Norton Member of Parliamnet Temba Mliswa says wearing a ZANU PF scarf does not translate to one being a ZANU PF member. Mliswa was responding to social media critics that he has joined ZANU PF after he was spotted wearing a ZANU PF scarf on Friday when President Emmerson Mnangagwa commissioning the Norton Road Over Rail. Said Mliswa, "I don't know whether wearing a ZANU PF scarf makes one a member of the party but that's an argument for another day otherwise I have always supported Mnangagwa and am not ashamed to say Viva President." Mliswa added that Norton people were not focused on politics of poltical parties but on material things. "The people of Norton voted for what is on the ground, what is actually happening and not some promise in th
Self-exiled G40 kingpins are scheming to exploit, for political expediency, the case of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, by launching a sustained smear campaign against the Presidium.Mubaiwa is in remand prison until December 30 on charges of attempted murder, fraud, and currency externalisation. Sources close to the Mubaiwa family said one of the G40 leaders based in South Africa mobilised money for legal fees. The G40 leader is alleged to have instructed Mubaiwa to defame and politically smear President Mnangagwa and VP Chiwenga. Mubaiwa is facing charges of attempting to murder VP Chiwenga, illegally externalising US$1 033 000, laundering US$990 000 and fraudulently seeking to upgrade her customary union to a civil marriage without her hus
OUTSPOKEN Zanu PF Buhera South MP, Joseph Chinotimba Tuesday called for the arrest of MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa alleging that he continued to call for renewed sanctions against the country. During a heated debate in Parliament in which he teared into Chamisa accusing him of destroying Zimbabwe by allegedly calling for sanctions in the opposition leader’s recent foreign trips. However, Chinotimba’s speech was drowned by MDC Alliance MPs who booed him. “Nyika yaita mamvemve (This country has gone to the dogs). A senior politician (not named) goes to United States of America, Britain and Germany calling for sanctions,” Chinotimba said in Parliament. Chamisa has recently been on what he calls a diplomatic offensive, which has seen him travelling to
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki is in Zimbabwe where he is holding meetings with various political stakeholders, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, several other politicians and civic society activists in an effort to find a lasting solution to the current social, economic and political crisis gripping the southern African nation. Mbeki’s visit, widely seen by observers as a precursor to possible talks between Zanu PF and the main opposition MDC party, appears to have the blessings of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Mbeki’s visit was long overdue as he expected him to visit Zimbabwe soon after he was elected president in 20
Harare businessman Mr Macdonald Makamba Chapfika (56) died suddenly on Monday while on his way from a meeting with Government officials at Munhumutapa Building. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident and said investigations were in progress. He could not divulge any other information concerning the matter. Mr Chapfika’s son, Alex, told the police that his father was hypertensive. According to a leaked memorandum from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Mr John Kayira, a Tanzanian national aged 51 years, who was a friend to Mr Chapfika, informed police about the circumstances of his death.“This memorandum serves to place on record circumstances and initial investigations carried out on the above subject matter. “
A BROKEN NATION Yesterday I landed back in London after a week in Kenya and two weeks in Zimbabwe. Our conference in Kenya was refreshing but my time in Zimbabwe left me depressed! Zimbabwe is a broken nation. The electricity system is broken: at one time we had no power for over forty eight hours. The water system is broken: in some parts of the city, they have had no water for over five years and have to buy their water every day. Getting a decent shower each morning was a battle which I didn’t always win! The roads are broken: the potholes are unacceptable! The fuel provision is broken: people are spending days and nights in mile long queues that snake round blocks and blocks! The people themselves are broken: law and order have deteriorated to
WELL-WISHERS have been touched by the plight of a girl who funded her own way through secondary education by selling snacks, raising goats and poultry.When Sibongile’s parents could not afford to pay her school fees, the determined girl took it upon herself to make sure she continue with her education. She borrowed money and bought some popular corn snacks called “jiggies” for resale.Sibongile raised some money and managed to raise chicks. From chicks she, later on expanded her business and bought goats. Now, Sibongile has 21 goats and a thriving poultry project which, apart from just paying her school fees, is now even catering for her parents’ needs.Last week Thursday, Sibongile spoke at the 5th edition of Women Entrepreneurship Day (WED) held at the Public Ser
FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Philip Chiyangwa has been reported to the police for allegedly milking tens of thousands of dollars from the organisation, with documents showing that he ordered the broke association to meet the costs of his lavish birthday party two years ago, which was attended by Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Investigations by the Zimbabwe Independent show that Zifa, which was reeling under a US$6 million debt, paid for the expenses of the bash — also attended by Fifa secretary-general Fatma Samoura and other high-profile guests — whose bill was in excess of US$100 000.Chiyangwa was the Zifa president until December last year when he lost to Felton Kamambo in an election. When he left, the association’s debt had ballooned to
The Zimbabwean government has turned to its all-weather friend, Cuba, where it is seeking the services of doctors as it attempts to contain endless strikes by medical professionals that have paralyzed the southern African nation’s health sector. Doctors in Zimbabwe have been on strike since September 3rd this year demanding salary increases, provision of adequate hospital machines and drugs in hospitals and improved working conditions. Some of the doctors have just started going back to work. Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health has requested directors at medical institutions at both government and local level to compile a list of Cuban doctors they might need. Efforts to get a comment from Cuban Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Enrique Antonio Prieo Lopez, were futile as calls to the
Schweppes Zimbabwe has not been manufacturing Mazoe Orange Crush for the past three weeks. It is understood that the US$10m debt emanated from concentrates for cordials supplied by the world’s leading soft drink manufacturer.Beverages manufacturer, Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited, has stopped producing its flagship cordial drink, Mazoe Orange Crush, after The Coca-Cola Company which supplies critical ingredients of the product, cut off supplies due to an estimated US$10m debt.Mazoe Orange Crush is manufactured and distributed by Schweppes Zimbabwe under licence from Coca-Cola whose other products bottled by Schweppes are Minute Maid juices, Bonaqua still water, and Schweppes still water. Schweppes Zimbabwe has not been manufacturing Mazoe Orange Crush for the past three weeks. It is un
