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A three-day curfew is under way in 

Sierra Leone to let health workers find 

and isolate cases of Ebola, in order to 

halt the spread of the disease. Many 

people have been reluctant to seek 

medical treatment for Ebola, fearing 

that diagnosis might mean death as 

there is no proven cure. A team of 30 

000 people is going house-to-house to 

find those infected and distribute soap. 

But critics say the lockdown will damage 

public trust in doctors. — BBC 

The International Criminal Court 

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Uhuru Kenyatta to appear 

before the tribunal on October 8. 

Judges want to question him over 

claims that his government has withheld 

documents requested by prosecutors 

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humanity trial. The trial has already 

been delayed several times. Kenyatta 

denies organising ethnic massacres 

after elections in 2007. Some 1 200 

people were killed and 600 000 driven 

from their homes. — BBC 

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MDC-T leader Morgan 

Tsvangirai is 

headed for a fresh 

clash with authorities 

amid revelations 

that he plans to personally 

lead street protests being organised 

by his opposition party from 

the frontline. 

The opposition party spokesperson 

Douglas Mwonzora on 

Friday revealed to The Standard 

modalities for the protests 

against the worsening economic 

crisis in the country would be 

worked out soon after the opposition 

party’s elective congress set 

for next month. 

“The protests will be more coordinated. 

The party leadership 

will be at the front in some of the 

protests depending on the situation. 

Definitely, the leadership, including 

president Tsvangirai, will 

be there on the front,” Mwonzora 

told The Standard. 

Tsvangirai last week told a 

South African television channel, 

E-TV’s 360 Degrees, that his party 

was working on strategies to force 

Mugabe’s government to address 

the country’s economic woes. 

He said the country’s free falling 

economy would likely push the 

election dates closer than 2018. Tsvangirai’s 

remarks came after he 

had told thousands of party supporters 

who thronged Mucheke 

Stadium in Masvingo for the party’s 

15th anniversary last Saturday 

that it was now time to adopt a confrontational 

approach against the 

government. 

Mwonzora said the party leadership, 

including Tsvangirai, 

would be on the frontline during 

the street protests to show that the 

party was not setting up its supporters. 

He said the presence of the 

MDC-T leadership was meant to 

bY oUR sTAFF 

THE University of Zimbabwe 

(UZ) has remained mum on the 

conferment of Doctor of Philosophy 

degree on First Lady Grace 

Mugabe despite questions and 

speculation being raised over the 

accolade. 

Over a week after Grace graduated 

at the once prestigious institution, 

analysts said the UZ was 

not doing itself any good by remaining 

quiet in the wake of the 

controversies surrounding the 

PhD. 

They said the credibility of the 

UZ was now at stake, amid claims 

that the institution’s continental 

rating had fallen drastically since 

the graduation ceremony. The analysts 

said the UZ’s silence over 

the issue appeared to confirm 

critics who claim the conferment 

could have been dubious. 

Grace was capped by her husband, 

President Robert Mugabe 

alongside Vice-President Joice 

Mujuru. The Vice-President already 

has a Master’s Degree in 

Strategic Management. She studied 

for her PhD in the Faculty of 

Commerce and her thesis is available 

on the UZ website. 

Grace is known to have graduated 

with a first degree in the Chinese 

Language completed in 2011 

after four years of distance learning 

with the People’s University 

of China. There is however no 

indication that she studied for 

any other degree before graduating 

with the Doctorate recently. A 

Masters’ degree is mandatory before 

one can study for a PhD. 

A week before the graduation, 

Higher and Tertiary Education 

minister Olivia Muchena commended 

Mujuru for being diligent 

in her studies despite having to juggle 

multiple responsibilities during 

the launch of the Zim Asset training 

programme for legislators. 

“We have heard about how the 

President worked hard under difficult 

circumstances to attain several 

degrees but we also have another 

example of a hard worker 

in Vice-President Joice Mujuru 

who will be graduating with a 

PhD next week,” Muchena said. 

Muchena however told The 

Standard on Friday that whoever 

had issues with the manner 

Grace was conferred with a doctorate 

should register their aversion 

with the university. 

“The university has procedures 

that can be followed [to establish 

the facts]. Anybody who is unhappy 

with it should check with the 

university,” she said. 

On the day of the graduation, 

UZ vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura 

described the graduation ceremony 

as “historic” and added that it 

was not likely to be repeated in future. 

“This graduation ceremony is 

show commitment to finding a 

lasting solution to the problems 

facing Zimbabwe. 

“It is definite, we are going to 

protest. The aim of the peaceful 

protests will be to force government 

into positive action. We are 

the official opposition and our 

duty is to force government to act 

in a responsible manner,” Mwonzora 

said. 

He said the protests would be for 

all the affected Zimbabweans, not 

the MDC-T alone. 

“At the congress, we are going 

to come up with a roadmap of our 

strategies,” Mwonzora said. The 

MDC-T will be holding its congress 

in Harare at the end of October. 

Asked how the protests would 

succeed in the face of ruthless police 

response to street protests, 

Mwonzora said: “We are going to 

see that. Definitely we are going 

to protest. We will be doing this in 

terms of the laws of the land.” 

Mugabe is known for using force 

to thwart dissent. In 2007 Tsvangirai 

and several other opposition officials 

and civic leaders were savagely 

beaten when they tried to organise 

a peace rally in Highfield 

suburb in Harare. 

An MDC-T official who preferred 

anonymity said: “Tsvangirai 

is brave, if it means being on 

the front, he will do that. It is time 

for action. The MDC needs to show 

that it is prepared to die for the 

people.” 

Already MDC-T youths have been 

having running battles with the 

police while trying to hold peaceful 

demonstrations to pressure 

Mugabe to provide the two million 

jobs he promised the electorate 

ahead of last year’s July 31 polls. 

Tsvangirai’s calls for protests 

have been met with mixed feelings, 

with some people accusing 

the former premier of attempting 

to endanger the lives of many 

Zimbabweans in the face of a brutal 

police force. 

Mugabe himself has already 

threatened to deal ruthlessly with 

any “form of lawlessness”. 

Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare 

Gumbo yesterday rubbished Tsvangirai’s 

proposals for mass action 

and street protests, describing 

the opposition leader as “a desperate 

man with no programme 

or sense of direction.” 

He said this was the reason why 

Tsvangirai was being deserted by 

influential party officials, including 

former secretary-general Tendai 

Biti. 

Gumbo said Zanu PF was on 

course to resuscitate the economy 

through the US$3 billion deal 

signed between the country and 

Russia for the establishment of 

a platinum venture in Darwendale. 

“No sensible Zimbabwean will 

join him in his so-called protests. 

Zanu PF is working hard to implement 

programmes that will solve 

the economic problems the country 

is facing,” he said. 

“Zimbabweans will not accept 

such a project. He is wasting his 

time and energy.” 

Political analyst Alois Masepe 

said protesting for the economy 

should be a spontaneous peopledriven 

movement. 

Grace’s doctorate: UZ remains mum 

President Robert Mugabe caps his wife Grace at UZ recently 

Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo has rubbished Tsvangirai’s proposals for mass 

action and street protests. 

a historic event which is very difficult, 

if not impossible, to repeat 

in the near future,” he said. 

“Allow me to single out a very 

special and unique graduand, the 

First Lady, who shall be presented 

to you for conferment of a degree 

. . . May you also allow me to 

single out the Vice-President who 

shall be presented to you for conferment 

of a degree.” 

Sometime in July, it was reported 

that the First Lady had registered 

for a doctoral degree with 

the institution. 

In Zimbabwe it takes a minimum 

of three years to complete 

a PhD. 

Reports indicate that UZ senior 

lecturers were mooting to write a 

letter of protest to the university 

council, the institution’s highest 

decision-making body, over the 

awarding of the doctoral degree 

to Grace. 

UZ public relations director 

Dennis Rwafa had not responded 

to the questions e-mailed to him, 

as per request, by the time of going 

to press. 

Sources at the university said 

only holders of Masters degrees 

could be admitted to do a PhD, 

and would still have to go through 

a rigorous selection process. 

Among the basic requirements, 

one should have published work 

with a recognised institution or 

journal.

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Local News 

‘Mugabe 

appeases 

chiefs for 

support’ 

‘Mugabe is using chiefs to subvert the 

democratic aspirations of Zimbabweans in 

independent Zimbabwe the same way Ian 

Smith did during the liberation struggle.’ 

Chief Fortune Charumbira . . . he has asked for a review of chiefs’ allowances 

by EvErson Mushava 

PreSident robert 

Mugabe’s promise to 

buy new luxury vehicles 

and increase allowances 

for traditional leaders 

in the face of a burning economy 

shows that he is determined to 

retain power at all costs, analysts 

have said. 

Mugabe last week acceded to 

the chiefs’ demands for new vehicles 

and increased allowances. 

Mugabe promised the chiefs 

brand new vehicles “of their 

choice” in response to the “sticking 

grievances” he had received. 

Mugabe made the promise at 

the Annual Chiefs Conference in 

Gweru recently. 

Media and democracy scholar 

Pedzisai ruhanya yesterday 

said Mugabe’s pledge to the chiefs 

was clear testimony that the veteran 

leader did not care about the 

economy, but power retention and 

would do anything to keep the 

throne. 

“Mugabe will meet the chiefs’ 

demands. All the people who 

think that Mugabe cares about 

the economy are mistaken. He is 

worried about power. He will do 

irrational things that keep him in 

power. History has proved that,” 

ruhanya said. 

“Mugabe is facing an election 

in 2018 and he can do anything 

to win the election. it is meant to 

appease the chiefs and buy them 

so that they can be part of Zanu 

PF structures. At every congress, 

chiefs, war vets and other groups 

would stampede to endorse him. 

that is the undemocratic nature 

of Mugabe.” 

He said Zanu PF relied on a patronage 

system to keep power as 

evidenced by what Mugabe did 

in 1997 when he printed money 

for war veterans’ gratuities in order 

to buy their support. ruhanya 

said thousands of people in 

Matabeleland and Midlands were 

killed during an army crackdown 

when Mugabe’s power was under 

threat from the late Joshua nkomo. 

“the war veterans’ compensation 

fund killed the economy but 

Mugabe never cared as long as 

he had the power. After the promise 

to the chiefs, he will do that to 

war veterans, war collaborators, 

even vapositori and various other 

groups to earn their support,” 

he said. 

About the chiefs’ demands, ruhanya 

had no kind words saying 

their history of “treachery” 

against their people was welldocumented. 

they supported the 

white colonial masters and sold 

out the liberation struggle, he 

said. 

ruhanya said chiefs were not 

interested in the welfare of their 

subjects, but self-aggrandisement. 

“Mugabe is using chiefs to subvert 

the democratic aspirations 

of Zimbabweans in independent 

Zimbabwe the same way ian 

Smith did during the liberation 

struggle,” ruhanya said. 

Most chiefs during the colonial 

regime sided with rhodesians 

in supressing their own black 

population. notable was Chief 

Jeremiah Chirau, from Mashonaland, 

who later became a senator 

in the rhodesian government 

in the 1970s. However, others 

like Chief nemakonde and 

rekayi tangwena refused to 

dance to Smith’s tune. 

Chiefs were given material 

things by the Smith regime 

to incentivise them to support 

the colonial government. When 

Mugabe took over power in 1980, 

he dumped them as punishment 

for supporting the colonial government 

and sabotaging the liberation 

struggle. 

However, Mugabe revised his 

strategy when MdC emerged in 

1999 when he realised his power 

was under threat. He drew them 

closer and started pampering 

them with incentives that included 

purchasing new vehicles for 

them in 2004. 

Currently, they earn US$300 a 

month, a figure close to what a 

qualified teacher earns. But the 

chiefs’ president, Fortune Charumbira, 

apart from demanding new 

cars, also demanded that allowances 

be hiked to US$800 a month. 

Charumbira could not be 

reached for comment on the feasibility 

of such demands by chiefs 

in the face of the grinding poverty 

that their subjects were labouring 

under. 

A Zanu PF official who refused 

to be named said chiefs were the 

“Alpha and Omega” of politics to 

Zanu PF and Mugabe would definitely 

honour his pledge, notwithstanding 

the bleeding economy. 

He said traditional leaders had, 

since the 1940s, become useful instruments 

available for use by 

any government for political purposes. 

“Mugabe knows the chiefs are 

influential and he cannot ignore 

them. For him to survive politically, 

he should bow to their demands.” 

the official said chiefs had never 

represented the people but 

were just selfish conduits of their 

political masters. Chiefs, he added, 

did not have political constituencies 

and were motivated only 

by greed. 

Political analyst Alexander 

rusero said chiefs were simply 

taking a leaf from Parliamentarians 

who have always demanded 

luxuries while the economy was 

burning. 

“We are going to have a scenario 

where chiefs will be well-oiled 

and would block any opposition 

in their areas in support of Zanu 

PF,” rusero said. 

Zim-Russia deal benefits will take time: Analysts 

by TarIsaI ManDIZha 

ECOnOMiStS have said Zimbabwe’s 

expectations from 

the recently signed Zimbabwe-russia 

deal worth US$3 billion 

are too high, warning that 

promises of thousands of jobs 

were too good to be true. 

Zimbabwe and russia have 

signed an agreement for the setting 

up of a US$3 billion platinum 

project in darwendale under a 

deal expected to create 15 000 jobs 

in 10 years. 

economist John robertson told 

The Standard that the creation 

of the thousands of jobs would 

take many years and the country 

would not see half of these in the 

next five years because the projects 

required a lot of capital. 

robertson said the construction 

of a refinery as promised under 

the deal, would take four years. 

“We have had little experience 

of russian business practices and 

we have to make sure that they 

don’t bring their workers here 

from russia. However, for the 

highly skilled jobs that take many 

years to learn, we should quickly 

agree to their being allowed work 

permits and residence permits for 

essential staff. We have slowed or 

stopped other investments by being 

too restrictive,” he said. 

robertson said the other part of 

the deal for arms would turn out 

to be a waste of money as weapons 

would not benefit the country. 

He said any investor will take 

time to create a working enterprise. 

the economist said Zimbabwe 

should have realised a long 

time ago that high levels of confidence 

had to be created and sustained 

to make an impression on 

investors who have options to invest 

elsewhere. 

“We slipped up on this some 

years ago, and investors have been 

avoiding us. now we are paying a 

very high price for falling behind; 

we have become desperate. in fact, 

we have become so desperate that 

the very few investors who are 

showing any interest are able to 

dictate terms that might not be in 

our best interests. Perhaps that is 

what the russians and Chinese 

are doing,” he said. 

robertson said the government 

has constantly proved that it resents 

and distrusts business, therefore 

its attitude towards most investors 

was hostile and its intentions 

were always to exert control 

over the investors’ activities. 

“the whole of the Zim Asset 

document should be seen as a description 

of the ways that government 

plans to maintain control 

over business activities.” 

the strategies column in the 50- 

page matrix shows how these controls 

will be focused and applied. 

“i would argue that well-motivated 

businesses do not need such 

controls and will show no interest 

in coming to Zimbabwe while government 

shows every intention of 

interfering at every turn,” he said. 

Confederation of Zimbabwe industry 

(CZi) president Charles 

Msipa said generally, mining by 

its nature was a long-term business. 

He said the lead times between 

the investments and the 

benefits could be extended, hence 

it was not for those who seek “instant 

gratification” but needs patience 

and deep capital resources 

and perseverance. 

“What is important is that we 

have made a start in harnessing 

the capital and technology required 

to expand the exploitation 

of our platinum resources,” Msipa 

said. 

“the new platinum mining project 

in darwendale will generate 

significant inflows of Foreign direct 

investment and technology, 

create significant levels of direct 

and indirect employment 

through linkages with other sectors, 

significantly increase platinum 

production and revenues in 

Zimbabwe — these are a positive 

and welcome development for our 

economy.” 

in terms of the biggest investment 

deals in Zimbabwe, in 2011 

government entered into a deal 

worth US$750 million with essar 

Holdings but to date nothing has 

happened. 

Zimbabwe national Chamber 

of Commerce economist Kipson 

Gundani said the Zimbabwe russian 

deals were significant, but 

for the country to benefit, it depended 

on how these were going 

to be structured. 

“the deal should be structured to 

allow value addition and local procurement 

as a key procedure and 

these are just some of the basic elements 

which will make the deal 

more significant,” Gundani said. 

According to the Minister of 

Mines and Mining developments 

Walter Chidakwa, the first phase 

of the darwendale project , which 

will run from this year to 2017, involves 

a US$600 million open pit 

mine, with a projected output of 

265 000 oz per annum and will create 

2 000 jobs. 

From 2018-2021, Gdi will enter 

its second phase, which will see 

the extension of the concentrator 

and the setting up of a smelter. 

Output is projected to rise to 

530 000 oz per annum, with 5 000 

jobs created, with investment 

reaching US$1,2 billion. 

the deal, nearly a third of the 

country’s estimated GdP, will see 

the mine producing about 10 million 

tonnes of ore to produce 800 

000 platinum ounces and creating 

over 8 000 jobs after the project is 

completed in 2024.

Local News 


‘Bennett, Mawere have not joined Renewal’ 

Roy Bennett 

By Musa DuBe 

M 

DC Renewal spokesperson, Jacob 

Mafume says South Africa-based Zimbabwean 

businessman Mutumwa 

Mawere and MDC-T treasurer-general 

Roy Bennett have not joined the breakaway 

party. 

Addressing journalists in Bulawayo last Friday, 

Mafume said although he was not a spokesperson 

for the two, Mawere and Bennett were not into the 

Renewal Team. 

Mafume claimed that many people were still going 

to join the Renewal Team. 

“People are going to join us but I will allow people 

to speak for themselves and that’s why I have 

not even attended a press conferences where a 

person says I am now Renewal Team because I 

don’t want to be accused of buying people or forcing 

people to be with me,” he said. 

Meanwhile, Makokoba legislator, Gorden Moyo 

who officially crossed to the MDC Renewal Team 

said he still has great respect for MDC-T leader 

and former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai. 

He however, said Tsvangirai now lacked the stamina 

to continue leading the party. 

Moyo said Tsvangirai fought hard to dislodge 

Zanu PF from power but should now pass on the baton 

to others. 

“This country will never be written without a 

chapter of Morgan Tsvangirai. He worked for this 

country. He tried to shake Zanu PF and Mugabe but 

where we have arrived he can’t continue. At Renewal 

we are honest, and I stand here on behalf of Renewal. 

He worked hard but we need new ideas, brains 

and new pairs of feet,” said Moyo, who is now the 

party’s head of the diaspora and international relations 

committee. 

“I once worked in his office, worked as the party 

provincial chairman and I respect him but where we 

are now, we need new ideas. We don’t need only renewal 

of the leadership but renewal of the economy 

and everything that we have.” 

Moyo said under Tsvangirai’s leadership, the party 

would always lose crucial elections at the last minute 

despite working hard. 

Moyo said they were disappointed that the 

MDC-T did not win last year’s election and the 

economy was now in dire straits under the 

Mugabe regime. 

“We were hopeful that by August 1 2013, we 

would wake up to a new Zimbabwe and with a 

new leadership but what we wanted, we didn’t get. 

We should thank God that he gave us good rains 

this year otherwise this country would be back to 

2008,” he said. 

He said the economy was now dead and the ruling 

party had no clue how to resuscitate it. 

Former Bulawayo mayor Thaba Moyo and former 

MDC-N provincial spokesperson Edwin Ndlovu 

were some of the new people who have joined 

the Renewal party. 

Moyo and Ndlovu are the party’s national working 

council member and Bulawayo province vice 

chairperson respectively.


Local News 

Farmer vows to stay put 

By Charles laiton 

FIgTRee farmer David 

Connolly, who is 

being kicked out of 

his farm by President 

Robert Mugabe’s close 

aide, Ray Ndhlukula has vowed 

to stay put. Connolly accuses 

Ndhlukula of wrongfully dragging 

the name of the head of 

State in the messy fight over the 

farm. 

Connolly told The Standard 

yesterday that Ndhlukula was 

employing dirty tactics in order 

to kick him out of his farm by 

invoking Mugabe’s name in the 

land-grabbing saga. 

“he said he got the farm from 

President Mugabe and I think 

it’s a way of trying to intimidate 

me. But I will not be intimidated 

by such empty threats. how can 

the President do that? It cannot 

be true. he cannot give such instructions, 

never. he thinks if 

he says that to me then I will 

leave my farm and go away, no,” 

the farmer said. 

Connolly said the farm ownership 

wrangle had since put his 

other family members in trouble. 

“My brother Michael was visited 

by the Plumtree District 

Administrator and a person in 

charge of the lands in the district, 

one Dodzi on Friday and 

they warned him they wanted 

to chuck him out of his farm because 

I had filed papers in court 

against the government,” he 

said. 

“They think if they put pressure 

on my brother I will go and 

sit down with them and withdraw 

the matter from the courts, 

but I will not do that. I am at the 

farm legally and if there was any 

court order evicting me from it, I 

would not have resisted.” 

The farmer said he applied 

for contempt of court charges 

against Ndhlukula on August 

13 this year after the latter 

continued to interfere with 

his farming activities despite a 

court order for him to stop interfering. 

“On the 13th of August we 

applied for the contempt of 

court matter to be dealt with 

at the high Court and we are 

still waiting for the matter to 

be set down for hearing. All 

the papers have been filed and 

Ndhlukula also filed his,” Connolly 

said. 

“Right now I am contemplating 

all the losses I have made 

and I am going to file a civil suit 

against Ndhlukula to claim everything 

that I have lost as a result 

of his actions.” 

According to Connolly, 

Ndhlukula chased him out of 

his farm and took over crops 

worth many thousands of dollars. 

Ndhlukula has been trying 

to move onto Centenary Farm 

since June this year despite a 

high Court order barring him 

from interfering with operations 

at the property, one of the 

most productive farms in Matabeleland 

South. 

his workers started camping 

at Connolly’s farm in August after 

the eviction of Connolly’s 

farm workers from their dwellings. 

On Wednesday Connolly’s 

workers were stopped from 

growing their crops by Ndhlukula’s 

workers before the farm was 

barricaded. 

Ben Freeth, spokesperson of 

the Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch 

said in a statement. “Connolly 

was chased out of his home. 

Barricades were put up to stop 

him coming back and irrigating 

or reaping the 300 000 onion 

plants he still has in the ground, 

or planting the 50 000 cabbage 

seedlings he has ready to plant 

this week.” 

“There was no choice, but for 

him and his workers to go to the 

police station again. 

“The offer letter [which 

Ndhlukula claims to have] is 

yet to be produced, but the Connollys 

and their workers left the 

police station, deeply distressed, 

as so many thousands of farmers, 

farm workers and their families 

have before them, without 

being offered protection.” 

Ndhlukula could not be 

reached for comment yesterday. 

NRZ: Cellphones 

replace signals 

By Musa DuBe 

The National Railway of Zimbabwe 

(NRZ)’s entire railway system has 

been run down to a point where enginemen 

have to resort to using cellphones 

to communicate, Transport 

and Infrastructural Development 

minister Obert Mpofu has revealed. 

Mpofu said the railway system was 

in a deplorable state and needed a 

complete overhaul. 

“The entire railway system of 

this country needs to be rehabilitated 

and we are talking of the signals 

and everything that would 

make the trains move. Currently 

there are no signals and trains just 

pass by where there are no signals 

and sometimes they [enginemen] 

have to use cellphones to communicate,” 

said Mpofu while addressing 

the Bulawayo Matabeleland 

business community and other 

stakeholders. 

he said the rail system had become 

a death trap for travellers. 

“Just now we were at heany 

Junction where there was a derailment 

and the railway system was 

disjointed.The train came when it 

was like that and it derailed into 

the bush. Is that what we want? 

No,” said the minister. 

he said government had engaged 

the Development Bank of 

South Africa (DBSA) for the provision 

of between US$450 and 

US$700 million to bankroll the rehabilitation 

of NRZ. 

“I beg those [striking workers] 

who are at the NRZ to please be patient,” 

said Mpofu, adding that he 

was hopeful the mega deal with 

DBSA would be signed soon. 

The deal is expected to breathe a 

new lease of life to NRZ’s nagging 

operational woes which have seen 

workers at the parastatal going for 

months without getting paid. 

Mpofu chided NRZ employees 

for staging protests over outstanding 

salaries at a time the government 

was in delicate negotiations 

with DBSA to revive the parastatal, 

saying the action would 

scare away the investor. 

NRZ is struggling with a US$144 

million debt. It recorded a US$17 million 

deficit in the first five months of 

2014, after generating US$44 million 

and spending US$61 million. 

The NRZ needs money to renew 

its aged lines and fleet which has 

wagons that are over 40 years old. 

The parastatal ferried about 3,6 

million tonnes of goods last year, 

against a target of 6 million tonnes. 

This is a far cry from the business 

it recorded in 1998, when the 

NRZ moved 18 million tonnes of 

freight. 

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Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle dwellings in Kariba 

Garikai ‘tenants’ face 

eviction in Kariba 

By nunurai Jena 

BeNeFICIARIeS of the garikai/ 

hlalani Kuhle housing scheme in 

Kariba are facing eviction as they 

owe thousands of dollars to the Ministry 

of Local government in rentals, 

it has been established. 

The garikai scheme was introduced 

by the government in 2005 after 

the infamous Operation Murambatsvina/Clean-Up 

Operation which 

left over 500 000 families’ countrywide 

homeless. 

But the Ministry of Local government 

is now pushing to evict about 

50 families that benefitted from the 

operation. 

The families have failed to pay 

US$10 rentals per month backdated 

to nearly 10 years ago when they 

were allocated the housing units. 

One of the beneficiaries, Nyasha 

Pondiwa said he was elated when he 

became a beneficiary of the scheme 

in 2006 after failing for years to save 

for a stand or a house. 

But now he’s a bitter man and on 

the verge of losing his house because 

the government wants him to 

pay US$785 in rental arrears. 

Pondiwa accused the government 

of double standards. “They never told 

us when we moved in that we were going 

to pay rentals and eventually pay 

for the housing units. It is a surprise 

to all of us. Where on earth do they 

think I will get the US$785 they are 

talking about,” he said. 

Another Kariba garikai tenant, 

Abgail Moda, vowed to stay put 

claiming she bought the land from 

the local authority while the government 

provided the structure. 

“The situation is complicated. We 

paid for the stands to the municipality. 

What the government is saying 

about the arrears is day- dreaming. 

After all, construction was done 

through donations from well-wishers, 

so why shift the goal posts now?” 

queried Moda. 

But a Chinhoyi-based Local government 

ministry official who only 

identified himself as Nyanhemwa 

said the Kariba tenants were not 

telling the truth as they were given 

enough time to pay for the houses. 

Nyanhemwa said the houses were 

evaluated and pegged at different 

prices ranging from US$1 800 to 

US$2 500 depending on the level of 

completion when they were allocated. 

“The tenants are not telling you 

the truth. They were told at some 

stage that they should pay up rentals 

and start purchasing the stands 

for ownership but they seem not to 

like the idea for some reasons best 

known to themselves,” he said. 

Nyanhemwa said government 

would give the tenants enough time 

to pay before evicting them. 

he said another option was for the 

garikai housing scheme house owners 

to make payment plans with the 

government if they wanted to continue 

occupying their homes.

The Standard September 21 to 27 2014 7


Local News 

Bhasikiti let down flood victims: Zivhu 

BY our staff 

CHIVI Rural District 

Council chairperson, 

Killer Zivhu says Masvingo 

Provincial Affairs 

minister, Kudakwashe 

Bhasikiti let down thousands of 

Tokwe-Mukosi flood victims and 

is now attempting to shift the 

blame to others. 

Chivi RDC is mobilising about 

100 tonnes of maize for the over 18 

000 people who were displaced by 

floods in February this year and 

are now settled in the Nuanetsi 

Ranch. 

Bhasikiti was last week quoted 

in a daily paper accusing Zivhu 

of lying about the maize donation. 

But speaking at Chivi RDC offices 

on Friday where he showed 

reporters the maize, Zivhu said 

Bhasikiti had done nothing for 

the flood victims. 

“Apart from his ministerial duties, 

people know Bhasikiti for 

only donating oranges from a 

farm which he acquired from a 

white commercial farmer. That 

is the Bhasikiti that I know,” he 

said. 

“It is unfair for Bhasikiti to 

say that all the 32 councillors 

lied, after all the efforts we have 

put to help the flood victims, 

most of whom hail from Chivi. 

Villagers here are struggling, 

given that this is a droughtstricken 

area, but they decided 

to share the little that they harvested.” 

Zivhu, who was flanked by Chivi 

councillors, who also had unkind 

words for the minister, said 

the local authority had already 

raised almost 60 tonnes of maize, 

with more grain expected to arrive 

soon. 

“Councillors here were among 

the first to help the flood victims 

with clothes, food, exercise books 

and money to pay for scotch-carts 

hired to evacuate them, well before 

NGOS, the corporate world 

and other individuals chipped in,” 

he said. 

He said a number of the affected 

flood victims were from his 

own ward. 

“As councillors, we are working 

towards mobilising the 

maize for our brothers and sisters 

in Nuanetsi while Bhasikiti 

says we are lying. At present we 

have reached 60 tonnes of maize, 

but we are facing transport problems 

to get the donations here 

from the various wards, as well 

as sacks to pack the maize in,” 

Zivhu said. 

“We handed some of the maize 

to the District Administrator Bernard 

Hadzirabwi and tasked him 

to look for transport. We challenge 

him [Bhasikiti] to send the 

trucks even today because as far 

as we are concerned, he sent the 

cars to a different Chivi RDC, not 

here.” 

He said it was unfortunate that 

Bhasikiti was dragging the name 

of Zanu PF into disrepute, accusing 

the Provincial Affairs minister 

of personalising the flooding 

disaster in order to get political 

mileage. 

Killer Zivhu shows part of the maize Chivi RDC mobilised for Tokwe Mukosi flood victims. 

“That is why the flood victims 

do not want to see him there,” said 

Zivhu. 

Bhasikiti had to flee for his 

life twice at Chingwizi camp 

when villagers wanted to beat 

him, accusing him of lying to 

them. 

Zivhu also accused Bhasikiti of 

lying to the flood victims by saying 

people would get five hectares 

each. They were eventually offered 

one hectare. Bhasikiti could 

not be reached for comment yesterday. 

Politics no stroll in 

the park for women 

BY Moses MugugunYeki 

FeMAle politicians feel 

that their male counterparts 

enjoy more space in the media 

because they have more 

resources. 

Women Parliamentarians 

attending a Gender and 

elections workshop in Kadoma 

last week said politics in 

Zimbabwe was no stroll in 

the park and acknowledged 

that they faced many obstacles 

in achieving representation 

in governance. 

They said their chances of 

entering the political arena 

were hindered by a plethora 

of challenges that revolved 

around gender stereotyping. 

“The media can either pull 

you down or push you up. 

We have seen that the media 

in Zimbabwe shun women 

politicians and concentrate 

much on male politicians 

when it comes to positive reporting”, 

said Gutu east MP 

Berita Chikwama. 

“You will find that there 

are certain male MPs who 

are always in the newspapers 

and on television weekin 

and week-out.” 

She said she will push for 

a motion in Parliament for 

equality of media coverage. 

“I will move a motion in 

Parliament so that women 

and male MPs get equal media 

coverage”. 

Senator for Harare Metropolitan, 

Rorana Muchihwa 

Evelyn Masaiti 

also took a swipe at the media, 

accusing it of pushing 

agendas for male politicians. 

“When we travelled to China 

as MPs, we had male Parliamentarians 

with us, but 

the media ran disparaging 

stories about me. I was in the 

newspapers for almost three 

months after the trip and I 

was attacked left, right and 

centre,” said Muchihwa. 

“The male MPs that we 

travelled with us did not appear 

much in these newspapers, 

but I paid the price just 

because I am a woman.” 

The proportion of women 

in leadership positions 

in Zimbabwe is depressingly 

low and it will take many 

years before women achieve 

equal representation in government. 

Although Zimbabwe is exploring 

measures aimed at 

improving women’s participation 

in government at all 

levels, women Parliamentarians 

believe it will take time 

before they can claim their 

space on the political arena. 

“We can only achieve equal 

representation if we support 

each other. The problem with 

us women is that we pull 

each other down while men 

support one another,” said 

Joan Tsogorani, Mashonaland 

West Province Member 

of the National Assembly. 

Despite efforts to bring 

about gender awareness at 

various levels of governance, 

patriarchy has been allowed 

to prevail over these 

policies and legislative instruments, 

leaving women in 

political doldrums. 

“The political environment 

is not even in Zimbabwe. 

I have been participating 

in politics for many years 

in Zimbabwe, but the environment 

is not even. Men 

are considered more powerful 

and this is caused by our 

traditional and cultural beliefs,” 

said evelyn Masaiti, 

Harare Metropolitan Member 

of the National Assembly. 

During the deliberations 

female Parliamentarians 

said their participation in 

politics was hindered by gender 

biases, cultural norms, 

gender-based violence and 

their low economic status. 

“I was assaulted during 

political violence and I have 

scars all over my body. I was 

beaten because I am a woman,” 

said Muchihwa. 

Zimbabwe Election Support 

Network (ZESN) funded 

the workshop whose aim was 

to look at the gains earned 

and challenges faced in recent 

elections, as well as improvements 

and strategies 

for the next election. 

‘Porous border posts will deal 

Chinamasa huge blow’ 

BY Musa DuBe 

INDUSTRY and Commerce 

minister Mike 

Bimha says a raft of 

policy changes recently 

made by the government 

to stop the importation of 

cheap goods are unlikely 

to bear much fruit due 

to smuggling at the country’s 

border posts. 

Recently Minister of Finance 

Patrick Chinamasa 

introduced measures that 

will see taxes being levied 

on imported products. 

Speaking at a business 

breakfast meeting in Bulawayo 

last week, Bimha 

said efforts to control 

cheap imports that were 

affecting the local industry 

were likely to be in 

vain due to corruption 

by the law enforcement 

agents and customs officials 

who are smuggling 

goods in broad daylight. 

“There are some interventions 

that the government 

has made; efforts 

in removing some products 

from the general imports 

licence but what is 

happening is that not all 

goods are coming through 

the normal channel and 

even when you apply duty, 

its only effective when the 

goods come through the 

formal channel. Unfortunately 

there is a lot of 

smuggling,” said Bimha. 

“So despite the fact that 

we now require import licences 

to import, you see 

these banned imports 

coming in because they 

are smuggled in,” said the 

minister. 

He said there was a 

well-organised network 

of corrupt officials who 

are bribed to let goods in 

without paying duty 

“One of the reasons 

why there is smuggling 

is corruption by the officials 

at border posts. 

There are goods that are 

coming in when they are 

not supposed to come in. 

For example there is duty 

applied to shoes and for 

someone to bring a pair 

of shoes it is supposed 

to cost US$4 but you see 

shoes being sold for a dollar 

or dollar for two,” said 

Bimha. 

He said smuggling of 

goods at the country’s 

borders had become a 

complex issue which 

needed all the relevant 

stakeholders to deal with. 

“Corruption is real and 

it’s not only for the Ministry 

of Industry to deal 

with but we need a multisectoral 

approach to the 

issue of smuggling and 

ensure that goods get in 

through the normal channels 

and pay duty as we 

try to support our local 

industry. We need the police, 

Home Affairs and 

Zimra officials to get involved,” 

said the minister.


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Comment & Analysis 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Absolute power 

for Tsvangirai 

was ill-advised 

power is apt to corrupt the minds of those 

who possess it.” 

“Unlimited 

This is what William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and 

British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778 said in a speech 

to the House of Lords in the United Kingdom sometime in 

1770. 

Yet another thinker, Lord Acton said in 1887: “Power tends 

to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” 

Sadly, these famous pieces of wisdom appear to have escaped 

some officials in MDC-T who until Friday’s decisive 

national executive meeting were calling for a constitutional 

review to grant more powers to party president Morgan Tsvangirai. 

The officials, keen to curry favour with the former premier, 

wanted the party’s constitution to be amended so that 

Tsvangirai could become an imperial president with powers 

to cherry pick national executive members, as opposed to 

having them directly elected by the membership. 

For their self-serving scheme to be successful, they also 

wanted to water down the powers of the secretary general 

(SG), leaving the party more or less like a personal fiefdom 

of the president. 

The SG’s post was targeted for obvious reasons. Previous 

office holders — Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti — who 

both broke away from the MDC and formed splinter formations, 

had prevented Tsvangirai from doing whatever he 

liked in the party. They were too powerful for the president 

and his men’s liking. 

If the amendments had been approved, the MDC would 

have been today no different from Zanu PF whose policies 

have caused widespread misery in the country. 

It is with this in mind that we applaud the outcome of Friday’s 

meeting that rejected the amendments. 

We welcome the efforts of men and women in MDC who 

still believe in the founding values of the party and, at great 

risk to their political careers, fought tooth and nail to stop 

the “Zanufication” of the MDC-T. 

We hope the losers will see sense and start thinking like 

real democrats. 

MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai 

Only God can 

deliver Zimbabwe 

In Matthew 11 verse 28, God tells 

us: “Come to me, all you who are 

weary and burdened and I will 

give you rest.” 

I believe it is a piece of scripture 

that, at this particular juncture, 

suffering Zimbabweans desperately 

need to hear. 

Companies continue to close 

down, resulting in job losses and 

a loss of income for many families 

who are left with no choice 

but to scrounge for a living. All 

the while, the government continues 

to rubbish any talk of an over 

80% unemployment rate in the 

country, insisting it is somewhere 

at 10%, as the bulk of people in 

the informal sector are still classified 

as “employed”. But, those in 

the informal sector that the government 

has been making a lot 

Responding to the story Grace 

Mugabe’s PhD: Academics 

speak (The Standard September 

14-20 2014) Gnasha says; What 

an insult to all UZ graduates. The 

value of a UZ degree has crashed 

overnight. 

Fatso writes; Time is the major 

factor here. The good President 

might depart anytime soon and 

before that happens, something 

like this ought to happen. Good 

Grace first graduated to be the 

boss for the women’s league and 

now she has been conferred with 

a doctorate at the same time. You 

have seriously undermined standards 

at UZ Mr President. 

Labious Chokocha writes; 

The conferment of suspicious 

doctorates on the Zimbabwean 

political elite is confirmation 

that all aspects of Zimbabwean 

life have been “Nikuved”. There 

is nothing genuine anymore as 

there is a breakdown of morals 

and morality. It’s all nonsense! 

While We Look says; This family 

has destroyed Zimbabwe while 

we look but this time they have 

taken it a step further by destroying 

one of the finest universities 

while we watch. I do not think 

they intend to stop here, if given 

the chance they will destroy Zimbabwe 

to the third and fourth generations. 

Disgrace! 

Bingo wokwaGutu writes; I 

worked for UZ for 15 years before 

leaving due to the collapse of the 

economy. I have always looked 

at UZ with pride and was always 

proud to have been a member of 

the academic staff at the institution. 

What is happening at UZ is 

really a disgrace! [Levi] Nyagura 

has not only managed to destroy 

the UZ as we used to know 

it, but he has now eroded the respect 

that has previously been 

awarded to graduates of the institution. 

It’s a crying shame. These 

selfish and shameless politicians 

have turned everything in Zimbabwe 

to dust. I am now more determined 

than ever to stay and live 

out my last years on this planet in 

the diaspora. Zimbabwe has gone 

beyond the edge, there is no hope 

of the country recovering in the 

next 100 years. 

Lepron says; While others are 

of noise about, are mostly vendors 

— the same vendors that are 

involved in running battles with 

the municipal police on a daily basis 

— making their operations a 

mammoth task. 

In the meantime, while things 

fall apart and many expect the government 

to urgently come up with 

meaningful and viable policies that 

can take the country out of the doldrums 

it finds itself in, the latter is 

busy with party politics, to the extent 

that it has become rather difficult 

to separate our government 

from the Zanu PF party as they now 

seem to be one and the same thing, 

all at the expense of the overburdened 

Zimbabwean masses. 

These days, when the government 

comes up with any measure, 

one can almost be guaranteed it is 

terrified of improving themselves 

academically, these ladies [Grace 

Mugabe and Joice Mujuru] have 

gone ahead and proved that there 

is really nothing to be scared of. 

People, just enrol with any one 

of the many universities that are 

spread right round Zimbabwe, 

and stop making noise. 

Truth Be Told writes; The 

late Professor Walter Kamba resigned 

from UZ in 1992 citing political 

meddling. His words have 

been confirmed, especially looking 

at the events of September 12 

wHERE TO 

wRITE TO uS 

Write to us at editor@standard.co.zw or 

to Letters, PO Box BE1165, Belvedere, 

Harare, or SMS to 0772 472 500. 

Letters should be short and to the point. They must carry 

the writer’s name and address, even if a nom de plume is 

used. Letters published in other papers are less likely to 

be used in ours. 

one that will do nothing but worsen 

the people’s predicament. 

As taking to the streets and 

holding peaceful demonstrations 

that demand positive action is illegal 

in the country as the anti-riot 

team will be readily waiting to 

pounce on the “rebels”, it would 

appear all that is left is for the people 

of Zimbabwe to turn to God. 

The country is predominantly 

a Christian nation, so my request 

should make sense to many. Zimbabweans, 

most of us are weary 

and overburdened, but the Lord is 

not blind to our suffering. He sees 

the oppression, corruption and 

ill-treatment. Turn to the Lord 

and only He, and not our inept 

government, will bring us the rest 

and relief we yearn for. 

LG Matamba 

UZ reputation done huge blow 

Dr Grace Mugabe...Her PhD has generated a lot of debate. 

2014. The happenings at the University 

of Zimbabwe will bring 

the reputation of the university 

to its lowest. Why do we as Zimbabweans 

approve of such despicable 

activities and still claim 

we are well-educated? The senate 

and council (if there is indeed 

an active council) have 

blemished the UZ brand. Never 

again will it be the same. Whoever 

is going to graduate with a 

PhD from this university will be 

under scrutiny the world over. 

Put simply, with this kind of action, 

the authorities of UZ have 

destroyed themselves and their 

brand. What a fallacy! This is 

what happens when systems and 

institutions mix politics with 

professionalism. The results 

are there for everyone to see. UZ 

gone, gone, gone! 

Nazmo says; What a farce. 

It only happens here in Zimbabwe. 

Crazy. What else can one say 

about a university that has lost 

all its respect as an institution of 

higher learning?

Comment & Analysis 


SMS/ONLINE 

FEEDBACK 

SOMETIMES I feel newspapers fail in 

their duty to inform the nation. The Walter 

Magaya-Denford Mutashu story is a 

case in point. Some papers are saying 

Mutashu chickened out in a case he accused 

Magaya — a local prophet and 

church leader — of having an adulterous 

affair with his wife Nomsa Mutashu 

(née Ruvazhe), but other papers are saying 

they settled out of court with Magaya 

paying a huge payout to Mutashu. 

What really transpired? If Magaya paid 

out the cash, does it mean he had an affair 

with a member of his flock, or was 

Mutashu just out to tarnish the image of 

the man-of-God? I hope we get the true 

story soon. 

Kiri, Nembudziya 

SAD what happened in Nigeria at 

Scoan, TB Joshua’s church. May they all 

rest in peace. 

Tambu, Ruwa 

OPINION 

Wicked politicians ruin people’s lives 

the oracle 

BY TANGAI CHIPANGURA 

There is something gravely sinister about 

the minds of the men and women who 

rule this country. 

While it is starkly evident that they have destroyed 

this country, having run it down into 

debilitating misery, these people from the ruling 

Zanu PF party actually believe that it is 

criminal for poverty-stricken Zimbabweans to 

accept food, water, shelter or medicines from 

anyone whom they deem unfriendly. 

An unnamed Zanu PF Senator was quoted in 

the front page story of a State-owned daily on 

Friday breathing fire over such handouts and 

branding MPs whose constituencies received 

the food and medicines as “the dirty dozen, 

disciples of regime change”. 

The unnamed “Senator” — whose foul language 

sounds all too familiar — thinks it is “a 

tragedy that this dirty dozen is either breathtakingly 

naïve or hopelessly treacherous or 

both, to the point of not seeing the harmful 

consequences of…” accepting the donations. 

This is despite the fact that the donations 

were made in broad daylight, by a duly accredited 

Ambassador of the United States. The US 

donates every year many millions of dollars’ 

worth of assistance, gladly received by the 

government run by the Senator’s party! 

This said Senator though, does not say in 

her vitriol, how else the poor villagers — 

whose lives she, through her party Zanu PF, 

has ruined — are supposed to get the life-saving 

ARVs and food. 

And — as if she had made a huge expose` 

— the Senator proceeds to name the ‘treacherous’ 

MPs who allowed their constituents to receive 

the food. What monumental folly of a sick 

mind! But then, events obtaining in the country 

in recent days do portray Zimbabwe as a country 

of beggars, led by brainless, greedy and insensitive 

politicians who thrive on lies, theft, 

arrogance and false promises meant to fool the 

citizenry. 

After a year of lies, or is it self-deceit, in 

which Zimbabweans were told the economy 

was sound and growing well enough to provide 

over two million jobs “within two years” 

following the dissolution of the “crippling” inclusive 

government, authorities have begun 

running around, begging bowl in hand, frantically 

trying to save the economy, and themselves, 

from total collapse. 

President Robert Mugabe too has been roped 

in to lead the begging crusade. The result is 

the non-stop news about “mega” deals — none 

of which will bring immediate relief to the 

crumbling economy. 

Other features of the unfolding depressing 

drama include an increase in taxes, choking 

already suffering masses. 

Fuel, food and even means of communication 

have been made more expensive. Many 

more tollgates are being put up — where only 

the ordinary man and woman, not the chefs, 

must pay for using the death traps we call our 

highways. 

Money must be raised at all costs, from poor 

citizens, including lowly paid civil servants, in 

order to pay the same workers. 

The curious paradox in all this is that the 

same incompetent individuals, presiding over 

this frightful state of affairs, still want to stay in 

office! In normal democracies, what is expected 

of this crop of failures are mass resignations. 

But in our country, it appears failure, mediocrity, 

corruption, fraud and theft are all 

celebrated and the culprits, instead of bowing 

down in shame, stand up to fight for more 

chances to do the same. 

That is why the moral decay has, like President 

Mugabe’s “weevils”, eaten away all the 

dignity and respect that our universities used 

to boast — and doctorates, that should take 

several years of hard work and determination 

to obtain, can now be handed over on the 

strength of a telephone call! 

The reason for this moral decadence is that 

Zimbabwe’s political leaders have been allowed 

to do whatever they want with so much 

impunity they do not feel a tinge of guilt. 

Diamond scams, Salarygate, fuel scams, Air 

Zimbabwe scandals, land scams, farm mechanisation 

and agricultural input scandals and 

countless other vices have been unearthed 

countless times but nothing is done about them. 

The cost of the Kariba power project, being 

sponsored by the Chinese, has been hugely inflated 

so as to allow millions of dirty dollars 

into our politicians’ bottomless pockets. 

Many more millions of dollars have been 

stolen from the Airport road project in Harare 

which has taken forever to complete! 

Authorities, including President Mugabe, 

have each time raised expectations that the culprits 

would be brought to account — but nothing 

ever happens. 

Meanwhile, the ordinary man who is affected 

by this warped governance is not allowed 

to complain publicly, lest a cash-laden investor 

runs away with more loot for the chefs! 

Last week we had workers at the NRZ who 

have gone for ages without pay, being told they 

should not complain about their predicament 

in public, through demonstrations, because 

that would upset the prospective investor! 

“We’re working hard to bring industry to its 

feet, but what’s disappointing is that while we 

engage investors on NRZ revival and we’re about 

to clinch the deals, we see people staging demonstrations,” 

Transport minister Obert Mpofu was 

quoted as saying in Bulawayo last week. 

“Even if you’re milking a cow, you milk a 

live one. You can’t be seen milking a dead cow 

and hope to get milk,” he fumed. 

So, the workers should continue to suffer in 

silence until the investor has brought in the 

money — without any guarantee though that 

when the time comes for “milking the cow”, 

the povo would have their share of the milk! 

Fact is our politicians appear determined to 

bleed this country to death — completely oblivious 

of the fact that if they continue on this 

path, there soon will be nothing to go after, but 

each other. 

Their greed and boundless primitive accumulation 

has dislocated this country. Yet they 

still claim they have worked hard and that the 

masses that have toiled for their deep pockets 

have not done enough to pull themselves up by 

their bootstraps — never mind most of us never 

had the straps; nor the boots. 

These men and women who have grown 

dropping tummies on the sweat of the povo, 

still seek to chisel out more of the national 

cake for themselves! 

They are so filled with “patriotism” that at 

the December Zanu PF congress, they are going 

to be fighting, like crabs in a bucket, for another 

chance to preside over our misery. 

A greater depth of wickedness than this is 

not easy to imagine. 

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In responce to Tsvangirai regains mojo 

(The Standard September 14-20 2014), 

Real Action Must Be On The Street 

writes; [Morgan] Tsvangirai [must] use 

these numbers to bring down Robert 

Mugabe’s government. Zvekunakidzwa 

nekuunganirwa izvi hazvichinje 

zvinhu [Enjoying this popularity will 

not change anything]. Surely, with the 

numbers you have and a proper strategy 

in place, you can easily turn the tables. 

You don’t necessarily need to use 

everyone, but your urban support base 

to do that. Start planning now, and let’s 

see real street action now! 

Chimwango says; If planned properly, 

the street action will achieve its intended 

purpose i.e to remove [Robert] 

Mugabe’s party from stolen power. No 

one from outside will help us without 

our initiative. 

Vakapusa argues; I wonder what [Tendai] 

Biti and company are thinking, they 

think the people of Zimbabwe do not 

have brains. Who does not know that Biti 

and company were part of the so-called 

failed Tsvangirai party. Everyone knew 

that Biti was there as a lawyer to advise 

the PM and now we lost through what 

everyone could see with their eyes, fraud. 

Biti, you just want power and unfortunately 

it is not coming, go back to the law 

office and I bet your Renewal party will 

never get even a handful of supporters. 

Aliphelithemba says; All Zimbabweans 

are looking for are decent lifestyles, 

equity and prosperity. It’s a full year after 

last year’s general elections. The situation 

on the ground is increasingly one 

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Comment & Analysis / Opinion 

Grace may be 

Zim’s President 

sundayopinion 

BY ZANDA SHUMBA 

It might actually come to pass 

that First Lady Grace Mugabe 

could one day rule Zimbabwe. 

The attitude of Zimbabweans 

is that of laissez faire kind 

with regard to what happens in 

their country or what is done by 

their government. 

We have become so hopeless and 

so powerless and at the mercy of 

Zanu PF. 

The party does whatever it 

wants with us, I mean whatever. 

As far as we Zimbabweans 

are concerned, we are adrift in a 

whirlwind, without control of our 

destiny and only waiting to see 

where we will end up. 

President Robert Mugabe lost to 

MDC in 2008 but “won” a solo poll 

after MDC withdrew citing unprecedented 

violence against its members 

around the country. 

People did not protest. Later 

Mugabe and former South African 

president Thabo Mbeki literally 

coaxed MDC into a Government 

of National Unity (GNU) promising 

some reforms. However, of all the 

reforms stipulated in the GPA only 

the constitution writing was undertaken. 

For this, Zanu PF made sure 

that the paper was tailor-made primarily 

to enhance its own interests. 

We Zimbabweans maintained 

silence. 

In last year’s election, again 

Zanu PF took advantage of our silence. 

Supporters of opposition 

parties were not allowed to register 

to vote. Opposition parties contested 

in an election in which they 

had no means of verifying the election 

process. They had no access 

to the voters’ roll; they also could 

not freely hold rallies. The security 

forces openly pledged their support 

for the ruling Zanu PF and vowed 

not to let anyone take over from 

Mugabe. This is not acceptable. 

The opposition must insist on reforms 

first and must not contest in 

any future elections conducted under 

skewed settings. We witnessed 

this in the July 31 elections where 

the voters’ roll was feloniously 

withheld, and where the “court” 

seemed reluctant to compel the 

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 

(ZEC) to avail election material to 

be used as evidence. 

As a result, Zanu PF unambiguously 

and shamelessly rigged the 

last elections under the very nose 

of change-deserving Zimbabweans. 

Still we have accepted all this 

hogwash without complaining. 

Zanu PF has no clue whatsoever 

on how to get the country out of 

the economic crisis that is devastating 

the livelihoods of ordinary 

Zimbabweans, but it is still holding 

on to power. Unemployment is 

at 90% and more than 70% of the 

population lives below the poverty 

datum line. People have no access 

to water and roads are in a 

bad state. 

Government raises revenue 

through unjust means that actually 

amounts to extortion. The 

health delivery system is almost 

non-existent while the education 

system is highly compromised, 

seeing undeserving people graduating 

with PhDs without having 

studied for them. There is poor remuneration 

of civil servants with 

erratic pay dates. Zanu PF has 

completely failed the people. 

Given these conditions, life continues 

as normal without any sign 

of discomfort on the part of the 

Zimbabweans. I talked to a colleague 

sometime ago. He said, 

“Zimbabweans will only be in horrifying 

danger when they begin to 

Sewage flowing in Chitungwiza... Zimbabweans have accepted poor service delivery as normal. 

perceive the absence of service delivery 

as something normal”. We 

now have reached this juncture. 

Corruption is normal, so is sewage 

flowing along the streets; as 

is garbage accumulation near our 

homes or potholes on our roads. 

When we go to Parirenyatwa or 

Harare hospitals and find no doctors 

or medicines, we accept it. We 

are comfortable with unacceptable 

situations. Mugabe has ruled 

for 34 years and this has impoverished 

Zimbabweans to an unimaginable 

extent. We still accept him 

as our leader, he who has done us 

this great injustice. 

Zanu PF realises fully well how 

weak we are and stretches us to the 

breaking point still with no signs 

of resistance. So there is no reason 

why he cannot leave his wife to 

lead us, his stooges. We take anything. 

To Mugabe, Zimbabwe is his 

own personal fiefdom. He is like a 

king. He only uses elections whose 

settings he fashions so that he always 

wins to gain some legitimacy 

in the eyes of the international 

community. 

The election settings are cast in 

such a way that it is impossible for 

him to lose. In 2008 these settings 

were remodelled and panel beaten 

during an election process when 

victory for Mugabe looked less certain. 

For Grace, it is a matter of 

whether she is willing to become 

President or not. Mugabe can do 

whatever he wants with the Zimbabwean 

people. He manipulates 

Grace and Robert Mugabe 

both Zanu PF and Zimbabweans 

for his own personal gain. With 

Zanu PF being a party where everyone 

thrives or makes progress 

through bootlicking the Mugabes, 

I mean everyone, with no exception, 

we can see how the way is all 

open and marked for Grace to the 

presidency. There is a good chance 

that we will all remain indifferent 

and endure more decades under 

Grace’s rule. 

Recently all who want to seek 

favour from Mugabe have already 

nominated Grace for the 

politburo, while some have urged 

her to aim for the vice presidency 

which may ultimately see her become 

leader if Mugabe feels he is 

tired of ruling. 

The waiting has been too long for Ziscosteel workers 

I 

believe the wordsmiths among 

us have exhausted all the adjectives 

that could aptly capture the 

desperation of the Ziscosteel community. 

I am sure the way the community 

scrounges for a living on a 

daily basis can claim its own space 

when government’s crimes against 

humanity are recorded. 

Moral decay and social ills rule 

supreme as girl children are turning 

into daring, shameless sluts. 

Some mothers have turned to 

prostitution, with some industrious 

ones harvesting coke breeze 

in the dumpsites in order to survive. 

Boys have taken to petty theft 

and illegal gold-panning. Everybody 

seems to accept the obtaining 

status quo with just a shrug 

of the shoulders. The people have 

been pushed to the brink. The men, 

shoulders hunched, go fishing in 

shallow ponds with smelly polluted 

water. They have pawned what 

pieces of scrap metal they had at 

nearby farms just to put food on 

the table. Their situation is so bad 

they celebrate when they are paid 

sunday 

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BY CONELIA MABASA 

US$50 after months on end without 

pay. Most households in Torwood, 

Redcliff, where the majority of the 

workforce resides, have been disconnected 

of both water and electricity, 

yet they nurse the hope that 

maybe they will live to see the conveyor 

belt in motion again, the coke 

ovens heating up and the blast furnaces 

spewing steel. 

They have seen many false 

starts. The workers have been told 

a lot of stories about New Zim 

Steel’s impending opening. During 

the subsistence of the Government 

of National Unity when Welshman 

Ncube was Industry minister they 

celebrated the unveiling of a new 

investor; an Indian steel giant — 

Essar Africa Holdings — a grand 

The obsolete Ziscosteel plant 

occasion presided over by President 

Robert Mugabe himself. It’s 

been three years ever since the 

president visited, but Ziscosteel, 

rechristened New Zim Steel, has 

been as quiet as a graveyard. 

Reports this week say Mike Bimha, 

the Industry and Commerce 

minister says Zisco revival talks 

are being speeded up, adding that 

it might take a year to see something 

happening at New Zim Steel. 

That must have been the most depressing 

news ever for the community. 

They cannot tighten their 

belts any further because they 

have reached their wits’ end. The 

US$750 million deal with a condition 

that the investor takes over 

government debt has taken too 

long to be concluded. 

While policymakers and dealbreakers 

move from one office to 

the other, while bureaucracy consumes 

them, could they spare a 

thought for the families waiting 

for their breadwinners to be relevant 

again in the family set up? 

Nobody seems to want to address 

them and put them in the 

picture save for what they read in 

the press. It is a fact that some of 

them will be rendered redundant 

just as some machines are already 

obsolete, even vandalised, but 

they are just waiting for the powers-that-be 

to decide on their fate 

and for the new employer to decide 

if they still fit the new setup. 

It must be the longest wait ever 

with loads of uncertainty. 

For a deal that has been held 

back by issues to do with ownership, 

rights to ore reserves and 

government debt, mere assurance 

that talks are going to be speeded 

up does not inspire hope for the 

workers. In a world where big businesses 

are signing billion dollar 

deals, this one seems too small to 

warrant years of just negotiations. 

Only last week Mali and China 

signed deals worth US$11 billion!

Opinion 


Heavy taxation 

a violation of 

human rights 

justicematters 

BY DZIKAMAI BERE & PROSPER MAGUCHU 

On September 11 2014, the 

Finance minister Patrick 

Chinamasa presented 

the Mid-Term 

Fiscal policy review 

themed, Towards an Empowered Society 

and a Growing Economy. The 

review among other measures increased 

with immediate effect taxes 

on fuel, employee benefits, meat, 

detergents, blankets, data and voice 

transmission and many other items 

under the chapter on revenue enhancing 

measures. 

There are two things that worry 

us in this Mid-Term Fiscal policy 

review and these are the non-attentiveness 

of the current government 

to its relationship with its citizens, 

as well as the failure by the government 

to link its tax policy with its 

performance. 

It is important for a government 

when crafting a new tax policy to 

take some time and reflect on its relationship 

with the people it intends 

to tax. This will include a thorough 

introspection and holding public 

seminars to share and explain how 

the government has made use of 

public resources. There should be 

some debate and dialogue at the 

very bottom where the tax burden is 

felt the most. 

An evaluation of this kind will 

most certainly need to be more detailed, 

breaking down government 

expenditure and analysing what 

percentage of the budget went towards 

essential services and how 

much funded the purchase of unnecessary 

luxury cars for government 

officials. The evaluation must 

certainly ask — how much of the 

taxpayer’s money was used to fund 

violence against the taxpayers? 

The 2013 Global Peace Index 

ranks Zimbabwe on number seven 

in terms of violence containment 

cost, in the world. We are ahead of 

such countries as Iraq, South Sudan, 

Sudan and the Democratic Republic 

of Congo. We are spending 

much more than countries that are 

in war. Our expenditure on violence 

containment seems to suggest that 

we are a country at war with its people. 

And who is funding that, when 

the economy is not functioning. 

Tax? Ourselves? 

For a number of reasons, such a 

reflection must help us realise that 

there is a major link between taxation, 

lack of accountability and 

poverty. In the face of heavy taxation, 

the risk of political instability 

increases, especially when people 

feel that the burden of taxation is 

unmatched by government performance 

and accountability. 

Fiscal and taxation policies of a 

government are intertwined with 

the politics of the state and can 

have an impact on the enjoyment of 

human rights and access to justice 

for the generality of the population. 

When the government spends 

much on violence containment, it 

follows that not much will be deployed 

to essential services and the 

building of institutions that support 

quality human life. Minister 

Chinamasa is currently the only 

minister talking about the economy 

in the current administration 

while his colleagues are worried 

about succession. 

Some weeks ago, The Standard 

reported that government was suffering 

because resources were now 

directed at dealing with Zanu PF 

succession war. So when the government 

grinds to a halt, is it just 

for the government to raise taxes 

on the same people who are affected 

by government’s incompetence? 

With the increase in fuel, Zimbabwe 

will witness an increase in 

the cost of living as suppliers pass 

on the tax burden to the consumer, 

the majority of whom are unemployed. 

Human rights will be seriously 

eroded, as the state will start 

enforcing its tax policy. Rent seeking 

will become the order of the day 

(the state seeking the piece of the 

cake it did not contribute in making). 

People will be accused of committing 

dubious economic crimes 

and will have their properties confiscated 

to boost the resources of 

the starving state. 

Taxation is a double-edged knife 

when it comes to human rights. On 

one hand, it has been realised that 

taxes provide the most sustainable 

source of revenue to governments 

to help them fulfill their primary 

duty of ensuring the progressive 

realisation of a range of human 

rights of citizens. 

Schools, hospitals, water and sanitation, 

electricity and roads, transparent 

and democratic institutions: 

are all essential to the fulfillment 

of human rights, and constitute 

fundamental pillars in the architecture 

that holds together a civilised 

society. 

On the other hand, indiscriminate 

heavy taxation by an unaccountable 

government is a violation 

of human rights as the fruits 

of taxation never find themselves 

at the service of the people but 

rather, are siphoned away by corrupt 

government officials. 

Modern day fiscal policies should 

always be in sync with a government’s 

human rights obligations, 

like the right to know (access to 

information for purposes of public 

accountability), as enshrined in 

section 62 of the new constitution. 

According to the United Nations 

Special Rapporteur on extreme 

poverty and human rights, Magdalena 

Sepúlveda Carmona, (June 

2014), fiscal and tax policies (revenue-raising 

and expenditure) are 

an essential tool for states to meet 

their human rights commitments 

and combat poverty. A human 

rights-based assessment of fiscal 

policy is particularly necessary due 

to the ongoing repercussions of the 

global financial and economic crises 

and their impact on the enjoyment 

of human rights worldwide. 

In Zimbabwe’s sinking economy, 

the impact of a poor fiscal policy 

that rests primarily on taxation is 

deeply felt by the poorest and most 

vulnerable groups of the society, 

Human rights activists protest in Harare... Heavy taxation is an infringement of human rights. 

The state of the economy in 2008... With the increase in fuel, Zimbabwe will witness an increase in the cost of living as suppliers pass 

on the tax burden to the consumer. 

through cuts to budgets for social 

protection and public services, and 

a reduction in aid budgets. Without 

accountability measures, the 

new tax policy is most unlikely going 

to see the rehabilitation of Mpilo 

and Harare hospitals. But we are 

most likely going to see the government 

ordering new top-of-the-range 

luxury vehicles for its officials. We 

are most unlikely going to see an increase 

in the salaries of civil servants. 

But we are likely going to see 

more armed police officers running 

battles with young people demanding 

jobs in the streets. 

It is therefore critical, as we reflect 

on the new Mid-Term Fiscal 

policy review, that we reflect on the 

effect of a punitive tax policy on 

the enjoyment of the rights of the 

people. The government has an obligation, 

in crafting a tax policy, to 

ensure a just tax policy that takes 

into consideration its own performance 

and its relationship with its 

citizens. In addition, it must put in 

place measures to ensure that the 

public remains informed of how it 

is making use of public resources. 

• Dzikamai Bere & Prosper 

Maguchu contribute to this column 

in their personal capacity. 

For feedback write to dzikamaibere@gmail.com 

Patrick Chinamasa


International News 

Developing world revives 

nuclear power prospects 

London — Developing nations 

are leading a revival 

of interest in nuclear power, 

say atomic plant builders, 

but orders remain elusive 

as more safety features post- 

Fukushima have inflated investment 

costs. 

Three-and-a-half years after Japan’s 

reactor accident shook confidence, 

around 25 countries are 

thinking of turning nuclear to sustain 

strong growth and provide 

cleaner and reliable power. 

“It’s not so much growth in the 

developed countries but we’re seeing 

a lot of other countries that 

ZIMBABWE 

17 September 2014 

want to develop nuclear. We’re 

finding money in places we didn’t 

even know existed,” Danny Roderick, 

chief executive of Toshiba-owned 

nuclear reactor maker 

Westinghouse, said at a nuclear 

industry conference last week in 

London. 

Rival reactor designer GE Hitachi 

Nuclear Energy, a joint venture 

between the US and Japanese 

companies, said it has held meetings 

with officials from India, Mexico 

and Vietnam, among others. 

Countries as diverse as Bangladesh, 

Turkey or Jordan, are 

also considering building nuclear 

plants and around 160 reactors 

are expected to come online over 

the next decade, according to the 

World Nuclear Association. 

On paper, that should provide 

plenty of work, but the industry 

continues to lick its wounds in the 

aftermath of a devastating earthquake 

in Japan in March 2011, 

which caused triple meltdowns 

and hydrogen explosions at Tepco’s 

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear 

plant. 

The accident put a break on 

much of the world’s nuclear plans 

as governments re-assessed the 

risks of running nuclear reactors 

PARIRENYATWA GROUP OF HOSPITALS 

P.O. Box CY 198 

Causeway 

Zimbabwe 

701520-701554-7 

Fax: 706627 

PRESS STATEMENT ON EBOLA 

VIRUS DISEASES RUMOURS 

Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals dispels Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) rumours. 

Be assured that the hospital did not at any time detect any Ebola cases. 

Patients are screened in line with the set protocol of the Ministry of Health and 

Child Care regarding Ebola Virus Diseases (EVD) Management. 

Tents have been availed to screen patients before they are attended to at Accident 

and Emergency Department and Outpatients Department respectively. 

If any suspect cases are identified they will be transferred to an isolation center at 

Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital. 

A patient who caused an alarm was brought in by an ambulance. He was examined 

by two doctors with special training in Ebola case detection. The two 

doctors were satisfied that the patient was not an Ebola case. 

The wife who had a history of travelling to DR Congo had far exceeded the Ebola 

incubation period of 21 days, since she arrived back into the country on the 18th 

August 2014. She exhibited no symptoms of the disease. The husband did not have 

any history of travel to any of the affected areas. 

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan 

and some, such as Germany, decided 

to part ways with nuclear altogether. 

As of July this year, 67 reactors 

were under construction globally, 

with 56 of those in Asia and eastern 

Europe, according to the World 

Nuclear Industry Status Report 

2014, whose lead authors are industry 

consultants Mycle Schneider 

and Antony Froggatt. 

For US-based Westinghouse, opportunities 

in eastern Europe and 

new orders from China will be key 

to filling its order book, while GE 

Orlando — Saggy 

pants are a fashion 

choice and 

not a police concern, a 

Florida city has decided, 

rescinding a twomonth-old 

ban that 

threatened jail time for 

styles intentionally exposing 

underwear or 

buttocks. 

Responding to criticism 

of a law seen as 

targeting young black 

males, the Ocala city 

council voted 4-1 last 

week to rescind the ban 

it had approved in July. 

“Putting someone in 

jail for 60 days and fining 

them US$500 for 

wearing their pants 

two inches below their 

natural waistline, 

wherever that is, that’s 

not smart justice,” said 

Kent Guinn, mayor of 

Ocala, which is to the 

northwest of Orlando 

in central Florida. 

No one was fined 

or jailed for wearing 

saggy pants in Ocala, 

which had joined several 

US cities prohibiting 

or campaigning 

against what many defend 

as a fashion statement. 

The saggy pants 

style has been embraced 

by popular music 

culture and spread 

among young people. 

Hitachi will seek to benefit from 

interest from nuclear newcomers 

across the globe. 

“There certainly is some interest 

by some of the emerging markets 

compared to where we were 

10 years ago,” Preston Swafford, 

chief executive of Canadian reactor 

maker Candu Energy, said. 

France’s Areva, struggling with 

a slump in core earnings, is pinning 

its hopes on fresh orders for 

Britain's nuclear new build programme, 

as well as from Turkey, India 

and Saudi Arabia. —Reuters 

Florida city reverses 

ban on saggy pants 

The Ocala ordinance 

banned saggy pants on 

city property, including 

streets, sidewalks, 

parks, public pools and 

municipal buildings. 

But critics accused city 

officials of racial discrimination 

and potentially 

violating constitutionally 

protected 

free speech. 

“I don’t think government 

should be in 

the business of legislating 

how people are 

dressed,” city spokeswoman 

Jeannine Robbins 

said. 

“We’ve got here in 

Ocala a lot of things 

the police department 

should be dealing with 

other than that.” 

The city’s only black 

council member, Mary 

Rich, had campaigned 

for the law for six 

years, calling it a matter 

of public decency. 

She voted against its 

repeal. 

Rich could not be 

reached immediately 

for comment. 

“You wouldn’t want 

your mother coming to 

an affair downtown at 

the square and having 

people with their pants 

down to their knees,” 

Rich said in July. 

—Reuters 

For further information contact Mr. Thomas Zigora Chief Executive Officer, Parirenyatwa 

Group of Hospitals. 

E-mail:parirenyatwahospital@yahoo.co.uk 

publicrelations@parihosp.org/702992 

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Nigeria uses torture for confessions 

This teenage boy arrested for being a suspected militant had melted plastic poured on his 

back in 2013. Picture: Amnesty International 

Torture has become such an integral 

part of policing in Nigeria that many stations 

have an informal torture officer, 

Amnesty International says. 

Both the military and police use a wide 

range of torture methods including beatings, nail 

and teeth extractions and other sexual violence, it 

says. 

one woman accused of theft in Lagos said she 

was sexually assaulted, and had tear gas sprayed 

into her vagina. 

Nigeria’s police said the force had a “zero tolerance 

for torture”. 

“It may happen and when it does happen it is appropriately 

dealt with,” police spokesman emmanuel 

ojukwu said. 

“every officer in Nigerian police has a duty post 

— there is no duty post for torture,” he said. 

“If somebody’s tortured let him please report to 

the next higher authority and then action will be 

taken.” 

ZIMBABWE HEADS OF CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS 

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly, (John 10:10)” 

Africa Synod House 

29-31 Selous Ave, Harare 

Tel: +263 4 790 774 

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“Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called Children of God ” (Matthew 5 Verse 9) 

THE ZIMBABWE HEADS OF CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS 

STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE 2014 

Harare – 21 September 2014 

The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) comprising of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ), Union for the 

Development of the Apostolic & Zionist Churches In Zimbabwe Africa (UDACIZA), the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference (ZCBC) and the 

Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), joins Zimbabwe and the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of Peace which is 

st 

observed yearly on the 21 of September. The theme for 2014 "The Right of Peoples to Peace" also marks the 30th anniversary of the UN General 

Assembly Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace. As the Church we call upon Zimbabwe in particular and the rest of the world, to 

continuously endeavour to seek peace and commit to a lifetime of struggle against violence and impunity. 

This day comes at an opportune moment for the people of Zimbabwe to reflect on those challenges that may degenerate into violent conflict. In 

recent times, the common and continued suffering of the people of Zimbabwe, with no end in sight, has not left the Church untouched; and now, in 

a common desire to bring to an end the daily suffering and pain of our people, the Church has come together through its Ecumenical Peace 

Observation Initiative (EPOIZ) platform, to speak with one voice, one faith, one hope and one vision in order to bring about the Zimbabwe we all 

want. 

We have remained resolute in our collective distress at the prevalence of violence in the country which has manifested itself in various forms either 

structurally or physically. Of late, what is more disturbing is the seemingly increased violence between institutions that are Constitutionallymandated 

to maintain law and order and the members of the public as well as within the Church itself that is supposed to foster a culture of 

tolerance and peaceful co-existence. Inter and intra-party political violence, violence among churches, gender based and sexual violence in the 

home, school, church, workplace and social spaces; and violence between the members of the public and law enforcement agencies are just but a 

cherry pick of the conflicts in Zimbabwe. It is with concern that the Church notes the implications of such conflicts and their impact on the social 

fabric in terms of people's contribution to sustainable development. 

More aptly, the theme for this year speaks large in drawing the attention of governments, parties to conflicts, religious institutions, community 

leaders, the media, academics, or civil society groups – to play their part in society in strengthening the ideals and demands of peace among the 

rising hostilities. Whilst everyone is in a way trying to contribute a block towards nation building and reconciliation, more work awaits the 

Government in ensuring that the profuse legal and policy frameworks are realigned to the Constitution in which the socio-economic and political 

actors will effectively function. Bearing in mind that the theme makes mention of rights, the fulfilment and respect of the rights of peoples to peace 

will barely be achieved when the institutions such as the Constitutional Commissions are not fully established and or operational such as the 

National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, Human Rights Commission, Media Commission and the Anti Corruption Commission. It is in this 

statement that the Church implores decision makers, particularly Parliament and the Inter-Ministerial Committee to be swift in ensuring the 

functioning of these Commissions. 

entitled Welcome to Hell Fire, the Amnesty report 

says people are often detained in large dragnet 

operations and tortured as punishment, to extort 

money or to extract “confessions” as a way to 

solve cases. 

the use of torture is particularly extreme in the 

north-east in the war against Boko Haram Islamist 

militants, Amnesty says. 

the uK-based rights group says between 5 000 

and 10 000 people have been arrested there since 

2009, and executions in overcrowded detention facilities 

are common. 

one teenage boy was among 50 people arrested 

by the army in Pokiskum in Yobe state last year 

on suspicion being a member of the Boko Haram. 

At the time he was 15 years old and spent three 

weeks in custody in Damaturu and said he was 

beaten continuously with gun butts, batons and 

machetes. 

Arrested in 2013 along with other hotel staff after 

two guns and a human skull were found. they 

were beaten, detained in a van for hours and then 

taken to an anti-robbery squad centre in Awkuzu. 

“I was thrown inside a cell. I noticed a written 

sign on the wall ‘Welcome to hell fire’… I was taken 

to the interrogation room. 

“there was a police officer at one end with two 

suspects who were chained together. 

“I saw ropes streaming down from the ceiling 

tops, bags of sand elevated on the perimeter wall 

fence of the hall and all types of rod and metal in 

different shapes and sizes. 

“I heard shouts and screams from torture victims… 

I saw buckets of water on standby in case 

anybody faints or opts to die before appending 

[their] signature to already written statements.” 

the officer questioned him, tied his hands and 

legs, passed a rod between them and elevated him 

from a perimeter wall. they poured water on him 

whenever he passed out. He was charged with 

murder, has since been freed on bail and is awaiting 

trial. 

the boy told Amnesty that melted plastic was 

poured on his back and he was asked to walk and 

roll over broken bottles in a hole, and cold water 

was poured on him and others. 

A former soldier who served at Damaturu confirmed 

that torture was routinely used at the 

camp. 

“An electrified baton is used on a person to make 

them talk,” he told Amnesty. 

“they tie people with their hands stretched behind 

their arms… people kept like that for six or 

seven hours lose their hands, people kept like that 

much longer can even die,” he said. 

Amnesty says the report was compiled using 

500 interviews during 20 separate visits to Nigeria 

since 2007. 

“Across the country, the scope and severity of 

torture inflicted on Nigeria’s women, men and 

children by the authorities who are supposed to 

protect them is shocking to even the most hardened 

human rights observer,” Amnesty’s Netsanet 

Belay said in a statement. 

the 24-year-old woman sexually assaulted with 

teargas says the abuse has left her with a permanent 

injury. 

“A policewoman took me to a small room, told 

me to remove everything I was wearing. She 

spread my legs wide and fired tear gas into my vagina… 

I was asked to confess that I was an armed 

robber… I was bleeding… up till now I still feel 

pain in my womb,” she said. 

She has been charged with theft and remains in 

custody awaiting trial 10 months after her arrest. 

even though torture is prohibited under the 

constitution, Amnesty notes that Nigeria’s politicians 

have yet to pass a bill to criminalise it. 

It says security forces enjoy a climate of impunity 

and the criminal justice system is riddled 

with corruption. — BBC 

The Church exhorts all citizens to commit to supporting a peaceful Zimbabwe. It is now therefore a time to reaffirm our fortitude to turn words into 

action, and commit to doing our part to make this nation and the rest of the world free from vicious acts that have the rights of peoples to peace 

fulfilled as ascribed to in Romans 12 vs 18 “Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone”. To this end, through its Ecumenical Peace 

Observation Initiative in Zimbabwe (EPOIZ) program, the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations will continue being at the forefront of 

advocating for the eradication of the adverse and destructive culture of violence in whatever form or circumstance. It will in this month and 

October carry out Peace Celebrations to commemorate the International Day of Peace in Bikita (Masvingo), Hwange (Matebeleland North), Karoi 

(Mashonaland West), Bvekerwa (Manicaland), Gokwe Central (Midlands), Bulawayo (Bulawayo Metropolitan) and Harare (Harare Metropolitan) 

Provinces. These celebrations being hosted under the theme “Building the Zimbabwe We Want in Faith, Hope and Unity”, will be a platform for the 

Provinces to celebrate and pray for God's favour and peace over the nation of Zimbabwe. It will again offer an opportunity for the nation to unite 

together in championing for peace as well as effectively contribute to the discourse on peacebuilding and sustainable development in Zimbabwe 

“Let us therefore follow after the things that make for peace” Romans 14:19 

One can be suspended upside down for hours on end so the 

force can extract a confession. — Reuters

Business 


September 21 to 27 2014 • www.thestandard.co.zw 

LIVESTOCK SITUATION UNDER CONTROL/18 

Banks urged to 

foster financial 

inclusivity 

According to the Postal and Telecommunications 

Regulatory Authority, the mobile penetration 

rate is estimated at 106% and 13 million 

subscribers are registered on mobile networks 

BY OUR STAFF 

The banking and local financial 

services sector 

has a huge role to play in 

fostering financial inclusivity 

in Zimbabwe and 

must continue to be innovative, a 

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) 

official has said. 

There has been an outcry over 

the past recent months by the 

banking sector over how mobile 

network operators have invaded 

their operating space. 

However, the dawn of a new 

transaction era has brought about 

communication technologies and 

mobile money transfers that have 

forced banks to adapt or risk closure 

in an increasingly illiquid 

Zimbabwean economy. 

Mobile Network Operators 

(MNOs) have been at the forefront 

of mobile financial transactions. 

Speaking at the 20th anniversary 

of ZimSwitch in the capital 

last week, RBZ chief dealer for 

Money and Capital Markets, William 

Manhimanzi said since the 

launch of ZimSwitch a lot had 

changed over the years. 

ZimSwitch is a local third party 

transaction acquiring busi- 

Automated teller machines (ATM)... ZimSwitch is affiliated to a number of commercial banks which operate a network of well over 

300 point of sale terminals in Zimbabwe. Picture: Shepherd Tozvireva 

ness launched in the 1990s and is 

affiliated to 13 commercial banks 

which operate a network of well 

over 300 point of sale terminals. 

“As the central bank, our role 

is to approve initiatives that promote 

financial inclusion and we 

see opportunities for co-operation. 

I don’t see where MNOs are 

taking over but if they are, so 

what? If this helps in financial inclusivity, 

that’s good,” he said. 

Manhimanzi said the traditional 

brick and mortar model for 

banks was old and gone due to 

technological changes. 

“We are now in a multi-currency 

environment and there has 

been a mobile phone revolution. 

I think they have brought a revolution 

in terms of how we do 

things,” he said, adding that there 

has been a trend where the economy 

is informalising in urban areas. 

According to the Postal and Telecommunications 

Regulatory Authority, 

the mobile penetration 

rate is estimated at 106% and 13 

million subscribers are registered 

on mobile networks. 

Only 24% of the population has 

access to banking services, with 

70% of the population being rural 

based. 

Manhimanzi took a swipe at 

mobile operators who were failing 

to share infrastructure as stipulated 

by law. 

“With regard to interoperability, 

we have three different mobile 

operators erecting boosters in the 

same proximity. People are not cooperating 

in terms of infrastructure 

sharing, these costs could be 

reduced if there is co-operation,” 

he said. 

ZimSwitch general manager 

Cyril Nyatsanza said the company’s 

job “is to help revive industry, 

we want to facilitate the growth of 

the economy through financial inclusion”. 

Recent reports show that technological 

developments have 

placed Kenya at the forefront of 

the “mobile money boom” in Africa. 

Statistics indicate that Kenya 

has become the largest mobile 

money market in the East African 

region. 

According to the Central Bank 

of Kenya, mobile money transfer 

service providers reached close to 

US$23 billion through 733 million 

transactions in 2013 alone. 

A considerable number of people 

in African countries remain 

unbanked, a situation which has 

challenged banks on how best to 

access them. 

However, through the mobile 

money revolution, Kenya has 

promoted financial inclusivity 

through accessing the majority of 

unbanked people in urban and rural 

areas by providing financial 

services. 

HAZ extends invitation to Singapore 

BY TARISAI MANDIZHA 

The Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe 

(HAZ) has invited a delegation 

from Singapore for next month’s annual 

conference as the body seeks to tap 

into the experience of the south east Asian 

nation’s growing industry. 

HAZ holds its 70th annual congress from 

October 29 to 31 in Bulawayo. 

“We have actually invited people from 

Singapore. As you know Singapore is excelling 

in terms of tourism, what they generate 

per year as a ministry of tourism is 

around US$30 billion,” HAZ president Tamuka 

Macheka said last week. 

“…that is why we want to learn more from 

those people or even partner with them as 

we go forward.” 

Zimbabwe’s tourism industry generates 

only US$1 billion. The ministry of Tourism 

and Hospitality Industry projects the sector 

to grow four-fold to US$5 billion by 2020 driven 

by the opening up of the skies and relaxation 

of visas to visitors from source markets. 

Macheka said next month’s congress was 

special for HAZ. 

“It is a special congress for us this year 

because we are celebrating our 70th birthday 

and we have actually themed the congress 

around excellence: “HAZ at 70, building 

a culture of service excellence” so that 

we make sure we reinforce that,” Macheka 

said. 

Speakers at the congress include 

Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister 

Walter Mzembi and a keynote address 

will come from a Singaporean delegate. 

About 150 to 200 delegates are expected to 

attend. 

Macheka said the Chefs Association of 

Zimbabwe and the Chefs Association of 

South Africa are expected to sign a Memorandum 

of Understanding to improve the 

standards of cuisine during the course of 

the congress. 

“During the winter school in July, we resolved 

to sign an MOU with SA Chefs Association. 

The purpose of the MOU is to work 

together to improve the standard of cuisine 

in Zimbabwe. We have realised most of our 

chefs migrated and we felt it was good for 

them to come and plough back to Zimbabwe,” 

Macheka said. 

The tourism sector registered a 12% 

growth in bed occupancy level at major hotels, 

with most of the hotels in the prime 

destinations experiencing improved business 

in the first half of the year. 

In his 2014 mid-term Fiscal Policy Review, 

Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said 

the sector was “benefitting from the prevailing 

political stability in the country, investment 

in tourism facilities and infrastructure, 

revamping of domestic flights capacity, 

all complemented by investment in marketing 

campaigns”. 

Walter Mzembi


Business 

Radar back to profitability 

There was little confidence in the economy, 

company closures increased and 

unemployment reached alarming levels 

BY TARISAI MANDIZHA 

Radar Holdings recorded an 

after tax profit of US$288 

006 for the year ended 

June 30 2014 from a loss of 

US$49,2 million in 2013. 

Last year, Radar suffered a loss 

from discontinued operations of 

US$46,9 million after agreeing to dispose 

its controlling shareholding in 

Border Timbers Limited. 

Revenue declined by 11% to 

US$8,2 million as compared to 

US$9,2 million in the comparable period 

last year. 

In a statement accompanying 

the group’s audited results, Radar 

chairperson Zondi Kumwenda said 

the year under review was “very 

challenging for the operating divisions”. 

“The group experienced normal 

trading patterns in the first half 

and a market downturn in the second 

half. There was little confidence 

in the economy, investment continued 

to decline, company closures increased 

and unemployment reached 

alarming levels. All these led to reduced 

disposable income and reduced 

demand for the group’s products 

and services,” Kumwenda said. 

Kumwenda said the sales volumes 

dropped by 9% at Macdonald Bricks 

from the prior year due to reduced 

construction activity in Matabeleland. 

“Demand for bricks was subdued 

despite inroads made in supplying 

products to Mashonaland, Midlands 

and Masvingo regions. The division 

experienced low orders in the second 

half of the year, particularly as 

a result of the reduced construction 

activity in the Matebeleland region. 

The subdued demand necessitated 

the mothballing of Willsgrove factory 

for four months during the wet 

season,” Kumwenda said. 

He however said Radar Properties’ 

occupancy level declined to 60% 

in the period under review from 62% 

last year compared with the previous 

year. 

“The operating environment continued 

to be characterised by a high 

rate of default on rental payments,” 

Kumwenda said. 

He added that the country at large 

had a huge infrastructure backlog 

which presents a potential market for 

construction and building materials. 

“In the short term, it is anticipated 

that demand will slacken in line 

with the declining economic activity. 

In response management is focusing 

on cost containment and process 

efficiencies,” he said. 

Zondi Kumwenda 

Livestock situation 

under control 

BY OuR CORReSpONDeNT 

The livestock situation in Matabeleland South 

province, which lost over 12 000 cattle last 

year, is now under control due to an improved 

supply of pasture and water, an expert has said. 

Over 12 700 cattle reportedly perished last year 

in Matabeleland South due to drought. However, 

Matabeleland South chief livestock specialist 

Simangaliphi Ngwabi said this year the livestock 

was not under threat. 

“The situation is under control because there 

was good rainfall this year. If you travel around 

the entire province you can see that the condition 

of our livestock is fair to good and I am confident 

that we will have a fair season up to the onset of 

the rain season. I am confident that we are not 

likely to have any deaths and so far we have not 

lost any cattle,” said Ngwabi. 

Gwabi said some Non-Governmental Organisations 

(NGOs) were also providing supplementary 

feed to needy areas such as Gwanda South. 

“There is feed which was provided by FAO and 

farmers are buying it to supplement their pastures, 

especially in Gwanda South where there is 

a problem of grazing ,” said the official. 

She said that during the same period last year, 

the province had already recorded many livestock 

deaths. 

“In 2012, we started losing cattle as early as 

March and so far we have not recorded any deaths. 

The water situation is quite good and the boreholes 

have not dried up. We had good rains that 

actually raised the water table,” she said. 

A visit to some areas in Matabeleland South 

also confirmed that the situation had improved as 

some dams still had water that could last up to the 

beginning of the rainy season. 

A farmer in the area, Thabani Mpofu, said due 

to the improved water situation this year, the calving 

rate was high. 

“We hope this coming season we will again have 

more rains and be able to restock our cattle that 

have died in the past years due to drought,” said 

Mpofu. 

Matabeleland South region has an estimated 

556 619 cattle, contributing about 10% to the national 

herd. The region used to be the country’s 

prime cattle producing area but the recurrent 

droughts since 1992 decimated about 60% of the 

province’s head. 

The condition of livestock in Matabeleland South this year is 

better than previous years.

Business 


Debt stands 

in the way 

of Zim-China 

courtship 

Could China be tightening its funding 

requirements for its ally of over 34 years? If that 

is the case, what could be the next source of 

funding for the country? 

in the 

money 

with NESBERt RUwO 

In my last week column, I 

highlighted that there is a 

“beauty contest” for international 

capital. The RBZ, in 

its July 2014 monetary policy 

statement, states that on “a cumulative 

basis, and compared to other 

countries in the region, Zimbabwe’s 

foreign direct investment inflows 

amounted to US$1,7 billion 

over the period 1980 to 2013, whereas, 

Zambia and Mozambique received 

US$7,7 billion and US$15,8 

billion, respectively. Of the total 

of US$25,2 billion received between 

the three countries since 

1980, Zimbabwe has accounted for 

a mere 7% which underpins the 

“need for the country to create an 

investor-friendly environment” to 

tap into international capital targeting 

African opportunities. China 

has been one of the key investors 

with a keen interest on investments 

in Zimbabwe. But with 

Chinese looking for a “financing 

channel of reciprocity” with Zimbabwe, 

the financial relationship 

between the two could be in a process 

of being redefined. 

Zimbabwe’s relationship with 

China dates back to the 1970s 

when China supported the liberation 

war. The Chinese support 

for Zimbabwe became more pronounced 

as Zimbabwe became 

isolated by the western world 

through sanctions. In response to 

the sanctions by the west, Zimbabwe 

adopted a “Look East Policy” 

in the early 2000s, which saw Harare 

strengthening its ties with 

countries like China and Malaysia. 

A lot of transactions have 

been concluded between China 

and Zimbabwe, with Zimbabwe 

importing goods ranging from 

military, agriculture equipment 

to basic goods, while China has 

been interested in Zimbabwe’s 

mineral resources, particularly 

platinum. Zimbabwe holds the 

second largest platinum reserves 

in the world after South Africa. 

China has also invested in other 

sectors like energy generation 

and water supply. 

while there has been increased 

investments by the East, Zimbabwe 

still requires US$27 billion to 

fund its Zim Asset, a national fiveyear 

plan to improve basic services 

and rebuild the country. The 

country will be looking towards 

China (among other funders) 

to bankroll this plan, but China 

wants Zimbabwe to use its mineral 

earnings to guarantee its funding, 

showing that the future of 

Chinese funding is underpinned 

by national income generating capacity. 

That is akin to cash flows 

in project finance. 

The Zimbabwe presidential 

delegation was in China in August 

in a bid to unlock “more Chinese 

enterprises to invest and 

more Chinese tourists to travel 

in Zimbabwe”. A number of 

agreements meant to strengthen 

the relationship between the 

two countries were signed. These 

will see increased cooperation 

between the two, with China supporting 

the economic development 

of Zimbabwe in the areas 

of industrial zone development, 

infrastructure, mining and agriculture. 

However, China points 

out the need to “discuss with 

Zimbabwe the co-operation pattern 

and financing channel of 

reciprocity and mutual benefit”, 

implying that tangible numbers 

were not penned down. 

Could China be tightening its 

funding requirements for its 

ally of over 34 years? If that is 

the case, what could be the next 

source of funding for the country? 

Look back west? Maybe not 

in the near future. 

Zimbabwe, however, resumed 

engaging the IMF in 2013 after 

a decade of non-engagement. A 

team of IMF staff is expected in 

Harare this month to assess progress 

on the Staff-Monitored Programme 

(SMP). IMF insists that 

Harare pays it’s debt in arrears 

before any further loans can be 

granted. In its July 2014 country 

report on Zimbabwe, IMF estimates 

that the country’s external 

debt at end-2014, will stand at 

US$12,8 billion (94,5% of GDP) 

of which US$5,6 billion is in arrears. 

That external debt is projected 

to grow to US$22,5 billion 

(122% of GDP) by 2019. That is 

staggering! 

within a month of the President’s 

visit to China, Russia sent 

its Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov 

to Harare with a view to 

strengthen “bilateral trade-andeconomic 

and investment cooperation, 

primarily in the fields of 

mining, geological prospecting, 

energy, agriculture, infrastruc- 

Power station . . . China has already committed to funding a power generation project in Kariba 

ture construction, and tourism” 

but eyeing Zimbabwe’s platinum 

reserves through the US$3 billion 

Darwendale Comprehensive Development 

Project, as platinum 

“will be the driving force behind 

all bilateral trade, economic and 

investment relations”. 

with the President holding the 

vice-chair position and eligible for 

the rotating African Union chairmanship 

in 2015, and currently 

being the Sadc chairman, this 

could be the opportunity for China 

to work with Zimbabwe to push 

for “the new type of China-Africa 

strategic partnership to a new 

level”. Ironically, Russia sees the 

same, that Zimbabwe enjoys “a 

high level of authority” in African 

affairs. It’s obvious that China and 

Russia have found some “beauty” 

in Zimbabwe, but beauty is in the 

eye of the beholder. 

• Nesbert Ruwo is a Zimbabwean-born 

investment banker 

currently based in South Africa. 

He can be contacted on 

nesr@opportunvest.co.za 

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Business 

Think it, envision it, achieve it 

sme’s 

chat 

with phillip chichoni 

Think little goals and expect little 

achievements. Think big goals and 

win big success. —David Joseph 

Schwartz 

The past few weeks have 

been extraordinary for 

the country, economically 

speaking. First there 

was the announcement 

by the finance ministry of some 

multi-billion dollar memoranda 

of agreement with China following 

the President’s state visit there. 

Then there was the signing of the 

Darwendale platinum mining joint 

venture with the Russians, valued 

at US$3 billion; the largest ever 

business deal in the history of Zimbabwe. 

Now the question arises: What’s 

in it for the small and midsized 

businesses? This is an important 

question because SMEs form the 

majority of firms in Zimbabwe and 

have the potential to create jobs and 

drive economic growth. Because 

of their size, they can more easily 

adapt to new lines of business and 

require less capital to move than 

bigger firms. 

However, that is not the question 

entrepreneurs should be asking. Instead, 

you should be asking: How 

can I fit in and add value? 

In this highly competitive business 

environment, no one is going 

to give anything to you on a silver 

platter, you have to go and get it 

yourself. 

The starting point is your mind. 

The largest airplane today is the 

Antonov Mriya AN-225, a strategic 

airlift cargo aircraft designed by the 

Soviet Union in the 1980s. It is also 

the longest and heaviest airplane 

ever built, and can take off with a 

maximum weight of 640 tonnes (20 

haulage over laden trucks). 

Before 1903 most people could not 

believe that a mechanically powered 

object heavier than air could 

fly for any significant distance. This 

belief was put to rest on December 

17 1903, when the Wright brothers, 

at Kill Devil Hills just outside 

the town of Kitty Hawk in North 

Carolina USA, made the first control 

powered air plane flight. The 

idea of an airplane flying had been 

thought before by many people over 

the centuries, including Galileo, Sir 

George Cayley in 1799 and Otto Lilienthal 

in 1867. All these people 

thought big. In fact, all big achievements 

start with big thoughts. 

We think over 60 000 thoughts a 

day. However, it is focused thoughts 

that results in achievement. Entrepreneurs 

should focus their minds 

on how they can fit in these mega 

deals with the Chinese and Russians. 

Opportunities are many. 

There was an outcry from some 

SMEs a few years ago over the engagement 

of South African haulage 

contractors by some international 

miners here. However, most 

of the SMEs did not have the capacity 

and resources needed for 

the jobs. In this case now, how can 

SMEs mobilise resources and build 

enough capacity to be value adding 

partners for the mega projects? 

How can they collaborate with others 

for mutual benefit? 

Thoughts are fleeting and will 

easily be forgotten if they are not 

written down. That is the reason 

business plans need to be written. 

I have spoken with a lot of entrepreneurs 

over the years and all 

those who have built successful 

businesses have one thing in common: 

a relentless pursuit of their 

goals. Even in the face of temporary 

setbacks, they kept their focus 

on what they wanted to achieve. For 

example, one businesswoman had 

to go back to work after facing crippling 

financial challenges that had 

her house nearly auctioned. However, 

when she got the financial 

problems under control, she quit 

her job, again, and went back to 

building her business. The vision 

for her business was too powerful 

to just let go. 

Ideas are reinforced in the mind 

through the process of visioning. 

Successful people, whether in business, 

sports or family, have a picture 

in their mind of what success looks 

like. When they close their eyes and 

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to build enough capacity to be value adding partners for such mega projects. 

focus their minds, they see themselves 

already having achieved 

their vision. The sportsperson sees 

himself holding the gleaming trophy; 

the entrepreneur sees his business 

running at its peak; the father 

or mother sees their happy family 

engaged in joyful activities. The 

thought, when visioned, reinforces 

your desire in the mind. The mind 

then opens up and you start seeing 

opportunities and resources everywhere 

to help you achieve the vision. 

A powerful vision not only helps 

you stay focused, it also attracts 

other people to you who will help 

you achieve your goals. When seeking 

business partners, employees, 

finance or markets, a powerful vision 

will make you glow and people 

will just want to help you. 

Finally, a vision without action is 

just a dream. Achievers are always 

people of action. They don’t waste 

too much time contemplating or 

weighing the pros and cons of taking 

action along the course towards 

their vision. They take calculated 

risks and act immediately. Sometimes 

they make mistakes or hit 

blank holes. But they know that the 

more holes they dig, the more likely 

they are to strike oil. 

So what are you going to do today 

to fit in and add value as the 

country goes into a new economic 

phase? 

• Phillip Chichoni is a business 

development consultant who 

works with SMEs and entrepreneurs. 

You may contact him 

by email, chichonip@smebusinesslink.com. 

You can also visit 

http://smebusinesslink.com 

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Tim Cook’s philosophy at Apple 

Tim Cook. Picture: 9to5mac.com 

One week after Steve 

Jobs announced plans 

to go on his first medical 

leave of absence 

from Apple in 2009, 

the man tasked with temporarily 

leading the company — or so it 

was assumed at the time — had to 

answer to Wall Street. 

Tim Cook joined two other Apple 

executives for Apple’s quarterly 

earnings call. The first question 

asked by an analyst on the call 

was, perhaps unsurprisingly, about 

Jobs’ health and the likelihood that 

Cook “would be the candidate” to 

take over as CeO if Jobs were unable 

to return. Another executive on 

the call offered a quick boilerplate 

response to the question. But then 

Cook chimed in. 

“There is extraordinary breadth 

and depth and tenure among 

the Apple executive team... And 

the values of our company are extremely 

well-entrenched,” Cook 

said at the beginning of his response. 

He then proceeded to lay 

out those values in a brief monologue 

that some later dubbed The 

Cook Doctrine. 

“We are constantly focusing on 

innovating. We believe in the simple, 

not the complex. We believe 

that we need to own and control 

the primary technologies behind 

the products that we make, and 

participate only in markets where 

we can make a significant contribution. 

“We believe in saying no to thousands 

of projects, so that we can really 

focus on the few that are truly 

important and meaningful to 

us. We believe in deep collaboration 

and cross-pollination of our 

groups, which allow us to innovate 

in a way that others cannot. 

“And frankly, we don’t settle for 

anything less than excellence in 

every group in the company, and 

we have the self-honesty to admit 

when we’re wrong and the courage 

to change. And I think regardless 

of who is in what job, those 

values are so embedded in this 

company that Apple will do extremely 

well.” 

That response proved to be an 

introduction of sorts to investors. 

Cook had joined Apple in 1998 and 

emerged as a key executive in 

charge of the company’s increasingly 

complicated global operations, 

but he remained relatively 

unknown. After the earnings call, 

however, analysts and journalists 

began praising Cook for having 

a clear understanding of Apple’s 

DnA and how to run the company 

with or without Jobs. 

In the three years since Cook 

took over as permanent CeO, a 

different kind of doctrine has 

emerged through his rare but 

growing number of public statements 

as well as his actions at the 

company. If his response in 2009 

laid out his understanding of Apple’s 

DnA as it was, what we’ve 

seen since is a doctrine of how 

Cook is working to tweak that 

DnA for the better. 

When Apple announced the big 

executive shakeup in 2012 that 

pushed out then-iOS chief Scott 

Forstall, the company framed the 

move in a statement as an effort 

to “encourage even more collaboration 

between the company’s 

world-class hardware, software 

and services teams.” 

The statement may have been 

PR spin on a messy situation, but 

the choice of the word “collaboration” 

was more meaningful than 

that. It’s one that Cook has reiterated 

multiple times in the time 

since, and it represents a key part 

of his philosophy for running Apple. 

“The lines between hardware, 

software, and services are blurred 

or are disappearing,” Cook said 

in an interview with Business- 

Week. “The only way you can pull 

this off is when everyone is working 

together well. And not just 

working together well but almost 

blending together so that you 

can’t tell where people are working 

anymore, because they are 

so focused on a great experience 

that they are not taking functional 

views of things.” 

In his office at Apple, Tim Cook 

has pictures of Robert F. Kennedy 

and Martin Luther King. The pictures, 

as he explained in a recent 

interview with Charlie Rose, tie 

into deeply held notions he has of 

civil rights. 

When asked to describe his most 

important values personally, he listed 

off the following: “Treating people 

with dignity. Treating people 

the same. That everyone deserves 

a basic level of human rights regardless 

of their colour, regardless 

of their religion, regardless of 

their sexual orientation, regardless 

of their gender. That everyone deserves 

respect. I’ll fight for it until 

my toes point up.” 

While he framed those points as 

his personal philosophy, it also extends 

to the company. As he put 

it in the interview, “Inclusion inspires 

innovation.” He said the 

same three words in June after 

marching with thousands of Apple 

employees in a gay pride parade. 

In the interview with Rose, 

Cook stressed that employees at 

Apple are motivated to do good 

work to help the world rather than 

the company’s market cap. But 

he was quick to couch that statement. 

“To all the shareholders out 

there: I’m not saying I’m not focusing 

on you,” he said. “I’m very 

focused on them.” 

“Apple” and “transparency” 

weren’t traditionally words people 

put next to one another, but 

Cook has made it a point to change 

that — at least when it comes to issues 

involving the company’s supply 

chain, environmental efforts 

and other corporate affairs. 

“We decided being more transparent 

about some things is great 

— not that we were not transparent 

at all before, but we’ve stepped 

it up in places where we think 

we can make a bigger difference, 

where we want people to copy us,” 

Cook told Bloomberg Business- 

Week in an earlier interview in 

2012. 

That said, Cook has decided to 

continue his predecessor’s emphasis 

on keeping the company’s 

product plans secret, noting in another 

interview that Apple would 

“double down on product secrecy.” 

“I’ve never had the objective of 

being like him,” Cook said at one 

point in the interview with Rose, 

alluding to Jobs. “The only person 

I can be is the person I am, right? 

... So that’s what I’ve done. I’ve 

tried to be the best Tim Cook I can 

be.” — Mashable 

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Queensdale, St. 

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Nyatsuro J 6 20/09/14 10.00Hrs Central Business Town House 

District 

Gwasira B.M 7 20/09/14 10.00Hrs Avondale Reps Theatre, Belgravia 

Bango C 41 20/09/14 10.00Hrs Malborough Malbrough District Office 

Mbadzi J 24 20/09/14 10.00Hrs Highfields Lusaka Community Centre 

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Chirombe O 33 21/09/14 14.00Hrs Budiriro Budiriro Community Hall 

Mandere G 45 21/09/14 14.00Hrs Kuwadzana 

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Ndira B 21 27/09/14 14.00Hrs Mabuvuku Mabvuku Community Hall 

Nyemba M 12 27/09/14 14.00Hrs Mbare Stodart Hall 

Chikombo W 28 27/09/14 14:00Hrs Glen Norah Chembira Hall 

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around the world on September 21 each year. 

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The rifts behind Nigeria’s mass kidnap 

Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan 

CHIBOK/ABUJA — 

When local people 

warned that hundreds 

of Islamist militants 

were heading towards 

his remote town of Chibok in 

northeastern Nigeria, Danuma 

Mphur hurried to summon help. 

As chairman of the Parent- 

Teachers Association at the 

town’s school, Mphur feared for 

the safety of children who were 

staying there to take exams. The 

15 Nigerian soldiers in Chibok 

were no match for the forces of 

Boko Haram — a militant group 

waging a campaign to create an 

Islamic state in the region. Reinforcements 

were needed, fast. 

Mphur says he called the police 

and the local government chairman. 

In turn the local government 

chairman also called the police 

and contacted the military 

commander in Chibok between 

9:30pm and 10pm on that evening, 

according to Kashim Shettima, 

the governor of Borno state, 

which includes Chibok. 

“Can we go further than that?” 

said Shettima, suggesting there 

was little more local people could 

have done than ask for help. 

Backup never arrived. The military 

said in a statement that it 

received no warning about the 

attack. It added that when reinforcements 

were sent, they were 

ambushed on the “120 km rugged 

and tortuous road” from Maiduguri, 

the state capital, and delayed. 

Chibok’s local government 

chairman could not be contacted 

for comment. 

Either way, about three hours 

after Mphur rang for help, Boko 

Haram militants swept into Chibok 

and abducted 276 girls from 

the school. While 57 escaped, according 

to the state government, 

most are still missing, and Boko 

Haram has threatened to sell 

them “in the market.” 

Though Nigeria’s military said 

on Monday that it now knows 

where the girls are, it has ruled 

out using force to try to rescue 

them. 

The mass kidnap on the night 

of April 14 sparked headlines 

worldwide — but it was far from 

the first misstep in Nigeria’s war 

against Boko Haram. Interviews 

with witnesses to the kidnapping, 

Nigerian military and security 

officials, Western diplomats and 

counter-terrorism experts, highlight 

a series of failings by politicians 

and the military in the 

struggle against the group, not 

just in the hours leading up to the 

raid on the school, but over several 

years. 

Divisions, low morale and corruption 

within the military have 

allowed the Islamist militants to 

take over large swathes of Nigeria’s 

northeast. Since an initial uprising 

in 2009, Boko Haram’s campaign 

to create a breakaway Islamic 

state has accelerated. It has 

now killed more than 5 000 people, 

including an estimated 1 800 this 

year alone. 

A bitter struggle between the 

federal government in Abuja and 

at least two state governors in 

the northeast has made it harder 

to coordinate a response to the 

group, say analysts and security 

sources. 

Nigeria’s President Goodluck 

Jonathan, who came to power in 

2010 and is expected to run for a 

second term next year, is a Christian 

from the south of the country. 

Many people in the mostly Muslim 

north, which is less developed 

and poorer than the south, feel neglected 

by his government. 

In Chibok, where the charred 

remains of dormitory bunk beds 

sit amid the rubble of the school, 

Mphur believes the mass kidnapping 

could have been prevented. 

He said: “What happened . . 

. could have been avoided if the 

government had taken the necessary 

steps.” 

In the Hausa language of 

northeastern Nigeria, Boko Haram 

roughly translates as “Western 

education is forbidden,” and 

in 2012 the militant group announced 

it would specifically target 

schools. 

Since then, Boko Haram militants 

have torched numerous 

schools and abducted or killed 

hundreds of children, according 

to a senior Nigerian military 

source. 

Three Western intelligence 

sources in Nigeria estimate Boko 

Haram was holding between 200 

and 300 girls as slaves even before 

the raid on Chibok. Dozens 

have escaped — but Nigeria’s security 

forces have failed to interview 

many survivors even though 

their information could help combat 

Boko Haram or assist in finding 

girls still held captive, kidnap 

victims and security sources said. 

One escapee was a girl abducted 

by Boko Haram in a mountainous 

region near Cameroon last year. 

“No one ever came to ask me questions 

after I escaped. I could help 

them find others,” she said. 

Political differences between 

regions and poor organisation of 

the security forces are two of the 

problems. 

Borno has some of the lowest 

economic indicators in the country, 

and investors shun the state 

because of poor security. Despite 

such problems, the president has 

visited the state only once during 

his four years in power. 

Jonathan and Shettima, the governor 

of Borno, have a frosty relationship. 

Shettima is a leading 

figure in the main opposition All 

Progressives Congress party and 

has been openly critical of Jonathan’s 

administration. According 

to sources close to the president, 

Shettima angered Jonathan 

in February by saying that Boko 

Haram was stronger and better 

equipped than the military. 

Though Nigeria allocates 

around 1 trillion naira (US$6,5 

billion) to security every year, 

soldiers in the northeast are 

stretched, several security sources 

said. 

Widespread corruption means 

a lack of investment in training 

and failure to maintain equipment. 

Money is often wasted. Nigeria 

bought Israeli surveillance 

drones in 2006 that might have 

been used to hunt for the girls, but 

poor maintenance has left them 

grounded, the aircrafts’ manufacturer 

said. 

Boko Haram fighters, in contrast, 

are well-armed and determined. 

In dozens of attacks by 

militants in the past year, soldiers 

were swept aside by militants arriving 

in trucks, motorbikes and 

sometimes even stolen armoured 

vehicles, firing rocket-propelled 

grenades looted in raids on military 

facilities. 

In pure numbers, Boko Haram 

is outmatched. It has an estimated 

6 000 to 8 000 members, three security 

sources said, whereas a Nigerian 

task force in Borno state 

numbers around 12 000, including 

soldiers and police. 

But soldiers said morale is low. 

Their commanders pocket some 

of their salaries, they often don’t 

have enough to eat, and they live 

in fear of Boko Haram attacks, 

some said. 

“They [Boko Haram] are better 

equipped,” one soldier said, adding 

that he couldn’t stand up to a 

Boko Haram attack at his security 

post. “I’m taking a knife to a gunfight,” 

he said. 

To the parents of kidnapped 

children, both the federal and local 

authorities failed to do enough 

in Chibok. Esther Kabu, whose 

daughter Dorcas is one of those 

still missing, said there was never 

any discussion of holding exams 

other than in Chibok. 

“What annoys me most is that 

they did not consult us, the parents 

of the school, when they decided 

that the girls should come 

back to school for their exams,” 

she said. “I had this fear in me 

about her safety in the hostel. 

They should have provided more 

security to the school.” 

On April 14, the Boko Haram 

fighters arrived in Chibok at 

11:30pm, according to Mphur, the 

chairman of the school PTA. Residents 

fled into the scrublands surrounding 

the town. 

The gunmen, dressed in military 

uniforms and carrying 

AK47s and rocket-propelled grenades, 

made their way to the 

school about a mile outside the 

town, where they tricked the 

schoolgirls, saying they were soldiers 

protecting them from Boko 

Haram. 

Lydia Powu (16), recalled the 

moment she realised the men who 

coaxed her out of bed were not 

soldiers: “They started burning 

the school, and surrounding us. 

They grabbed me and my sister 

and walked us out of the school to 

another village, where they loaded 

us into trucks. 

“So I asked my elder sister, 

‘What are we going to do now?’ We 

looked at each other and we knew. 

We jumped out of the truck. I hit 

my back as I fell but I forgot the 

pain and we ran and ran.” 

In the hours after the attack, 

no government or military officials 

arrived to carry out an investigation, 

residents of Chibok 

said. “Government security people 

only came to ask us questions 

three days later, that is how much 

they care for us and our children,” 

Mphur said. 

That may partly be because the 

federal government had another 

incident to handle, closer to home. 

On the morning of the Chibok attack, 

Boko Haram detonated a 

large bomb at a bus station on the 

outskirts of Abuja, the country’s 

capital. The blast killed 75 people. 

The president took more than 

two weeks to speak publicly about 

the mass kidnapping. Only when 

international pressure mounted, 

driven by a social media campaign 

known as #BringBackOur- 

Girls, did Jonathan finally accept 

intelligence and surveillance assistance 

from the United States, 

Britain, France and China. 

His understanding of the situation 

has been shaky. As recently 

as April, he said Boko Haram’s 

threat was only “temporary.” At 

an international meeting to discuss 

the issue in Paris on May 18, 

he appeared to change tack, describing 

Boko Haram as an “integral 

part of the al Qaeda.” Security 

experts believe the sect remains 

a largely homegrown insurgency. 

In Chibok, the reasons for the 

abductions take second place to 

the loss. At her parents’ house 

in the town, 13-year-old Happy 

Yakub still hopes her sister, one 

of those abducted, may return. 

“I will never go back to school 

until my sister comes back home,” 

said Yakub. “I miss her. She used 

to plait my hair and we played together. 

Now there is nobody to 

play with.” — Reuters

Sport 


Greg Dyke: Can 

FA plans revive 

England team? 

STANDING to address a room of invited guests 

and the media last September, Greg Dyke made 

it clear that the England team was in need of 

urgent help. 

As the newly-appointed independent chairman of 

the Football Association, Dyke spoke that day about 

challenging the historic failings of the England team 

and arresting a long-term decline in fortunes in international 

football. 

The “England Commission” was launched and, 

despite some initial issues over the diversity of its 

members, it set about its work to find answers to how 

England can once again win a major tournament. 

Speaking at the time, Dyke (67), made the root of 

the problem — and its consequences — very clear. 

“In the future it is quite possible we won’t have 

enough players qualified to play for England who are 

playing regularly at the highest level in this country 

or elsewhere in the world. As a result, it could well 

mean England’s teams are unable to compete seriously 

on the world stage,” he said. 

This summer’s performance by England at the 

World Cup in Brazil has served only to reinforce the 

view that radical change is needed. 

Roy Hodgson’s men finished bottom of Group D 

with only one point from their three group games. 

And at the heart of the issue is the belief that England’s 

best youngsters are being left to wither on the 

vine as clubs habitually seek to bring in imported talent. 

It is in this context that the FA is now seeking to reform 

work permit rules for players from outside the 

European Union (EU). 

It has sent out its first draft of proposals to reduce 

the number of non-EU players within English football 

by up to 50%. 

A consultation paper has been sent to the Premier 

League, Football League, Professional Footballers’ 

Association (PFA) and League Managers’ Association 

(LMA) and it is hoped that the new regulations 

can be introduced next season. 

But what impact will any change have on increasing 

the chances for young English players to cement 

a place in Premier League and Football League club 

squads? 

Up until the end of last season 122 non-EU players 

had entered English football since 2009. 

Many of those, such as Argentina’s Sergio Aguero 

who signed for Manchester City in 2011, represent 

the sort of elite player who has helped make the Premier 

League a global success story. 

Aguero’s dramatic late winner against QPR in 

the final game of the 2011-12 season secured City the 

league title on goal difference from Manchester United. 

And the FA are seeking to make it easier to allow 

that category of player to come to England. 

There is an easing — from 75% to 30% — of the 

percentage of competitive international matches 

that players from countries in the top 30 Fifa ranking 

must have played in the past two years. 

But the FA believes there are still too many players 

being brought in because they provide a cheaper alternative 

to their British or EU counterparts. 

Dyke admits that the numbers involved are small 

in relative terms — but believes it is a measure that 

will help increase the talent pool available to the England 

manager to select from in the long term. 

The Premier League shareholders — the 20 clubs 

that form the division — have a regular meeting 

scheduled for November. The issue of work permits 

is likely to be on the agenda. 

There could yet be sticking points though. 

The new proposals say only players from the top 50 

Fifa-ranked countries will now be allowed in, down 

from the top 70 under the current system. 

That would prevent any club who believe they have 

discovered the new George Weah, who hailed from 

Liberia, from joining them. Ballon d’Or winner Weah 

played for AC Milan, Manchester City and Chelsea. 

Liberia are currently ranked 119 th in the world and 

unless the player costs more than £10m, in which 

case he would have an exemption from the rules, a 

visa would be denied. 

For the Premier League, which was established 

upon the principles of the free market, and which 

constantly strives to stay one step ahead of its main 

European rivals, there could be fears that its ability 

to widely recruit is being unnecessarily hindered. 

— BBCsport 

England players applaud the crowd during the World Cup in Brazil where they finished bottom of Group D


Sport 

Six sports men, women still set apart 

Here we look at six sports in which differences 

between men and women remain, and 

examine why those distinctions continue 

The world progresses at a 

rapid pace, but in sport it often 

stands still. Sometimes 

for decades. Sometimes for hundreds 

of years. 

On Thursday, the Royal and Ancient 

Golf Club of St Andrews will 

announce whether it will admit 

women as members. The 260-yearold 

institution has sent out more 

than 2 400 ballot papers to its patrons, 

and the result will be made 

known soon. 

Golf is often regarded as being 

out of step in a modern society 

that dances to an ever-changing 

beat. While women can box at the 

Olympics and england’s female 

cricketers and rugby union players 

can sign full-time contracts, 

golf retains many of its traditions, 

archaic rules and inequality. 

It is not alone. here we look at 

six sports in which differences between 

men and women remain, 

and examine why those distinctions 

continue. 

Gymnastics: Showing off 

the female’s grace and flexibility 

and the male’s power and 

strength 

Boys and girls will learn the basics, 

such as handstands and forward 

rolls, together but once they 

start showing potential, which is 

usually about the age of five, they 

will be separated by gender. 

“Predominantly it’s the same 

sport,” says Scott hann, coach of 

Commonwealth all-around champion 

Max Whitlock. “A somersault 

is a somersault and, in terms of 

technique and skills, they are very 

similar.” 

But male and female gymnasts 

share only two common events — 

the vault and floor (only women 

perform on the floor to music). 

Why? each event is designed 

to show off the gender’s natural 

qualities. An opportunity for the 

flexible and graceful sequinedwearing 

female to sparkle and 

the biceps-bulging male to test his 

strength and power. Peacocking 

for both sexes, just through different 

means. 

While women compete in four 

apparatus (vault, uneven bars, balance 

beam and floor), men have six 

events (floor, pommel horse, rings, 

vault, parallel bars and high bar). 

“There have been no calls for 

women to do more,” says hann. 

“There have been a few suggestions 

to make the male floor routine 

to music, but there has been 

resistance as it would take the 

masculinity out of it. 

“Female apparatus focus more 

on endurance, flexibility and legs. 

In the apparatus where they have 

to use their arms, like the uneven 

bars, they’re usually hanging.” 

Athletics: No women’s international 

decathlon competition 

of note “for years” 

The men’s decathlon has been 

contested at every Olympics since 

1912. But there is still no place at 

major championships for the women’s 

event. Searching for details of 

the last women’s decathlon competition 

to be held feels almost as energy-sapping 

as the event itself. 

“This has been an official event 

for women for years, but it hasn’t 

taken off,” says BBC athletics statistician 

Mark Butler. “I can’t remember 

the last time there was an 

international women’s decathlon 

of significance.” 

Toni Minichiello, coach of 

Olympic heptathlon champion 

Jessica ennis-hill, says organisational 

difficulties — he refers 

to “bottle-necking” in the past in 

competitions with both men’s and 

women’s decathlon — and a lack 

of desire to expand from heptathlon’s 

seven to decathlon’s 10 events 

are reasons it is not popular. 

“I wouldn’t be a supporter of it, 

not at this stage, but I would certainly 

support adding another 

track event, maybe the 100m, and 

making it eight events over two 

days,” says Minichiello. 

every time women’s decathlon 

has been raised by the International 

Association of Athletics Federations, 

there’s been little support 

from athletes and organisers because 

of the logistics of putting it 

on. Budgeting and television also 

dictates a lot. 

“If the event were to become, say, 

a decathlon next year, you would 

see a mass exodus and a new fraternity 

of athletes would appear. 

I certainly don’t think Jess would 

attempt it.” 

Lacrosse: A no-contact rule 

which has remained unchanged 

for 124 years 

When Dame Frances Dove returned 

from her voyage of America 

in 1890, the women’s campaigner 

and headteacher of St Leonards 

School at St Andrews introduced 

lacrosse to her pupils, giving us 

the beginnings of the women’s 

game. Only stick contact was permitted, 

a rule still in place 124 

years later, despite men being allowed 

full body and stick contact. 

It was only this year that the 

sport’s lawmakers agreed to unify 

the field size for men and women. 

Is there an appetite to allow 

women to have full body contact? 

“In Australia, some women players 

suggested the women’s game 

be full body and stick contact but 

did not pursue this after playing a 

game in the men’s competition,” 

says Janet Jackson, chair of women’s 

rules for governing body, the 

The rings, only competed on by men, test a gymnast’s upper-body strength 

Women are said to be against losing the 800m freestyle as an Olympic event 

Federation of International Lacrosse 

(FIL). 

Bobsleigh: Do women have 

the power-to-weight ratio to 

push a four-man bobsleigh? 

Men first began competing in 

the four-man bobsleigh at the 1924 

Winter Olympics. The wait continues 

for women bobsledders. 

Some have argued a woman’s 

lower power-to-weight ratio, which 

results in a slower push start, is 

a hindrance, but former world 

champion Nicola Minichiello has 

a different opinion. 

“It could help prolong their careers 

because, with four in the 

team, that’s less physical push exertion 

on the body,” she says. 

Women’s bobsleigh is in its infancy 

— the two-woman bobsleigh 

entered the Winter Olympics in 

2002 — and its growth continues. 

This week the governing body, 

the International Bobsleigh and 

Skeleton Federation (FIBT), 

agreed to allow four-woman bobsleigh 

demonstration races at this 

season’s US trials, North America 

Cup races and the World Championships. 

“It’s too soon to be included at 

the 2018 Winter Olympics, but I expect 

by 2022 we will have equality,” 

adds Minichiello. 

Swimming: “Allowing women 

to swim 1 500m freestyle would 

add excitement for everyone” 

Prior to 1968, when women were 

first allowed to compete in the 

800m Olympic freestyle, the female 

of the species was regarded as too 

delicate to swim over long distances. 

These days, the men’s and women’s 

Olympic schedule contains 17 

events, with the only difference being 

men swim 1 500m while women 

compete over 800m. 

The women’s 1 500m freestyle is 

held at the World and european 

Championships, but the best longdistance 

female swimmers rarely 

compete. Why train for a non- 

Olympic event? 

Fina, the sport’s governing body, 

has looked at ensuring men and 

women race in the same events, 

but there is said to be reluctance 

from female athletes to lose the 

800m as it would likely ruin their 

prospects over the shorter sprint 

events. 

“In running events, the typical 

average difference between 

top men and top women is about 

11% no matter the distance, from 

100m to 10 000m. In long-distance 

swimming it closes to 6%,” says 

epstein. “There are women who 

would do very well in long swimming 

races.” 

Cycling: Is the sport’s governing 

body missing a huge opportunity? 

For female cyclists, the roads on 

which they race aren’t paved with 

gold. 

Female riders want equality in 

pay (there’s no minimum wage for 

professional female road cyclists), 

equality in prize money and equality 

in racing (women can race up 

to 140km a day on the road, while 

men are allowed to ride 280km). 

Olympic silver medallist emma 

Pooley and world road race champion 

Marianne Vos have set up 

the Tour entier, a campaign for a 

women’s race at the most prestigious 

event of them all, the Tour de 

France. 

“Not having some of these sporting 

events for women is just inertia 

from a time when it was believed 

women weren’t sturdy enough for 

serious training and competition,” 

says epstein. 

“In 1967, when Kathrine Swizer 

was the first woman to complete 

the Boston Marathon, critics told 

her her uterus would collapse if 

she ran too much. 

“There is no doubt that there 

are important physical differences 

between men and women. They 

range from men’s denser bones 

[which can support more muscle], 

taller stature, longer proportional 

limbs, to more oxygen-carrying 

red-blood cells. 

“That, of course, is why we separate 

men and women for the purposes 

of competition. But the 

short answer is: there’s no good 

reason that women don’t have the 

events that men do.” — BBCSport 

League Two striker by 

day, waiter by night 

DAGeNhAM & Redbridge striker 

Adeoye Yusuff is still working as 

a waiter, despite signing a professional 

deal with the League Two 

club. 

The 20-year-old joined the Daggers 

from non-league Chatham 

Town last week. 

“I am working some of my notice,” 

Yusuf said. “I didn’t want to 

just leave because I had the opportunity. 

“I am a humble boy and everything 

I do is just a reflection of me 

and what kind of person I am.” 

Yusuff scored 24 goals in 38 appearances 

during a 10-month spell 

with Isthmian League North side 

Adeoye Yusuff 

Chatham, while also working at a 

restaurant. 

even after signing for the Daggers 

on Friday, he returned to 

work at Wagamama in Kent before 

making his debut from the 

bench against Cambridge last 

Saturday. 

“When I signed my contract on 

Friday I had to call them and say I 

was going to be a bit late,” he said. 

“They were fine with it, so that 

was great. 

“From signing I went back and 

worked until about midnight. The 

next morning I got the train to Dagenham 

east, came to the stadium 

and made my debut. It was just a 

whirlwind couple of days. 

“I am still there at the moment 

and am going into work on Thursday.” 

Yusuff began his career in the 

youth ranks at Stevenage, but left 

without making a senior appearance 

and has had spells with nonleague 

sides Banbury United, St 

Neots Town and AFC hornchurch. 

he is grateful Dagenham manager 

Wayne Burnett has given him 

the chance to play professional 

football. 

“Being full-time is what everyone 

who plays football dreams of. 

To become a professional footballer 

just means the world to me,” 

said Yusuff. 

“Now it has come I am relishing 

the opportunity to come into each 

game and try and better myself as 

a footballer. hopefully this can just 

be the beginning of my journey.” 

— BBCsport

Sport 


Pellegrini takes aim at Chelsea 

Manchester City manager 

Manuel Pellegrini 

believes ending 

Chelsea’s 100% 

Premier League record 

would mean his side had 

made a decent start to their defence 

of the English title. 

City haven’t won since overwhelming 

Liverpool, last season’s 

runners-up, 3-1 on August Bank 

Holiday Monday with what looked 

at the time like a benchmark performance. 

Since then, they have lost at 

home to Stoke, drawn at Arsenal 

and lost to a last-minute goal at 

Bayern Munich in the Champions 

League in midweek. 

Another defeat at the Etihad 

Stadium on Sunday would allow 

Chelsea to extend their advantage 

over the champions to eight 

points. 

But Pellegrini prefers to look at 

the other side of the equation as 

he tries to get the better of old foe 

Jose Mourinho, who masterminded 

a classic 1-0 win at City in February 

as part of a double over the 

champions last season. 

“They [Chelsea] have started 

very well. They are playing 

very well also,” Pellegrini said. 

“I think that we didn’t start badly, 

although maybe the game we lost 

here against Stoke was an unusual 

game. 

“I think we were unlucky in the 

last two games, against Bayern 

in the way we lost with that goal 

and against Arsenal we deserved 

to win the three points but things 

happen,” the Chilean added. 

“We hope we recover here play- 

Yaya Toure 

ing at home and get three points 

today. 

“I always try to think of positives 

so I hope we are not going 

to lose and we are not going to go 

eight points behind Chelsea. 

“We must win our next game at 

home and with that we will be two 

points behind the leader and that 

for me will be a very good start 

after playing Liverpool, Arsenal 

and Chelsea.” 

Midfielder Yaya Toure came in 

for criticism for his performance 

in Munich and also for the way he 

embraced Bayern coach Pep Guardiola, 

his former manager at Barcelona, 

at the end of the match. 

But Pellegrini insisted the Ivory 

Coast international was fully 

focused on his role at City. 

“Yaya always has commitment 

with the team and the squad and 

with his mates and he doesn’t 

have any problems about that.” 

City will again be without the 

injured pair of Fernando and Stevan 

Jovetic but former Chelsea 

favourite Frank Lampard will be 

included in the squad to face the 

club where he spent 13 years and 

was their highest ever goalscorer. 

Chelsea manager Mourinho believes 

there is still room for improvement 

from his side, despite 

their impressive start to the season. 

The midweek home draw with 

Schalke in the opening game of 

the Champions League group was 

a disappointment and while the 

opening five games have produced 

16 goals for the Blues, they have 

also shipped seven goals which indicates 

there are defensive weaknesses 

for the manager to address. 

“You try and improve in every 

aspect,” Mourinho said. “The perfect 

situation is to score a lot of 

goals and not concede. We have to 

chase that perfection. 

“We are happy with what we’re 

doing, but it’s September. We have 

to try and improve all the time.” 

While Mourinho acknowledged 

the meeting with City carries an 

extra significance, he warned 

against placing too much on the 

outcome of the match. 

“It’s one more game, it’s three 

more points,” the Portuguese 

manager said. 

“We don’t play against them. We 

play against 19 teams and, for the 

title, it’s not just City. There are 

other teams in this race. It’s not a 

situation of Chelsea or City, City 

or Chelsea. Other clubs have the 

same ambition.” 

Diego Costa will start despite 

Mourinho admitting the striker 

is currently being managed carefully 

to protect a hamstring problem. 

—Supersport 

Arsenal beat Villa 

LVG looks for lead from Rooney 

DAnnY Welbeck (pictured 

right) opened his Arsenal account 

as three goals in four minutes 

helped the Gunners beat 

Aston Villa yesterday. 

Arsenal opened the scoring 

when Welbeck put Mesut Ozil 

through on goal and the German 

slotted home calmly. 

Ozil repaid the favour by 

crossing for Welbeck to sidefoot 

in from close-range as the England 

striker scored for the first 

time in 16 club games. 

Villa defender Aly Cissokho 

turned a Kieran Gibbs shot into 

his own net and the Midlands 

side failed to recover. 

Arsenal were fortunate to 

escape with only a 2-0 defeat 

from Borussia Dortmund in the 

Champions League in midweek, 

while they had drawn three Premier 

League games before the 

trip to the Midlands. 

They ended that stutter in 

form with devastating spell of 

play in which two of their more 

criticised stars in Ozil and Welbeck 

did the damage as the Gunners 

made it 16 games at Villa 

CAMErOOn will host the 2019 

Afcon tournament, Ivory Coast 

will host the 2021 tournament, 

while Guinea will be hosts in 

2023. 

CAF President Issa Hiyatou 

announced the winning bids 

yesterday at the AU headquarters 

in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

Park without defeat. 

Villa had been this season’s 

surprise package and a win 

would have moved them top of 

the Premier League, but they 

are now third with the Gunners 

moving up to fourth. 

A superb niko Kranjcar freekick 

rescued Queens Park rangers 

from defeat against a Stoke 

side forced to pay the price for 

missed chances. 

Peter Crouch set up Mame 

Biram Diouf ’s easy header for 

the opening goal before Steven 

Caulker headed home at the far 

post to level before the break. 

Crouch’s 51st-minute strike 

seemed to have secured victory 

for Stoke. 

But Kranjcar stepped up two 

minutes before the end and sublimely 

found the top corner to 

secure a valuable draw. 

QPr looked likely to be heading 

towards their fourth league 

defeat of the season until Kranjcar, 

their most creative force 

during an entertaining match, 

scored his first league goal since 

February 2011. 

CAF announces Afcon host countries 

The Executive Committee of 

Africa’s governing body of football 

met yesterday to vote on the 

bids. 

The Committee also decided 

to give unanimous support 

to Sepp Blatter at the next Fifa 

elective assembly in 2015. 

—Soccer Laduma 

Kranjcar’s dramatic strike 

was even more of a surprise as 

the west Londoners have struggled 

in front of goal this season, 

scoring just once in the league 

before this match. 

The draw will be a bitter pill for 

Stoke manager Mark Hughes to 

swallow as his team, a constant 

threat on the counter-attack, 

were wasteful in the final third 

and failed to close out the game 

when victory was nearly theirs. 

Yesterday’s results 

QPR 2 - 2 Stoke 

Aston Villa 0 - 3 Arsenal 

Burnley 0 - 0 Sunderland 

Newcastle 2 - 2 Hull 

Swansea 0 - 1 Southampton 

—BBCSport 

Issa Hiyatou 

MAnCHESTEr United manager 

Louis van Gaal has suggested 

Wayne rooney has “priviledges” 

as he prepares his side to travel to 

Leicester today. 

United got their season up and 

running with a 4-0 Premier League 

win over QPr last weekend — van 

Gaal’s first competitive victory 

since moving into the hot seat at 

Old Trafford — and they will hope 

to continue that form against another 

newly-promoted side at the 

King Power Stadium. 

Such has been the turmoil at the 

start of van Gaal’s reign that only 

four players — rooney, David de 

Gea, Tyler Blackett and Juan Mata 

— have started all four of their Premier 

League matches so far. 

After United added the attacking 

talent of Angel di Maria and 

radamel Falcao during the recent 

transfer window, much has been 

made of how van Gaal will accommodate 

all of his forwards. 

The Dutchman has denied it will 

result in a straight fight between 

Falcao and robin van Persie to 

play alongside rooney but he has 

also suggested that other than goalkeeper 

de Gea, rooney will always 

play. 

“There are always players you 

put in a team. My captain shall always 

play and normally the goalkeeper, 

so it’s not a surprise,” van 

Gaal said. 

“Maybe it’s a surprise Blackett 

has played all the games but he has 

played well and Mata is a very good 

player. 

“I don’t think any player is fixed. 

Only the captain has more privileges 

but no other player has privileges 

I think. Every player knows that 

because you see how I manage my 

teams.” 

Van Gaal has indicated he will 

stick with the 4-3-3 shape he deployed 

against QPr and that the formation 

will benefit forward Adnan 

Januzaj, who has not yet started in 

the Premier League this season. 

Van Gaal has regularly bemoaned 

United’s lengthy injury list but defender 

Chris Smalling, who has 

been struggling with a groin problem, 

is now available again. 

Michael Carrick, Ashley Young, 

Phil Jones, Marouane Fellaini and 

James Wilson are among those 

still missing for United, who have 

won each of their last 10 matches 

against Leicester. 

Foxes manager nigel Pearson believes 

United have their “swagger” 

back after a difficult time under David 

Moyes that saw the Scot sacked 

less than one season after he replaced 

retired compatriot Alex Ferguson, 

British football’s most successful 

boss, at Old Trafford. 

new manager van Gaal has added 

plenty of attacking threat, including 

di Maria and Falcao, and his opposite 

number is under no illusions 

as to the size of the task facing his 

side today. 

“It’s potentially our most glamorous 

fixture at the King Power,” 

Pearson said. “It’s a fixture that a 

lot of people look for. 

“Manchester United have been 

the most dominant domestic club. 

They are a world brand and have 

made their recruitment intentions 

quite clear. 

“United look like they have a 

swagger back, they have added 

quality.” 

—Supersport


Sport 

Nations Cup bid: No longer a Dube issue 

Our loss had far more 

to do with other 

things than what we 

were made to believe 

THERE are some people who 

just cannot believe in themselves 

to an extent that they 

do not believe that Zimbabwe can 

successfully host the 2017 Africa 

Cup of Nations. To them, everything 

to do with Zifa, or Zimbabwe, 

cannot succeed even if 

events on the ground suggest otherwise. 

I am not a fan of Zifa, but I 

think that the decision to bid for 

the 2017 Nations Cup is spot on. 

I also believe that we have equal, 

if not better, chances of bagging 

the tournament, considering the 

countries we are likely to compete 

against: Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, 

Ghana, Tanzania, and Rwanda. 

While we might not compare 

with the likes of South Africa or 

Morocco in terms of stadiums, I 

think we have stadiums that are 

good enough to host that tournament 

given that there is still two 

years or so left for us to improve 

on what we already have. 

What did Burkina Faso have 

when they hosted the 1998 African 

football festival? Only two stadiums 

that were fit for secondary 

school football and not an international 

football showcase. 

In 2000, we lost out the Nations 

Cup on the pretension that the 

country did not have up-to-standard 

stadiums. But I can safely say 

we had far much better stadiums 

than what Burkina Faso had. 

Our loss had far more to do with 

other things than what we were 

made to believe. 

The Confederation of African 

Football is straight to the point — 

insidesport 

with MICHAEL KARIATI 

they require at least four separate 

venues for the competition. We 

have the National Sports Stadium 

in Harare, an upgraded Barbourfields 

Stadium in Bulawayo, Mandava 

Stadium in Zvishavane and 

we only need some adjustments 

to Sakubva Stadium in Mutare or 

Ascot in Gweru to guarantee CAF 

the four venues. 

Although critics have pointed 

out that there is no accommodation 

in Zvishavane for the thousands 

of fans expected for the contest, 

the fans can still be accommodated 

in other cities or towns 

and still make it to the stadiums 

in time. All we need is an efficient 

transport system. 

How many people travel to Mandava 

Stadium from Bulawayo, 

Gweru, and Harare and arrive in 

time to watch their teams play FC 

Platinum? 

CAF owe us. They know that 

they unfairly took away the 2000 

Nations Cup from us and now is 

the time for them to make up for 

that. 

That Zimbabwe is lobbying for 

co-hosting status with Zambia is a 

waste of time. Zambia have committed 

themselves to hosting the 

2019 finals and they would prefer 

to fight their own battle than help 

Zimbabwe in their own cause. 

As my good old friend Edmore 

“Kabila” Buta puts it, “Get rich or 

die trying.” In that respect, it will 

be honourable for Zimbabwe to 

lose after trying. And it will even 

be sweeter for us to succeed after 

doing everything on our own. 

We are crying over foreign currency. 

Just imagine how much all 

those thousands of football fans 

will bring to Zimbabwe. The Nigerians, 

the Moroccans, the Senegalese, 

the Zambians and the South 

Africans, should they qualify –— 

millions of dollars. 

The financial spin offs will be 

for all — including non football 

followers. The vendors, the transport 

operators, the accommodation 

providers, government itself, 

Zifa, the list of beneficiaries is 

endless. So, why can’t we take advantage 

of the Nations Cup in our 

time of need. 

Football unites all people, 

Asians, blacks, coloureds, and 

whites. In that respect, the government 

should reinforce that 

unity by providing the much 

needed government guarantees. 

That is what is only missing 

right now. 

CAF have given all the prospective 

bidding countries up to September 

30 to submit their official 

bids and we have only nine days 

to do so. 

This is not the time for personalities. 

This is not a Cuthbert 

Dube or a Jonathan Mashingaidze 

project. This is an opportunity 

for Zimbabwe as a nation to bring 

Africa’s top footballers right on 

our doorsteps and make money in 

the process. 

This is our chance. Another 

might never come. 

And to our beloved Kepekepe 

There is no way one can ignore 

the emotions that have been 

stirred by the flip flop that CAPS 

United are going through. Here 

is the feedback from some of the 

supporters of CAPS UNITED. 

Tichaona Mushokori wrote, 

“I am a die-hard CAPS United 

Zifa president Cuthbert Dube and his trusted lieutenant , Zifa chief executive officer 

Jonathan Mashingaidze 

supporter but the team is being 

run like a boozers club. Are you 

sure that Mangwiro is a pedestrian? 

This is embarrassing.” 

Jangiya Makandanye from 

Karoi who says he is popularly 

known in his area as Shutto 

had this to say, “It touches 

me a lot to see CAPS United 

in this crisis. The legacy of 

the team has been destroyed. 

If Twine [Phiri] does not have 

money he should swallow his 

pride and bring in other investors.” 

Windom Mutasa from Mutare 

also wrote, “My heart bleeds 

for CAPS United. I think they 

should just sell shares to us supporters. 

A big team needs big investment.” 

Munyaradzi Chasi also added 

his voice, “This is Twine’s property. 

Let him run it the way he sees 

fit. Has anyone come to your 

house and told you, how you 

should run your family? Leave 

Twine alone.” 

The trophy cabinet is empty but 

Noel Nyati Nyamanhindi says 

he will stick to his Green Machine 

in their time of need, “CAPS is 

our team since long back. Whether 

in crisis or not, I will stand by 

the club.” 

But one thing that is making 

the Green Machine family 

strong is the knowledge that all 

teams experience their ups and 

downs. Their ups, they boast, 

will come. 

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PSL boss defends 

love for Mandava 

By BRIAN NKIwANE 

THE creation of the fourth Division 

One league in the country 

in 2010 — the Central Region — 

saw Mimosa Football Club being 

crowned the first champions of 

the region thereby grabbing the 

sole ticket to play in the top flight 

league in 2011. 

The other regions which have 

been in existence are Northern, 

Eastern and Southern Region. 

It did not take time for the rich 

platinum miners led by then president 

Nathan Shoko to approve 

a budget that would see the renovations 

of the stadium which 

did not take time, turning a small 

“shake shake” football pitch into 

one of the country’s finest football 

venues. 

The job done by Shoko and 

his executive has changed Zvishavane 

from a ghost mining 

town to a football town. 

With Shabanie Mine FC in the 

same hood already playing in the 

league, the coming in of FC Platinum 

has changed a lot of things 

in Zimbabwean football as the Zvishavane 

derby has proved to be 

one of the liveliest in the country 

with the Harare derby now a one 

sided affair, as DeMbare has continued 

to dominate. 

Mandava has become the most 

popular football venue for most 

of the cup competitions that have 

been played in the country. 

This has not gone down well 

with other football stakeholders, 

fans as well as clubs who claim 

that this presents FC Platinum an 

edge over their opponents each 

time they play at home, especially 

in cup matches. 

A number of cup competitions 

have been staged at the stadium 

which can host evening matches. 

Most fans were quick to point at 

the NetOne four team season opener 

which was staged at Mandava 

last year as well as the Chibuku Super 

Cup in which FC Platinum has 

for the second time played at home. 

The platinum miners played 

Bantu Rovers in the first round of 

the cup on August 16 at Mandava 

before edging CAPS United in the 

same competition at the same venue 

last weekend. 

A TV presenter during the draw 

in Gweru on Monday announced 

that FC Platinum was going to host 

Black Rhinos in the semis at the 

same venue, raising concern the 

Stadium was being favoured. 

PSL chief executive officer Kenny Ndebele 

A staunch football fan Pawareva 

Tube Ngwenya could not believe 

FC Platinum would play three 

games in the same cup at home. 

“This is not good at all. FC Platinum 

is getting favours from the 

league and it has to be investigated,” 

said Ngwenya. 

However, PSL chief executive officer 

Kenny Ndebele was quick to 

respond to the allegations. 

“The problem is that there is an 

element of overzealousness on the 

part of whoever announced the 

venues. As PSL, we have not yet 

announced the venues of the semifinals. 

We are going to do that in 

the near future taking into consideration 

all these things that football 

stakeholders have been raising,” 

Ndebele said. 

Standardsport coaxed Ndebele 

to reveal why Mandava had become 

a favourite venue in such a 

short space of time. 

“The thing is there are charges 

that go with hosting a football 

match at any given venue. I think 

as PSL we have been advocating 

for the lowering of these charges 

with town councils which has 

in many cases fallen on deaf ears. 

But I am happy to tell you that we 

have been getting favourable rates 

from FC Platinum for the use of 

that venue. In most cases, other 

towns charge 20% of the total 

gate takings for the use of a stadium 

but here we have been getting 

low rates, as low as five percent.” 

Ndebele said FC Platinum usually 

allowed the venue to be used for 

charity matches. 

“The owners of the venue go on 

to avail the venue for free each time 

charity matches are played. Look 

at the just-ended Zimbabwe National 

Army Charity Shield played 

between Platinum and CAPS United, 

the venue was for free.” 

There was another charity 

match played at the beginning of 

the year, the CG Msipa Charity 

Shield which featured four teams 

namely Highlanders, who lost to 

Chapungu in the semis and Shabanie 

Mine who also lost to Platinum 

in the same stage. Platinum 

won the cup after beating Chapungu 

United in the final. 

Ndebele also cited the cost 

which goes with live screening 

of football matches on Supersport 

channels. 

“Mandava is a bit central. We 

can cover a match in Bulawayo 

and proceed to Mandava the following 

day, or cover a match in 

Gweru and proceed to Mandava 

or even cover a match in Chiredzi 

and proceed to Mandava the following 

day, or vice-versa. The stadium 

was built in such a way that 

it offers live coverage equipment, 

therefore we do not have to hire 

scaffolds for cameras like what 

we do at other stadiums in other 

parts of the country.” 

He also admitted that the move 

to stick to Mandava has paid off 

as other towns who did not want 

to move from the 20% charge had 

since discovered that they were 

losing business and were now 

willing to negotiate, with others, 

like Harare coming down to 15%.

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ZPC Kariba home ready for use 

By BRian nKiwane 

FINALLY it’s here! Zimbabwe 

Power Company (ZPC) Kariba 

Football Club followers will 

have a chance to watch their team 

playing the remaining home fixture 

at their favourite hunting ground, 

Nyamhunga after the venue went 

through a major facelift. 

Gwenya Rekuchamhembe or 

Kauya Katuruturu, as they are fondly 

known by their fans, have been 

using Gwanzura in Highfields Harare, 

as their home ground since the 

time they started life in the topflight 

league. 

The team had hoped that they 

would revert to their favourite hunting 

ground yesterday when they 

took on rejuvenated army side 

Black Rhinos, but the visiting Zifa 

Grounds Committee led by Zifa 

board member development John 

Phiri said the stadium needed some 

attention and may only be ready for 

use after five days. 

The other members of the committee 

are retired referee Wilfred 

Mukuna and Premier Soccer 

League (PSL) chairman Twine Phiri. 

Speaking to this publication on 

Wednesday, a day after travelling to 

assess the stadium, PSL chairman 

Phiri said the venue, which could 

be regarded as one of the best in the 

country, was almost done. 

“I can confirm we were in Kariba 

to see progress at Nyamhunga 

Stadium. What I can tell you is that 

the stadium has been renovated to 

acceptable standards. However, we 

felt that there were some things that 

needed to be done on the terraces so 

we decided not to give it a go, hosting 

this weekend’s match. We will 

Zifa Grounds Committee chairman John Phiri (with blue tie) watches as Mukuna bends 

down to take measurements at Nyamhunga last week 

go back there in a few days’ time to 

see whether they would have attended 

to all the areas raised during the 

tour so that we can give them the 

green light to start using the stadium,” 

Phiri said. 

ZPC Kariba will try and make 

full use of home advantage when 

they bounce back to their favourite 

hunting ground in their push for 

the title in their maiden premiership 

dance. 

The power company which has 

shocked many with their performance 

in their first season in topflight 

league, still have three home 

matches to play before the 2014 soccer 

season curtain comes down. 

Their next home game which 

could be their first in Kariba will 

be against Triangle FC. After the 

Black Rhinos match this weekend, 

ZPC Kariba will make a long trip to 

Bulawayo for a date against secondplaced 

Highlanders in a match that 

could have a bearing on the championship 

destination as both teams 

are in the running for the title. 

After hosting Triangle, Kauya 

Katuruturu will travel to Zvishavane 

to face Norman Mapeza’s 

FC Platinum before hosting army 

side Buffaloes. 

The power generators will make 

another trip to the capital to host 

Harare City before winding up 2014 

premiership action by hosting defending 

champions Dynamos in a 

match that promises to set Kariba 

alight, officially marking the arrival 

of premiership action in the resort 

town. With home fans having 

watched only two home games at 

Nyamhunga, this match will leave 

a lot of suspense in the football 

starved community. 

Sin Latigo ready to 

step out of shadow 

By MiChael KaRiati 

THREE-YEAR-oLD filly Sin Latigo 

is ready to step out of the shadow 

of sister Equina and trainer Cornie 

Spies has stepped up her training 

routine to ensure that Silvinho’s 

daughter lives her own life. 

Sin Latigo, whose father is from 

German and her mother, Usual 

Winner from Brazil, has seen her 

sister dominate Borrowdale race 

course but with Equina coming 

into the picture later in the season, 

Spies knows too well that this is the 

chance for Sin Latigo to impose her 

own dominance. 

Equina won the Fillies Champaigne 

Stakes, the Castle Tankard 

and the oK Grand Challenge and 

finished second in the Republic 

Cup, but Sin Latigo is turning four 

this year and ready to challenge the 

best. 

So far so good. After coming second 

to Bobby Soxer in her season 

opener — the Merit Rated 60 Handicap 

— Sin Latigo this afternoon 

finds herself on the course for the 

US$7 500 Merit Rated 55 Handicap 

to be run over 1 800 metres. 

A win or a placing in this race, 

and another placing on october 

5, will do good to her name after a 

2013/14 season in which she only 

managed four placings and no win 

in her first 19 races. 

Towards the end of last season, 

Sin Latigo became a favourite for 

punters as she offered huge figures. 

The last time around she offered 

US$3,10 when she came second and 

US$10,80 in her swinger combination 

with Bobby Soxer. She gave 

punters US$16,20 for every dollar 

placed when combined with third 

placed Felani. 

There is no question that every 

punter wants a horse that pays and 

Sin Latigo should find herself with 

many backers in this strong Merit 

Rated 55 Handicap field that initially 

had attracted 18 nominations. 

What, however, is disheartening 

is the fact that there is not even a 

single Zimbabwean bred horse in 

this race with all the horses in the 

field coming from South Africa. 

Even more surprising is the fact 

that Spies lines up almost half 

the field with eight nominations 

with the other trainers taking the 

remaining places. Ghokan Terzi 

sends out four horses, Cornish 

Duchess, Juelz, Pole Star and Yenta. 

Sebastien D’Aquino contributes 

two horses, Captain Grant and Tiger 

Who while Kirk Swanson fields 

Downton Twilight. 

There is a place too for Jannie 

Blignaut who has Charir’s Daughter 

and Amy Bronkhorst who 

fields Supa Dupa who the last time 

around on September 7 finished 

second in the 1 600 metre Maiden 

Plate. There are seven races carded 

for the day with stake monies ranging 

between US$7 500 to US$9 000. 

All in all, the total stake money for 

all the races on the day is US$61 500 

which should provide an exciting 

day of racing for the punters.


Sport 

Zimbabwe’s Afcon 

chances next to nil 

By Michael Madyira 

The bid to host the 2017 Africa 

Cup of nations (Afcon) 

could turn out to be 

a pipe dream for Zimbabwe 

whose infrastructure 

does not meet important CAF 

requirements. 

Strong lobbying to be granted 

hosting rights by the Confederation 

of African Football (CAF) 

has started, with a seal of approval 

for the bid coming from President 

Robert Mugabe. 

Bid submissions close on September 

30, after which CAF will 

name the hosts next April. 

However, Zimbabwe’s bid is 

laced with glaring shortcomings. 

One of the requirements by CAF 

is that aspiring hosts must have 

staged other continental competitions 

that include the African nations 

Championship (Chan), the Under-17and 

20 Championship as well 

as the Women’s Football Championship. 

Zimbabwe has hosted none and 

this could seriously jeorpadise their 

chances of being okayed by CAF. 

So far, the strongest candidacy 

has emerged from East Africa 

where Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda 

and Uganda have declared interest. 

Rwanda has an edge over Zimbabwe 

after meeting CAF prerequisites 

with a track record of 

hosting the 2009 African Under-20 

Youth Championship as well as 

the 2011 African Under-17 Championship. 

Rwanda wants to stage it together 

with Kenya and Tanzania and 

the countries have already contacted 

each other on the opportunity. 

The 2016 Chan tournament will 

also take place in Rwanda who 

have already started revamping 

their infrastructure which was already 

improved when they hosted 

the youths tournament. 

Kenya has better football facilities 

than Zimbabwe. 

Also favouring East Africa is 

the fact that Afcon was last staged 

in that region 38 years ago with 

only Ethiopia hosting the tournament 

thrice before. 

Zimbabwe could also be undone 

by the fact that of the last three Afcon 

editions, two have been held in 

Southern Africa and CAF would 

prefer it to be held elsewhere. 

Mali, Ghana and Egypt have 

also declared contention to welcome 

the continental showcase in 

2017 and all have ready infrastructure 

after having hosted before. 

With less than three years to 

go before the 2017 Afcon kicks 

off, CAF is likely to give hosting 

rights to a country with established 

infrastructure that include 

stadiums, training grounds, road, 

rail and air transport networks 

that meet modern standards. 

In a bid to improve its chances, 

Zimbabwe is courting neighbouring 

countries with the view of cohosting 

the tournament. 

But no southern African country 

has so far expressed interest to 

co-host the 2017 tournament. 

Zifa’s pushing of several government 

ministries for the hosting 

of Afcon when it is doubtful 

Zimbabwe can be granted the 

rights, has been interpreted in 

some quarters as a bid to divert attention 

from their glaring failings 

in the running of the local game. 

But the association’s spokesperson 

Xolisani Gwesela insists Zimbabwe 

is ready to host the continent. 

“We have always said that Zimbabwe 

is interested in having Afcon 

here,” said Gwesela. 

“Zimbabwe has the capacity to 

host major events. Look at the 1995 

All-Africa Games, 2009 Cosafa Cup 

and in December the Region V 

Games will be held in this country. 

If people from all walks of life join 

hands and work together, it will always 

happen.” 

Tourism and Hospitality Industry 

minister Walter Mzembi is also 

hopeful that Zimbabwe will welcome 

the continent in 2017. 

“Sports events are a magnet of 

tourists and spectators in the stadiums 

are my market [tourists]. We 

Barbourfields Stadium... Enormous work still needs to be done for it to meet modern 

standards. 

want to make sure they are comfortable. 

Right now we need each other 

for a successful hosting of Afcon. 

Zimbabweans want to move forward 

and I am happy the general public is 

with us in this,” said Mzembi. 

It would however take a substantial 

amount of money and 

work to give a facelift to the country’s 

poor football facilities. 

Only the national Sports Stadium 

would require less work although 

its grandstands would require 

bucket seats. 

Renovating Barbourfields to 

meet world-class standards would 

require a complete overhaul of 

the stadium. 

When 2000 Afcon hosting rights 

were taken away from Zimbabwe, 

CAF described Mutare’s Sakubva 

Stadium as “just a hip of sand” 

and it has deteriorated even further 

since then. 

As for Ascot, it needs to be constructed 

from scratch while the 

same could be said about the Colliery 

in Hwange as well as Mandava 

or Maglas in Zvishavane. 

There would also be need for 

the construction of new hotels 

in those cities in a space of two 

years. 

The country is served by just 

two international airports, which 

could create congestion for travelling 

teams and fans. 

A budget of not less than US$300 

million would be required but 

Zimbabwe is battling with a bleeding 

economy. 

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page 28. 

Nyumbu’s sweet hour of triumph 

By MuNyaradzi MadzoKere 

“WHEn God says it’s your time, it 

is indeed your time. I believe it was 

just my time to get the opportunity 

to do what I could for my country 

and that’s all I can say.” 

These words came from Zimbabwe 

cricket’s man of the moment, 

John nyumbu, in the wake of his 

spellbinding rise to become a vital 

cog in the national team. nyumbu 

made his Test and One Day International 

debut last month at a ripe age 

of 29. 

Many will remember him as the 

man who treated the world to some 

fancy footwork as he danced to celebrate 

that unforgettable wound inflicted 

on AB de Villiers in his solitary 

Test match against South Africa. 

As nyumbu revels in his newfound 

prominence, not many people 

know that he is a man who almost 

gave up the dream to don the national 

team colours having made a decision 

to quit the game hardly a year 

ago. 

nyumbu shared the remarkable 

story of his cricket career with 

Standardsport on the sidelines of a 

national practice session recently. 

“To be honest, this past season I 

had no plans to play cricket. After a 

long time pursuing the dream, reality 

was finally hitting me that I had 

a family to feed and so I had to look 

for another source of income but a 

friend, Langton Rusere convinced 

me to give it one more try. I listened to 

him and had a great season of cricket. 

“Then came the call up to the Zim 

A side, the Test debut and the ODI 

Series. It’s quite humbling when I 

look back at what has happened not 

only in the past two months but the 

past year of my career,” he said. 

The Matabeleland Tuskers off 

spinner kicked off his international 

Test debut against a top ranked 

South Africa side last month and became 

only the second Zimbabwean 

after Andy Blignaut to claim a five 

wicket haul on debut. 

His 5 for 157 figures included the 

wickets of world class batters in de 

Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Alviro Peterson, 

JP Duminy as well as that of 

number one bowler Dayle Steyn. 

Growing up in the dusty, hallowed 

streets of Mzilikazi in Bulawayo, it 

would stand to reason that nyumbu 

had a football related dream but fate 

had other ideas. 

“When I was young I always 

dreamt of representing my country 

in football as well as playing 

for Highlanders. But I did not 

have a first and third school term 

sport so some friends invited me 

to join cricket. 

“Initially I was a mere slip fielder 

where I used to take some great 

catches but one day playing for 

the Milton High School Under-16s 

against Midlands Christian College 

I was asked to bowl. 

“With our opponents needing 10 

runs with 5 wickets in hand, I took 

the five wickets and won the game 

for my school and that’s when my 

spin bowling career started,” recalled 

the father of two boys, Vincent 

and Rafael. 

Making his first class debut in 

2004, the former Cecil John Rhodes 

Primary School student endured a 

lot of trying and frustrating times 

in his career. 

At one time he was part of the 

Tuskers team that had Keegan 

Meth, Glen Querl, Chris Mpofu, Tawanda 

Mpariwa, Keith Dabengwa 

IN top form . . . Zimbabwe cricket’s man of the moment, John Nyumbu 

and naturally it was him who had to 

sit out the games. 

He however thanked his wife of 

three years Sheila for always providing 

a shoulder to cry on when 

chips were down as well as his family 

which kept supporting and encouraging 

him. 

Past being past, nyumbu is currently 

in national team camp as 

he prepares for his first ever international 

tour as Zimbabwe visits 

the subcontinent country, Bangladesh, 

for three Tests and five ODI 

matches. nyumbu reckons maturity 

has helped him to settle easily 

in the national team set up while 

producing consistently solid performances 

ever since he got the 

call-up. 

In a World Cup season such as 

we are in, nyumbu’s name could be 

among the first on Stephen Mangongo’s 

line up for the global showpiece 

set for Australia and new Zealand 

early next year. 

Star-studded cast 

for marathon 

By Michael Kariati 

An array of the country’s top 

marathon runners will be on parade 

in the third edition of the 

Old Mutual Westgate Half Marathon 

which takes centre stage this 

morning. 

The country’s top runners that 

include Cuthbert nyasango and 

Wirimai Juwao, who holds the 

course record of 1 hour, 2 minutes 

and 70 seconds, will be available. 

Juwao could not defend his title 

last year and it went to Kelvin 

Pangiso who had finished second 

the previous year. 

Pangiso will be there to defend 

his title, as will Juwao, nyasango, 

Lewis Masunda, Edmore Sibanda, 

and Jonathan Chinyoka, giving 

the race a star-studded cast. 

not to be outdone is the female 

contingent of defending champions 

Constance nyasango as well 

as Faith nyasango, and Sharon 

Tawengwa. 

Rutendo nyahora, who won the 

competition in 2012 with a time of 

1 hour, 11 minutes and 38 seconds, 

will also be in the fray, coming all 

the way from South Africa where 

she is based. 

Thabita Tsatsa, and the seasoned 

Samukeliso Moyo will also 

be on the road to battle for the 

high stakes on offer. 

The attraction will be the financial 

rewards on offer where the 

winners are guaranteed US$3 000 

with runners up pocketing US$1 

500 and US$1 000. 

Theses prizes compete favourably 

with some of the highest paying 

marathon contests on the continent.

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Masomere taunts Nyirenda 

“If he [Nyirenda] can score two goals for the opponents in two weeks, as 

well as providing assists, why can’t he score a goal for my team and give 

me one assist?” 

BY MICHAEL MADYIRA 

CAPS United defender 

George Nyirenda’s two 

own goals in as many 

weeks, both against FC 

Platinum did not only 

ring loud to reach the corridors 

of State House and drew the attention 

of President Robert Mugabe. 

The goals have also provided a 

game plan for How Mine coach 

Luke Masomere who arrives at 

Rufaro with his side this afternoon 

for a league meeting with 

the Green Machine. 

Nyirenda beat his own goalkeepers 

Jorum Muchambo and 

Tafadzwa Dube respectively in the 

ZNA Charity Shield final 6-0 loss 

and Chibuku Super Cup last eight 

at Mandava where his goal decided 

the afternoon. 

With Stephen Makatuka suspended 

due to a red card earned 

in their last league match against 

Bantu Rovers, Nyirenda is almost 

assured of starting today. 

Despite having lost the trust of 

fans, he is likely to partner David 

Chipala in central defence. 

“I am banking on Nyirenda, 

that dreadlocked defender,” said 

Masomere. “I was told that when 

CAPS lost 6-0, Nyirenda scored 

an own goal and assisted FC Platinum 

with three goals. He also 

scored for the opposition again 

last week. If he can score two 

goals for the opponents in two 

weeks, as well as providing assists, 

why can’t he score a goal for 

my team and give me one assist? I 

hope he continues to play like that 

and I respect him for that.” 

It would take some great psyching 

to restore Nyirenda’s confidence 

against a How Mine side 

that has attacking prowess in 

Kuda Musharu and the speedy 

trio of Emmanuel Mandiranga, 

Timothy January and Edmore 

Muzanenhamo. 

But CAPS coach Taurai Mangwiro 

has come out in support of 

his defender. 

“Nyirenda should not be 

shunned for those goals on the 

wrong end,” Mangwiro said. “I 

do not want to judge him by that 

because he did so while trying to 

save the team. Even the top defenders 

in the world can score 

own goals.” 

Their opponents How Mine 

would be missing injured veteran 

defenders George Magariro and 

Gilbert Banda. 

January is returning from injury 

together with Nyasha Mukumbi. 

The past two weeks have been 

turbulent for CAPS United and 

they will be seeking a turnaround 

in their fortunes today. 

Mangwiro’s side have been looking 

terrible and they also failed 

to win their last league match 

against Division One-bound Bantu 

Rovers. 

But Masomere is wary of the 

threat Makepekepe pose as they 

try to recover from the slump. 

“They lost two matches in a row 

and it is not like they will continue 

losing. I know they went back 

to the drawing board to rectify 

their shortcomings. I know Mangwiro 

has been doing his homework,” 

said Masomere. 

While Masomere insists that he 

is building a team for next season, 

undoubtedly he is not crafting a 

team for next term’s Southern Region 

Division One campaign. 

“I am still new here and giving 

everyone a chance to play,” said 

Masomere. “Where in the world 

are players given chances in more 

than eight games? This is the time 

for players to showcase themselves 

and prove that they deserve 

to be in my team next season.” 

After being knocked out of the 

Chibuku Cup by Highlanders last 

week, Masomere has taken charge 

of two losses and a win in his 

three-game reign so far. 

As for CAPS, in the midst of a 

turbulent period, they have not 

thrown in the towel yet in their 

league campaign. 

Sitting at fourth position and 

still within track of the leading 

pack of Dynamos, Highlanders 

and ZPC Kariba, Mangwiro has 

hopes of ending the season with 

the league crown they last won 

nearly a decade ago. 

“We would want to bounce back 

to winning ways. Our wish is to 

stay closer to the leading teams 

and it is good that the leading 

pack is still within touching distance. 

We have to win our remaining 

matches for us to win the 

league title although we do not 

want to talk much about it at this 

stage,” said Mangwiro. 

Making CAPS’ task difficult is 

the fact that they face a team that 

is staring relegation and eager to 

stay safe. 

Chicken Inn add more misery to Bantu Rovers 

BY SPORTS REPORTER 

Chicken Inn . . . (1) 2 

Bantu Rovers. . (1) 1 

BANTU Rovers’ chances of surviving 

the chop from the Premier Soccer 

League suffered yet another dent 

when they lost to Chicken Inn at 

Hartsfield Rugby Ground yesterday. 

Lenience Mpofu scored probably 

one of the fastest goals this season 

when he punished his former paymasters 

as early as 47 seconds into the 

match. 

Chicken Inn equalised through 

Danny “Deco” Phiri in the 37th minute 

before George Majika grabbed the 

second for the GameCocks six minutes 

after the break. 

Bantu Rovers are still rooted second 

from the bottom of the log table with 

17 points from 23 games while Chicken 

Inn moved from position seven to 

six with 33 points from the same number 

of games following FC Platinum’s 

goalless draw with Dynamos at Mandava. 

Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas 

praised his players for the win after 

they had conceded an early goal. 

“We conceded a very early goal. One 

of the fastest goals we have conceded. 

The boys did some good work by 

getting the victory. We did not panic, 

we regrouped after the first goal and 

that helped us. I am happy that Majika 

scored to show his capabilities. We 

have seven games to go. We hope to finish 

the season strongly,” he said. 

Bantu Rovers “associate” coach 

Mandla “Lulu” Mpofu said despite the 

loss they can survive relegation. 

In Chiredzi, Kenneth Nyangani 

reports that 10-men Chiredzi FC produced 

a spirited second-half performance 

that saw them dispatching Shabanie 

Mine 1-0 in a Premier Soccer 

League match at Chishamiso yesterday. 

Forward Tatenda Kanyemba scored 

the all-important goal with 12 minutes 

to go. 

The match had started 20 minutes 

late as there was no security personnel. 

In spite of gaining three points, 

Chiredzi remain at the basement of 

the log while Shabanie Mine also remained 

unmoved at third position 

from the bottom. 

ZPC Kariba overcome 10-man Black Rhinos 

BY MuNYARADzI MADzOkERE 

ZPC Kariba …(1) 2 

Black Rhinos…(0) 1 

ZPC Kariba rediscovered their winning 

ways with a hard fought victory 

over a gallant 10-man Black 

Rhinos at Gwanzura yesterday to 

move second on the Premier Soccer 

League standings. 

In a slow opening half, characterised 

by crude tackles and very few 

goal scoring opportunities, Tawanda 

Manyanduri opened the scoring 

for the power utility side in the 36th 

minute with a scorcher from outside 

the 18-yard box after pouncing 

on a foiled Limited Chikafa free 

kick effort. 

On 40 minuts, matters got worse 

for Rhinos with their best player 

on view, Wonder Kupinda getting a 

straight red card for kicking Chikafa 

in retaliation to a foul on him by 

the veteran forward. 

Saul Chaminuka’s men would extend 

their lead just five minutes 

into the second half when defender 

Dennis Dauda converted a spot 

kick after referee Thomas Masaa 

had adjudged substitute Nesbert 

Padzarondora to have handled in 

the box. 

Black Rhinos were also awarded a 

penalty in the 71st minute after constantly 

bombarding their opponents’ 

box in search of goals, despite their 

numerical disadvantage. 

Up stepped Milton Kurewa to send 

Tendai Hove the wrong way and ensure 

the game went right to the wire 

as ZPC Kariba clung on to the precious 

maximum points. 

CAPS United defender George Nyirenda (right)... His two own goals in as many weeks 

have provided a game plan for How Mine coach Luke Masomere. 

Zifa to announce national 

teams assistant coaches 

BY NYAMBIRA CHIvASA 

The Zimbabwe Football 

Association (Zifa) will 

this week announce assistant 

coaches to all national 

teams starting from grassroots 

level up to the national 

developmental side. 

The football supreme body 

last month announced the 

head coaches to all national 

teams starting from Under-13, 

17, 20 and 23 teams. 

Zifa communications manager 

Xolisani Gwesela confirmed 

to this publication 

that the football governing 

body would move with speed 

to appoint assistant coaches 

to allow all the teams to start 

working in preparation of 

matches that they will be taking 

part in. 

“We will be announcing assistant 

coaches of all youth 

teams by the end of this week 

to see to it that they start 

working towards preparations 

for whatever competition 

they will be playing,” 

Gwesela said. 

The late appointment of 

assistant coaches will have 

a negative impact on preparations 

for the African Union 

Sports region V Under-20 

Youth Games to be held in 

Bulawayo from December 4 

to 15. 

Shabanie Mine head coach 

Jairos Tapera, who has a rich 

history of working with junior 

players, was re-appointed 

the Under-20 national team 

coach while Gutu Football 

Club head coach Tafadzwa 

Mashiri was appointed Under-17 

national team coach. 

Kiglon head coach Pearson 

Matipedza comes in as the 

new Under-15 national team 

coach while James Mohala 

from the Naph structures 

was appointed, national Under-13 

coach. 

Bulawayo’s Sithethelelwe 

Sibanda has been appointed 

as head coach for both the 

Under-20 and Under-23 women’s 

teams while Hwange 

High school English teacher 

Evelyn Rimai is the new Under-17 

team boss. 

Fifteen countries will converge 

in the country for the 

games to be staged in Bulawayo 

and these include South 

Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, 

Swaziland, Zambia, 

DRC, Tanzania, Madagascar, 

Mauritius, Seychelles, Angola, 

Botswana,Lesotho, Malawi 

and Zimbabwe.


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Mangwiro defends... 

“I do not want to judge 

him [Nyirenda] by that 

because he did so while 

trying to save the team. 

Even the top defenders in 

the world can score own 

goals.” 

Page 31 

Highlanders lose ground 

BY MICHAEL MADYIRA 

Harare City… (1) 1 

Highlanders. . . 0 

An incoherent Highlanders dropped 

three crucial points and slid a 

rung down the Premier Soccer 

League standings after falling to 

Harare City at Rufaro yesterday. 

Francisco Zekumbawire punished a jittery 

Bosso defence with a first half goal 

as the visitors allowed leaders Dynamos to 

extend the gap above them to four points 

while they were also dislodged from second 

spot by ZPC Kariba. 

Bosso were simply pathetic all afternoon, 

giving the clearest sign that they are not 

championship material. 

Kelvin Kaindu’s men lacked confidence 

and zeal, appearing as though they had been 

forced to travel to Harare for the match. 

“I think we lacked passion a bit,” said 

Kaindu. 

“I know the team when they want to win 

and today we lacked that zeal. The character 

was not there at all. All we need is to believe 

and pick ourselves up in the remaining 

games. Dropping points at this stage of 

the season will always make things difficult 

for us.” 

City were also to blame for the slim win 

after fluffing numerous chances on a day 

they partied around the Highlanders defence. 

But gaining three points however, pushed 

them up one place to eighth spot which has 

become coach Masimba Dinyero’s target. 

“My boys played very well although 

they missed some good chances. But they 

showed that they can play any team in this 

country and come out with a good result. 

The fighting spirit in the team carried the 

day for us. Everyone was putting maximum 

effort and we won every battle in the midfield. 

Now a top-eight finish is realistic for 

us,” said Dinyero. 

The script was written from the first 

whistle that the afternoon belonged to City. 

With Welcome Ndiweni operating as a 

right wing back, Kaindu had lost the plot 

as the natural midfielder became a victim 

Harare City supporters celebrate after Francisco Zikumbawire scored the solitary goal against Highlanders at Rufaro Stadium yesterday. Picture: Aaron Ufumeli 

of numerous raids by Osborne Mukuradare 

and William Manondo, thereby exposing 

the centre backs who now had an extra 

duty to cover up for him. 

Martin Vengesai broke loose nine minutes 

into the game but was blocked by goalkeeper 

Ariel Sibanda who was arguably 

Highlanders’ outstanding man. 

Highlanders never launched any meaningful 

attack throughout the first half with 

Mukuradare and James Jam coming close 

to beat Sibanda. 

The deciding moment of the afternoon 

came on 28 minutes when Zekumbawire 

was released by Mukuradare and volleyed 

past Sibanda. 

A well-positioned Zekumbawire could 

have claimed a double but failed to control 

a Manondo feed inside the box before being 

thwarted by Sibanda. 

An under-pressure Erick Mudzingwa 

nearly beat his goalkeeper Sibanda during 

one of the City forays just before the 

break. 

The complexion of the game remained 

the same after the restart as City kept on 

probing with Vengesai just shooting wide 

while Mukuradare also closely missed target 

with a low shot with Sibanda already 

beaten. 

Highlanders’ first meaningful attempt 

at goal came four minutes after the hour 

mark when Charles Sibanda’s shot was 

saved by City goalkeeper Maxwell Nyamupangedengu. 

Manondo had Mukuradare kept the 

Bosso goalkeeper on his toes with close efforts 

as the visitors appeared to have gone 

to sleep instead of pushing for a comeback. 

Dynamos, FC Platinum share the spoils 

FROM MUKUDZEI CHINGWERE IN 

ZVISHAVANE 

FC Platinum … 0 

Dynamos … 0 

FC Platinum could feel hard done 

by referee Mlindeli Ndebele for 

some arguably questionable officiating 

following a league draw 

with defending champions Dynamos 

at Mandava yesterday in a 

game they clearly dominated the 

visitors. 

The stalemate however trimmed 

DeMbare’s lead from three 

to two points following ZPC Kariba’s 

win on the same day, but 

Kalisto Pasuwa’s charges are 

still primed to retain the league 

crown with seven games remaining. 

FC Platinum dropped one place 

to seventh position. 

The incident which stands out 

as the highlight of Ndebele’s 

blameworthy officiating was in 

the 25th minute when he turned 

down Platinum’s penalty appeal 

after Zambian forward Obrey 

Chirwa had been fouled inside 

the box by Augustine Mbara. 

The incident invoked the memories 

of the reverse fixture where 

the miners lost by a narrow goal, 

that came via a contested penalty. 

After the match, FC Platinum 

coach Norman Mapeza however 

declined to be drawn into commenting 

about the officiating. 

“I will never complain about 

the officiating. Referees are human 

beings and they make mistakes.We 

cannot complain about 

the result but getting a point will 

help us in future,” said Mapeza. 

Dynamos coach Kallisto Pasuwa 

conceded that his charges 

were second-best all afternoon 

and also lauded the tactical wits 

of his opposite number. 

“We did not play in the first 

half. We were lifting high balls 

hence we were losing battles in 

the midfield. Norman is a good 

coach and his team is very compact. 

As for the title, we take 

each game as it comes,” said Pasuwa. 

FC Platinum dominated the 

game from the onset with the 

champions failing to take a single 

shot at goal in the opening half. 

Chirwa was a menace in the 

hosts’ final third, breaking with 

pace three times in the opening 

10 minutes but his final delivery 

was not complementary. 

After 15 minutes of action, 

Thabani Kamusoko failed to beat 

Mukandi with his free kick before 

Chirwa headed wide a few 

minutes later. 

On 25 minutes, Ndebele 

shocked Mandava, including Dynamos 

supporters when he denied 

Chirwa a seemingly legitimate 

penalty call after the Zambian 

had been clipped inside the 

box by Mbara. 

Donald Ngoma and Walter Musona 

had chances to put the miners 

into the lead but they were 

not clinical in front of goal. 

On the stroke of half-time, Tawanda 

Muparati escaped a caution 

for a needless lunge on Raphael 

Muduviwa. 

After an hour of action, Ndebele 

blew offside for Ngoma 

whom he adjudged to be in an 

offside position when the striker 

seemed to have timed his run to 

perfection. 

Devon Chafa’s introduction in 

the second half stabilised the Dynamos 

midfield which was being 

outweighed by the effectiveness 

of the opposing midfield trio of 

Wisdom Mutasa, Tatenda Dzumbunu 

and Kamusoko. 

Blessing Moyo attempted at 

goal by unleashing a powerful 

shot on 63 minutes, before he was 

also thwarted by Simon Shoko as 

he prepared to launch another 

cracker. 

Substitute Washington Pakamisa 

also tried to beat FC Platinum 

goalkeeper Petros Mhari 

but in vain. 

Mutasa had a few chances to 

grab the winner late into the 

game but his two efforts were 

wide.


Style 

SEpt 21 to 27, 2014 

ISSUE 21 

Photography by Den Hari Sadja 

Star profile 

Namatayi Mubariki 

Inside 

Ryan Koriya 

style@standard.co.zw

2 THE STANDARD STYLE / CONTENTS 

September 21 to 27 2014 


Style 

Contents 

P08 

Woman & Man 

3 Woman Profile 

Namatayi Mubariki 

5 Motivation 

Tafadzwa 

7 Man Profile 

Ryan Koriya 

Home & Garden 

9 Home of the Week 

Enter our competition 

10 Trends 

Dining rooms 

12 Gardening 

Palms 

Food & Drink 

14 Restaurant Guide 

Lafontaine 

15 A R150 000 Wine 

Lebbie 

Family 

19 Family of the Week 

Mr & Mrs Chifamba 

21 Education 

Cover to Cover winners 

P14 

24 Family Getaway 

Rhino AWAREness Day 

Arts 

26 Breaking New Ground 

Eyahra Mathazia 

28 Bookworm 

Notes on a divided literature 

P07 

P09 

P19 

29 Arts 

Celeb news 

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September 21 to 27 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / WOMAN / PROFILE 3 

Star Profile: 

Namatayi Mubariki-Chipanga 

Prudence Muganiwah 

Photography by Jekesai Njikizana 

Her smooth voice is 

nothing short of 

captivating as its 

deep alto is soothing 

to the soul 

and beautiful 

to 

t h e 

ears. 

The 

Zambian born Namatayi’s voice is nothing 

short of talent par excellence. With a musical 

history spanning back from when she was 

a mere child, the alto goddess has become a 

brand. 

Namatayi Mubariki, who many remember 

from Oliver Mtukudzi’s Black Spirits 

band, is a Christian wife who is married to 

the marimba player Charles Chipanga, and 

together they have created the harmonious 

sounds by the name of Chalenam Rhythms. 

“My passion is music, I love writing, creating 

original compositions, live performances and 

showcasing my talent.” 

What is unique about their music is that 

it is an interesting fusion of Zimbabwean traditional 

beats and a plethora of other genres 

that altogether form a beautiful smooth-flowing 

sound. 

In her seemingly short career, the gifted 

lyricist who also plays the ngoma, hosho, congas 

and mbira very well, has laid the groundwork 

to being an artist of note. And this she 

says, is a gift she is thankful to God for. 

The youngest in a family of five children, 

Namatayi first discovered her love for singing 

when she joined her church choir at a very 

young age. “Life in the limelight began when 

I started my career as a backing vocalist; I 

have sang with a number of notable artists including 

Tanga wekwa Sando, Africa Revenge, 

Prudence Katomeni and the legendary Oliver 

Mtukudzi, among many others.” 

Over the years, she has had the opportunity 

to showcase her talent, albeit as part of 

a band, on various prestigious stages such as 

the Womad Canary Island, the Winnipeg Folk 

Festival, the Floyd Festival, Zanzibar International 

Film Festival, African Festival of the 

Arts, and many more. 

Furthermore, she has shared the stage 

with greats such as Awilo Longomba, the 

late Lucky Dube, Joe Thomas, Hugh 

Masekela, Dorothy Masuka, UB40 and 

many more. And through working 

with such talented big names and 

seeing them perform, Namatayi 

has gained expertise and mastered 

the art of excellent stage 

performance. And so like a 

butterfly, after gaining much 

experience from legends of 

the industry, Namatayi has 

grown and spread her own 

wings to complete her as an 

artist. 

“What I enjoy most about 

my chosen career path is being 

able to share what God 

has given me, the gift of singing. 

I can express, advise, 

build, inspire people around 

me from all over the world 

through song.” Namatayi 

and her husband together 

form a unique duo of talent 

one cannot help but admire. They have so far 

released beautiful music that combines jazz 

and contemporary music into a flowing musical 

cocktail which is appealing to a wide range 

of audience. 

Namatayi, who has vocal training sessions 

with her band every single day, confesses that 

establishing herself as her own brand has 

definitely not been a walk in the park. “Releasing 

our first project was a challenge, honestly 

I did not know that it required a lot of 

hard work, money, time, patience from doing 

rehearsals, studio, finding the right producer 

and instrument players, to come up with a 

well-polished project.” 

Being the family oriented woman that she 

is, Namatayi, who also enjoys cooking and 

running her household, values her marriage, 

family and relationships. “From day one, God 

always treasured relationships with mankind 

hence the visits to the Garden of Eden 

at the cool of the day to have a relationship 

with Adam. God then had to make a family 

for Adam through Eve which is then viewed 

as the original fundamental in life. So for me, 

these are the most important things in life.” 

Namatayi, a 2013 finalist for the Women in 

Enterprise Awards who is also prides herself 

in great cooking, has also found a way to give 

back to society in her own way through giving 

training sessions on vocal training, stage 

presentations and percussion in community 

churches and schools. She mentors several 

young women and trains them for free as 

she does all this out of passion for music and 

women’s development in the arts. Furthermore, 

Namatayi often facilitates conferences 

where she educates artists on Copyright Law, 

medical life assurance, royalties and dealing 

with contracts. 

Together with her husband, they have donated 

stationery to Chedonje Primary School 

in Kadoma, and they plan on doing more for 

schools. They have also established the Gospel 

Hub, an initiative which provides a platform 

for Christian artists to develop and present 

original live music. And their combination on 

stage is clear evidence that they lead by example. 

But despite being a stage artist whose performances 

are always as vibrant as they are 

captivating, Namatayi is actually a shy person 

off stage. 

A God-loving woman who is beautiful inside 

and out, she quotes her favourite verse as 

a parting shot, “Galatians 6:9 - And let us not 

be weary in well doing: for in due season we 

shall reap, if we faint not [KJV].” 

Having come from a humble background 

which involved singing other people’s choruses 

and backing seasoned artists, Namatayi’s 

season has definitely come, and with the determined 

spirit combined with her unquestionable 

talent, the sky is the limit.

September 21 to 27 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / WOMAN / PROFILE 3 

Star Profile: 

Namatayi Mubariki-Chipanga 


Photography by Jekesai Njikizana 

Her smooth voice is nothing short of captivating 

as its deep alto is soothing to 

the soul and beautiful to the ears. The 

Zambian born Namatayi’s voice is nothing 

short of talent par excellence. With a musical 

history spanning back from when 

she was a mere child, the 

alto goddess has become 

a brand. 

Namatayi Mubariki, who many remember 

from Oliver Mtukudzi’s Black Spirits band, 

is a Christian wife who is married to the marimba 

player Charles Chipanga, and together 

they have created the harmonious sounds by 

the name of Chalenam Rhythms. “My passion 

is music, I love writing, creating original compositions, 

live performances and showcasing 

my talent.” 

What is unique about their music is that 

it is an interesting fusion of Zimbabwean traditional 

beats and a plethora of other genres 

that altogether form a beautiful smooth-flowing 

sound. 

In her seemingly short career, the gifted 

lyricist who also plays the ngoma, hosho, congas 

and mbira very well, has laid the groundwork 

to being an artist of note. And this she 

says, is a gift she is thankful to God for. 

The youngest in a family of five children, 

Namatayi first discovered her love for singing 

when she joined her church choir at a very 

young age. “Life in the limelight began when 

I started my career as a backing vocalist; I 

have sang with a number of notable artists including 

Tanga wekwa Sando, Africa Revenge, 

Prudence Katomeni and the legendary Oliver 

Mtukudzi, among many others.” 

Over the years, she has had the opportunity 

to showcase her talent, albeit as part of 

a band, on various prestigious stages such as 

the Womad Canary Island, the Winnipeg Folk 

Festival, the Floyd Festival, Zanzibar International 

Film Festival, African Festival of the 

Arts, and many more. 

Furthermore, she has shared the stage 

with greats such as Awilo Longomba, the 

late Lucky Dube, Joe Thomas, Hugh Masekela, 

Dorothy Masuka, UB40 and many more. 

And through working with such talented big 

names and seeing them perform, Namatayi 

has gained expertise and mastered the art 

of excellent stage performance. And so like 

a butterfly, after gaining much experience 

from legends of the industry, Namatayi has 

grown and spread her own wings to complete 

her as an artist. 

“What I enjoy most about my chosen 

career path is being able to share 

what God has given me, the gift 

of singing. I can express, advise, 

build, inspire people around me 

from all over the world through 

song.” Namatayi and her husband 

together form a unique duo 

of talent one cannot help but admire. 

They have so far released 

beautiful music that combines 

jazz and contemporary music 

into a flowing musical cocktail 

which is appealing to a wide 

range of audience. 

Namatayi, who has vocal training 

sessions with her band every 

single day, confesses that establishing 

herself as her own brand 

has definitely not been a walk 

in the park. “Releasing our first project was 

a challenge, honestly I did not know that it 

required a lot of hard work, money, time, patience 

from doing rehearsals, studio, finding 

the right producer and instrument players, to 

come up with a well-polished project.” 

Being the family oriented woman that she 

is, Namatayi, who also enjoys cooking and 

running her household, values her marriage, 

family and relationships. “From day one, God 

always treasured relationships with mankind 

hence the visits to the Garden of Eden 

at the cool of the day to have a relationship 

with Adam. God then had to make a family 

for Adam through Eve which is then viewed 

as the original fundamental in life. So for me, 

these are the most important things in life.” 

Namatayi, a 2013 finalist for the Women in 

Enterprise Awards who is also prides herself 

in great cooking, has also found a way to give 

back to society in her own way through giving 

training sessions on vocal training, stage 

presentations and percussion in community 

churches and schools. She mentors several 

young women and trains them for free as 

she does all this out of passion for music and 

women’s development in the arts. Furthermore, 

Namatayi often facilitates conferences 

where she educates artists on Copyright Law, 

medical life assurance, royalties and dealing 

with contracts. 

Together with her husband, they have donated 

stationery to Chedonje Primary School 

in Kadoma, and they plan on doing more for 

schools. They have also established the Gospel 

Hub, an initiative which provides a platform 

for Christian artists to develop and present 

original live music. And their combination on 

stage is clear evidence that they lead by example. 

But despite being a stage artist whose performances 

are always as vibrant as they are 

captivating, Namatayi is actually a shy person 

off stage. 

A God-loving woman who is beautiful inside 

and out, she quotes her favourite verse as 

a parting shot, “Galatians 6:9 - And let us not 

be weary in well doing: for in due season we 

shall reap, if we faint not [KJV].” 

Having come from a humble background 

which involved singing other people’s choruses 

and backing seasoned artists, Namatayi’s 

season has definitely come, and with the determined 

spirit combined with her unquestionable 

talent, the sky is the limit. 

AS A MATTER OF FACT 

In our September 7th issue of the Style, we 

erroneously headlined Tapiwa Makwavarara’s 

profile as “Jenny Wall.” 

We apologise for the confusion to our readers 

and any inconveniences caused to both 

the Women Star Profiles.

4 THE STANDARD STYLE / WOMAN / FASHION 


Wedding Guest Style Myths 

Shamiso Catherine Ruzvidzo 

The wedding season is upon us and I can’t help but continue 

my discussion on wedding style from last week’s 

column. Weddings for many of us are probably the only 

chance we get to dress up and let our hair down!! We all 

want to be on the best dressed list, but can often fail to by not 

paying attention to the invitation dress code. The wedding invitation 

is your guide on whether certain styles and colours are 

appropriate for the type of wedding you have been invited to. 

Here are some style myths that do not apply to weddings in the 

modern times we now live in. 

Black at a wedding 

Traditionally black was known as a colour that could only to 

be worn at funerals or formal occasions such as work. Wearing 

black at a wedding was frowned upon. In the modern times we 

live in black can easily be worn to weddings without hesitation. 

When selecting black as the colour of choice to wear to a 

wedding, ensure that you accessorise black with a bold vibrant 

colour. Green is a popular season colour for summer, a perfect 

colour pairing for black. Remember however to check your 

invitation before selecting black, you wouldn’t want to wear 

black to a mid-afternoon summer wedding and arrive looking 

overdressed. Choose black for an evening setting or for a cocktail 

style wedding. 

Fined for not wearing trends 

Patterns and prints are trending, and stylists will go on and 

on about what’s on trend (I included). As exciting as it is to go 

to a wedding knowing that you are wearing colours and styles 

that are popular, you do not have to fall victim to trends. If you 

ensure that your outfit is modern and comes in a style that fits 

you well, trust me no one will be looking to see if your 1992 

outfit is still on trend. At the end of the day it’s the way you feel 

and look that shines through. 

African wear restricted!! 

Restrictions on African print are a complete style myth, as African 

wear is fabulous for almost any wedding dress code. It 

can be dressed up or down depending on the formality of the 

wedding. Once again the colour green is trending and blends 

well with different earth tones of print. My favourites for this 

season include; 

Alpha Rose Evening Dress 

Mucha Wrapdress 

Asos Print Dress 

Accessory of the week 

Locally made earrings by 

Brownfruit Designs 

Stella Jean African Print Dress 

Image source: : www.fashionweekendzim.com; www.muchaafricancouture.com; www.facebook.com/Brownfruit; pinterest.com; www.asos.com 

THE WEDDING PLANNER 

TRIMMING YOUR WEDDING BUDGET – PART TWO 

Rufaro Mushonga 

We budget for things because we want to control our 

spending and ensure that we do not bite off more than 

we can chew. We make a plan and put together a budget 

in order to ensure that we are realistically able to 

execute that plan. Planning a wedding is a project and should 

be treated in the same way. Many couples put together a wedding 

budget and then make spur of the moment decisions during 

the planning process, without taking the initial budget into 

consideration – in the hope that they will get some extra cash 

from family, or from their gift takings on the wedding day. How 

do you know you will get enough money? Can you imagine how 

stressful it must be to be anxiously monitoring the gifts table 

throughout your wedding day, because all you can think of is 

how many debts you need to pay? 

So let’s get to trimming some more off the wedding budget. 

We need to make decisions on how to manage our menu and 

our drinks. 

driven. If you manage to make a saving here, it will have a significantly 

positive impact on your budget. 

Rufaro Mushonga rufmush@gmail.com 

Photography by Tasha Creations 

Choose your menu wisely – 

it’s about quality, not quantity 

What do you want to achieve with the food you will serve at 

your wedding? I am guessing that for a start, you would like 

your guests to have enough to eat, and also to enjoy what they 

eat. Who says that in order for you to achieve these goals, you 

need to have a chicken stir-fry, roast chicken, beef stew, beef 

stroganoff, goat curry, and pork on a spit on your buffet menu. 

Most of this food will be wasted, because the average guest eats 

with their eyes first, and will take a bit of everything, eat only 

half of what is in the plate. Keep your options to an acceptable 

minimum and ensure that your caterer will make those 

options look good and taste good. 

Manage your bar list 

Watch what you stock in your bar. If you feel you have to serve 

alcohol at your wedding, serve soft drinks and local beers only. 

If you have to have the strong stuff as well, make a limited 

selection of popular local spirits, and make sure you include 

one or two popular imported whisky brands. There is nothing 

wrong with paying for soft drinks only and having a cash bar 

available for anyone who would like alcohol. 

Remember, these costs we are talking about are numbers


THE STANDARD STYLE / INSPIRATION 5 

Profile of the Game-changers: 

Redefining landscapes (Part 3) 

Cynthia Hakutangwi 

Landscape is more than just scenery; it is 

the interaction between people and place, 

the bedrock upon which society is built. 

The European Landscape Convention defines 

landscape as “an area, as perceived by 

people, whose character is the result of the 

action and interaction of natural and/or human 

factors.” Redefining is the ability to reexamine 

or re-evaluate especially with a view 

to change. It is synonymous with reconsidering, 

rethinking, reviewing, revisiting and reweighing. 

In the first part of this series which profiles 

the attributes of game-changers a challenge 

was thrown on individuals to pursue 

and discover their personal authentic identity 

before they allow others to define them. We 

examined these three game-changing (GC) attributes: 

GC1: Personal Leadership and 

Transformation 

GC2: Possessing the courage to be 

a thought leader 

GC3: The ability to think and see with 

a Relational lens 

We established that there are major phenomena 

profoundly altering the world’s landscape 

on various interfaces which call for game 

changers who will not only adapt but possess 

the strength of character to change the ways 

things are done. In the second part of the series 

we reflected on three GC Attributes of 

game changers being: 

GC4: They make the best out of 

breaking-point frustrations 

GC5: They are not afraid to initiate 

GC6: 

movement in stagnant situations 

They are not led by frivolous 

emotions 

The third part of this game-changing conversation 

will examine and reflect on the next 

three GC Attributes of game changers. 

GC7: Game-changers leave a legacy 

Beyond the traditional definition of legacy as 

being something received from a predecessor 

or from the past, legacy is about life and living. 

It’s about learning from the past, living in 

the present and building for the future. Game 

changers are agents of change that refuse to 

be changed by the circumstances of their assignment. 

They have the ability to positively 

affect change wherever they are planted without 

being negatively affected in the process. 

Inside of each of us is the potential to rise in 

the game of life to leave an irrefutable legacy. 

We have to add value where pain or a need exists, 

then change the game by providing the 

solution. Game-changers by their very nature 

are allergic to the “status quo,” they are fastpaced 

achievers who will not settle for mediocrity. 

While we cannot fully control our legacy 

and how we are remembered, we are more 

likely to achieve the desired results if we are 

in pursuit of excellence and purpose. The essence 

of leaving a memorable legacy lies in 

making decisions at various points throughout 

our life about what legacy we want to leave 

for others. That is, how do we want to be remembered? 

GC8: Game-changers take initiative 

Almost everything we see around us was created 

through self-directed people. Without 

someone’s initiative, governments would not 

have been formed, cities would not have been 

built and technology would cease to exist. 

Whilst it is good to do what we are expected 

to do, greater success is achieved through the 

ability to do what needs to be done before anyone 

else recognises it needs to be done. This 

takes discipline. Initiative is the ability to 

take action proactively and is like a muscle 

that you can exercise. The more initiative you 

take, the more opportunities you are creating 

for yourself and others. A lack of initiative 

breeds complacency, and complacency breeds 

loss. Game-changers are seen in their personal 

development efforts and sacrifices as 

they widen their scope and knowledge base to 

improve their skills. It is seen in their actions 

as they take time to write their own plans, set 

their own goals and direct their own work to 

achieve greater results than anyone requires 

or expects. 

GC9: Game-changers are willing to 

learn, unlearn and relearn 

In the words of Alvin Toffler in Powershift: 

Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of 

the 21st Century - “The illiterate of the 21st 

Century will not be those who cannot read and 

write, but those cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” 

Learning agility is the key to unlocking 

one’s change proficiency and succeeding 

in an uncertain, unpredictable and constantly 

evolving environment, both personally and 

professionally. Unlearning requires letting 

go and moving away from those things that 

are not relevant to your purpose, destiny and 

calling. Relearning has the potential to birth 

disruptive technologies which can change 

the game for businesses, creating entirely 

new products and services, as well as shifting 

pools of value between producers or from 

producers to consumers. Organisations will 

often need to use business-model innovations 

to capture some of that value. Leaders need to 

plan for a range of scenarios, abandoning assumptions 

about where competition and risk 

could come from, and not be afraid to look beyond 

long-established models. 

Join us again in the next issue as we explore 

and examine the next game-changing attributes. 

Cynthia is a Communications and Personal 

Development Consultant, a Life Coach, Author, 

and Strategist. She is the Managing Consultant 

of Wholeness Incorporated. “A passionate 

and fervent motivational speaker who speaks 

at seminars, workshops and conferences provoking 

people and institutions to challenge 

their comfort zones by imparting vital knowledge 

and information which can help them to 

live balanced lives and create trans-generational 

solutions.” 

E-mail: cynthia@w holenessincorporated.com 

The art of building your castle in bits and pieces… [Part III] 

Tafadzwa Zimunhu Taruvinga 

The Caterpillar and the Butterfly 

In the month of September, my focus is on 

what it means to build up towards your life’s 

purpose in bits and pieces. If you’ve even attempted 

Accounting 101 not-so-impressively 

like myself, you might remember “piecemeal 

liquidation” in which a company is sold off 

in small chunks, rather than in one sweeping 

goal. Building the castle of your life’s 

dreams, if it will be worth a dollar, should 

take time. In keeping with the old truth “all 

good things take time” tiny ants toil daily, ferrying 

pieces of bread and grains of soil in order 

to build a home. Birds too build their nest 

one strand at a time. 

Chapter two of my book which I published 

in June this year, Serve Your Customers Excellently, 

Or Not At All!, is entitled “The Caterpillar 

and the Butterly”, and it tells what I 

consider a rather interesting story as thus: 

“I want to tell the story of the caterpillar and 

the butterfly. I think it’s amazing. When a 

caterpillar hatches from an egg, its life begins. 

Unless it doesn’t go through the full metamorphosis 

cycle for one reason or another, the caterpillar 

feeds on leaves and grass, growing 

longer and fatter, shedding its skin off gradually. 

When it’s had quite enough to eat, the caterpillar 

hangs upside down from a plant and 

spins itself into a shiny chrysalis. It’s in that 

chrysalis where, through further metamorphosis, 

the caterpillar transforms itself into a butterfly. 

Then, as the story goes, the butterfly flies 

into the magnificent African sunset and lives 

happily ever after.” 

We learn a valuable lesson from the ants, 

birds, caterpillars and butterflies of this 

world. We learn that we too are capable of 

building good things in the good time, and 

that good time demands a special kind of patience 

and delayed gratification. In a sense 

then, the excerpt above is ample prescription 

of how best we, like the caterpillar which 

ends up as a butterfly, can build our castles in 

bits and pieces. There are nine pieces which 

matter in the piecemeal approach to building 

one’s dreams, six of which we have looked at 

in the last two weeks, and the last three of 

which are discussed herein. 

7. From Caterpillar to Butterfly 

Caterpillars appear to be quite bland, don’t 

they? Of course, they’re a necessary part of 

the natural progression of an organism from 

egg to butterfly, but they’re quite ordinary 

all the same. Although caterpillars are significant, 

they’re grey and without much attractive 

colour. In the same way, you journey 

towards the discovery of the best version of 

yourself by transitioning from your formative 

years into an ordinary caterpillar. Once 

you have become a caterpillar, you feed and 

breathe in the pursuit of becoming a beautiful 

butterfly. In other words, your endeavours 

to transform yourself from a caterpillar 

to a butterfly are, in fact, a transition from 

the ordinary to the extraordinary. This is a 

mammoth task but the most necessary. It’s 

a refinement of your ordinary talents into 

extraordinary outcomes. In the way of Maslow’s 

hierarchy, your becoming a butterfly 

is the time at which you self-actualise, when 

you become the best that you can be, when 

you become the most beautiful version of 

yourself. In the process of metamorphosis, 

some caterpillars may not convert over to 

becoming butterflies if they haven’t acquired 

enough of the necessary nutrients and replenishment. 

Those which do would have fed 

and breathed amply. And like the butterfly, 

you too can become the most significant version 

of yourself if you soup your efforts up 

into a fully concerted and conscious effort. 

8. Living Happily Ever After 

Success doesn’t all end at your becoming 

a butterfly and flaunting flamboyantly the 

beautiful version of yourself. In fact, the real 

work begins when you become a butterly. If 

the beauty of a butterly were to resemble significance, 

then you could only be most significant 

if others around you perceived you to be 

beautiful. In other words, your discovered 

talents would mean the most where they are 

in the service of others around you. Put differently, 

the true happiness that is living happily 

ever after comes from sharing with your 

community and from your contribution to its 

better existence. 

9. Your flight into the African Sunset 

The last part of succeeding in life would be 

your flight into the African sunset, soaring 

beneath its warmth. Basking in the glory 

of your successes and moving forth. In your 

flight will be other successful and significant 

butterflies, that is, your equally accomplished 

colleagues. But when you become a 

successful butterfly within one flight under 

the African sun, you’re challenged to realise 

that the place which needs your best contribution 

is home. Home is the place where 

charity begins and it’s the place where your 

charity would probably mean the most. 

Tafadzwa Taruvinga is a trilingual Customer 

Service Consultant and the first Zimbabwean 

Member to sit on the Advisory Council of Customer 

Value Creation International (CVCI). 

He is the author of the 200-paged book “Serve 

Your Customers EXCELLENTLY, Or Not At 

All!” and he facilitates customer service training 

workshops. Tafadzwa can be contacted on 

e-mail at tafadzwazt@gmail.com and his profile 

is available at www.customervaluecreation.org 

> “About Us”.

6 THE STANDARD STYLE / MAN / GROOMING 


What’s your scent? 

Marshall Malikula 

That’s a good question, au naturel or cologne? 

Perfume is one luxury every man must afford 

themselves. Wearing a scent is pleasurable, 

it is an expression of individuality; 

it’s attractive and makes us nice to be close to. 

On the contrary bad breath and body odour are 

repulsive, an absolute turn off, no matter how 

polished you appear. 

Not all perfumes are the same; they come in 

three distinctions depending on the percentage 

of oil it contains. Eau de Parfum is the strongest 

fragrance, contains 15 up to 30 percent perfume 

oil, followed by Eau de Toilette and lastly Eau de 

cologne that is between 5 to 15 percent perfume 

oil. Pick scents that are fresh and invigorating 

for the hottest days. Wearing citrus or a synthetic 

ocean breeze type of scent will actually make 

you feel cooler. Heavier scents can be overpowering 

during hotter days especially when they mix 

with body sweat. Choose light but sophisticated 

fragrances for everyday and office wear. Be a little 

daring for dates and nights on the town. Experiment 

with perfumes that have an oriental 

base such as Musk. Pick your mood up on dreary 

days with something therapeutic, enjoy the calming 

effects Lavender and Vanilla. 

How to apply perfume? 

- Apply perfume to pulse points, that is; 

wrists, base of throats, behind ears, bend of 

elbows, chest and behind the knees. 

- Never apply directly on to clothing as it may 

damage your clothes. 

- Try not to wipe or rub together your wrists 

after applying as it may cause break down of 

the perfume scent. 

- Do not spritz perfume on your hair unless 

it’s washed otherwise the natural scents of 

your hair may cause change in the scent. 

- Apply perfume before clothing and jewellery. 

It is true the chemicals in perfume may 

cause your jewels to lose their sparkle. 

My accessory of the week – 

Vintage postman bag 

Image courtesy of New York fashion week.

September 21 to 27 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / MAN / PROFILE 7 

Star Profile 

Ryan Koriya 

“ 

The key is to work on it till it can’t get any better… 

“ 


After quitting his day job as an 

IT technician in Richmond, London 

to pursue music, he lived in 

an abandoned hospital building 

for a while as he tried to get his 

solo career into gear. That in itself 

spells the amount of passion 

Ryan Koriya has for music. 

The former Prince Edward High 

School boy has always carried music 

in his heart. “I started playing the 

violin during second term in Form One 

and by the end of first term in Form 

Two, I was awarded Music Half Colours 

after just turning 14! (Sixteen is 

the minimum age for this accolade). 

I went on to get Full Colours and 

other awards throughout my high 

school career.” 

Ryan thanks the then headmaster 

Clive Barnes and his staff for 

instilling a sense of confidence 

in his abilities so early on, as because 

of this support, he went on 

to play in The Harare City Orchestra, 

The Harare Sinfonietta 

and also won the National Best 

Actor Award before going on to 

teach music at schools such as Arundel, 

Chisipite, Prince Edward, Eaglesvale, 

Saint John’s, Saint George’s and 

The Harare International School. 

The British-Zimbabwean singer-songwriter, 

producer and multi-instrumentalist 

whose music is mainly made up 

of acoustic guitars, bass, drums, cello 

and vocal harmonies, is a self-motivated 

artist. Back in 2010, following a 

special invitation from the US Ambassador 

to Zimbabwe, Ryan played a successful 

headline showcase gig at the 

Ambassador’s amphitheatre, a show 

which was also presented as part of 

the global Daniel Pearl Music Days 

campaign. 

More recently, the ambitious artist 

spent most of 2013 touring 10 countries 

which include Australia, The 

UK, USA, Spain, Germany, Belgium, 

Zimbabwe, Zambia, Denmark 

and The Netherlands to 

promote his music. 

Ryan’s rich, velvety voice delivers 

music which shows 

that his influences come 

from artists such as Coldplay, 

Bon Iver, Seal, John 

Mayer, Dave Matthews, 

Ben Howard, Ed Sheeran, 

David Gray and 

Coldplay. 

Ryan believes that 

music is a powerful 

medium that 

transcends many 

boundaries such as religion, culture, different 

borders and different languages. 

“It’s quite a spiritually healing pastime 

for me, especially singing, and I want it 

do the same to my listeners.” 

Ryan is a positive-minded individual 

who inspires people with his never-saydie 

attitude, soldering on despite having 

no fixed home or steady income at times. 

“When I’m back home in Zimbabwe, I 

like giving performance and songwriting 

workshops. I enjoyed adjudicating the 

contemporary section of the National 

Allied Arts Eisteddfod in 2011 and 2012. 

I am also about to start working with a 

global children’s charity that will come 

into play over the next few months.” 

Ryan works with younger Zimbabwean 

musicians to help them benefit from his 

knowledge and experience, and he looks 

forward to growing a global awareness of 

the artistic talent Zimbabwe produces, 

which in his opinion will in turn create 

more opportunities for the local arts 

scene. “I still struggle with barriers in 

the global contemporary music scene as 

people are only expecting Afro Jazz or 

World Music to come out of Africa.” 

He says whilst it’s very tempting to release 

mediocre music on the internet, 

in today’s tough arts environment it is 

crucial to make compelling and creative 

music. “The key is to work on it till it 

can’t get any better so it can perform well 

when you finally put it out there.” 

As part of his career, Ryan travels a lot, 

and he says he loves that aspect of it. 

“I am currently in the US which is my 

eighth country and third continent in 

2014.” Having at one point wished to be a 

pilot but failing to go for training owing 

to lack of funds, Ryan loves flying. “I was 

meant to be a pilot but it cost too much 

in a crashed economy so music is what 

I naturally fell into. I guess I’ll just have 

to become a global hit and buy my own 

plane, John Travolta style. Haha!” 

One of the major setbacks in his industry 

he says, has been trying to make it 

in a struggling economy. “It has been 

challenging to operate outside of a socioeconomic 

paradigm that isn’t really built 

for artists. I left my day job in London 

to become a full-time musician and that 

was not an easy transition at first.” Ryan 

is thus proud of what he has achieved 

through hard work and determination. 

“It took me four years just to get a Visa 

to get overseas. Having no funding or security 

made it even harder but here I am, 

despite all the odds. I believe as Zimbabweans, 

we are strong and resilient people, 

so there are many of us excelling in 

many different fields across the globe. 

Ryan, who is still single, emphasizes that 

there’s a lot of work involved in keeping 

a music career active and growing. “It’s 

like being 10 different people in one. Yesterday 

I spent the afternoon in a recording 

studio here in Nashville, Tennessee 

and tonight I will be playing around the 

Music City Broadway in the Nashville 

City Centre. In two weeks I’ll be in New 

York, then London, then Denmark by the 

first of October.” 

A strong advocate for gender equality, 

Ryan is not a fan of people who go out 

of their way to abuse or mistreat others. 

“We are all human and if we spent more 

time being supportive and empathetic 

of others, this world would be so much 

brighter. We need to see more female pilots 

and there’s nothing wrong with male 

hair-dressers or male nurses etc. Young 

boys are taught to disregard their emotional/sensitive 

side and I’m also not 

a fan of how society deems it appropriate 

to objectify women sexually. I was in 

New York last week and nearly stepped 

in when this drunk guy on the bus kept 

turning back to ogle and drool over the 

good looking lady in the seat right behind 

him! Women have to go through that 

many times every day! Come on guys, 

let’s be better than that.” 

Drawing most of his inspiration from 

the challenges of life and the people 

around him, Ryan also has respect for 

the late Michael Jackson, John Mayer 

and Tyrese Gibson. “Tyrese came from 

a difficult background but still managed 

to make something great of his life. He 

also still takes the time to help communities 

and those who can benefit from his 

mentorship.” 

Quite refreshingly, Ryan also takes pride 

in that he does not smoke, drink or do 

any drugs. “I still tend to be the life of the 

party so people do seem to think there’s a 

bit of a conspiracy there, lol, but I’m just 

full of energy and like to be in control of 

my body and mind. I certainly would not 

have achieved all that I have if I used recreational 

drugs. The music is my drug!” 

Advising younger generations, the talented 

Ryan says, “Kids, use all the free 

time you have available to work towards 

your dream goals. Trust me on this. Once 

you leave school and lose the comfort 

of your parents’ home, you won’t have 

nearly as much free time when adult life, 

work, responsibility kicks in. I played 

music all the time that I was able during 

my teenage years and that has held me 

in good stead till today. Decide what you 

want, then go for it, it’s that simple. You 

have to be exceptional at what you do in 

order to really succeed.” 

Photography by Machperson

8 THE STANDARD STYLE / MAN / WHEELS 


JAGUAR XE: A true driver’s car 

Fact Jeke 

A 

true driver’s car, the rear-drive Jaguar 

XE was recently launched and it redefines 

the concept of the sports saloon 

thanks to its advanced lightweight 

construction, streamlined styling, luxurious 

interior outstanding ride and handling. The 

XE goes on sale in 2015, with the high-performance 

S model at the top of the range. At 

least some of our Zimbabwean roads are being 

fixed, so you can place orders and not worry 

about the state of our roads. 

The XE S rewards drivers with the responsiveness 

and refinement of its supercharged 

3.0-litre V6. Generating 250kW and 450Nm of 

torque, this high-revving engine is linked to 

an eight-speed automatic transmission with 

paddle shift controls, giving the driver immediate 

access to the vehicle’s incredible reserves 

of power. Accelerating to 96,5km/h in 

just 4,9 seconds, the XE S has an electronically-limited 

maximum speed of 250km/h. 

“Jaguar’s position as the leading premium 

manufacturer of aluminium vehicles allowed 

us to develop a light, stiff body structure that 

is ground-breaking in its class. It enables the 

XE’s advanced chassis technologies to deliver 

an unprecedented balance of agility and levels 

of refinement previously found only in 

vehicles from the segments above,” said Kevin 

Stride, Vehicle Line Director, Jaguar XE 

The aluminium-intensive Jaguar XE is 

the first model developed from Jaguar Land 

Rover’s new modular vehicle architecture and 

will set the standard for driving dynamics in 

the midsize segment. The long wheelbase and 

low seating position enable perfect proportions 

and a streamlined coupe-like profile. 

The S model’s large front air intakes, chrome 

side vents, discreet rear spoiler and optional 

20-inch forged alloy wheels hint at the performance 

potential of Jaguar’s supercharged 

3.0-litre V6 petrol engine. 

The cabin offers outstanding levels of 

comfort and spaciousness. Exquisite materials 

and finishes, combined with traditional 

Jaguar craftsmanship make this an interior 

like nothing else in the class. 

The XE S will be joined by other models 

powered by highly efficient 2.0-litre, fourcylinder 

petrol and diesel engines matched to 

smooth-shifting six-speed manual and eightspeed 

automatic transmissions. The diesels 

– part of Jaguar’s all-new Ingenium engine 

family – provide exemplary fuel consumption 

and CO2 emissions from 3.77l/100km and 99g/ 

km. 

The XE is also the lightest, stiffest and 

most aerodynamic Jaguar saloon ever built. 

It is also the first Jaguar to be equipped with 

electric power steering tuned to provide exceptional 

responsiveness and feel, but with lower 

energy consumption than hydraulic systems. 

The XE boasts the lowest cost of ownership of 

any Jaguar and is also the most environmentally 

sustainable. 

The XE now completes the Jaguar saloon 

car range sitting below the XF and XJ models. 

The Jaguar XE was developed in parallel with 

the new modular architecture. This unlocks 

design possibilities that did not exist before 

because the core dimensions were determined 

by design and engineering working together 

from the very beginning, under a philosophy 

of “anything we can imagine, we can create.” 

This makes it possible to realise perfect proportions: 

short front overhang, longer rear 

overhang and dynamic, cab-rearward stance. 

The architecture also enables the XE to feature 

both a low, sporty driving position and a 

sleek, coupe-like profile. 

Expectations created by the XE’s exterior 

styling are more than met once inside. The 

spacious cabin cocoons front seat passengers 

with a deep centre console which creates a 

cockpit-like feel. The F-TYPE-style dials and 

the cluster needle sweep on start-up further 

emphasise the XE’s sports saloon attributes. 

Front and rear seat occupants enjoy generous 

amounts of head and legroom – the XE 

proves that sleek, streamlined styling and interior 

space need not be mutually exclusive. 

Technical fabrics, fine-grain leathers and details 

such as contrasting twin-needle stitching 

all give the cabin a bespoke quality. The choice 

of gloss black, textured aluminium, and contemporary 

wood veneers enhance the luxurious, 

hand-crafted feel. Ambient lighting in a 

range of up to 10 colours adds to the sense of 

occasion. 

The new XE has the most sophisticated 

chassis of any vehicle in its class and will set 

the benchmarks for ride and handling: it is a 

true driver’s car. Where most competitors use 

MacPherson strut front suspension, Jaguar’s 

vehicle dynamics team insisted on the superior 

double wishbone configuration. 

For drivers who just want to sit back and 

enjoy the music, the new XE brings Meridian 

audio technology to the segment for the 

first time. These superb systems are the latest 

product of the long-standing partnership 

between Jaguar and British audio experts Meridian 

and were developed specifically for the 

new XE. 

The new XE is powered by a range of fourand 

six-cylinder all-aluminium petrol and 

diesel engines offering an impressive blend of 

performance, refinement and fuel efficiency 

with a breadth of capability. 

The 2.0-litre turbocharged direct injection 

petrol engines are powerful and refined 

and generate strong torque from low speeds, 

ensuring excellent launch performance and 

mid-range response. Two ratings will be available 

in the XE, and both will be offered with a 

lighter version of the ZF 8HP automatic used 

in the rest of the Jaguar range: this benchmark 

eight-speed transmission is controlled 

using Jaguar’s unique rotary shift selector. 

The new XE is not only the most fuel efficient 

Jaguar ever made, it’s also one of the 

most cost-efficient cars in its class. 

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10 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN / TRENDS 


Dining Rooms 

Lighting and 

simple accessories 

turn this 

simple space 

into a fabulous 

understated 

elegant dining 

area. 

Noma Ndlovu 

Nothing says “Come Dine with Me” quite 

like a well set dining area. I think dining 

rooms are spaces of expression because 

flowing from the kitchen; this is where 

all the passion and beauty of your cooking 

is served up with love to your family, friends 

and guests. It follows then that the dining area 

should be prioritised from the onset whether 

the area is a new build, a renovation or just 

an update. 

Dining rooms can be modern, traditional, 

classic, formal or casual, the list goes on. As 

always the key is to be sure of what you want. 

Structure and choice of furniture are very 

important to create a style and a theme that 

matches your home. “Keep it simple but work 

the detail” is always my cautious advice. 

Let’s look at what I consider to be must-haves 

when creating a beautiful dining area in your 

home. 

Colour and Lighting - It goes without saying 

that your wall colour sets the tone of your dining 

area. I love lots of light and recommend 

light colours that reflect light so you don’t 

have to switch on lights during the day. If you 

love dark colours then use light coloured furniture 

to balance the room. In smaller dining 

areas, it is best you go with very light colours. 

Accentuate the window area so that a lot of 

light streams through to give an illusion of 

space and freshness. Always have three point 

lighting so you can adjust to suit your mood. 

Interesting light fixtures make a good focal 

point in your dining area. 

Mirrors and Décor - Mirrors are multipurpose 

in any room. They give an illusion of 

space and are great décor pieces. Choose mirrors 

that cover a large area and are uniquely 

engraved or framed. They can cover a full wall 

or be placed strategically over a server or console 

table. Mirrors reflect light both natural 

and artificial and help create a mood depending 

on the time of the day. Décor will refer to 

art work that you put up and ultimately create 

a focal point for your dining area. 

Great Furniture - In the olden days it seemed 

odd that you even think of not buying a “dining 

room suite” and a matching sideboard or 

server. This made the rooms very formal and 

almost untouchable. Nowadays you can go all 

out and literally custom design your own furniture. 

You can mismatch your chairs, use benches, 

wood stumps, Perspex chairs, formal dining 

chairs and even dining couches. There is no 

limit to what you can use as long as it’s in line 

with your design theme. 

In mismatching be sure that the chairs flow 

with each other in terms of form and design. 

Mismatching in this case means colour and 

design. You can do same design chairs but 

different colours or similar tone colour but 

different design. I love mismatching because 

you can mix different styles and create a more 

user friendly dining area. 

Great cutlery and dinner ware - Complete 

your look with cutlery and dinnerware that 

shows off your dining area. It is a presentation 

of your eating style. I love white or ivory 

glazed dinner ware paired off with silver or 

gold plated cutlery for added sophistication. 

However, you can go for any colour that you 

like. Porcelain or stoneware is great for everyday 

dining while you save your best bone china 

dinnerware for that special occasion. Take 

care though that you buy dishwasher safe dinner 

ware and cutlery as most plated items are 

not dishwasher safe. 

Dining rooms need to be functional but quirky 

enough to be interesting. Create a luxurious 

look by being bold; experiment with colour, 

styles of furniture, décor, dinnerware, cutlery 

and top it up with a fine dining experience. 

Enjoy your home. 

Credits: www.sahomeowner.co.za Luxe 

Interiors+Design. www.homedesignlover.com 

Noma Ndlovu is an Interior Designer and a 

Property Stylist. Feedback on unaminkosi@ 

yahoo.co.uk. www.facebook.com/unamihomestyle 

+263 775 402 083 

This fabulous contemporary dining area has mismatched chairs that 

blend in with the mixed theme of this space. Match with traditional 

porcelain and its sophisticatin guaranteed. 

Always choose your décor items so that they complement not overwhelm 

your elegant furniture.

September 21 to 27 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN /INSPIRATION 11 

THE COLOURS OF SUMMER: GREEN AND YELLOW 

Spacework 

late, Coffee & Cream 

Finally summer has arrived and like clockwork 

we spare no time moving our lives 

outdoors – firing up the braai stands, 

e this seasonlandscaping by givingthe it yard, a cosy picking warm fresh winter herbs interior. Don't be afraid to use your 

make each and room relaxing reflect in the your wonderful personality sun and and warm preferences . But keep it practical. This 

r scheme is 

air. 

inspired 

However, with 

by our 

so much 

delectable 

focus on the 

winter 

great 

indulgences - chocolate, coffee and 

outdoors, it’s easy to dismiss simple seasonal 

ideas that can freshen up the indoors. This 

week our colour palette features a combination 

of green and yellow, and is simply in- 

hoose for your walls is probably one of the biggest decisions you have to make when 

spired by refreshing homemade lemonade. colours make any room more pleasant. 

g as they are After the biggest all modern most interior prominent colour schemes feature in the room. Creamy hot chocolate 

re wall colour for for summer/spring making a statement decorating in are a inspired living room. You can set off your living room 

t this decadent 

by awakening 

colour making 

of nature. 

them 

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stand 

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out. 

beautiful 

colourful season which offers energetic 

If your lounge suite is brown don't panic. 

e your lifeline. yellow Keep and green things colours simple for interior and bring decorating, 

inspired and art. by green Rich, grass, tactile fresh textures, leaves and such feel as natural, leather, fresh sheepskin, and inviting. suede and 

interest to the space with highlights of 

your accessories 

sed to buildwarm up layers 

sun. Spring 

of warmth 

brings bright 

and 

interior 

character. 

decor 

colours of blue sky, first blooming flowers and 

sunshine. 

idea is to useGreen the communicates colours mixed peace, and balance, not matched. harmony 

to make and gives a focal a relaxed point feel. in It your can living rejuve-room. Go ahead and rescue those old 

For a less dramatic but equally 

oose a wall 

nate and restore, giving the feeling of being 

nd get themconnected up wall 

to nature 

so you 

and 

can 

feeling 

enjoy 

safe 

them. 

and se-Visicure. each For piece. example Once emerald framed green group commu- 

them together for impact on your wall. A 

a professional frame shop to help 

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keep these nicates prints luxury black and and elegance white. as in When the jewel. you photograph people in colour, you 

Green as an accent colour in the living room is today. 

ir outfits. But 

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and white 

using green 

captures 

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the 

form 

essence 

of an 

of a natural setting and goes past 

hotograph accent the soul. wall is not all that common, there are 

other ways in which you can bring the colour 

forward. 

quite like snuggling 

Accent fabrics 

up to 

are 

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cup 

and 

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coffee with Available: a spew of sweet cream to cozy 

days. Bringoption this in same this regard. indulgence The couch into cushion, the way lovely 

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al or grouped, 

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help break 

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glass vase, 

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pattern , these tend always 

does work anywhere, just by bringing plants Accessed on 2014/08/20 

simplicity of the look. 

into the home you bring in positive life energy 

and reconnect with nature. 

und you, so don't For a neglect modern look your for bedroom your living as room well. or Use banding on cushions, pull out the 

lounge, select interior colour schemes with 

uffy bean bag for a wintry, cosy feel. 

yellow, green or citrus yellow-green shades. 

Happy yellow colours fill people with energy. 

ggling into your home this week! 

Light yellow and golden interior paint colours 

are wonderful for dining room decor 

and kitchen interior colour schemes. Stylish 

citrus yellow-green interior paint colours are 

perfect for early summer/spring decorating. 

Yellow, yellow-green and orange tones feel 

warm and make a living room, a home office, 

a family room and kids’ rooms look fresh, relaxing 

and dynamic. Sunny yellow, light orange, 

golden and yellow-green interior paint 

Light yellow-green and olive tones are 

perfect for the bedrooms. Cool light interior 

paint colours, combined with emerald green, 

yellow-green colour tones, red, pink and purple 

home furnishings make your home decor 

Light green and yellow colours are great 

for small bathrooms and bedrooms because 

they will also make small spaces look more 

spacious and airy. Stylish decorating accessories, 

like bathroom curtains or bedroom 

cushions in this colour combination will help 

make your home more interesting and modern. 

Undoubtedly, this is a perfect scheme for 

the ultimate refreshing look your home needs 

References 

Camlot, H. [Sa]. How to: Bring summer into your 

home. [O]. 

http://www.styleathome.com/howto/diy-decor/how-to-bring-summer-into-your- 

Available: http://www.bhg.com/decorating/color/ 

Interior Color Schemes, Yellow-Green Spring Decorating. 

[Sa]. [O]. 

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12 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN / GARDEN 


Palms 

‘The righteous 

shall flourish 

like the palm 

tree’ Psalm 92:7 

Dylan Wilson Max 

Historically palms have been symbols of victory, 

peace and fertility. In many cultures, the 

palm has meaning e.g. Palm Sunday around 

the Easter holidays is a big thing for the Catholics 

around the world. In more recent times they are 

associated with beach holidays. Almost every travel 

agent advertising the beach incorporates a symbol or 

picture of a palm – think about going to the beach and 

immediately one of your first thoughts is the palm 

tree. 

So far there are 202 genera with around 2 600 species 

of palms around the world. When you consider that 

some areas of the Amazon are still to be explored, it 

would be interesting to imagine what else will be discovered. 

In Zimbabwe palm trees seem to be one of the 

most popular trees people incorporate into their gardens. 

They more or less look after themselves but one 

must always be on the lookout for fungi and red palm 

mite and the palm seed weevil and ants. So it’s easy 

to understand their popularity. They’re resilient and 

they are interesting from a design perspective 

My late father used to say once a palm tree grows over 

three metres it loses its appeal. When you think about 

it, it makes sense because once they outgrow the sight 

line, all you see is a trunk. You have to continuously 

look up to really appreciate them. So like most trees 

and plants in your garden, think about 5 to 10 years’ 

time. 

Aside from its evergreen leaves that form part of 

their attraction, palms due to their tap root systems 

can be planted in close proximity to buildings. This 

makes it quite popular with corporates we have found 

over the years. However from a more practical point 

of, like all trees, palms shed their leaves and their 

seeds. As they continue to grow maintenance becomes 

difficult because you will need to keep removing 

dead leaves. 

My office is located directly under a queen palm; 

she must be 20 years old and stands three storeys. The 

seeds keep hitting our metal roof, something that can 

be unsettling. Their beautiful leaves, especially when 

adult, can also cause serious damage when they do 

shed. 

However the palm will remain popular as ever. 

Till today there are many products derived from these 

trees. Palm wine, palm seed oil, dates are just a few of 

the common products that these trees produce. 

Dylan Wilson Max – Tribal Landscapes

12 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN / GARDEN 


Palms 

‘The righteous 

shall flourish 

like the palm 

tree’ Psalm 92:7 

Dylan Wilson Max 

Historically palms have been symbols of victory, 

peace and fertility. In many cultures, the 

palm has meaning e.g. Palm Sunday around 

the Easter holidays is a big thing for the Catholics 

around the world. In more recent times they are 

associated with beach holidays. Almost every travel 

agent advertising the beach incorporates a symbol or 

picture of a palm – think about going to the beach and 

immediately one of your first thoughts is the palm 

tree. 

So far there are 202 genera with around 2 600 species 

of palms around the world. When you consider that 

some areas of the Amazon are still to be explored, it 

would be interesting to imagine what else will be discovered. 

In Zimbabwe palm trees seem to be one of the 

most popular trees people incorporate into their gardens. 

They more or less look after themselves but one 

must always be on the lookout for fungi and red palm 

mite and the palm seed weevil and ants. So it’s easy 

to understand their popularity. They’re resilient and 

they are interesting from a design perspective 

My late father used to say once a palm tree grows over 

three metres it loses its appeal. When you think about 

it, it makes sense because once they outgrow the sight 

line, all you see is a trunk. You have to continuously 

look up to really appreciate them. So like most trees 

and plants in your garden, think about 5 to 10 years’ 

time. 

Aside from its evergreen leaves that form part of 

their attraction, palms due to their tap root systems 

can be planted in close proximity to buildings. This 

makes it quite popular with corporates we have found 

over the years. However from a more practical point 

of, like all trees, palms shed their leaves and their 

seeds. As they continue to grow maintenance becomes 

difficult because you will need to keep removing 

dead leaves. 

My office is located directly under a queen palm; 

she must be 20 years old and stands three storeys. The 

seeds keep hitting our metal roof, something that can 

be unsettling. Their beautiful leaves, especially when 

adult, can also cause serious damage when they do 

shed. 

However the palm will remain popular as ever. 

Till today there are many products derived from these 

trees. Palm wine, palm seed oil, dates are just a few of 

the common products that these trees produce. 

Dylan Wilson Max – Tribal Landscapes 

AS A MATTER OF FACT 

In our Style issue of August 17-23, we had Edith WeUtonga as our Woman 

Profile and Cover Girl. We would like to apologise for our ommittance 

in acknowledging Fungai Machirori as the photographer for the cover 

photo.


FOOD & DRINK 

1 

In this issue 

of Food & Drink 

(1,2) La Fontaine 

(3) Lebbie 

2 3

14 THE STANDARD STYLE / EATING OUT / LA FONTAINE 


1 

With no choice in the matter (other 

than “take it or leave it!”) myself 

and the lady on my left, both admitting 

anti-aubergine prejudices, positively 

wolfed down this delightful 

vegetarian course using the last of 

the breads to mop up final dregs of 

rich sauce. This dish should be even 

better on the actual night (September 

25) as home-made pasta will be 

used instead of bought-in stuff ! 

Oh, and Norma was one of the 

principal operatic works of Sicilianborn 

Vincenzo Bellini, it’s apparently 

sub-titled Infanticide (not a 

great name for a dish!) and is still 

fairly frequently performed around 

the globe. 

Globally speaking it’s still fairly 

unusual to have soup as a main 

course (or secondo) in Italian, but 

that’s the story at the La Fontaine 

Italian theme night (Tickets US$40 

a head and selling rapidly) and we 

had a rib-sticking flavoursome zuppo 

de pesce alla Siciliana (Sicilian 

fish soup.) 

Russet red-hued and rich, this 

featured big butch prawns, meaty 

mussels on the half-shell and a great 

fishy, herby, spicy, stock. Much good 

white wine was used in making 

the stock which was additionally 

flavoured with cinnamon giving a 

pleasant but unusual (for Italian 

cooking) sweet-and-sour suggestion. 

Si, si... Sicilian scoff at La Fontaine! 

Dusty Miller 

ITALIAN Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 

Enrico Di Agostini, really loves to 

cook and show off the cuisine of the 

land of his birth here in Ha-ha-harare 

(Africa’s fun capital!) and he is 

slowly working his way region- by- 

Dusty’s “What’s on Diary” 

Contributions are welcome, to arrive in good time, bearing in mind 

events in which readers of this page are interested. 

SMS 0733 401 347 or 0776 903 161; (e-mail dustym @zimind.co.zw) 

CUT OUT, KEEP, WATCH FOR NEXT UPDATE 

Sept 21 (today)Lunch: Alo, Alo, Arundel; Theo’s, 167, Enterprise Road; Adrienne’s, Belgravia; 

Da Eros, Fishmonger and Great Wall, East Road; Sitar, Newlands; Palms, Bronte 

Hotel; Willow Bean Cafe, Rolf Valley, English roast/pudding US$15. (BYOB, no 

corkage.) Paula’s Place; Wild Geese, Teviotdale buffet/live music; City Bowling Club, 

Harare Gardens (roast lamb and mint sauce, or roast chicken, etc); Italian Club, 

Strathaven, Mukuvisi Woodlands Coffee Shop; Centurion Pub & Grill, Harare Sports 

Club, Arti’s, New Section, Borrowdale Village; Hellenics, Eastlea 

Sept 22 Keep fit, Zumba Dancing, City Bowling Club, Harare Gardens. And every working 

night except Fridays. 5:30pm-6:30pm. 

Sept 22-29: National Institute of Allied Arts exhibition of best work. Jubilee Hall, Hartmann 

House. 9-4 weekdays; 9-12 Sunday. Shut Saturday. 

Sept 23 Grapevine wine tasting, of KWV wines, Pool Deck, Meikles Hotel. 

7pm Line dancing City Bowling Club 

Sept 24 Farmers’ market, Maasdorp Avenue, Belgravia (next to Bottom Drawer) 

Curry night special, Adrienne’s Belgravia. All you can eat for US$12 (beef or 

chicken) supplement for lamb 

Sept 24-27 The Importance of Being Earnest REPS 7;30pm and matinee Saturday at 2:30 

Sept 25 (and every Thursday) Tapas night and music by Evicted, 

Amanzi Restaurant, Chisipite 

Sicilian special supper cooked by Italian Ambassador, La Fontaine, Meikles Hotel. 

Sept 26 

Sept 27 

region at quarterly events held in 

Meikles Hotel’s La Fontaine Grillroom. 

We started in May with autumn 

cooking from Venice. In July it was 

the more robust and substantial 

winter recipes of Rome and this 

Tuesday (for the ladies and gentlemen 

of the foodie Press) and next 

GGF&WAS lunch Fishmonger, East Rd. twelve-thirsty for 1pm 

Karaoke night, with Dave and Debbie, City Bowling Club, from dusk. Supper 

available. 

Greek night with Costa Nicolas, Hellenic Club, Eastlea. Details Joanna 0772 390 960 

Murder Mystery dinner 6:30pm, The Venue, Avondale. Tables of eight, US$75 p/p. 

Details nancybenham@aol.com 

Sept 28 Aloe, Cactus & Succulent Society sale of rare plants and National Association of 

Garden Club’s horticultural show. National Botanic Gardens 9am-2pm 

Oct 7 Fun pub quiz 167, Enterprise Road. No entry fee. Prizes, US$5 supper. 

Oct 9 (and every other Thursday) fun pub quiz blue@2 Private Wine Bar, 2, 

Aberdeen Rd, Avondale. Booking essential, Tel 0772 856 371 

Oct 10-11-12. Zimbabwe 5s Bowling Tournament City Bowling Club. Full bar and catering; 

pig-on-a-spit Friday, music, raffles. 

Oct 11-12 Zimbabwe Trout Fishing championships Nyanga. To compete: mmatipano@ 

zimparks.co.zw stay at Rhodes Nyanga Hotel. 

Oct 22-25 53rd annual Kariba Invitation Tiger Fishing Tournament, Charara Eastern Basin 

Oct 29-30-31. Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe annual congress Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel 

and events at many other venues. 

Oct 29-Nov 8. Zol/EatOut Zimbabwe Restaurant Week. Enjoy bargain 2 and 3 course meals at 

top eateries in Harare and Bulawayo. 

Dec 29-31 Jameson Victoria Falls Festival. Book now! 

(Neither StandardPlus nor Dusty Miller take responsibility for inaccuracies, 

postponements, cancellations. No charge for entry. 

Deadline 10am Tues prior to publication day.) 

Thursday for the general public it’s 

across the choppy Straits of Messina 

from Calabria to Sicily for lightish 

spring comestibles! 

Eating in the rather plush, swish 

five-star La Fontaine itself, rather 

than at our usual chef ’s table in the 

busy, clattering, working kitchen, 

we started with a zingy refreshing 

salad: insalata di finnochio, arance e 

olive; which (of course), was fennel, 

orange and olive salad served in a 

glass tumbler to help focus and intensify 

the fragrances. I would have 

expected the strong aniseedy/liquorice 

aromas and flavours of fennel 

to overpower the other ingredients, 

but, somehow, this didn’t happen. 

We had a perfectly delightful piquant 

citrusy salad which, accompanied 

by some excellent artisanal 

breads, made a memorably different 

starter (or antipasto) course. 

Dining, drinking or discussing 

anything with His Excellency certainly 

broadens the mind. I regard 

myself as a fairly dab hand at general 

knowledge pub quizzes and other 

forms of trivia but had not previously 

come across an opera called 

Norma. 

Well the primo (or pasta) course 

on Tuesday was pasta alla Norma 

(aubergine spaghetti) which was 

an eye-opener for me. Other than 

moussaka (from Lusaka!), I would 

be highly unlikely to order any dish 

strongly featuring aubergine/brinjal/eggplant 

as it really isn’t my favourite 

vegetable. 

3 4 

5 

Main picture: The chef’s table at La Fontaine; the Ambassador in his famous (or 

infamous!) well-worn toque and tunic adorned with embroidered artichokes. 

2) On a previous occasion, HE bringing poultry from the oven. 3) Aubergine 

spaghetti. 4) Fennel, orange and olive salad. 5) Marzipan fruits: very realistic but 

about a third of normal size. All pictures by Dusty Miller 

2 

Knowing local palates and appetites 

maybe a wee bit better than 

the Italian envoy perhaps does, I 

asked him shouldn’t the steaming, 

fragrant liquor perhaps be “bulked 

out” with (say) more pasta, rice 

or well-cooked white beans, pearl 

barley or the like? He admitted it 

SHOULD have been accompanied 

by good toasted, buttered ciabatta 

bread and will be so on the actual 

night. 

(Incidentally, did you know ciabatta 

was created in Italy as recently 

as 1982: to counter massive and 

costly imports of the then hugely 

popular French baguette loaves for 

the sandwich trade?) 

You’ll need a really sweet tooth to 

do justice to His Excellency’s pudding: 

frutta Martorana which are 

realistic looking fruits (well, made 

to about a one-third scale) formed 

in marzipan made from Sicilian almond 

paste, moulded to shape and 

decorated in vegetable-based natural 

food colourants. 

The Ambassador told us an archbishop 

was visiting a parish in 

Palermo centuries ago and the nuns, 

distressed fruit trees were empty, 

made their own imitation fruit in 

marzipan and stuck them on the 

bare branches to liven up the view. 

They have been popular ever since. 

We ended with good strong filter 

coffee, which went well with the 

dessert and I dragged myself away 

from the well-appointed and proportioned 

grillroom (which happened 

to be almost full of stunning, mainly 

blonde, blue-eyed 20-something Russian 

gals!) and back to the Word Factory, 

so you could read this! 

Sicilian supper at La Fontaine, 

Meikles Hotel, Thursday September 

25; US$40 per person. Bookings/enquiries: 

707721 

dustymiller46@gmail.com; www. 

dailymiller.co

September 21 to 27 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / FOOD & DRINK / WINE 15 

Lebbie Musavaya 

“A (restaurant) wine list is praised and 

given awards for reasons that have little 

to do with its real purpose, as if it existed 

only to be admired passively, like 

a stamp collection. A wine list is good 

only when it functions well in tandem 

with a menu.” -- Gerald Asher 

Nothing prepared me for this magnificent restaurant and 

wine cellar, which started off as a wine bar, 24 years 

ago. With the main dining area looking and seamlessly 

opening into a cool, yet noticeably green garden with a 

pond filled with Koi fish, the view was breathtaking. It’s one 

of those tranquil places that captures your thoughts within its 

confines, and helplessly, you’re left with no choice but to wonder 

what else the place has to offer. 

With a glass in hand, of a Cederberg Bukettraube 2012, a 

semi-sweet wine full of delicate fruit flavours and a touch of 

crisp, the host, Elana, took me on a mystifying tour of the Cellars. 

Having scooped the Diner’s Club Award for Winelist-ofthe-Year 

for the past 13 years, and subsequently voted as Best 

Business Lunch venue, I was intrigued at what stood before 

me. 

Brown’s boast of four cellars, all room temperature controlled 

and a cellar dining area for up to 50 people, where private 

functions can be held as well as wine tastings, conducted, 

on most occasions by the winemakers themselves. A Sommelier 

is also available for private pre-booked wine tastings of 20 

to about 50 people. 

I stood transfixed at a stock of about 32 000 bottles of wine. 

The cellars are divided into, firstly, a champagne cellar. This 

well stocked cellar has half bottles (375ml) to magnums (1.5L). 

To mention a few, Pol Roger, Dom Perignon and Bollinger, are 

available, and, 2000 Moët et Chandon priced at R3000, being the 

restaurant’s best seller. The ‘truly great Champagnes’ of Louis 

Roederer ‘Cristal’, are also available from R8 500 to R20 000. 

A R150 000 

WINE @ 

Brown’s 

of Rivonia 

Restaurant 

and Cellar. 

With a marked impression from the Champagne Cellar, 

the Red wine cellar totally absorbed the wine lover in me, as 

my eyes fixated on a Bordeaux Red, a 2000 Petrus Merlot, AOC 

(Appellation d’origine Contrôlée) Pomerol, which indicates 

the origin geographically, quality and style of wine, selling at 

a premium R150 000. 

WHY R150 000, you might ask? 

Château Pétrus is classified as one of the world’s most extraordinary 

and famous wines of a small yet distinctive wine region 

called Pomerol, in Bordeaux (France). It produces “glamorous” 

merlot wines. Fermentation of these wines takes place 

in cement vessels, contrary to the obvious wood or stainless 

steel. In the year 2000, Bordeaux declared a perfect vintage, 

hence, the production of good quality wines. Robert Parker, a 

wine advocate, has scored this wine 100 out of a possible 100, 

and further says, it “should age for 50+ years”, with the lowest 

score given by Vinum Wine Magazine, 18 points out of a possible 

20. Whether it’s price related or just waiting for the right 

wine lover, Elana confirmed the wine had not been sold in the 

7 years that she’s been at Brown’s. 

The rest of the red wines are from all over the world. A flagship 

of the South African Wine Industry, the Warwick Trilogy 

1992, priced at R1 250 is also available among many others. A 

generous array of French ‘Bigguns and Littl’uns’, and International 

reds including but not limited to Italy, Australia, Chile, 

Israel and Hungary. 

A third wine cellar has a wide variety of ports, sherry, 

dessert wines, and white wines from all over the world. The 

fourth cellar is more of a maturation cellar for wines requiring 

further development. Boasting a wine list changed twice 

annually, it was time for a second glass of the “Bukettraube”. 

As I sipped, absorbing the various wines and how they offered 

the wine lover more than imagined, the Executive chef, a confident 

Tshepo, came for a brief introduction. My table has been 

booked for what I hope I’ll get to call “my ultimate food and 

wine experience.” 

Filled with satisfying wine thoughts, I realised, that 

Brown’s, whether, “for serious celebrations or just to savour 

wine”, has something special to offer the food and wine lover. 

Its a must visit, on your next trip to Johannesburg. To Elana, a 

wine thank you for being a lovely host and to my brother Farai, 

a big “semi-sweet” cheers for arranging all this for me and realising 

what wines mean to me. 

To good food and fabulous wines, it’s a “Bukettraube” wine 

cheers to all foodies and wine lovers. 

MyLifeAndWine@icloud.com

16 THE STANDARD STYLE 


Meatballs with Peppers and Onion 

Cooking with Rumbie 

Hi there, I’m Rumbie and I’m the founding 

editor of zimbokitchen.com. I’m 

passionate about Zimbabwean food and 

food in general, how it’s prepared, how 

it tastes, how it’s served, how you can play 

around with it to come up with different flavours 

to make it more exciting. Basically, 

anything and everything there is to do about 

food! I’m sure you’ve just about got the hint. 

The thing is, food plays a vital role in life. Of 

course the obvious is our sustenance- so we 

can stay alive! Most importantly though, it solidifies 

relationships, brightens up an environment 

and makes any function complete. Don’t 

believe me? Well ask yourself this; if you go to 

a party or wedding or whatever function, what 

are the top 3 things that are considered to be 

the highlights? Food hardly fails to make it 

into this top 3. In fact, it’s so important that if 

the food was bad, you’ll most likely have a bad 

taste of that event and the memory will stick 

with you forever! I’m looking forward to having 

a journey with you discussing the different 

ways we can make our food come alive, exciting 

and burst to the seams with flavour. We’ll 

also have some handy kitchen hacks which 

will make our lives in the kitchen awesome! 

Recipe 1: 

Meatballs with Peppers 

and Onion 

Makes 20 

Cooking Time: 25 min 

Ingredients 

• 500g fat free beef mince 

• 300g pork/chicken mince 

• 4 cloves garlic, minced 

• 1/2 tsp fresh ginger, minced 

• 1/2 medium onion, chopped finely 

• 1/2 medium onion, cut into rings 

• Red, white & Green peppers 

• 2 tbsp granulated sugar 

• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 

• 3/4 tsp salt 

• 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper 

• 1/2 tsp English mustard 

• 1 tsp curry powder 

• 1 egg, lightly beaten 

• oil for frying 

Quick Instructions 

Kitchen Hack #1: 

Refrigerating your meatballs 

just after forming them for 

at least 20-30 min allows the 

flavours to mingle, enhancing 

their ultimate taste. 

1. Get your ingredients ready. Put the mince 

in a bowl. 

2. Put all the ingredients into the bowl with 

meat and give a good stir, until well 

combined. 

3. Roll the meat up into meatballs and 

refrigerate for about 30 min. This is so 

that the meatballs set as well as to 

enhance their flavour. 

4. Whilst the meatballs are in the fridge, 

heat oil in pan and add the julienned 

peppers and onion rings. 

5. Fry for about 3 minutes, stirring regular 

ly. Remove from pan and set aside. 

6. Using the same pan, add the meatballs 

and cook them over medium-low heat 

until they cooked through and have 

browned, giving each side about 5-7 min 

to cook. Alternatively you may put these 

in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius, drizzle 

some oil and grill until they have 

browned in colour. 

7. Your meatballs are done! Take the set 

aside sautéed peppers and add them to the 

meatballs when serving. 

Custard & Orange Loaf 

Recipe 2: 

Custard & Orange Loaf 

Simply delicious is what this cake is. Every 

bite leaves you craving for another and another 

and yet another! You have to control yourself 

otherwise you could eat the whole loaf in 

one sitting, BY YOURSELF (that’s how good it 

is and no exaggeration here!) I served this to 

my family with vanilla custard, so I did a little 

play on the words… custard and orange cake 

served with custard! 

8 servings 

Baking time: 40 min 

Ingredients 

• 2 cups self-raising flour 

• 1/3 cup custard powder 

• 1 tsp baking powder 

• 1 1/2 cup castor sugar 

• rind from 1 large orange 

• 250ml orange juice 

• 100g butter 

• 3 eggs 

Quick Instructions 

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. 

Grease and line your loaf tin with grease 

proof/ baking paper. Get the ingredients 

ready. 

2. Sift custard powder, baking powder 

and self raising flour together into a bowl. 

3. Rub in the margarine until a coarse 

crumbly texture is formed. 

4. Make a well in the middle and add the 

rest of the ingredients (in no particular 

order). Mix with wooden spoon until 

combined. 

5. Pour batter into prepared loaf tin. Bake 

in preheat oven for 35-40 min or until 

skewer comes out clean when inserted. 

Allow to cool before attempting to take it 

out of the tin. Enjoy! 

Kitchen Hack #2: 

Over-mixing your cake batter 

will result in a tough textured 

cake instead of a delicate, 

smooth, crumbly, melt-inyour-mouth 

texture. 

www.zimbokitchen.com

September 21 to 27 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / FOOD & DRINK 17


September 21 to 27 2014


FAMILY 

Mr & Mrs Chifamba 

“ 

Family is the foundation of a nation 

and the reformation we desire 

to see in today’s society is birthed 

in our vision, our family: Reverence 

for God, love, friendship in love, 

communication, devotion, uniqueness, 

servanthood, good health, 

discipline, mutuality and having 

fun while we do it. 

“ 

Send us pictures of your family and a short caption of your values. Email your photos with the 

weekly code in the subject heading to style@standard.co.zw 

Specifications: JPEG minimum size 2MB Min. 300dpi 

Other things may 

change us, but we 

start and end with the 

family. 

~Anthony Brandt

20 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / PARENTING 


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Coping with the reality of living with a child with 

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are the likely challenges that parents with physically 

challenged children may encounter? And how can 

parents cope? 

Physical 

Caring for a disabled child can be very exhausting: 

the parent may need to bath, move, and feed or regularly 

take the child to the doctor. All these duties may 

lead to tremendous caregiver weariness and stress. 

parents need to assist each other or enlist the help of 

a professional/volunteer caregiver, friends or family, 

depending on the circumstances. 

Emotional 

it is not uncommon that the parent experiences feelings 

of embarrassment, shame or guilt: Did my alcohol 

consumption or smoking or that accident cause 

this? parents can also play a blame game with each 

other. it is also common that parents of a disabled 

child can experience feelings of disappointment because 

their dream child did not turn out to be what 

they expected before his or her birth. There is need 

for parents in such situations to let go of what they 

thought would be. Blame games may only worsen an 

already delicate situation. 

Financial 

it may be more expensive to raise a disabled child, 

with medication, equipment, special education and 

specialised transportation claiming a significant 

amount of money. The care for the child may also take 

longer than typical; for example it may go beyond a 

certain “normal” age or even into adulthood. in such 

situations it is important to seek donations or establish 

a trust fund to help the child in the event of the 

death of the parent. 

Stigma 

Family, friends or neighbours may level several wild 

allegations to explain a child’s disability. The challenge 

may be explained as a trans-generational curse 

or punishment for a sin committed against the community. 

parents need to exercise extreme restraint 

in the face of such rumours. participating in the rumours 

may be misconstrued as confirmation. parents 

should continue to project a positive family image in 

spite of all labels. 

School 

Most mainstream public and private schools in the 

country are ill-equipped to cater for physically challenged 

children. An additional problem is disabled 

children may be isolated or rejected if the school system 

is generally unsympathetic to the child’s condition. 

Unfortunately the parents have no control over 

these institutions. As a result, parents may be compelled 

to take the option of home-schooling.


THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / EDUCATION 21 

MEET THE WINNERS 

Winner 

Ruvarashe Sadya 

Greystone Park Primary School 

Female 

Age 12 

Grade 6 & 7 

Category 

Life in the Village 

The feeling of the buzz, the gossip, the adventure 

and the adrenaline runs in your veins. The vivid 

scenery, the blue skies and the priceless fresh air 

make a picture perfect life. Not just any ordinary 

life but life in the village. 

At the break of dawn you can hear the majestic crow 

of the cockerel. You can also hear the ruckus of the fellow 

siblings refusing to wake up and go to herd the cattle 

and my father, a notorious farmer whipping them 

with the same cattle whip they would use. After a few 

minutes you will see my brothers heading off, gripping 

their swollen buttocks and directing cattle. 

It is now midday. The sun is blazing and literally 

roasting my chocolate skin. At this time you will find 

my brothers playing silly games with fellow villagers, 

cattle wrestling which often leads to fights. They leave 

the cows to wander off and end up in an unlucky villagers’ 

fields. My sisters at the well gossiping about other 

girls and boys. They track back home with twenty to 

fifty litres of water wobbling in their heads. 

At home, I have disappeard with my father who is always 

escaping the clutches of his own mother. We have 

gone to the growth point where you’ll find most people 

are either selling or buying. My mother sits in her 

government approved metal shack selling all sorts of 

vegetables. Vegetable like tomatoes, carrots, rape and 

beetroot. She sits there waiting for her usual village 

customers often want to barter trade. 

I head over to my friend’s house nearby. It is deserted. 

We play all sorts of games with no parental supervision. 

Then I head back home to find my sisters cooking 

supper on the fire. After supper we go into the moonlight 

to play games with neighbours and children we 

have never met. We head back to our rooms after a few 

hours knowing we start this all again in the morning. 

Second runner up 

It was school holiday in April at my village 

called Chimusoro village in Guruve. I live 

with my father and my stepmother together 

with two half sisters and a brother. 

My stepmother called my name from the 

cooking hut to come very fast. I felt something 

was wrong. I expected to be treated well because 

I had passed my end of term exams. Her 

children failed the exams and she was not happy 

about it. I was told to do thorough cleaning 

of the house, washing dishes and fetch water 

from a long distance. 

My daily time table, I woke up early in the 

morning to sweep the yard, wash the dishes 

, clean the house, fetch firewood and prepare 

supper. After all the chores that is when I do 

my homework. When one is used to do all the 

work you end up not complaining. My father 

had gone to visit the elders in the village. He 

came back and told me I should dress well the 

following day because the family was going to 

have visitors. 

The following day the visitors came and we 

were to join them. We talked about our school, 

Cathy Sibanda 

Ardbennie Primary School 

Female 

Age 11 

Category 

Life in the Village 

our favourite subjects and many stories. On 

this day my step mother prepapred good food 

and we ate happily. I was then introduced to 

the family that I was the one and they would 

take me as soon as they pay per their agreement. 

I could not believe my ears. The husband-to-be 

was the same age of my fathers 

younger brother. 

Schools opened and I went back to school 

my mind still fresh of what happened. I asked 

my father several times why he wanted to give 

me away. He told me that he had seen that I 

was able to do house chores comparing to my 

sisters and also because of the bad harvest 

this had been his hunger solution. 

Christmas came and the elder of the husband-to-be 

came to fetch me; they brought lots 

of groceries. They had a long talk in closed 

door with my father and stepmother. We were 

called, the elders chose my half-sister Tendai. 

Oh! I could not believe it. I guess her round 

body and comparing to me a very thin and 

tiny girl had decided their choice. 

LILIAN MASITERA 

masiteral@yahoo.com 

0772 924 796 

Usave Saskam, 

verenga udzore pfungwa

22 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / HEALTH 


About the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe 

Lovemore Makurirofa (Cancer Association of Zimbabwe 

THE Cancer Association of Zimbabwe is a non-profit making 

organization which was started in 1961. The organisation was 

formed by a group of cancer survivors and volunteers in a bid 

to support each other morally, emotionally, spiritually and 

physically. Cancer Association of Zimbabwe has continued to 

grow in providing cancer support services and cancer awareness 

programmes. It has over the years, continued to be a leading 

contributor to the preventive and mitigatory efforts in the 

country through its direct cancer support services and cancer 

awareness programmes. Since its formation in 1961; the scope, 

relevance and contribution of the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe 

in the fight against cancer have persistently grown. 

The Cancer Association of Zimbabwe is run by team of board 

members who have expertise in various areas pertaining to the 

operations of the organization. The board members give policy 

direction to the organization, whilst the health professionals 

and volunteers at the centre are responsible for the day to day 

running of the institution. 

The vision of the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe is a Zimbabwe 

with universal access to cancer information and comprehensive 

cancer management services. Cancer Association 

of Zimbabwe is committed to cancer prevention and improving 

the quality of life of cancer clients through timeous, sustainable 

and evidence based interventions. 

As Cancer Association of Zimbabwe we believe that together 

we can win the war against cancer and “we all have a role to 

play”. All we need is to pull our efforts together. As you are 

reading this article today just ask yourself this simple question 

“What is my role in reducing Zimbabwe’s national cancer 

burden”. You might think of educating your fellow friends 

about cancer, assisting cancer patients in need of financial, 

moral or drug support or even donating to any cancer organisation 

of your choice. Our combined efforts will make a difference 

and move Zimbabwe a step towards to controlling and 

managing cancer. 

Services offered by the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe 

Cancer Association of Zimbabwe offers a range of cancer services 

that are tailor made to suit cancer clients/patients and 

their families, the general population of Zimbabwe and specific 

groups of people such as people living with disabilities. 

The organisation thrives on people’s donations to sustain its 

operations. We would therefore, want to take this opportunity 

to thank all the individuals and stakeholders who have selflessly 

supported the organisation in one way or the other. Should 

anyone want to partner with us or support this worthy cause 

feel free to contact the organisation using any of the indicated 

contact details below; 

For More Information Contact: 

The Cancer Association of Zimbabwe 

60 Livingstone Harare (Cnr 6th Street and Livingstone Avenue) 

Tel: 04 - 707444 / 705522 Fax: +263 4 707 482 

Email: info@cancer.co.zw, Website: www.cancerzimbabwe.org 

Facebook: The Cancer Association of Zimbabwe 

“We are committed to cancer prevention and improving 

the quality of life of patients, their families and 

communities through timeous, cost effective and evidence 

based interventions” 

OPTOMETRY 

A stitch in time may save your sight 

Lynett E Masiwa 

St Michael’s 24 Hour Accident Emergency & 

Maternity Clinic (19709 Unit N Shopping Centre 

Seke Chitungwiza) All times 

Emergency numbers: 0774 125142, 0734 503518 

“THE eyes are the 

window to your soul” 

W.Shakespeare but it is a 

wonder that eyes are one 

of the most neglected organs 

on our bodies. As 

an eye care practitioner, 

I unfortunately only get 

to examine eyes when 

they are not well for one 

reason or another. It is 

for this reason I have 

decided that my objective 

for this week is to 

increase awareness and 

the importance of regular 

eye exams to promote 

and maintain good eye 

health-after all you only 

get one set in a lifetime! 

So who should get 

their eyes examined- 

YOU and everyone else 

you know! As eye care 

practitioners we recommend 

that one gets their 

eyes tested at least once 

every 2years. The frequency 

is increased to 

at least once every year 

for Diabetic and Hypertensive 

patients. This 

interval could be further 

shortened depending on 

how long one has been 

living with Diabetes, 

Hypertension or due to 

the presence of other 

conditions that affect 

eye health. We recommend 

that a child’ first 

eye exam is done prior to 

them starting school to 

ensure that they are not 

disadvantaged by poor 

eye sight in class. 

It is always better for 

us and you the patient 

when we pick up on diseases 

before they progress. 

Not only does an 

eye exam keep your eyes 

healthy but we can also 

pick up on other conditions 

that affect your 

body which you might 

not know you have e.g. 

Diabetes and Hypertension. 

By Lynett E Masiwa 

FAOI 

Optometrist 

BSc Hons. Optometry 

(Ireland)


THE STANDARD STYLE/ INVESTMENTS 23 

INVESTORS CONFERENCE 

Theme: 

Zimbabwe “Ripe for 

Investment, poised for Growth” 

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) through its South African Chapter invites the 

entire business fraternity to its 2nd Investors Conference to be held from 2 - 5 October 2014, at the 

Legend Golf and Safari Lodge in Polokwane, South Africa. The Conference connects prominent 

institutional and high-net-worth investors with some of the local most influential thinkers and leaders, 

creating the chance to forge long-lasting relationships. It also offers participants an opportunity to gather 

investment intelligence that defies commonplace thinking with informed and thoughtful alternative views. 

High profile speakers in Business and Government have been invited to speak on the following topics: 

-Why “NOW” is the best time to invest in Zimbabwe? 

-Demystifying the indigenisation laws. 

-Mining opportunities in Zimbabwe: do current regulations allow for returns on investment? 

-Ease of doing business in Zimbabwe - “One Stop Shop concept” 

-Experience from the early birds. 

-Investor experiences from various jurisdictions, that Zimbabwe can 

emulate/avoid. 

-The role of media in promoting investment. 

Who should attend? 

ICAZ members, CZI members, PAAB members, Business 

Leaders, Investors, Policy Makers, Civic Groups, 

Financial Institutions, Legal Practitioners and various 

Stakeholders. 

Investment 

Flying (Charter Flight): Single Room $1,900 

Double Room $1,700 per person 

Own Transport: Single Room $1,250 Double 

Room $1,050 per person 

PLEASE NOTE: 

The 2 

nd 

and the 5 

of October are 

travelling dates. 

th 

Banking Details Name of Bank: CBZ Bank | A/C Name: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe 

Branch: Wealth Management (6115) | A/C Number: 04423151320032 

For registration, please contact the following: 

Betty Mpala or Tawedzera Majongwe on conference2014@icaz.org.zw 

Tel: +263-4-793 950, 793 471 Fax: +263-4-706 205 or Cell: +263 77 219 2058-62

24 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY /GETAWAY 


Rhino AWAREness Day pulls a big crowd 

Rosie Mitchell 

THE Animal and Wildlife Area Research 

and Rehabilitation (AWARE) Trust’s Rhino 

AWAREness Day held at Raintree last Sunday 

pulled a big crowd again and much fun 

was had by all. Numerous generous sponsors, 

Raintree included, got involved to help make 

this fund-raiser a success. All proceeds go 

to AWARE’s rhino de-horning programme in 

Zimbabwe. AWARE assists National Parks 

in carrying out this necessary precaution 

against poaching, at a time when poaching 

has never been so sophisticated or extreme, 

all over our region. 

The South Africa poaching statistics for the 

year to date, as elaborated by Lisa Marabini 

of AWARE Trust at the event, are even worse 

than last year’s. If poaching continues at its 

current rate, 1 500 rhino will have been lost 

there to poachers by end of year. Current 

populations simply can’t sustain such losses. 

Rhino take several years to reach reproductive 

maturity, only have one calf, with gestation 

taking around 16 months, and only every 

three or four years. 

The demand continues to be driven from 

China, where many people falsely believe rhino 

horn to be useful medicinally, or as an ‘aphrodisiac’, 

and Vietnam, where some believe it 

cures cancer, while the rich upper crust use 

it as a very expensive status symbol to ‘cure’ 

a hangover. In reality, rhino horn is made of 

the same substance as fingernails and has absolutely 

no medicinal, aphrodisiacal or curative 

properties whatsoever but until this demand 

ends, through targeted education (since 

the illegality of trading in rhino horn clearly 

doesn’t stop this carnage) the future of this 

amazing, extremely endangered species, will 

continue to hang by a thread. 

It seems a never-ending uphill battle, but 

given the sinister forces of greed, corruption, 

and false beliefs behind this continuing 

scourge -- where would the rhino be, without 

the many champions fighting to keep this species 

on earth? Probably, extinct already! So 

we must not get disheartened and give up this 

fight! De-horning combined with other antipoaching 

strategies in Zimbabwe, has kept 

the vast majority of our small stock of black 

and while rhino, safe, so the raising of funds 

to carry out such expensive projects (US$1 200 

to de-horn just one rhino, and this must be repeated 

every two years) simply have to carry 

on. 

The cause of the rhino evidently does inspire 

much passion in many Zimbabweans, 

The crowd enjoys the karaoke 

Tinashe Makura 

Raintree a lovely setting 

Rooney’s Run attracts over 200 participants 

The Fun Run and Walk at Rhino AWAREness Day 

Tracey Hugill, AWARE’s fundraiser and event organiser, with Tinashe and Erick 

Erick Mutizhe and Tinashe Makura and band 

judging by the turn out at this event, and the 

donation of so many goods and services by 

various regularly supportive companies to 

assist it. Debbie Fleming and her Flash Mob 

dance crew raised much awareness of the 

event beforehand and provided entertainment 

on the day. Debbie and husband Dave’s company 

DJ Squared donated time, MC skills, sound 

and karaoke system for the event, and fun karaoke 

challenges raised some extra money at the 

end of the enjoyable day. Tinashe Makura and 

his band, performed free and Erick Mutizhe, 

one if AWARE’s vets, performed his own conservation 

song written for AWARE. Friendly 

members of Rotaract Club Harare West worked 

tirelessly all day. Triton Gym held a Spin Class 

at the event and sponsored the 5km and 10km 

fun walk/run, which were very well supported. 

The lovely Raintree venue out on Umwinsidale 

Road was the perfect setting for this environmentally 

focused event. 

OVER 200 runners and walkers of all ages 

turned out last Sunday to participate in 

popular annual Fun Run event, the Rooney’s 

Extreme 15 and High 5, starting and ending 

at Borrowdale Country Club. The event was 

well enjoyed by families and friends who came 

to enjoy the fun, and some very fast times 

were recorded, too. First man home was Giyoto 

Ncube who finished the Extreme 15km 

through the very hilly terrain of Helensvale 

in an amazing 0.58.42, and first lady home was 

Jean Turner in an exceedingly swift 1.08.58. 

Fifty percent of registration fees were donated 

to Rhino Conservation via Environment Africa, 

and Rooney’s had, as always, pulled out 

the stops, with superb branded long sleeved 

T-shirts for participants, and bacon and egg 

rolls and drinks supplied at the end. Rooney’s 

the Hiring Specialists are a very visible company 

in support of healthy, active lifestyles, 

giving welcome assistance to several such 

events annually, and generously assist with 

various fund raising events and activities for 

non-profit organisations – a great example of 

well-focused corporate social responsibility. 

Fun runs have become even more popular in 

the past couple of years and events like these 

are a great way to encourage families to get 

more active for the sake of their health, with 

a goal like this in mind, and to raise funds for 

charities and environmental organisations. 

The new female Bushbuck at Mukuvisi. You will be able to see her and the male, in a few weeks’ time 

Two Bushbuck donated to Mukuvisi Woodlands 

Rooney’s Run: Rooney’s Extreme 15 and High 5 Fun Run – a participant finishes and receives her shirt. 

GREAT news from Mukuvisi Woodlands is 

that a pair of bushbuck are quietly settling 

into their new home in a secluded spot in this 

lovely nature reserve, which is open every 

day of the year. Within a few weeks, they will 

be released into the Game Area and you will 

have the opportunity to spot this, a new species 

in Mukuvisi. Generously donated by Dr 

Solomon Gurumatunhu, who paid for both 

animals and their transport, this species is 

a welcome addition to the Mukuvisi Family. 

Meantime, Mukuvisi Woodlands Association 

has been holding consultative meetings and 

brainstorming sessions with the public, vari- 

ous stakeholders, and its Council, to formulate 

a Five Year Plan. The outcome of these 

intensive discussions will likely see some 

exciting innovations at the Nature Reserve, 

increasingly popular for family outings year 

round. The twice monthly Sunday run/walk 

when the public can follow various marked 

trails through the Nature Reserve, have drawn 

many people into these Woodlands more regularly, 

and the addition of a new species to the 

game that live here, is bound to be an added 

attraction.


ARTS & CULTURE 

1 

2 

3 

4 

In this issue 

of Arts & Culture 

(1) Eyahra Mathazia 

(2) Parlotones 

(3) ZIMA 

(4) Yolanda Yona

26 THE STANDARD STYLE /COMMUNITY/ BREAKING NEW GROUND 


“Eyahra Mathazia’s 

Third Album Launch 

- A music journey” 

Patricia Mabviko-Musanhu 

Photography by David Brasier 

Anyone who has made it in life has done so 

because of a determination to achieve their 

dreams. We all face trials of various kinds 

and it seems as if those who put themselves 

out to receive the hardest blows and survive 

them live to experience the true meaning of 

success. The impression that some people 

have that those who have made it are “lucky” 

can only be misplaced. The reality is that everyone 

faces obstacles and depending on your 

response, an obstacle is either a stumbling 

block or a stepping stone. Benny Lewis put it 

this way; “The difference between a stumbling 

block and a stepping stone is how high you 

raise your foot.” 

Eyahra Mathazia’s desire from childhood was 

to become a singer. When she was in grade 

seven she took her first attempt at this and 

entered a talent singing competition with her 

sister. To her surprise she won this competition 

and was subsequently recommended onto 

another national talent singing competition. 

It was this competition that would open a door 

for Eyahra to get into the professional performing 

arts at the age of 15. 

“This is where my love for professional performing 

arts started. However, singing was 

always my first love.” Eyahra would soon find 

out that having a desire to sing and carving a 

singing career especially in a country where 

the entertainment industry is still to grow are 

two different things. She was faced with numerous 

obstacles right from the beginning. “I 

was very young then and I made mistakes that 

many teenagers make as a result of inexperience 

and lack of good judgment. I also come 

from a mixed family where we spoke English 

at home. I didn’t realise that this would be a 

major obstacle in my endeavour to carve a music 

career”. Eyahra received a lot of criticism 

and was told that she would never make it as 

a singer if she didn’t sing in a local language. 

This affected her so much that she lost confidence 

and self-belief. During such moments 

Eyahra said that it was her family that kept 

her going. She realised the importance of 

having a support system in the form of family 

and friends who continued to believe in 

her vision when everyone else had ceased to 

do so. “It’s very important to surround yourself 

with people who think positively about 

you and who believe in you. They will help to 

keep the light in you burning when a storm 

comes,” she said. 

Another obstacle that Eyahra faced was getting 

the recording process underway which 

process requires that one engages the services 

of a recording studio as well as finance the recording. 

One can easily get discouraged by a 

lot of challenges that they encounter during 

this process. One of them is inconsistencies 

by studio personnel when it comes to taking 

bookings and being available on the day of 

the recording. However, encouraged by family 

and friends, Eyahra took a bold step and 

started working towards recording her first 

album. She remembers one incident when she 

had to move from one studio to another trying 

to secure a recording date. She chose not to 

give up although she met with a lot of resistance. 

Her perseverance paid off in a way she 

had never imagined. She landed herself at 

a studio where she met Jamaican Producer 

Everton Moore who immediately liked her 

voice and invited her to record an album with 

him. In 2009, she recorded a 15-track album 

with him which he subsequently took to Jamaica. 

When he listened to the album, music 

legend Bunny Wailer got involved and played 

percussion on one of the songs. Another song 

on the album called “Babylon bring black babies 

home” which was about the brain drain 

that many countries are facing was added to 

the Bob Marley’s Hall of Fame by the Marley 

family between 2009 and 2010. In 2010, Eyahra 

successfully recorded her first album followed 

by her second album in 2012. 

“In November of this year I will be launching 

my third 20-track album called, A Simple 

Thank You. It’s a very personal album which 

focuses on personal morality, what we go 

through as individuals on a daily basis. I hope 

that people will all enjoy it.” 

Eyahra is still building her music career and 

she is confident that she is in the right direction. 

She, without doubt, encapsulates Dave 

Shepp’s example of true success which he 

defines as, “accepting yourself for what you 

have to offer rather than what you cannot do”. 

Patricia Mabviko Musanhu is a Company Director/Producer 

at Black and White Media 

Productions. She can be contacted at pmabviko@gmail.com


KAGEE 

Reps Theatre 

In a weekend of world-class musical 

entertainment, the popular 

annual Summer Night Concert 

makes a welcome return to Harare 

on Saturday September 27, when 

acclaimed South African singer Selim 

Kagee will top the bill, 

The concert will be held in the 

open air of the Borrowdale Park 

Racecourse, 24 hours after audiences 

rock to the sounds of South 

African supergroup The Parlotones. 

Kagee recently took centre stage 

when he sang the South African national 

anthem before the South Africa-Australia 

rugby union match, 

further cementing his growing 

reputation as one of South Africa’s 

most important ‘crossover’ singers 

– performers who combine their 

classical repertoire with a range of 

other modern styles that ensure a 

wider audience and greater enjoyment. 

The Summer Night Concert is 

being presented by Sound Event 

Management with technical management 

by Kevin Whaley and his 

team, all with the support of Robertson 

Winery, African Sun, Multi- 

Choice Zimbabwe, PrintWorks and 

Rooney’s. Also on stage that evening 

will be Zimbabwe’s popular 

Cool Crooners, who have a long and 

successful tradition of performing 

a range of local and international 

music in a unique and highly entertaining 

style. 

Said SEM’s Minky Walters: “Se- 

lim is described as part Bocelli, a 

smidgen of Groban, with a slice of 

Pavarotti and a bead of Bublé. He is 

fast placing his inimitable signature 

on a sound the world loves and supports 

and in which he excels.” 

Kagee made his debut in the world 

of classical pop after being signed to 

the EMI label in 2012, after which 

he released a debut album, Cry For 

Love. His music includes songs cowritten 

with acclaimed producer 

and songwriter Clive Ridgway and 

recorded with the Cape Town Pops 

Orchestra. 

Trained as a classical singer, by 

the late operatic star Jean Stuart, 

his repertoire consists of an eclectic 

mix of original compositions and 

interpretations of popular musical 

gems, with pop, classical and show 

influences. These combine to give 

his voice the opportunity to showcase 

its warmth and sincerity. 

Last month, Kagee appeared in New 

York at the Annual Sergio Franchi 

Memorial concert. 

Classic Feel magazine described 

him as “an impressive, new, proudly 

South African addition to the adult 

contemporary and crossover fields, 

of which the four greats (Bocelli, 

Groban, Pavarotti and Buble) are 

among the (best-known) exemplars”. 

Die Burger newspaper has called 

him “Cape Town’s own Bocelli” 

and Audio Video magazine 

said: “His voice is fluid, rich, welltrained 

and easily able to perform 

the lovely romantic, ballad style he 

has chosen.” 

Songs in his current repertoire 

include O Sole Mio, Il Mondo, Parla 

Piu Piano (the vocal version of the 

theme music of The Godfather), 

Charlie Chaplin’s Smile and his 

original English-Italian album titletrack 

Cry For Love, presented on 

stage with entertaining and humorous 

anecdotes of his life. 

Highlights of his career include 

recording a duet with international 

supergroup Celtic Woman on their 

2012 Christmas album, as well as 

being invited by world-renowned 

Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis to 

perform in a collaborative tour of 

South Africa next year. Kagee has 

also performed at the prestigious 

Serge Franchi Memorial concert in 

the United States. 

“Enchanting at every turn, Selim 

Kagee’s new fans in Zimbabwe can 

rest assured he’s locking down for 

the long haul, with nothing less than 

the very best his God-given gift can 

muster,” said Ms Walters. 

Summer Night Concert tickets 

are already on sale from the 

Sound Event Management box 

office in PaSan gano, Avondale. 

Tickets purchased in advance are 

$15 while admission at the gate 

will be $20 for adults and $10 

for children under 12. Gates will 

open at 5.30pm. 

THE STANDARD STYLE / ARTS 27 

PARLOTONES 

South African supergroup The 

Parlotones will help Harare 

audiences celebrate the return 

of summer with a concert that 

will rock the city on Friday September 

26. Now recognised as one of 

South Africa’s finest musical bands, 

this popular band will headline an 

evening of entertainment at Borrowdale 

park racecourse presented 

by Sound Event Management and 

sponsored by Heineken. 

The Parlotones have established 

a reputation for live and recorded 

musical excellence – and record album 

sales – with hits like Colourful, 

Giant Mistake and Push Me To 

The Floor. They will be supported 

by several top Harare bands in a 

concert starting at 6pm and ending 

at midnight, with The Parlotones on 

stage at about 9pm. Their concert 

will form part of a musical weekend 

with A Summer Night Concert featuring 

South African singer Selim 

Kagee at the same venue the following 

night. 

The Rockin’ Harare concert is the 

follow-up to the annual Rock Down 

Harare concerts presented for the 

past 10 years by SEM and which, in 

addition to providing a yearly entertainment 

to the people of Harare, 

have been highly successful showcases 

for local musical talent in support 

of promoting local entertainers. 

“We have been able to help boost 

the musical scene through staging 

these concerts and giving performers 

a major boost to their careers,” 

said Minky Walters of SEM. 

“This year’s supporting bands 

will include Finding Burt, Evicted – 

winners of the recent Battle of the 

Bands event – and Macy and The 

Red, runners-up in the Battled of the 

Bands. They will be hugely popular 

and will provide the evening with a 

major dose of local talent.” 

Tickets for Rockin’ Harare, 

starring The Parlotones, are on 

sale at the Sound Event Management 

box office in PaSangano, 

Avondale. Tickets are $30.

28 THE STANDARD STYLE / ARTS / BOOKWORM 


What’s booking at 

The Spotlight 

Harare’s central booking office 

Reps Theatre Foyer, Belgravia Shopping Centre 

Tel: (04) 308159 or 0771 357204 

Open Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm, Sat 9am to 12 noon 

On Reps Main Stage 

LES MIS – THE CONCERT 

15TH – 25TH October 

7 p.m. except Friday 17th and 24th – 6.30 p.m. 

Matinees - Saturdays 2.30 p.m. 

Tickets from $8.00 to $16.00 Price includes a free 

glass of wine or a beer or a coke on 

production of ticket 

– Special prices for Members on production of 

Membership Card - 

In Theatre Upstairs 

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 

A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde 

English set-book for 2014 and 2015 

Reps Theatre Upstairs 17th – 20th and 

24th – 27th September at 7.00 p.m. 

Matinees – Saturdays at 2.30 p.m. 

Tickets $10.00 for Adults and $5.00 for Scholars 

Notes on a 

divided literature 

Under the Affluence presents 

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM 

SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) 

5th – 11th October at 7 p.m. in Reps Theatre Upstairs 

Matinee, Saturday 11th – 2.30 p.m. 

Tickets from $5.00 

On Sale at The Spotlight 

WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT, ZIMBABWE 

Become a Wild Life Defender and join here 

Collection of Membership Fees being undertaken by 

Reps as a Community Service. 

You are now able to pay these at the Spotlight 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays 

Also on sale: 

latest copies of Ndeipi magazine and 

Jump Theatre, How to Make a Play 

The essential handbook for everyone involved in 

drama and theatre, Written by Kevin Hanssen 

Plus 

InnSider Cards 

New InnSider cards and renewals can be done at 

The Spotlight for discounts at the 

Inns of Zimbabwe Group 

We also sell airtime for 

Econet – NetOne – Telecel and uMax 

Collect from here the latest copies of community free 

papers Harare News and Zimtrader 

And don’t forget that Reps membership forms are 

also available! 

If you would like to sell tickets through The Spotlight 

call the Reps office mornings only 335850 for 

information 

By Bookworm 

Zimbabwean literature is a literature of two halves: 

Black and white. I find that there is a serious disconnect. 

Black writers focus on the black experience 

and white writers on the white experience. This is 

no exaggeration. It is just the way it is. 

Nobel laureate JM Coetzee once asked, “Am I white? 

Am I black? These are the first questions one has to ask 

in Zimbabwe. He was talking about South Africa, but the 

same applies to Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe inherited two separate 

cultures and they have not been integrated and this 

is despite the fact that when Robert Mugabe was Prime 

Minister he called for reconciliation and integration of 

the races. He said, “If you were my enemy, you are now 

my friend. If you hated me, you cannot avoid the love that 

binds me to you and you to me.” 

But there is also an ideological problem in trying to 

resolve this literary Apartheid. South African writer 

Njabulo Ndebele points out that we tend to write characters 

as types, caricatures, and unless we share total living 

conditions, we cannot write accurately about others. 

I’ve noticed that when white writers write about black 

characters or vice versa, they tend to portray one dimensional 

stereotypes. It’s hard to get outside one’s skin and 

the prejudices imposed on us by history. However, there’s 

also the danger of appropriation, especially from white 

writers –speaking on behalf of other races, speaking on 

top of them, silencing them. 

This is where JM Coetzee’s value to world literature 

lies. He writes about this very problem – the inability 

to get outside yourself and understand the other. What 

is interesting about Coetzee is that he writes without a 

single direct reference to race. Disgrace, for example, has 

no mention of skin colour, and that’s perhaps the way to 

go, to consciously erase race from our writing. 

There has been writing that attempts to cross over 

this great divide in Zimbabwe. Tim McCloughlin’s novel 

Karima gives voice equally to white and black characters. 

Paul Williams tries to do the same in Soldier Blue 

which is told from the perspective of a naïve white boy, 

but throughout the narrative he inserts voices of ancestors, 

alternative histories and interviews with ZIPRA and 

ZANLA combatants that intrude upon and disrupt the 

simple “white” narrative. 

Of late there has been a large output of “white-writing” 

from Zimbabwe. The list is impressive and includes 

such writers as Peter Godwin, Ian Holding, Alexandra 

Fuller, Douglas Rodgers, Lauren St John and others. The 

inescapable fact is that they are all popular and widely 

read elsewhere besides Zimbabwe itself. Sometimes I ask: 

who is the intended audience for these writers? Is it Zimbabwe? 

Or these writers see their primary readership as 

non-Zimbabweans primarily because they want to ex- 

plain to the world “why” and “how” they have become the 

“forsaken race” of Mugabe’s anger and madness. 

The characteristics of these books are mainly; a nostalgia 

for a golden Zimbabwe (as if there has ever been 

one), and there is too much self-pity. What worries me 

about this is their projection of a wronged race. Aren’t 

we all wronged? Mugabe’s power madness has not been 

discriminatory. If anything, it is poor Zimbabweans who 

have mostly felt the full brunt of the system. 

Most of the new white writing seems to have this ability 

to absolve the writers from the evils of colonial history. 

Fair enough, some of them were children during the liberation 

struggle and could not have been responsible for 

the crimes that their fathers and grandfathers committed 

against the black indigenous people. 

Autobiography or memoir writing is representational 

writing of individual and collective experiences. In these 

books there is a sense of shared life, shared triumph, and 

shared persecution. This is, of course, problematic. Their 

stories, even though they may be “authentic” and “true” 

are separatist in that it’s about them and the others. The 

black people in these books are mostly “nannies”, garden 

boys, farm hands, maids and there are very few admirable 

black characters who are equals to the white characters 

in these books. The whites own property and the 

means of production. None of the blacks do. 

The politics of land re-distribution that took an ugly 

head in 2000 seems to have provided an explicit backdrop 

to all constructions of the white autobiographical subject. 

W.E.B. Du Bois says “autobiographies do not form 

indisputable authorities. They are always incomplete, 

and often unreliable.” These books perpetuate the white 

myth. There is a way in which the writers absolve themselves 

from the faults of colonial history, as if to blame 

their parents and their parents for presiding over the colonial 

project. Real racism is hard to find in these works, 

and where one suspects it, like in Joseph Conrad’s Heart 

of Darkness, it mostly appears to be reflective of racial 

relations rather than a direct hit from the author but it’s 

all about celebrating and salvaging “white pride.” 

To understand what is at stake here, and to understand 

it in terms of the life of this nation, is to know the 

central fact that the relationship between black and white 

in Zimbabwe is a power equation, and a power struggle is 

not only manifested in historical aggregates (liberation 

war, UDI) but also in the interpersonal relations, actions 

and reactions between blacks and whites if they are taken 

into account. 

Maybe I am wrong in my reading of all this but the 

bottom line is that we have a divided literature. 

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ZIMA returns this October, after 2014 after a 7 

year break, and this time around the planned event 

is set to be the biggest on the local entertainment 

calendar. 

ZIMA is a platform that seeks to honor outstanding 

performers in the music industry who have 

excelled in their various genre and technical categories. 

For this year’s event, the ZIMA organisers 

have partnered with a South African company 

that is involved with the Project Management of 

the South African Music Awards and has worked 

on other awards ceremonies such as the Royal Soapie 

awards, MTV Africa Music Awards and several 

others. 

The purpose of this partnership is to create an 

international product that still remains proudly 

Zimbabwean. The event will be a red carpet event 

with fashion designers who have had success in 

the Southern African region, to dress some of the 

nominees just to make sure the event has the required 

flair. Performances on the night will come 

from a plethora of artists, amongst them the nominees 

themselves. 

Of noteable mention on that night is a special come 

back performance from Afrika Revenge, the afrocentric 

duo that made waves on the music scene in 

the early 2000s with their popular hit “Wanga.” 

Furthermore, guests may expect a guest appearance 

by Randall Abrahams, the much famed South 

African Idols judge who is also the Managing Director 

of Universal Records South Africa. 

The event promises to be one night to remember as 

it will be hosted by renowned radio media gurus 

Tich Mataz, Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa, Napeleon 

Nyanhi and Shingai Mokina aka DJ Mox. 

New York based International Zimbabwean 

model gives back to her country. 

Yolanda Yona a New York based international 

model born and raised in Zimbabwe has 

come back home to scout for local modeling 

talent. Yolanda who has started her very own 

model scouting agency in New York, YGY Scouts, 

is giving back to the youth of Zimbabwe by offering 

them an opportunity to become international 

models like herself. As an international ambassador 

for the youth of our county Yolanda aims to put 

Zimbabwean modeling talent on the international 

map. Partnering up with the organisers of Zim 

Fashion Week, YGY Scouts will be holding Open 

Calls(auditions) in Harare on the 27th of September 

2014 at The Harare City Library at 10 a.m, for 

all those who want to take their modeling career 

to the next level and also stand a chance to be considered 

by world renowned modeling agency Ford 

Models New York. YGY Scouts will also be holding 

Open Calls in Mutare on the 21st of September 

2014. Registration is being done through YGY 

Scouts’ Zimbabwean representative, Ruvimbo 

Kwari. Miss Yona has really shown her patriotism 

and dedication towards her country by showing 

the true meaning of ‘Charity begins at home’. 

For more information on their requirements contact 

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Channel 175) 

DStv September 

2014 Schedules 

Street Eats (Season 1): Food is one of the top reasons 

why people like to travel. The best place to find the 

most authentic local food scenes around the world 

is right on the streets! There is no better place to rub 

elbows with the locals and grab a bite that’s fast, inexpensive 

and translates the culture. In some countries, 

street food represents a melting pot of traditions. 

Street Eats travels to Latin America, Africa, The Middle 

East, Asia, the United States and Europe to bring this 

experience to viewers who may never get the chance to 

taste it for themselves. Tune in from 22 September and 

watch it on weekdays at 07:40 and 11:00 CAT. 

Recipes that Rock (Season 2): Alex James is bass player 

in the British rock band, Blur. He’s also a writer, farmer, 

father and cheesemaker. Chef Matt Stone has hip restaurants 

in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Matt has full 

sleeve tattoos, a skateboard and an attitude to match, 

he rocks too. In this series of Recipes That Rock, there’s 

fun and adventure in the Great Southern, searching 

out the best of the best foods that producers grow, 

harvest, hatch and catch. Series 2 opens with succulent 

oysters in Oyster Harbour, Albany, and a merry visit to 

the local whisky distillery. In later episodes, the inquisitive 

duo discover a unique way of farming chickens for 

eggs, learn about the worldwide delicacy Abalone, 

and close the series with a huge party celebrating all 

of the produce they’ve discovered and wonderful 

characters they’ve met in this magnificent part of 

the world. Watch from Sunday 8 September at 09:20 

and 13:55 CAT. 

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(DStv Channel 172) 

Breaking the Faith (Premiere): This series shares the 

story of eight young men and women who are trying 

to build a new life outside of the Mormon church. The 

young men, known as ‘lost boys’, are cast-out from 

their homes and not welcomed back, while the women 

are intent on escaping the controlling ways of the 

community – including arranged marriage and a life of 

complete submission – and are hoping for a better life 

on the outside. For this group, being faced with making 

life-altering choices in their effort to win their freedom 

comes with the fear of the consequences that may 

come for leaving the compound forever. From Tuesday 

16 September at 20:55 CAT. 

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (Premiere): After the 

rip-roaring success of the first series, Honey Boo Boo 

returns with her family for more mishaps, joviality and 

raucous redneck fun. In this series, birthday girl June’s 

spirits are sagging as she copes with an empty nest after 

Anna and Kaitlyn decide to move out. Finally, without 

Anna and Kaitlyn around, the family spends very 

little time together. Alana hopes the family’s love for 

food will reunite them - but just as with family game 

night and pottery painting, her efforts fall short. From 

Wednesday 24 September at 20:00 CAT. 

My Naked Secret (Premiere): Follow the personal stories 

of 10 more people as they begin to overcome the 

body issues that are ruining their lives. In each episode 

an individual with a medical condition or physical abnormality 

that is causing them great shame and untold 

misery embarks on a transformative and poignant journey 

in search of acceptance. They then begin treatment 

for their condition in a bid to finally have a body they 

love. But will this enable them to come to terms with 

their anxieties? Find out from Friday 26 September at 

20:55 CAT. 

Oprah Prime: Pharrell Williams: Oprah meets up with 

seven-time Grammy® winner Pharrell Williams, one of 

the most innovative and sought-after artists in the music 

industry today. On the heels of his number one hit 

“Happy,” a single off the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack, 

for which he received an Oscar® nomination, Oprah 

and Pharrell discuss his critically acclaimed album G I 

R L and his rise to fame. Plus, Pharrell shares how his 

creative vision has propelled him to music stardom. 

They also discuss his recent marriage to Helen Lasichanh 

and fatherhood. Airs on Thursday 11 September 

at 20:00 CAT. 

Oprah’s Masterclass: Justin Timberlake: The brand new 

season kicks off with one of this generation’s most 

celebrated entertainers, multiple Grammy and Emmy 

award-winning musician and actor Justin Timberlake. 

Sharing never-before-told stories about his youth and 

his musical influences, Justin imparts his most valuable 

life lessons yet, including how to find your voice, how 

to break the mould and how to hold on to your ambition. 

Watch it on Thursday 25 September at 20:00 CAT. 

Oprah’s Masterclass: Oprah Winfrey (Part 1&2): In Part 

1 of an intimate conversation, Oprah opens up about 

her tumultuous childhood and adolescence and the 

lessons she still carries with her today. She tells littleknown 

stories about her early days in television, including 

how losing her hair helped her gain a new sense of 

self. What guides her and drives her to do her best? 

In Part 2, she reflects on her experience getting cast in 

The Color Purple and the cultural phenomenon of The 

Oprah Winfrey Show. She opens up about her private 

life, and what she feels her true calling was meant to 

be. Revealing and deeply personal, Oprah offers new 

insights on how we all can become masters of our lives. 

Watch it on Thursday 04 September at 20:55 CAT. 

Oprah’s Masterclass: Jay-Z: Candid, raw and real, Jay-Z 

charts his unlikely rise from the hard-knock life of the 

Brooklyn projects to worldwide superstardom and what 

he’s learned along the way. He reflects on his failures, 

the healing power of hip-hop and how he finally made 

peace with his father before he passed away. Plus, Jay-Z 

shares his personal revelations about integrity and why 

knowing your own truth is the foundation for everything 

great. Airs on Thursday 11 September at 20:55 CAT. 

Oprah’s Next Chapter: Cissy Houston: Oprah sits down 

with Whitney Houston’s mother, Cissy Houston, for her 

first in-depth interview since her daughter’s passing. 

The superstar’s mother talks about raising a daughter 

whose voice became a national treasure, teaching Whitney 

about the music business, and her biggest regrets. 

Oprah also talks to Cissy about Whitney’s drug use, how 

she really felt about her daughter’s marriage to R&B 

singer Bobby Brown, and the true nature of Whitney’s 

relationship with her high school best friend, Robyn 

Crawford. Airs on Thursday 18 September at 20:00 CAT. 

DISNEY XD (DStv Channel 

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Star Wars fans: Star Wars Rebels: In the run-up to this 

exciting event Disney is airing a series of shorts introducing 

a new character from the series each week so 

viewers can get to know them better. Get ready to meet 

Zeb, Ezra, Kanan and Hera on Saturdays throughout September. 

Star Wars Rebels animated shorts airs on Disney 

XD on Saturdays at 09:15 CAT. 

Pokemon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened: 

When the Genesect army attacks New Tork City 

while Ash is visiting, it’s up to Pokemon Mewtwo to 

protect them. Can he persuade the Genesect to spare 

New Tork? Pokemon the Movie: Genesect and the 

Legend Awakened premieres on Sunday 7 September 

at 12:15 CAT. 

Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles – The Raid on 

Coruscant: In The Raid on Coruscant the Emperor uses 

information on the recovered Holocrons to launch devastating 

attacks on planets sympathetic to the Rebellion. 

Luke knows there’s only one solution: a daring raid on 

Coruscant to get the Holocrons back. In the end, Luke 

makes the boldest move of all destroying the Holocrons 

so the Emperor can no longer use them. But unknown 

to Luke, R2-D2 has saved one last Holocron - which just 

happens to “star” the young Anakin Skywalker. Star 

Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles – The Raid on Coruscant 

premieres on Saturday 13 September at 09:20 CAT. 

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Phineas and Ferb: Mission Star Wars: In exciting and entertaining 

epic animated adventure Phineas and Ferb: 

Mission Stars Wars Phineas and Ferb find themselves in 

the midst of a galactic rebellion and an epic struggle of 

good versus evil that tears the brothers apart and pits 

them against one another when Ferb goes to the Dark 

Side! Meanwhile, Stormtrooper Candace is hot on their 

trail and desperate to stop the boys from making matters 

worse, but her allegiance falls into question when 

Phineas saves her and she realizes that all Rebels are 

not bad. Disney Channel is proud to present Phineas 

& Ferb: Mission Star Wars on Sat 27 Sept at 10:40. It 

will be repeated on Sun 28 Sept at 15:00. May the Ferb 

be with you! 

Wolfblood (Season Two): September sees the return of 

hit series Wolfblood to Disney Channel, as season two 

launches. Wolfbloods have lived among humans for centuries, 

disguising their heightened senses and abilities; 

and doing their best to blend in. Maddy and her parents 

are the only wolfbloods in their area until one day a new 

boy starts at Maddy’s school. Maddy and Rhydian return 

for a second season of Wolfblood from Wednesday 24 

September at 18:30 CAT. 

Disney Princess Academy: In this brand new series of 

shorts, which air every Monday throughout September 

at 16:05, seven little girls learn core princess values, 

new skills and how to apply them. In each short, one 

little girl meets her fairy godmother mentor and learns 

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to become a Disney princess in that specific skill. Then she graduates 

and gets a princess badge and diploma. Princess Academy shorts 

premiere every Monday throughout September at 16:05 (before Violetta) 

and are repeated throughout the week. 

DISNEY JUNIOR (DStv Channel 

301) 

Pocahontas: This is the powerful and moving story of a Native American 

princess and her ill-fated love for an English sea captain. Set in 

1607, it tells of the beautiful, brave and compassionate daughter of 

Chief Powhatan who asks her forest friends (Meeko the raccoon, Flit 

the hummingbird and Grandmother Willow, a 400 year old spirit that 

resides in an ancient tree) for advice. It tells how her life changes 

when she meets John Smith, one of a party of sailors which has come 

to the New World searching for gold. Eventually they are forced to 

part, but their spirits remain entwined. This beautiful and moving story, 

enhanced by a superb soundtrack, make Disney’s 33rd animated 

feature film an unmissable gem. Vocal stars include Mel Gibson. It airs 

on Sunday 2 September at 10:30 CAT. 

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Sea Captain Mickey: There’s an exciting 

event on Disney Junior this month. When Professor Von Drake’s 

sonar-detecting machine discovers that there’s something big at the 

bottom of Mickey Lake, Mickey and the gang hop into the Clubhouse 

Submarine and set out to find the “Big Something”. It turns out to 

be a Giant Rubber Ducky that’s stuck on the bottom of the lake. But 

where did it come from? The gang set out to discover Ducky’s secret! 

Our special Sea Captain Mickey airs on Saturday 13 September at 

08:00 CAT. 

Sofia the First: From Monday 22 September at 09:00 CAT Disney Junior 

gives fans a chance to catch-up with all the specials featuring 

Princess-in-training Sofia the First, in the run-up to the launch of 

season two of the series. Season two premieres on Saturday 27 September 

at 09:00 CAT. In the first episode, The Enchanted Feast, Sofia 

must learn to trust her instincts, helped by legendary Disney Princess 

Snow White, when she suspects a visiting sorceress is not what she 

seems and has an ulterior motive. 

For more information on DStv channels, log onto www.dstv.com

30 THE STANDARD STYLE / ENVIRONMENT 


Tree planting at Ellis Robins Scool to commemorate their 60th Anniversary 

Lance Muteyo from Trees 

of Peace (TOP) Africa 

is one of a new breed of 

environmentalists. Not 

only is he concerned with 

protecting and conserving 

the environment, he is also 

looking at the reasons behind 

environmental degradation 

– how communities 

interact with and respond 

to their environments. He 

studied the Sociology of the 

Environment at UZ and he 

also has some training in 

agro-forestry and in sustainable 

crop production with 

Foundations for Farming. He 

has studied Conflict Transformation 

in Rome, Italy. He 

has been working with different 

communities across Zimbabwe 

and in other African 

countries including Nigeria, 

Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and 

South Africa. He has recently 

returned from a 10-day stint 

in Nigeria where he co-facilitated 

the “train the trainers” 

programme led by Daniel 

Buttry, a global consultant 

for Peace and Justice, conflict 

resolution, conflict transformation, 

peace building and 

education. Muteyo believes 

that in times of social and 

political conflict within a 

country or a community, the 

environment suffers degradation 

and abuse. 

Lately Muteyo has been 

working in Masvingo with 

Chief Ndanga of the Zaka 

area and local community 

and church groups. The programme 

involved disseminating 

information on good 

environmental practices, 

promoting tree planting both 

for food production and environmental 

preservation, 

teaching healthy farming 

methods that don’t damage 

the environment and discouraging 

harmful practices like 

stream bank cultivation. In 

his work there, as well as in 

other communities, he has 

discovered that there’s often 

a gap in the communities – 

their knowledge about good 

environmental practices may 

be scant, but even when their 

environmental education is 

good there’s a gap between 

the knowledge and the practical 

implementation of that 

knowledge. 

In order to fill this gap 

Muteyo founded Trees of 

Peace Africa in 2012, a youth 

driven project registered 

with the Zimbabwe Youth 

Council and working in partnership 

with other organisations 

like the Environmental 

Management Agency (EMA), 

Forestry Commission, Environment 

Africa and City 

of Harare Cemeteries and 

Parks department on a variety 

of ventures. TOP Africa 

participated in the Warren 

Park clean-up funded by local 

businesses and shop owners. 

Muteyo grew up in Warren 

Park, so it’s a community 

that he’s strongly involved 

with. TOP Africa worked 

with the Warren Park Arts 

and Culture Development 

Association (WAPAKUDA) 

led by Mannex Motsi in June 

this year, promoting culture 

in schools and embarking on 

a tree planting programme. 

This was along the lines of 

the “For Every Child a Tree” 

initiative which encourages 

children to not only plant 

Trees of 

Peace 

Africa 

Michael Nott 

trees but to maintain and 

nurture them as well. TOP 

Africa also partnered with 

City of Harare to plant trees 

along several kilometres 

of the Bulawayo Road from 

Bishop Gaul Avenue to the 

Kuwadzana flyover. TOP Africa 

also planted trees at the 

Warren Hills Cemetery with 

assistance from Nyaradzo Funeral 

Services who are very 

active in environmental support 

projects. 

Another exciting scheme 

that TOP Africa has been involved 

with is the establishment 

of an indigenous tree 

nature reserve at Ellis Robins 

High School, where Muteyo 

attended school. It was a part 

of their 60th anniversary 

celebrations. TOP Africa has 

also worked with the Rotary 

Club of Avondale and Huys 

Trust, planting indigenous 

fruit trees in Domboshawa 

and holding training courses 

for sustainable vegetable 

production practices. TOP 

Africa has also recently been 

involved in a project in Silobela 

near Kwekwe. With 

support from the Tetrad Tree 

Foundation, they embarked a 

tree planting programme involving 

the local community 

and school children from the 

area. The Tetrad 

Tree Foundation is a part 

of the Tetrad Holdings Corporate 

Social Responsibility 

scheme, which aims to promote 

tree planting and tree 

production as a local lifestyle 

and culture to protect our 

environment. They worked 

in conjunction with the Zimbabwe 

National Army who 

provided labour while Tetrad 

supplied the necessary resources. 

These are just some 

of the many projects TOP Africa 

has been involved with 

in the two short years since 

their inception! 

TOP Africa supports and 

sources many of their trees 

from Victor Kadye at Magaraba 

Help the Nation Trust, 

a nursery based in Warren 

Park, which grows indigenous 

and exotic trees, fruit 

trees, shade tree and trees 

that have medicinal uses. Although 

it’s a little less formal 

than the kind of gardening 

nurseries we are used to seeing 

in the suburbs, they produce 

an enormous quantity 

of trees, having up to 10 000 

trees in stock at peak seasons. 

All the propagation, nurturing 

and maintenance of the 

trees are done by hand and 

the trees are grown without 

artificial fertilisers and pesticides. 

Kadye’s ambitions are 

to help reduce deforestation 

and the accompanying poverty 

that is an inevitable result. 

He also grows gum trees for 

tobacco farmers to grow and 

harvest for curing their crop. 

The trust is an Oxfam partner 

organisation. 

But there’s one particular 

project that’s especially close 

to Muteyo’s heart. He is in 

the process of setting up an 

environmental school in Warren 

Park, just over the hill 

from the cemetery. He has a 5 

000 sq. m plot on the side of 

the hill near the Warren Park 

cooperative houses, where he 

plans to create a model farm 

and a forest. Plans for the 

buildings have already been 

drawn up by an architect and 

development should be starting 

soon. Residents from Warren 

Park have been growing 

maize on the hillside, leading 

to deforestation and severe 

soil erosion. The school 

will inspire the community 

to adopt better eco-friendly 

practices and train children 

in sustainable forest management 

and good farming practices. 

It’s part of Muteyo’s 

ambition to restore the environment 

around Warren Park 

to its former pristine glory. To 

this end TOP Africa is also 

planting trees at the site of a 

future local church, which is 

at present a barren and dusty 

piece of wasteland on a nearby 

hill. 

A quote from Wangari 

Maathai, the activist, environmentalist 

and Africa’s 

first female Nobel laureate, 

encapsulates the philosophy 

of Trees of Peace Africa, “If 

we are going to manage our 

resources sustainably, efficiently, 

if we are going to 

share them equitably, we need 

democratic space. It is impossible 

to manage resources 

responsibly and sustainably 

in a dictatorship, because in 

such a situation you have a 

few people controlling the resources 

at the expense of the 

many, and therefore, you cannot 

have peace.” 

Contact Lance Muteyo on 0774 

633 336 or lance.treesofpeace@ 

gmail.com 

Lance Muteyo from Trees of Peace Africa 

Victor Kadye at Magaraba Help the Nation Trust 

Tree planting at Ellis Robins Scool to commemorate their 60th Anniversary 

Planting seedlings at Magaraba Trust

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sale- toilet sanitizer, channel 

blocks, multipurpose, cobrared/white, 

window cleaner, 

carpet shampoo etc. Phone 

04-781626, 775671. Cell nos 

0783258542, 0772325478 

205591 

503 Gardening 

General gardening maintenance 

and landscaping, Phone:781626, 

775671, 0772 325 478 whatsapp 

505 Plumbing 506 

ISO9001: 

FAST, SILENT, EFFECTIVE 

RAPID RESPONSE 

UNDER 6 MINS 

AVERAGE 

RESPONSE TIME 

STRATEGICALLY 

PLACED, FULLY ARMED 

MOBILE UNITS 

STATE-OF-THE-ART 

TACTICAL 

COMMAND CENTRE 

Harare: 086 4410 7953 

Bulawayo: (09) 230803/4 

Services available 

throughout the country 

205034 

Favoured with instructions from NISSAN ZIMBABWE who 

are re-structuring we offer: 

Their entire stockholding of NEW NISSAN SPARES AND 

ACCESSORIES – current models!!!! 

Wholesale value – over $250,000 (all offers will be 

considered) 

Tender Closes on the 29th of September 2014 at 1600hrs 

NB 

Viewing – 26th and 27th September 2014 by appointment 

only 

Contact – Guide 0772 367823 0r our offices 305224 up to 8 

for further details 

AUCTION CITY CONDITIONS OF SALE WILL 

STRICTLY APPLY 

700 

Opp Prince Edward School. 

First Garage with Gazebo 

Mitsubish Lancer manual..$3 000 

Mistubish Pajero Diesel.....$4 500 

Mitsubishi delica 1 ton......$4 500 

Toyota Camry...................$3 500 

Honda Fit choice of 3........$4 500 

Vitz auto choice of 2.........$4 500 

Nissan Cube choice of 3...$4 200 

Hiace Good 2nd hand.......$4 500 

BMW 318.........................$6 500 

BMW 740i........................$6 000 

Trucks Nissan Atlas 3 ton$10 500 

MerML320 Petrol, 2000..$10 000 

Mer CDI E220, 2003.......$15 000 

Navara Single 4*4...........$10 000 

L200 Mitsubishi 4x4.......$10 000 

Ford Ranger single cab....$10 000 

BT50 4x4, 2006..............$12 000 

Toyota Hilux Single cab...$12 000 

Isuzu Kingcab Dtech.......$18 000 

Landcruiser 100 series...$18 000 

Mercedes E280 CDi .......$28 000 

Prices negotiable, trade ins 

acceptable, 3/4 payment 

allowed balance over 30 days. 

Contact Sales Team 

Danzo 0772 409 167 

Danzel 0775 874 951 

Jimiza 0772 393 584 

Open Sundays


September 21 to 27 2014

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