Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has slated opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa for pushing for the reopening of churches even as Covid-19 continues to spread rapidly. A devout Christian and ordained pastor, Chamisa wants lockdown restrictions eased for places of worship so they can seek divine solutions to the country's problems, including the respiratory virus that has since infected 32,952 Zimbabweans and killed 1,178 others. "We must allow churches to open for a controlled number of people provided there is social distancing, masking, and other Covid-19 protocols," the opposition leader said during his Covid-19 national address Thursday. "To our bishops, pastors, the church body, intercessors, and believers, we encourage you t
A man has been jailed after a second-hand ambulance carrying a family was stopped by police near a supermarket. Blessing Mukaukirwa, 32, of no fixed address, was stopped near Asda in Harpurhey, Manchester, on Wednesday. The Zimbabwean national appeared at Manchester Magistrates' Court where he admitted offences of driving while disqualified and with no insurance. He was jailed for 32 weeks after his convictions activated a suspended sentence for other driving offences. Traffic officers had earlier tweeted that the vehicle arrived at the supermarket with blue flights flashing and was reportedly carrying a family.
A Beitbridge couple has been arrested for allegedly broadcasting via a WhatsApp group that President Mnangagwa had succumbed to Covid19. The suspects become the latest to be caught up in the web as Government cracks hard on those publishing falsehoods. Devine Panashe Maregere (20) and his wife Vongai Nomatter Chiminya (20) are accused of having falsely claimed that the Head of State had died on the morning of January 25 due to Covid-19 related complications. The two have since appeared before Beitbridge resident magistrate Mr Toyindepi Zhou charged with contravening section 31 (a)(i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23 (publishing or communicating false statement prejudicial to the State). They were remanded in custody to March 5. Prosecuting, Miss
In a rather heartbreaking development, a woman from Harare was drugged and raped by a self-styled prophet during a prayer session at the shrine. iHarare has established from The Herald, that Samuel Guta (45) of Apostle of Power of Unity in Christ Church allegedly raped a woman (name withheld) who had visited his shrine seeking prayers for her sick child, after prescribing a concoction mixed with lemons that resulted in her passing out in the midst of the healing session. It is in the state’s case that on the 1st of January, Guta called the woman to his shrine located at Churu Farm in Glen View, Harare, for prayers. Guta is alleged to have instructed the woman to bring lemons, which he said were needed to heal the child. Upon arrival at the shrine, Guta is a
Chief Mahenye (34), heading one of the largest chieftainships in Chipinge has disrupted the academic career of a girl whom he has married while she was writing her O Level Exams. Chipinge Times cannot disclose the name of the girl who attended Mahenye school for ethical reasons but Chief Mahenye whose real name is Thomas Jojo confirmed the story. The marriage took place last Saturday. The girl’s studies were being sponsored by FACT, a child rights organisation because of school fees constraints. She was supposed to be sitting for six subjects and had by the time she got married written five. The girl has since left home in Mahenye where she was staying with her grandmother and is now living at the Chief’s homestead in the same village. Chief Mahenye said that he
POLICE in Bulawayo are looking for Tinashe Chafachaipa, a 27-year-old man who allegedly drugged a friend and sodomised him after celebrating New Year. Chafachaipa disappeared after his victim made a report to the police on Thursday last week. Confirming the incident, Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said Chafachaipa was on the run. He said the complainant suspected that Chafachaipa had sexually abused him when he woke up naked on his bed the following day. The aggravated indecent assault occurred on the 1 January 2021 at around 9pm. Chafachaipa invited the complainant to his house to drink beer. At around 10pm the complainant proceeded to the accused person’s place of residence and they started drinking White Hall Whisky together. &ld
Ugandan opposition candidate, Bobi Wine, has rejected the results declared so far and calls himself the president-elect, despite the electoral body saying some votes are yet to be counted. Bobi Wine alleges Thursday’s polls saw the worst vote-rigging in Uganda’s history but did not provide any evidence to back up his claims. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, says he’ll address the press again in a few hours on the way forward and has declared “the struggle is just beginning.” Early results from the electoral commission give the incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni, a commanding lead of almost two-thirds of the votes so far counted. he military last night surrounded the youthful leader’s house. Bobi Wine has told reporters that he
Expelled Zanu-PF legislator for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu has alleged that MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa have agreed to work with Zanu-PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He also said the move will compel the opposition parties to stop advocating for the imposition of sanctions on Zimbabwe. Posting on Twitter, Zivhu said: “I know kuti manga makamirira (I know you’re waiting for) news, Chamisa has finally agreed to work with ED. No more advocating for Sanctions with immediate(ly) effect. Mwonzora has agreed to work with ED, uye to apologise to Zimbabweans pakudaidza (lobbying for) Sanctions. Toti makorokoto (we say congratulations) to the people’s President ED. It is not clear if Zivhu is speaking with authority after
Former MDC-T Acting president Thokozani Khupe has accepted the appointment as the party’s vice president following her defeat in last week’s extraordinary congress that was marred by chaos, allegations of vote-rigging and violence, Zim Morning Post reports. The extraordinary congress saw former secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora romping to victory ahead of Khupe, Elias Mudzuri and Morgen Komichi. Despite the chaos and violence that rocked the elective congress Mwonzora, who was suspended by Khupe during the voting process, controversially won and was declared the winner with 883 votes. Khupe, Komichi and Mudzuri walked out of the congress citing irregularities such as missing names in the voters roll. Khupe unsuccessfully ordered that elections be stopped and went o
FORMER MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has tested Covid-19 positive, a few days after the opposition party held its extra ordinary congress attended by over 2 000 delegates at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). Khupe confirmed she had tested Covid-19 positive. “I have tested positive for coronavirus. I am now self-isolating and I ask for your prayers,” Khupe wrote on Twitter.
