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Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has advised residents that there will be disruptions to the water supplies to the areas supplied by the Tuli Reservoir due to ZESA maintenance works.
BCC Town Clerk Christopher Dube on Saturday said maintenance works are scheduled for today between 6 AM and 2 PM and as a result, the local authority would not be able to pump water from the dams and conduct water treatment at the Ncema Water Treatment works during the period. Dube said in a statement:
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The City of Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public that there will be disruptions to the water supplies programme for areas fed by Tuli Reservoir due to ZESA Maintenance works on the two 88kv lines, in Filabusi and Gwanda.
The maintenance works that are scheduled for today, Saturday, 11th September 2021 will be carried out from 06:00 hours to 14:00 hours.
Consequently, all installations between Bulawayo and Filabusi will be off the national grid during the mentioned period with all power-based operations halted.
As a result, the City of Bulawayo will NOT be able to carry out any pumping from the dams and conduct water treatment at the Ncema Water Treatment works during the interval.
While all efforts have been made in advance to mitigate the effects of the ZESA maintenance it is regrettable that effects will still register on the Tuli reservoir that is expected to deplete rapidly during the period of no pumping and no treatment resulting in the closure of all Tuli areas once the level of the reservoir reaches 6 feet.
The areas supplied by the Tuli Reservoir are as follows: Esigodini, Imbizo Barracks, Fortunes gate, Selbourne Park, Matsheumhlope, Parklands, Khumalo, Queenspark, Suburbs, Mahatshula, Woodville, Kingsdale, Lochview, Sunninghill, Marlands, Glencoe, Riverside, Waterford, Manningdale, Willsgrove, Buenavista, Douglasdale.
Bulawayo City Council wishes to apologise to its valued consumers for the inconvenience likely to be caused and assures the affected residents that supplies will be restored once the Tuli level has appreciated to satisfactory levels which will be hours after the power restoration to the affected Council water installations.
</blockquote>
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Bulawayo Announces Water Cuts For Several Suburbs

Zimbabwe Chiefs Council (ZCC) president, Chief Fortune Charumbira has reprimanded men who marry underage girls and described the practice as unZimbabwean.
Speaking in a recent interview with HealthTimes, Chief Charumbira said men who take child brides were doing so as a disguise to abuse children and force them into marriages in the name of culture. He said:
<blockquote>
There is no culture that promotes child marriages. Long ago people married girls at the age of 20 at most.
They first looked if the girl could take care of a homestead, this includes taking care of the household chores.
Unfortunately, chiefs do not have full responsibility over the child marriages issue because of a law called criminal juridistriction. We only take these cases to the courts.
There are so many cases of child marriages happening in communities we will make sure these are reported.
</blockquote>
Speaking on the sidelines of the Kushinga Group ISAL annual event held in Nyakudya village, Masembura in Mashonaland Central, Ishamael Kagande, Chief Masembura said they have decided to join the fight against child marriages which has been on the increase especially during the COVID-19 induced lockdown. The traditional leader said:
<blockquote>
In my area, we have made an agreement with all my village herds that if there is any case of child marriages in the area we will fine the parents who received the bride price for an underage daughter two cows and a goat, the person who married an under-aged girl will also be fined and made to pay two cows and a goat.
This is done to make others realize those child marriages are a criminal offence that is not to be tolerated. After the traditional court procedures, we will then report and hand over both the parents and the in-law to the police to allow the law to take over.
</blockquote>
The issue of child marriages has been in the spotlight of late after Annah Machaya, a 14-year-old girl, died during childbirth at a Johanne Marange Apostolic sect shrine in Bocha.
Anna was married off to a 26-year-old man and was denied access to safe delivery at the hospital as she died giving birth at a church shrine.
Anna’s husband, Hatirarami “Evans” Momberume was arrested and his cases are pending before the courts.
<h4>More: <a href="https://healthtimes.co.zw/2021/09/07/child-marriages-not-part-of-our-culture-says-chief-charumbira/">HealthTimes</a></h4>

Child Marriages Not Part Of Our Culture Says Chief Charumbira

The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has served at least 18 families in Kariba with eviction notices to vacate the houses belonging to the parastatal that they are living in.
The families were given three months’ notice due to end on 30 September 2021.
The ultimatum to leave the properties has thrown most families, including those headed by pensioners, in a fix as they do not have alternative accommodation.
ZESA subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) terminated the lease agreements with the beneficiaries of the houses owing to an accommodation crisis it is facing. Reads one of the eviction notices:
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Please be advised that the station is currently facing accommodation challenges.
We have, therefore, resolved to repossess house number H28B Fort Jameson by 30 September 2021.
</blockquote>
Efforts by NewZimbabwe.com to get a comment from ZESA proved fruitless by the time of publishing.
However, those facing eviction accused the parastatal management of inhumane treatment of former employees and tenants.
Residents association chairperson, Samu Mawawo further accused the ZPC management of violating basic human rights relating to shelter. Said Mawawo:
<blockquote>
They are breaking human rights law against their pensioners and long-serving tenants to whom the ZPC has been leasing these properties.
In Kariba Town, it is a known fact that accommodation is a problem, and issuing someone with an eviction notice is a nightmarish experience for the recipient.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/ex-zesa-workers-face-eviction-in-kariba/">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Former ZESA Employees Face Eviction In Kariba

The arrest of Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution in Masvingo, Ezra Chadzamira, earlier this week has left a ZANU PF faction aligned to President Emmerson Mnangagwa in shock.
The faction is blaming the dramatic development on rivals aligned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who want to topple the provincial leader at upcoming ZANU PF elections, The NewsHawks reported.
Chadzamira was briefly arrested on Monday by investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for alleged abuse of office and corruption involving land in the province.
He became the first person to be arrested after the corruption watchdog opened an office in Masvingo last week.
The arrest came a day after a high-powered meeting held in Gutu which was not attended by Chadzamira and his close allies.
The meeting was allegedly hosted by a politburo member linked to the Chiwenga faction.
Mnangagwa’s allies are of the view that the arrest of Chadzamira is politically motivated since what he is doing is similar to what other ruling party leaders are doing.
They said everyone has the right to get land so the reversal of a list of beneficiaries of the Kilimanjaro sugarcane plot project shows that Chiwenga is working to prop up his faction.
A top ruling party official in the province told The NewsHawks that Chadzamira, a top ally of Mnangagwa, is facing unendless fights from people aligned to Chiwenga. Said the official:
<blockquote>
This is sensitive, but what l can tell you is that his deputy, Rabson Mavenyengwa and Masvingo North MP Davies Marapira are eyeing his position.
The two as well as another bigwig from Gutu are believed to be behind this guy’s misfortunes.
There was a meeting last Sunday in Gutu where the other faction was positioning its members with a view to announcing who will take what at the upcoming provincial coordinating committee elections.
</blockquote>
Marapira, who is also the minister of State in charge of Monitoring The Implementation of Special Agricultural and Related Programmes in Mnangagwa’s office, denied the allegations. He said:
<blockquote>
That is speculation that is untrue. I am always busy with my government duties so l cannot be a party chairman.
I don’t have time to hate colleagues, but let me tell you one thing, there is nothing like a faction.
The President is for everyone and no one is too close to him. If you hear people saying that, they are liars.
</blockquote>
Mavenyengwa, a former police intelligence head for Masvingo province and current MP for Zaka North, dismissed allegations that he is aligned to any faction.
He said he is not willing to challenge Chadzamira, but people within the province are the ones asking him to vie for the post.
He also confirmed that there was a meeting in Gutu on Sunday but he did not attend it and was not aware of what was discussed.
A top government official in Masvingo told The NewsHawks that the President is the one seen as shielding Chadzamira from ZACC.
The official said the government foiled the first attempt to arrest him in April and on Monday prosecutors in Masvingo were instructed via a phone call from the National Prosecuting Authority head office in Harare not to proceed with the case.
The NewsHawks understands that Chadzamira, who is also the ruling party’s provincial chairperson for Masvingo, is facing three counts, one involving a Chiredzi white farmer Tony Sappor and Tungamirai Rukatya.
The two complainants entered into a joint venture, but their productive farm was recently subdivided and given to other people believed to be linked to Chadzamira.
<h4>More: <a href="https://thenewshawks.com/chadzamiras-arrest-stuns-the-mnangagwa-faction/">The NewsHawks</a></h4>

Chadzamira’s Arrest Shocks The Mnangagwa Faction

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has said civil servants will be paid only for the days they work and the days they have been officially excused from duty, but will not be paid for the days they take off without permission.
In a statement, PSC secretary Jonathan Wutawunashe said the government will pay civil servants strictly on attendance or approved leave and ministries have been ordered to pass on their attendance registers to the Salary Services Bureau (SSB) with attendance and absenteeism recorded. He said:
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The Salary Services Bureau has been instructed to process salary payments for civil servants strictly on the basis of work attendance registers submitted by Government Ministries and Departments.
Ministries will indicate cases where personnel have been officially excused from duty to ensure the inclusion of such personnel on the payroll.
Government commends the majority of civil servants for continuing to serve the public with dedication and commitment.
</blockquote>
This comes after the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education on Tuesday revealed that just over 30 per cent of teachers, who make up the bulky of civil servants, were not reporting for duty citing incapacitation.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/no-attendance-no-pay-for-civil-servants-psc/">The Herald</a></h4>

'No Work, No Pay', Govt Tells Civil Servants

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s fleet of presidential helicopters was depleted in April when an Air Force of Zimbabwe chopper crashed in Acturus, 30 kilometres east of Harare.
Information gathered by The NewsHawks indicates that the Augusta Bell 412 which crashed in April killing two pilots, a technician and a child on the ground, was on a test flight for presidential use.
A source told The NewsHawks that the helicopter was on a training mission, manned by two pilots and a technician when it disappeared from the radar. Said the source:
<blockquote>
The late Wing Commander Thomas Tinashe Manyowa had experience in flying VVIPs such as former President Robert Mugabe and at the time of the accident, he was training Flight Lieutenant Anita Mapiya who had recently been promoted to fly VVIPs.
</blockquote>
The chopper crashed on a house in Arcturus, a farming area some 30 km east of the capital Harare. It killed a child and injured another.
Before this crash, Manyowa and Mapiye trended on social media platforms after they flew one of the helicopters that transported senior government officials to the opening ceremony of a new bridge in Mashonaland Central province.
Last month, Mnangagwa’s presidential helicopter was dramatically forced into an emergency landing over 60 kilometres southwest of Harare on a Sunday afternoon due to technical failure.
The chopper, which was flying from Mnangagwa’s Kwekwe farm, landed at a farm owned by a ministry of Finance official.
<h4>More: <a href="https://thenewshawks.com/deadly-arcturus-helicopter-was-meant-for-mnangagwa/">The NewsHawks</a></h4>

Deadly Arcturus Helicopter Was Meant For Mnangagwa

South African security agents have partially destroyed a wooden bridge that was built illegally by smugglers across the Limpopo River.
The “wooden bridge” was “mysteriously” built some 3km west of the border post and was largely covering the dip-end on the South African component of the border.
At the moment Zimbabwe and South Africa have two official crossing bridges, the Alfred Beit-Bridge and the New Limpopo Bridge.
Zimbabwe and South African security agencies met on Monday and they resolved to demolish the illegal bridge.
South African security agents had to shoot at crocodiles that tried to attack them on Thursday afternoon.
Limpopo (a province in South Africa) police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo confirmed the incident on Friday. He said:
<blockquote>
On September 8, the Police in Musina police made an attempt to destroy the makeshift bridge that was built illegally to cross over from Zimbabwe into South Africa and back.
Whilst busy at work, some crocodiles which were in abundance, patrolling the area tried to feast on police officers.
Shots had to be fired to scare them off and as a result, a small part of the bridge was destroyed.
</blockquote>
Brig Mojapelo said they had since requested the army in that country to help them in destroying the bridge.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/latest-south-african-security-destroys-makeshift-limpopo-river-bridge/">Chronicle</a></h4>

South Africa Partially Destroys Smugglers' Limpopo River Bridge

The government has distanced itself from the court process involving one Tinos Manongovere and the children of the late former president Robert Mugabe over the exhumation and reburial of his remains.
A post this evening on the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Twitter handle said neither the government nor President Emmerson Mnangagwa is involved in the matter. The statement read:
<blockquote>
Govt has noted the outcome of a court process in Chinhoyi in the matter between the Mugabe siblings v Tynos Manongove.
As neither Government nor HE @edmnangagwa was involved in the said matter, we will await further details on the judgement before making any further comment.
</blockquote>
This comes after a Chinhoyi magistrate on Friday dismissed an appeal by Mugabe’s three children, Tinotenda Robert Jr, Bellarmine Chatunga and Bona against a traditional court ruling ordering the exhumation of the former president Robert Mugabe’s remains.
Chief Zvimba early this year ruled that Mugabe’s remains must be exhumed from his rural homestead where he was buried for reburial at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.
Tinos Manovengere approached Chief Zvimba seeking to have Mugabe’s widow, Grace, censured for breaking local customs by burying her husband in a manner deemed inappropriate in the courtyard of their rural home in Kutama, Zvimba district.
Mugabe’s three children had appealed with the magistrate court in Chinhoyi stating that the chief had no judicial jurisdiction to interpret legal act from a superior authority.
However, the appeal has been thrown out and it remains to be seen what course of action Mugabe’s children will take following the latest setback.
Mugabe, who died in 2019, had refused to be buried at the National Heroes Acres in Harare over fears that some individuals especially his political opponents might steal his remains and use them in traditional rituals.
Some members of Mugabe’s family accuse President Emmerson Mnangagwa of orchestrating the exhumation.
But Chief Zvimba said he had received numerous complaints from the clan members about the manner in which Mugabe was buried.
The government has since 2019 been building a mausoleum for Mugabe’s remains at the National Heroes Acre.
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President Mnangagwa Not Involved In Mugabe Reburial Saga - Govt

Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Iran Ambassador Christopher Mapanga has died. He was 69.
Ambassador Mapanga died in Tehran, Iran on Thursday.
This was confirmed by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Permanent Secretary James Manzou in a statement on Friday. Said Manzou:
<blockquote>
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Honourable Ambassador Frederick M. M. Shava, Deputy Minister, Honourable Dr D. Musabayana, the Secretary, Ambassador J. Manzou and the entire staff of the Ministry leant with profound grief and sadness of the passing on of Ambassador Christopher Mapanga, Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Iran and wish to express deep and heartfelt condolences to His Excellency the President, the Government of Zimbabwe, Mrs Mapanga and children, as well as the entire Mapanga family on this very sad and untimely loss.
He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Administrative Assistance in 1981. He rose through the ranks to Administrative Officer, Assistant Secretary, Deputy Director and to Director.
The late Ambassador served in various capacities at a number of our Embassies abroad.
He served as a Counsellor in Japan, Kenya and Namibia before becoming the country’s Consular General to Johannesburg, South Africa.
He later moved to Moscow, Russia in 2011 as Minister Plenipotentiary. In 2014, he was appointed Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Egypt.
In 2019 he was transferred to Tehran as Ambassador, a post he held till his untimely death…
</blockquote>
Ambassador Mapanga is survived by his wife and three children.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/just-in-ambassador-christopher-mapanga-dies/">Chronicle</a></h4>

Govt Announces Death Of Zimbabwe's Ambassador To Iran

A headmanship dispute in Zimunya recently took an ugly turn after a traditional leader was confronted and threatened with death by unknown people.
Headman Gombakomba (Mathias Gombakomba) said he was visited by six men last week on Saturday masquerading as law enforcement agents and threatened him with death if he fails to step down from his position.
He said the men later confessed that they were not law enforcement agents, but had been sent by unnamed close relatives eyeing his throne.
In an interview with The Manica Post on Tuesday, Headman Gombakomba said he was now living in fear following last weekend’s visit. He said:
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They visited my homestead last week on Saturday night. We had already retired to bed when they knocked at the door and demanded to see me.
I asked for their identification, but they refused. They initially told me that they were businessmen who wanted to buy cattle from me.
Sensing danger, I called my nearby relatives. They quickly responded and I came out of the house and confronted them. They changed their statement and claimed to be law enforcement agents.
Among the group, there was a local businessman’s 15-year-old son (name withheld). I managed to positively identify him. They said my appointment as the headman was illegitimate.
We argued for some time and they later confessed that they were sent by some relatives, but refused to disclose their names.
</blockquote>
Headman Gombakomba who superintends over seven villages, Gombakomba, Nhereunze, Museta, Marware, Chandinofira, Mukwecheni and Chidziya villages has since filed a police report at Zimunya Police Base.
When contacted for a comment by The Manica Post, Acting Chief Zimunya, said:
<blockquote>
I have nothing much to say about this issue. Mathias (Headman Gombakomba) should resolve his issues without grandstanding.
I have gathered that he has a dispute with some villagers over the sale of a beast.
I don’t think he is being honest by saying that there are people who want to dethrone him.
He called and briefed me about the incident, but there is more to this issue.
</blockquote>
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luxson Chananda, said:
<blockquote>
I have not received such a report. I will check with my colleagues in Zimunya.
However, sending death threats to someone, either through text messages is a crime under the Post and Telecommunications Act.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.manicapost.co.zw/death-threats-over-headmanship/">Manica Post</a></h4>

Death Threats Over Headmanship

Norton MP, Temba Mliswa (Independent), says a majority of married Zimbabwean men are suffering silently at home as they are being beaten by their spouses.
Mliswa called on the government to include men in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) programmes saying most of them were being ill-treated by their spouses or women colleagues at work and other different spheres of social life.
He said this while following up on Women Affairs Minister Sithembiso Nyoni’s response to MDC Alliance Proportional Representation MP Lindiwe Maphosa who had asked how the government was tackling the issue of GBV acceleration due to COVID-19. Said Mliswa:
<blockquote>
The minister (Sithembiso Nyoni) did not say anything about men who are also being beaten and shouted at by women especially those who are married. At least l do not have a wife. The men are under siege.
</blockquote>
Women Affairs Minister Nyoni admitted women had become agents of violence too. She said:
<blockquote>
This is a serious problem across gender that needs to be looked at and resolved amicably. GBV has become another pandemic.
… We are also working with civil society organisations and other government ministries to deal with the problem.
Drug and alcohol abuse especially in growth centres has become another challenge in our society but the problems are emanating from a bigger underlying issue.
We need to find out and nip this bug which has resulted in the abuse of these substances by our children.
</blockquote>
The minister also commended those men who were forming organisations that deal with men’s issues.
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Married Zimbabwean Men Under Siege - Mliswa

Hundreds of illegal diamond panners and foreign nationals believed to be buyers are flocking to Chimanimani following the reported discovery of alluvial diamonds near Charleswood Farm.
Police officers were deployed to the area to thwart the illegal activities but some panners are reportedly bribing law enforcement agents and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) security officials seconded to the area to gain entry.
Chimanimani District Development Coordinator Joseph Manyurapasi, Officer Commanding Chipinge District, Chief Superintendent Kennedy Nyaumwe and Chief Chikukwa all confirmed the influx of illegal diamond panners in the area. Said Manyurapasi:
<blockquote>
From what we have gathered, there is nothing much in terms of diamonds being obtained from the areas where the panners are camped.
Some people had already set up flea markets there, but the volume of traffic has increased in the past few days. We hope normalcy will return to the area very soon.
</blockquote>
Chief Superintendent Nyaumwe said they had deployed more law enforcement agents to disperse illegal panners at Charleswood.
Investigations by The Manica Post revealed that the diamond rush was a confirmation of the recent geographical survey carried out by ZCDC in 2017 in Chimanimani which showed that there is a rich diamond belt stretching from Tilbury down to Mozambique.
Chimanimani Assistant District Development Coordinator, Tawona Nengomasha, also confirmed the development and said land exploration was conducted by the diamond company some time back, but nothing was being done in terms of proper mining. Said Nengomasha:
<blockquote>
Samples were extracted by the diamond company on the land in question sometimes in 2016 and the stakeholders involved agreed that the 50 families staying there should be moved.
</blockquote>
He said the families were supposed to be relocated to an identified place after they had received compensation first.
Nengomasha added that the process was stalled by Cyclone Idai which hit the district in 2019.
A panner who identified himself as Ngorima said the diamonds they are getting are almost similar to the ones found in Chiadzwa. Ngorima said:
<blockquote>
The diamonds are easy to extract since they are close to the surface. While security details were recently deployed here, we are still finding our way to the shafts. 
Initially, we were paying them US$1, but they are now demanding US$10 for us to pan at night.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.manicapost.co.zw/diamond-rush-in-chimanimani/">Manica Post</a></h4>

Diamond Rush In Chimanimani

About 400 Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officers undergoing different specialist training at Ntabazinduna in Matabeleland North province reportedly staged a protest on Monday over the poor quality of food.
NewsDay reported sources as saying the situation got out of hand when the officers were served with a poorly-prepared meal for dinner.
Moreover, authorities have barred them from buying their own food outside the school perimeter, citing COVID-19. Said one of the trainees:
<blockquote>
There is no food here. The little that we get is poorly cooked, yet they don’t allow us to go out of the schoolyard to buy supplementary food. Their canteen is empty.
</blockquote>
Tension also rose when the trainees were forced to buy a simple T-shirt for $1 600 and a tracksuit for $4 500.
A meeting was held on Monday afternoon to resolve the uniform issue but there was an impasse as the trainees insisted that they didn’t have enough money to buy training uniforms.
The training is for three months and there are three training categories that include police training and security drawn from serving members.
When contacted for comment by NewsDay, the acting Commandant at Ntabazinduna Prisons Training School Chief Superintendent Priscilla Mthembo denied that there were protests at the depot. She said:
<blockquote>
As a training school for ZPCS, our trainees, correctional officers will never participate in any demonstration of any nature.
We offer a two-way communication channel between the management of the school and trainees and we have never had any complaints pertaining to food or tracksuits.
Our trainees and officers at large are very much aware of the proper channels to air their grievances.
So the allegations of students demonstrating or complaints about food or students being forced to buy expensive tracksuits are not true.
The school management will always be available to assist trainees in various areas of need as they undergo these important training programmes.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/09/prison-officers-protest-over-poor-working-conditions/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Prison Officers Protest Over Poor Working Conditions

Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima said it’s a lie that teachers are incapacitated to report for work as the Government has effected over 90 per cent salary increment since the beginning of the year.
This follows revelations that just over 30 per cent of teachers were yet to report for duty last Friday, with unions saying their members do not have money for bus fare to travel to their workplaces.
Schools reopened for examination classes on 30 September and for non-examination classes on 6 September amid reports that some teachers did not report for duty.
But speaking to The Sunday Mail on Thursday, Mavima said teachers facing personal financial challenges should take advantage of the Government Employees Mutual Savings (GEMS) loan facility. He said:
<blockquote>
I don’t agree with the assertion that teachers are incapacitated because in our last increment the representatives of the workers endorsed the offer saying it more or less reflected their expectations.
We have adjusted salaries by over 90 per cent since the beginning of the year and I think this amount shows our desire to improve the conditions of the workers.
</blockquote>
He also said the Government will convene a National Joint Negotiating Forum (NJNC) conference in the last quarter of the year to review salaries.
The Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions secretary-general David Dzatsunga said civil servants are expecting to meet Government to discuss remuneration issues by the end of this month or early October.
Teachers are demanding that government reverts to the pre-October 2018 salaries of between US$520 and US$550 or the equivalent in local currency.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/new-govt-addresses-teacher-incapacitation-issue">The Sunday Mail</a></h4>

Teachers Are Not Incapacitated - Mavima

A man from the Glaudina area, between Harare and Norton, has reportedly gone into hiding fearing arrest after impregnating his 14-year-old girlfriend.
The culprit is 21-year-old, Tapiwa Muza, and the girl is reported to be four months pregnant and has dropped out of school.
The girl’s mother, who is based in South Africa heard about her daughter’s pregnancy and threatened to take legal action against Muza who stays with his grandmother in Glaudina.
Muza told H-Metro that he is living in fear over the threats of arrest he received and was at a safe house in Domboshava.
The girl’s mother told the same publication that she approached Dzivaresekwa police station for assistance with a view to taking her daughter from Muza.
She claimed Muza forced her daughter to switch off her mobile phone and instructed her to go to Chitungwiza where she collected her belongings and disappeared to an unknown place after they learnt that she (the mother) was in the country. She said:
<blockquote>
That forced me to seek guidance from police at Dzivaresekwa and the officers led me to Glaudina where Muza and the daughter were reported to have been in hiding.
I cannot allow my daughter to marry at that age and I am prepared to take her.
</blockquote>
Muza’s uncle Elisha Marumahoko said the girl’s mother instructed them to keep the girl away from Muza until she arrives in the country. Said Marumahoko:
<blockquote>
I was shocked to see her coming in the company of police officers demanding to see the girl and Muza.
Muza is in Domboshava and the whereabouts of the girl is not known since the day she went to her mother in Chitungwiza.
We are aware that Muza impregnated a minor and it’s a case but the girl’s mother failed to be honest with her real decision.
</blockquote>
Muza confirmed to H-Metro that he was staying in Domboshava and living in fear. He said:
<blockquote>
I am prepared to marry the girl… I am not abusing her as alleged but I fear arrest over impregnating the minor.
</blockquote>
The mother also revealed that she separated from her daughter’s father when she was only two years old.
The issue of child marriages has been in the spotlight of late after Annah Machaya, a 14-year-old girl, died during childbirth at a Johanne Marange Apostolic sect shrine in Bocha.
Anna’s husband, Hatirarami “Evans” Momberume was arrested and his cases are pending before the courts.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.hmetro.co.zw/man-hides-14-year-old-pregnant-wife/">H-Metro</a></h4>

Man Conceals 14-year-old Pregnant 'Wife'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday afternoon commissioned the latest batch of 50 new Golden Dragon ZUPCO buses from China which he said will be distributed in urban areas which have been hard hit by transport challenges.
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo and other senior Government officials attended the commissioning of the buses which took place at ZUPCO head office in Belvedere, Harare.
Over the last 12 months, the Government has imported more than 400 buses from China to boost the ZUPCO fleet.
<a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/more-buses-for-zupco-arrive/">The Herald</a> reported that the buses crossed the Limpopo on Sunday and Monday morning and were cleared through customs in batches of 10 to avoid congesting the border post.
While the actual cost of each bus could not be readily verified, Golden Dragons sell for just over the equivalent of US$50 000 each in China.
It is understood that more than 1 000 buses have been acquired from China and Belarus and they are being delivered to the country in batches of between 50 and 100 buses.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/president-mnangagwa-commissions-zupco-buses/">The Herald</a></h4>

ED Commissions 50 New ZUPCO Buses

Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Iran, Christopher Mapanga, has died, several media reports have claimed.
Mapanga reportedly died on Wednesday evening but the cause of death has not been revealed. Reports claim he was suffering from liver disease.
According to MEHR News Agency, the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran issued a statement on Thursday saying that the Ambassador of Zimbabwe to the Islamic Republic of Iran had died.
The statement said that after receiving information about the tragic death of the Ambassador of Zimbabwe in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in coordination with law enforcement and judicial authorities, the necessary measures to identify and carry out legal formalities were quickly taken.
It also said that the necessary arrangements have been made in coordination with the Zimbabwean Embassy in Tehran.
It’s the second death of a foreign diplomat in Tehran in less than six months.
In May, Iranian police started investigating the death of a Swiss diplomat who died after reportedly falling from a high rise in Tehran.
The Swiss woman, in her 50s, fell from the upper floors of a 20-story building in which she lived in northern Tehran, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
Mapanga began his mission to Tehran in 2018. Earlier, he had been ambassador to Egypt, <a href="https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/world/state-tv-zimbabwean-ambassador-to-iran-dies/article_86a2ef01-ddf0-5274-9dd0-eb141dafe03f.html">Chronicle</a> reported.
<h4>More: <a href="https://en.mehrnews.com/news/178438/Zimbabwean-ambassador-to-Tehran-dies-Iran-FM-statement">MEHR News Agency</a></h4>

Zimbabwe's Ambassador To Iran, Christopher Mapanga, Dies

A couple was on Tuesday robbed of US$32 078 cash by a group of four armed robbers who were armed with machetes and an unidentified pistol.
According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the robbery incident occurred at the 15 km peg along Harare- Bulawayo Road.
The couple had been sent to Bulawayo by a Harare based company to collect the money from a sister company in Belmont and was robbed on their return to Harare. ZRP said in a statement:
<blockquote>
Police in Bulawayo are investigating circumstances surrounding an armed robbery case that occurred on 07/09/21 at the 15 km peg along Harare- Bulawayo Road.
Four suspects, who were armed with machetes and an unidentified pistol, robbed a couple of US$32 078 cash.
The couple was travelling to Harare after being sent by a Harare based company to collect the money from a sister company in Belmont, Bulawayo.
</blockquote>
Police in Harare are also appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of five suspected armed robbers who pounced on a Kuwadzana and robbed her of a Honda CRV registration number ADW9111, plasma television, cellphones, blankets and various groceries.
The robbery incident took place on Wednesday, 8 September 2021.
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

Couple Robbed Of US$32k Company Cash

The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) says it will soon introduce a quota system that will see a certain number of student nurses recruited and trained to serve in their own provinces and districts.
In 2019, MoHCC introduced an online nurses’ application forum after investigations by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) concluded there were unacceptable levels of bribery in the old system.
Prospective student nurses were allegedly made to part with large sums of cash by recruiters just to get into the interview process.
Speaking during a Question and Answer session in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro said:
<blockquote>
Now, we are going to decentralise the recruitment to provinces down to districts. Each province is going to be assigned its <a href="https://vacancymail.co.zw/jobs/national-e-recruitment-of-registered-general-nurse-training-may-2021-intake-30957/">nurses recruitment</a> and its quota system.
By quota system, it means we are decentralising to provinces and districts so that people select. At least every district must have a child.
Even if the places are 200, we will divide that 200 by our ten provinces and say 20 should come from Matabeleland North, 20 from Manicaland and so on. This is what I mean by the quota system.
This is what we are going to be doing in the future because we have seen all other systems are a bit unfair when it comes to <a href="https://vacancymail.co.zw/categories/nursing-jobs-in-zimbabwe/">nurses recruitment</a>.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/govt-to-introduce-quota-system-for-nurses-recruitment/">The Sunday News</a></h4>

Govt To Introduce Quota System For Nurses’ Recruitment

Retired Colonel Patrick Tawona Maponga was found dead at his home in Magunje on Tuesday morning. He was 60.
Maponga was a veteran of Zimbabwe’s war of independence. He lost his wife early this year.
According to a Hurungwe war veteran member, Don Nxele, the late Maponga was among freedom fighters who took the land reform seriously.
He said Maponga was first allocated a plot at the Nassau Farm near Karoi in 2001, but later moved to Mshowe Pools in Hurungwe East constituency in 2003. Said Nxele:
<blockquote>
I remember that he was among the few freedom fighters who took farming as a business. In 2004, he hosted African senior army officers who wanted to understand how the land reform was benefitting indigenous people at Mshowe Pools Farm.
Some came from Egypt, South Africa, Namibia and other Southern Africa countries. By then, he was into wheat and maize production.
Of late, Maponga had ventured into cattle rearing, horticulture, poultry and crocodile farming.
</blockquote>
Maponga joined the liberation struggle at a tender age and was trained in Tanzania. He rose through the ranks to become an instructor in Mozambique before independence.
He was integrated into the Zimbabwe National Army soon after independence. He was among the soldiers deployed in Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo as an instructor.
At one time, he was deployed at Magunje 2.3 Infantry Battalion before he voluntarily retired in 1997.
Burial arrangements are still yet to be announced.
He is survived by eight children.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/09/retired-colonel-found-dead/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Retired Army Colonel Found Dead

Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana says Zimbabwe’s railway lines and trains are some of the very best in the world in terms of comfort and running on time.
This comes after the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (ZUPCO), and the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) entered into a deal to ease transport problems in major urban areas starting with Bulawayo and Harare.
On Tuesday Mangwana was among passengers aboard a “ZUPCO” train that took 45 minutes to arrive in Mufakose, a high-density suburb in Harare, from the city centre.
The train left Harare station at 5.30 pm, convenient for many now that business hours have been restored to normal, before arriving in Mufakose around 6.15 pm, although some passengers were dropped off along the way.
The train stopped at Lever Brothers, Lonchivar and Kambuzuma dropping off passengers at the stations where ZUPCO buses were waiting to take them to their final destinations.
Each passenger was then made to pay $40 for the trip by ZUPCO conductors who were manning the platform access gates or on the door to gain access to the train.
Speaking to The Herald after the train journey to Mufakose, Mangwana said the new commuter trains would alleviate transport problems being faced by the people. Said Mangwana:
<blockquote>
I have used a number of metropolitan railway lines and trains in my very short life and this matches any that we have used in terms of comfort, keeping to the timetable and the lack of rowdiness on the train.
Actually, in some metropolitan cities, you feel unsafe because there will be drunk people who will be very rowdy to make you feel uncomfortable but in this one, we were seated decently with people having conversations. 
Women felt settled and nobody was being molested and even when it got a bit darker, it was still ok.
Yes, the carriages are a bit older. There are some touch-ups that are needed and there is no question about that.
We will need lighting in there and as you can see it’s a little bit darker and people will be safer if there is lighting but it’s the safest mode of travel.
We also got here on time. We didn’t run into traffic. We were not gridlocked somewhere, which you will get when you are driving.
Yes, Government has taken this country in the right direction on this one.
</blockquote>
The new Harare commuter train services started on Tuesday afternoon on the Mufakose route with those trying it out given a free test ride.
The Ruwa route is expected to start today and the third service, the Tynwald route, is expected to start Monday next week.
The trains have 10 coaches each and a carrying capacity of 100 passengers per coach. So each train can carry more than 15 busloads of passengers.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/more-buses-for-zupco-arrive/">The Herald</a></h4>

Zimbabwe's Trains Among The Most Comfortable In The World - Mangwana

Full statement by national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi on the enforcement of COVID-19 Level 2 National Lockdown.
<blockquote>
The Zimbabwe Republic Police urges the public to take note of the COVID-19 national level two safety measures announced by His Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa on the 7th September 2021.
The Police will ensure compliance by the public through roadblocks, checkpoints, surveillance and general patrols in Central Business Centres (CBDs), residential and industrial areas.
Business operators are therefore implored to co-operate with police officers by strictly observing the operational hours of 0800 hours to 1900 hours.
The public is urged to observe COVID-19 protocols which include, wearing face masks, practising social distancing and sanitization while accessing various services in banks, supermarkets, health facilities and restaurants.
Beer hall operators and nightclubs who defy the Government’s order to remain closed will be arrested.
This includes those who are operating shebeens in various cities and towns in the country.
Zimbabweans are reminded that Police will ensure that public gatherings are limited to not more than 100 people.
Gatherings should be held within the stipulated period and not cross over into curfew hours.
In this regard, the Zimbabwe Republic Police warns the public against unnecessary movements during the curfew period which now runs from 2200 hours till 0530 hours the next morning.
Anyone found to be hosting parties or any other gathering during the curfew period will be arrested.
Transporters who have been allowed to engage in intercity movements should lead by example and observe all the stipulated COVID-19 protocols.
Above all, they should co-operate with law enforcement agencies to promote and ensure road safety to the travelling public.
We also urge bottle stores, restaurants, hotels and lodge operators to observe the stipulated COVID-19 safety measures set by the Government.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner-General of Police has directed police commanders at Provincial, District and Station Level to ensure that police officers on the ground minimize unnecessary delays to the public at roadblocks and checkpoints.
As most sectors of the economy open, motorists should avoid causing traffic congestion, driving against the flow of traffic, proceeding against red robots and exhibiting reckless driving conduct. The police will ensure that the law takes its course on such drivers.
Let us be responsible citizens and collectively assist in the maintenance of the law and order as the country fights the COVID-19 pandemic.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

ZRP Statement On The Enforcement Of Level 2 National Lockdown

Residents of Tafara, Mabvuku and Caledonia in Harare have expressed concern over an influx of sex workers whom they are accusing of contributing to moral decay and fuelling criminal activities.
The prostitutes have allegedly turned these high-density suburbs into an extensive red-light district.
Women in Action (WA), a women’s group whose major task is to fight prostitution in Caledonia, says most of the sex workers come from as far as Goromonzi and Ruwa in Mashonaland East. Cecilia Mutenga, chairlady of WA said:
<blockquote>
In our case, we are having sex workers that are coming from such far-away places as Goromonzi and Ruwa among others.
By dusk, these scantly dressed ladies will be lining our streets, making suggestive gestures to whoever passes by.
These ladies must be driven away since they are bringing with them vices and moral decadence.
</blockquote>
Mutenga said her group, which falls under the Caledonia Residents Association Trust (CRAT), wants the buildings in which the sex workers use as their love nests to be destroyed.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/new-residents-up-in-arms-against-sex-workers">The Sunday Mail</a></h4>

Mabvuku, Tafara Residents Want 'Brothels' Demolished

Zimbabwe and Zambia failed to utilise their maximum water allocation for electricity generation from Kariba Dam in August, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has been revealed.
ZRA said the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), ZESA Holdings’ electricity generation arm, had a balance of 5.28 billion cubic meters (BCM) of water while the Zesco Limited of Zambia had a balance of 3.65 BCM.
In the past month, Zimbabwe has endured power debilitating power cuts due to depressed electricity generation, especially at the Hwange thermal power station.
It was not immediately clear why ZPC was not fully utilising its water allocation at the Kariba Dam to maximise electricity generation. ZRA chief executive officer Munyaradzi Munodawafa said in the latest update:
<blockquote>
As of 31st August 2021, ZESCO Limited had utilised 17.35 BCM of its 21 BCM water allocation (83% utilisation), while the Zimbabwe Power Company had utilised 15.72 BCM of its 21 BCM water allocation (75% utilisation).
This leaves a balance of 3.65 BCM and 5.28 BCM for ZESCO and ZPC, respectively, for utilisation during the remaining period of the year 2021.
</blockquote>
According to ZPC, on Monday the Kariba hydropower station was generating 680 megawatts (MW) of electricity of 1 626 MW.
The combined output from Kariba and the country’s thermal power stations was 1 174 MW against a peak demand of 1 700 MW.
The ZRA said it will maintain the monthly water allocation for Zimbabwe and Zambia at 42 BCM despite indications that water levels were receding.
It said lake levels at Kariba on September 1 stood at 481.55m compared to the last update made on August 4, which was at 482.16m.
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Zimbabwe, Zambia Fail to Finish Kariba Water Allocation For Electricity Generation

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), ZESA Holdings’ power distribution arm, has announced that electricity will be unavailable to some of its customers in the Harare region for up to hours tomorrow.
In a notice, ZETDC said power will be cut off from 6 AM to 6 PM on Wednesday 8 September 2021 for the purpose of carrying out critical maintenance. The notice read:
<blockquote>
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) would like to advise its valued customers in Harare Region that there would be a power supply interruption on Wednesday 8 September 2021 from 0600 hours to 1800 hours for the purpose of carrying out critical maintenance works.
During this period electricity will not be available in the following areas:
Msasa Industrial area: I.T.G, parts of Msasa Park and Msasa police camp. Borrowdale: Wood Lane, Breach road, Village Green, Armadale, Balmoral, Cameron, Dart, Vainona primary school, Campbell, Fernleigh, Glenelg, Hawick, Inveraray, Jedbury, Kirkcaldy, Fal, Fowey, Arun, New Pomona stands, Brent.
Kuwadzana: Kuwadzana phase 3, Dzivarasekwa, Dzivarasekwa high school.
Customers are advised to treat all circuits as LIVE during this period as power may be restored without notice.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

ZETDC Power Interruption Alert: Wednesday, 08 September 2021

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced the relaxation of the current COVID-19 Level Four lockdown measures to Level Two.
Among other things, curfew hours have been adjusted to between 10 PM and 5.30 AM, while businesses are now allowed to operate from 8 AM up to 7 PM.
Restaurants and bars within hotels and lodges have been given the green light to open between 8 AM and 10 PM.
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Intercity travel is now permitted and transport operators and members of the public are expected to observe public health measures. However, beer halls, bars and nightclubs remain closed.
Here are some of the regulations announced by the President:
<ul>
<li>Curfew from 2200 to 05:30hrs</li>
<li>Businesses to operate from 0800 to 1900hrs</li>
<li>Restaurants and bars within hotels and lodges to operate between 1000 to 2200hrs</li>
<li>Bottle stores to open between 1000 and 1600hrs</li>
<li>Beer outlets and nightclubs remain closed.</li>
<li>Public gatherings to not exceed 100.</li>
<li>Decongestion of offices shall be at 50%</li>
<li>Intercity now permitted in strict adherence to COVID-19 health measures</li>
<li>Low-risk sports to resume from 0800 to 1600hrs</li>
<li>High and medium-risk sporting activities to seek approval.</li>
<li>Persons entering the country should present a COVID-19 test valid less than 48 hrs.</li>
<li>Lockdown relaxation to be reviewed in 2 weeks.</li>
</ul>
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

President Mnangagwa Relaxes Lockdown Measures

Libyan authorities have released Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi who was ousted and killed during a 2011 uprising.
Saadi Gaddafi fled for Niger during the NATO-backed uprising, but was extradited to Libya in 2014 and has been imprisoned since then in Tripoli.
A Libyan official source and a unity government source told Al Jazeera on Sunday that following his release, Saadi immediately departed on a plane to Istanbul.
Libya has suffered chaos, division and violence in the decade since the uprising. The Government of National Unity was installed in March as part of a peace push that was also meant to include elections planned for December.
His release resulted from negotiations that included senior tribal figures and Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, the official source said.
Another source said the negotiations also involved former interior minister Fathi Bashagha.
In 2018 the Justice Ministry said Saadi Gaddafi had been found not guilty of “murder, deception, threats, enslavement and defamation of the former player Bashir Rayani”.
In July the New York Times said it had interviewed Saadi’s brother, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who was held for years in the town of Zintan, as his supporters indicate he will run in the presidential elections planned for December.
More: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libya-frees-saadi-gaddafi-son-former-leader-2021-09-05/?taid=61353b8c6edf5a000104adb3&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter">Al Jazeera</a> (Reporting by Ahmed Elumami and Hani Amara; Writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Libya Releases Saadi Gaddafi, Son Of Muammar Gaddafi

Veterans of the liberation war have expressed concern over delays by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to hasten the exhumation and reburial of victims who are still buried in mass graves across the country.
This comes barely a week after a group of ex-combatants berated Mnangagwa for failing to take their welfare seriously.
In a statement issued on Saturday, former freedom fighters accused Mnangagwa of failing to honour them. The statement, issued by the Mashonaland West provincial war veterans leadership, read:
<blockquote>
We are deeply concerned that some of our late fighters are still yet to be reburied. Hurungwe liberation war veterans resolved that every effort be made for the exhumation and reburial, with commensurate honours, of the departed heroes of the Second Chimurenga who met their deaths in Hurungwe district, Mashonaland West province, and that the process be accelerated.
The veterans, to realise this goal, call upon all veterans in the district to contribute towards a fund to be established for this purpose, and for all who have information of burial sites’ locations to make some available to Veterans of the Liberation Struggle through the party administration offices in Karoi.
The veterans arrived at this resolution following recognition that efforts made towards honouring the departed heroes over the past 41 years of independence have been half-hearted and uncoordinated, displaying a lack of commitment from both the party and government.
</blockquote>
They also applauded the efforts of the Fallen Heroes Trust, which has made it possible to exhume and re-bury those that have been found around the country.
They criticised the ruling ZANU PF and government for failing or neglecting the task of exhumation and reburial of their colleagues leaving the task in the hands of living veterans.
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/09/mnangagwa-faces-fresh-war-vets-onslaught/">NewsDay</a>

War Veterans Concerned Over Delays In Reburying Late Fighters

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Saturday defeated Black Rhinos Queens of Zimbabwe in the COSAFA Women’s qualifiers at King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban to qualify for the CAF Women’s Championship.
The Downs got goals from Lerato Kgasago, Nonhlanhla Mthandi and Boitumelo Rabale to seal the historic win.
Downs women will represent the southern Africa region in the first competition of its kind, which takes place in Egypt later this year. 
Eight teams from the CAF regions will compete in the continent’s premier women’s tournament.
Banyana Ba Style won in fine style after dominating the group stages and edging Zambia’s Green Buffaloes 1-0 in the semifinal during the week. They scored 22 goals in their five games, conceding just once. 
This showed their dominance in the competition and earned them the title of worthy winners.
Rhinos Queens stood little chance against the dominant Sundowns side with their ultra-attacking style. Andisiwe Mgcoyi was voted the player of the match in the final.
Striker Melinda Kgadiete bagged the top goal-scorer of the tournament gong with five goals. 
Although the Zimbabwean team finished as runners-up, Rutendo Makore of Black Rhinos Queens won the Player of the Tournament, with her teammate Mudyiwa also picking Golden Glove for best goalkeeper.
More: <a href="https://www.news24.com/citypress/Sport/sundowns-ladies-edge-closer-to-a-caf-star-20210904">CityPress;</a> <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/black-rhinos-queens-miss-out-on-caf-womens-cl/amp/">The Sunday News</a>

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