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FOREIGN NEWS www.thestandard.co.zw 2 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 Local News Suspected Islamist militants stormed a village in northeast Nigeria yesterday, killing several people and torching houses near where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped two months ago, a witness said. Clad in military uniforms, the attackers raided the village of Koronginim in a convoy of sport utility and military vehicles, the witness told Reuters by telephone, asking not to be identified. —Reuters Baba Jukwa profile picture The latest in a string of militant attacks on Kenya’s coast has dealt a fresh blow to the economy, but the threat this time goes beyond the tourist trade to an ambitious US$25,5 billion port and transport scheme next to the historic town of Lamu. —Reuters Also available on The Standard is published weekly by Standard Press (Pvt) Ltd. Block 1, Third Floor, 1 Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe, PO Box BE 1165, Belvedere, Harare. Tel: 773934-8, 798894-6, 771635. Fax: 773854. 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Tel: 663255, 662755, 661826, 667424 Telefax: 667424 Fax: 2922079 E-mail: subscriptions@munnmarketing.co.zw Cell: 0773277599 The Magazine Place: 4a Jason Moyo St/cnr. 10th Ave, Bulawayo Tel. 09-74021, 60712, 62208 Fax: 09-74021 Printers: Strand Multiprint Cnr Strand/Bessemer Roads Graniteside, Harare. Tel: 771722/3 Sunday Mail Editor ‘is Baba Jukwa’ The State alleges, Kudzayi planned and organised with some of his colleagues calling themselves The Gunda Nleya Brigade to overthrow the government BY CHARLES LAIton Sunday Mail Editor, Edmund Kudakwashe Kudzayi, was yesterday “unmasked” as the brains behind the popular Facebook page Baba Jukwa in the magistrates court. This followed his arrest and detention over allegations of attempting to overthrow the government, charges that brought him to court yesterday. Clad in a checked jacket, sky blue shirt, maroon tie and a nerve blue soiled trousers, Kudzayi, who was in handcuffs, arrived at the Harare Magistrate Court under heavy police guard led by Assistant Commissioner Chrispen Makedenge, officer commanding CID Law and No ministers targeted in Baba Jukwa investigations: Police By OUR STAFF Police have dismissed reports that top government officials are under investigation in connection with the recent arrest of The Sunday Mail Editor Edmund Kudzayi over publications of posts on the Baba Jukwa Facebook page. Chief Police spokesperson, senior assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday said instead cabinet ministers such as Saviour Kasukuwere (Environment, Water and Climate) were the victims of Baba Jukwa. “The police wishes to inform the public that there are no ministers targeted in the investigations. In fact, ministers were targeted by Baba Jukwa and the most targeted Minister was in fact Kasukuwere, his wife and family,” Charamba said. She said the mentioning of top government officials and the members of the ruling party Zanu PF as being targeted in the investigations was intended to throw confusion Order section. He was later led into court room number 6, where before proceedings started, he managed to crack a joke with several journalists saying: “You reporters must learn to greet your bosses, remember I am still the Editor. I am your boss.” Kudzayi (28), of 65 Brooks Drive Hillside in Harare, was picked up by law enforcement agents on Thursday last week and charged with subverting a constitutional government or alternatively attempting to commit an act of insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism. The “computer guru”, according to the police, was also charged with publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state or alternatively undermining authority of or insulting the President. According to police investigations, Kudzayi, acting in connivance with his elder brother who is said to be still at large, Phillip Tawanda, together with other unnamed suspects, created a Gmail account called babajukwa2013@ gmail.com using an Econet line number 0771 446 541 registered in Phillip’s name. It is alleged the said Gmail account, whose Econet line is still being used by Phillip, was used to create a Facebook account called Baba Jukwa. Harare Provincial Magistrate Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe remanded him in custody to tomorrow for his bail application after Chief Law Officer, Tawanda Zvekare and his (Kudzayi’s) lawyer Joseph Mandizha agreed to have the matter postponed. Allegations against Kudzayi are that sometime in April last year, he connived with his elder brother Phillip and the others still at large, whereupon they “hatched a plan to overthrow the government by unconstitutional means” in the run up to July 31 general elections. The State alleges, Kudzayi planned and organised with some of his colleagues calling themselves, The Gunda Nleya Brigade and Zimbabwe Revolutionary Army, to overthrow the government “through waging a war” and urged people to join the Zimbabwe Revolutionary Army. Pursuant to their plans, it is alleged, Kudzayi posted articles on the Baba Jukwa Facebook page which reportedly encouraged rebellion against the government if the July 31 general election were stolen. The State also alleges Kudzayi and his group further posted articles on the social networking platform to the effect that they had a Dare Rechimurenga in place and that a team was on the ground studying and monitoring the situation in Zimbabwe. The State however, contends that Kudzayi’s creation of Baba Jukwa Facebook page was “meant for the into Kudzayi’s criminal matter. “Such publications which insinuate that certain ministers and parliamentarians are targeted, are intended to throw confusion into the whole matter and solicit ministers and Zanu PF sympathy, in the process diluting the gravity of Kudzayi’s case,” Charamba said. Meanwhile, Mxolisi Ncube, one of the journalists initially linked to Baba Jukwa by the Sunday Mail and Herald, has asked whether people still believed he was behind the shadowy character. Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi arriving at the Harare magistrate Court (far left) and (left) leaving the courts in a Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) truck after Harare Provincial magistrate Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe remanded him in custody to tomorrow for his bail application. Pictures: Charles Laiton and Aaron Ufumeli consumption of Zimbabweans and to whip-up emotions from those who would have read the said articles on Baba Jukwa’s Facebook account. On May 11 this year, The Sunday Mail, according to police, published a story about the identity of Baba Jukwa titled, Hackers unmask Baba Jukwa but investigations however, revealed that Kudzayi, the editor of the paper, was the one in control of the Baba Jukwa Gmail account as his details were on the recovery panel of the said account. The police however, argue that their investigations revealed that the said account was never hacked. The State also alleges that on August 7 2008 Kudzayi wrote and published an article in the Zimbabwe Mail online publication attacking the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe. In the said article, according to the State, Kudzayi went on to “falsely label the President a dictator who commits gross human rights abuses” and further accusing him of having stolen the 2008 elections and that he had been presiding over an economic collapse. He further called the President “a tyrant” and accused him of taking the land from the white farmers and giving it to his cronies and not the people of Zimbabwe. Kudzayi was also charged for not ensuring that his ammunition recovered by police in his house was properly secured. “So, do you still believe that I am the real Baba Jukwa?” quipped Ncube on his Facebook page. “Having been demonised and called names, with my pictures splashed everywhere for nothing I ever did, I cannot celebrate what my Zimpapers counterparts are going through right now. “Had I been in Zimbabwe when those allegations were made, I would have faced a similar or even worse situation. An injury to one is an injury to all. Journalists of Zimbabwe Arise!”
Local News The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 3 Mugabe’s neighbour speaks out BY OUR STAFF A Harare man who is expected to appear in court tomorrow after his dogs killed a buck at President Robert Mugabe’s mansion in Borrowdale Brooke last year is proud to be the First Family’s neighbour. Michael Pazarangu is facing charges of allowing to “be at large any unmuzzled ferocious dog” as defined in Section 46 (2)(r) of the Third Schedule of the Criminal Law and Codification Act Chapter 9:23. The Standard yesterday managed to track down Pazarangu for an interview in Harare. Pazarangu said he had “no problem with my neighbour”, adding that he Michael Pazarangu was not interested in politics. “I am not a politician. You don’t find me in Zanu PF and MDCs because I am not interested in it [politics],” he said. Pazarangu had a terse “no comment” response when asked whether he had been invited to Bona Mugabe’s wedding to Simba Chikore early this year. The mega wedding was held at the First’s Family’s residence opposite Pazarangu’s house. The State alleges that on May 22 and 23 last year, Pazarangu’s dogs strayed into President Mugabe’s residence where they killed a buck. When an officer on duty saw the dogs devouring the animal, they ran away into Pazarangu’s homestead. Officials from the National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority later identified the dogs as the ones they had shot at the previous year. When he was summoned to appear in court last week, Pazarangu kept it a secret to his family which only knew about the case when it was splashed in newspapers. “I didn’t want my family to be traumatised. Also, I didn’t want the story to come out because it embarrasses the President,” he said. Pazarangu said when he moved into Borrowdale Brooke, tyres on his three cars were stolen one night. When he replaced the tyres and parked his cars closer to the house, thieves pounced again and stole the tyres. “It was at that point that I started keeping the dogs,” said the man born in Pazarangu Street in Mbare. The street was named after his father, Patrick Michael Pazarangu, the former post master during the federation of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Nyasaland (Malawi). Patrick Michael was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire given to an individual for a significant achievement or outstanding service to the community. Mugabe vows to deal with child sexual abuse BY WINSTONE ANTONIO PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has called on youths to desist from engaging in early sexual activities, while also taking a dig at older people who are abusing children. Speaking during the official opening of the 22 nd session of the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday, Mugabe said government was concerned about the increasing cases of child abuse including the rape of minors. “Something has gone wrong with the social and moral fibre of our society. The problems of child sexual abuse, child neglect and even infanticide now need to be addressed at all levels of the society,” he said. “The government is going to intensify the necessary social and policing interventions in order to eradicate what is turning into an epidemic.” Mugabe also opened up about his boyhood saying children must not rush into early sexual activities. The Zanu PF leader said when he was young, even his late mother Bona, was worried that he could not court girls because of his love for books which made him what he is today. “I was very bookish and did not want girls to interfere with me that my mother would ask vana Sekuru kuti asi mwana wangu arikuda kuita fata, hamumutsvagirewo here? Vaifunga kuti handigone kunyenga, aiwa ndaigona kunyenga,” he said. [she asked my uncles whether I was considering being a priest and asked them to find a girl for me, she thought I could not chat up a girl. I could.] Mugabe claimed there were people bent on ensuring that his government collapsed. “When the elections came in July last year, we had a sweeping win pushing aside those who concentrated on women,” he said. Mugabe said the failure to pay professionals, including teachers, contributed to the slowdown of the economy as qualified personnel were leaving for countries such as Botswana and South Africa. “The future of a nation lies in the youths, so education must give them knowledge and skills which they can use to prosper their lives and the nation,” he said. “It is you the young whom we have faith in and we depend upon you to pass on that entity we call Zimbabwe so we continue to live.” Meanwhile, child president Nhlanhla Moyo said the government must remember the commitments made when the country ratified the United Nations Convection on the Rights and Welfare of the Children in 1990. “We seek to pursue the rights of every child in Zimbabwe and we wish to bring to the attention of our government the condition we are growing up to,” said Moyo. “As the child parliament of Zimbabwe, we do not seek to create a world far away from our reality. We seek to be heard and not just to be seen.” We will rule till donkeys grow horns: Zanu PF STAFF REPORTER ZANU PF chairman Simon Khaya-Moyo yesterday said the party will rule until donkeys come home as he gathered several government ministers to address issues affecting Matabeleland that have given rise to sentiments that the region is marginalised. Khaya-Moyo told a joint Zanu PF provincial council meeting for Matabeleland South, North and Bulawayo that the region was not benefitting from a lot of national projects and people were suffering. However, the Senior Minister in President Robert Mugabe’s office said despite the challenges, Zanu PF’s stranglehold on power would not be threatened. “We are going to rule for a very long time,” he said to wild cheers. “We will rule until donkeys grow horns. “Come 2018, all seats in Matabeleland will be in Zanu PF hands. Let’s work to strengthen the party and that would be through showing respect among each other at all levels.” Khaya Moyo said he would soon convene a meeting for the three Zanu PF provincial chairpersons and the Provincial Affairs ministers so that they can work together harmoniously. This followed an impassioned plea by Chief Dingani Nelukoba of Hwange who revealed that there was chaos in the allocation of conservancies in Matabeleland North province. He said he recently had an offer letter for a conservancy withdrawn after the animal sanctuary was allocated to a Hararebased company. Khaya- Moyo appeared to be irked by the absence of Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs minister Cain Mathema at the forum held at Elangeni Training Centre in Bulawayo. “It appears there is a serious gap here,” he said. “It’s not only Chief Nelukoba who is affected by this [confusion], it has affected a lot of people. “May those recording minutes of this meeting take note of this and it will be taken up by Monday. If it is not solved, I will end up going there myself. “These are the issues we have to address. You can’t go around saying I am a senior minister if you are not working. The Provincial Affairs minister is not here. “I need to arrange a meeting with the provincial chairpersons and the Provincial Affairs ministers because we can’t work like that. The party is superior, you can’t go around boasting that I am a senior minister.” Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister Eunice Sandi Moyo and her Matabeleland South counterpart Abedinico Ncube attended the meeting. Other ministers who addressed the forum were Douglas Mombeshora (Lands and Resettlement), Obert Mpofu (Transport), Saviour Kasukuwere (Water and Climate) and Sithembiso Nyoni (Small and Medium Enterprises). In the past senior Zanu PF leaders from the region were accused of paying lip service to issues affecting Matabeleland. Simon Khaya-Moyo
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