LUCIANO

Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Roots reggae artiste Luciano, who was scheduled to perform at the Sting 2014 show in Harare on November 1, has called off his tour over ill health and the Ebola outbreak in Africa.
Luciano, whose real name is Jepther McClymont, cancelled his visit after the Jamaican government issued a travel warning against travelling to Africa.

“Luciano and his team regrettably informs reggae fans and event promoters that he will not be able to perform live in Africa for the shows he was scheduled to headline. Luciano is currently not in the best of health and as such, has been prevented from performing at any show scheduled in this period.

“Complying with strict doctor’s orders, Luciano will take time to recuperate so that a full and quick recovery will take place.

“Additionally, the government of Jamaica has also requested that individuals who had planned on travelling to Africa refrain from doing so until the Ebola epidemic has been controlled.

“We are truly saddened to hear and watch this illness hurt so many of our fellow brothers and sisters, so as attempts are being made to stop this truly horrific situation we keep you all in our thoughts and hope that this will be resolved as soon as possible. Blessed love from Luciano, Jah Messenjah,” he posted on his official page.

This seems to be yet another glaring example of how even people who claim to be originally Africans cannot get over the misconception that Africa is a continent made up of many different countries and not some homogeneous land mass that is typified by barbaric traditions, ignorance, disease, famine and tribal genocide. The Ebola virus has become an epidemic and is spreading across western Africa.

Cases of Ebola have been reported in places like the US and Spain but the same countries that have issued travel warnings against travelling to Africa have not done so against those other places.

And for anyone who cares to look at the facts, there has been no reported case of Ebola in Southern Africa and for the government of Jamaica to issue a blanket warning against the continent is such a disappointment.

Partson Chimbodza of Chipaz Promotions, the organisers of Sting 2014 confirmed yesterday that Luciano was no longer on the bill with the issue of payments still up for discussion.

“We had already paid Luciano half of his appearance fee. But they can refund or we postpone the event,” he said.

Asked if he was going to cancel the show, Chimbodza said they were still weighing their options and would announce their decision in due course.

Besides guest appearance by Luciano, highlight of Sting 2014 was the tune-for-tune battle between Soul Jah Love and Seh Calaz both from Mbare.

The two feuding Zim dancehall acts have not had a face-off since they started out in music, however, they have always traded barbs in songs.

The case in point was when Soul Jah Love of the Conquering Family replied to Seh Calaz’s diss track “Handipisike”.

Minister Bimha

Conrad Mwanawashe Business Reporter
Capacity in the manufacturing sector fell by a marginal 3,3 percent to 36,3 percent cushioned by a significant jump in capacity in the edible oils sub-sector from 30 percent to 65 percent.
The drop could have been worse had it not been for gains in some sub-sectors which made up for declines in other sectors.

The 2014 Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries Manufacturing Survey released yesterday shows that industries in Zimbabwe are under serious threat as de-industrialisation has reached catastrophic levels, with dire consequences to the state of the economy.

“The slow down being experienced in the economy at large has not spared the manufacturing sector. In 2014, average capacity utilisation continued to decline, shedding 3,3 percentage points to 36,3 percent.

“Quite telling is the prolonged effects of power cuts and costs, liquidity challenges, low domestic demand and many others on the performance of the manufacturing industry,” CZI senior economist Ms Daphne Mazambani said while releasing the 2014 survey.

The survey provides insight into the economy from the business perspective. During the survey, more than 250 questionnaires were sent to respondents in the manufacturing sector from companies drawn from the four CZI Chambers namely Mashonaland, Manicaland, Matabeleland and Midlands.

These include both CZI members and non members with directors and chief executives in participating firms completing the questionnaires.

From the survey, 81 percent of the respondents indicated that the country is likely to continue in a disinflation mode due to lack of
capital inflow, the liquidity crunch, no change in economic policy and low domestic demand.

Officially launching the survey, the Minister of Industry and Commerce Mr Michael Bimha said Government is aware of the constraint that industry is facing and commends those who have shown resilience.

“We don’t want to shy away from those challenges. We don’t want to gloss over them. We have to face them right in the face and say yes we have challenges,” said Minister Bimha.

“I have been very pleased going around and witnessing some success stories. Just last week I went to officiate at the clothing indaba.

“I was taken around the industrial area of Bulawayo and to a company that used to be a household name but had gone under. It’s now coming out of judicial management.”

He said there has been progress in the beverages sub-sector who borrowed heavily, imported new equipment and new technology.

“We have been witnessing some success stories in the edible oils and confectionery sub sectors. Government asked my ministry to come up with a report of the state of industry and we worked with the private sector,” said Minister Bimha.

The report analysed all sectors in terms of capacity utilisation and the specific challenges that each sub sector is facing.

“Some of the challenges are generic, issues to do with retooling and funding but others are specific. The majority of the recommendations that were put forward were taken on board by Cabinet.

“We will come back to you on the few recommendations that were not taken on board. Some of the recommendations have already been taken on board by the Minister of Finance (and Economic Development) in the Mid Term Economic Review statement,” said Minister Bimha.

Some of the industrialists at the launch of the survey highlighted that the manufacturing survey should be broken down into sub sectors to ensure that the overall findings do not distort the correct position.

Of the respondents to the questionnaire, 37 percent said they were operating at levels above 49 percent, while the remainder said they were operating at levels below 49 percent.

The factors limiting capacity in the sector remained unchanged. Similar factors have been recorded over the past three years.

In an effort to provide useful, timely and up to date information to stakeholders and policymakers, CZI has introduced a new measure on the state of the manufacturing sector, the Purchasing Managers Index.

This statistic will be produced monthly by CZI. Discussions are at advanced stages to collaborate with the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency.

OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but the scourge of cancer, which is among a basket of non-communicable diseases silently decimating lives, cannot be left for October alone to be highlighted.
Statistics show that an estimated one in eight women will have breast cancer in their lifetime. Regrettably too many of them may not know they have cancer until it’s too late, which is why early detection can be the difference between life and death.

Doctors say early detection is vital since tumours can be picked when they are still as small as four to eight millimetres, ensuring treatment success.

While so much attention and resources have been channelled towards the fight against HIV and Aids, a development that saw us emerge as one of the success stories in Africa with an HIV prevalence rate of 13,9 percent, not much — it seems — has been done about the silent killer, cancer.

Statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care indicate that 7 000 new cancer cases are reported annually and 60 percent of them, according to the Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry, are HIV related.

Of these, only some 1 300 to 2 000 are treated with radiotherapy.

Worldwide, cancer is responsible for 7,6 million deaths, two thirds of which are recorded in low-middle income countries. A study published in the International Journal of Cancer indicated that cancer patients in Harare are not likely to survive five years after diagnosis at present levels of care, which is a greater call for action.

To this end, we feel it is high time Government and other stakeholders seriously consider giving cancer as much attention as HIV and Aids are getting.
The authorities should consider changing the Aids Levy to an Aids/Cancer Levy so that some of the money collected to fight the pandemic can also be directed towards setting up requisite cancer support services and/or subsidising the cost of treatment.

The Aids Levy is calculated at 3 percent of one’s Pay As You Earn. We would have advocated a separate Cancer Levy, but Zimbabweans are already heavily taxed as it is.

More so, the case for a Aids/Cancer Levy is made even stronger by revelations by the Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry that 60 percent of the cancer cases recorded in Zimbabwe are HIV related.

This is especially so given that the requisite medicines, technologies and services are not widely available and accessible due to their high cost, resulting in a lot of premature deaths each year.

Be that as it may we also urge lifestyle intervention since about 40 percent of some cancers can be prevented by adopting healthy lifestyles such as healthy diets dominated by fruits and vegetables, avoiding tobacco use whether smoking, chewing or snuff and reducing or avoiding alcohol assumption.

Screening which includes Pap Smears; Prostate Specific Antigens and Clinical Breast Examinations as well as counselling services must be made available at health centres and should be even offered for free as is done with chronic illnesses like tuberculosis.

Food for thought.

Tafadzwa Ndlovu Herald Reporter
Four people died on the spot while 13 others were seriously injured yesterday when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in had a tyre burst and overturned near Mabvuku in Harare.
The commuter omnibus was heading towards Ruwa along the Harare-Mutare Road and the 13 injured passengers were taken to Parirenyatwa Hospital.
Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident.

“I can confirm that the accident occurred in the afternoon when a commuter omnibus was travelling towards Mabvuku turn-off near NOCZIM along the Harare-Mutare Road,” she said.

“The driver was speeding . . . and lost control of the kombi and it overturned.”

Snr Asst Comm Charamba urged drivers to stick to speed limits.

“Please, we say no to speeding,” she said.

“We urge motorists to stick to the speed limits. We have lost more than 13 people this week alone, in fact, we have lost lives in a space of two days due to accidents attributed to human error which is not acceptable.” Snr Asst Comm Charamba said names of the deceased would be released today. The accident comes after eight people, including three infants were killed on Sunday when a Mercedes Benz they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway.

First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe is flanked by zanu-pf Secretary for Women’s League Cde Oppah Muchinguri (left) and Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Cde Eunice Sandie Moyo at her “Meet the People” rally at the City Sports Centre in Harare yesterday

Farirai Machivenyika and Felex Share
Zanu-PF Secretary for Women’s Affairs Cde Oppah Muchinguri yesterday said the decision to ask the First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe to lead the party organ was meant to stem factionalism that had taken root in the party.
She said the divisions had reached alarming levels that some office bearers were no longer able to carry out their official duties in some provinces.
Cde Muchinguri said this at Amai Mugabe’s “Meet the People” rally at the City Sports Centre in Harare yesterday.

“Isu seWomen’s League, ini ndoda kutaura saMai Muchinguri taona kuti zviro zvanga zvanetsa nenyaya yefactionalism vanhu vanga vasingachatarisani,” she said.

“Ndikamira nachairwoman zvonzi ava kufaction yanhingi ndikada kumira navaMidzi zvonzi urikufaction yanhingi. Pasi nefactionalism! Ndinodaira kuti pavanaAmai pava neaccess. Muchinguri anga ati akada kuita meeting wonzi hatikudi kuprovince kwedu. Ndichitadza kuita mameetings asi ndiri mukuru weWomen’s League. Interference ichiitwa.

“Machairwoman pasi anga asingachabvumidzwe kuita musangano. Aaah regedzai machairwomen aite mameeting avo.”

Cde Muchinguri said in some provinces she found some of her subordinates holding meetings behind her back.

She also said even the party’s organs were not being respected and the coming on board of the First Lady would end the practices.

“Zvino zvapana Amai Mugabe muchaita twuma meeting twepaside here veduwe?,” she said. “Hatuchagoneke zvaoma izvi, zvabinder izvi, ndo dhiri rakarongwa iri.

“Tine maorgans anozivikanwa kuti kuWomen’s League tine national conference toita national assembly toenda national executive tozouya paprovince zvichidaro, ndomastructures edu. Respect us as the Women’s League,” Cde Muchinguri said to applause and cheers from the crowd.

She urged members to respect the party’s constitution and castigated rumour mongers that were sowing divisions in the party.

“Munhu ngaamire panzvimbo pake,” she said. “Ndozvirikuputsa musangano weZanu-PF. Makuhwa muite mashoma. Mai Mugabe havana makuhwa unodaidzwa wonzi mira apa, mira apo, wanga uchitii? Hauzonyara here?”

Cde Muchinguri said Amai Mugabe was chosen to lead the Women’s League because she was the mother of the nation and had a track record of taking care of orphans, widows and other vulnerable communities.

She said a First Lady’s motherly role should be felt in every part of the country and that Amai Mugabe was God-fearing, adding that some party officials pretended to be Christians when they were the opposite.

She said such pretenders were gradually destroying the party.

“Kune vamwe vanopfeka mauniform asi vachityisa,” she said. “Kune vamwe vanopfeka mauniform asi vari vemakuhwa, vamwe vachiputsa misha dzevanhu, vamwe vachipopota, zvinobuda mumukanwa umu, sorry. They have no respect, dignity hapana.

“Tinodzinga vanhu mumusangano. Tikaita meeting kutuka vanhu chete. Vanhu vanotizaka. Rudo rwakazara pana Amai vedu.

“Munhu anoda kushanda nemunhu wese. Munhu anoda kubatanidza vanhu vese munhu anoda kuyananisa.”

Cde Muchinguri, who is also the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development, handed over $3 000 to Ruvimbo Stone Sculptures under her ministry’s revolving fund for women projects.

Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) leader Cde Jabulani Sibanda has warned MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai against staging mass protests, saying freedom fighters would not sit back and watch as the opposition party sought to effect an illegal regime change.
Delivering a public lecture at Midlands State University yesterday, Cde Sibanda accused the MDC-T of abusing students for selfish political ends.

“We have heard that there are some opposition party leaders calling for mass protests against the Government. They are calling people and they are relying on students whom they have manipulated over the years to pursue their regime change agenda.

“Let me tell you, it is not good for the students, it is not good for me, it is not good for the people of Zimbabwe,” he said.

“Snub and shun people who call for such things, do not be part of them. If you take heed of their call, I can assure you, we are going to defend the country and its people with fire which cannot be extinguished by water.”

Added Cde Sibanda: “There is no time and place to allow our children to be abused and be manipulated by people pursuing selfish agendas.”

He said war veterans would be compelled to retaliate if Mr Tsvangirai staged demonstrations.

Cde Sibanda said Zimbabweans were united and peaceful and would not submit to wWestern imperialists ideologies.

He said Zimbabwe would not be plunged into the same predicament as some African countries where governments were overthrown through Western-sponsored mass protests.

“It is their right to demonstrate but the rights must not infringe on other people’s rights. You have seen what has happened to Egypt, Syria, Libya, Tunisia and other countries. They were sponsored to rise against their governments and killed their own. That can never happen to Zimbabwe because we are peaceful and united,” he said.

Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter
ZANU-PF secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa has fallen foul of Politburo resolutions he is supposed to be a custodian of after presiding over a Manicaland Provincial Co-ordinating Committee meeting that defied the Politburo directive to stop campaigning before regulations for the party’s elective congress are tabled.

President Mugabe last week condemned high levels of indiscipline characterising the party and warned leaders sowing seeds of division and engaging in premature campaigning for positions ahead of the congress set for December to desist from doing so.

However, Cde Mutasa who, as secretary for administration is the custodian of the resolutions of the Politburo which he should ensure are implemented, was at the meeting and accepted nomination as national chairman in a line-up that has President Mugabe as President and First Secretary of the Party, Dr Joice Mujuru as Vice President and Second Secretary, and Cde Simon Khaya Moyo as Second Vice President.

Zanu-PF spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo last week told the media after the Politburo meeting that stern measures would be taken against anyone who defied the President’s directive.

Some of the resolutions tabled at the PCC meeting on Saturday were the endorsement of Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru and Cde Simon Khaya Moyo as Vice Presidents of Zanu-PF with Cde Didymus Mutasa taking over as national chairperson.

But PCC members who attended the meeting dismissed the resolutions as a farce saying they had not come from the PCC nor the party districts as those behind them wanted people to believe.

“The question is why was Cde Mutasa who is the party’s secretary for administration playing a role at a meeting that defied the Politburo decision by coming up with resolutions that fly in the face of a recent Politburo decision?

“As one of the Politburo members who was at the meeting who also attended the Politburo meeting last week, he (Cde Mutasa) should have stopped the PCC from ever considering coming up with such a resolution,” said a Manicaland Woman’s League member who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

A PCC member who attended the meeting in Manicaland on Saturday said the alleged PCC resolutions had not come from the meeting.

“What was clear was that the so-called resolutions appeared to have been cooked and drafted in the middle of the night by a few people somewhere and brought to the PCC for rubber-stamping.

“The resolutions were brought to the PCC already typed on the pretext that they were a synthesis of what had come from the districts. But in all fairness those resolutions were too complicated to say they came from the districts.

“Some of the resolutions were shocking. For instance, one of the resolutions was that there was need to have a clear succession policy and resist imposition of leaders.

“And to imagine this was presented as a synthesised resolution of the districts is unheard of. These resolutions were just done somewhere and brought to the PCC for rubber-stamping,” said the source.

Another PCC member said the meeting had been characterised by intimidation as some officials did not want anyone to say anything else that was not in the already typed resolutions.

Other resolutions were that President Mugabe continues as the First Secretary and President of Zanu-PF and to endorse the recommendation of the Women’s and Youth Leagues that First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe leads the Women’s League.

Contacted for comment yesterday, Cde Mutasa was on the offensive the moment he knew the call was from The Herald even before he was told the purpose of the call.

“Please please regai kundinetsa. (Stop harassing me). Ndakakuti taurai naCde Gumbo ndivo spokesperson veparty (I told you to speak to Cde Gumbo, he is the spokesperson of the party). I am only secretary for administration,” he said.

When told the call was to do with the PCC meeting that he attended, Cde Mutasa shouted: “Haa iwe rega kundiitisa nharo. (You stop arguing with me). Unoda kunditaurisa zvaunoda iwewe?” (You want me to say what you want?), he said before hanging up the phone.

Cde Gumbo said they were not aware of the resolutions of the Manicaland PCC.

“We haven’t started what happened in Manicaland. We will study and establish the facts then will come up with an answer,” he said. Efforts to get comment from national political commissar Cde Webster Shamu were fruitless.

Amai Mugabe

Farirai Machivenyika and Felex Share
The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe yesterday said she turned down a $10 million bribe from white farmers to influence President Mugabe to abandon the land reform programme.
The First Lady said this while addressing thousands of people on the third leg of her Meet The People Tour at the City Sports Centre in Harare yesterday.

She described the President as a principled leader who had also refused gifts from people seeking favours from him.

“Munhu anonzi Baba Mugabe munhu akazvininipisa, anomira pachokwadi, anotaura zvisiri zvekufadza vanhu. Ndakaona maitirio iwayo kuti haanetse ukarara, unorara hope dzakanaka, une peace of mind (President Mugabe is a principled, humble, upright man who does not flatter to deceive. I have realised that such an approach brings peace of mind)

“Nokuti kana uchiziva kuti unofamba gwara rakanaka hautye kumira pane vanhu uchitaura zvese zvakashata. Dai mari yakanga ichitiitira zvinogara zvakadaro dai zvino tichitaura rimwe shoko, zvino ndinoona kuti vanhu pakati pedu hatidzidze kuti mari inouya kubva kumuvengi yakanangana newe handifunge kuti imari yakanaka (If you know you are clean you do not shy away from berating evil deeds. If money could buy everything its intended to buy, our revolution could have gone off kilter yet some of our people never learn that the money that they receive from outsiders is dirty money).

“Mari kana ichiuya ngainangane nesu tese. Nokuti ndizvo zvimwe zvinozoita kuti uruze focus nekushaya wisdom nekuti kana wangopihwa kamari ukaisa muhomwe kasingambokwane kupedza mwedzi wototi ndachengetwa. What about the rest of the people? Think about the people,” she said.

Amai Mugabe then described how various people had tried to bribe the First Family in an attempt to reverse the land reform programme.

“Munoziva zvatiri pano takaenda through zvakawanda zvatakaona. Baba kwaiuya vanhu vachioffer kuti toda kukuvakirai imba,” she said. “Pane vakauya tikati let us look at the plan zvikanzi thank you very much kana une mari endesa kuZanu-PF (We have been through a lot. The President received a lot of offers to betray the revolution. Some said they wanted to build him a house, but he said if you want to donate, donate to the party).

“Handifunge kuti yakaenda kuZanu-PF, vaida kutenga Baba, kutitenga. Vamwe vaona kuti zvaramba kunaBaba and thought kuti mukadzi waBaba zvaari wechidiki anotengeka. I cannot be bought also, handitengwe nemari nekuti zvandinopihwa zvakahwanda imimi mukasazviona mukomana arikudenga anozviona. Pane vakauya kwandiri vakati Amai heyo 10 million varungu zvese zveminda dai zvapera ndikati ‘stupid do not ever come here again, do not ever call my office again!

“Ndikati you are insulting me, what is 10 million kwandiri? Unofunga kuti ndinotadza kushandira 10 million ini? What about Zimbabwe yese? Tanga wapa mumwe nemumwe 10 million, Ndakamutuka, I almost spat on his face. Ndikati handidi kunzwa nezvako, don’t ever come here nekuti iwe unoda ndiudze baba kuti tiite huori, corruption pachirungu,” she said.

Amai Mugabe said she was aware of the bad things that were being said against her, but said she had developed a thick skin and would not be swayed in her stance on empowering Zimbabweans.

She said that even the sanctions imposed on her family would not deter the aspirations of the majority.

The land reform programme has benefited over 300 000 households, while at least one million people have their livelihoods dependant on land as a result of the land reform programme.

British author Ian Scoones of the UK’s Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University recently debunked the western rhetoric that the land reform programme has not been a disaster.

He said he was surprised with the levels of activity at some farms he visited during his study tour of Zimbabwe.

The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe unites warring zanu-pf Harare provincial chairman Cde Amos Midzi (right) and provincial youth chairman Cde Godwin Gomwe at a rally in Harare yesterday. — (Picture by Justin Mutenda)

Farirai Machivenyika and Felex Share
The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe yesterday said a “mini Unity Accord” had been struck in Harare as she brought Zanu-PF Harare provincial chairman Cde Amos Midzi and the province’s Youth League chairperson Godwin Gomwe together before thousands of party supporters who packed the City Sports Centre to the rafters.

She publicly forgave Harare South legislator Cde Shadreck Mashayamombe for statements he allegedly made saying the First Lady must find a political home in Mashonaland West, President Mugabe’s home province.

Cde Mashayamombe reportedly told President Mugabe’s nephew Cde Patrick Zhuwawo that there was no Central Committee position for Amai Mugabe in Harare and they had to create one for her in Mashonaland West.

Amai Mugabe, who was on the third leg of her “Meet the People Tour’’ blasted factionalism in the revolutionary party saying it was being promoted in the top echelons of the party as she urged members to work towards fulfilling promises made during last year’s harmonised elections.

Soon after taking to the podium, the First Lady told thousands of people gathered at the City Sports Centre for the rally that the day would be historic in the politics of Zanu-PF, before unexpectedly calling Cdes Midzi and Gomwe to the stage.

She said she had sought God’s guidance on how to deal with differences in the party.

“Ndakakumbira wisdom kubva kuneMusiki, ndiye anotipa wisdom,” she said. “Ndakati Mwari VaMidzi ndibaba, Mwari Gomwe mwana saka kurwisana uku kunopedzwa nani? “Ndinoda wisdom kubva kwamuri, ibato rimwe chete. Ndambotaura kuti hapana munhu asingatadze, zvamunondiona ndiri pano kudai I am not a perfect person. Ndine zvakawanda zvandinotaura zvakashata, ndine maitiro andinogona kuita akashata. Saka handidi kuzviona semunhu ari pamusoro kupfuura umwe munhu wese.

“Ndabvuma kuti I am a human being, I err sometimes, ko ivava havasi vanhu here? Kana vari vanhu chii chingaitwe kuti vanhu vabatanidzwe vashande zvakanaka? (I asked for wisdom from God. I am not perfect and I admit that I sometimes go wrong, but I asked for guidance on what can be done for people to work together)

“Ndavaisa pamwechete ndikataurirana navo ndikati I prayed about this yesterday Mwari akanditaurira kuti munofanira kubatanidza baba nemwana kuti vaenderere mberi neHarare. Ndaona hukuru hwaMwari ndikaona wisdom kubva kunavaMidzi ndikaona wisdom kubva kumwana.

“Mwana apfugama kunababa kuti ndine hurombo kana zvandakatadza zvese, zvandakataura ndichiona nemaziso angu ndanga ndisiri ndega saka ndavasimudza kuti vauye vachibatana maoko. (I brought them together and Gomwe apologised and I am now inviting them to join hands),” Amai Mugabe said.

She warned that Zanu-PF members who continued to associate themselves with factions that they risked being left behind.

“This is our own mini Unity Accord yedu tega, mai Mugabe, naMidzi naGomwe kaUnity Accord kataita foster,” she said. “We forged Unity Accord iyoyi iyi yochiuya kwamuri ikoko tipanane rudo tienderere mberi.

“If among the crowd, if there is anyone anga achiti ndinoda Gomwe, if there is anyone anga achiti ndinoda nhingi watosara wega watosara tatotanga a new leaf here in Harare. Vanhu ava pamberi pangu nevamwe vataura kuti Amai zvamaita tiri kuzvikudza tinoda kushanda tese kuitira musangano wedu weZanu-PF.(These people have agreed to work together for the party).”

First Lady also called Cde Mashayamombe and public forgave him for his alleged misdemeanors.

She said as a mother she had found it necessary to forgive Cde Mashayamombe after he had shown remorse for his actions.

“Saka ndakamira kudai ndinoda kusimudza (Shadreck) Mashayamombe, where are you? Mashayamombe ndiri mai vako, baba Mugabe ndibaba vako,” said Amai Mugabe.

“Kana paine zvinotaurika unokanganisa asi uri mwana. Ndakusimudza kuti nditi urimunhu wenyama kana zvakataurika kana zvisina, ini ndakusimudza kuti nditi ndinokuregerera, uri mwana wangu. Ndati from today on Harare the capital city of Zimbabwe will never be the same.

“Saka Mashayamombe uri mwana wangu ndinokuda, basa ngatiitei pamwe chete. Hanzi action speaks louder than words. Akanga achishingaira, achiita zvaanoita, ndikaona kuDanhiko kwauyiwa netwu sugar kuti mai vaone kuti handisi kuda kukanganisa mai.

“Ini ndikati mwana wangu zvaari kushingaira kudai ini handifanire kuramba ndakati shutu, ndinofanira kuopenner moyo wangu ndoti mwana wangu ngatienderere mberi nebasa zvakaitika tosiya kumashure (I am your mother and President Mugabe is your father and you are a human being whether or not you said anything, I have forgiven you),” Amai Mugabe said to a rapturous applause from the crowd.

Cdes Midzi, Gomwe and Mashayamombe welcomed Amai Mugabe’s unifying speech, saying they would work together for the development of the party in the province.

“I never expected this from Amai, but knowing that she is our mother I took the message with all my heart with a view to develop the party,” said Cde Midzi.

“I applaud the First Lady for taking a mature way and we expect the province to receive her message of unity. That is what we expect from the mother of the nation.”

Said Cde Gomwe: “She has tackled the issue without taking any side and I receive that message wholeheartedly. If my chairman has received the message the way I did, I tell you we will pull in one direction, developing the party.”

Cde Mashayamombe said he did not expect the First Lady to play such a “motherly role.”

“This is what is expected from the mother and she has shown that unity is the way to go and we will forever be grateful for such unifying words.” he said.

Amai Mugabe said the focus of every Zanu-PF member should be on improving the livelihoods of Zimbabweans, instead of jostling for positions.
She said there was a lot of work to be done to improve service delivery as envisaged by the Zim-Asset economic blueprint.

“Hatingangove party iri good at making promises, we must fulfil those promises,” she said. “We went to elections telling people that we will do one, two, three, let us do that. That is what will make people say here is a party that we will support. Other than that, it would be difficult in the next election.”
Amai Mugabe spoke against the demolitions of houses being carried out by MDC-T led councils in Harare and Chitungwiza.

While the First Lady warned people against allocating themselves housing stands, she said demolitions should be done when affected people have been offered alternative accommodation.

Amai Mugabe also said Government was concerned with the plight of women, especially affording them opportunities to be self-sufficient and called for the establishment of a special fund to finance their activities.

The First Lady bemoaned the decline in the standards of cleanliness in the capital, saying this was portraying a bad image of the country.

She said some diseases like Typhoid which had been eradicated a long time ago were resurfacing because of the poor hygienic standards in the city.

SIMON KHAYA MOYO

Herald Reporter
The Zanu-PF National Coordinating Committee (NCC) met in Harare yesterday to discuss preparations for the party’s December National People’s Congress and nomination of candidates.
The NCC is chaired by the party’s National Chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo and its members include Secretary for Administration Cde Didymus Mutasa and party’s spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo.

Cde Gumbo confirmed the meeting in an interview last night.

He declined to share the outcome of the meeting, saying resolutions were still subject to confirmation by the Politburo, which was likely to meet next Wednesday.

“We met today as the National Coordinating Committee and discussed several issues,” he said. “We will notify you of our resolutions in due course, probably after the Politburo that we are likely to have next week.”

Cde Mutasa, in his capacity as the Secretary or Administration, is supposed to write to all the party’s 10 provinces notifying them of the Congress to pave way for formal nominations.

The Congress was provisionally set for December 9 to 14 in Harare, but sources intimated to The Herald said that the dates might be changed.

“There may be some changes with regards to the dates of the Congress and the Politburo is going to finalise that at its next meeting,” said the source.

As the Congress draws closer, there are already simmering fights among Zanu-PF bigwigs that are angling for certain positions. The party’s Women’s and Youths leagues have already endorsed President Mugabe as the party’s First Secretary and recommended that First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe be appointed the Secretary for Women’s Affairs.

President Goodluck Jonathan

Abuja. — Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan threatened legal action yesterday against a website that listed him as Africa’s sixth richest head of state with a net of about US$100 million. The article on richestlifestyle.com provided little evidence to substantiate its list of Africa’s eight richest presidents. The richest president according to the list is Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the President of Angola, with assets in excess of US$20 billion. The second richest is Mohammed VI, the current King of Morocco, with a distant US$2,5 billion according to Forbes.

But the claims about Jonathan, who has led Africa’s top oil producer since 2010, made front page news in several Nigerian newspapers yesterday.
Jonathan’s inclusion in the article was “baseless and libellous”, his office said in a statement.
“President Jonathan has never been a businessman or entrepreneur,” it added.

“The clear and unacceptable imputation of the claim that President Jonathan is now worth about US$100 million is that the president has corruptly enriched himself while in office which is certainly not the case,” it said.
Jonathan’s office demanded “a retraction and an unreserved apology from Richest Lifestyle.com and all those who have reproduced the offensive article,” and threatened action “in courts of law within and outside Nigeria”.

While there was no retraction or apology on the site, the item concerning Jonathan has been removed.
Emails to the contact address for richestlifestyle.com were not delivering yesterday and the site’s managers were not available to comment on either the research supporting the article or why the Jonathan item had been removed, but the link to the source remains in place.

The presidency’s swift response to the previously obscure website’s claims highlights the sensitivity of corruption as a political issue in Nigeria.
The country’s vast oil wealth has for decades been squandered by the ruling elite and Jonathan has sought to portray his administration as a departure from the corrupt regimes of the past, even if many experts say graft has hit record high levels.

Jonathan is in the coming weeks expected to announce his re-election bid for February polls and Nigeria’s main opposition has already signalled that it intends to make corruption a key issue in the campaign. — AFP.

Temba Mliswa

Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau—
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial executive yesterday passed a vote of no-confidence in provincial chairman Cde Temba Mliswa, but the decision was announced at a police station here following threats from rowdy pro-Mliswa youths. Members of the executive had to seek protection at the police provincial headquarters where vice chairman Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi addressed a Press conference, amid chaotic scenes.

Youths and other party members — believed to be loyal to Cde Mliswa — had disrupted the Press conference which was scheduled to be addressed by Cde Ziyambi, who is also Home Affairs Deputy Minister, prompting the executive to seek refuge at the police station.

At least 27 out of 48 members attended the meeting where the vote of no-confidence motion was passed, surpassing the 26-member quorum required in the case.
Thereafter, the executive members signed a petition which was scheduled to be taken to national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo and secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa.

In his statement, Cde Ziyambi said as the vice chairman, he will assume leadership of the province until the provincial co-ordinating committee sits to map the way forward.
“The Zanu-PF provincial executive committee sat and resolved to pass a vote of no-confidence in the chairman Cde Temba Mliswa for a number of reasons, including disrespect for the leadership through statements in the media,” he said.

Among the reasons cited for the motion were Cde Mliswa’s alleged involvement with the American spy agency, the Central Intelligence Agency one of whose operatives he recently took to his constituency to meet village heads.

“He (Mliswa) has embarrassed the executive by admitting that he took an American to his constituency and boasting that Government was using the United States dollar and no one should stop him,” said Cde Ziyambi.

Cde Mliswa could not be reached for comment by the time of going to Press.
The executive committee meeting was scheduled to start at 10am at the provincial party offices, but failed to take off as only a few members were coming and immediately leaving before it was convened at the Chinhoyi University Hotel in the afternoon.

But youths from various districts disrupted the meeting, saying members of the executive who benefited from Cde Mliswa’s benevolence were now seeking to topple him.
“Most of the people now fighting Cde Mliswa were not voted into office,” said one of the youths.

“They do not want to work, that is why they are organising these mischievous meetings.”
Cde Mliswa had warned members, in correspondence in possession of The Herald, against attending the meeting, saying it was unconstitutional.
“I note with concern that an unsanctioned PEC meeting has been called for to be convened tomorrow, Thursday 9th October 2014,” he said in the letter.

“Article 12:97 and 12:97(1) of the Zanu-PF Constitution clearly states that meetings of this nature are to be called for and presided over by the Provincial Chairman as the Head of the Political and Administrative Department for the Province.

“That being said, I would like to categorically state that I have NOT called for any such meeting and, therefore, declare that the meeting is unconstitutional as its announcement has not followed due process and procedure.”

Cde Mliswa warned that anyone who attended the meeting faced disciplinary action, saying disgruntled members should follow proper procedures.
Cde Mliswa was recently named among 12 Zanu-PF legislators who received funds and leaked intelligence information to US embassy official Mr Eric Little in exchange for funding.
He invited Mr Little to his constituency in Hurungwe West ostensibly to help in providing funds to build schools and clinics.

The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe arrives to a resounding welcome from thousands of zanu-pf supporters who packed Mucheke Stadium in Masvingo for the fourth leg of her Meet The People Tour yesterday. —(Picture by Munyaradzi Chamalimba)

Farirai Machivenyika and George Maponga in MASVINGO—
THE First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe yesterday warned Zanu-PF supporters against rallying behind factional leaders who hold office at the pleasure of President Mugabe, saying such people could be removed from office at any time. She said this while addressing thousands of people who thronged Mucheke Stadium here on the fourth leg of her ongoing “Meet The People” tour to thank supporters following her nomination and endorsement to assume leadership of the Zanu-PF Women’s League at the party’s elective Congress in December.
Amai Mugabe warned the party supporters that they risked being exposed if such leaders were removed from their positions at the forthcoming elective Congress.
“Uzive kuti you are appointed wakapihwa chigaro, waudzwa kuti iwe wapihwa chigaro haikona kuabuser chigaro ichocho,” she said.

“Vakawanda umu vana vakadzikama vanogona basa iroro, so don’t take that position for granted nekuti mangwana uchasara uri wega,” she said to applause from the crowd.
Amai Mugabe said she was aware of some senior party leaders at the forefront of fomenting factionalism using money.

“Zviri kuitwa nevanhu vakurukuru, vakurukuru vemuno,” she said. “Musakanganwe, musakanganwe kuti vanhu vanenge vachiona, isusu tinenge tiri kure asi kure kwemeso nzeve dzinonzwa (Factionalism is being fanned by some bigwigs here, don’t forget that while we will be in far away, we hear of what transpires).

“Ndaona write up yandiinayo asi handidi kuibudisa pane vanhu nekuti handidi kukunyadzisai, handidi kukunyadzisai, but iwewe ugere muchair izvezvi ndichitaura, izvezvi chair iri kupisa, tarisa paside pako chero dikita riri kutobuda nekuti tajaira kuita zvinhu zvisina musoro (I have a report here but I will not publicise it here because it will embarrass some people here but where you are seated I know you are uncomfortable and sweaty because you know your wayward deeds).”

Amai Mugabe said it was disheartening that some of the leaders continued to ignore repeated warnings by President Mugabe to shun factionalism and bribing people to get votes.
She said such people would soon be disciplined for their actions.

“Izvozvi Baba VaMugabe vakati huya pano ndoda kukugeza, vakadeedzwa vanozviziva. Ukabvunzwa ukanzi dzokera ukarega kubaiwa netsono woziva zvazvinoreva. Nekuti kana waudzwa ukarega kuteera uri kuziva chichatevera (President Mugabe called some people to advise them against fanning factionalism but to be forewarned is to be forearmed. If you do not heed his words, you know what will follow),” Amai Mugabe said.

She challenged senior officials backing certain candidates to assume top positions in the party to do so openly and give people an opportunity to freely elect leaders of their choice.
She said leaders were annointed by God.

“Hutungamiri hunobva kudenga kuna ishe. Ndinozviziva kuti zvichinzi Mai Mugabe tinoda kuti muti tungamirire kune vamwe vanga vaine mapreferred candidates avo zvinobvumirwa nekuti ndiyo freedom of expression iyoyo, zvinobvumirwa asi kana uine preferred candidate yako unodirei kuenda nayo kuseri kwedoor, huya nayo uyi displaye apa zvatinoita vaMugabe tinovoisa pamberi masikati kuti uyu ndiye watiri kuda.”

She added: “Iwe kana uine preferred candidate yako huya nayo uiise pamberi apo ugotiudza chayakakosha isu kana taona kuti inogona kupfuura watiri kuda then tinoti hongu asi kuti uti convince ndinoona pane nyaya.’’

The First Lady also blasted some senior Zanu-PF officials in Masvingo for trying to confuse the Women’s League members by bribing them to attain political power.
“Zvechokwadi zvinhu kuno hanzi hazvina kumira zvakanaka, handifungi kuti chinhu chinofadza,” she said. “Ndino funga vamwe vedu kuno uku vakatombodeedzwa vakatsiurwa asi muri nhinhi, muri nhinhi munoziva chinonzi hutungamiri (Its true the situation here is bad but some of you were called and advised against fanning divisions but it appears you did not heed the wise counsel).

“Handifunge kuti chinhu chakanaka kuti kuno kuMasvingo one party state upon upon, nyangwe dai rimwe seat riri kumwe asi mwana wenyu, mwana wenyu. Takataura nyaya yekuregererana saka iyi nyaya yekuti muri kuda kuti ngatirambe tichiinderera mberi nefactionalism ndiri kuona chiri nhinhu chinosvoresa (Its not good that Masvingo that delivered all seats barring one (held by Dr Munyaradzi Kereke) that is elsewhere but it is held by your son. Forgive each other, factionalism casts us in bad light)

“Muri vanhu vekuMasvingo vatinoremekedza inga baba vanoti kuna vaHungwe nevamwe vanasekuru Magumbo, vese vari kuno kuMasvingo vanoera Magumbo vachindiremekedza, zvino chaipa chii?

“Munovhiringidza madzimai, madzimai aya kana amira haazoziva zvekutaura nekuti munenge mavavhiringidza nemari, nekuti chinoitika ndechekuti mumusangano wedu weZanu-PF isusu madzimai mukaita zvekutamba nesu isusu we will take over nekuti munofana kuziva kuti 52 percent yepopulation yeZimbabwe madzimai.’’
Dr Mugabe said time was now up for the senior officials who sought positions using money.

“Kazhinji kazhinji munongoona vadzimai vachifizuka vachirwira musangano varume vanonyatsoziva kuti ndikarega kutenga madzimai hapana changu, zvino ichasvika nguva yekuti mari iyoyo icharamba kushanda…. yatosvika!

“Mari yechokwadi inenge yakanangana nemunhu wese ichizoita kuti munhu wese ave neugaro hwakanaka. Inobuda pachena. Inga munhu akaenda kubasa anopihwa mari yake vanhu vakatarisa, imi munodirei kutibhadhara tisina kutariswa, ngazvipere zvefactionalism.”

Amai Mugabe challenged Zanu-PF leaders not to waste time campaigning for top positions but to instead concentrate on delivering promises made to the electorate during last year’s emphatic victory in the harmonised elections.

She said Zanu-PF leaders should be at the forefront of engendering socio-economic development in Zimbabwe through ZimAsset.
The First Lady warned party youths against engaging in violence, saying the vice had no place in Zanu-PF.

She urged Zimbabweans to ignore calls by the MDC-T to embark on mass protests, saying the opposition was a creation of Western nations vainly trying to reverse the land reform programme.

Amai Mugabe castigated senior officials who acquired several farms using their positions during the land reform, but were underutlising them.
She said those with multiple farms should cede them as they risked being exposed in a looming land audit.

The First Lady also lamented the proliferation of child rape cases in Zimbabwe and attacked some traditional healers for misleading people infected with HIV that they could get cured by sleeping with young girls.

Amai Mugabe donated 30 tonnes of seed to Zanu-PF Masvingo province that will be distributed by national Women’s League secretary for security Cde Shuvai Mahofa.
The First Lady also donated 10 tonnes of maize meal for distribution to vulnerable people such as orphans, the elderly and the disabled.

The First Lady’s Masvingo rally was attended by top Government and Zanu-PF officials among them Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, Environment, Water and Climate Minister Minister Saviour Kasukuwere, Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire, Zimbabwe Chiefs Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira and Senate President Edna Madzongwe.

Temba Mliswa

Tichaona Zindoga Senior Reporter— 
ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman, Cde Temba Mliswa, has been accused of soliciting for donations from white businessmen and farmers in the province to finance activities he claims to be of “national interests”, it has emerged. Cde Mliswa reportedly asked for cash, fuel and other goodies ostensibly for the convening of inter-district meetings and developments in his constituency.

Yesterday, Cde Mliswa insisted that the requests were “above board” and that “the money can be accounted for”.
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial secretary for finance Cde Dexter Nduna, expressed ignorance of the transactions, but said such requests would either go through his office or directly through the office of the chairman.

“But I will not comment if it involves the hand of the chairman and I am not mentioned in those emails. Therefore I have no comment,” said Cde Nduna.
A flurry of emails between Cde Mliswa’s executive assistant Admire Machamva and Henk Terblanche, who apparently acted as a go-between for at least 25 white businessmen, revealed the details of the requests.

He also asked for donations to cover a purported visit by Environment, Water and Climate Minister Saviour Kasukuwere in May this year.
On May 16, Machamva wrote asking for assistance for Kasukuwere’s purported visit.

He wrote in part: “Hie Mr Henk, Find below the requirements on 1) fuel to transport delegates 300 litres of diesel and 250 litres of petrol 2) food — $800.00 and 3) building materials to be donated to Kajekache Primary School valued at $3 508.00. Your cooperation and assistance will be greatly appreciated.”

A table of these requirements was also attached.
Henk forwarded the message to his emailing list, saying: “Hi guys I know things are tight but if we work together on this one we could manage to raise this requirement by our mash west chairman. Best regards henk terblanche. Ps: please forward to Collin Langton and others not on my mail address (sic)”

However, on May 19, Machamva notified the whites that the visit by Cde Kasukuwere “was cancelled until further notice.”
“We still need your support in fundraising for Kajekache Primary School staff house refurbishment.

“On the same note, today we are proceeding to the school with a computer donation and also make an assessment of the house if we can reduce the cost.
“I will update you all on the developments and look forward to your assistance.”

On May 22, Machamva again wrote to the whites asking for “fuel assistance” comprising of 150 litres petrol and 330 litres diesel, for an Inter-District meeting at Sengwe Business Centre, Hurungwe West Constituency and claimed that the meeting was held for “national interests”.

Wrote Machamva: “We apologise in advance for the short notice period, the meeting was called on reasons that best serves our national interests and no words can best express how important this meeting is.

“Your contributions will be greatly appreciated.”
Yesterday, Cde Mliswa spiritedly defended the exchanges saying that they were legitimate and accounted for.
He also said Henk was his friend of 20 years.

“This is contrary to the American CIO money that was being talked about. Machamva is the CEO of Hurungwe Development Association and it has been in existence for the past 10 years and all the money goes to Hurungwe for development.”

He said that he had a duty to raise funds for the development of his constituency.
“Henk is my friend. He is my friend such that when I go to prison he will bring me food. He is leasing a farm bought by a black person after he lost all his seven farms and this is legal and there is even a BOT (Build Own Transfer) arrangement.

“Henk also acts as my consultant in agricultural matters as I am not an expert in the field,” he said.
However, a member of the provincial executive, who also comes from Hurungwe District, insisted that Cde Mliswa’s deals with the white community raised stink since the majority of the leadership were kept in the dark.

It has also emerged that the majority of new commercial farmers in Hurungwe doing well were in partnership with whites.

Municipal Reporter
Harare residents must brace for a dry weekend as the city shuts down its main water treatment plant at Morton Jaffray today to allow contractors to install bulk production flow metres.
The city’s corporate communication division said the city was also carrying out plant maintenance and repairing leakages on the transmission mains. “Harare City Council would want to advise Harare residents that there will be a temporary shutdown of Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant from Friday 10 October at 2200hrs to Saturday 11 October 2014 at 1800 hrs.

“The temporary shutdown is to allow contractors working on the water treatment plant to install bulk production flow metres,” said the corporate communication division.
The bulk production flow metres will enable council to know the amount of water being pumped to residents at any given point.

The non-revenue water for Harare currently stands at 60 percent, comprising physical and commercial losses.
Physical losses refers to water that is produced and pumped, but does not get to the people while commercial losses comprise water that is consumed but is not properly billed, or even billed at all.

Last year council secured a US$144 million loan from the Chinese Export Import Bank and has used part of the money to acquire equipment for the refurbishment of the 60-year-old plant. The plant produces 400 mega-litres of water per day, but it has the potential to produce 640 mega-litres.

The upgrading of the plant will plug leaks on pipes connected to the water treatment. The rehabilitation of the plant is expected to increase output from the current 400 mega-litres of water to 640 mega-litres.

The 42 percentage increase, the city engineers say, will bring water to perennially dry parts of the city such as Mabvuku and Borrowdale.

Supa Mandiwanzira

Herald Reporter
Manicaland Province says it is ready to welcome the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe when she takes her “Meet the People Tour” to Sakubva Stadium in Mutare today. She has been to Mashonaland West, Midlands, Harare and Masvingo provinces meeting party members following her nomination to assume leadership of the Women’s League at the Zanu-PF National People’s Congress scheduled for December.

Manicaland provincial secretary for information and publicity Cde Supa Mandiwanzira yesterday said the stage was set for Amai Mugabe’s rally.
He urged people to converge at Sakubva in their thousands to hear wise words from the trailblazing First Lady.

“As a province, we are ready to receive the First Lady and we expect everyone to be at the stadium by 8am,” Cde Mandiwanzira said.
“We have buses carrying people in some party districts and we urge others with their transport to assist others as people are coming from all parts of Manicaland.”

Cde Mandiwanzira said the event, though being hosted by the Women’s League, was open to all party members and even outsiders.
“We must all rally behind the First Lady because she is a mother to all of us,” he said.

“Let us come and hear her wise words of unity, while women will benefit from packets of seed.”
During her provincial tours, Amai Mugabe has packaged her message on unity, development and enterprise.

The major highlight of her rallies was on Wednesday when she brought together Zanu-PF Harare provincial chairman Cde Amos Midzi and provincial youth leader Cde Godwin Gomwe whose differences were having a toll on the party.

She also publicly forgave Harare Province political commissar Cde Shadreck Mashayamombe who was quoted as saying she had no political home in Harare.
Amai Mugabe warned that members who continued associating themselves with factionalism risked being left behind by a united grassroots.

Cde Oppah Muchinguri

Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter
outgoing Zanu-PF Secretary for Women’s Affairs Cde Oppah Muchinguri yesterday said President Mugabe is the only centre of power in the revolutionary party and warned people holding ambitions to succeed him from abusing party structures to pursue their objectives. Cde Muchinguri said this at Mucheke Stadium while addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters at First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe’s Meet The People rally.

“Panyaya yesuccession, yefactionalism ndinoda kuti centre ihwani,” she said. “We can’t have two centres zvinokonzera chaos muparty. Kana uchida power chirega kuita interfere nemastructures.

“Power yaunayo ndeyaVaMugabe, it’s delegated power. Women’s League are saying enough is enough tinomira naVaMugabe.”
Cde Muchinguri said some power hungry individuals in the party were going around bribing people with money and gifts and said they would be exposed.

“We have data kuti vamwe vakapihwa tumablankets, tumacosmetics zvino zuva ranhasi zvitarise mugirazi,” she said. “Unofunga kuti unokwana muchigaro chaVaMugabe? Haada, tinoti kwete. We will name and shame you nguva yacho yasvika.” Cde Muchinguri called on Zanu-PF supporters to return to the discipline that was there in 1980 when the country attained independence, saying people should follow the party’s defined hierarchy.

Speaking at the same occasion, Masvingo Women’s League provincial chairperson Cde Sheila Uyoyo admitted that the party was divided on factional lines.
“There are factions in the party. We can have our factions, but they should not destroy the party,” she said.

Cde Uyoyo said some people had devised slogans to divide fellow party members as the factional fight raged on.
Masvingo provincial chairman Cde Kallisto Gwanetsa courted the ire of some supporters when he said all was well within the party in the province.

“Muno umu politics tigere zvakanaka, takaguta,” he said in his address, triggering resistance from some supporters who disagreed with his statement.
Cde Gwanetsa recently unilaterally endorsed the Presidium ahead of the congress, much to the chagrin of fellow provincial members after it was discovered that no meeting had been held to that effect.

Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
The United States’ hypocrisy on Zimbabwe’s economic ties with Russia has been exposed after it emerged that Washington indeed recently wrote to Harare expressing reservations on relations between Zimbabwe and Russia. This comes in the wake of a landmark multi-million dollar platinum deal signed by Zimbabwe and Russia recently. The US embassy in Harare last week vigorously denied making any correspondence to Harare relating to the economic ties between Harare and Moscow.

However, in a diplomatic letter dated September 14, 2014, addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the US embassy in Harare cautioned Zimbabwean companies against transactions with Russia, saying they had imposed sanctions on Russia.

“The embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zimbabwe and has the honour to provide the enclosed information regarding updated sanctions on Russia on September 12,” read part of the letter.

“The embassy of the United States of America requests that this information be provided to the Zimbabwean financial and business communities and that these companies are encouraged to perform due diligence to avoid any potentially sanctionable transactions.

“The embassy of the United States of America welcomes any feedback regarding the above topic.”
Washington recently imposed sanctions on Russia for the latter’s alleged support for Ukrainian pro-Moscow insurgents fighting the American and EU-backed government in Kiev.

Through its spokesperson Karen Kelly, the US embassy in Harare had denied threatening to impose fresh illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe over the country’s economic ties with Russia.
Ms Kelley said there was no link between the sanctions Washington imposed on Russia and those ‘‘placed on President Robert Mugabe and his cronies’’ more than a decade ago.

“Regarding the recent reports in the local media in Zimbabwe, I can say that there is no link between US sanctions on Russia and the targeted sanctions policy on a limited number of individuals and entities in Zimbabwe.

“All US sanctions frameworks are separate and distinct,” Kelly responded.
In the letter to Government, the US embassy provided a list of Russian companies which it said were under sanctions imposed on September 12 this year.
These included several banks, defence industry companies and oil and gas companies.

Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa

Herald Reporter—
Some Western governments are slowly warming up to Zimbabwe, with Germany and Australia being the latest countries expressing willingness to work with Zimbabwe. The two are part of the western bloc that imposed illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe more than a decade ago over the revolutionary land reform programme. The Governments of Australia and Germany are jointly funding the construction of an Independent Water Scheme in Norton, a project expected to improve the water supply situation in the dormitory town.

The Germans have also extended an invitation to National Assembly Speaker Cde Jacob Mudenda to deliver a keynote address at the 2014 annual conference on Cultural Diplomacy next month, that will be held in the framework of the celebrations to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Norton project is being carried out under the urban water supply and sanitation programme and being implemented through GIZ, an international enterprise owned by the Germans.

Most of GIZ’s work is commissioned by the Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Recently, an Australian Parliamentary delegation was in Zimbabwe where they were taken through the Norton project.

Norton National Assembly Member Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa, yesterday described the move as an important step towards re-engagement.
“Having such an engagement in an area with a Zanu-PF MP is welcome and we take it as part of the re-engagement exercise,” he said. “We want traditional Western cooperating partners to be open-minded and treat all Zimbabweans in the same vein regardless of political affiliation. The invitation of our Speaker (Mr Mudenda) is also another gesture to show that relations will be on the mend,” he said.

First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe addresses zanu-pf supporters at Mucheke Stadium, Masvingo, yesterday

Pamberi ne One Party State. Pasi nevasingadi kushanda nevamwe. Pasi ne MDC. Pasi naMorgan Tsvangirai. Makadiniko zvenyu mose uko, vanaBaba nanaMai. Pamusoroi mambo. Mambo Charumbira vanova ndivo president ve Chief’s Council. Nemamwe madzimambo aripano. Tinokuremekedzai nekuti nyika idzi ndedzenyu. MaDzimbabwe ndeenyu. Pamusoroi chairman veprovince vaGwanetsa, aah tinototekama kutyoka rurimi tichiti gwanetsa, gwatonetsa.

Listen to the full speech below

Minister of State for Provincial Affairs vaBhasikiti, pamusoroi chairperson veWomen’s League kuno Mai Uyoyo. Pamusoroi Mai Muchinguri neexecutive yenyu yese veWomen’s League varipano nekuti ndikadoma mazitaka, tinoenda mangwana, but Mai Mahofa tinokuremekedzai nekuti muri munhu mukuru. Tinotora gwara kubva kwamuri nekuti mave munhu abve zera.

Na president of the Senate tinongoti tinokutendai nekuti kuta kwamaita.
Member dzese dzePolitburo dziri pano, member dzeCentral Committee. MaWar veterans edu, akaita kuti tikwanise kuti tive vanhu vakasununguka. Hatikanganwi basa ramakatiitira.
VeZilwaco vari pano, ma ex-restrictees, ma ex-detainees vari pano. Vana baba vese vana mai, nema ministers ese andaona akawanda vabva kune mamwe maprovinces. Ve Youth League yedu, ndaona vakasimba varipano, vadururukira pano paMasvingo. Tinokutendai ne support yamurikupa kudai.

Mai Muchinguri vanga vachirova bazooka ka, musoja. Bazooka zvekutoti ndirikutotya izvezvi kuti nhasi pano apaka apa pangangodonha mvura nekuti bazooka rarohwa rinenge richanosvika rikangovhura ma flood gates. Saka ndoda timbosununguka timbo kanganwa zve bazooka.

Kwakanga kunemumwe murume we chiChinese akauya kuno ku Zimbabwe. Ndokuroora mudzimai wake mu Zimbabwean, munhu mutema. Munongonzwa kuti kuChina kune zvinhu zvisina kusimba zvinouya kuzotengeswa muno. Asi dzimwe nguva munhu ndiye anosarudza zvino enderana nehomwe yake. Saka kune zvimwe zvakawanda ku China zvakatonaka, zvine quality yepamusorosoro chaiyo.

China ndiyo irikutogadzirira dzimwe nyika zvakatowanda saka its up to you iwe unenge wanotenga kuti unonotengei.
Saka uyu murume wechiChinese auya kuno mu Zimbabwe, akabva aroora. Vakabva vaita mwana wavo. Six months down the line mwana ndokufa. Aah mai vakatambura. Tete vakauyavo vemudzimai vakati ndaizviziva kani, ndaizviziva kani, ndaizviziva kani ini. Vachingo chema. Vakaita nguva six hours vachingochema. Ndaizviziva kani, ndaizviziva kani, ndaizviziva kani. Ko tete muri kuti ndaizvizivaka ini, zvii zvacho? Ndaizviziva kani, ndaizvizivaka ini, ndaizvizivaka ini. Aah ko hamutauri. Vaona tete vati dzikamei, vakabva vaenda pana tete. Ko maizviziva zvinyi tiudzei? Ndaizviziva kani kuti zvinhu zvechi Chinese hazvigari. Nevana zvese hameno zvenyu mukabariswa nemaChina hameno zvenyu.

Munoziva ukange wauya wakapfeka, ukauya wakapfeka, munoziva kuti Mwari, Mwari ndiye anotitungamirira pane zvose zvatinoita. Ukaona wakapfeka huwori ukasvika panzvimbo, musashamisike kuti sei vanhu vachive confused.

Kana munhu amira pamuri avakuti don’t be surprised, confusion inouya kana usiri pachokwadi, ndozvazvinoita izvozvo.
Takanga tiine maBishop, nemaArchbishop. VaMutendi vanga vaine band ravo randinoda nhamba yavareva ndinoifarira. Vangavaripo, vakazara but not neuwandu wamakaita, vaitoda kuuya vakawanda.

Saka fungai unobva waita seusingaoni kana kugona kutaura, nekuti takanamatirwa kuti Zimbabwe tinoda mutinamatire tive vanhu vane gwara, vanhu vari forthright.
Munosimbondiona ndichiuya nababa, sekutaurwa kwaitwa navaGwanetsa kuti tinosikuonai muchiuya nababa. Vana vaBhasikiti vakati munouya naBaba.
Mwana kana azvarwa haumbotange wamudzidzisa kuti, unless baba vasipo. Unotanga kumudzidzisa kuti ita baba, ita baba. Handiti. Womudzidzisa ita baba,kusvika zvadini? Zvaita. Kuti baba.

Makandiona ndichiuya ini, ndakagara zvangu ndiri kamusikana ndichinyara. Maiti ndaiiteyi? Maindidzidzisa imi kuti ita baba. Maindidzidzisa. Saka nhasi munogoshamisika sei kuti muri kundi chooser kuti ndikumirirei? Chinokushamisai chii?

Ndimi, ndimi makandiita ndive zvandiri. Mwana unongomuudza chete kuti, iti baba, asi zvimwe zvese kana kuti kuno dyiwa, unongoti idya, idya, anoti saka kudya kunonzi idya. Gara pasi kunonzi kugara pasi.
Mwana anenge achikopa. Ndaikopa kubva kwamuri. Ndimi makaita kuti zuva ranhasi rivepo.

Proverbs 16 verse 9 inotaura kuti izvo, in their hearts women plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. Kutaura kuti izvo isu tine urongwa hwedu sevanhu venyama, asi urongwa watinahwo hausihwo, kune vakuru vari kudenga. Saka hazvifaniri kumboshamisa kana zvichiitika nenzira iyi.

Ndakanga ndine urongwa hwanguvo, ndichingoti aah pane zvandinoda kuita, imi muchindirongera, asi kuona kwandiri kuita ini kuti urongwa hwamanga muinahwo huri kubva kuna Ishe vari kudenga.

Vakaimba vakati ”ndirikuona humambo wekudenga, ndiri kuona humambo hwekudenga. Ndiri kutouona humambo wekudenga…”
Ndanga ndakatarisa madzimai vachipfuura paine picture yangu neya President ndikati ah kudhara vaingova vababa chete vatova vanguwo, ah, inga umambo wekudenga ndiri kutouona pano. Zvinoshamisa zvinoita Mwari.

Kuno kuMasvingo muri kutaura izvo kuti zita rekuti Dzimbabwe rinobva kuno kuMasvingo. Zvino kana zita iri rinonzi Dzimbabwe richibva kuno kuMasvingo, zvinorevei?
Nyika yedu inyika yanga iri pasi peupambi kwenguva yakareba. Tisingambokwanisi kutombova ne freedom yokuita zvatinoda kuita munyika yedu yemadzitateguru. Ikarwirwa nyika iyoyi vanhu vakafa, vakakuvara.

In fact kumakuva ariko nema mass graves, ini ndino believer kuti madzimai nevana ndivo vakanyanya kuwanda ikoko, nekuti kwai targetwa anga ari macamps evanhu vanga vasingambogoni kuzvidzivirira. Vaivekowo madzimai. Vachitiza zvanga zvichiitika muno vamwe vachino trainer kuti isusu nyangwe tisina samba racho asi tinoda kunozvidzidza kuti tizviite, tisunungure nyika yedu.

Saka nyika yedu ino yeZimbabwe, inyika yekuti kana takatarisa, tino fanira kufunga takatsinzinya maziso kuti takabvepi. Tikangotsinzinya maziso tikaona kuti takabvepi, zvichatipa gwara iroro. Gwara ratinogara tichitaura muZanu-PF, kuti munhu kana ukange uchimira pane vanhu uchitaura chokwadi hapana chinokuremera.

Ndakange ndichitaura nezuro kuHarare. KuHarare nezuro kwakaitika chishamiso. Nezuro ndofunga kana majournalists haana kufara nekuti vakange vachitarisira ma fireworks kuHarare.

But kwakabuda ma fireworks aibva kuna Mwari, ekubatana. Zvino ino, ino, Masvingo, ndiko kwama tauraka isu hatichangoni kuzvitaura hanzi acknowledge this and that. Ndokwamuri kuno uku.

Saka Masvingo, ko zvatinonzwa zvii zvirikuitika. Ini pandauya ndanga ndichitotya nokuti ndanga ndanzwa kuti hanzi madzimai akati varume vese toda kuvabvarurira mabhurukwa.
Ndanga ndichitarisira kuona varume vasina kupfeka kuno. Ndozvandakangonzwawo. Kuti hanzi varume zvavari kuita vari kukanganisa zvechokwadi kunonzi kuno zvinhu hazvina kumira zvakanaka.

Handifunge kuti chinhu chinofadza. Ndofunga vamwe venyu kuno vakambodeedzwa vakatsiurwa, asi muri nhinhi. Muri nhinhi. Munoziva, chinonzi mutungamiri. Utungamiri hunobva kudenga kuna Ishe.

Ndinozviziva kuti even ipapa ndichinzi inini Mai Mugabe, tava kuda kuti mutitungamire. Kune vanhu yes vanenge vane ma preferred candidates avo, zvinobvumirwa handiti ndiyo freedom of expression iyoyo.

Zvinobvumirwa, asi kana une candidate yako unodirei kuenda nayo kuseri kwe door. Uya nayo uidisplaye apa. Zvatinoita vedu vanonzi vaMugabe. Tinovaisa pamberi masikati kuti uyu ndiye watiri kuda. Iwe kana uine preferred candidate yako uya nayo uiise pamberi apa, ugotiudza chayakakosha candidate yako.

Kana isu taona kuti inogona kupfuura watiri kuda, then tinoti hongu. Asi kuti uti convince ipapo ndofunga panonetsa. Handifunge kuti chinhu chakanaka kuti kuno kuMasvingo, one party state. Makaita upon upon nyangwe dai one iri kumwe asi mwana wenyu.

Takataura nenyaya yekuregererana. Saka iyi nyaya yekuti muri kuda kuti hanzi ngatirambe tichienderera mberi nenyaya ye factionalism. Ndiri kuona chiri chinhu chinoshoresa.
Muri vanhu vekuMasvingo vatinoremekedza. Inga baba vanoti kunana Hungwe nana sekuru vaera Gumbo, vose vanhu vari kuno vanoera Gumbo vachivaremekedza nekuti ndiwo mutupo wamai vangu.

Kozvino chaipa chii? Munovhiringidza madzimai. Madzimai aya saka muchizoona kana vamira havachaziva zvekutaura nekuti munovavhiringidza nemari.
Nekuti chinoitika ndechekuti, mumusangano wedu we Zanu-PF, isusu madzimai mukaita zvekutamba nesu isusu, we will take over isusu madzimai nekuti munofanira kuziva kuti 52 percent yepopulation yeZimbabwe madzimai.

Asi kazhinji, kazhinji ndinongoona varume vakangomira vakangoisa maoko muhomwe madzimai achifizuka achirwira musangano.
Saka varume vanotozviziva kuti ndikarega kutenga madzimai hapana changu.

Zvino ichasvika nguva yekuti mari iyoyo icharamba kushanda, yatosvika. Mari yechokwadi inenge yakanangana nemunhu wese. Ichizoita kuti munhu wese ave neugaro hwakanaka inopihwa pachena.

Inga tikaenda kubasa wani ukanoshanda unopiwa mubhadharo wako vamwe vakatarisa. Imi munodireyi kutibhadha tisina kuchaisa? Ngazvipere zve factionalism. Zvirikuitwa nevanhu vakuru kuru kuru vemuno, vakuru kuru kuru vemuno. Musakanganwe, musakanganwe kuti vanhu vanenge vachiona. Ndakati isusu tinenge tiri kure asi kure kwemeso nzeve dzinonzva.
Ndaona write up, handingaitaure pane vanhu because handidi kukunyadzisai. Handimboda kuti ndikunyadzisei. But iwewe ugere mu chair ndichitaura iye zvino chair ichipisa. Tarisa pa side pako uone kana nedikita rava kutoerera, nekuti tajaira kuita zvinhu zvisina musoro.

Baba Mugabe vakati uya pano ndinoda kukugeza. Varikuzviziva. Vakadeedzva vakagezwa. Wakadeedzva ukabvudzva ukanzi dzokera ukarega kubaiwa netsono woziva zvazviri kureva.
Nekuti kana waudzwa ukarega kuteerera. Waudzwa ukarega kuterera urikuziva chichatevera. Uzive kuti you are appointed, iwe wakapiwa chigaro. Waudzwa iwe kuti wapiwa chigaro haikona ku abuser chigaro ichocho.

To be continued…