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MOSES MATENGA 

STAFF REPORTER 

LOCAL Government minister 

Ignatius Chombo has reportedly 

organised a meeting to resolve 

the Zvimba chieftainship wrangle 

at Murombedzi growth point today, 

two months after President 

Robert Mugabe publicly chastised 

him and ordered him to stop 

meddling in the matter. 

Informed sources from the 

Zvimba chieftainship yesterday 

questioned Chombo’s move, 

saying the Zvimba North MP and 

Zanu PF politburo member was 

eager to bulldoze his way. 

The Zanu PF MP and politburo 

member, who was reportedly 

angling for the Presidency, recently 

attempted to manipulate 

chieftainships to manoeuvre 

his way to the summit of 

the ruling party. 

However, the traditional 

leaders in 

Mugabe’s Zvimba ru- 

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ral home area resisted him, 

forcing the President to abort 

the inauguration on April 4 of 

Mathias Matare, also known 

as Dununu, as Chief Beperere 

after chiefs protested that he 

had been imposed on them by 

the Local Government ministry. 

The chiefs said Matare was 

not the right candidate for the 

chieftainship. 

The chiefs also reportedly 

threatened that if the installation 

of Matare went ahead, they would 

walk out on Mugabe, who was present 

at Murombedzi Growth 

Point together with other 

members of his 

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Local Government 

minister Ignatius 

Chombo 

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Moyo seeks 

army 

generals’ 

intervention 


INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting 

Services minister Jonathan 

Moyo has reportedly sought the intervention 

of army generals to save 

his skin following his public ridicule 

by President Robert Mugabe 

on allegations of fanning divisions 

in the ruling party. 

Mugabe also accused Moyo of 

recruiting journalists with a soft 

spot for the opposition MDC-T into 

the Zimbabwe Newspapers stable. 

According to the ruling Zanu PF 

party insiders, Moyo reportedly 

appealed to the security chiefs to 

intervene on his behalf after he 

was dressed down by Mugabe at 

the funeral gathering and burial of 

national hero and former Information 

minister Nathan Shamuyarira 

last week. 

Moyo was yesterday not reachable 

for comment while Zanu PF 

spokesperson Rugare Gumbo professed 

ignorance over the matter. 

“I don’t know anything about 

that,” Gumbo said. 

But the officials said Moyo was 

sticking out until the differences 

were ironed out than to resign. 

The officials said Moyo was almost 

off the hook after excitable 

party secretary for administration 

Didymus Mutasa hinted on Sunday 

that Justice minister Emmerson 

Mnangagwa and Moyo should 

be expelled from the party as they 

were divisive elements. 

Mutasa reportedly belongs to 

a faction led by Vice-President 

Joice Mujuru. Both Mujuru and 

Mnangagwa have repeatedly 

denied 

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belonging to factions. 

“You said there are two factions, 

one led by Amai (Joice) Mujuru and the 

other one by Emmerson Mnangagwa,” 

Mutasa said. “Let me say what I have 

always said that Mujuru has no faction. 

“Mujuru faction, if it is there, is all 

of us because she is our leader. If she 

wanted factions she should leave her 

post first and do factions. She is not doing 

that. There is only one faction led 

by Mnangagwa because a faction is described 

as a group of a few people who 

will be working outside the majority.” 

In his address, Mugabe said unlike 

Moyo, Shamuyarira was a model Information 

minister who always made 

efforts to ensure that the party’s views 

were given prominence. 

“The views that he published were 

the views of the party. I am saying 

this in light of what is happening now 

where our Minister of Information 

wants to pit leaders of the party against 

each other,” Mugabe said. 

Mugabe described the journalists 

that have crossed over from the private 

to the State media as “counter-revolutionary 

people” who used to condemn 

Zanu PF, but were now “at the forefront” 

of the public media. 

It is understood that Mugabe’s 

tongue-lashing of Moyo started at the 

party’s politburo meeting last week 

after some Zanu PF heavyweights expressed 

displeasure with the role of the 

State media which they said was now 

in the hands of “former MDC-T journalists” 

who were “peddling the regime 

change agenda”. 

The party gurus allegedly accused 

Moyo of using his foothold in the State 

media to dig into his Zanu PF rivals. 

Mugabe further said he was very 

angry with his ministers whom he said 

were dishonest and deceptive. 

“This opportunism is crooked and 

deceptive, this is an angry time, a time 

of real anger, a time where I am terribly, 

terribly disappointed by some 

of our leaders, I can count them, they 

are proud of what we suffered for,” 

Mugabe said. 

On the flipside, journalists and analysts 

have come to Moyo’s defence saying 

his reformed stance towards the 

private media and his anti-corruption 

crusade should be applauded as they 

set the tone for economic recovery. 

Media academic Pedzisai Ruhanya 

described Mugabe’s public attack on 

Moyo as distasteful. 

He said the veteran leader should 

be grateful for the hard work Moyo had 

put in for Zanu PF to win the July 31 

2013 elections. 

“The attacks are disgusting coming 

from a man whose party and personal 

political career have been saved by 

Moyo,” Ruhanya said. 

“I have seen a lot of celebratory 

comments by some equally misguided 

social commentators when we 

should actually condemn Mugabe for 

hate speech against Moyo. Whatever 

Mugabe does is immaterial.” 

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Facebook fake cop fined $100 

PHILLIP CHIDAVAENZI 

SENIOR REPORTER 

A BALD-HEADED, but heavily 

bearded Harare man, Robert 

Boyiboyi, was yesterday fined 

$100 for criminal nuisance after 

pictures of him which were shot 

while he was in police uniform 

went viral shortly after members 

of the Johane Masowe weChishanu 

allegedly assaulted police 

officers in Budiriro, Harare. 

Harare magistrate Tsatsawani 

Ndaba ruled that should Boyiboyi 

fail to pay the fine, he must 

FelunaNleya 

STAFF Reporter 

HUMAN rights lawyers have 

called on the police to immediately 

comply with the Constitutional 

Court ruling handed 

down last week where the law 

enforcement agents were ordered 

to upgrade their holding 

cells. 

The order came following an 

application by Women of Zimbabwe 

Arise (Woza) leader Jenni 

Williams over the inhuman 

conditions in the police holding 

cells. In the application, the 

Woza leader cited lack of running 

water, bed linen and the 

unhygienic toilets in most cells. 

In a joint statement yesterday, 

both Woza and the Zimbabwe 

Lawyers for Human Rights 

said: “Immediate compliance 

with the court ruling is a constitutional 

imperative. 

“Any delays in according 

detained persons full rights as 

enunciated in the judgment 

cannot be excused and would 

constitute a gross subversion 

of the rule of law and fundamental 

rights enshrined in the 

Constitution. 

“Zimbabwean authorities must 

realise that a detainee, whilst losing 

freedom, does not lose protection 

of presumption of innocence 

and so their other rights must be 

serve three months in prison. 

Prosecutor Patience Chimusaru 

told the court that 

sometime between March and 

June 6 this year, Boyiboyi was at 

his workplace in a beauty parlour 

when a customer brought 

in a Zimbabwe Republic Police 

grey shirt for alteration by a tailor 

who operated in the same 

salon. 

The court heard that Boyiboyi, 

who is self–employed as 

a barber in the salon at Westlea 

Shopping Centre, took the shirt 

and put it on. He then requested 

one Progress Tirivangasi to take 

photographs of him putting on 

the said shirt. 

On June 3, Boyiboyi’s photograph 

was circulated on various 

social media including Facebook 

and whatsapp, accompanied 

by a caption which mocked 

the police force. 

Boyiboyi, who was represented 

in court by Harare lawyer 

Tungamirai Chakurira, was 

arrested by the police after the 

picture went viral. 

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Chombo ‘defies’ Mugabe 

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Gushungo clan. 

According to the chiefs, Matare was 

handpicked by Chombo against the 

decision by the whole clan to install 

Harare provincial administrator Alfred 

Tome, from the Dyakonda family. 

Yesterday, the chiefs told News- 

Day that Chombo, in an apparent 

act of defiance, had set up a team 

comprising three provincial and two 

district administrators to coerce 

them to approve Matare against 

Mugabe’s view on the matter. 

The move has set Chombo on 

a collision course with traditional 

leaders who accused him of defying 

a “clear order” from Mugabe by 

setting up the team and convening 

a meeting when the chiefs had 

forwarded Tome as their preferred 

candidate to assume the Zvimba 

chieftainship. 

The current Chief Zvimba, Stanley 

Mhondoro, confirmed today’s 

meeting, adding that he and several 

other people involved in the matter 

were shocked by Chombo’s move. 

“Chombo is yet to comply with 

the President’s directive two months 

ago and has called for a meeting. We 

are surprised why he has set up a 

team and called for this meeting. To 

Jenni Williams 

respected to the letter.” 

The two organisations said it 

was incumbent on the State and 

all its agencies to ensure that 

detained persons were accorded 

the dignity and entitlements as 

pronounced by the Constitutional 

Court. 

The Constitutional Court last 

Thursday declared that four Woza 

leaders’ rights had been violated 

and they had been discriminated 

against when they were arrested 

and detained in “filthy detention 

cells” at Harare Central Police 

Station four years ago. 

The four - Williams, Magodonga 

Mahlangu, Clara Manjengwa 

and Celina Madukani - 

were arrested on April 15 2010 

during a demonstration against 

“appalling” service delivery 

do what?” Chief Zvimba queried. 

“He is said to have called that 

meeting on the basis of what he is 

calling a protest letter. We see that 

as defiance of the President’s order 

by the minister. If there is a protest 

letter, it should be addressed to the 

President because he gave the final 

order.” 

Chief Zvimba said Chombo insisted 

in a telephone conversation 

calling for the meeting that they 

should deal with the matter, but 

when asked on what he was doing 

with the directive by Mugabe, the 

minister said “we should leave the 

President out of this”. 

Traditional leaders recently accused 

Chombo of harbouring 

Presidential ambitions and wanted 

to use chiefs to further his goal by 

appointing those loyal to him. 

Chombo yesterday, however, 

scoffed at the allegations and said he 

would only issue a statement on the 

matter after today’s meeting. 

“You don’t know what you are 

talking about. Go to that meeting 

with the Traditional Leaders Act, 

then talk to me after that meeting. 

Go to the meeting and make sure 

you have the Act with you and see 

whether it will happen according to 

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The Woza leaders petitioned 

the Supreme Court sitting as 

a Constitutional Court in 2011 

seeking an order compelling 

the government to ensure that 

holding cells at Harare Central 

Police Station met basic hygienic 

conditions. 

The court ordered the co- 

Ministers of Home Affairs and 

Police Commissioner-General 

Augustine Chihuri to take all 

necessary steps and measures 

within their power to ensure 

that the holding cells at Harare 

Central Police Station should 

have clean and salubrious flushing 

toilets with toilet paper and a 

washing bowl. 

The court also said the flushing 

toilets were to be cordoned 

off from the main cell to ensure 

privacy, have a good standard of 

hygiene, and every person detained 

in police custody overnight 

should be furnished with 

a clean mattress and adequate 

blankets. 

It also ordered adequate 

bathing facilities to be provided 

for all persons detained in custody 

overnight and all women 

detained in police custody to be 

allowed to keep their undergarments, 

including brassieres, and 

to wear suitable footwear. 

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the Act or not,” Chombo said. 

He declined to comment on accusations 

of defying Mugabe. 

The April drama occurred in 

Mugabe’s presence with some traditional 

leaders opposed to Matare’s 

appointment threatening to walk 

out on the President together with 

members of the Gushungo clan. 

The sources who attended the 

first meeting said Mugabe ordered 

Chombo to start the appointment 

of the chieftainship process afresh 

and install a bona fide candidate to 

the throne according to the will of the 

traditional leaders from the Zvimba 

clan. 

One of the family members, Stanley 

Chikami, is said to have openly 

told Mugabe that if he had come to 

inaugurate “a Local Government 

chief,” they (other chiefs from Zvimba) 

would immediately leave, setting 

the tone for the conflict. 

Sources said following the standoff, 

a whirlwind erupted and pulled 

down the tent Mugabe was sitting in, 

leaving the President’s bodyguards 

shielding the tent while he scurried 

for cover with villagers ululating. 

The incident was interpreted by 

traditionalists as a sign that the ancestors 

had been angered by the way 

the matter was being handled. 

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Mangoma 

‘attackers’ 

acquitted 

PHILLIP CHIDAVAENZI 


NINE MDC–T activists who had 

been facing charges of assaulting 

the party’s former deputy treasurer-general 

Elton Mangoma have 

been acquitted. 

Harare magistrate Milton Serima 

acquitted the party activists 

after ruling that the State had 

failed to prove a case against them. 

Denford Ngadziore (32), Francis 

Machimbidzofa (38), Enock 

Mukudu (31), Samson Tumai Nerwande 

(41), Stefani Jahwi (36), 

Paul Gorekore (30), Shakespear 

Mukoyi (38), Rhino Mashaya (33) 

and James Chidhakwa (31) — from 

the party’s security department 

— had been accused of contravening 

Section 89 of the Criminal 

Law (Codification and Reform) 

Act Chapter 9:23 after they allegedly 

waylaid Mangoma at Harvest 

House — the party headquarters. 

“Evidence from the State witnesses 

had inconsistencies. Evidence 

must be like the proverbial 

Feluna Nleya 

STAFF Reporter 

FORMER freedom fighter and 

medical doctor Edward Munatsireyi 

Pswarayi has died. He was 

88. 

Pswarayi died at his Beatrice 

farm on Sunday after being ill for 

some time. 

Family spokesperson Nathaniel 

Pswarayi confirmed the death, 

adding that his uncle had been in 

and out of hospital since the beginning 

of the year. 

“He passed on yesterday (Sunday) 

at his farm. He had been 

unwell for some time being in 

and out of hospital this year,” 

Nathaniel, who is also a medical 

practitioner, said, adding that 

they had since requested that he 

be declared a national hero considering 

the role he played during 

and after the liberation war. 

Zanu PF Harare provincial 

chairman Amos Midzi also confirmed 

the death, saying they 

were seized with the matter and 

would also forward their request 

to the party politburo for 

consideration. 

“We are currently meeting 

over the issue of his death, you 

can call me after an hour for finer 

details,” Midzi said. 

But Mudzi was unreachable 

until the time of going to print 

last night. Pswarayi worked together 

with several nationalists 

among them President Robert 

Mugabe, the late James Chikerema, 

Herbert Chitepo and Samuel 

Parirenyatwa. 

He contributed to the struggle 

using his personal resources 

including his vehicle to transport 

biblical scriptures in Matthew, 

Mark and Luke. It must flow,” 

Serima said. 

The magistrate concurred with 

defence lawyer Douglas Mwonzora, 

who is also MDC-T spokesperson 

that the complainant did 

not recognise any of the alleged 

assailants whom Mwonzora said 

had come to restore order. 

Mwonzora also argued that 

a video recording of the incident 

proved that none of his clients 

were involved in the alleged 

attack. 

The State, represented by Venencia 

Mutake, had alleged that 

on February 15 this year at around 

4 o’clock in the afternoon, the accused 

persons waylaid Mangoma 

outside Harvest House and allegedly 

confronted him as he tried to 

get into party president and former 

Premier Morgan Tsvangirai’s 

vehicle. 

The court heard that the youths 

allegedly assaulted the former 

Energy minister in the unity gov- 

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clenched fists all over. 

Mangoma is alleged to have 

suffered nose bleeding while his 

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Mangoma was then whisked 

away in Tsvangirai’s vehicle. The 

four accused were arrested on 

February 25. 

Liberation war fighter Pswarayi dies 

Edward Munatsireyi Pswarayi 

the late then Zapu president Joshua 

Nkomo, among other liberation 

struggle icons. 

Pswarayi was one of those who 

remained in Zimbabwe and as 

chairman of the People’s Movement, 

he was critical in the clandestine 

operational functions of 

Zanu. 

His house in Mbare was raided 

in September 1978 by the Rhodesian 

security forces, leading to his 

arrest and detention at Chikurubi, 

Harare and Whawha prisons. 

Pswarayi was released in 1979 

and joined the Zanu PF delegation 

in London to draw the Lancaster 

House Constitution. 

After independence, Pswarayi 

was elected Zanu PF MP for Mbare 

and served as Deputy Minister of 

Transport and later as Deputy 

Minister of Health. 

He is survived by his wife Mabel, 

19 children, 37 grandchildren 

and five great-grandchildren. 

Former MDC-T deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma after the alleged 

assault 

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ASSOCIATED Newspapers of 

Zimbabwe (ANZ), represented by 

its finance manager Zweli Sibanda, 

editor Stanley Gama and journalist 

Thomas Fungai Kwaramba, 

yesterday made an application for 

refusal of further remand in the 

matter in which they are facing 

charges of criminally defaming 

businessman Kamal Khalfan. 

In their application before Harare 

magistrate Milton Serima, 

the trio argued that there was no 

evidence to suggest that there was 

any criminal defamation. 

“There is no evidence to suggest 

any criminal defamation, 

which would have been shown 

through official publication of 

a statement with the intention 

to harm or it should have been 

false,” ANZ lawyer Gilbert Machingambi 

said. “There is no reasonable 

ground that the statement 

was false and the criminal 

defamation charge falls away.” 

ANZ is accused of contravening 

sections of the Criminal Law 

(Codification and Reform) Act. 

Allegations are that on January 

6 this year Gama, Kwaramba and 

the ANZ published a story with 

the intention of harming Khalfan’s 

reputation after reporting 

that Khalfan boasted about his 

connections to top government 

officials and how he could arrange 

deals with the Zimbabwean 

government. 

It is alleged that The Daily 

News published a false statement 

about Khalfan again on January 

7, which read: “This comes 

in the wake of the Daily News 

story exposing claims by Omani 

businessman Kamal Khalfan that 

he is politically connected and 

could assist in clinching multimillion-dollar 

deals with Harare 

established through his political 

connections. Khalfan’s e-mail 

exchange with a German businessman 

brings to the fore the 

widely held belief that ministers 

and other top government officials 

are being used to siphon billions 

of dollars worth of resources 

from Zimbabwe.” 

The Daily News is accused of 

publishing another defamatory 

statement about Khalfan on January 

29. The trio is out on free bail. 

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Zanu PF youth 

conference rocked 

by vote-buying 

OBEY MANAYITI 


THE upcoming elective Zanu PF 

youth conference slated for August 

has already been rocked 

by reports of vote-buying with 

some candidates allegedly 

splashing cash and fuel coupons 

to the electoral college, NewsDay 

has learnt. 

This emerged during a noholds-barred 

Zanu PF inter-district 

meeting held in Mutare on 

Sunday. The meeting was also 

attended by party secretary for 

administration Didymus Mutasa, 

secretary for youth affairs Absolom 

Sikhosana, Indigenisation 

minister Francis Nhema, Agriculture 

minister Joseph Made, 

Energy deputy minister Munacho 

Mutezo and several party MPs. 

The party’s provincial youth 

chair Kelvin Manyengawana 

called for the leadership to rein 

in those using unorthodox means 

to get into power. 

“The executive has been divided 

over this election,” said 

Manyengawana. 

“Vote-buying is now rampant 

and we want to investigate where 

the money and the coupons are 

coming from. 

“Had it been for money, this 

country would not have been 

liberated. This country came 

through an ideology and we 

want that same ideology that 

liberated this country to cascade 

to the youths as well and not 

vote-buying. 

“We want the youth brigade 

back so that people learn the ideology 

of the party. However, we 

promise to be loyal to the party 

even in difficult times.” 

The post of deputy secretary 

for youth affairs, who will be automatically 

become a politburo 

member deputising the secretary 

for youth affairs, will be up for 

grabs among other portfolios. 

Several names, including that 

of Makoni West MP Kudzanai 

Chipanga, who is currently the 

secretary for external relations, 

the incumbent deputy secretary 

for youth affairs Edson Chakanyuka, 

Mhondoro Ngezi MP 

Didymus Mutasa 

Mike Gava, who is the current 

political commissar, and Gokwe 

Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor 

Wadyajena have been linked to 

the post. 

Sikhosana also condemned 

vote-buying saying the electoral 

college should be properly 

constituted as a way of plugging 

loopholes. 

In apparent response to the 

plea, Mutasa gave a stern warning 

to those fingered in vote-buying. 

“Give us their names please. If 

you fear to tell them, then we will 

do that and warn them,” Mutasa 

said. 

‘Public hospitals allowing 

drugs to expire on shelves’ 

VENERANDA LANGA 

SENIOR PARLIAMENTARY 

REPORTER 

AIDS and Arts Foundation (TAAF) 

executive director Emmanuel 

Gasa yesterday accused public 

hospitals of allowing some imported 

drugs to expire on their 

shelves when many patients were 

failing to access medication due to 

prohibitive costs. 

Gasa told NewsDay in an interview 

that government should 

swiftly come up with systems to 

ensure that all parts of the country 

were adequately covered in terms 

of availability of drugs instead of 

having a higher concentration of 

drugs at certain hospitals while 

others did not have anything in 

their stocks. 

His remarks come following 

reports last week by the Parliamentary 

Portfolio Committee on 

Health and Child Care, chaired by 

MDC-T legislator Ruth Labode, 

that a number of drugs at Ingutsheni 

Mental Hospital in Bulawayo 

had been incinerated after they 

expired. 

“It is not good to hear reports 

that drugs have expired and incinerated 

when many sick people 

in different parts of the country 

are failing to access them,” said 

Gasa. 

“Government should come 

up with a clear policy on storage 

and distribution of drugs because 

there are many people with mental 

problems who are failing to access 

drugs,” he said. 

He said HIV and Aids had increased 

the number of patients 

who needed mental health care 

and some of them were failing to 

access those drugs. 

According to a report by the 

Community Working Group 

on Health (CWGH) on the 2014 

health budget analysis, some areas 

in Zimbabwe had an oversuply 

of drugs while others had nothing. 

CWGH executive director Itai 

Rusike said there was also need 

to capacitate the National Pharmaceutical 

Company of Zimbabwe 

so that it did the duties of 

drug procurement, storage and 

distribution. 

He said poor logistics in distribution 

of drugs led to inadequate 

drugs at the level of care and in areas 

that needed them most while 

in other areas drugs ended up 

expiring. 

“Without adequate drugs at the 

primary level, most people would 

be forced to seek care at the next 

level of care or buy expensive 

drugs from the private sector,” 

Rusike said.

Tsvangirai labels 

rivals ‘opportunists’ 

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MOSES MATENGA 


MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai 

has described MPs who broke 

ranks with his party to join the 

leadership renewal team led by 

“expelled” secretary-general 

Tendai Biti as “opportunists” 

seeking personal enrichment 

at the expense of democratic 

principles. 

Addressing mourners at the 

burial of Japhet Karemba, the 

party’s Mashonaland West provincial 

chairperson in Zvimba 

on Sunday, Tsvangirai said some 

MDC-T “martyrs”, the likes of 

Karemba, did not fight the 

democratic struggle 

for money or positions, 

but stood 

for what they believed 

in. 

“I hear some 

MPs who say 

they want to 

join the renewal 

team. 

Some of 

them got to 

where they are, including being 

able to sleep in hotels, because of 

the MDC. They are kicking themselves 

in disbelief now because of 

the MDC,” Tsvangirai said. 

“Some are opportunists who 

want money. Young people who 

look only at the 

aspect 

monetary 

are 

sacrificing their future. Until we 

achieve democracy, we will not 

tire.” 

Tsvangirai loyalists accused the 

Biti faction of being used by some 

elements for monetary gains at 

the expense of the struggle. 

Ten legislators have so far 

ditched Tsvangirai accusing him 

of clinging to power and contravening 

the party’s guiding 

principles. 

These are Biti, Solomon Madzore 

(Dzivaresekwa), Paul Madzore 

(Glen View South), Moses 

Manyengavana (Highfield 

West),Willias Madzimure (Kambuzuma), 

Samuel Sipepa Nkomo 

(Lobengula), Bekithemba Nyathi 

(Pelandaba Mpopoma), 

Evelyn Masaiti 

(Proportional Representation), 

Settlement 

Chikwinya (Mbizo), 

Reggie Moyo (Luveve) 

and Watchy Sibanda 

(Senator, Matabeleland 

South). 

Tendai Biti 

Chief Negomo 

Chief Negomo equipment attached over debt 


PROMINENT Chiweshe traditional 

leader Chief Chiweshe, born Licious 

Chitsinde, had his irrigation 

equipment attached by the Messenger 

of Court last week over an 

undisclosed debt he owes to a local 

irrigation scheme. 

According to a public notice 

published in the Press yesterday, 

the property — which includes a 

boom sprayer, 50-horsepower 

electric motor and 32 irrigation 

pipes — will go under the hammer 

on Saturday. 

Chief Chiweshe got into the 

spotlight in 2011 after he publicly 

humiliated then Prime Minister 

Morgan Tsvangirai accusing him 

of paying bride price to his lover 

Lorcadia Karimatsenga in the 

Shona sacred month of November. 

The traditional leader ordered 

Tsvangirai to pay two goats, two 

head of cattle and two sheep and 

a piece of cloth as a penalty for 

breaking traditional customs, 

but the MDC-T leader ignored 

the ruling and successfully challenged 

the order at the Bindura 

Magistrates’ Court. 

Tsvangirai had allegedly paid 

bride price at Lorcadia’s parents’ 

plot in Christon Bank, Mazowe, an 

area which Chief Negomo claimed 

was under his jurisdiction. 

Chief Negomo could not be 

reached for comment yesterday. 

‘Lack of political will exposing 

people to killer diseases’ 

FELUNA NLEYA 


A LOCAL public health lobby 

group, Community Working 

Group on Health (CWGH), says 

lack of political will to effectively 

address serious concerns affecting 

the health sector has left millions 

of people exposed to killer 

diseases. 

The group cited the country’s 

heavy dependency on donor 

funding to support the health 

sector as a ticking time bomb. 

In an interview with NewsDay 

yesterday, CWGH director Itai 

Rusike said the country needed a 

vibrant health sector for the good 

of the people which was being 

affected by lack of political will 

among the leaders. 

“The biggest challenge we are 

facing is an underperforming 

economy, skewed priorities and 

lack of political will to get projects 

in the health sector implemented,” 

Rusike said. 

Health and Child Care minister 

David Parirenyatwa is on record 

saying the government was 

planning to construct two district 

hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo 

to ease pressure at the main public 

hospitals. 

But Rusike said the project 

had been on the drawing board 

since independence in 1980 because 

of lack of political will by 

government. 

“The proposal to build district 


has been discussed since the early 

days of independence when 

our economy was at its peak and 

it has remained on the drawing 

board without any implementation,” 

Rusike said. 

“It will be a huge challenge 

for both the government and the 

concerned local authorities to 

build the hospitals in the current 

economic environment when 

most of the hospitals and clinics 

are in a dilapidated state with obsolete 

equipment in urgent need 

of replacement.” 

“My advice to the authorities 

is to use the little available 

resources to make our public 

health system functional again 

like what it used to be.” 

Rusike said the idea to upgrade 

the existing polyclinics to a 

district hospital rather than construct 

new facilities was the best 

option. 

“Resources are needed most 

in the existing clinics and hospitals 

that are failing to provide 

quality service in line with the 

provisions in the new Constitution 

that now guarantees the 

right to health that unfortunately 

is only on paper and yet to be 

enjoyed by the majority of the 

population that depends on public 

health delivery,” Rusike said. 

“We definitely need district 


as primary health care has 

always been poor in these urban 

areas with patients directly 

presenting themselves at central 

hospitals such as Parirenyatwa 

and Mpilo without following the 

referral chain with cases that 

should be dealt with at lower levels 

thereby suffocating the central 

system and increasing the 

workload.” 

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FOR THE LATE 

NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA 

The Speaker of the National Assembly, 

Hon. Adv. J.F. Mudenda, Hon Madam 

President of the Senate,Mrs E.G. 

Madzongwe, Clerk of Parliament, Cde 

A.M. Zvoma, Members and staff of 

Parliament join the nation in mourning the 

death of a gallant, dedicated and resilient 

son of the soil. A Politburo member and 

ex Cabinet Minister, Cde Shamuyarira 

was a true freedom fighter and rare 

breed of intellectual revolutionaries who 

contributed immensely to organising 

and mobilising support for the liberation 

struggle. 

As the first Minister of Information of 

independent Zimbabwe, Cde Shamuyarira 

left a deep imprint on the evolution of a 

development oriented media. Equally, 

as a Foreign Minister, he contributed 

immensely to the overall projection and 

visibility of Zimbabwe as a non-aligned, 

progressive Pan African country founded 

on values of Third World Solidarity. 

In 2007, Cde Shamuyarira played a 

key role in establishment of the local 

chapter of the African liberators Heritage 

Programme to preserve the memory of 

the continent's liberation struggles. In 

mourning the passing on of the son of 

the soil, the nation should take solace 

from, and celebrate, the fact that Cde 

Shamuyarira had served the nation well 

and led an eventful life. 

May the Lord comfort the Shamuyarira 

family and the entire nation in this 

sorrowful time. 

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NEWS 

Zuma released 

from hospital to 

fight another day 

SOUTH AFRICA - South African 

President Jacob Zuma was released 

from a Pretoria hospital on 

Sunday after admission for tests at 

the weekend. 

It is no easy task being President 

Jacob Zuma, and he would be 

forgiven for sleeping with one eye 

open. 

The opposition Democratic Alliance 

(DA) is in its fifth year of 

trying to get fraud and corruption 

charges related to the arms deal 

reinstated against the leader, who 

ascended to the presidency under 

a cloud after a damaging battle to 

avert the charges. 

Likewise, there is the president’s 

own on-going battle to 

keep the National Prosecuting 

Authority (NPA) tamed to safeguard 

against having to face those 

charges again. He was forced to 

appoint a permanent National 

Director of Public Prosecutions 

to head up the NPA by a court of 

law and now the man at the top, 

Mxolisi Nxasana, has gone rogue 

on him, refusing to resign amid 

an alleged plot to oust him and 

rumours that he would reinstate 

corruption charges against Zuma. 

Some have joked that his options 

in life are: face the music and 

go to prison, or remain president 

and stay safe. 

No wonder the president is 

exhausted. 

While ANC secretary general 

GwedeMantashe insisted on 

Sunday at a media briefing that 

the president’s hospital admission 

was a normal check-up, 

City Press reported on the same 

day that Zuma stopped speaking 

10 minutes into a speech on Friday 

complaining of a neck pain, 

and was expected to be out of action 

for three to four days due to 

exhaustion. 

But at 72 years of age, Zuma 

has been given little reprieve by 

his party. The election campaign 

ahead of the May 2014 general 

elections was a fight for his political 

survival. 

Zuma was widely thought to 

be one of the ANC’s biggest disadvantages 

ahead of the election 

following a slew of personal scandals 

and perceived as the party’s 

weakest presidential candidate to 

date. The ANC was understood to 

have contemplated putting forward 

another leader as presidential 

candidate, given how compromised 

and unpopular their 

leader was. 

But electioneering went ahead 

with Zuma at the centre of the 

party’s campaign. It proved to be 

the party’s most difficult and exhausting 

canvassing to date by its 

own admission. Mantashe joked 

with journalists on Sunday that 

several leaders, including himself, 

were ordered to rest given the 

gruelling campaign. 

Mantashe described sometimes 

falling asleep on his sofa 

while watching television “with 

the face of the president and 

when you wake up at four in the 

morning you say it is this man that 

makes me so tired, and you look 

at his face on your T-shirt, so it 

was punishing for everybody”, 

City Press reported. 

Nkandla was reportedly the 

number one question put to the 

party’s leaders by ordinary voters 

as they hit the campaign trail. 

Working overtime 

Accordingly, Zuma had to work 

overtime to prove to his party that 

he could still bring in the votes. He 

attended and addressed at least 60 

government functions in the first 

four months of this year ahead 

of the May 7 elections, City Press 

reported on Sunday, and showed 

signs of great fatigue and strain 

towards the end of his campaign. 

By the time his second inauguration 

rolled around on May 26, he 

looked lacklustre and at the announcement 

of his Cabinet, and 

shortly afterwards barely cracked 

a joke with journalists as he is 

known to do. 

The party also worked hard to 

foreground their own achievements 

as a liberation party now 

in governance, and avoided highlighting 

Zuma as a leader during 

its campaigning. The ANC’s very 

South African President Jacob Zuma 

election posters highlighted this 

strategy. Zuma was cast into the 

background behind dominant text 

as his party campaigned similarly, 

encouraging voters to support the 

party, not the problematic individual 

leading it. A series of “step 

up” posters didn’t even feature 

him. 

Early in his presidency, he was 

dogged by a number of personal 

scandals. He married for the fifth 

and sixth time in the first few 

years of his presidency, bringing 

his total of wives up to four 

and sparking complaints of the 

amounts of public funds dedicated 

to supporting them in terms of 

the spousal office for presidents. 

He has over 19 children, and fathered 

several over the years with 

various women who are not his 

wives. It provoked a backlash in 

2010 when he had a child with 

Sonono Khoza, the daughter of 

his friend and soccer boss Irvin 

Khoza. 

But the biggest scandal of his 

presidency has been the revelation 

of excessive spending of public 

money on security upgrades at 

his private residence in Nkandla. 

He also has a habit of making serious 

gaffes in his off-the-cuff 

comments in public, such as his 

jibes over “clever blacks”, single 

women, and religious curses on 

those who did not vote ANC. 

Zuma worked hard to avoid 

being punished by his party for 

losing votes and the ANC recorded 

only a small decline at the polls, 

still winning by a comfortable 

majority. 

Remaining politically relevant 

But all that work has appeared 

to take its toll on Zuma. While 

he is out of hospital, it is unclear 

whether he will attend the Cabinet 

lekgotla beginning this Tuesday. 

The presidency stated that he 

would work from home over the 

next few days during his rest period, 

and his spokesperson Mac 

Maharaj did not return questions 

to the Mail & Guardian on the 

matter. 

But the risk Zuma runs during 

this time is allowing other ambitious 

leaders to outshine him in 

his absence. 

There was a battle to oust him 

after just one term in office by the 

so-called change faction in 2012. 

The group sought to replace him 

with his then deputy Kgalema- 

Motlanthe at the party’s elective 

conference in Mangaung in December 

2012. But Zuma worked 

to ensure he was untouchable and 

won convincingly. 

He will have to get back to 

work soon to keep himself in the 

clear and politically relevant. And 

his health will likely continue to 

take a backseat in the daily fight 

for his political survival. 

-Mail & Guardian 

Frustrated relatives try to raise $5 million reward for information on MH370 

MALAYSIA - Yesterday, five distraught 

relatives of passengers 

from still-missing Malaysia Airlines 

Flight 370 announced that 

they will issue a (not-yet-raised) 

$5 million reward to anyone who 

can offer information on the 

plane’s whereabouts. Frustrated 

by the government’s inability to 

make nearly any headway on the 

location of MH370, which flew 

off the radar three months ago, 

the five decided to launch an online 

campaign to search for the 

truth. 

They wrote in a statement: 

“In an effort to find the truth, a 

team made up of family members 

and individuals with specialist 

skills are launching a campaign 

on www.indiegogo.com to raise 

$5 000 000 to provide for a reward, 

and the private investigation 

services necessary to follow 

up on submitted leads. The reward 

will be paid to the person or 

firm who provides the information 

that leads to the recovery of 

MH370 and all on board.” 

Project leader Ethan Hunt 

stated that the group has put 

more faith in crowd-sourcing 

than government officials, saying 

“Utilising the immense potential 

of the crowd we believe we can 

achieve our primary goal of recovering 

the flight where others 

methods have failed in the past.” 

KS Narendran, whose wife was 

on board the plane, said “Without 

the truth, families cannot move 

on with their lives. We need closure. 

The world needs closure.” 

The members of the team 

added that the $5 million goal is 

contingent on how well the indiegogo 

funding effort goes, and 

that the reward will be higher if 

they are able to raise more. Since 

the campaign launched yesterday 

morning, about $5 800 has been 

raised. The group said that “credible 

leads will be pursued and validated 

by a professional investigation 

firm licensed to operate in 

multiple countries, and with an 

extensive global network. They 

will work with the authorities 

to pursue the physical recovery 

of the plane,” and that a secure 

website will launch on June 15 to 

collect lead submissions. 

The group’s frustration is understandable: 

not only have government 

officials failed to find any 

debris from the flight, which was 

presumed to have crashed in the 

Indian Ocean, but now they are 

completely reconfiguring their 

search. Last month, searchers reported 

that they had been looking 

for remains of MH370 in the 

wrong place, adding that pings 

they had detected and thought 

were from the plane’s satellite 

devices were most likely coming 

from something else altogether. 

Authorities said they were putting 

the search on hold until they 

have a better idea of where the 

plane could be. Yesterday, the 

Wall Street Journal reported that 

officials are again reconsidering 

the search parameters: 

The latest rethinking on the 

search area, people familiar with 

the matter said, reflects inescapable 

uncertainties about the 

speed, flight path and altitude 

of the Boeing 777. . . changing 

the assumed speed, trajectory 

and altitude, though, can result 

in sharply divergent underwater 

search areas, possibly taking 

teams significantly south or 

southwest from where they focused 

their efforts in May. 

Australia has joined Malaysia 

in leading the search, which 

it has repeatedly referred to 

— sometimes defensively — as 

one of the hardest in aviation 

history: 

We imagine that most of the 

leads submitted won’t be of much 

help to the group, but by now it’s 

hard to see amateur theories being 

much less credible than official 

ones. 

-thewire.com

7 

NewsDay tuesday June 10, 2014

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Zim national 

teams a disaster 

in the making 

THE Mighty Warriors became the latest national football 

team to crash out of a continental competition – the African 

Women Championships (AWC) - after they fell 

2-0 on aggregate to Zambia on Sunday. 

Their male counterparts – the Warriors - drew 2-2 

against Tanzania the previous weekend to bow out of the Africa 

Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers 3-2 on aggregate. 

It has been a disaster in the making for Zimbabwe’s national 

teams due to a plethora of problems and the easiest way to deal 

with them, some believe, was to fire the coaches and the Zifa 

Board. 

However, the problems will always be there as long as challenges 

affecting the national teams are personalised by targeting 

individuals in charge of football or the various national teams. 

The trends that followed the two teams are similar –demand 

more money, boycott training and then lose. Well, that completes 

a miserable two weeks for Zimbabwean football lovers, who now 

have to take their sorrows to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer 

League and the Fifa World Cup. 

The difference between Zambia and Zimbabwe is “naked”. The 

Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) is led by a former footballer, 

who has all the football contacts in the world, including technical 

supplier Nike. Zifa is led by Cuthbert Dube, a businessman, who 

might not even know where Luveve Stadium is and perhaps has 

never watched a football match there. 

In 2008, FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya made it clear that if one 

of their national teams does not win an Afcon tourney, then he 

would have failed to develop the game in Zambia. 

“If we don’t win one of two Afcons in 2012 and 2013, we may 

never do. Our girls should by 2015 be good enough to go to an Afcon,” 

Kalusha said then. He achieved all those goals. 

The Zambia Under-15 women’s team qualified for the Fifa 

World Cup that was staged in Costa Rica and now their senior 

women’s team have qualified for the AWC after thrashing Zimbabwe’s 

Mighty Warriors. 

Who knows, they might be in the top three at the end of the 

finals in Namibia later this year and earn a ticket to the Women’s 

World Cup. 

Their men’s team was crowned the 2012 African champions. 

This can only happen when there is proper planning and putting 

the right people in charge of the game, harnessing the little 

resources available, setting realistic targets and hiring visionary 

coaches. 

Sport, Arts and Culture minister Andrew Langa has suggested 

that a football indaba be held as a matter of urgency as the solution 

does not lie in firing the Dube-led Zifa Board, which will, no 

doubt, invite sanctions from world football governing body Fifa. 

Under ex-minister David Coltart, Zimbabwe had one such 

indaba, but the country is yet to establish what the fruits of that 

gathering were. Perhaps it is time to be realistic and forgo another 

indaba, which will gobble the little resources that are available. 

It is important to note that it will take more than roundtables 

to get the country’s football right. Besides talkshops, Zimbabwe 

needs the money to finance and develop football. 

Zimbabwe’s football administrators must shape up or ship out! 

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Cults, not political parties, 

the bane of Africa 

I 

read about the way you are with us or against us.” 

Americans came up with a These cults, both the ruling ones 

law on corporate governance 

called the Sarbanese- nationally to say: “We are not to- 

and the opposition, do not think 

Oxley Act and wished if gether but what you say makes 

something like that could happen 

in Africa. I am not interested in 

the law itself, but in the way in 

which two individuals from two 

different political persuasions introduced 

Bills that eventually led 

to the landmark eponymous law. 

sense for national development.” 

And the cult leaders, in both 

the ruling ones and the opposition, 

believe they own everything, 

the cult [party], the people 

and all the resources in the land 

[typical of the ruling cult leader]. 

Sox-online.com at http:// These leaders are frighteningly 

www.sox-online.com/sarbanes_and_oxley.htmln 

writes: self-centred. Rod Keller in 

“Grandiose sense of self”, says 

“In 2002, Paul Sarbanes, a the cult leader “believes everything 

Democratic Senator from Maryland, 

and Michael Garver Oxley, 

a Republican Congressman 

from Ohio serving in the House 

is owed to him as a right. 

Preoccupied with his own fantasies, 

Déjà vu 

of Representatives, each introduced 

Bills in their respective 

bodies that would result in legislation 

that would later bear their 

name. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act 

of 2002 passed both houses by 

overwhelming margins; 423 to 3 

in the House and 99 to 0 in the 

Senate.” 

What struck me is the difference 

between this approach and 

the polarisation in most African 

countries. The problem in most Kamurai Mudzingwa 

African nations is that instead of 

political parties, we have political 

cults. And these political cults are 

both from the ruling and opposition 

parties. Normally,the ruling 

and opposition cults are just two 

sides of the same coin. 

In this type of cult politics, 

there is no democracy. Mythical 

divinity is woven around the 

leaders so that they are presented 

as infallible. What they say goes. 

Those who disagree with them 

are either punished or ostracised 

and this causes splits in these 

cults as those who are ambitious 

move on to form their own cults. 

The cause is far from national development 

but to gain power for 

selfish ends. 

In typical cult style, there is 

he must always be the 

center of attention. He presents 

himself as the “Ultimate One”: 

enlightened, a vehicle of god, 

a genius, the leader of humankind, 

and sometimes the most 

humble of the humble. He has an 

insatiable need for adulation and 

attendance”. 

With such cultist thinking, 

leaders of boththe ruling and opposition 

cults will take no critics 

and want to force everyone to 

see the world through their own 

eyes. There is no room for compromise 

and so there is no room 

for outside ideas that may lead to 

development. 

The ruling cult, to fortify its 

position, makes sure that what 

the holier-than-thou-attitude should be national institutions 

prevalent in these institutions 

that call themselves political parties. 

Their reasoning is:“It is either 

become part of the cult. The 

army, the police and the intelligence 

services become part of the 

cult. These are then used against 

the masses and dissenting voices 

[normally the voices of reason]. 

The cult leader can then rule and 

loot as s/he pleases under the 

protection of the army, the police 

and the intelligence services. 

Cults don’t think nationally 

and the ruling cults exhibit the 

same behavior. They think about 

themselves only and anyone outside 

their cult is an enemy and 

should never be listened to. They 

also think national resources 

should only benefit members of 

the cult. 

The opposition cults catch 

up too. Their obsession [judging 

from their statements and behaviour] 

is to replace the ruling 

cult. They don’t go beyond that to 

demonstrate that their intention 

is the development of the nation. 

In extreme cases they take up 

arms to advance their cause. We 

have seen how in some nations, 

life became worse for citizens after 

opposition cults successfully 

removed the ruling cults either 

through the ballot or the gun. 

Cults place themselves above 

everyone including the law. 

American political parties respect 

the country’s constitution that is 

why there is democracy. In most 

parts of Africa the ruling cults 

place themselves above any laws 

including the constitution. They 

steal, rape, oppress and come 

up with unconstitutional laws to 

protect such type of behavior. 

In short, Africa is still a long 

way from developing political 

parties that will eventually understand 

that politics should be a 

means to national development. 

Political parties also accept rotation 

of leadership, something that 

cults in most parts of Africa don’t. 

At the moment, the continent is 

stuck with cults masquerading as 

political parties to achieve their 

own selfish ends. That is why 

most African states are regressing. 

As long as Africa is led by 

cults, there will never be untity. 

• Feedback: kmudzingwa@newsday.co.zw

eaders' feedback NewsDay tuesday june 10, 2014 9 

Create jobs first, then ban commuter omnibuses 

IN response to Kombi ban challenged: The 

ban of commuter omnibuses will ensure 

an increase in the number of unemployed, 

starting with the drivers and conductors, 

right down to the car spares and servicing 

industry. 

The simple thing is to be strict on enforcing 

traffic rules, vetting of the vehicles themselves 

and the drivers to ensure that all their 

documents are in order. 

I would urge the responsible minister 

to rethink the ban which will definitely increase 

the number of jobless people, a recipe 

MP, 

where art 

thou? 

My heartfelt gratitude goes to the 

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation 

for airing live parliamentary 

debates every week. 

Indeed, had they not done so, I 

would not have gotten an opportunity 

to discover that our Member 

of Parliament is alive and well. 

As concerned citizens, we were 

on our way to the police station to 

have him listed as a missing person 

– last seen on July 31 2013. 

As such, it is with a mixture of 

relief which is turning into bitterness 

every week, that I watch the 

not-so-honourable MP we elected 

11 months ago, strutting in Parliament, 

purporting to represent our 

interests. 

What constituency are you 

talking about, honourable, when 

you last set foot in it close to a year 

ago? 

What happened to all the 

promises of development and upgrading 

of our standard of living? 

In case somehow, inexplicably, 

you got your mandate confused, 

honourable, you were elected to 

serve our interests, not your own. 

A brand new all-terrain vehicle 

and a sitting allowance are not 

priorities. 

Constituency development 

projects and the articulation of 

our wishes and views in Parliament 

(after having consulted us) 

should be your major concerns, 

not dressing up for Parliament 

each week. 

Do they (MPs) not feel ashamed 

when their fellow parliamentarians 

talk of their constituencies 

when some barely remember the 

road (and potholes) to their own? 

Moyo attack savage, unAfrican 

•In response to Moyo attack: 

Mugabe offside: President Robert 

Mugabe is totally off the mark. He is 

then the father of corruption as he 

is shamelessly defending at a most 

unlikely venue — a funeral. Why did 

he not attack Information minister 

Jonathan Moyo in the privacy of 

their politburo gathering? Who does 

Mugabe think he is? A god? Why 

hit a man when he is down? That 

is cowardly. Moyo could not defend 

himself by seizing the microphone 

from the hands of this dinosaur and 

Write to us at NewsDay 

ancient monument. Mugabe has 

scored an own goal through this 

attack on Moyo, a minister he himself 

appointed. Moyo has won millions 

of sympathisers and is now a 

hero. Friends and foes alike now feel 

for Moyo. Attacking a person, and 

worse still one’s own appointee, at 

a funeral is savage and unAfrican. 

This is a prize demonstration of how 

Zanu PF abuses State machinery 

and apparatus to further its own 

interests. 

Observer 

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Mpofu’s plan to ban kombis disastrous 

THE MDC Youth Assembly condemns in 

the strongest terms possible the intended 

action by Transport, Communication 

and Infrastructural Development minister 

Obert Mpofu. 

The plan to ban kombis is not only poorly 

thought out, but is carelessness of the highest 

order. 

We do not understand why on earth would 

a government running a country with more 

than 80% unemployment decide to phase 

out a system that directly employs more than 

29 000 people and indirectly employs 7 000 

people. 

This practically means more than 36 000 

families will go hungry as soon as this evil 

for further malcontentment in the already 

tough economic environment. 

Enforce the Traffic Act, introduce competition 

so that people have a choice, not to establish 

an oligopoly which will benefit only 

a few. 

The ban flies in the face of the spirit of 

empowerment. 

Neighbouring countries have these 

kombis, but traffic rules are enforced and 

observed. 

This banning is not a good idea considering 

that Zupco has failed countless times to 

The unemployed youths that 

were promised to be helped with 

employment creation projects are 

still waiting expectantly. 

The orphans they promised assistance 

are still going to bed hungry 

and being chased away from 

school for non-payment of fees. 

The foundation for the new 

clinic is slowly filling with rubbish. 

The potholes in our roads have 

since turned into dish-holes that 

even your all-terrain vehicle will 

find hard to navigate through. 

While it is common knowledge 

that the country is undergoing 

economic challenges, that should 

not stop them, honourable, from 

visiting your constituency and 

implementing the promises you 

made to us. 

We are seeing in neighbouring 

constituencies development taking 

place and we wonder if the 

constituencies are in the same 

country. 

Sentiments expressed by Zanu 

PF national chairman Simon 

Khaya Moyo, where he urged the 

party’s parliamentarians to deliver 

on their election promises, 

were indeed music to my ears. 

plan begins to roll. 

For Cabinet to approve this plan shows 

that it has since turned from being a 

people-centred board of government to being 

a grouping of self-centred corrupt elitists. 

This is surely part of the Zanu PF plot to 

unofficially legalise corruption at government 

level. 

It would not be surprising to find out that 

companies linked to some senior Zanu PF 

politicians will be awarded the tender to replace 

the current public transport system. 

The recent Salarygate scandal that has 

since faded into thin air is one case that 

demonstrates Zanu PF’s gigantic appetite for 

corruption. 

satisfy customers. 

Apart from this, our economy is going 

down the drain and a lot of people have sacrificed 

their earnings to buy these vehicles 

and they are a source of income which the 

government has failed to provide. 

It seems this Zanu PF government is good 

at destroying anything that feeds a the common 

man on the street. First fix the roads and 

create employment and then talk of banning 

some people’s source of income. It reminds 

me of the 2005 Operation Murambatsvina. 

KOTIKO MULELE 

“We want reports as a party 

so that we check on the developmental 

projects these (MPs) are 

making in their constituencies 

. . . we are a people-oriented party, 

hence our theme, which calls 

for peace, unity and development. 

That is the reason we had to transform 

that winning formula into a 

blueprint called ZimAsset for tangible 

results to be seen by the people,” 

he said. 

MDC-T should also implement 

similar performance check measures. 

While laudable, I would like 

to urge Moyo not to rely on the reports 

only as they are bound to be 

doctored. 

I will consult with my fellow 

constituents and see if we can 

come up with our own report on 

our missing-in-action MP. 

And to honourable MPs, please 

come home! 

NICOLE HONDO 

Mugabe should 

move with times 

IN response to Moyo attack: 

Mugabe offside: The economy is 

grounded and President Robert 

Mugabe is busy diverting people’s 

attention by attacking the person 

who is said to have masterminded 

his so-called July 31 “landslide 

victory”. 

What it means is Mugabe wants 

the Happison Muchecheteres and 

Cuthbert Dubes of this world reinstated. 

Information minister Jonathan 

Moyo was right for exposing 

corruption, but what he didn’t see 

was the fact that Mugabe wanted 

to use him to think for the party. 

Wanted urgently is a Zanu PF renewal 

team without which the 

country will never reinvent itself. 

All countries around us are having 

a peaceful change of guard, and 

are picking up economically, but 

Mugabe remains unmoved with 

his dangerous vice grip on the 

country. 

Future 

It is unfortuanate that Information minister 

Jonathan Moyo — the minister behind exposing 

of Salarygate — was over the weekend 

silenced and got his wings clipped by none 

other than President Robert Mugabe. 

We are sure that the President was simply 

sending a message to everyone that no one 

should interfere with the possible corruption 

to be played in the transport sector. 

Ever since the announcement of results 

of the opaque July 31 elections, Zanu PF has 

been drifting away from their populist language 

and fast modelling themselves around 

fascist-monarchist ideologies. 

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Banning 

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to go 

• In response to Kombi ban challenged: 

The government should introduce 

conventional buses first maybe 

and then ban kombis. I agree that 

kombis have become a menace on the 

roads and to make it worse they are 

killing people and also robbing them. 

So many people have fallen victim to 

kombi crews who rob them and throw 

them out of the moving kombi risking 

death or injury. Many do not report 

because they know it will be useless 

to do so. In most cases you would not 

recall the registration number of the 

kombi. I would suggest that if kombis 

are to stay, then they must be run by 

a group of people or they should have 

different colours and have a trade 

name written on the side in big letters 

so they are easily identified. By 

so doing, they will not carry out such 

criminal acts because they will be 

easily identified. The seating capacity 

should also be determined by the 

seats. Extra seats should not be put 

in a kombi. If caught breaching these 

rules, the owner must be banned from 

operating. Commuters are suffering at 

the hands of these people. 

CONCERNED CITIZEN 

• in response to When feminists pontificate 

to reject fellow women: Great 

analysis, Yvonne Gasura. The idea of 

women pulling each other down reminds 

me of how some senior Zanu 

PF women always work hard to propel 

men to the top of the organisation 

while fighting to keep each other at the 

bottom. It reminds me of a time when 

a senior Zanu PF politician vowed that 

she would organise a demonstration 

of women in the nude if anyone dared 

challenge President Robert Mugabe 

for the number one spot. The politician 

prefers to fight her colleagues for 

lower posts. That is women at their 

best. Unfortunately, this pattern is being 

replicated in the opposition parties 

too. 

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BUSINESS 

Denmark avails 

$20 million for 

Zimfund projects 

Victoria Mtomba 

Business Reporter 

THE government of the Royal 

Kingdom of Denmark has availed 

$20 million to fund water, sanitation 

and power projects through 

the Zimbabwe Multi-donor Trust 

Fund (Zimfund). 

Speaking at the signing ceremony 

yesterday, the resident 

representative of the African Development 

Bank in Zimbabwe 

Mateus Magala said Denmark was 

now the largest contributor to the 

fund which is administered by African 

Development Bank on behalf 

of Denmark, Australia, Germany, 

Norway, Switzerland, Sweden and 

United Kingdom. 

“It brings the resources needed 

to implement the projects to a satisfactory 

level. The size of the resources 

made available by a single 

country is an honest testimony of 

the relevance and good performance 

of the fund,” Magala said. 

Magala said some of the projects 

under the fund were now in 

full implementation mode. 

He said the money contributed 

by Denmark had made the fund 

total endowment stand at $145 

million close to the total $160 million 

required for the fund. 

Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa 

said the government appreciated 

the boost that Denmark 

government had made to the fund. 

“For me, what is significant is 

not the $20 million which is most 

welcome, but that Denmark and 

Zimbabwe have found each other 

to restore our political and economic 

relations prior to the land 

reform programme. That, to me, is 

the most significant event today,” 

he said. 

The head of mission at the Royal 

Danish Embassy office in Harare, 

the Charge d’ Affaires Erik Brøgger 

Rasmussen said infrastructure 

development was important because 

it was about people’s lives. 

Rasmussen said the Danish 

government left the country during 

the land reform and they now 

back in the country to work with 

the government. 

“The direction is evident we are 

working towards normalisation 

although there is still work to be 

done,” Rasmussen 

Magala said the upon completion 

2,5 million in Harare, Chitungwiza, 

Mutare, Masvingo,Chegutu, 

Kwekwe, Ruwa and Redcliff 

Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa (left) shakes hands with Erik Brogger Rasmussen (centre) and Mateus Magala on 

the occasion of the signing of Denmark’s contribution to the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund yesterday 

could benefit from clean water 

and improved health and hygiene 

standards. 

The fund was set up in 2010 

and a total of $40 million was 

donated by the seven countries. 

The countries has so far availed 

$125 million for the rehabilitation 

of infrastructure projects in water 

and sanitation and the energy 

sectors. 

Meanwhile, the government 

has adopted a framework for the 

aid co-ordination architecture to 

realign it with the objectives of the 

Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable 

Socio-Economic Transformation. 

Chinamasa said he would head 

the Cabinet committee which includes 

his ministry, Local Government, 

Public Service, Higher and 

Tertiary Education, Primary and 

Secondary Education, Defence, 

Justice Legal and Parliamentary 

Affairs, Media and Information, 

Small, Medium-Scale Enterprises, 

Health and Child Care, Environment 

Water and Climate and 

Agriculture and Mechanisation. 

He said the committee would 

enhance accountability in the utilisation 

of funds as well as minimise 

duplication, and to ensure 

that all mobilised funds would be 

channelled through the vote of 

credit. 

Versapak seeks $600k 

for plant upgrade 

Tarisai Mandizha 


THE manufacturer of expanded 

and extruded polystyrene packaging 

Versapak Zimbabwe says 

requires $600 000 for refurbishments 

and to replace its antiquated 

equipment, a company official 

has said. 

Speaking during a familiarisation 

tour of the plastic industry 

by Members of Parliament in the 

Industry and Commerce portfolio 

committee recently, Versapak 

Zimbabwe managing director Andrew 

John said the company required 

to upgrade its equipment 

and some of it was over 10 years 

old due lack of long-term lines of 

credit and high interest rates. 

“Capital rates for funding are 

not sustainable and to get any 

form of new equipment we have 

to look for lines of credit and the 

lines of credit from government 

is only available for short-term,” 

John said. 

Versapak Zimbabwe operations 

director Range Dadirai said 

the company required a total of 

$600 000 for refurbishment and 

the exercise would take place in 

the next two years. 

“We require $600 000 to recapitalise 

just to replace some of 

the antiquated equipment,” Dadirai 

said. 

Dadirai said Versapak was the 

only company which manufactures 

foam trays (kaylit) in Zimbabwe 

and was facing stiff competition 

from imports. 

He said the company was currently 

operating at 65% capacity 

utilisation and exports between 

25 to 30% of the total volumes 

manufactured. 

Dadirai said the company had 

75% market share, with 15% being 

provided by the Chinese and 

10% were imports coming through 

various channels into the country. 

However, annual turnover was 

$7,3 million for the year ended 

December 2013. 

“In the first quarter we have 

been struggling and we made a 

loss in March as well as April due 

to liquidity challenges in the market,” 

Dadirai said. 

The company provides packaging 

material for OK Zimbabwe, 

Lyons and Dairibord Zimbabwe, 

among many others. 

‘Levies cripple livestock industry’ 


PLAYERS in the livestock industry said 

government should harmonise the 

Environmental Management Authority 

(EMA), Agriculture Marketing Authority 

(AMA) Veterinary Public Health (VPH) 

and the Rural District Councils (RDC) 

laws as they were impacting negatively 

on the competitiveness of the 

livestock value chain. 

Presenting challenges faced by the 

livestock sector in Zimbabwe, the pig 

value chain group representative Berean 

Mukwende said levies charged by 

the different organisations were too 

high in comparison to the service they 

offered back to the industry. 

“The movement permit and police 

clearance is important for disease 

control and stock theft control, but 

they is need to revisit police clearance 

of pigs and access whether it is 

necessary. 

“African swine fever (ASF) certification 

is necessary for disease control 

but there may be need for a two tier 

system where small-scale producers 

pay a lesser fee to encourage compliance,” 

Mukwende said. 

He, however, said there was also 

need for EMA to conduct wide stakeholder 

consultations to understand 

the logic for the regulations, review 

its fees and raise awareness of its 

programmes. 

Speaking at the same event, 

beef group representative Nyasha 

Chishakwe said the RDC fees were 

very unrealistic to the industry. 

“Especially in Matebeleland distances 

are too long to collect police 

and the veterinary department to 

move cattle from home to the auction. 

Vet charges at the auction were 

another duplication of services,” 

Chishakwe said. 

He said the RDC land taxation 

collection was also ineffective as currently 

no services were being provided 

to the tax payers. 

“Players are not motivated to pay 

RDC levies because lack of service 

provision such as unfenced plots and 

encroachment into plots by nonbeneficiaries 

and lack of control on 

breeding,” he said. 

He added that government should 

remove multiple levies at the abattoirs 

which were being charged per animal. 

The dairy sector group representative 

said government should 

streamline the process for the dairy 

players, saying that currently the 

players require three permits for the 

livestock movement which includes 

police clearance, vet clearance and 

RDC levy. 

The group added that the milk processors 

require multiple registrations 

with Veterinary Public Health, Dairy 

Services, Local Authority, EMA and all 

these were for a fee. 

Commenting on the poultry sector 

challenges, the group representative 

said the sector was happy with the 

laws on animal health, but there was 

need to lobby the government to ensure 

that agriculture and specifically 

for animal health obtains a fair dispensation 

from the National Budget, 

this will ensure that the Veterinary 

Services department will have adequate 

resources. 

However, the stock feed group 

representative said fees paid for 

registration and import and export 

permits, specifically AMA, District Valuer 

Services (DVS), registration fees 

for feed formulation, premix and fees 

for testing of feeds was too high. 

“We fully appreciate role of levies, 

fees, but what is lacking is consultation 

at fee formulation and use of 

services for the benefit of the value 

chain,” said the group. 

The group, however, recommended 

that there was need for transparency 

and accountability, issues of enforceability 

of disclosing fees and levies 

collected and how they are used for 

both private and public sector.

BUSINESS NEWSDAY TUESDAY JUNE 10, 2014 11 

CLIVE MPHAMBELA 

OWN CORRESPONDENT 

IT is generally true that most of us in the cities 

and towns have access to the basic tools of financial 

planning in the form of services provided 

by banks and insurance companies where their 

offices are mainly located and whether we use 

them becomes a matter of choice. 

However, most of our citizens, particularly 

those in the more remote parts of our country, 

remain financially excluded. Addressing the financial 

exclusion challenge has become the 

preoccupation of banks, regulators and the government 

at large. 

The recent Finscope 2011 survey and the subsequent 

Finscope 2012 survey conducted in 

Zimbabwe by the Finmark Trust under the auspices 

of the World Bank Group have been very 

enlightening. They reveal some saddening statistics 

about the state of financial inclusiveness 

in Zimbabwe. Some of the metrics unveiled by 

the survey were that as much as 43% of business 

owners (1,2 million) are financially excluded, 

ie, they do not use any financial products or 

services (neither formal nor informal) to manage 

their business finances whilst only 50% of 

SME business owners (1,4 million) have access 

to or use of informal mechanisms to manage 

their business finances. A mere 18% are formally 

serviced by both banking and other formal nonbanking 

products services while only 14% ofSME 

business owners (382 000) are banked, ie, use 

formal financial products and services offered by 

a commercial bank. 

A large majority of SMEs do not use or have a 

bank account for business purposes and only 3% 

were found to use a bank account in the name of 

their business. 

In this MSME economy, cash-related transactions 

were found to be the most common with 

cash withdrawals and deposits account for 70% 

of all banking transactions while another very 

revealing number was that 99% of MSME owners 

pay their employees in cash.Surely we must 

face this challenge and the key role players in addressing 

this as identified in our previous wrings 

are government, financial institutions, regulators 

and the people themselves. 

Fortunately, financial inclusion is fast emerging 

as a priority area for Zimbabwean policymakers 

and regulators as part of a broader agenda for 

financial sector development. 

There is an increasing level of discourse, 

led by the banking industry in Zimbabwe for all 

stakeholders to work towards introducing comprehensive 

measures to improve access to and 

usage of formal, but well tailored financial services, 

informed and this strategy is underpinned by a 

fast-growing body of experience and knowledge. 

The growing priority placed on financial inclusion 

followed the commitments made by financial 

regulators from 35 developing countries to financial 

inclusion and to financial education under the 

Maya Declaration during the Alliance for Financial 

Inclusion’s (AFI) 2011 Global Policy Forum held in 

Mexico. 

Previously, the G20 leaders had also committed 

to improve access to financial services at 

the Pittsburgh Summit in November 2009, and a 

Financial Inclusion Experts Group (FIEG) was created 

to expand access to finance for household 

consumers and micro, small-, and mediumsized 

enterprises. 

The FIEG developed the nine Principles for Innovative 

Financial Inclusion, which were endorsed 

during the Toronto Summit in June 2010. These 

nine principles, derived from the experiences and 

lessons learned from policymakers throughout 

the world, underpin the Financial Inclusion Action 

Plan endorsed at the Korea Summit in November 

2010, which called for the creation of the Global 

Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) as the 

mechanism to execute the G20 commitment. 

These principles for innovative financial inclusion 

derive from the experiences and lessons 

learned from policymakers throughout the world, 

especially leaders from developing countries. 

Leadership — We must cultivate a broadbased 

government commitment to financial 

inclusion to help alleviate poverty. 

Diversity — We must implement policy approaches 

that promote competition and provide 

market-based incentives for delivery of sustainable 

financial access and usage of a broad range 

of affordable services (savings, credit, payments 

and transfers, insurance) as well as a diversity of 

service providers. 

Innovation — We must promote technological 

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and institutional innovation as a means to expand 

financial system access and usage, including by 

addressing current infrastructure weaknesses. 

Protection — We must encourage a comprehensive 

approach to consumer protection that 

recognises the roles of government, financial 

services providers and consumers. 

Empowerment — We must develop and engender 

financial literacy and financial capability 

amongst the citizenry. We must start financial 

education at an early age and where possible, 

financial education and entrepreneurship must 

be made a part of the national education curriculum 

spanning primary, secondary and tertiary 

education sectors. 

Co-operation —We should create an institutional 

environment with clear lines of 

accountability and co-ordination within government; 

and also encourage partnerships and 

direct consultation across government, business 

and all other stakeholders. 

Knowledge — We should utilise modern research 

tools and the improved data provided to 

make evidence based policy, measure progress, 

and consider an incremental “test and learn” 

approach acceptable to both regulators and service 

providers. This allows for regulators to allow 

products into the market on a test basis and then 

craft regulations around the product as issues 

arise and emerge. Such an approach promotes 

innovation and speeds up the process of financial 

inclusion. 

Proportionality — We should build a policy 

and regulatory framework that is proportionate 

with the risks and benefits involved in such innovative 

products and services and is based on an 

the 

understanding of the gaps and barriers in existing 

regulation. In simpler terms let us not fit first 

world regulatory frameworks on a developing 

financial sector which may stifle growth. 

Regulatory Framework — However, we should 

still consider that the adopted regulatory framework, 

should still reflect international standards, 

being sensitive to national circumstances and 

balance the need to support a local development 

agenda whilst maintaining a sufficiently healthy 

but competitive landscape. 

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Association of Zimbabwe. BAZ expressly invites 

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Global summit to end sexual violence in conflict 

A declaration of commitment to end sexual violence in conflict 

Deborah Bronnert 

The use of sexual violence 

in war is one of the great 

injustices of our lifetime. 

It is hard to document, let 

alone investigate. Perpetrators 

do not discriminate, because 

it’s not about sex, but violence, terror, 

power and control. When rape 

is committed during conflict, it has 

often been seen as an inevitable part 

of war, and so it has been allowed to 

go unpunished. 

But even war has rules. So just 

as the world could agree that landmines 

have no place on the battlefield, 

the world must agree to end 

sexual violence in conflict. 

In London between June 10-13, 

the United Kingdom Foreign secretary 

William hague, and United Nations 

special envoy, Angelina Jolie 

will co-host the Global Summit to 

end Sexual Violence in Conflict. 

Representatives of governments, 

civil society, the military and the 

judiciary will all take part. So too 

will the public. events will also take 

place around the world, including 

in [Zimbabwe]. Representatives of 

[Zimbabwe] will be asked to commit 

to concrete action that will help 

remove wartime rape and sexual 

violence from the world’s arsenal of 

cruelty. You can help to ensure they 

do so. 

It will be a summit like no other, 

because sexual violence is a crime 

like no other. Women and men are 

made to suffer its horrors in conflicts 

around the world, and shocking as 

it may seem, many victims are very 

young girls and boys. Sexual violence 

carries a corrosive after-effect 

that lasts a lifetime: an unjust and 

destructive shame for the victims 

and their families. 

But we firmly believe that this 

can — and must — change. 

Sexual violence carries a corrosive after-effect that lasts a lifetime: an unjust and destructive shame for the victims and their 

families 

Many victims of sexual violence are very young girls and boys 

The appalling truth is that only a 

tiny number of perpetrators of these 

crimes have ever been brought to 

trial, let alone convicted. That is 

why at the Summit we will launch 

the first International Protocol on 

the Documentation and Investigation 

of Sexual Violence in Conflict. 

The Protocol will help investigators 

preserve information and evidence 

in the aftermath of an attack, improve 

the chances of someone being 

successfully prosecuted later, and 

protect victims and survivors from 

further trauma. 

At the summit this week, we want 

governments to announce their support 

for the Protocol and to encourage 

local activists, lawyers, police 

personnel, and doctors to use it. We 

also want governments to make sure 

that their national laws on rape and 

sexual violence are in line with international 

standards, so that there’s 

a greater chance of securing successful 

prosecutions for war crimes 

in their own courts. The Summit will 

also look at the role that the military 

can play. When sexual violence occurs 

in conflict zones, soldiers are 

often the first people on the scene, 

but are not always properly equipped 

or trained to deal with this sensitive 

problem. This needs to change. And 

Armies are often responsible for carrying 

out these abhorrent acts. This 

must stop. Finally, we hope the governments 

of the world’s wealthiest 

nations will announce new funding 

support, including to local grassroots 

organisations which often 

work at the heart of the most affected 

communities. 

But government action alone is 

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not enough. We need every family 

and community to change the culture 

that stigmatises survivors and 

to be united in their abhorrence for 

these crimes, so that any man with 

a gun will think twice before ordering 

or committing rape. Will you 

add your voice to the global call for 

decisive action? [One can join the 

conversation on twitter @end_svc 

using #TimeToAct and watch and 

share the animation on Youtube, 

‘Don’t believe the thumbnail, this is 

the stuff of nightmares’, which depicts 

the horrors of rape and sexual 

violence through the eyes of a child.] 

It is time to support survivors, 

shatter the culture of impunity and 

ensure that justice is done, both now 

and in the future. It is #TimeToAct. 

•deborah Bronnert is the uK ambassador 

to Zimbabwe 

The widespread use of rape and other 

forms of sexual violence in armed conflicts 

around the world is one of the 

greatest, most persistent and most 

neglected injustices. sexual violence 

in conflict inflicts unimaginable suffering. 

It is designed to destroy individuals, 

families and communities. In so doing 

it perpetuates conflict and instability, 

often for generations. But it is not an 

inevitable consequence of war. We 

applaud all that the un, other multilateral 

organisations and civil society 

have done to halt this human tragedy. 

We commit our fullest support to them. 

But for too long those who commit 

these crimes, and their superiors who 

condone them, have gone unpunished. 

as an international community we can 

— and must — do more to prevent and 

respond to these acts of barbarism. 

under international humanitarian 

law there is a long-standing prohibition 

of sexual violence in armed conflict. 

sexual violence also represents one of 

the most serious forms of violation or 

abuse of an individual’s human rights. 

sexual violence in conflict can significantly 

exacerbate situations of armed 

conflict and may impede the restoration 

of international peace and security, as 

reflected in many relevant un security 

Council resolutions, including those on 

Women, Peace and security, Children 

and armed Conflict, and Protection of 

Civilians in armed Conflict. We express 

serious and ongoing concern with the 

role played by illicit weapons in the 

commission or facilitation of serious 

acts of gender-based violence or serious 

acts of violence against women and 

children. Preventing and responding 

to sexual violence is vital to resolving 

conflicts, enabling development and 

building sustainable peace. We must 

address the range of factors which 

contribute to sexual violence in conflict 

and put in place a comprehensive operational 

security and justice response, 

in a manner consistent with applicable 

international law. 

sexual violence committed in conflict 

must not be viewed as a lesser 

crime. The overwhelming majority of 

victims never see justice for what they 

have endured nor receive the necessary 

assistance and support. We must 

shatter the culture of impunity for those 

who commit these crimes, by bringing 

those responsible to justice — as a 

Encourage, support and protect the efforts of civil society organisations, including women’s groups and human rights defenders, to improve the monitoring and documentation 

of cases of sexual violence in conflict without fear of reprisal and empower victims to access justice 

critical element of our prevention efforts. 

There should be no safe haven for the 

perpetrators. We stress the important 

contribution of the ad hoc and mixed 

international criminal tribunals, the International 

Criminal Court and chambers 

in national tribunals to ending impunity 

by ensuring accountability and punishing 

perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict. 

We recall that rape and other forms 

of serious sexual violence in armed conflict 

are war crimes and constitute grave 

breaches of the Geneva Conventions and 

their first Protocol. 

ensuring women’s and girls’ full human 

rights and fundamental freedoms 

and women’s active, full and equal political, 

social and economic participation, 

including in all conflict prevention and 

resolution, justice and security sector 

processes, as well as in wider development 

activities, is critical to ending 

sexual violence in conflict. But we must 

also recognise that men and boys are 

victims of this crime, as are those who 

are forced to witness or perpetrate this 

violence against their family or community 

members. Our efforts must also 

serve to shift the stigma of shame from 

the victims of these crimes to those who 

commit, command and condone them. 

We therefore pledge to do more to 

raise awareness of these crimes, to 

challenge the impunity that exists and to 

hold perpetrators to account, to provide 

better support to victims, and to support 

both national and international efforts 

to build the capacity to prevent and respond 

to sexual violence in conflict. We 

are determined to: 

—ensure that sexual violence prevention 

and response efforts are prioritised 

and adequately funded from the first 

phase and throughout all responses to 

conflict and humanitarian emergencies. 

—Provide better, more timely and 

comprehensive assistance and care, including 

health and psychosocial care that 

addresses the long-term consequences 

of sexual violence in conflict, to female, 

male and child victims and their families, 

including children born as the result of 

sexual violence. 

—ensure that all peace, security and 

conflict mediation processes explicitly 

recognise the need to prevent, respond 

to and reduce crimes of sexual violence 

in conflict and stressed the need 

to exclude such crimes from amnesty 

provisions. 

—Promote women’s full participation 

in all political, governance and 

security structures, as well as all 

decision-making processes, including 

peace negotiations, peacebuilding, 

prevention and accountability efforts, 

recognising the important contribution 

that national action Plans on un security 

Council Resolution 1325 can play in this 

regard, and ensure that such processes 

also take into full consideration the 

needs and rights of women and children. 

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OPINION 

GUEST COLUMNIST 

Mugabe, Moyo: A case of 

much ado about nothing 

RASHWEAT MUKUNDU 

THE mainstream media 

would have us believe 

that President 

Robert Mugabe is to 

sack or reproach Information 

minister Jonathan Moyo 

over allegations of abusing the 

State-owned media for partisan 

interests. 

Basing on Mugabe’s reported 

acerbic attacks and talk of weevils 

in the ruling Zanu PF party at the 

burial of Nathan Shamuyarira last 

Saturday the media has been hysterical 

to the point of stating that 

Moyo is in trouble. 

Well, this is one much ado 

about nothing political drama, 

whose act will be so short and unmemorable 

to as many citizens as 

it may not happen and if indeed 

Moyo is dismissed, Mugabe will 

still be acting on a long outstanding, 

but now urgent issue of his 

succession. 

Mugabe appointed Moyo to his 

Cabinet after the July 31 polls even 

as the Information minister had 

lost his Tsholotsho North seat to 

the MDC-T. 

In other words, Mugabe loves 

Moyo so much that he rescued him 

from the political dustbin that he 

was headed to and appointed him 

to the powerful and influential 

Information, Media and Broadcasting 

Services ministry to shape 

Zanu PF’s messages and propagate 

them. 

Having known Moyo’s kind of 

politics the first time he was Information 

minister, the Moyo we 

now see is a breath of fresh air and 

has taken a lead in redefining media 

relations, more so redefining 

Zanu PF’s approach to the media, 

from brawn to consensus building 

and consultation. 

Despite all his faults, Moyo is 

blazing a new path in Zanu PF’s 

approach to business, much of it 

based on impulsiveness, illogicality, 

lack of consultation and a pathetic 

and condescending attitude 

towards the ordinary citizen. 

It is this approach that angered 

the other faction in Zanu PF who 

at some point accused the media 

Information minister Jonathan Moyo 

of moving too fast and being used 

by some in reporting corruption. 

Now it appears some factions have 

won over Mugabe’s support and 

we read in the media that Moyo is 

in trouble. 

Until Mugabe fires Moyo, then 

Zimbabweans doubt all that they 

are reading even if the attacks on 

Moyo came from Mugabe himself. 

I repeat Mugabe loves Moyo 

because he is one of the few, if not 

the only, thinking minister in that 

whole Cabinet. Others are pathetic 

bootlickers who even despite 

their old age kneel before Mugabe. 

Mugabe is drawn to strategists 

and thinkers, more so those 

who can craft winning political 

strategies by hook or crook and 

Mugabe is drawn to strategists 

and thinkers, more so 

those who can craft winning political 

strategies by hook or crook and 

that is what Moyo has done over 

the years. In 2002 Mugabe was politically 

hanging on the ropes, all 

alone. His lieutenants had deserted 

him as he was sure to get a drabbing 

from MDC-T leader Morgan 

Tsvangirai. 

that is what Moyo has done over 

the years. In 2002 Mugabe was 

politically hanging on the ropes, 

all alone. His lieutenants had deserted 

him as he was sure to get 

a drabbing from MDC-T leader 

Morgan Tsvangirai. 

It was Moyo and the violent 

campaign launched by the security 

sector that saved Mugabe. 

I doubt Mugabe has that short a 

memory, but is also a crafty politician 

who survives and thrives on 

knocking heads. He is the master 

politician of divide and rule, 

and will when necessary speak 

strongly against one faction in 

Zanu PF and seemingly supporting 

another only to flip within a 

short period. 

This tactic has served him well. 

The hype on Moyo being in trouble 

is therefore nothing, but part of 

the grandmaster’s political strategy 

of keeping everyone on their 

toes and guessing what his next 

move will be. 

If Mugabe decides to fire Moyo 

and others as is being speculated, 

then this will be the most clear indication 

on how he wants his succession 

handled as well as whom 

he probably prefers to take over 

after him. 

Firing Moyo will be a signal to 

the other faction that he prefers 

the other side. And doing nothing 

about Moyo is more typical 

of Mugabe that is making public 

statements which are then not 

followed upon by action. The socalled 

attacks on Moyo could as 

well be a mere strategy to appease 

President Robert Mugabe 

the restlessness within the other 

faction, not happy with Moyo's 

control of the State media. 

What the President said does 

not amount to change, but to what 

it is — appeasement. I dare say no 

action will be taken against Moyo 

as that will heighten the whole 

succession debate at a time when 

Mugabe is barely halfway into his 

term of office. In essence the faction 

opposed to Moyo and which 

went after him in that politburo 

meeting need not celebrate as 

nothing is changing. Mugabe as he 

has said will only leave when the 

“people” say so, and the people is 

him. 

This brings us to another critical 

point in that all the factions in 

Zanu PF are looking for the blessings 

and support of the person 

they want to replace. 

It makes news when Mugabe 

attacks Moyo because it is seen as 

an endorsement of the rival faction. 

The factions in Zanu PF lack 

the stamina to engage in politics, 

but rather like children want 

Mugabe to be the referee. These 

are elements that are not prepared 

for power, and in their various 

ministerial portfolios sleep on the 

job. 

And the fact that Moyo has 

boldly embarked on a path to reshape 

the media agenda in Zimbabwe 

demonstrates that he is 

not only a thinker, but a man of 

action, rightfully or wrongfully 

so. The sheepish attitude to politics 

being demonstrated by those 

opposed to Moyo in Zanu PF 

captures their attitude to politics 

and the pursuit of power that is a 

sense of entitlement, more so that 

the State media must parrot their 

narrow views and a Zanu PF line. 

The same grouping cannot point 

at anything they have done since 

July 31 apart from engaging in corruption 

and vain projects. 

When corruption is exposed, 

they see that as an attack on Zanu 

PF and not an attack on a social 

evil. By seeking to control who 

even edits the State media, these 

elements also lack an understanding 

of how the media has 

changed over years and that with 

ICT so has society changed in its 

consumption of news. 

Citizen views are no longer 

shaped by what the ZBC or Th e 

Herald says, but by as many 

sources of information the majority 

of whom are outside the control 

of Zanu PF. 

In Moyo, Zanu PF has some 

hope in transforming itself from 

a feudal political grouping into a 

21st century political party that 

relies less on violence and propaganda, 

but on networking, consultation 

and consensus building. 

For these reasons, which I am 

sure the politically astute Mugabe 

realises and acknowledges, Moyo 

will remain where he is. The talk 

of a Mugabe and Moyo tiff is therefore 

much ado about nothing. 

•Rashweat Mukundu is a 

Zimbabwean journalist. He can be 

reached on rmukundu77@gmail.com

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DStv June 2014 Highlights / 17 

CULTURE 

Mushaninga deplores models behaviour 

WINSTONE ANTONIO 

OWN CORRESPONDENT 

FORMER model and founder of 

Zim Gossip Models agency, Mercy 

Mushaninga, has expressed disappointment 

over the unbecoming 

behaviour of some of the local 

models who taint the image of the 

profession. 

The local modelling sector 

has of late received a lot of criticism 

over some of the behavioural 

trends among the models by 

members of the society. 

Over the weekend two of Miss 

Zimbabwe finalists, Hilda Mabu 

and Primrose Tshuma were booted 

out of camp for allegedly violating 

rules of the pageant when 

they sneaked out of camp ahead 

of the grand finale to be staged 

on Saturday at Mabvazuva Village 

(formerly Caravan Park) in Msasa, 

Harare. 

Mushaninga said models were 

supposed to behave in a way that 

conserved local culture and morals 

instead of diverting from local 

09 June 2014 

etiquette practices. 

“These ladies should know that 

being a model is no different from 

taking an ambassadorial role in a 

society thus they should always 

behave like representatives as 

they adhere to the desired ethics,” 

Mushaninga said. 

She said modelling was a profession 

that brought food to the 

table, but required models to be 

disciplined and have a sense of 

seriousness. 

This is not the first time local 

models have been associated with 

such allegations. In 2011, Miss 

Zimbabwe Personality, Lungile 

Mathe was dethroned for patronising 

nightclubs and failing to turn 

up for work on several occasions. 

Mushaninga, who is also the 

organiser of the Miss Curvy Zimbabwe 

beauty pageant said 42 

women across the country, had so 

far registered for this year’s third 

edition of the contest to be held on 

August 9 at Moth Camp in Kariba. 

The Miss Curvy Zimbabwe 

pageant celebrates and recognises 

curvaceous African women and 

will this year be held under the 

theme Promoting Domestic Tourism 

through Beauty Pageants. 

“Preparations for the pageant 

have been gathering momentum 

and we are promising a red carpet 

event on the grand finale,” said 

Mushaninga. 

She added that they would be 

closing the registration of contestants 

on June 20 and would then 

conduct the auditions the following 

day. 

Mushaninga said they were 

looking for 20 beauties that were 

naturally curvy for the pageant 

and the selected ladies would go 

into boot camp on August 4 while 

a bush braai pre-party would 

be held on August 8 at the Grill 

with lots of entertainment from 

various artistes like Roki, Judgment 

Yard Sounds and Baba Shupi 

among others who were yet to be 

confirmed. 

“Most plus-size women lack 

Civil Society Statement on Nomination of Independent Commissioners 

Civil society acknowledges the government’s attempt to constitute various constitutionally stipulated 

commissions one year after the adoption of the new Constitution. 

Despite the delay that has already been done which will affect the work of some of the Commissions by 

reducing their stipulated term of office, we still believe that their setting up following the recent opening 

of public nominations will be key in implementing the new Constitution and addressing the critical issues 

which form the independent Commissions’ mandates. 

confidence because of being 

stereotyped by society, 

but a contest like Miss 

Curvy makes it possible for 

voluptuous African women 

to participate in pageants,” 

she said. 

Mushaninga is 

credited with 

grooming a number 

of models 

like Malaika 

Mushandu, 

who made 

country 

proud by 

flourishing 

in prestigious 

modelling 

showcases 

both locally and 

internationally. 

Reigning Miss 

Carnival queen 

Gamuchirayi Kujeke 

and second 

princess Yvonne 

Nyamutsamba 

are both also from 

Mushaninga’s modelling 

stable. 

“Any woman with 

brains, natural curves, 

physical beauty and 

who keeps a flat tummy 

is eligible to enter 

the pageant as they do 

not need to have a serious 

modelling background,” 

she said. 

Mercy Mushaninga 

Civil society therefore reiterates that the setting up of the Commissions is not only to satisfy the letter 

of the Constitution, but to further promote the spirit and the core of the charter. 

As Civil society we expect this task to be accomplished with due diligence, professionalism, transparency 

and accountability as that will be important in ensuring that the Commissions will live up to the ideals 

behind their establishment. 

In promoting effective citizen participation we made efforts to mobilise different stakeholders to 

nominate people of integrity in the hope that the process will follow a professional and non-partisan 

path in appointing the ultimate commissioners. 

At this juncture, we remind Parliament and government, including President Robert Mugabe that we 

expect a fair, transparent, committed and democratic process that will unite Zimbabweans by giving 

every one confidence in the Commissions. 

We have already noted several problems around the current efforts to set up the commissions especially 

in relation to the conduct of nominations including but not limited to lack of clarity and information in 

terms of the nomination process, and little publicity by government agencies for the public to participate 

effectively. 

One problem related to this has been the absence of decentralized collection points for nomination 

forms especially for people who reside outside Harare. 

We demand that: 

1. Parliament extends the nomination process and conduct awareness campaigns for the public 

to understand and fully participate in the nomination process. 

2. Parliament makes nomination forms easily accessible to the public in both electronic and print 

form, in different languages and at the decentralized distribution and collection centres 

across the country. 

3. The qualification and criteria of nominations for the envisaged commissioners, and 

their constitutional mandates. 

4. The parliament extensively publicise the importance and work parameters of the 

independent commissions in order to allow nomination from an informed point of 

view. 

Unathi Msengana to voice Disney kid’s show 

JOHANNESBURG — South African 

singer, radio presenter and 

Idols’judge Unathi Msengana is to 

lend her voice to Disney’s hit edutainment 

series, Doc McStuffins. 

Msengana has been cast as Rita 

the Cheetah in the second season 

of the award-winning show, in 

an episode entitled No Sweetah 

Cheetah, set to premiere on Disney 

Junior on June 16, 2014 at 8:20. 

In No Sweetah Cheetah, viewers 

are introduced to Rita, a wideeyed 

feline who grows concerned 

when the other toys point out that 

she may be ill, due to the fact she 

is covered in spots. A careful diagnosis 

by Doc reveals that Rita’s 

spots are part of what makes her 

special, they are a gift. 

Msengana said: “I am thrilled 

and humbled by this opportunity. 

Being a mother myself, I love 

watching Disney Junior with my 

children. I can’t wait to sit down 

on the couch with my children 

and watch their faces as they hear 

my voice in Doc McStuffins. What 

a wonderful legacy to leave for 

your children.” 

Disney Junior’s animated series 

Doc McStuffins tells the story 

of a nurturing six-year-old girl 

who can talk to the stuffed animals 

and toys that she cares for in 

her playhouse clinic. 

When Doc puts on her stethoscope, 

something magical happens; 

toys, dolls and stuffed 

animals come to life and she can 

communicate with all of them. The 

characters and featured themes 

are relatable to young viewers 

and are designed to ease kids’ 

trepidations about everything 

from a doctor’s visit to removing 

a splinter. Many of the stories directly 

address the kinds of issues 

that parents face with their young 

children when it comes to health, 

hygiene and medical care. 

— Times LIVE

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M-Net (DStv Channel 101) 

Friends With Better Lives (Premiere): 

A romantic comedy about 

six friends at different stages in 

their lives — married, divorced, 

newly-engaged and single — who 

are outwardly happy, but are finding 

it a challenge to look at each 

other without wondering . . . who 

really has the better life? From 

Wednesday 4 June at 18:00 CAT. 

The Mentalist: Patrick Jane, an 

independent consultant with the 

California Bureau of Investigation 

has a remarkable track record for 

solving serious crimes by using his 

razor sharp skills of observation 

and psychological manipulation. 

Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious 

for his blatant lack of protocol 

and his semi-celebrity past as 

a former psychic medium, whose 

paranormal abilities he now admits 

he feigned. His final act in 

playing a psychic was to challenge 

the serial killer Red John on television 

— resulting in the murder of 

Jane’s wife and daughter. From 

Wednesday 11 June at 20:30 CAT. 

COMEDY CENTRAL (DStv 

Channel 122) 

Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied: 

Queen of comedy Wanda Sykes 

has become a household name 

and comedy icon in her own right. 

Sykes has graced cinema screens, 

stages, award shows and red carpets 

the world-over, even garnering 

3 prime Emmy nominations, 

one Emmy win and a Comedy 

Award. Wanda Sykes has earned 

herself a reputation for telling it 

like it is with that sassy mouth of 

hers. In this one-hour Comedy 

Central Original, she enlightens us 

with her many wisdoms on relationships, 

politics, and strip clubs. 

Watch it on Monday 2 June at 20:55 

CAT 

Martin Marathon: Comedy 

Central will indulge viewers in 

a full day of Martin, the comedy 

sitcom starring Martin Fitzgerald 

Lawrence. What better way to 

spend a Sunday than with Martin, 

Gina, Shanene and friends. Martin 

ran from 1992 to 1997 and was an 

enormous success and still garners 

amazing TV ratings. The show airs 

on Sunday 15 June from 08:55 – 

16:50 CAT. 

E! ENTERTAINMENT (DStv 

Channel 124) 

Giuliana and Bill: This month, 

Giuliana and Bill have their fingers 

crossed as they wait anxiously to 

see if they can move forward and 

have another baby with their previous 

surrogate. Meanwhile, party 

planning isn’t as fun at appears 

when they find themselves disagreeing 

over everything from the 

budget to the organisers as they 

prepare for Duke’s first birthday. 

Watch it from on Sundays at 20:00 

CAT. 

Worst Thing I Ever Posted: In a 

world where social media brings 

fans closer to their favourite stars 

and allows them to take a peek 

into their everyday lives, discover 

a handful of celebrities who have 

taken things too far. With a panel 

of comedians and pop culture experts, 

this hilarious countdown 

brings to light the most sensational 

online rants and questionable Instagram 

pictures that celebrities 

have ever posted. Watch it on 

Thursday 12 June at 21:00 CAT. 

SONY MAX (DStv Channel 128) 

Real Husbands of Hollywood: 

Time for the hubbies of Tinseltown 

to step up and claim their place in 

the spotlight! This spoof of Th e R e a l 

Housewives of . . . follows comedian 

Kevin Hart and other married 

stars such as Nick Cannon, Nelly 

DStv June 2014 Highlights 

Channel O pays tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson 

and Robin Thicke as they navigate 

their surreal celebrity lives 

in Hollywood. This semi-scripted 

series is part reality, part improvised 

comedy, part satire as the 

celebs play fictionalised versions 

of themselves, with uproariously 

funny results. Diva alert! It starts 

on Tuesday 3 June at 21:30 CAT. 

Most Shocking (Premiere): 

Are you someone who reckons 

that you’ve seen it all? Well, you 

haven’t seen Most Shocking. Every 

week, this reality TV show assembles 

a selection of video clips 

designed to have even the most 

hardened cynics picking their jaws 

up off the floor. From pulse-racing 

high-speed police chases and outrageous 

criminal antics to freak 

accidents and acts of stupendous 

stupidity, these caught-on-camera 

gaffes will have you shouting 

at your TV screen. Tune in from 


TLC ENTERTAINMENT (DStv 

Channel 172) 

Oprah’s Next Chapter: Powerhouse 

Performances: Oprah talks 

to the actors behind some of the 

year’s best performances including 

Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk 

to Freedom), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 

Years a Slave) and Michael B. Jordan 

(Fruitvale Station). Thursday 

05/06/14 at 20:55 

Ask Oprah’s All Stars (Premiere): 

In this brand new series 

the experts from the Oprah Network, 

Dr Phil, Suze Orman and 

Dr Mehmet Oz will appear on one 

stage to answer viewers’ pressing 

questions about health, wealth and 

mental well-being. From Thursday 

12 June at 20:00 CAT. 

Cyber Stalker (Premiere): A 

timely documentary about the 

dangers of online relationships. 

Told from the perspective of the 

victims and sometimes the perpetrators 

themselves, this series will 

delve into the stories of love, loss 

and betrayal caused by the ever 

growing social network. How has 

social networking changed the 

dating landscape and why does it 

send certain character types into 

dark and desperate behaviour? 

With interviews and cinematic 

recreations, Cyber Stalkers will 

introduce its audience to the tragic 

side of social media and questions 

how society can ensure a safer virtual 

experience. Tuesday 10 June at 

20:55 CAT. 

DISNEY JUNIOR (DStv Channel 

309) 

Calimero (Premiere): Calimero 

is a chicken unlike the others. With 

his trademark half eggshell on 

his head and a heart full of courage, 

Calimero is anything but your 

typical yellow chicken! Calimero 

and his two best friends Priscilla 

and Valeriano will be starring in 

premiere double episodes every 

Saturday and Sunday throughout 

June. Say hello to Calimero on 

Sunday 1 June at 10:05 CAT. 

Jake and the Neverland Pirates: 

Ahoy there! Yes, Jake is back for 

another season of fun and adventure! 

In the first episode of 

season three, entitled Treasure of 

the Pirate Mummy’s Tomb Captain 

Flynn’s ship is stuck in dunes 

and only the magical Never Land 

Ankh can dig it out. But it’s in the 

Pirate Mummy’s tomb — dare they 

venture in to get it? Season three 

of Jake and the Never Land Pirates 

launches on Saturday 21st June at 

10:30 CAT. 

CHANNEL O (DStv Channel 

320) E36B 

Volt Don Jazzy: He is the multi 

award-winning record producer, 

singer-songwriter, musician, former 

CEO of Nigerian record label 

Mo’ Hits Records founded in 

2004 and current CEO of the Mavin 

Records. He also collaborated 

with Jay-Z and Kanye West on 

the production of Lift Off, featuring 

Beyoncé on the album Watch 

the Throne. He was recently rated 

as the 36th most powerful celebrity 

in Africa according to Forbes. 

Don’t miss Volt: Don Jazzy on 


Video Wars: It’s an all-out 

video war and the frontline heroes 

need your support! In each round, 

four videos at a time are trying to 

win the battle for TV domination 

and you need to decide which one 

sees action next! Send your tweets 

and comment while watching the 

Action to make and be the difference! 

Tune in Mondays to Thursdays 

at 19:00 CAT. 

Bassment Africa: Your Original 

African Video Mix Party just 

got better! The newest season of 

Bassment Africa is back on your 

screens this June, brought to you 

by your Original African Channel 

O with the Top Video Mix DJ’s on 

the Continent. Tune in on Wednesdays 

to Fridays at 18:05 CAT. 

CHANNEL O (DStv Channel 

320) – IS20 

iRequest: iRequest Editions is a 

viewer-generated content show. 

Viewers can request their favourite 

music video to play on Channel O 

by using the hashtag #iRequest on 

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 

It is a platform that allows viewers 

to have their say on the music they 

want to hear when the iRequest 

cameras are around. Tune in on 

Saturdays at 16h00 CAT. 

Michael Jackson Special: On the 

fifth anniversary of Michael Jackson’s 

tragic death, Channel O pays 

tribute to the King of Pop with a 

slate of special shows that are 

must-see viewing for any fan. First 

up is Ten 2 One at midday on June 

25, providing fans with a countdown 

of MJ’s biggest hits. Then at 

17h00 is 5 At 5, another non-stop 

show of hits from the man who, 

even five years after his death in 

2009, is still one of the biggest pop 

stars on the planet as the release of 

the new album, Xscape this May 

proved. Then to wrap things up 

Zone-In unearths those songs that 

have helped Jackson set record after 

record, including the recent accolade 

given to the Thriller album 

for selling more than 100 000 000 

records worldwide. 

•Please note that programming, 

dates and times are subject 

to change. In addition, please note 

that different channels are available 

on different DStv bouquets 

and in different countries.

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of a licence to Chicken Bels 11 

deposit of $200 USD 

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superior sale services 

Contact David 0772 307 383 the same time for the trade or 

business to be carried on under the 

500 Building 

effective and actual control of 

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Marborough Harare.Dated on this 6th 

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NOTICE is hereby given that 

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the issue of a license to 

Matthew Gwiriza, No. 20 

Betram Road, Milton Park, 

Harare. Trading as Palling Wall 

Enterprises in respect of 

premises situated at Stand No. 

21109, Shop No. 3, 37c 

Cameron Street, Harare. 

Application will be made at the 

same time for the trade or 

business to be carried on 

under the effective and actual 

control of Matthew Gwiriza, 

No. 20 Betram Road, Milton 

Park, Harare. Dated on this 

30th day of May 2014: 

Palling Wall Enterprises - 

Applicant. 

201453 




of Harare on 7 July 2014, For 

the issue of a license to Hometop 

Distributors (Pvt) Ltd, Stand 

Number 618 stl, Cnr Angwa 

Street and South Avenue, 

Harare. Trading as Hometop 

Distributors in respect of 

premises situated at Stand 618 

Stl Cnr Angwa Street and South 

Avenue, Harare. 



business to be carried on under 

the effective and actual control 

of Yu Yisheng, 14 Manchester 

Road, Belvedere, Harare. Dated 

on this 5th day of June 2014: 

H o m e t o p D i s t r i b u t o r s - 

Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that 


Licensing Authority for the 

City of Harare on 7 July 2014 

For the issue of a licence to 

Grascap Investment P/L, 8199 

Kuwadzana 5, Harare 

Trading as O-SUMM. In 

respect of premises situated at 

Number 8199 Kuwadzana 5, 

Harare 



business to be carried on 

under the effective and actual 

control of Malcom S.Mwatsika 

, 6 2 3 , 2 5 t h C r e s c e n t 

Kuwadzana 1, Harare 

Dated at Harare this 2nd 

day of June 2014. 

Grascap Investment P/L 

Applicant 




of Harare on 7 July 2014. For 

the issue of a licence to 

Definitive Creations, 34 

Samora Machel Avenue, Cnr 

Samora Machel & Park Street, 

Boka Islip House, Harare. 

Trading as Hair Emporium in 

respect of premises situated at 

1402 Harare Boka Islip House, 

34 Samora Machel Avenue, 

Harare. Application will be 

made at the same time for the 

trade or business to be carried 

on under the effective and 

actual control of Sharai 

Zinyemba, NO.4 Drew Road, 

Chisipite, Highlands, Harare. 

Dated at Harare this 3rd day 

of June 2014. 

Applicant-Hair Emporium 

Shop Licences 

Notices 

C I T Y O F H A R A R E 

PROPOSED LEASE OF MUNICIPAL LAND IN HARARE 

NOTICE is hereby given in terms of Section 152 of the Urban 

Councils Act [Chapter 29:15] that the City of Harare intends to :- 

(i) Lease stand 4074 Budiriro Township to Eternal Life 

Ministries Church at an initial rental of $150.00 (One Hundred 

and Fifty United States Dollars) per month for a period of thirty 

years for church purposes. 

Copies of the Municipal resolutions and the detailed terms and 

conditions of the proposal will be open for an inspection during 

normal business hours at the office of the City Valuer and Estates 

Manager, 1st Floor, Rowan Martin Building, Pennefeather Road, 

Harare until 10 July 2014. 

Any persons who wish to object to the above proposal may 

lodge his/her objections in writing with the Town Clerk at Town 

House, P.O. Box 990, Harare on or before 10 July 2014. 

DR T. MAHACHI 

TOWN CLERK 

903 Legal 

Notices 

APPLICATION FOR LOST DEED 

OF GRANT 

NOTICE is hereby given that we 

intent to apply for certified copy 

of Deed of Grant No.337/2003 

dated 13th December 2002 

made in favour of EDWARD 

MPENYU (born 20th May 

1966), whereby certain piece of 

land situated in the district of 

HARTLEY called Stand 747 

Norton Township, measuring 

1200 Square metres was 

conveyed. 

All persons claiming to have any 

objections to the issue of such 

copy are hereby required to 

lodge the same, in writing, with 

the Registrar of Deeds, Harare, 

within 14 days of publication of 

this notice. 

Dated at Harare on this 9th day of 

May 2014. 

MUZONDO & CHINHEMA 

Legal Practitioners 

2nd Floor, Shanda House 

17 Park Street, Harare 

REGIONAL, TOWN AND 

COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 

CHAPTER 29:12, 1996 

Notice of an application for a 

permit in terms Section 26(3) 

of the act: 

Notice is hereby given of an 

application to carry out the 

following subdivision on Lot 3 of 

Subdivision G of lot 14A 

Mandara (Cardwell Close) 

Harare. 

1. It is proposed to subdivide the 

above property which measures 

8099 square meters in extent to 

create two (2) residential stands 

measuring 4000.16 square 

meters and 2079.71 square 

meters plus the remainders 

measuring 2019.13 square 

meters for residential purposes. 

2. The property is situated in 

Residential Zone 1A(i) of the 

operative City of Harare. 

Combined East Sections 1-4 

Town Planning Scheme wherein 

the minimum subdivision freely 

permitted is 4000 square 

meters. The proposal is 

permitted through Clause 30 of 

the said scheme only after the 

special consent of the Local 

Planning Authority has been 

sought. 

2. In terms of the act this 

application is required to be 

advertised and owners of 

adjacent properties notified in 

writing before being considered 

by the Local Planning Authority. 

The application, plans and any 

special conditions which the 

Authority is likely to impose in 

the event of this application 

being favourably considered 

maybe inspected at the address 

below during working office 

hours. 

Any person wishing to make 

objections or representations 

relating to the application must 

lodge them with the undersigned 

within one month of the date of 

the first insertion of this notice. 

HARARE CITY COUNCIL 

Director of Works, 

Eastern Region Section 

Room 308, Third Floor 

Cleveland House, 

92 L.Takawira Street 

Harare 

TOWN HOUSE 

HARARE

Nengomasha eyes Dynamos move / 23 

SPORT 

NEWSDAY 

TUESDAY JUNE 10, 2014 21 

France sound World Cup warning 

RIO DE JANEIRO — Japan will 

defy the odds and the sceptics and 

produce a miracle by maybe going 

further than even the quarterfinals 

at the World Cup football 

finals, their talismanic AC Milan 

midfielder Keisuke Honda boldly 

predicted yesterday. 

While Honda sounded a note 

of defiance France coach Didier 

Deschamps and his players flew 

out to Brazil yesterday with the 

1998 World Cup winning captain 

warning his players against falling 

into the trap of becoming over 

confident on the back of an 8-0 

thrashing of Jamaica in their final 

friendly. 

As Honda and the French squad 

looked forward to their respective 

campaigns the World Cup hopes 

of another two players, Ecuador’s 

Segundo Castillo and Colombia’s 

Aldo Ramirez, were dashed as 

they failed to win their respective 

battles to be fit. 

Honda, of whom much will be 

expected by the Japanese public, 

was unequivocal about his expectations 

for the 'Blue Samurai' 

starting with them repeating their 

achievement from the 2010 finals 

in South Africa and progressing 

from their group. 

The Japanese, who have failed 

to impress in their warm-up 

games against Cyprus, fellow 

finals-bound Costa Rica and former 

African champions Zambia, 

have a relatively weak group having 

been drawn in Group C against 

Colombia, who will be missing 

their star striker Radamel Falcao, 

goal-shy Greece and talented but 

ageing Ivory Coast. 

They open their campaign 

against the African country on 

June 14. Sporting a spiky mohawk 

haircut, the bleached-blond Honda 

touched down in Brazil with 

the Japan squad at the weekend. 

“Firstly, we can 100% get 

through our group,” Honda told 

Japan’s Nikkan Sports daily. 

“After that anything can 

happen at a World Cup. We're 

good enough now to reach the 

quarterfinals. 

“Obviously we all need to stay 

fit, but if we do the basics right 

100%, no mistakes, we can get to 

the quarterfinals. From there we 

can make miracles happen.” 

Their best World Cup performances 

to date were reaching the 

last 16 as co-hosts with South Korea 

in 2002 and again four years 

ago in South Africa. 

But Honda, who scored twice 

in Japan’s 4-3 win over Zambia 

in Florida on Friday, remained 

defiant. “Do you believe 

in miracles or do you make them 

happen?”asked the 27-year-old. 

“If we only believe in miracles and 

that basis disappears, it will be 

difficult to get through our group.” 

— Reuters 

Defending champs 

Spain land in Brazil 

CURITIBA— Spain arrived in Brazil 

on Sunday as they prepare to defend 

their World Cup trophy. 

Wet weather welcomed the 

world champion’s to the southeastern 

city of Curitiba, where 

Spain will be based throughout the 

tournament. 

Spain open their defence 

against the Netherlands on Friday 

in Salvador, with Chile and Australia 

also opponents in Group B. 

Players and staff were whisked 

straight from the plane into an 

awaiting bus, which then took 

the team to its hotel and training 

facility at local club Atletico Paranaense, 

on the outskirts of the city. 

Unlike in South Africa four 

years ago when banners and flags 

welcomed their arrival, there were 

no indications that the World Cup 

champions were in Curitiba apart 

from signs at the training facility. 

— Reuters 

Briefs 

Sao Paulo police 

teargas protesters 

SAO PAULO — Brazilian riot police 

yesterday used teargas against 

protesters in Sao Paulo, three days 

before the World Cup opening game 

in the city’s main stadium. The BBC’s 

Katy Watson at the scene says about 

300 demonstrators are there and 

helicopters are circling overhead. The 

protest was called by Sao Paulo metro 

workers who are striking in support 

of a 12,2% salary increase. — BBC 

Giles ‘too close’ to KP 

LONDON — Former England batsman 

Kevin Pietersen yesterday said one of 

the reasons Ashley Giles missed out 

on the job as England coach was because 

of their relationship. 

The England and Wales Cricket 

Board reappointed Peter Moores 

as coach to succeed Andy Flower 

in April. Giles had previously been 

England’s limited-overs coach under 

Flower.— BBC Sport 

Ronaldo in line 

for Portugal 

return 

RIO DE JANEIRO — Cristiano Ronaldo 

is in line for a morale-boosting 

return to the Portugal side for 

today’s football friendly in the 

United States against Ireland, just 

two days before the World Cup 

begins. 

The 29-year-old forward has 

missed Portugal’s previous two 

warm-up matches through injury, 

hindering their preparations 

for the Brazil tournament 

and sparking speculation that he 

might not be fit in time. 

But the Real Madrid ace returned 

to training on Saturday 

with Paulo Bento’s side, who have 

failed to sparkle in their captain’s 

absence. 

Portuguese officials were 

tight-lipped Sunday about Ronaldo’s 

availability for the Ireland 

encounter, but forward Vieirinha 

told reporters: “If he is fit to train, 

he is fit to play the match.” 

Portugal face a daunting World 

Cup opener on June 16 against 

Germany in Group G, which also 

comprises the USA and Ghana. 

Bento has been keen to stress 

that Portugal — who only made it 

to Brazil via a play-off with Sweden 

that saw Ronaldo fire a hattrick 

— are more than just one 

player. 

But Wolfsburg man Vieirinha 

admitted their star player’s return 

had buoyed the whole squad. 

“Everybody knows the importance 

of Ronaldo to our team and 

his importance to the group, both 

on and off the pitch,” said Vieirinha, 

28. 

Ronaldo has scored 49 goals in 

110 matches for Portugal. 

Portugal have failed to impress 

without Ronaldo, who has been 

hampered by a left thigh muscle 

problem and tendinitis in his left 

knee. 

Last weekend they laboured to 

a 0-0 draw in Lisbon against fellow 

World Cup qualifiers Greece. 

Then on Friday, near Boston, 

they survived several scares before 

beating Mexico — who will 

also be in Brazil — 1-0 thanks to an 

injury-time header from Bruno 

Alves. 

The Portuguese will expect to 

make it to the knock-out rounds, 

but Vieirinha cautioned: “We all 

know that the first game is always 

the most important. 

“We know how good the Germans 

are, but we also know what 

we can do against them. There are 

a lot of good teams at the World 

Cup. 

“But we just need to do our 

work and what we do on the 

pitch is our responsibility, nobody 

else’s. 

“Our first goal is to get through 

the group stage, and if we do that, 

we'll see how far we can go.” 

Ronaldo trained with the full 

squad again on Sunday at the 

New York Jets’ training center, as 

did experienced midfielder Raul 

Meireles, another who has been 

sidelined with injury. 

Cristiano Ronaldo 

Portugal’s remaining injury 

worry is feisty Real Madrid defender 

Pepe, who has been on 

a separate rehabilitation programme 

as he returns after a calf 

injury. 

The centre back trained Sunday 

away from the rest of the squad 

and is unlikely to feature against 

the Irish. — Reuters 

Crane holds on for fifth 

PGA Tour victory 

ST JUDE — Ben Crane won his fifth 

PGA Tour event as he clinched the St 

Jude Classic in Memphis on Sunday. 

The United States golfer’s 10 under 

total of 270 gave him victory by 

one shot from compatriot Troy Merritt. 

Crane (38) led after each round 

and although he did not make a birdie 

in his 18 holes, a three-over 73 was 

enough to seal victory at TPC Southwind. 

England’s Ian Poulter shot a 

final-round 64 to finish in a tie for sixth. 

Another Englishman, Paul Casey, 

and Northern Ireland’s Graeme Mc- 

Dowell both finished at three under. 

— BBC Sport 

Assist stands out in 

James’ resurgence 

MIAMI — The planet’s best basketball 

player LeBron James yesterday 

scored 14 points in the third quarter of 

the Miami Heat’s 98-96 victory over 

the San Antonio Spurs but decided to 

take another route in the final period. 

He scored only eight points but 

drew enough attention to find Chris 

Bosh with just over a minute left to 

make his only assist of the period, 

perhaps his best play of the night. 

James sliced through the lane but, 

with the Spurs all over him, used his 

remarkable vision to locate Bosh in 

the corner, sitting in three-point land. 

— Reuters 

Williamson ton leaves 

Kiwis in control 

KINGSTON — Kane Williamson completed 

an unbeaten century to guide 

New Zealand to a modest first day 

total of 240 of two in the opening 

cricket Test against West Indies 

on Sunday. A patient Williamson 

reached stumps at Sabina Park in 

Kingston, Jamaica on 105 not out from 

263 balls. The 23-year-old came to 

the crease early when opener Peter 

Fulton was dismissed for one, edging 

a catch to wicketkeeper Denesh 

Ramdin off paceman Jerome Taylor. 

— Reuters

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SPORT 

PSL 10-game review 

WELLINGTON TONI 

SPORTS EDITOR 

THE Castle Lager Premier Soccer League 

closed off Match Day 10 over the weekend 

with two teams - Highlanders and 

ZPC Kariba - still unbeaten after the 

completion of the first third of the 2014 

season. 

The Bulawayo giants, who last won 

the league title under Methembe Ndlovu, 

top the standings with 20 points and have 

scored the highest number of goals this 

season with 19 while conceding the second 

lowest of six. 

From 10 matches they have played, 

Highlanders, who drew 1-1 with FC 

Platinum on Sunday at Barbourfields 

Stadium, have won five and drawn five, 

representing 10 dropped points in the title 

race. 

Newly-promoted ZPC, who came off 

6 June, 2014 

Barclays invested more than half a million dollars in 

graduate trainee programmes in Zimbabwe last year 

as an initiative to capacitate young adults entering 

the banking sector. Barclays Zimbabwe has managed 

to raise intellectual capital through their Pan-African 

Graduate Training Programme where 120 top graduates 

were recruited from local and international universities 

between 2011 and 2014. Training and development has 

been a main focus at Barclays Zimbabwe for over 100 

years. 

The Barclays Zimbabwe programme is part of a 

Barclays Africa initiative that brings over 200 graduates 

together from 12 African countries where Barclays has 

presence. This is in line with the Barclays Africa drive 

to create prospects for young graduates to Prosper 

through opportunities provided for during the two year 

programme. Graduates engage with fellow graduates 

from 11 other Barclays African countries and senior 

management from Barclays Africa Group Limited, 

giving them an opportunity to initiate and develop 

their professional networks. The robust structure of 

the programme aims to challenge graduates to excel in 

challenging environments. 

The Barclays Graduate trainee program is aimed at 

providing a transition for graduates to be moulded 

into high calibre individuals who will support Barclays 

talent development and succession planning to ensure 

high level business continuity. The Barclays Pan African 

Graduate Development Programme aims at selecting 

and hiring post graduates, from a variety of academic 

disciplines, who will be given professional and technical 

training, mentoring and coaching. The programme 

design exposes graduates to both on the job learning 

and behavioural competencies that are delivered 

through Graduate Trainee Summits. 

“Our selection process has managed to identify gifted 

young students from local universities and educational 

institutions across the world. We have seen an increase 

of interest with young Zimbabweans overseas, looking 

for opportunities to come back home. Barclays is 

with one point after a 0-0 draw against 

Bantu Rovers at Luveve on Friday, have 

seven draws - 14 points dropped - and 

three wins and are in position five with 16 

points, four off the pace. 

Dynamos have won the highest number 

of games - six, drawn once and lost 

three times by 1-0 scorelines, representing 

11 dropped points. After their 1-0 win 

over struggling Triangle at the National 

Sports Stadium (NSS) on Sunday - their 

third 1-0 win in a row - they moved into 

third place with 19 points. 

While the defending champions have 

been struggling in front of goal, the best 

they have done is also not to lose and the 

nine points from their last three games 

have kept them within pace of the leading 

duo of Highlanders and Hwange. 

Dynamos have quality players in the 

treatment room which includes the likes 

Press Release 

of Tawanda Muparati, Masimba Mambare 

and Anesu Gondo. Rodreck Mutuma 

will be registered on July 1 together with 

Democratic Republic of Congo striker 

Fabrice Mbimba. 

Hwange are second with 19 points 

after a 1-1 draw against Chiredzi FC on 

Saturday, but have also dropped 11 points 

from four draws and one loss, in the process 

scoring the second highest number 

of goals so far-17. 

How Mine occupy fourth place after 

their 0-0 draw against an improving Harare 

City on Saturday in Bulawayo. Philani 

Ncube’s side have won five, drawn three 

and lost their opening two matches and 

have 18 points. 

Saturday’s draw was the first game 

that the country’s leading scorer Kuda 

Musharu had failed to hit the target. He 

has eight goals in nine matches having 

BARCLAYS INVESTS INTO INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 

committed to supporting young talent.” says Mr. Danet 

Chifamba, Barclays Human Resources Director. 

The Barclays Attaché programme exposes third year 

students to a real working environment and allows 

candidates to gain hands-on experience in the various 

departments across the Barclays business units. Third 

year students from local universities are offered one 

year attachments where they are able to gain an 

appreciation of banking operations and also build on 

untapped skills and talents. Students are also given 

insights into the global business, vision, values and 

culture of Barclays. It is a great first step on the career 

ladder for energetic, talented and analytical students. 

“Our challenging but rewarding programmes have been 

highly successful in identifying top talented graduates, 

many who are now managers in Zimbabwe and other 

markets. Barclays will continue investing in our human 

capital as we actively participate in the development 

of quality leaders who will have a positive influence 

our economy” says Mr. George Guvamatanga, Barclays 

Managing Director. 

Applications to the 2015 Barclays Pan African Graduate 

Development Programme and Attache Programme will 

open later in the year. 

About Barclays: 

Barclays is a major global financial services provider 

engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit 

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website www.barclays.com. 

missed one game of the season when he went 

for trials at South Africa Absa Premiership side 

AmaZulu. 

He scored six goals in the Caf Confederation 

Cup. 

Perhaps, the biggest surprise of the season, so 

far, is that FC Platinum and Harare City are outside 

the top eight. 

Platinum have managed only three wins-their 

biggest being the 4-0 thumping of Triangle two 

weeks ago and they are yet to win away this season. 

They have drawn four times and lost three, 

leaving them in 10th position with 13 points. 

Harare City, fractured by leadership struggles 

between former chairman Leslie Gwindi and then 

secretary Tarisai Kwenda, are languishing in 15th 

place after just two wins. City’s Bigboy Mawiwi 

was named the coach of the year last season, but 

has failed to rise to expectations 

They have lost seven times, scored only eight 

goals, with three of the goals coming from the 3-1 

win over Black Rhinos that almost let to the resignation 

of coach Arthur Tutani. 

Referees 

On the referees’ side, Ruzive Ruzive has been 

in the spotlight after two questionable decisions. 

The first was when he awarded a ghost goal to 

Black Rhinos in their 2-1 win over Chiredzi at 

Rimuka in April and the penalty to Dynamos in 

their 1-0 victory over FC Platinum at the NSS. 

But it has been a largely good performance 

from the match officials, although coaches will always 

have their reservations about “home town” 

decisions. 

SuperSport 

On television coverage, SuperSport has made it 

clear that they want to beat last year’s 53-games 

tally and have been up and about the whole country 

so far. 

Although, they are yet to cover Hwange at the 

Colliery and Buffaloes at Sakubva, but have managed 

to be in Chiredzi, the Midlands, which has 

three teams, Bulawayo and Harare, bringing the 

total number of games covered so far to 20. 

According to PSL chief executive officer Kennedy 

Ndebele, SuperSport will, this Thursday, 

cover the Buffaloes-How Mine match at Sakubva 

before travelling to Harare 24 hours later. On Saturday, 

they will be at the NSS for the Caps United- 

Shabanie Mine tie and on Monday will cover the 

Harare City-Bantu Rovers tie. 

Week 12 will bring the biggest match of the first 

half of the season which will feature Dynamos 

and Highlanders at the NSS. 

Coaches 

Moses Chunga seemed to have quit on Saturday 

at Chiredzi FC claiming that he could not 

work with the Charles Muchatukwa-led executive. 

This followed the “disappearance” of $4 000 

in gate takings from the Dynamos home match 

and the failure by the club’s leadership to pay the 

players their signing-on fees and salaries. 

But like his counterpart at Black Rhinos, Authur 

Tutani, Chunga made a swift U-turn on Monday 

saying he was not leaving Chiredzi. Instead, 

he says, the media must reveal to him the sources 

of yesterday’s story that he had quit. 

Tutani had lost 3-1 to Harare City and announced 

his departure after the match, but he 

was back on the bench on Saturday as Rhinos beat 

Buffaloes 1-0 at Rimuka. 

Fixtures 

Week 11: Buffaloes v How Mine, Hwange v 

Dynamos, Caps United v Shabanie Mine, ZPC Kariba 

v Chapungu, Chicken Inn v Chiredzi, Harare 

City v Bantu Rovers, Triangle v Highlanders, FC 

Platinum v Black Rhinos 

Week 12: How Mine v FC Platinum, Bantu 

Rovers v Buffaloes, Hwange v Chicken Inn, 

Chiredzi v Caps United, Chapungu v Harare City, 

Dynamos v Highlanders, Black Rhinos v Triangle, 

Shabanie Mine v ZPC Kariba 

Top scorers (182 goals scored so far) 

8-Kuda Musharu (How Mine) 

5-Evans Rusike (Hwange) 

4-Charles Sibanda (Highlanders), Donald 

Ngoma, Qadr Amini (both FC Platinum), Tendai 

Mukambi (Chicken Inn), Tinei Chitora (Triangle), 

Dominic Chungwa (Caps United) 

3-Munyaradzi Diya, Kuda Mahachi, Ozias Zibande 

(all Highlanders), Aleck Marime, Eric Chipeta, 

Rodwell Chinyengetere (Hwange), Proud 

Zireni (Bantu Rovers), Calisto Maheya (Chapungu), 

Godknows Murwira, Daniel Chakupe (Shabanie 

Mine), Ronald Pfumbidzai (Caps United), 

Pride Tafirenyika (ZPC Kariba), Lameck Nhamo 

(Triangle)

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ZIMBABWEANS ABROAD 

De Jonge set for US Open 

with 

Wellington Toni 

Nengomasha eyes 

Dynamos move 

VETERAN former Kaizer Chiefs 

and Bidvest Wits midfielder Tinashe 

Nengomasha has told the 

South African media that he 

would love to wind down his 

career at Zimbabwean football 

champions Dynamos if he fails 

to get a club next month down 

south. 

In the Sunday edition of the 

Sun, Nengomasha, who turns 32 

on September 2, says he grew up 

supporting Dynamos. 

“Dynamos is the team I grew 

up supporting and l intend finishing 

my career there,” he said. 

The “General” played 261 

games between 2002 and 2012 for 

Chiefs and was named the player 

of the year and players’ player 

of the year the following season 

after guiding Amakhosi to the 

league title. 

He signed a two-year deal at 

Wits with the option of another 

year, but the club has decided 

not to exercise that option. 

Dynamos have been 

a haven for most turning players who 

re- 

include, of late, 

Rodreck Mutuma 

(Bloemfontein 

Celtic), Tafadzwa 

Rusike (Ajax Cape 

Town), Simba Sithole 

(Mamelodi Sundowns 

and SuperSport United), 

Oscar Machapa (Moroka Swallows) 

and Takesure Chinyama 

(Legia Warsaw). 

As the transfer window opens 

on July 1, former Caps United 

and Warriors right-back Gilbert 

Mapemba will also be seeking 

new pastures after being released 

by his struggling side Moroka 

Swallows. 

While others are returning 

home, Highlanders’ Milton Ncube 

is heading to Ajax Cape Town, Peter 

Moyo (Highlanders) is joining 

Mpumalanga Black 

Aces while Dynamos 

goalkeeper 

George Chigova is 

off to SuperSport 

United in the 

South African 

Premiership. 

Kuda Mahachi is headed for 

Mamelodi Sundowns and is also 

in line for trials at cash-rich 

French Ligue One side Monaco. 

Once again, we say congratulations 

to Highlanders legend 

Madinda Ndlovu who was last 

week named the beMobile Premier 

League Coach of the Year in 

Botswana after winning his third 

league title in a row. 

Ndlovu won two titles with 

Mochudi Centre Chiefs before he 

moved to Township Rollers last 

season, where he was unbeaten 

in 28 league matches in his 

march to glory. 

It capped a fine year for 

Madinda as his sibling Peter 

also won the league title at Mamelodi 

Sundowns where he is 

manager, while the other Ndlovu, 

Brian, saw his Coventry 

United (not to be confused 

with Coventry City) being 

promoted to the third tier 

of British football. 

Little known Zimbabwean 

striker Patrick 

Kaunda moved 

from Botswana’s FC 

Satmos, where he was 

the country’s top goal 

scorer, to Platinum 

Stars in Rustenburg. 

Tinashe Nengomasha 

Brendon de Jonge 

DANIEL NHAKANISO 

SPORTS REPORTER 

ZIMBABWE’S leading professional 

golfer Brendon de Jonge has 

been drawn alongside American 

Kevin Stadler and Irishman Shane 

Lowry for the first two rounds of 

this week’s US Open at Pinehurst 

Resort in North Carolina in the 

United States. 

The US Open, which is the second 

of the four major championships 

in golf, gets underway on 

Thursday with rich prize fund of 

$8 million, and a winner's share 

of $1,44 million. 

According to the draw announced 

by the United States Golf 

Association (USGA) on Sunday, 

De Jonge and company will tee 

off from the 10th tee at 1915 hours 

(Zimbabwe time) in Thursday’s 

opening round. 

De Jonge made his US Open 

debut at Pebble Beach in 2010, 

finishing in a tie for position 33, 

but is yet to feature in the prestigious 

championship ever since. 

The 33-year-old Harare-born 

golfer will be hoping to do even 

better this time after putting on a 

decent outing in his first appearance 

the US Masters in April. 

He finished in a tie for position 

37 on his first appearance at 

Augusta National carding rounds 

of 74, 72, 76, 73 for a gross total of 

seven-over 295. 

The US Open which has always 

been traditionally played on very 

tough golf courses will, however 

expected to present a completely 

different challenge altogether for 

de Jonge. 

De Jonge will head for North 

Carolina on a decent run of form, 

making the cut in his last five 

events including a top 10 finish 

at the Wells Fargo Championship 

last month. 

Meanwhile, local professional 

golfer Ryan Cairns managed his 

first top 10 finish on the Sunshine 

Tour this season after finishing 

eighth in the Zambia Sugar Open 

on Sunday to move into the top 

50 on the Sunshine Tour Order of 

Merit. 

Cairns carded rounds of 72, 

70, 76 and 71 at the challenging 

par-73 Lusaka Golf Club courseto 

tie for eighth position with South 

Africa’s Titch Moore, Toto Thimba 

Jnr, Riekus Nortje and Adilson da 

Silva of Brazil on 3-under 289. 

Cairns finished 10 shots off 

tournament winner Lyle Rowe of 

South Africa. 

Castle Lager Premier Soccer League 

Saturday: How Mine 0 Harare City 0, 

Chapungu 3 Caps United 0, Black Rhinos 

1 Buffaloes 0, Chiredzi 1 Hwange 1 

Sunday: Highlanders 1 FC Platinum 1, 

Dynamos 1 Triangle United 0, Shabanie 

Mine 1 Chicken Inn 1 

2014 African Women Championship 

Final Qualifier 2nd Leg 

Saturday: Nigeria 8 Rwanda 0 (Nigeria 

qualify 12- 1 on aggregate) 

Sunday: Zambia 1 Zimbabwe 0 (Zambia 

qualify for the African Women’s 

Championships 2-0 on aggregate), Equatorial 

Guinea 2 Ivory Coast 2 (Ivory Coast 

qualify via the away goal rule after a 3-3 

tie) Tunisia 2 Algeria 3 (Algeria progress 

5-3 on aggregate), Ghana 3 Ethiopia 0 

(Ghana progress 5-0 on aggregate), Cameroon 

1 Senegal 0 (Cameroon progress 2-1 

on aggregate) 

Division One Football Leagues 

Eastern Region Soccer League 

Saturday: Renco Mine 1 FC Three 

Leaves 1, Mutare Polytechnic 0 Masvingo 

United 1, Tenax 4 Mwenezana 1, Buffalo 

Junior 4 Black Eagles 0 

Sunday: Gaza Gunners 1 Ruwa United 

1, Surrey 0 Mutare City Stars 1, Chivhu 1 

Gutu 2, ZRP Masvingo 0 Eastern Stars 0 

Central Region Soccer League 

Saturday: Chrome Stars 3 MSU 0, Vumbachikwe 

1 Gweru City 2, Tongogara 0 FC 

Platinum U-19 0, ZRP Beitbridge 6 Nkayi 

United 1, Gaths Mine 2 Silo United 1 

Sunday: Zvishavane Stars 0 Whawha 2, 

Blanket Mine 3 Chomumvuri Pirates 1 

World Navi Northern Region Soccer 

League 

Saturday: Commando Bullets 1 

Twalumba 0, DStv Rangers 2 Seven 

Flames 0, Blue Swallows 3 Royal Classic 

1, Mushowani Stars 0 Gunners 1, Flame 

Lily 2 Karoi United 0, Black Mambas 0 DC 

Academy 2, Star Bill 2 Ngezi Platinum 1, 

Lake Harvest 0 Bindura United 1, Chegutu 

Pirates 2 ZRP Morris 1 

Southern Region Division One 

Saturday: Mpumalanga 0 Technosphere 

1, Quelaton 0 Ntabazinduna 3, 

Hwange Juniors 1 Elephant 0, Tsholotsho 1 

Black Boots 1, Plumtree Chiefs v Portland 

Cement (cancelled), New West City 0 ZPC 

Hwange 2 

Rugby 

National Rugby League 

Saturday: Harare Sports Club 34 Old 

Hararians 28, Old Georgians 122 Zvishavane 

Bulls 0, Old Miltonians 34 Gweru 

Sports Club 25, Matabeleland Busters 51 

Western Panthers 19 

Fifa World Cup Warm-up Matches 

Saturday: Mexico 0 Portugal1, England 

0 Honduras 0, Argentina 2 Slovenia 0, Japan 

4 Zambia 3 

Sunday: France 8 Jamaica 0 

Rugby Union Internationals 

Saturday: New Zealand 20 England 15, 

Australia 50 France 23, South Africa 47 

World XV 13, Argentina 17 Ireland 29 

Sunday: United States of America 6 

Scotland 24 

Tennis 

The 2014 French Open (Roland Garros) 

Saturday: Ladies Singles Final - Maria 

Sharapova (Russia) beat Simona Halep 

(Romania) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 

Sunday: Men’s Singles Final - Rafael 

Nadal (Spain) beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 

3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4

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Chunga in U-turn 

KENNETH NYANGANI 

SPORTS CORRESPONDENT 

NOW you can’t see me, now you can! 

This is the rollercoaster life of Moses 

Chunga who, on Sunday, turned his 

back on Castle Premiership football side 

Chiredzi FC only to make a spectacular 

mid-air somersault yesterday declaring 

he will not leave his “baby”. 

The nomadic coach says his Lowveld 

project is not yet ripe. 

Chunga abruptly resigned from his post 

in a heated meeting with his club’s executive 

two days ago after they failed to iron 

out their differences. 

The problems started almost 

two weeks ago after Chunga 

was accused of disappearing with 

$4 000 from the gate takings after the Dynamos 

match at Chishamiso Stadium. 

A source close to Chunga said the nomadic 

gaffer reversed his decision after 

stakeholders and the Chiredzi community 

begged him to continue with the project. 

According to the source, Chunga said 

some players were committed to play in 

the Lowveld because of him and that he 

had already relocated his family there. 

“Chunga said he was not going anywhere 

because the Chiredzi community 

had approached him to change his decision. 

The major thing is that he has relocated 

his family to Chiredzi,” he said. 

“But I can assure you that Chunga is 

ready to work with the current executive, 

we are just waiting to see how all the issues 

are going to handled.” 

Sought for comment on his decision 

yesterday, Chunga referred all questions 

to the club’s vice-chairman Joel Sithole, 

whom he was with at the time NewsDay 

Sport made the call. 

Chunga said: “You are lucky I have the 

vice-chairman of the team Joel Sithole 

here, I want you to speak to him, he can 

update you.” 

Sithole said: “I am worried about what 

I saw in the newspapers today (yesterday). 

I don’t know where you get the stories 

from, it’s amazing.” 

Chunga then weighed in: “I have never 

liked the issue of sources. Some executive 

members do not want to come out in the 

open. I don’t know why. What they don’t 

Chiredzi FC coach Moses Chunga 

know is they are also public figures. 

“They have been accusing me, but 

the truth shall come out. I think you 

know the history of this team, you know 

where we started, even some executive 

members have not even approached the 

community.” 

Chiredzi chairman Charles Muchatukwa 

was not reachable for comment. 

A Chiredzi FC executive member who 

refused to be named claimed he was not 

aware that Chunga had made a U-turn, 

saying: “If there is something that has 

happened I am still to get it.” 

If Chunga leaves the club, the Lowveldbased 

side will face a mass player exodus 

as Norman Maroto, Fidelis Mangezi 

and Abel Gwatidzo are known to be the 

coach’s most trusted lieutenants. 

Yesterday morning there were early indications 

that Chunga’s assistant Tinashe 

Zvishiri, who is a teacher at Hippo Valley 

Secondary School, was going to be thrown 

in at the deep end to lead the struggling 

outfit. 

The Chiredzi outfit is currently anchoring 

the log table after collecting just six 

points from their opening 10 matches. 

While Chunga, who is regarded as a 

director at Chiredzi FC, was putting his 

house back in order yesterday, his neighbour 

Biggie Zuze was preparing to vacate 

the hot seat at troubled Triangle. A meeting 

was scheduled for last night between 

the coach and the club’s executive after 

the team’s sixth loss of the season 

which left them in 14th place on the log 

standings. 

A source at Triangle told NewsDay 

Sport last night: “I have just received a 

message saying that we should meet later 

in the day to discuss the way forward because 

results are not coming. I think the 

coach will probably go, but you never 

know what the leaders of the team are going 

to say, but it is now difficult.” 

“At the start of the season we said we 

needed at least 10 points from the first five 

matches, but that has not been so. There 

were two games in between, but the last 

three games we said he should collect at 

least six points from three matches, but he 

failed again.” 

Triangle chairman Lovemore Matikinyidze 

was not available for comment 

yesterday. 

Mighty Warriors owed ‘thousands’ 

HENRY MHARA IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA 

MIGHTY Warriors players staged a 

training boycott on arrival in Lusaka 

for the decisive African Women 

Championships (AWC) final round 

football second leg against Zambia 

played on Sunday, which could be 

the main reason for their defeat in 

the match. 

The Rosemary Mugadza-coached 

side lost 1-0 at Nkoloma Stadium in 

Lusaka to lose the tie 2-0 on aggregate, 

a result that brought their AWC 

campaign to a bitter end. 

It was a sorry sight as players 

slumped to the pitch in tears at the final 

whistle in a match they dominated 

and from which they deserved at 

least a draw. Mugadza tried her best 

to keep a calm face as she granted 

post-match interviews to the Press, 

but broke down as soon as she arrived 

at Golden Peacock Hotel where 

the team was staying. 

A source has revealed to News- 

Day Sport that they were owed $580 

each in allowances for the games 

against Botswana in the previous 

qualifier. The bill for the Botswana tie 

amounted to $9 000. 

However, the source said the 

players were given just $100 each to 

travel to Zambia when they left on 

Thursday with a promise to get the 

rest on arrival in Lusaka. 

In protest, the players refused to 

do their training sessions on Thursday 

and Friday and had light training on 

the eve of the match. 

“We refused to train on Tuesday 

and called off the strike after Zifa CEO 

(Jonathan) Mashingaidze promised us 

our money. We were given $100 each 

before departure and promised the 

reminder on arrival. When we arrived 

there was no money and we decided 

not to train. In fact, we had resolved 

not to play the match. Besides the 

Botswana allowances, and those 

from the Zambia first leg match, they 

owe us thousands of dollars from 

previous games. We haven’t been 

paid for a long time now and for them 

to give us $100, we felt it was an insult,” 

said the player.

Newsday 10 June 2014

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