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Secretary general of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA), Victor Matemadanda, has been accused of holding meetings across the country without the consent of the members.
Matemadanda’s critics believe that he is trying to usurp power from the chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa.
Matemadanda, who is also the deputy minister for Defence and War Veterans Affairs, said:
<blockquote>I do not need to consult anyone on that because I am the most senior war veterans’ representative in Zanu PF.
Moreover, I am meeting not with ex-combatants but veterans of the liberation struggle and these include war collaborators.
People must able to distinguish the ZNLWVA’s work, Zanu PF work and government work.
In fact, I am not at liberty to respond to such silly allegations by people who are ignorant. I have better things to do.</blockquote>
However, ZNLWVA national executive member Charles Muchena said Matemadanda had not been mandated by the war veterans’ executive to hold such meetings. He said:
<blockquote>What we know is that such meetings are discussed at the national executive level and the chairperson should naturally know but in this case, he is not aware. I don’t think the meetings he is holding have anything to do with us.
When he came to Masvingo he met with Zanu PF structures as well as war veterans but that we thought he was acting in his capacity as deputy minister of Defence as well as politburo member so we did not worry about the nonsense that we are hearing about factionalism since it was not a ZNLWVA indaba which he is not mandated to tell what to do.</blockquote>
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Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says Zimbabwe faces the prospect of civil unrest due to the hordes of youths who are unemployed.
In an interview with the Daily News, Chamisa said President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s trips abroad were misplaced as they brought nothing tangible. He said:
<blockquote>The plight of young people is a threat to national stability, youth unemployment is a ticking time bomb that has to be resolved in the context of national dialogue and engagement.
I am getting worried about his trips it seems he is not appreciating the problems that Zimbabwe has, especially the young people.</blockquote>
However, the deputy minister of Information, Energy Mutodi, said that the opposition was seeking relevance by criticising Mnangagwa. Said Mutodi:
<blockquote>The opposition is overlooking what the government is doing. We are creating wealth…the president has hosted South Africa and Botswana and travelled to other countries.
The message that we are getting is that we are going to get development partners. We have taken measures towards reducing costs…trying to instil confidence in investors and laying the foundation for them.
There is no need for people to demonstrate because demonstrations are retrogressive. We know the opposition want to manipulate every situation to remove the government.
Those in the opposition should know that the law will take its course and those who are on the wrong side of the law will be punished.</blockquote>
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The MDC Alliance’s Ward 28 candidate for Cowdray Park in Bulawayo, Collet Ndlovu has reportedly called upon residents to vote for a male candidate. Ndlovu allegedly<a href="https://twitter.com/ZimMediaReview/status/1110236798519775237" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> said:</a>
<blockquote>Women need men in positions of power because they are afraid, hence if crushed, they keep quiet.</blockquote>
The aspiring MDC councillor’s sentiments, however, did not go down well with lawyer and human rights activist, Doug Coltart who said:
<blockquote>The MDC must call its candidate to order. This sexist nonsense has no place in our society and is not what we expect from a party which is seeking to offer a democratic alternative.</blockquote>
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NewsDay reports that almost 10 names have been nominated for the MDC vice-presidents’ positions.
MDC National organising secretary Amos Chibaya said the high number of people expressing interest in some positions was a sign of growing internal democracy which calls for celebration. Said Chibaya:
<blockquote>MDC is like a freedom train and everyone is free to join in, that is what we mean when we say our democracy if flourishing. In some instances, we have even up to 20 people expressing interest in one position and we encourage that as long as people qualify. The process is moving on well. We have completed the branches and the ward process. This Friday, we will start on the districts before the provincial at a later stage. So far the process has been violence free.</blockquote>
Insiders who spoke to NewsDay said the names being considered for the vice-presidency include Morgen Komichi, Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti, Murisi Zwizwai, Lynette Karenyi-Kore, Theresa Makone, Paurina Mupariwa, among others.
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Zanu-PF central committee member and Mashonaland Central provincial council member Martin Mavhangira has died. He was 68.
Mavhangira, who was an arch-rival to the province’s G40 members Saviour Kasukuwere and his brother Dickson Mafios, died at his home in Bindura on Friday after battling prostate cancer for a long time. He was accorded a provincial hero status and buried at the Provincial Heroes Acre in Bindura yesterday.
In an interview with NewsDay, Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe confirmed the death. Mavhangira is survived by his wife Tsitsi, six children and eight grandchildren.
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Parties to President Mnangagwa’s dialogue are set to meet on Friday to choose the convener.
National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) chair retired Justice Selo Masole Nare said the talks will continue on Friday. 23 parties which took part in last year’s harmonised elections were supposed to be part of the national dialogue process initiated by Mnangagwa. However, only 17, including small and insignificant parties, according to poll results, are making the numbers. Said Nare:
<blockquote>It’s going to continue on Friday the 29th, we should have held it on the 22nd, but as you know, there were these disasters in the country and the President was running around meeting people and assessing the situation in Chimanimani. Friday I went to his office to hand him the report, our last report. So Friday will be the day when we will go back to discuss the final analysis of the report. The committees have met and produced reports, which we consolidated into one report and it will be presented to the President and then he will present his remarks. The political parties’ gurus will make their remarks on Friday. If everything goes well, they will choose the convener as well, then the meetings will take place in a normal situation, depending on when and where the convener would like to have those meetings.</blockquote>
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Civic society organisations (CSOs) are calling on government to set-up a missing persons database for suspected abduction victims dating back to the Gukurahundi period.
The call was made by CSOs at an enforced disappearances indaba organised by the Habakkuk Trust in Bulawayo last Friday. Habakkuk trust director Dumisani Nkomo urged government to set up a missing persons database to help bring closure to victims’ families.
<blockquote>The Gukurahundi issue must be talked about in public. This was highlighted to the President (Emmerson Mnangagwa) at State House last week. We should have a detailed database for the missing persons. There is need to put names to those faces of people who died, not just a figure. This will bring closure to the issue of missing persons.</blockquote>
He added that the database would be used by survivors in terms of economic benefits for the dependents of those who disappeared or who were killed since some left properties.
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Zanu-PF will not lose sleep or be intimidated by Saviour Kasukuwere’s warning that they are ready to take the party head on.
This was said by Victor Matemadanda during an interface meeting with war veterans, war collaborators and detainees in Bindura last week, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA). Said Matemadanda:
<blockquote>Kasukuwere is saying it will be rough. To who? As a party, we will not lose sleep or be disturbed from making babies by a goat which is rubbing its body against the bedroom walls. Kasukuwere is a hopeless man and there is nothing he can do to the party. Professor Jonathan Moyo thinks he is a great schemer. Let us see him scheme, while out there in the cold, outside the country. Once you are beaten and driven out of the village and you tell yourself that you are going to scheme, what are you going to scheme, don’t fool yourself. They are now saying we have the likes of Mutumwa Mawere. Since you are a professor, why can’t you just write educational curriculums for schools and tertiary institutions where you belong because politics is our game, where we belong. You cannot tell us about penetration ability that is our job.</blockquote>
 
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Yotamu Chigwada, who won the by-election for Chitungwiza Ward 24 last month on an MDC-Alliance ticket, was sworn into office yesterday at the council chambers.
Chigwada was sworn in by the town clerk George Makunde in the presence of District Administrator Mrs Zivanai Chisango. Makunde urged the new councillor to execute his duties as expected and bring development to the community and the local authority. In an interview with The Herald after the ceremony Chigwada said he would strive to serve the interests of the residents. Said Chigwada:
<blockquote>I am honoured to be leading Ward 24 residents and in our area we have three major issues affecting people, that is inconsistent water supply, sewer bursts and inconsistent refuse collection. I will do my best to ensure that these issues are addressed and I shall establish ward committees that I will be working with soon.</blockquote>
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Deputy Minister for Defence and War Veterans Affairs Victor Matemadanda said sanctions are meant to make people revolt against the Zanu-PF government.
He also appealed to war veterans in Mashonaland Central Province to explain to the people how sanctions are hurting everyone before they join a protest march to the United States Embassy. The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is organising a march to the US Embassy in Harare against sanctions that were extended by US President Donald Trump by another year. Said Matemadanda:
<blockquote>The purpose of these sanctions are to push people to blame and criticise the President, Government and Zanu-PF and vote for their stooge, Movement for Democratic Change. War veterans, you have a mission to go and explain to the masses that this is an act of the enemy. You were taught about this during the liberation struggle that after Independence, we will enter a stage where colonialism will be reintroduced. They want this country to be a neo-colonialism State and its characteristics are that you will be led by a fellow black man used by your former colonisers. Mr Nelson Chamisa brags about calling President Trump anytime.</blockquote>
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Zim Morning Post reports Utoile Silaigwana is set to be appointed as the new substantive Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) chief elections officer. This comes after interviews held on March 15 2019.
Sources close to the development told Zim Morning Post that Silaigwana passed the interviews after scoring an average of 78,89% from a 9-member panel. The Panel comprised of Zec chairperson Justice Priscila Makanyara Chigumba, Deputy Chairperson Emmanuel Magade, Qhubani Moyo, Joyce Kazembe, Daniel John Chigaru, Sibongile Ndlovu, Netsai Mushonga, Faith Sebata, Ngoni Kundidzora. Documents seen by Zim Morning Post reveal that Silaigwana scored a 63% from Chigumba, Magade gave him 80 %, Kazembe (87%), Chigaru (87%), Ndlovu (86%), Kundidzora (78%), Sebata (77%), Mushonga (62%) while Moyo awarded him 90%.
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Political analysts who spoke to Daily News said they doubt President Mnangagwa will deliver on the promises he made to Matabeleland civic society during a meeting at his Bulawayo State House.
During the meeting Mnangagwa allowed the civic society members to directly talk about their burning issues. It was a first for both parties as this never happened during former President Robert Mugabe’s 37 years rein. The civil society members asked for those affected by Gukurahundi to be allowed to discuss their experiences without fear of being arrested. They also spoke about the issue of reburials with families of victims asking to be allowed to exhume and rebury their loved ones in order for them to find healing and closure. Another issue was access to documentation where families of Gukurahundi victims should be assisted with death certificates that clearly state the causes of death.
Political analyst Vivid Gwede said while Mnangagwa promised to meet their demands, it might have all ended at the meeting. Said Gwede:
<blockquote>I think that Mnangagwa is trying to continue with the image that he is a listening president, but we have not seen substance in that rhetoric. Currently, there is a call for national dialogue in the country and we are not seeing progress in that. The issue of Matabeleland requires genuine efforts at truth-telling and national healing.  Yes, Matabeleland civic groups must be heard, but there is need for a genuine, open and holistic approach to achieve national healing as required by the constitution.</blockquote>
Another political analyst Thomas Sithole said Mnangagwa was simply trying to break with the past.
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Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj Modi is seeking donations to assist a 25 year old woman who was mauled by her landlord’s five vicious dogs in West Somerton suburb.
Speaking on Twitter, Modi who is also Bulawayo South MP (Zanu-PF) appealed for funds saying he has already committed $3000. He said people can send EcoCash contributions to the number 0773960966 or transfer to Muchegwa’s church’s bank account. The bank is Zb, account name Abundant Life Revival Mission 4304413264080, Jason Moyo. Said Modi:
<blockquote>I ask all of you including my friends in the corporate sector to help. I have committed $3000. Give what you can to make her whole again. You can ecocash the number 0773960966 or transfer to her church’s bank account. The bank is Zb, account name Abundant Life Revival Mission 4304413264080, Jason Moyo. Let’s come together and help Cherish Muchengwa to be herself again. What separates us is little, what unites us is bigger. Thank you, ngiyabonga, tatenda <s>#</s>Bulawayo omuhle.</blockquote>
Ms Cherish Muchegwa sustained serious injuries after she was bitten by the dogs resulting in her being hospitalised at Mater Dei Hospital before she was transferred to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) as she could not afford the bills at the private hospital. Her husband Joseph Masaiti told The Chronicle his wife survived the horrific dog attack leaving her with serious injuries on her legs and hands. Masaiti said his wife was attacked by the dogs two weeks ago and is still hospitalised.
The owner of the dogs was identified only as Mrs Mlalazi. Her son Mr Benacious Mlalazi said it was not true that they were not helping the family with medical bills. Mlalazi said the family has been heavily involved in the case from the day of the incident. He said they were also not sure how the dogs attacked Ms Muchegwa as she has lived at the house for nearly two years.

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday hired his third luxury jet from the United Arab Emirates inside a week to fly him to South Africa.
The Airbus A319-119CJ Elite, which landed in Harare at 2.47AM on Monday, left Harare just after 3PM with the Zimbabwe leader on board. It landed at Lanseria International Airport just outside Johannesburg at 4.40PM. Mnangagwa is attending a SADC Solidarity Conference on Western Sahara, which has been occupied by Morocco since 1975. The conference will confirm the region’s support for the decolonisation of the occupied territory and for the holding of a referendum on self-determination for the Saharawi people.
Air Zimbabwe’s scheduled service to Johannesburg left Harare at mid-day on Monday. On Thursday last week, Mnangagwa hired an Airbus A318-112(CJ) Elite from Dubai with registration A6-CAS at an estimated cost of US$200,000 based on the owners’ US$12,500 hourly rate. The plane only took him to Bulawayo from Harare and back – a round trip of about 80 minutes. ZimLive reports A6-CAS flew back to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday evening, on the same day that Mnangagwa took a smaller aircraft, believed to be a Dassault Falcon 900B, for a trip to Angola.
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Mnangagwa Hires 3rd Private Jet In One Week For SA Trip- Report

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday afternoon flew to Pretoria, South Africa in a hired luxury jet from the United Arab Emirates, a move likely to be scorned by critics.
ZimLive.com reports that the jet is an Airbus A319-119CJ Elite, which landed in Harare at 2.47AM on Monday, left Harare just after 3 PM  with the Zimbabwe leader on board.
The Airbus landed at Lanseria International Airport just outside Johannesburg at 4.40PM.
Mnangagwa is set to attend a SADC Solidarity Conference on Western Sahara, which has been occupied by Morocco since 1975.
Speaking to a local publication over the weekend, Presidential spokesperson George Charamba defended his principal’s penchant for hiring expensive jets. Said Charamba:
<blockquote>If you’re to look at the opportunity costs, you’re bound to agree with us that hiring an aircraft for the president is much better than going through all those challenges.
Key to this, the scheduled flight will have to change its time to suit the president. This is dangerous for any airline.</blockquote>
However, MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume expressed disgust over the hiring of expensive jets. He said:
<blockquote>People are using their bare hands to dig for their relatives in the disaster-hit districts of Chipinge and Chimanimani, but the man who runs the country keeps finding scarce foreign currency to hire private jets.
SADC has not yet held an emergency summit to respond to the cyclone which has killed over a thousand people and left tens of thousands homeless in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa, but they are happy to convene a solidarity conference over far-flung Western Sahara.
It is clear Mnangagwa would rather be anywhere else than be here at home, where people are crying out for leadership. Zimbabweans deserve a leader who will put them first.</blockquote>
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MDC Says Forex Used In Hiring Luxury Jets Be Channeled Towards Cyclone Victims

<blockquote>It is now 5 weeks since the Monetary Policy was announced on 20 Feb. During this period, as we foresaw market disequilibrium has increased with the parallel exchange rate firming up to 4.5.T he fixed exchange rate of 2.5 has failed &amp; foreign exchange shortage is huge.
Foreign exchange shortages have seen the return of massive fuel queues across the country. So too are shortages of drugs in hospitals. The disastrous refusal to pay tobacco farmers full US$ auction prices is a by-product of the failed cataleptic Monetary Policy Statement.
The RTGS$ is a failed fraud. One can not have an unbaked currency in the context of a terrible current account deficit where import reserves are less than a week’s cover. RTGS$ is a serious devaluation of people’s savings. It is voodoo economics from a clueless cruel cult.
The solution lies in re-dollarizing the economy protecting people’s balances, scrapping the RTGS$ idiocy &amp; joining RMU in the long term Solution lies in dealing with the crises of legitimacy, of confidence &amp; trust deficit. Emmerson &amp; his lot have failed &amp; failed absolutely.</blockquote>
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Former Higher and Tertiary Education Minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo, has likened President Emmerson Mnangagwa to Cambodia’s former ruler, Pol Pot.
Prof. Moyo says the wearing of a scarf everywhere and every time was popularised by the former dictator who was accused of mass murder. <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfJNMoyo/status/1110179816467300353" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Writing on social media, Moyo said</a>:
<blockquote>Mnangagwa’s voodoo idea of wearing a scarf everywhere &amp; every time in all weather is not new.
The tacky fashion was started &amp; popularised by POL POT, the notoriously vicious dictator &amp; genocidal maniac whose footsteps Mnangagwa is following religiously!</blockquote>
During Pol Pot’s long rule, those regarded as enemies of the new government were killed. These mass killings, coupled with malnutrition, strenuous working conditions, and poor medical care, killed between 1.5 and 3 million people of a population of roughly 8 million (about 25%), a period later termed the Cambodian genocide.
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Jonathan Moyo Likens ED To Pol Pot

ZANU PF officials have rolled up their sleeves in a bid to win Bulawayo’s Ward 28 by-election set for this coming Saturday, March 30.
The party sent its bigwigs led by the second secretary, Vice President Kembo Mohadi to the campaign.
Mohadi donated 60 tonnes of maize and 30 tonnes of rice to Cowdray Park residents at a campaign rally on Friday.
According to reports, this is the first time in years that a member of the Presidium came out to campaign for a councillor.
Speaking in Bulawayo ahead of the vote, Mohadi said:
<blockquote>Since 2000, we have been losing, both general and local authority elections to the opposition. It boggles the mind to see Zanu PF losing elections to the MDC.
This must come to a stop. Let us make sure that the situation changes, starting with Cowdray Park.
Let’s also give this young man a chance by voting for him. We will show you what the government is capable of doing for its people.</blockquote>
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ZANU PF Determined To Win Bulawayo Ward

A video has surfaced on social media showing an altercation between MDC supporters over the candidature of the party’s president Nelson Chamisa at the much anticipated elective Congress.
It is not clear what ignited the heated debate but one of the men is heard declaring that Chamisa is his prefered candidate. He accuses another man, whom he refers to as the Organising Secretary, of having been bribed by [Thokozani] Khupe, leader of MDC-T.
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MDC top official Tendai Biti has criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa for travelling to Angola for a SADC event when Zimbabwe was still mourning the loss of over 200 lives lost to Cyclone Idai.
Mnangagwa left for Angola to attend the official opening of the inaugural commemoration of the Southern Africa Liberation Day. He had declared Saturday and Sunday as days to mourn Cyclone Idai victims.
Writing on Twitter, Biti said Mnangagwa should not have travelled after declaring two days of mourning. Said Biti:
<blockquote>So the usurper declares 2 days of mourning. Our people did not require mourning. They required effective disaster management. They required schools to be closed &amp; communities evacuated. This did not happen. Then the usurper has the indecency of running away during mourning. #Shame</blockquote>
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Cyclone Idai: Biti Slams Mnangagwa For Travelling To Angola During Mourning

Former Zanu-PF Youth League chairman in Bulawayo, Khumbulani Mpofu told Daily News the party’s youths are backing former war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda to be the province’s chairperson.
Bulawayo province was left without a chairperson after Callistus Ndlovu passed away last month. President Emmerson Mnangagwa dissolved Zanu-PF Bulawayo Province’s entire leadership and assigned his deputy, Kembo Mohadi to preside over its restructuring. Before the dissolution of the structures, party youths had already resolved to back Sibanda for the chairmanship. Said Mpofu:
<blockquote>It’s true that the Bulawayo youths are rallying behind Jabulani Sibanda. It is because he is a seasoned politician, and he once held the position of Bulawayo provincial chair. The youths believe that he is capable and that he has the ability to rejuvenate their spirits. He has the political strength and muscle; he understands the youths. When he was chairman, he had youth centred mobilisation programmes and he was an active leader. Youths are energetic and they also need an energetic leader. They don’t want someone who is docile and who will want to be in control all the time.</blockquote>
Efforts by Daily News to get a comment from Sibanda were fruitless as he was not picking up his phone.
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Zanu-PF Youths Back Jabulani Sibanda To Lead Bulawayo Province

Government has praised the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) for working under dangerous conditions in rescue efforts that are underway in areas hit by Cyclone Idai.
In a statement, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda, also thanked individuals and organisations that are helping affected people. Said Sibanda:
<blockquote>We heartily applaud the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, the fortress of our nation, for leading in the rescue effort under perilous circumstances. To all fellow Zimbabweans, we say thank you for your moving show of compassion, unity of purpose and generous spirit in response to the pain inflicted by the Cyclone Idai disaster on our fellow brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers.</blockquote>
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Cyclone Idai: Govt Praises Zimbabwe Defence Forces

Addressing war veterans’ leadership from Mashonaland West in Chinhoyi last week, Victor Matemadanda said MDC leader Nelson Chamisa must accept defeat.
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association secretary-general said Chamisa failed to provide evidence that he won. He urged Chamisa to disengage from the election mode saying the people rejected him in the July 30, 2018 Harmonised Elections. Said Matemadanda:
<blockquote>Chamisa has been asked to produce evidence to substantiate claims that he won the election but has failed. He has been asked to produce V11 forms and primary evidence but failed. He just insists that he won. The country cannot be in a perpetual election mode. The people rejected him but he says they others who like me. If people are voting, they do not sweat to prove that they have rejected you. They do it quietly while placing an X for the opponent.</blockquote>
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Chamisa Failed To Prove He Won, Must Accept Defeat- Matemadanda

Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association secretary-general Victor Matemadanda said the West was working with Nelson Chamisa in a bid to divide the country.
Matemadanda said Chamisa and his Western allies want to divide Zimbabwe so imperialists can plunder the country’s natural resources. He said this whilst addressing war veterans’ leadership from Mashonaland West in Chinhoyi last week. Said Matemadanda:
<blockquote>America, Britain and their local henchmen Nelson Chamisa (MDC Alliance leader) want to divide Zimbabweans so that imperialists can plunder our natural resources. Let those war veterans and others who have strayed be persuaded to come back home so that we match together to the American embassy to tell them that they will never be able to divide us. We know that we need to defend our country from American imperialism.</blockquote>
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Chamisa Wants To Divide Zim So Imperialists Can Plunder Natural Resources- Matemadanda

In an interview with The Chronicle, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said Government is in the process of analysing Elections Observer reports to pave way for legislative reforms.
.Ziyambi who also chairs the Cabinet Task Force on Political and Electoral Reforms said his committee will present a report to Cabinet after analysing the reports. Said Ziyambi:
<blockquote>The major task is really to look at the observer reports, study them. So we have set up a working team of officials to come up with the critical areas that we have to study and then motivate debate within the country to say these are the issues, what are the critical issues that we believe can take us forward. Where necessary, we then institute the necessary legislative reforms after presenting our report to Cabinet</blockquote>
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President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to accept God’s will following Cyclone Idai which has left more than 230 people dead and a trail of destruction.
Mnangagwa said this during a church service at the Methodist Church in Mabelreign, Harare. The service was also attended by Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda and Information, Media and Broadcasting Services principal director Mr Regis Chikore. Said Mnangagwa:
<blockquote>As people, we do not know anything. We only get to know something after it would have occurred but God knows everything, even things to come in future. Job lost all his children and wealth but he never turned away from God. We should accept this although it is difficult, even for me. Sometimes we ask God why He allows such things to happen and also if He still exists. We cannot direct God but we just accept what He has done. Let us pray and seek God when we still can as disaster can come anytime and in different forms. We are all sinners and we should all go to Jesus when we are still alive.</blockquote>
Mnangagwa also thanked all the countries, companies and individuals that have assisted Zimbabwe in this difficult period.
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Cyclone Idai: Mnangagwa Urges Zimbabwe To Accept God's Will

Vice President Kembo Mohadi told Zanu-PF supporters that Zimbabwe has grain reserves to feed the nation for seven months.
He urged the nation not to panic over the dry 2018-2019 agricultural season. He said this at a rally in Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo on Friday to garner support for Kidwell Mujuru, Zanu-PF’s candidate in the ward 30 by election set for March 30. He also said the 500 tonnes will be enough to take Zimbabwe to the next rainy season. Said Mohadi:
<blockquote>This year is a difficult one for us due to little rains received in most parts of the country but please don’t panic. I want to assure you that the new dispensation will make sure that nobody starves. As the leadership, we’re servants of the people and we’ll make sure that every family in the country has food. We have enough food in our strategic grain reserves. We have 500 tonnes of maize, which will last seven months and this is enough to take us to the next season.</blockquote>
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Zimbabwe Has Grain For The Next 7 Months- Mohadi

In an interview with The Standard’s Xolisani Ncube (XN), President Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba (GC) said the president will continue to use hired private jets for his trips until the national airline Air Zimbabwe has aeroplanes that are reliable enough to fly him.
He also said Mnangagwa will use private jets until Zimbabwe can purchase a presidential jet. Below is an excerpt of the interview:
<blockquote>XN: So for how long are we going to be hiring private jets for the president, Cde Charamba?
GC: Until such a time we have a presidential jet or a functioning national airline with a fleet of aircraft. At the moment, our economy cannot sustain the purchase of a presidential jet. Imagine what would happen if the president decides to get a presidential jet. Definitely it would cause an uproar. So until such a time when our economy can sustain the purchase of a presidential jet or we have a national airline with many aircraft, we shall always resort to hiring of private jets. The idea to buy a presidential jet is part of our plans in the long to medium-term, but for now, our economy cannot allow us to do that.
XN: You have explained well on the presidential jet and why the state hires, how about the VPs (vice-presidents), why not use scheduled flights? We have seen them being flown using hired private planes, at whose cost?
GC: This is part of conditions of service for the top three. Even ministers, if their conditions of service stipulate that they should be airlifted whenever they need medical attention at the expense of the state, it must be done. Even top civil servants, if their benefits include airlifting, there is nothing that we can do to change that, it is in their contracts.</blockquote>
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"Mnangagwa Will Hire Private Jets Until Zim Gets A Presidential Jet Or Functioning Airline"

In an interview with The Standard, Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet responsible for presidential communications, George Charamba (GC) said no sofas were delivered for President Mnangagwa in Chimanimani.
Charamba said Government did not bother releasing an official statement denying the reports because the private jets that were in Chimanimani had no capacity to carry the said sofas. Below is an excerpt of the Interview:
<blockquote>XN: Lastly, when the president flew to Mutare and Chimanimani we saw a picture of a private helicopter delivering luxurious sofas to be used at the interface with victims of Cyclone Idai, what was the logic behind the act?
GC: (laughs) Did you verify that indeed that picture was from Zimbabwe? Did you verify that indeed the sofas were there in Chimanimani as is being alleged?
XN: There is a picture of a jet that supposedly delivered the sofas behind VP Chiwenga and from that point, one makes an easy conclusion thereof.
GC: You are a senior journalist and I expect better from you. Did you verify that indeed the picture you are referring to is authentic and the said act happened? Well, yes, we had a number of private jets that were there when the president visited Cyclone Idai victims, but let me say this: I was there too. At no point did we have a jet delivering the said sofas. The private jets that were there had no capacity to carry the said sofas. We had jets with a capacity to carry only four people. This is the reason we did not bother ourselves to respond to the lies peddled by people with ulterior motives.</blockquote>
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