased relatively faster in urban areas leading to the urbanisation of poverty.
Zimbabwe’s PPP was half the level in sub-Saharan African in 2011, but by 2019, it was on par with the rest of the continent (42%).
Inequality has also increased over the last decade, with the Gini coefficient increasing from 42 in 2011 to 50,3 in 2019 — among the highest in the world.
</blockquote>
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) on Saturday revealed that the country’s annual inflation rose to 191.6 per cent in June from 131.7 per cent in May.
ZIMSTAT also revealed that the food poverty line (FPL) for one person in June was $13 875 and the total consumption poverty line stood at $18 425.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/07/64m-zimbos-living-in-extreme-poverty/">NewsDay</a></h4>

40% Of Zimbabweans Living In Extreme Poverty - World Bank

Selina Tadya, the mother of missing St Mathias Tsonzo High School learner, Livingstone Sunhwa, believes her son was murdered and wants his spirit to torment the killers.
Livingstone went missing from the Anglican Church-run school on 6 December after he was briefly arrested by the police for stealing snacks from the school’s tuckshops.
Human remains that are suspected to be Livingstone’s were discovered last Friday in a thicket that is a stone’s throw from the school.
Speaking to The Manica Post, Tadya revealed that the body parts were strewn all over the place, with some of them missing. She said:
<blockquote>
It is like a part of my soul has been removed. It is painful for a parent to lose a child. Only affected parents can relate to what I am going through.
The fact that he disappeared at the hands of those who were supposed to take care of him makes the pain worse.
Whoever is responsible was insensitive and should have considered the life of my child. 
I feel a lot of pain and emotional trauma far beyond imagination. His spirit should fight back and torment his killers.
Fight your killers my son. Never give them rest. Fight until they own up and disclose the whole truth about what happened to you.
No amount of appeasement can bring back my son. Money does not buy life. I just want them to suffer the same ordeal my son went through.
What can they do to replace Livingstone? Where will I find him?
</blockquote>
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) took over the investigations into Livingstone’s disappearance and is in the process of conducting DNA tests to establish whether the human remains are Livingstone’s.
Tadya said she single-handedly laboured to raise Livingstone and his sister, Pride, following the death of their father in 2010. She said:
<blockquote>
When you lose a husband, you become a widow; when you lose your parents, you become an orphan; but when you lose your child, there is not even a term for it.
That is how awful it is. I am barely existing. I have spent every waking moment trying not to think about what happened to my son.
I never imagined picking his scattered bones, I had hoped to find him alive. I lost my breath when I saw his shoes, belt and those remains. Our family is failing to accept this.
Since the discovery of the human remains, nobody from the school or the church has reached out to us. Nobody has come just to empathise with us or just to say they are sorry – just a sorry.
On Sunday, we went to the school with the intention of proceeding to the scene where the remains were discovered. The headmaster was present but he refused to come out and meet us.
Till this day (Tuesday), I have not received any message from either the school or the church despite the fact that my son disappeared from their institution.
Are they saying Livingstone never existed at St Mathias Tsonzo?
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.manicapost.co.zw/livingstones-mother-opens-up/">The Manica Post</a></h4>

Livingstone’s Mother Wants Son's "Spirit" To Torment "Killers"

President Emmerson Mnangagwa said that the nation should keep alive the memory of the late Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo from generation to generation in honour of his contribution to the country’s struggle for independence.
Posting on his social media pages, Mnangagwa said it is “a duty” for current national leaders to commemorate the life of “Father Zimbabwe”. He wrote:
<blockquote>
The memory of the late veteran nationalist and one of the country’s founding fathers, Dr Joshua Nkomo, must be kept alive from generation to generation in honour of his contribution to the liberation of Zimbabwe.
It is the duty for us the leaders today to make sure that we observe and commemorate his life.
We remember him for his contribution and sacrifice throughout his life,he lived for this country, he struggled for this country,he went to war for this country.
There are people who initiated African nationalism in this country and Father Zimbabwe is one of those icons of our liberation struggle.
It is therefore critically important that we continuously commemorate and remember him because he is the foundation of our nation.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the ZIPRA War Veterans Association wants the government to declare 1 July a public holiday to honour Nkomo for his contribution to the liberation and development of the country.
“Father Zimbabwe” or “Umdla Wethu”, as Nkomo was affectionately known, died on 1 July 1999.
Nkomo was the leader of ZAPU and its military wing ZIPRA during the liberation struggle.
He was made Vice President in 1987 after ZANU and ZAPU signed the Unity Accord to unite and end the mid-80s Gukurahundi killings.

The Memory Of Joshua Nkomo Must Be Kept Alive - ED

The ZIPRA War Veterans Association wants the government to declare 1 July a public holiday to honour the late former Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo for his contribution to the liberation and development of the country.
“Father Zimbabwe” or “Umdla Wethu”, as Nkomo was affectionately known, died on 1 July 1999.
ZIPRA war veterans believe Nkomo should be remembered for his sacrifices for the country’s liberation from colonialists.
Speaking to Southern Eye on Thursday, ZIPRA War Veterans Association secretary-general Petros Sibanda said:
<blockquote>
We realise that his works were great such that July 1 must be declared a Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Day or Father Zimbabwe Day.
We also urge all combatants and political parties to attend the event.
</blockquote>
Sibanda said they have planned events for this Friday in commemoration of the late Vice president. He said:
<blockquote>
We have realised in the 23 years after his passing on nothing is being done by the authorities to remember Nkomo.
Nkomo was our ZIPRA commander in chief and as veterans, we feel that we need to begin this programme to commemorate his death and educate our children and generations to come about the role he played for us to be independent, as well as the role he played towards the independence of other African countries.
We have planned that on July 2 (tomorrow) we will meet at Masotsha avenue and march through Joshua Nkomo street to his statue where revolutionary speeches will be made.
There is only one Nkomo statue in Bulawayo, but his statues must be installed in all towns because Nkomo was a national leader.
In Mashonaland, they referred to him as Chibwechitedza. In Matabeleland South, they called him Hamatsatsi, and in other areas, he was called Umdala Wethu.
The late South African leader Nelson Mandela and the late Zambian leader Kenneth Kaunda looked up to Nkomo as an elder.
</blockquote>
Nkomo was the leader of ZAPU and its military wing ZIPRA during the liberation struggle.
He was made Vice President in 1987 after ZANU and ZAPU signed the Unity Accord to unite and end the mid-80s Gukurahundi killings.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/07/zipra-demands-public-holiday-for-nkomo/">NewsDay</a></h4>

ZIPRA Veterans Want 1 July Declared Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Day

The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) has fired seven cashiers at Flamingo tollgate in Gweru while eight other cashiers at the same post resigned after they were caught stealing millions of dollars.
This was revealed by Acting ZINARA chief executive officer Gilfern Moyo while addressing a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) – ZINARA roundtable dialogue and training workshop for ZINARA integrity committee members in Gweru on Thursday, 30 June. Said Moyo:
<blockquote>
At Flamingo toll gate in Gweru, we were faced with a theft scandal involving millions of dollars.
Seven cashiers were dismissed after they were found guilty of the counts they were facing.
Eight of them resigned before the internal process commenced while two were acquitted at the end of the internal process.
</blockquote>
Moyo commended ZACC for having alerted ZINARA of the misappropriation of funds that was taking place at the tollgate. He said:
<blockquote>
ZINARA instituted thorough investigations after receiving a tip-off from ZACC last year that some employees stationed at the Flamingo tollgate in Gweru were abusing the ZINARA prepaid cards.
That is the partnership we are looking for and that is why we have the integrity committee in place. We don’t condone corruption.
</blockquote>
Moyo also revealed that ZINARA was increasing surveillance at tollgates in order to curb the leakage of funds. Said Moyo:
<blockquote>
We are beefing up the ICT department, we have installed CCTV at tollgates but at times we are shocked to find some disconnected at tollgates.
The reason given is that when there is a power outage, they fail to get them running. 
Statistics have shown that where CCTV is not functioning or where there is a manual tolling system, revenue inflows plummet drastically and that is why we need to computerise operations.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/million-dollar-theft-7-tollgate-cashiers-fired/">Chronicle</a></h4>

ZINARA Fires 7 Tollgate Cashiers Over Theft Scandal

In a case of abuse of power by traditional leaders, a Gokwe woman had to travel 55 kilometres on foot to Chief Nemangwe’s place in her quest for justice after she was allegedly banished from her village after she turned down a local village head love proposal.
Writing for The Guiding Star, Perseverance Javangwe said the woman, identified as Mai Masvibiriri, was told to vacate her place by the headman in the village after she allegedly turned down the headman’s love proposal.
The village head allegedly want to give the plot to his alleged girlfriend identified as Tunye Dhlana.
Mai Masvibiriri told the publication that she was given the place by the headman identified as Sabhuku Mupasiwa five years back when her husband was still alive but sick during that time.
Following her husband’s death last year, Headman Mupasiwa allegedly proposed love to her but she spurned the proposal.
This reportedly did not go down well with the traditional leader, prompting him to notify Masvibiriri that she should vacate the premises and find another place to live. Speaking to The Guding Star, Masvibiriri said:
<blockquote>
When my husband fell sick we were given a place to stay. While there, my husband passed on and the headman advised that he be buried where we stay since it was his will. 
The headman is now proposing love to me but I turned him dome. So because I refused, he is now saying I should leave my stand and find another place to stay in order to make way for his girlfriend.
Last year, his girlfriend came and marked a place just behind my house and built a foundation there. I then went and reported the issue at the Chief’s kraal.
But, before that, the headman reported the issue to Chief Ngomeni and I felt cheated because he did not do justice to the issue, so I went to Chief Nemangwe to report the case.
Chief Nemangwe advised the headman to find another place for his girlfriend, but when we returned the headman went against that.
I then called Chief Nemangwe who then sent his police officer who came and told me that considering I was given the place by the headman no one was supposed to remove me there.
The headman kept coming until one day he said “you are not supposed to be here, I told you to find another place.”
Now they keep reporting me to the police and if I go to the police, the headman does not show up for discussions on the issue.
When I went to Gokwe, the police said I should return home since he did not show up. 
I have gone to Gokwe three times and they keep saying no one showed up and I always return home empty-handed.
On top of that, I have a challenge with transport expenses which I cannot afford.
</blockquote>
This prompted the woman to travel to Chief Nemangwe’s court on foot through thickets, a distance of 55km.
However, Headman Mupasiwa refuted the allegations levelled against him saying he was cleared by the Chief in the matter and was advised to leave the two women to deal with the situation on their own.
The Guiding Star reported a source as saying Village Head Mupasiwa is a habitual womaniser and Mai Masvibiriri was being punished for refusing to bed the traditional leader. Said the source:
<blockquote>
What l know about Village Head Mupasiwa is that he is adulterous, and also goes after widows in our societies.
</blockquote>
Chief Nemangwe could not be reached for a comment on this issue as his mobile phone was unreachable.
<h4>More: <a href="https://theguidingstar.cvz.org.zw/2022/06/30/struggles-of-a-rural-woman-1-gokwe-women-travel-50km-on-foot-to-seek-justice-at-chiefs-place/">The Guiding Star</a></h4>

Gokwe Woman "Banished" For Rejecting Village Head's Love Proposal

A three-year-old girl from Odzi died after an ox-drawn scotch cart she was riding overturned and trapped her underneath.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Manicaland Province Inspector Norbert Muzondo said the scotch cart overturned after it hit a neighbour’s gate and killed Lavender Warinda. Said Insp Muzondo:
<blockquote>
Lavender Warinda died after the scotch cart she was travelling in on their way to the field overturned after hitting a neighbour’s gate.
She was in the company of her 14-year-old brother when the incident happened. No one was leading the cattle.
</blockquote>
In December last year, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/12/30/baby-ran-over-by-a-scotch-cart-while-its-mother-was-harvesting-mopani-worms/">an infant was killed when a scotch cart</a> ran over the child along Georgia-Garanyemba Road, Guyu.
The mother had left the child lying by the roadside and was harvesting Mopani worms from nearby bushes.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.manicapost.co.zw/new-toddler-killed-in-scotch-cart-accident/">The Manica Post</a></h4>

Girl (3) Killed In Scotch Cart Accident

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred Liberation War Hero status to two war veterans from Bulawayo Province who both died last week.
Both Themba Mlala (65) and Rogers Ngugama Hlabano (91) died on June 23 at Mpilo Central Hospital.
Hlabano will be buried on Thursday, 30 June at Maraposa village, Umguza under Chief Deli, Matabeleland North Province.
Mlala, whose war pseudo name was “Simon Mabhatshi”, will be buried at Ngombane village under Chief Mabhikwa, Lupane over the weekend.
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu has requested the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Mischeck Sibanda to make the usual arrangements for burial and payment of benefits to both families.
Meanwhile, another war veteran Mafukanyika Dube (64) has died.
Dube died on 26 June at his Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo.
Dube, whose war de Guerre name was “Sihle Khumalo” will also be buried at the weekend at Chibako village under Chief Bhango in Matabeleland South Province.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/three-war-veterans-die-in-bulawayo/">Chronicle</a></h4>

Three War Veterans Die In Bulawayo

The Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), formerly the Civil Service Apex Council, has demanded an apology from the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, George Guvamatanga for his recent remarks on civil servants’ pre-October 2018 salaries.
Addressing the media alongside treasury boss Mthuli Ncube on Monday, Guvamatanga claimed that civil servants never earned US$540 as of pre-October 2018.
ZCPSTU on Wednesday said they were “disturbed” by the comments and demanded that Guvamatanga apologise. The union said:
<blockquote>
We are disturbed by the misleading utterances by the Finance Secretary. He referred to the official exchange rate of 2.5, of which, if he was in the country at that material time, he would know there was only one currency, the USD.
It is our contention that the secretary misinformed the nation and would do well to honourably apologise.
</blockquote>
ZCPSTU has also rejected the 100% salary increment by the government to be effected on 1 July 2022, calling it “a non-event”.
Civil servants and government representatives met almost a fortnight ago under the National Joint Negotiating Committee (NJNC) to deliberate on civil servants’ salaries and conditions of service.
The meeting ended in a deadlock after civil servants rejected a 100 per cent salary hike and instead demanded the restoration of their pre-October 2018 salaries. ZCPSTU said:
<blockquote>
The much-touted ZWL Cost of Living Adjustment to be effected on July 1, 2022, was flatly rejected by the workers at the last NJNC meeting of June 17, 2022, and therefore is a non-event.
At that said NJNC, we advised the government not to bring to the bargaining table a ZWL offer for obvious reasons.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/civil-servants-reject-100-salary-increment/">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Civil Servants Demand Apology From Guvamatanga

A Chinese contractor has refuted claims that they will install listening devices in Zimbabwe’s new parliament building to extract sensitive conversations from the Zimbabwean Government.
The new Parliament building which is located in Mount Hampden is set to be the new seat of government.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, Shanghai construction group project manager Cai Libo dismissed the eavesdropping claims. He said:
<blockquote>
Zimbabwe and China are all-weather friends, as friends you do not do such kinds of things to your friends.
As the contractors, we are working here, we are friends, and we have no interest to do that.
In recent years, China helped Africa in all ways, we build a lot of infrastructures like hospitals, schools, roads and other things to help African countries.
</blockquote>
The building was funded by the Chinese government through ChinaAid to the tune of US$100 million.
Critics have questioned China’s motives in building such a costly structure for Zimbabwe for free.
Some have claimed that China was granted permission by the government to freely exploit minerals and other resources from Zimbabwe in return.
China has provided soft loans for the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and Hwange Thermal Power Plant expansion projects, among others.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/new-parly-building-chinese-contractor-dismisses-bugging-claims/">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Chinese Contractor Says They Won't "Bug" Zim's New Parliament Building

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday said that he wasn’t able to enjoy public life anymore as he was always surrounded by scores of armed bodyguards.
Security was visibly tight at the shopping mall, as well as in surrounding areas such as Newlands.
Addressing businesspeople at the official opening of the Highlands Park Shopping Mall in Highlands, Harare, constructed by Telecel Africa, Mnangagwa said:
<blockquote>
I have not been on a village walk or taken a walk for some time because I am surrounded by over 100 security details.
I don’t know even how to use a swipe card. I even sent my nephew to swipe for me and he had to ask me to give him my PIN code.
</blockquote>
The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana, <a href="https://twitter.com/nickmangwana/status/1542143742563520512">said</a> the President bought bread, cooking oil, rice, mealie meal, meat, drinks and potatoes at the shopping mall.
In June 2018, a grenade explosion killed two people at a campaign rally that was addressed by Mnangagwa at White City Stadium in Bulawayo, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-zimbabwe-politics-idUKKBN1JP0T2">reported Reuters</a>.
Dozens were injured by the blast, including the then Vice President, Kembo Mohadi and the ZANU PF national chairman, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/06/im-not-free-anymore-ed/">NewsDay</a></h4>

I'm Not Free Anymore - Mnangagwa

The People’s Republic of China has donated to Zimbabwe the recently completed US$100 million new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden, about 23km from Harare.
China funded the construction of the structure for Zimbabwe to boost friendship and solidarity between the two countries which dates back to the days of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle when the Asian nation supplied weapons and trained fighters.
Addressing reporters during a familiarisation tour of the new Parliament building, Shanghai Construction group manager Libo Cai said:
<blockquote>
Zimbabwe’s new Parliament building is one of the most important projects in the China-Africa cooperation exercise, which is aimed at strengthening solidarity between the people of Zimbabwe and China while improving facilities in Parliament to ensure better services to Zimbabweans at large.
The project strongly supports democracy in Zimbabwe, while boosting the country’s image.
</blockquote>
The building, funded by the Chinese government through ChinaAid, consists of the National Assembly which can accommodate 350 people, while the Senate has 100 seats.
The seats are of different sizes to cater for both the slim and heavily built Members of Parliament (MPs).
Work on the project commenced in November 2018 but its completion was delayed by the coronavirus crisis.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/06/china-donates-new-parliament-building-to-zim/">NewsDay</a></h4>

China Donates New Parliament Building To Zimbabwe

The Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) annual general meeting (AGM) that was set to be held on 30 June 2022 has been cancelled.
In a statement, Public Service Commission (PSC) secretary Jonathan Wutawunashe said the PSMAS AGM has been cancelled in order to allow the forensic audit that has commenced to be completed first. Said Wutawunashe:
<blockquote>
The Regulator has advised that the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) AGM that was scheduled for the 30th of June 2022 has been cancelled on his orders in order to allow the forensic audit that has commenced to be completed first.
Civil servants who are members of PSMAS and were planning to attend the AGM should therefore not travel for purposes of attending the AGM, but instead, report for duty at their workstations as usual.
Government remains committed to sustainable, efficient and reliable health care services for its workers, as part of the broad non-monetary benefits.
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PSMAS Annual General Meeting Cancelled At The Eleventh Hour

The government says it is committed to paying farmers on time for grain delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB).
Addressing journalists at a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare on Tuesday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, said a total of ZWL$748 million and US$2 million have already been paid to the farmers. Said Mutsvangwa:
<blockquote>
Cabinet received an update on the 2022/2023 Cereal Marketing Season and 2022 Winter Wheat Production as presented by the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Honourable Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka.
The nation is informed that the grain marketing season commenced on 1st April 2022, with substantial stocks carried over from the previous season.
Government is committed to paying farmers on time. The grain intake as of 22 June 2022 was 20 626 metric tonnes (MT).
The value of the grain delivered so far is ZW$1.8 Billion and USD2.12 million with ZW$748 million and US$2 million having already been paid to the farmers.
</blockquote>
She also said grain millers are set to import 400 000 MT of maize from Malawi and Zambia while wheat farmers have planted 75 000 hectares of land for this season. Mutsvangwa said:
<blockquote>
The nation is further informed that it is anticipated that deliveries will peak around July to September, before declining in November.
The grain Millers have concluded import contracts of 400 000 MT from Malawi and Zambia. It has been indicated that Social Welfare will require 30 000 MT every month.
Regarding the 2022 Winter Wheat Production, the nation is informed that the target was to plant 75 000 hectares and produce 383 000 MT, which will be sufficient to meet the country’s needs.
Despite challenges with the late start of commencement of the winter season due to a delayed summer rainfall season, the area planted to date is 100% of the target.
</blockquote>

Farmers Get Paid For Grain Deliveries To GMB

Teachers at a school in Matabeleland North’s Bubi district have fled from the school after they were sexually attacked by mysterious things believed by locals to be goblins. 
Majiji Primary School’s development committee chairperson (DCC) John Sibanda told <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/06/goblins-shut-down-school/">Southern Eye</a> that a prophet from an Apostolic sect was invited to perform a cleansing ritual at the school which has virtually shut down. Sibanda said:
<blockquote>
Unfortunately, the results did not satisfy the community members after the situation got worse. A meeting was held and it was decided that those with spiritual powers should be called in to assist remove the goblins.
Madzibaba visited the school last week and performed his magic, unfortunately, the ceremony did not yield the desired results because the abuse by goblins has escalated even more.
</blockquote>
Sibanda said another meeting was held last week with different stakeholders at the school, which included village heads, the councillor and parents.
He said parents of learners at the school were fuming saying Madzibaba failed to remove the goblins. Added Sibanda:
<blockquote>
He only captured a small snake from a male teacher’s cottage. The community now claim that the captured snake is the same as other snakes that are usually found at Majiji and other surrounding communities in Mbembeswana.
The school is now empty because lessons have been disturbed for a full week after teachers left to flee the goblins. The female teachers who were terrorised by the goblins came back last Sunday, but complained that the situation has actually gotten worse. They did not sleep last night.
</blockquote>
Sibanda said different prophets were asked to assist, but only Madzibaba turned up.
Ward 4 councillor Danisa Siwela said more spiritual healers are needed to assist the school.
Villagers told Southern Eye that the owners of the goblins must be exposed.
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Teachers Flee From School After Being Attacked By Goblins - Report

A <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/06/27/celebrity-make-up-artist-to-be-questioned-over-her-husbands-death/">make-up artist</a> whose clients include some of Harare’s rich and famous has been arrested after her husband was found dead at their rented Greendale home early Saturday.
Tawanda Gregory Bobo, 41, was found hanging from a guava tree with two neckties at the Greengroove Drive house. Police believe the scene was staged after Bobo was found in a sitting position, with the jeans he was wearing disposed of in the dump 15 meters away.
The body had two neck-ties and a pair of trousers, soiled with faeces, was found near a garbage pit in the backyard.
The wife, Deliwe Chipo Mutandiro (30), together with her sister, Debra Mutandiro (38) have been arrested.
It is alleged that Deliwe left the house to attend to a wedding client in Ruwa around 3 am, and was informed about the death by her maid who discovered Tawanda’s body dangling from a 1.5m guava tree.
Harare provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Julius Chakanza, confirmed the case, saying police were suspecting foul play. He told <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/suspicious-death/?fbclid=IwAR2G1nePFFciqFQwP7RKNQCDqYx1T3vXUkOHrAlVywb3CvYTMAq1erW1wPE">H-Metro</a>:
<blockquote>
Police are suspecting foul play in the death of a Greendale man who was found tied to a guava tree on Saturday.
Foul play is suspected and the deceased’s wife and her sister have been picked for questioning and are leading police with investigations.
Circumstances were that on 25 June, 2022, at around 0100 hours, the deceased, his wife and his wife’s sister, arrived home from work.
The now deceased and his wife proceeded to their bedroom.
After a few minutes, the two were heard arguing over an undisclosed matter, by their maid.
The maid intervened and the deceased was reported to have gone out of the house to feed his dogs.
At around 0300 hours, Deliwe and her sister left the house to attend to a client, who was having a wedding in Ruwa.
At around 0630 hours, a co-tenant saw the lifeless body hanging from a guava tree in the yard.
She alerted the maid who in turn advised Deliwe of the development.
The deceased’s mouth was swollen, one of his trousers was found in the bedroom with blood stains and another (pair of) trousers stained with poop was found in the yard near a garbage pit.
A kitchen knife was also found near the garbage pit, the maid last saw the deceased wearing the trousers found near the garbage pit.
</blockquote>
Speaking to <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/suspicious-death/?fbclid=IwAR2G1nePFFciqFQwP7RKNQCDqYx1T3vXUkOHrAlVywb3CvYTMAq1erW1wPE">H-Metro</a> yesterday, one of Deliwe’s co-tenants, said they were still traumatised. She said:
<blockquote>
The first person who saw the body was my little sister and after that encounter she could not attend class and even up to now she is still traumatised…
This honestly doesn’t seem like a suicide because even if you check the tree where he was found hanging from, it doesn’t make sense.
</blockquote>
Reports say Deliwe’s misunderstanding with Tawanda emanated from a party, where the former was found dancing seductively.
Deliwe and Debra are expected to appear in court today.
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Update: Celebrity Make-up Artist And Her Sister Arrested Over Husband's Death

One schoolchild died on the spot while four others escaped with injuries after they were hit by a car while waiting for transport at the Zhombe East turnoff.
<a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/one-killed-four-injured-as-car-hits-five-students/">The Chronicle</a> reports that the incident happened at a bus stop on Friday at the 50km peg, along the Kwekwe-Gokwe road around 4 PM.
The pupils, who were coming from school, were waiting at the bus stop for transport to take them home when the tragic incident happened.
Midlands Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident. He said:
<blockquote>
One juvenile, who was on his way from school, died on the spot while four others were injured when they were hit by a motor vehicle while they were waiting for transport at a bus stop. The accident occurred at 50km peg on June 24 at around 4PM.
</blockquote>
Insp Mahoko said Irvine Phiri (45) was driving a Mazda Familia motor vehicle along Gokwe – Kwekwe road with four passengers on board.
Upon approaching the 50km peg, he lost control resulting in the vehicle, veering off the road and hitting the five children.
All five children fell on the tarred road and Tinotenda Siphelani died on the spot while the other four sustained multiple injuries.
The matter was reported to the police while Siphelani’s body was conveyed to Zhombe Mission Hospital awaiting post-mortem. 
The four injured were also rushed to the same hospital for treatment and were further referred to Kwekwe General Hospital for further management.
Police are appealing to drivers to exercise maximum caution and adhere to all road traffic regulations including reducing speed when approaching pedestrians and school children.
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Schoolchild Dies, Four Others Injured After Being Hit By A Car At A Bus Stop

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commissioned a US$300m spodumene lithium project by SinoMine a Chinese company with anticipation of changing the fortunes of Bikita Minerals which has one of the largest deposits of the mineral in the world.
<a href="https://midweekwatch.co.zw/ed-commissions-us300m-bikita-lithium-project/bridget/">The Midweek Watch’s Bridget Mutukwa</a> reports that the commissioning was done on Friday last week at a ceremony held at Bikita Minerals’ Lithium Stadium and was attended by thousands of people including Vice President Constantino Chiwenga.
SinoMine, a Chinese mining company bought Bikita Minerals from shareholders including Dzikamai Mavhaire and they are pouring over US$200 million into building a new processing plant while expanding operations.
Bikita Minerals is Zimbabwe’s oldest miner of lithium-bearing minerals having operated in Masvingo Province for over 70 years, but has only been producing petalite, which is used mainly in the glass and ceramics industry.
SinoMine now plans to build a plant to process spodumene lithium, a concentrate used by battery and solar manufacturers as the country moves towards the use of clean energy and securing a strategic position in the global lithium market. The manufacture of electric vehicles has increased demand for lithium which is essential for the production of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries.
SinoMine is set to have a 110km 132kVA power line from Mashava substation to Bikita to feed its operations at the mine as part of its long-term investment.
SinoMine said they are working in line with the Government’s call for the value addition of all minerals mined in the country so that the nation benefits more from its natural resources. SinoMine said:
<blockquote>
After the completion of the expansion and construction, we will our annual turnover will be US$500m, which also means that the Government will get more tax from the company.
</blockquote>
Apart from the huge investments the company promised to engage in social responsibility projects for the Bikita community so that they also benefit from the natural resources.
President Mnangagwa pledged to visit the mine in the next two years to monitor production progress as well as to check on promised community projects.
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President Mnangagwa Commissions US$300m Lithium Project By SinoMine

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has agreed to increase the bank’s policy rate from 80 per cent to 200 per cent. <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/06/27/fact-zimbabwes-interest-rate-is-the-highest-in-the-world/">An article published</a> by Pindula News earlier this Monday observed that the rate was already the highest in the world at 80 per cent. Reads a statement by RBZ Governor John Mangudya:
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<h2>RESOLUTIONS OF THE MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 24 JUNE 2022</h2>
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (the Bank) met on 24 June 2022 and deliberated on macroeconomic and financial developments in the economy. The MPC also deliberated on the progress made in the implementation of measures announced by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe on 7 May 2022, which measures, the MPC noted, had begun to bear fruit, with the convergence of the auction and the willing-buyer willing-seller foreign exchange rates.
</blockquote>

<ul>
<li class="entry-title"><a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/04/05/explainer-of-rbzs-recent-move-to-raise-interest-rates/">Explainer Of RBZ’s Recent Move To Raise Interest Rates</a></li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
The MPC expressed great concern on the recent rise in inflation, which increased to 30.7% on a month-on-month basis for June 2022 thereby increasing the year-on-year inflation for June 2022 to 191.6%. The Committee noted that the increase in inflation was undermining consumer demand and confidence and that, if not controlled, it would reverse the significant economic gains achieved over the past two years. In that 
regard, the MPC resolved to put in place the following measures to align the interest rates with the inflation developments, enhance circulation of foreign exchange and introduce an investment instrument to assist holders to store value in gold coins:
<h2>Interest Rates and Statutory Reserves</h2>
The MPC reviewed interest rates and statutory reserves with effect from 1st July 2022 as follows:
i. Increasing the Bank policy rate from 80% to 200% per annum; 
ii. Increasing the Medium Term Accommodation interest rate from 50% to 100% per annum; 
iii. Increasing the minimum deposit rate for ZW$ savings from the current 12,5% to 40% per annum and increasing the minimum rate for ZW$ time deposits from 25% to 80% per annum; and
iv. Maintaining the Statutory Reserve Requirements at the current levels of 10% for demand and call deposits and 2.5% for savings and time deposits.
<h2>Liquidation of Unutilised Retained Export Receipts</h2>
In order to enhance the circulation of foreign currency in the economy, as well as to support the willing-buyer willing-seller foreign exchange market, the MPC resolved to maintain the current export retention thresholds across the various sectors of the economy and that 25% of the unutilised export receipts shall be liquidated at the willing-buyer willing-seller exchange rate after 120 days from the date of receipt of 
the export proceeds.
<h2>Introduction of Gold Coins as a Store of Value </h2>
The MPC resolved to introduce gold coins into the market as an instrument that will enable investors to store value. The gold coins will be minted by Fidelity Gold Refineries (Private) Limited and will be sold to the public through normal banking channels.
<h2>Forward Market for Foreign Currency</h2>
Having noted the widespread use of forward pricing in foreign exchange by some economic agents, the MPC resolved that mechanisms to formalise forward pricing arrangements should be created through the development of a market for forward exchange rates. The appropriate measures in this regard will be announced in due course.
John P Mangudya 
Governor 
27 June 2022
</blockquote>
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FULL TEXT: RBZ Increases Bank Policy Rate From 80% To 200% Per Annum

Botswana police have arrested a Motswana along the country’s border with Zimbabwe after trying to smuggle 1 450 litres of petrol into Zimbabwe.
Police in Tshesebe recovered the fuel from the suspect along the Botswana-Zimbabwe border.
Tshesebe Police Station commander, Amos Kekgathetse told local media that the suspect was caught with 58 containers of 25 litres filled with petrol at Moroka village, a few kilometres from the border. Kekgathetse said:
<blockquote>
The suspect, who was travelling alone at the time, is still in police custody.
Some of the charges he is facing include failure to package hazardous goods in a prescribed container, driving hazardous goods without a hazardous [product] licence.
</blockquote>
Kekgathetse said the seized petrol will be confiscated as prescribed by the Botswana Energy Regulatory Authority Act.
Kekgathetse said criminals use illegal routes to transport fuel to avoid paying tax at the Ramokgwebana border post. 
Fuel is expensive in Zimbabwe compared to its regional counterparts. 
Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa’s borders, reported to be very porous, are being used by criminals and tax evaders for smuggling goods and even human beings.
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A Motswana Arrested For Trying To Smuggle Fuel To Zimbabwe

ZANU PF chairlady for Nyatsime Ward 9, Tina Gweshe, has died just hours after the death of George Murambatsvina, the party’s chairperson for Nyatsime.
Murabatsvina, the man amongst others who barred <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change">Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> supporters from mourning their slain colleague <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Moreblessing_Ali">Moreblessing Ali</a> at her home in Nyatsime.
Murambatsvina is said to have died after a short illness.
The ZANU-PF Nyatsime ward 9 Chairlady reportedly died at a local hospital today.
Like Murambatsvina, she was allegedly part of a grouping which was barring mourners from attending Moreblessing Ali’s funeral.
Meanwhile, two theories have been thrown already to explain the deaths. Some say it is Moreblessing Ali’s avenging spirit killing them while some argue that it could be the ruling ZANU PF killing them to get rid of any evidence that proves that Ali’s death was politically-motivated. Said one commentator:
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<div dir="auto">This could be Zanu-Pf itself, clearing evidence. Politics hadzina kuchipa idzi</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
Another one said:
<blockquote>
Vana Chimwene havabatwi munopera rudzi rwese [you don’t kill people with Malawi origins and expect to get away with it.] 
</blockquote>
Ali was abducted on the 24th of May by one <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Pius_Jamba">Pius Mukandi</a> alias <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Pius_Jamba">Jamba</a> at Chibhanguza bar in Beatrice. Her mutilated body was discovered on the 11th of June in a well in the same area.
The opposition CCC claims that the abduction and murder of the activist were politically-motivated. The ruling ZANU PF dismisses the claims, rather dismisses it as a domestic violence case.
Police say preliminary results from investigations do not suggest that the incident was political in nature. 
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Another ZANU PF Leader In Nyatsime Has Died

The former president of the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Congress_of_Trade_Unions">Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)</a>, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Peter_Mutasa">Peter Mutasa</a> has said trade unionist, Robert Muwawa who was reportedly abducted after leading a strike at Strauss Logistics is alive.
The drivers at Strauss Logistics embarked on industrial action over “victimisation in the transport industry,” according to the Zimbabwe Truck Drivers Union which represents haulage truck drivers.
The union said Muwawa, Strauss Logistics Workers Committee Secretary, went missing on Wednesday afternoon after receiving threatening calls from Assistant Inspector Mutema from <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Republic_Police">Zimbabwe Republic Police</a> (ZRP) Southerton.
In an update, Mutasa said Muwawa was found in “a bush and picked up by good Samaritans.” He added:
<blockquote>
 He is not too well We will be advised of his condition by the family and union @haulage_union We must not allow this in our country and in the labour market
<h2>MAFIA STATE </h2>
Zimbabwe has joined Colombia, Guatemala etc in terms of abduction and torture of trade unionists for leading a strike It is sad how Robert Muwawa was treated for leading a strike at Strauss Logistics Who is behind this? Who is Strauss Logistics?
Although brutalized and traumatized, we thank God that Robert Muwawa is alive However he was inhumanely treated There is nothing as traumatic than being kept in captivity, threatened with death, tortured. Zimbabwe is destroyed, it is now a Mafia State.
</blockquote>
A LinkedIn profile says Strauss Logistics Zimbabwe (PVT) Limited (“SLZ”​) “is the market leader in fuel and dry cargo distribution utilising both road and rail networks throughout the Central and Southern African Regions.”
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Trade Unionist Robert Muwawa Abducted After Leading A Strike At Strauss Logistics

The weather report and forecast issued by the Meteorological Services Department in conjunction with the Department of Civil Protection.
<h2>ZIMBABWE EVENING WEATHER REPORT AND FORECAST ISSUED AT 1600 HRS ON SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2022 VALID UNTIL MONDAY 27 JUNE 2022.</h2>
<h2>PREAMBLE</h2>
Cold morning conditions were experienced in much of the country with mostly clear skies except for some areas in northern parts of Mashonaland Central and East provinces which were cloudy.
It became cloudy and cool by afternoon in Manicaland, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central, and Harare Metropolitan Provinces. 
Meanwhile, pressure is rising over the southeast coast of South Africa.
<h2>FORECAST</h2>
Matabeleland South, Bulawayo Metropolitan, Masvingo, Manicaland, and southern parts of Midlands Provinces: It should be windy and cold in the morning with patchy rain and drizzle.
It should be cool in the afternoon. Mashonaland East, Matabeleland North, northern district of Midlands, Mashonaland West and Central, and Harare Metropolitan Provinces should be partly cloudy, cold morning, and windy becoming cool by midday.
Isolated showers are expected in Mashonaland West and Central provinces.
<h2>IMPACTS</h2>
<ul>
<li>Temperature fluctuations between night and day may affect the body’s health, with common colds, influenza, and fever, as well as asthma, being common.</li>
<li>The dry-vegetative conditions coupled with the wind factor tend to make veldt fires more rampant during this period. These can destroy vast tracts of land and property as well as pose a threat to human and animal life.</li>
</ul>
<h2>ACTIONS TO TAKE</h2>
<ul>
<li>Dress appropriately to keep warm especially overnight, and ensure vulnerable members of society are warm as well.</li>
<li>Poultry producers should note that broilers are sensitive to temperature variations and therefore need to be checked regularly and adjustments made.</li>
<li>Farmers in areas prone to ground frost should undertake frost prevention measures such as overhead irrigation of crops usually at night /early in the morning.</li>
<li>Construct fire guards that are at least 9 meters wide and keep them free from any vegetative or combustible material. It is illegal to start veldt fires for any purpose, even for land clearing.</li>
</ul>
<h2>FORECAST OF TOMORROW’S WEATHER IN HOLIDAY RESORTS</h2>
<ul>
<li>Victoria Falls: Partly cloudy, windy and cool – (Temperatures – 11/22)</li>
<li>Kariba: Partly cloudy, windy and cool – (Temperatures – 12/26)</li>
<li>Great Zimbabwe: Cloudy, windy and drizzly (Temperatures – 10/17)</li>
<li>Nyanga: Cloudy, windy and drizzly (Temperatures – 08/12)</li>
<li>Vumba:  Cloudy, windy and drizzly (Temperatures – 09/18)</li>
<li>Matopos: Cloudy, windy and drizzly (Temperatures – 08/19)</li>
<li>Chimanimani: Cloudy, windy and drizzly (Temperatures – 10/18)</li>
</ul>
<h2>OUTLOOK: WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY 27 JUNE 2022</h2>
Matabeleland South, Bulawayo, Masvingo, Manicaland, and southern parts of Midlands, Mashonaland East, Provinces: It should be cloudy, windy, and cold with a patchy drizzle.
Harare Metropolitan, Mashonaland Central and West, and districts to the north of Midlands Provinces are expected to have brief cloudy periods, cold morning, and windy becoming cool by midday.

Zimbabwe Weather Report & Forecast: 25 To 27 June 2022

Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rose to 191.6 per cent in June, data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) on Saturday showed.
In May, the country’s annual inflation stood at 131.7 per cent.
Month-on-month inflation was 30.7 per cent gaining 9.7 percentage points on the May 2022 rate of 21.0 per cent.
ZIMSTAT said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month ending June 2022 stood at 8,707.35 compared to 6,662.17 in May 2022 and 2,986.44 in June 2021.
On the Blended Consumer Price Index, ZIMSTAT said the month-on-month inflation rate in June 2022 was 18.0 per cent gaining 9.3 percentage points on the May 2022 rate of 8.7 per cent. It added:
<blockquote>
The year-on-year inflation rate (annual percentage change) for the month of June 2022 as measured by the all items blended Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 70.0 per cent.
The blended CPI for the month ending June 2022 stood at 205.39 compared to 174.03 in May 2022 and 120.80 in June 2021.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was on Saturday is expected to announce measures to address the price rises in basic grocery items and services since the beginning of the year.
The prices of basic goods and services, including fuel, transport, electricity, and school fees, among others, have been rising since the beginning of the year.

Zimbabwe's Annual Inflation Rises To 191.6%

Housing and Social Amenities minister, Daniel Garwe, said that local authorities should issue housing stands to home seekers in areas that are fully serviced.
Speaking at the launch of the Hopelyn Housing scheme in Bulawayo recently, Garwe said it is now a jailable offence to build a house before infrastructure such as roads, functioning water and sewer systems have been put in place. Garwe said:
<blockquote>
What we are doing now going forward is to ensure that on-site and off-site infrastructure is provided before any house is built.
Building a house before the services are provided is now a jailable offence. I have no apologies to make for that statement.
It’s criminal for local authorities to allow people to build on virgin land.
</blockquote>
Garwe said his ministry was playing its role by assisting banks, investors and local authorities to deliver housing to citizens.
Zimbabwe has an estimated 1.5 million housing backlog.
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It's An Offence To Build Houses On Unserviced Stands - Garwe

An accident involving a heavy truck carrying a potentially hazardous chemical that occurred along the Chirundu-Harare highway, poses risks to local residents, motorists and the environment.
According to Chirundu local board secretary Wilson Gunhe, the border town has more than 5 000 residents.
Thousands of travellers to and from Zambia also use the highway which passes through the town.
On Tuesday, a Mukumba Brothers truck (registration number J00KLGP/WPL3860GP/WHB980GP) carrying 30 000 litres of beta froth liquid overturned at the 265-kilometre peg along the highway.
This resulted in the spillage of 30 000 litres of the chemical into the environment.
Noone was killed in the accident but the driver was injured and is admitted to Karoi Hospital.
The chemical flowed through the road, creating a slippery surface and contaminating the road verges.
The Environment Management Agency (EMA) provincial education and advocacy officer for Mashonaland West, Munyaradzi Nhariswa, confirmed the development. Said Nhariswa:
<blockquote>
Beta froth is a flocculation used mainly in the mining sector in native metals metallurgy.
It is harmful if inhaled, causes respiratory tract irritation and is harmful if absorbed through the skin.
It causes eye irritation, is harmful if swallowed and damage the eyes.
It is toxic to fish and is also 92% ready to biodegrade and affects the vegetation by blocking its stomata.
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He added that although the transporter had a valid transportation permit, they failed to notify EMA on time to ensure the swift monitoring and containment of the spillage scene.
Nhariswa said an environmental protection order was served on the transporter to clean the spillage scene to the satisfaction of EMA.
The accident occurred barely three days after another spillage, involving a MAICOs also known as Top Hisheen (registration number JJ35CNGP/JJ34VFGP/JJ34LBGP) truck.
The truck was carrying 35 tonnes of sulphur, which spilt into the environment but no fatality was recorded, according to Nhariswa.
<h4>More: <a href="https://thenewshawks.com/massive-chemical-spillage-endangers-chirundu/">The NewsHawks</a></h4>

Toxic Chemical Spillage Endangers Chirundu

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has written to the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works requesting documents signed between the Government and Belarus for the procurement of fire tenders on behalf of local authorities.
In a letter dated 23 June 2022 addressed to the Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda and Local Government ministry secretary Zvinechimwe Churu, ZLHR lawyers Paidamoyo Saurombe and Jeremiah Bamu requested to be furnished with copies of the agreement. They wrote:
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… our client (Alice Kuvheya) hereby requests the following information which is in your possession, a copy of the government-to-government agreement between the government of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the government of the Republic of Belarus relating to the procurement of fire fenders on behalf of local authorities.
The total cost of equipment [fire tenders] to be procured from the government of the Republic of Belarus, and the quantities ordered, payments made to date for the purchase of the equipment the tenders] and outstanding balances.
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Kuvheya is a human rights defender and director of Chitungwiza Residents Trust (CRT).
The lawyers also requested copies of Parliament’s approval of the agreements as required by the Constitution.
Meanwhile, the acting secretary in the Ministry, Emmanuel Ngwarati, recently defended the deal, saying the cost of each fire tender of US$464 296 was cheap compared to regional prices which are in the range of US$500 000 and above.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/06/rights-lawyers-flag-belarus-fire-tender-deal/">NewsDay</a></h4>

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