Zvishane Baptist church prophet sodomises congregation

Zvishane Baptist church prophet sodomises congregation

Saturday, 28 March 2015 / No Comments

A self-styled Zvishavane Baptist church prophet allegedly sodomised a church mate after he had invited him for bogus prayer sessions before forcing another one to masturbate him and threatened them with death if they ever divulged their secret to anyone. The prophet Kennedy Kudzai Zvirawa (24) appeared before Zvishavane magistrate recently and pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled against him.

Circumstances surrounding the matter are that some time in October last year, Zvirawa approached his first victim and told him that he was possessed with evil spirits so he was supposed to come to church for prayer sessions. The complainant went to the prophet’s house where he found him in the company of other church members. At around 9:30pm Zvirawa asked the church members to go and sleep as he wanted to conduct a private prayer session with the complainant.

Zvirawa instructed the complainant to go to a certain room where he followed and ordered him to sleep in the bed that was in the room. The prophet then switched off the lights and joined the complainant in bed. He started caressing the complainant’s thighs. The complainant asked the prophet if that is how prayers were to be conducted and he was threatened with death. 

The prophet allegedly went on to remove the complainant’s pants and sodomised him. The prophet repeated the act on different occasions until the complainant’s workmate noticed a change in complainant’s behaviour and that is when he revealed the incident.

On another day it is alleged that Zvirawa invited his second victim  to his house saying he wanted to hold prayer sessions. The unsuspecting victim went to the prophet’s house and upon arrival he was instructed to caress Zvirawa’s manhood as it was part of the prayer session. The complainant masturbated the prophet until he ejaculated and he was then ordered to go back home. In his defence Zvirawa told the court that he did not and would not do that as he was a man of the cloth.

“Your worship, I did not do anything to these men and I would never do such a thing as I am a prophet. This is just a result of politics within the church. The church recently split and these men are just sent by other church members to tarnish my image”, he said.

Magistrate Tavengwa Sangster presided over the case and Sheila Mupinga prosecuted.  The trial continues.

Steward Bank legal head humiliated by protesting journalists

Steward Bank legal head humiliated by protesting journalists

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Angry journalists yesterday humiliated Econet Wireless and walked out on the mobile phone operator’s business unit, Steward Bank legal head Mr Tawanda Nyambirai at a Press conference called to clarify Thursday’s raid of a business news agency’s offices. 

The placard-waving scribes, some of whom had their mouths tied to symbolise violation of Press freedom, demanded an apology from Mr Nyambirai for invading the newsroom of The Source on Thursday, before proceedings could start.

He refused to do so and all hell broke loose when he was about to go into his prepared speech as journalists broke into song and dance in protest.

“Don’t gag the media”, “Say no to corporate bullies”, and “Press Freedom is a Constitutional right” read the messages inscribed on the placards.

Earlier on, the journalists had refused to partake in a prayer that had been requested by a Steward Bank staffer contending that Econet officials, police and Deputy Sheriff officers had not opened with a prayer when they invaded The Source.

Chaos reigned supreme as journalists and Mr Nyambirai clashed openly, with some journalists flying placards in his face and telling him to “Stop It!” in line with a phrase coined by the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe when she attacked corrupt elements in the country.

A provisional High Court order granted by Justice Joseph Musakwa last week empowered, Econet officials and lawyers, the Deputy Sheriff and security agents to invade The Source’s premises in central Harare, ransacking the online publication’s computers and extracting information from e-mails.

Econet risk officers, instead of the Deputy Sheriff, did most of the searches and in some cases opened e-mails that had nothing to do with their case in a move described by Government and media representatives as a threat to media freedom and freedom of expression as guaranteed under Section 61(1) and (2) of the Constitution.

Justice Musakwa ordered The Source, an affiliate of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, to “delete and expunge” two articles the online publication recently published about Econet and its banking unit Steward Bank. One of the articles titled “Debt-distressed Zimbabwe moves to reschedule domestic debt” claimed that Government had borrowed $30 million from Econet, disbursed through Steward Bank, in a deal brokered by Mr Nyambirai.

The article claimed that Mr Nyambirai pocketed a substantial facilitation fee for brokering the deal. The other contentious story alleged that Steward Bank was considering swapping residential stands worth $2,1 million to recover funds borrowed by a property mogul Mr Phillip Chiyangwa. The Source, through their lawyer Mr Chris Mhike, raised constitutional questions and sought to have the matter referred to the Constitutional Court. Judgment on the application had not yet been delivered.

Yesterday, journalists could be heard shouting: “Nhasi mari yako haishandi Nyambirai” (Your money is of no use today, Nyambirai), and, “How do you feel if your e-mail asking about the facilitation fee is opened.”

Mr Nyambirai tried to explain to the journalists that the documents used in the stories were stolen, but the journalists would have none of it and walked out.

He said: “The information was private and confidential and it related to the private business transactions of the clients of Steward Bank. The banker-client relationship is a relationship in utmost good faith. As much as you have freedom of expression we also have our freedom and privacy.”

One journalist replied: “With the behaviour you exhibited, you are the least qualified person to talk about freedom.”

Zimbabwe Union of Journalists secretary-general Foster Dongozi said Econet had become arrogant and considered itself so big that it could trample on everyone’s rights.  Mr Mhike said they would wait for their urgent application to have the matter referred to the Constitutional Court.

“I have just indicated to Steward Bank and Econet that we are very open to resolving this squabble in a more amicable fashion,” he said.

“We do respect the court processes that are ongoing at the High Court and hopefully soon at the Constitutional Court, but at the same time, as those developments unravel, there is always room for the parties to discuss and resolve the matter.”

MISA chairman Kumbirai Mafunda said freedom of expression and Press freedom were “the life blood of democracy” and should be respected.

Bulawayo vegitable venders scramble for water from corpses

Bulawayo vegitable venders scramble for water from corpses

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Bulawayo- Business to a halt in Lobengula Street in yet another disgusting disclosure, as four Lobengula street fruit vendors hospitalised each other over corpse water that disappeared before sharing. 

The Four, Dumisani Sibanda, Thabiso Tshuma, Melody Mloyi and Monica Mlilo, fought a vicious bloodbath of blows, after the latter accused one of them of stealing corpse water that was acquired by Thabiso from a Kelvin Industrial Funeral Parlour.

The development brings the total number of named-and-shamed corpse water crooks to nineteen (19) after fifteen (15) others were arrested in separate incidents last year.

The water according to other vendors who refused to be identified, is needed to create their business-charm, to attract clients, so they buy their fruits and vegetables. They sprinkle the water that would have been used by undertakers when bathing the deceased at their funeral parlours.

"If you buy corpse water sprinkled fruits, you automatically become a permanent consumer, as this will force your heart and mind to look for me," said a vendor who was identified by others as Na-Nomsa, who plies her vending business in Bulawayo's Lobengula Street.

Thabiso refused to comment on the cause of their fight, that brought business to a halt in Lobengula Street, but she became arrogant and threatened this journalist with assault by her bouncer boy-friend who works at a Bulawayo night club.

But Melody opened up and revealed their source of corpse water in anger. "We contributed $70 to buy corpse water from Mthandazo Funeral parlour, for business, but Monica and Thabiso opted to steal the magical water for their use, forgetting others who contributed," she shouted on top of her voice.

Last year, 15 vendors were reprimanded for public fighting over the ware, and they were handed a final warning by their Association for the offence of using corpse water to lure clients.

When reached for comment, Mthandazo Funeral Parlour Manager in Kelvin, Mr Killian Nkomo, dismissed the allegations as malicious.

"This is malicious and total fabrication. However, we will investigate the issue, with our undertakers, as this is not for the first time to hear such accusations from vendors and the public."

But the Vendors and Informal traders Association National President, Edward Manning speaking to ZimEye.com confirmed the existence of the deals between vendors and funeral houses undertakers. "This has been happening, and we warned our members against using dirty charms on innocent and unsuspecting clients as this is a health hazard," he said.

He added: "The four fought over corpse water and we have issued them with a final warning, this time we are going to chase them away from Lobengula Street for their evil doings," said Manning who appeared visibly angry.

 

Mutare family endured painful sexual encounters with a snake

Mutare family endured painful sexual encounters with a snake

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A Zimbabwean granny's more than two decades ordeal of being sexually abused by a three-metre-long python on a daily basis finally ended recently following the killing of the reptile. The horrific incident, which reads like a fairytale, occurred in Headman Chipfatsura's area under Chief Marange, in Manicaland Province's Marange area and is still the talk of the drought-prone rural community.

 The grey-haired Willie Mutasa (78) confessed that the python was now a thorn in his flesh after acquiring it as a magical charm from a Chipinge-based traditional healer around 1973.

 Apart from having sex with Mutasa's wife and daughters, the snake would suck their blood, resulting in inexplicable deaths of two of his daughters. After numerous failed attempts by different religious persons, the reptile was eventually captured and burnt by Kutenda Kwavapostori Church founder Bishop Trynos Mapuranga recently.

 When news crew visited the Mutasa homestead on Monday, Mbuya Mutasa (59) confirmed that the snake would sleep with them on numerous occasions, leaving them with swollen thighs, while private parts were left red.
 She even explained the modus operandi employed each time the snake wanted to have sex.

 "My son, we went through a torrid time over these years. I came into the Mutasa family in 1976 and the ordeal started only a year after. When it all started I thought I was responsible since I was also into traditional healing, but I was later convinced that it had nothing to do with my calling as a traditional healer.

 "I had 15 miscarriages during that period before I later got help and gave birth to six children — two boys and four girls. Two of the girls died in unclear circumstances, though we now know that the snake would feed on their blood.

 "One of the children died in 2002 and the other in 2013. Many strange things would happen here. For example, the snake would come and immediately transform into little goblins and take turns to have sex with us. Before having sex, the goblins would entice us with small things like guavas and one would get confused, sleep and the next thing the four goblins are done with you.

 "They would leave us the next morning with swollen thighs, while private parts would have turned red. What worried us most is that whenever we told my husband he was unperturbed and at times would demand to have sex with me even in that state.

 "The only good thing is that we have never seen anything strange happening after the snake was burnt and we hope it is now a thing of the past though it caused a lot of damage to the family," she said.

 Her husband Mutasa confessed that he went to a traditional healer called Chinyamunhuwira in the Checheche area of Chipinge South where he was given three sticks that latter turned into the reptile he could no longer handle.

 "Way back in the early 70s, I went to Chipinge together with other boys. Our mission was to pick cotton at farms in the area, but one day we connived to go and get ‘muti' from a traditional healer who was popular in that area.

 "My main aim in consulting the traditional healer was to do away with the spirit of my late wife which was giving me a torrid time and I wanted the traditional healer to turn the spirit against those who killed her. Apart from that, I also wanted to be feared.

 "When we got to the traditional healer's place, we were given different tests. Mine was to get into a granary naked and spend the night there and never to walk out no matter what comes inside during the night.

 "During that night, big fleas came from nowhere and started feasting on my body. It was quite painful, but I was determined to last the distance and I did. When the traditional healer came the next morning he was shocked to find me in the granary and then invited me to give me what I wanted.

 "He then gave me three sticks which I was instructed to depose at my late wife's grave and I did just that. It was in 1973. When I went home after deposing the sticks at my late wife's grave, I then found a thick wooden rod that latter changed into a snake. At times the snake would change into a bird or a hyena. Many strange things happened here since then, but I cannot say all one by one. At times there would be light all over at night," said Mutasa.

 Although those in the know confirmed that he used to feed it with maize-meal after some of it was found at the entrance of a hole it used stay in, he said: "It used to survive on its own. I never gave it anything, although it belonged to me."

 His wife said most of her groceries would not last long.

 "Each time I bought a carton of sugar it would not last more than three weeks or when we went to the grinding mill to have our maize processed, the maize-meal would not last more than three days yet we have never lived here in large numbers," she said.

 However, the remorseful Mutasa said he regrets ever having consulted that traditional healer since he gained nothing apart from impoverishing himself over the years.

 "I have seen the bad side of kuromba. I have never known how it feels to be paid lobola, despite having sired beautiful daughters. I have since lost two of them. My sons are mentally retarded; even the one aged about 13 cannot write his name. I have lost nine beasts since I started trying to get rid of the paraphernalia I got from that traditional healer. I cannot stop anyone from doing what I did back then, but I can only advise them that they will be doing it at their own peril," he added.

Zimbabwean Social worker embroiled in bestiality encounters

Zimbabwean Social worker embroiled in bestiality encounters

Tuesday, 24 March 2015 / No Comments

A Zimbabwean social worker is in big trouble after videos of sex acts with animals were found on his phone. Detectives swooped on social worker Clayton Chigoya's home in Slough after receiving a tip-off he had received indecent images of children on his mobile phone.

A total of 19 electrical devices were seized including a damaged HTC phone which contained 404 videos on its memory card including seven portraying sex acts with animals. Other examples of horrific pornography included two sexual scenes with children believed as be as young as three years old. A jury at Reading Crown Court was told that the extreme pornographic videos portrayed various sex acts with animals including a horse, eels and a large fish.

Prosecuting, Russell Pine told the court two of the animal sex videos had also been forwarded on to other numbers from Chigoya's phone. Mr Pine added: "You were part of a group of people who had a similar interest in these sorts of videos weren't you? "Is it possible you watched them and thought they were a little interesting and maybe a little bizarre but no harm in it?" Chigoya, aged 47 years, denied five counts of possessing extreme pornographic images and two counts of possessing indecent images of children.

The father-of-three, of Gatwick Close, Slough, Berks., claimed that he had never seen any of the seven the videos, which were sent through WhatsApp messages. However, he did admit he had previously watched animal porn films but blamed his faulty phone for receiving and sending messages he claimed he had no idea about.

He said: "They were sent on my WhatsApp. When I saw them, I deleted them but not on this particular phone we are talking about. "I have never in my life requested any videos with animals. It is not because you want to watch it or request it, it is just sent around." However, the jury found Chigoya guilty of all of all seven counts following the three-day trial.

Chigoya, who was suspended from his job working with vulnerable adults and children as a social worker following his arrest, was released on bail to appear at the same court to be sentenced in May. Express

Joyce Mujuru blasts Zanu and Mugabe over loss of vice President post

Joyce Mujuru blasts Zanu and Mugabe over loss of vice President post

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Ousted Joice Mujuru says she feels used and abused by President Mugabe, his wife Grace and their supporters who have called her names and hounded her out of her position.

 Speaking to the Independent, Mujuru said she and her husband the late retired army commander General Solomon Mujuru backed Mugabe and other senior party members who arrived in Mozambique from 1975 onwards from prison to intensify the liberation war against Ian Smith's Rhodesian regime. "We (together with Solomon, her late husband who was a retired army commander) and others were used as their ladder to the top and now we have been discarded like scrubs (cleaning items)," Mujuru said.

 "But I don't feel hurt by the persistent attacks directed at me by both President Mugabe and his wife because the person they are describing is not me. Actually, I feel embarrassed on their behalf because that is not the way I was brought up."

 Mujuru said she is, however, pained by the way Mugabe and others are treating her after her sacrifices to liberate the country and service in the government. "I crossed into Mozambique in 1973 to join the war and people like President Mugabe, Edgar Tekere and Oppah Muchinguri later came in 1975 to find us at the front. Everyone knows this, including VaMugabe. The General (Mujuru) asked me to help people like Muchinguri because she did not want to be with us in the camps," she said.

 Despite that Mugabe ganged up with his wife and supporters to attack and abuse her at the height of Zanu PF's vicious succession battle, Mujuru says she bears no grudge against them and those who ascended at her expense.

 Mujuru was replaced as vice-president by Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa. Her allies were ruthlessly purged from party structures and government. The witch-hunts continue unabated. "I have no hard feelings about what they (Mugabe and others) did to be at the top. God made it so … God is the reason why even in pain I smile, in confusion I understand, in betrayal I trust and in fear I continue to fight," Mujuru said.

 Mujuru's allies, former Zanu PF heavyweights Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo, however, say Mugabe, Mnangagwa and others rose through blatant subversion of the party constitution and related processes. They are challenging the legality of the Zanu PF congress and its resolutions in court.

Asked what her future political plans are and if she would contest in the next presidential elections in 2018 since many in Zanu PF say she has a huge social base and following, Mujuru said: "Only God knows. I am not losing any sleep over that. Even President Mugabe always says that leaders come from the people."

Mujuru says despite all the attacks, she remains loyal to Zanu PF as she served the party since she was a teenager and was ready to defend herself before its relevant structures or in any court of law so long as due process is followed.

 Commenting her relations with Grace and Muchinguri, the main architects of her dramatic downfall, Mujuru said: "I have nothing in common with her (Grace)," adding, "Muchinguri knows the role I played in her life to be where she is." Asked what was happening on her alleged corruption investigations, Mujuru said only her accusers and indicters should be able to answer that. 

"They (Mugabe and Zanu PF) should have an answer to that question. Why would they be scared of an ordinary, simple widow like me to whom they can say whatever they want when they want to?" she said.

Zimbabwean economy worsen as foreign investment declines

Zimbabwean economy worsen as foreign investment declines

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Zimbabwe continues to decline as the economic crisis worsens.

Figures show that FDI declined from $400 million in 2013 to $372,6 million last year. According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) statistics released this week, the depressed FDI has worsened the country’s liquidity situation.

“Net foreign direct investment decreased to $300,6 million in 2014, from $373,1 million in 2013. Receivables decreased from $400 million to $372,6 million, while payments increased from $27 million to $72 million,” the central bank said in a 2014 inflation report.

The decline in FDI comes at a time other countries such as Mozambique and Zambia are experiencing strong economic growth due to increased FDI inflows.

A recent report by the International Monetary Fund noted that on a cumulative basis and compared to other countries in the region, Zimbabwe’s FDI inflows amounted to $1,7 billion over the period 1980 to 2013, whereas, Zambia and Mozambique received $7,7 billion and $15,8 billion, respectively.

Experts blame policies such as the seizure of white farms to resettle blacks and, latterly the drive to localise ownership of all major firms, for Zimbabwe’s poor performance in the FDI stakes.

President Robert Mugabe’s government, however, blames western sanctions, imposed on him and his inner circle over allegations of electoral fraud and rights abuses, for the country’s economic woes.

The RBZ noted that similarly, net portfolio investment flows declined to $96,3 million in 2014, from $114,2 million in 2013.

“Receivables decreased from $283,3 million to $270,7 million, while payments increased from $169,1 million to $174,4 million in the same period. The low FDI and other external inflows conspired to dampen economic activity, with knock-on effects on incomes, aggregate demand and declining prices,” said the RBZ.

Central bank governor John Mangudya recently said the government was committed to sound policies to boost FDI inflows, which peaked at nearly 20 percent of the gross domestic product in the 1990s.

“We are anxious to ensure that Zimbabwe benefits from the quantum leap in economic development in line with the rest of the region and also to benefit from the increased foreign direct investments that is coming into Africa which increased by almost seven percent to $52 billion in 2013,” Mangudya said.

“This trend is increasing and Zimbabwe should also benefit. It should not be left behind. Zimbabwe is committed to join Africa in the Africa rising campaign by pursuing credible economic policies for the eradication of poverty and the increase of the welfare of the population,” he added.

Grace Mugabe to replace ousted Tendai Biti in parliament

Grace Mugabe to replace ousted Tendai Biti in parliament

Monday, 23 March 2015 / No Comments

Zanu PF hawks have reportedly started pushing for First Lady Grace Mugabe to contest the Harare East constituency, formerly occupied by MDC Renewal secretary general Tendai Biti who was also Zimbabwe's Finance Minister during Morgan Tsvangirai's tenure as Prime Minister.

This comes amid predictions by analysts that the MDC-T dominance in urban seats was under threat as Zanu PF was working on grabbing the opposition seats following the recent dismissal from Parliament of 21 MDC Renewal MPs.

The Standard reported that the recall of 21 Renewal Team MPs has created room for Grace to contest Harare East and speculation is that she is amenable to the idea.

Zanu PF officials said the Godwills Masimirembwa-led Harare provincial executive and the Godfrey Gomwe-led provincial youth wing — eager to please the First Family — had already started moves to approach Grace to convince her to stand in Harare East.

Grace, who is the party's Secretary for Women's League, was now reportedly ready to become the Minister of Women's Affairs, currently vacant after Oppah Muchinguri was moved to the Higher Education portfolio.

"We are being told the move to urge Grace to contest the Harare East seat is being pushed by Harare province. But on the other hand, we are also seeing the First couple's own aides and a few other party heavyweights quietly toying with the idea of her contesting," said a senior Zanu PF official.

"So at the moment it is not yet clear whose idea it is, whether it is Grace herself or other people bootlicking the First Family."

Zanu PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday could neither confirm nor deny Grace's interest in Harare East.

"Is that what you want to speculate? Anybody in the party can be a candidate anywhere," Kasukuwere said curtly.

Masimirembwa also said the province had not started the identification of candidates yet.

"We don't have candidates for the seats in Harare yet as we wait to get direction from the national leadership. We want their direction on the matter," Masimirembwa said.

Grace's candidature, insiders say, cannot be ruled out as speculation has been high since December that she would join her husband's cabinet after her ascension into the politburo. However, her handicap has been her lack of a parliamentary seat which is a pre-requisite for one to be a minister under the Constitution.

Grace was last year endorsed as Zanu PF Women's League boss after she was reportedly approached by the then outgoing Muchinguri executive and war collaborators. But it turned out that Grace herself, with the support of a few party hawks, engineered her political rise which coincided with the fall of former Vice-President Joice Mujuru.

The former VP was viciously attacked by Grace who accused her of corruption and of trying to topple Mugabe. The First Lady has rapidly grown to be the kingmaker in Zanu PF following her appointment as the Women's League boss at the disputed December 6th national congress. Other seats to be contested include Harare East, Kambuzuma, Kuwadzana, Glen View South, Dzivarasekwa and Highfield West.

Zanu PF officials yesterday said the party was determined to get all the seats in Harare and will leave no stone unturned to achieve this.

"If we managed to get Epworth, Mt Pleasant and Harare South in 2013, what can stop us now? We will get all the seats this time around," said an official.

Chaos at high court as late Mujuru's second wife fights for share of the estate

Chaos at high court as late Mujuru's second wife fights for share of the estate

Saturday, 21 March 2015 / No Comments

Master of the High Court Mr Eldard Mutasa has given the late General Solomon Mujuru’s lawyers five days to submit a will the late veteran politician and national hero left in their possession. It emerged in a stormy edict meeting yesterday that Gen Mujuru left a will in which he named his lawyer, Mr Thekor Kewada of Scanlen and Holderness, as the executor of his estate.

Vice President Joice Mujuru’s lawyer Mr Addington Chinake yesterday told the meeting that his

client’s husband left a will. This was after children — the majority born out of wedlock — through their lawyers, had unanimously moved for the appointment of an independent executor of Gen Mujuru’s multi-billion-dollar estate. Gen Mujuru had four children with Dr Mujuru.

It also emerged during the meeting that Gen Mujuru was a polygamist, also married to Faith Mujuru nee Juta, meaning there are two surviving spouses. Ms Juta is mother to Tendai who is leading the fight to ensure that all Gen Mujuru’s children, including those he adopted, receive their share of the estate.

Ms Juta said she married Gen Mujuru on March 18, 1981 under the customary law and divorced him in 1993. The couple, she said, reconciled in 2008 at the instance of the Mujuru family. At the time of Gen Mujuru’s death, she said, she was staying at the family’s Ruwa Farm.

“We were staying as husband and wife until his death. It’s an open secret. I have witnesses to that, including Gen Mujuru’s eldest daughter Maidei here present,” she said. So far, 13 children were yesterday accepted to be Gen Mujuru’s on the basis of their birth certificates bearing the name of the national hero as the biological father.

All-in-all, the late General had around 20 children, with the other seven likely to be identified soon. Tendai told the meeting that the children were coming and would ensure that they were located. He hinted that all-in-all they could be more than 20.

“The deceased left a testamentary writing in that he approached Mr Thekor Kewada a senior partner at Scanlen and Holderness as the executor,” said Mr Chinake. The announcement drew the ire of the children who questioned why it took Dr Mujuru four years to notify the Master of the High Court of the existence of the document.

“Why are we here when there is such a document? The purpose of this meeting is to choose the executor and why wasting our time?” queried a lawyer representing one of the children, Tendai. Other children joined in and started accusing Mr Chinake of injustice and unfairness.

But the children continued with their barrage of attacks on the lawyer, who then threatened to leave the meeting.“May I be excused?” said Mr Chinake, leaving his chair to walk out of the meeting.He was stopped by the Master Mr Mutasa who insisted that he should not prematurely abandon the proceedings.

“But I cannot allow myself to be abused by these children. I have done my part in giving vital information needed in this matter.” After hearing submissions from all the parties, a resolution on the way forward was made. It is ordered that Mr Kewada submit to the office of the Master, a testamentary writing left by Gen Mujuru by Friday next week. The latest being at 4pm,” said Mr Mutasa.

“If he fails then the court will proceed to choose an independent executor of the estate.” Mr Mutasa said if the alleged will was found to be valid, it would be accepted. Once he receives the will, Mr Mutasa said the children would be shown the document and be given the platform to challenge it if they so wish.

The children requested the Master to treat the matter with urgency, arguing that most of the children were living in abject poverty following their father’s demise. Turning to assets, the children said their father had properties strewn around Harare, Bindura and Sadza.

Some of the major properties are houses in Borrowdale, Bindura, a shopping complex in Warren Park D, Trojan Mine, River Ranch Mine, Ruzambo Farm in Beatrice, Kulmic Investments and other various movable and immovable properties. The children hinted that after the death of their father, Dr Mujuru initiated the processes of transferring some of the properties. They asked the Master how he was going to deal with such conduct.

“That is the job of the executor to carry out investigations on everything that had been said in this meeting,” said Mr Mutasa. “If there is anything criminal, it will be dealt with accordingly. All that will come out during the executor’s investigations.”

On the paternity issue, Mr Chinake informed the meeting that it was a matter for the courts. Gen Mujuru died in an inferno at his Ruzambo Farm in Beatrice in 2011 and was declared a national hero. His estate is believed to run into billions of dollars.

He was ranked among the richest Zimbabweans with business interests cutting across almost all sectors of the economy.

Gweru pastor nabbed for possessing illegal ivory and croc skins

Gweru pastor nabbed for possessing illegal ivory and croc skins

Friday, 20 March 2015 / No Comments

A Gweru based pastor was last month nabbed in Gokwe together with three accomplices after allegedly being found in possession of ivory, crocodile skin and 30 live rounds of ammunition. Pastor Garikai Masunda of 72 Brunkanhurt plots in Gweru was arrested together with Chipo Bridget Tinago (29) of 92 Mutondo Street, Mufakose, Harare as well as Gerald Sinyoro and Tamuka Madavanhu of Gokwe.

Prosecutor Tineyi Tirigo told the court that on 12 February at around 3pm, a patrol team comprising Zimbabwe Republic Police and members of the Zimbabwe parks and Wildlife Management Authority were on joint operation in Chilimba area, Gokwe, where they received information that the four accused were allegedly involved in illegal dealings in ivory.

The team then carried out a stop and search operation where they found the four accused persons parked at a lay-by. Tinago was seated in the car while the three men were standing outside.

The team introduced themselves and requested to search the vehicle. They found an elephant task wrapped with a cloth. It weighed 1,3 kilogrammes and was valued at $306,25. During the search a plastic bottle containing 30 live rounds of ammunition of a 302 riffle was recovered underneath a mat which was in front of the passenger seat.

The accused persons failed to produce a licence for the ammunition upon being asked to do so. The four were taken to Siakobvu Police Station where a thorough search was conducted leading to the recovery of one crocodile skin valued at $1,500 in the boot of the vehicle. They also failed to produce a permit for possessing it.

The four appeared before Gokwe regional magistrate Mr Sheperd Mjanja and only Madavanhu pleaded guilty to the charges of contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act and the Fire Arms Act. 

He was slapped with nine years imprisonment for count one and 12 months each on counts two and three. Three months were suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.The trio who pleaded not guilty will be back in court next week.

Zimbabwean women rewind to re-usables sanitary pads

Zimbabwean women rewind to re-usables sanitary pads

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Seldom do we have old inventions appearing in another part of the world as new phenomena, but enter re-usable pads, a thing that has been around since the beginning of time becoming fashionable in Zimbabwe. Re-usable pads, also known as washable pads, are intended to curb the use of newspapers and other harmful materials that many women turn to due to  lack of adequate funds to purchase sanitary wear.

While re-usable pads promote women’s sanitary health, they also pose a threat to the disposable pad market as they are functional for up to a year-and-a-half. Going for $1 for two, they are not harsh on the pockets of women who usually have to fork out $2 for pads or $5 for the more flexible tampons.

Researchers have revealed that the re-usable pads have high absorbency, are leak resistant and the material does breathe unlike the disposable ones that mostly use synthetic fibres such as rayon and plastic that are super absorbent and may even absorb moisture from the vagina increasing chances of severe menstrual cramps and infections.

However, despite their relatively cheap price, reusable pads will be a hard sell in the urban areas, with many vowing to stick to tried and tested products. Progress Tshuma (21) is a student at a local college. Re-usable pads are a new thing to her. Despite having been told about their advantages, she is still  not keen on trying them out.

“I would rather use a product I already know than try something new because I am not sure of its effects,” she said.

Just like with something new, there is also excitement for some — especially those that have had bad experiences with the commonly used pads. Most young women expressed concern over the washing part as they openly said they cannot stand washing their own menstrual clothes. However,  others are happy that someone has finally developed something more comfortable using material they are familiar with.

“I feel itchy every time I use cotton pads. At least with these new ones made of cloth I don’t feel any skin irritation,” said Bahle Sibanda who has tried the new craze.

Dumiso Dabengwa poised to relinquish ZAPU Post at congress

Dumiso Dabengwa poised to relinquish ZAPU Post at congress

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Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa is set to relinquish his current post at the party’s elective congress scheduled for August this year.

Well-placed sources said the party was planning to amend its constitution to create the post of national chairman for the former Zipra intelligence supreme.

“The Zapu constitution will be amended at the forthcoming congress to accommodate the post of chairman. The chairman will be in charge of party affairs while the president will be in charge of governance issues. We are going to have elections for a new president because Dabengwa will be deployed to the new portfolio,” said the source, who cannot be named for fear of breaching the party’s protocol. Some young Turks are already jostling for Dabengwa’s post. They include United Kingdom-based secretary general Ralph Mguni and South African-based businessmen, Dubizizwo Joli and Dr Frank Mbobo. Dark horses in the race to succeed Dabengwa also include Harare-based lawyer, Msonglwa Ndlovu and Retired Col Ray Ncube.

The post of secretary general is likely to be a two-way race between the late nationalist George Silundika’s son, Flexi, and another Middle East-based party activist.

When reached for comment, the party’s spokesperson Patrick Ndlovu, professed ignorance about the impending changes in the party. “I am not aware of those changes which you are referring to. What I know is that Zapu will be jointly holding its women and youth congresses on April 11 in Bulawayo. This congress is part of our preparations for the main congress which will be held in August,” he said.

Incumbent national chairwoman, Gertrude Makwila, is said to be seeking re-election at the congress while incumbent South Africa-based youth chairman , Future Musovele, is reportedly facing a stiff challenge from a Victoria Falls-based aspirant. The party is also set to change constitution to align it with the 50-50 gender policy. zimbabwean

Roman catholic priest and Nun embroiled in an unholy relationship

Roman catholic priest and Nun embroiled in an unholy relationship

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A Roman Catholic priest at St Charles Lwanga in Chimanimani is facing allegations of sleeping with a sister from the same centre in apparent violation of dictates of the church.
The illicit affair came to light after nude pictures and suggestive messages the lovebirds shared were leaked on social media.

Father Taurai Saunyama (30), who could not be reached for comment, is alleged to have slept with Sister Rukudzo Rosemary Nyamugunduru (22), who said the man of cloth only proposed love to her but she had turned him down. She denied ever sleeping with him, saying these were only rumours.

“Fr Saunyama proposed love to me on several occasions, but I never consented and the matter was put before the council,” she said. After being asked why she had exchanged indecent texts and photos with the priest, she was at a loss for words to explain.

She suddenly went offensive and threatened The Weekender, demanding to know who had leaked the pornographic photos.

“What do you need all that information for? It is none of your business. I demand to know the person that gave you those texts and pictures together with my phone numbers,” she screamed at the reporter.

The text messages and photographs were discovered by fellow sisters who requested not to be named.

In the messages, the pair would plot on how Sr Rukudzo would leave the house she stayed in with the other sisters to go to the priest’s house without getting fellow sisters suspicious.
In other messages, the pair would praise each other for being good sexual partners and at one time the priest warned the sister against having other men feast on her, claiming he was the only one who was entitled to enjoying the forbidden fruit.

 The priest also occasionally sent the sister nude pictures of himself, showing his erect organ.
The affair is alleged to have reached Mother Superior, Sister Evelyn’s, office in Mutare.
Contacted for comment, Sr Evelyn said she was not in a position to comment on the issue.

Some of the juicy leaked text messages exchanged between Fr Taurai Saunyama and Sr Rukudzo
Nyamugunduru:
Fr Saunyama: Mha** idzo dzinofanira kutambisirwa ini chete
Sr Rukudzo: Pane pandinombodzitambisa here ini kana kuti ndinotoedza kuti dzisafambe dzichitamba
Fr Saunyama: Saka usacheme-cheme nokuti be*** iroro ndinototi ndiris***
Sr Rukudzo: Nowadays u no longer want to go with me kuma out stations
Sr Rukudzo: Musi uye watakaenda kuchipinge ummmmm wakandigonera wena. U are sweetie. Tichaenda zvakare riinhi? Manheru ndouya here?
Fr Saunyama: Come kuno, unongobuda
Sr Rukudzo: Ndichaona kuti zvinoita here nhasi after maprayers asi nhasi handinyanyi kugarisa although ndiri kunzwa kukuda
Fr Saunyama: Unondiwana muoffice then tozopinda mubedroom. Thanx. Ndoda kuris**** be***
Sr Rukudzo: Hazviite sha bcz now ndichina amainini, zvakare ndikabuda navo ndoti ndiri kuenda kupi
Fr Saunyama: Jus going to sort papers kuoffice u tell them or check if u switched off lights and plugs and I will be right there naked for you
Fr Saunyama: Unoti pavanobuda vovasiya vouya ku office voga, after 1hr vodzokera kana voisa candle muoffice maSr Vale iwe uri mumachira neni
Sr Rukudzo: Yes I would love to come there and to be with u now bcz my body nids u now bt hakuna magetsi saka amainini vari kutoti ndokuperekedzai ndodzoka nemi saka ndazongoti ndozozviona mangwana zvatoramba
Sr Rukudzo: I will love u Tau. Maza** angu nebe*** zviri kuvava ndouya here
Fr Saunyama: Come kuno, unongobuda
Fr Saunyama: Thanx for cuming here I appreciate. Gdnyt ndaakurara.

ISIS recruiting fighters from South Africa

ISIS recruiting fighters from South Africa

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Durban – The self-proclaimed Islamic State is recruiting South Africans to join its cause. And some have already made the caliphate their home. Independent Media has obtained a step-by-step guide on how South Africans can travel via Turkey to the caliphate’s headquarters in Syria. The document is available online via a micro-blogging platform, but can only be accessed with a password. It includes details such as how to book flights, accommodation, what to pack for the journey, who to contact once you reach Turkey, how to contact “your agent”, and how to make your way to IS-controlled land. The organisation has captured large parts of Iraq and Syria. It also has operations in Libya, Egypt and other parts of the Middle East. It aims to create a society based on a fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law. The UN has declared IS a terrorist organisation after several beheadings of foreign prisoners and attacks on non-Muslims. Independent Media has previously reported on claims that some South Africans have joined IS. This week, we used social network platforms to track down two South Africans who claimed to have joined the group. One claimed to be from Port Elizabeth and the other from Joburg. Using the pseudonym Abu Hurarya Al-Afriki, 18, one of the men said he had been living in the caliphate for two months. A second man who identified himself as Abu Layth Al-Hindi, 25, joined the caliphate a month ago. Both have set up social media accounts to help South Africans wanting to join IS. Al-Hindi said life in the caliphate was tough at times. “But by the will of Allah, you can overcome anything,” he said. Al-Hindi said access to the caliphate was becoming more difficult. “Now we have a new rule called tazkiya. You have to give the state a guarantee that you know and completely trust the person you are bringing. If it is found that the person is not trustworthy or that the person is a spy, then both you and the person will be beheaded.” Al-Hindi said anyone planning on hijrah (migration) to IS would have to do so at their own expense. “However, once you get here everything is provided for you. You are given all basic necessities, you are placed into a job if you would like to work and you won’t have to deal with the nonsense that people put up with in South Africa. It is the life that every believer wishes to lead.” He claimed he was aware of 11 South Africans living in IS, but Independent Media has no way of verifying this. “We all get to know each other here. “The English speakers generally meet and discuss where they are from.” The name Al-Afriki means someone from Africa. “It is my duty to guide and assist people to the khilafah (caliphate). I have already been contacted by nearly 100 South Africans wanting to join us,” said Al-Afriki. “Guidance from Allah made me join the Islamic State. As a Muslim, you will lead a life full of honour. The attraction is simple. We just want to live under Islam. We don’t want to see evil, vice, gambling, nudity, prostitution, music, murder, deception, uncleanliness, streets reeking of faeces and a host of other evil and filth which exists in the Western world. “The khilafah does exactly what Allah has told us to do. It is not permitted for a Muslim to live amongst the disbelievers in their lands; it is only rightful for a Muslim to live in an Islamic state, governed by the laws of Allah. The disbelievers are governed by man-made laws. “Life here is like life in the time of the Messenger. We live the same way in which his companions lived. It is necessary for Muslims to have a leader, a caliphate and power for Muslims to establish Islam and its complete control over the world,” he said. Both the men said their job was to encourage and guide other South Africans to the caliphate. They said it was better than living in South Africa or in a Western country. “The attraction is simple. We live the life we want to lead under Islam and by the guidance of the holy Qur’an. Muslims who do not choose this life are misguided and they are not just non-believers, but they are sinners,” said Al-Hindi. “As a Muslim, you would lead a life full of honour; therefore I encourage my brothers and sisters to join me in the khilafah.” Al-Hindi said that although they are asked to surrender their passports upon arrival, they were also allowed to leave the state at any time they chose. “If you want to leave, you have to go to the border office and collect your passport. They will take you over safely,” he said. Al-Hindi said those who entered IS were provided with a home if they had come with their family or spouses. If a woman entered the caliphate on her own or with friends, she was placed in a special guesthouse with widows and other unmarried women. Once in the state, all expenses are taken care of, including medical care. Women are placed into jobs, as nurses, receptionists or in a special media department where they promote IS in articles to attract more people to the IS. “Women don’t even need to work because the monthly stipend is sufficient for them. But if they choose to work, they can do so,” Al-Hindi said. He said there were added benefits. “When you get married you get a special gift from the state. All newlyweds get a gift of $1 000 which is equivalent to R11 500. Which country in the world does this?” he said. He said children were well cared for. “They can go to school and learn. “They get a normal education just like one would get in a Western country, but obviously guided by the principles of Islam. Our women and children are not deprived like most people think,” he said. “You will live a life far better than those who live in the West. The time is now for you to join us, before it is too late – the doors are slowly closing. “And, to the Western world, I have one message for you: ‘Die in your rage.’”

Green Bomber training to be re-introduced to all youths in Zimbabwe

Green Bomber training to be re-introduced to all youths in Zimbabwe

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President Mugabe has expressed concern over the youths of Zimbabwe whom he chastised for being involved in immoral behaviour and rampant abuse of drugs and other intoxicating substances. Speaking at his 91st birthday celebrations in Victoria Falls yesterday, Matabeleland North Province, President Mugabe said there was a need to have moral empowerment advocacy. "Our party and Government shall continue to monitor and evaluate all our policies. However, the youth should take advocacy and conscious action for behavioural change. They should shun all forms of immoral and life destroying behaviour and conduct," he said According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care about 10 percent of Zimbabweans are mentally ill and most of these are youths who following the abuse of drugs and other harmful substances get mentally unstable. On the issue of corruption the President said the youths had to shy away from the scourge. "Corruption should be avoided, in addition to having the ambition to do great things for the nation and their families hence we discourage in the strongest terms the increase of the use of drugs, alcohol and other intoxicating substances," said President Mugabe. This, he said, led to the abuse of other younger children by the drug using youths. "Without discipline surely our youths will be doomed, we want moral empowerment advocacy. We want that teaching which comes out of Christianity to be real to be practical," he added. The President said youths in the country should strive to be leaders of tomorrow by attaining an education. In light of this a psychomotor skills ministry was introduced recently in the country with the President saying there should be one Vocational Training Centre in each district that will see youths advancing their skills. He said Africa’s population has been described as a useful population and the scenario in our own country testifies to that as our own youth were victims of corruption going on in companies. "Young people have just like us, suffered from sanctions, the imposition of sanctions has disabled the capacity of their elders. Now their elders were placed in high positions, however, they could not earn maximally in their positions so they could not provide as fully as they might have desired," said President Mugabe. President Mugabe said the Government recognises the role played by the youth in development and nation building. He said Parliament had now ratified the African Youth Charter as well as reviewed the youth empowerment policy. He encouraged youths to study hard and acquire an education and also hands-on skills like agriculture, carpentry and building. The President also castigated the education system by saying it was too academic and lacked the other aspects that made students able to fend for themselves outside formal academic education. The shift would see the review of the education curriculum which will see the education sector churning out employers not employees. The President also announced that plans to make the National Youth Service mandatory were under way as it was one of the ways to improve moral uprightness among the young people. "The National Youth Service aims to inculcate discipline in young people, patriotism, selflessness and self-sacrifices so we want to enhance our National Youth Service dream. It is very important and we would want to get to a stage where every student will have gone through national service training at Ordinary Level and we want to build resources towards that gradually," said the President. The National Youth Service is a programme of the Zimbabwean Government for Zimbabweans of ages 10 to 30. Its stated purpose is to transform and empower youths for nation building through life skills training and leadership development. The service also serves to instill in young Zimbabweans a sense of national identity and patriotism.