Gweru Dynamos chapter was involved in a road accident on their way to Bulawayo. Two fans were at the time of writing reported critically injured. Details were sketchy at the time of writing. – more to follow…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he has no ill feelings towards former President Mr Robert Mugabe and has opened regular communication channels with his predecessor to ensure that his welfare is well taken care of.

The President also revealed that Mr Mugabe (95) is currently receiving treatment in Singapore and Government will continue to look after him.

In a special Independence Day interview with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) yesterday, President Mnangagwa said he did not bear grudges with the former first family.

“There are no hard feelings between me and the former President as well as the former First Family. The former President is the founding father of Zimbabwe,” he said.

“He was our leader, the revolutionary leader during the armed struggle and led to the creation of Independence in Zimbabwe.

“With that regard, I think history should put his name in its proper place.

“We in the Second Republic, recognise that he was our former commander and that cannot be taken away from him.”

President Mnangagwa said he regularly checks on Mr Mugabe adding that the former President was currently receiving treatment in Singapore.

“We have established a communication method… We can talk on telephone between me and him on a regular basis.

“He has not been feeling well. At the age of 95, I think he is reasonably in good health. Currently he is not in the country. He left on the 2nd of April to Singapore, he will be way for about 29 days and he will come back.

“I am making sure that I do the facilitation for him to receive treatment, take him to Singapore and to bring him back, all the facilities, I make sure that it is done.”

With regards to his humiliation by the First Lady prior to Operation Restore Legacy, President Mnangagwa said the events are behind him.

He said at that time he remained unfazed in the face of the public attacks because he knew that the allegations levelled against him were false.

“Meanwhile there is the new Republic, we are seized with the challenges of the country and we are moving forward. What is behind us is behind us.

““To some extent I enjoyed the lies, here was the person attacking you on issues that are false and you cannot get angry when you know that if you can be given a chance to speak, you can destroy every single allegation that is being made, so you can’t get angry because the premises of attack were all false and crafted by individuals who wanted to cause me to be removed.

“ Perhaps I was standing in the way of some ambitious colleagues in the system. So I actually enjoyed the lies. This is why they probably didn’t give me the opportunity to respond in public because they knew they were lying.”

-State Media

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By Own Correspondent| In a major embarassing boob, an Australian journalist flew into Zimbabwe to film a money spinning documentary on baby parentage, all based on probative DNA suggestions.

The Australian journo, is well known for making money from creating fake drama and has been fired before following a “baby kidnap” scandal.

The latest development explains how and why there was a total media blackout against Zimbabwean journalists who for several months could broadcast Abigail Prangs’ own living room since 2018, but now at the point of meeting Abi’s “parents,” Australian journalists suddenly perform everything under the cover of darkness- They fly into Zimbabwe and even the national broadcaster, ZBC is not allowed near them. Why, and what is so secretive about a story publicly known in Harare since 1983? Why should foreigners be the ones to report on what they only read?

The man, Stephen Rice intended to make money out of the Abigail Prangs story, the Zimbabwean baby found dumped in 1983 documentary which StarFM and ZimEye have worked on since last year.

The development comes after Abigail had skipped vital stages of the DNA tests. She had even avoided the local Zimbabwean DNA centre fully equipped and which was still in the way to report back on their findings.

Global DNA’s Mr Tinashe Mugabe always insisted on further tests despite an initial sibling test (with an alleged sister, Lorraine Kamonere) yielding a passive 90,8% probability.

This was as Mr Mugabe said at this stage, the supposed parents, remained just alleged parents up until conclusive paternal and maternal tests had been conducted. As at the time when Stephen Rice and his filming crew were flying to Zimbabwe, there were none of these tests, the only one done being a mere half-sibling one.

There was a disturbing twist when Abigail rushed to declare she was now interested in a commercial contract offered for a money spinning documentary by Mr Rice. She reported to ZimEye that she had signed a contract with the disgraced Australian TV producer, Stephen Rice. Abigail even got to the point of ordering that all news articles produced since 1983 be deleted from thr public domain and a new story would be published by the Australian TV producer.

The sudden rush to distort evidence was to the point of even ditching the services of the local DNA centre. Correspondence seen by ZimEye.com shows Mr Rice ordering that Mr Mugabe’s services be terminated and a different DNA centre be utilised. In a program on Tuesday, Abi was questioned by ZimEye why she had suddenly disconnected with the Global DNA. She reported back by briefly saying, “I have a lot of respect for Tinashe,” still without revealing any reasons why.

The flight from Australia to Zimbabwe came in the face of serious concerns raised by Mr. Mugabe in an earlier StarFM program when while with Tilda Moyo, he revealed that there was no excitement at all on the supposed parent’s faces when they heard news that Abi is their daughter.

Mr Mugabe said “there was no excitement” which would be expected in such a breakthrough situation. More drama however, emerged when the supposed father was found suspiciously and repeatedly skipping away everytime when the Global DNA staff members descended onto their home. For several months since December last year, Global DNA thrice visited the home in Chitungwiza seeking to complete the investigation.

Now, the 90,8% probability was to suggest that there was a likeliwood of the 2 tested individuals sharing a common parent. It was a half sibling test. However without further tests the sibling one would-be insufficient.

Scientists call the 90,8% as seen in the graph, mere “probative evidence.” It is probative, not conclusive evidence.

[SEE THE GRAPH ABOVE]

An elated Abi who reportedly booked into a local hotel soon after arriving in Zimbabwe was pictured in Unit M in Chitungwiza with her supposed relatives two days after her arrival before she disappeared to an unknown location.
She shunned local reporters as she preferred her Australian based journalists despite that the local media houses had publicised her plight ahead of Rice. There was a publicly declared contractual arrangement with Zim media, but she chose to go “for mone

On Friday morning Abigail posted a status update revealing she was sad and disappointed. A day before she had publicly wielded a picture with her supposed mother.

That picture with her so called mum has since been removed.

Sources close to her revealed that the latest DNA tests show that she is not at all Edna Kamonere ‘s daughter. Sources close to her revealed that the results came out with a 0% probability (for maternity.)

Efforts to get a direct comment from Abi were fruitless at the time of writing. A direct comment from Mr Mugabe was difficult to obtain at the time of printing.

Mr Rice was reached for a comment between Wednesday and Friday and he had not replied messages at the time of publishing. His Zimbabwe based freelancer, Mr Tomas Brickhill however confirmed the development to ZimEye promising that Rice would be informed. – MORE TO FOLLOW…

Uganda coach Sebastien Desabre says Zimbabwe have little chances in Group A at June’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Uganda face hosts Egypt, DR Congo and Zimbabwe in their group games.

While acknowledging that Egypt and DR Congo pose a stern challenge to his team, Desabre spoke low of the Zimbabwe Warriors, describing them as the unlucky team of the group.

“Zimbabwe seems the least lucky team of the group but I know their squad and their great qualities. The group is complicated even though Egypt is the favourite to top it and our team will compete for the second place spot,” Desabre told Goal.

“Facing the Egyptian team represents an obstacle although we have prior advantage since we are familiar with their team and previous encounters were difficult yet close with mot much difference separating the two teams.

“We defeated them by one goal at our home stadium and lost in Egypt by a difference of one goal also. Everyone knows that we have an up and coming generation of players that no one should underestimate and it’s going to be a difficult for anyone to defeat us.

“We know Congo very well and their players are special with regard to individual skills, we are facing opponents with high quality and we need to have good preparations for the finals taking into consideration the opponents we are going to face.”

Uganda and Egypt were in the same group at the 2017 Afcon finals, with the Pharaohs beating the Cranes 1-0.

Later on that year, Uganda edged Egypt 1-0 in a 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier at home, before losing 1-0 away.

Uganda were under now Orlando Pirates coach Milutin Sredojevic at the last Afcon tournament. — Goal

VIOLENCE has flared in Donnybrook on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast where a group of former workers allegedly butchered 17 cows owned by a farmer they accused of employing Zimbabweans.

Charles Anderson, 62, owner of Emerald Dale Farms and Patula Sawmill says he has bolstered security by hiring armed guards after attempts to petrol bomb the home of a Zimbabwean farm manager.

Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala confirmed that six suspects had been taken in for questioning yesterday.

Charles said despite building a creche for the community, paying teachers’ salaries and donating part of his farm for a soccer field, his farm has been targeted by bitter former employees.

His wife, Luan, said she was heartbroken to see crippled cows with deep wounds gasping for air before dying.

“It is painful when all your animals are lying crippled and can neither move nor walk because they have been butchered,” she said.

She added that 10 cows had to be put down due to the injuries they suffered. Five of the cows were on the mend and two were killed.

Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala confirmed that six suspects had been taken in for questioning yesterday.

“A case of malicious damage to property is being investigated by Donnybrook SAPS. It is alleged that on Thursday, a wendy house was set alight, two cows were maimed while another 12 sustained injuries,” Gwala said.

She said the motive behind the attack was being investigated.

Anderson said since last year the group had accused him of employing foreigners. He said at a recent meeting attended by ex-employees and unemployed individuals he was told in no uncertain terms to dismiss all his Zimbabwean employees otherwise there would be trouble.

He said he promised he would not employ more Zimbabweans.

There was, however, no compromise and the attitude was simply “we as the Andersons must leave the farm or the Zimbabweans must leave”.

“It is totally unacceptable to dismiss employees who have done nothing wrong but were dedicated to their duties.

“But I will wait for the employees to come up with proposals on how we can move forward. For now, production has been stopped with very little happening on the farm,” he said.

Speaking after a meeting yesterday, community leader Silwanaziphi Jama said locals had begged Anderson not to leave because many families relied on the farm for employment.

“We are happy that he made that sacrifice, but we also commit ourselves to protecting the property. The community is convinced we need the farm to exist,” Jama said.

A qualified harvest manager, who has a diploma from the College of Forestry in Zimbabwe and who asked not to be named, said he left the farm for a safe place until the situation had normalised. He said the attacks were xenophobic because they flared up after foreigners in Durban were attacked three weeks ago.

“These issues regarding their dismissal were supposed to be raised last year, but it waited until attacks flared in Durban townships. They were really taking advantage of the recent attacks.

“I was told by local employees that because I hold a senior position, my life was at stake. When employees get fired for misconduct we, in senior positions, have to carry the blame,” he said.

He said four Zimbabweans, one Angolan and a Malawian had been employed on the farm and all had left.

The attack on Thursday night took place hours after an urgent court interdict was obtained from the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

Anderson said there was a delay in serving the interdict to the attackers because police needed back-up. He said it was only formally issued on Friday.

The interdict prevented employees, former employees and anyone else from gathering or organising protests at any of the farms or public roads allowing access to and from the farms.

The “trouble-causers” have also been ordered not to burn tyres, logs, trees, plantations, building structures or any substance on the farms.

The application was brought on an urgent basis by advocate Chris Snyman, SC, before Judge Piet Koen following protest action that worsened on the farm this week.

Anderson said both farms employed between 350 and 400 people, injecting R2 million monthly into the local economy through the wages that were paid. The Anderson family has worked on the farm for the past century.

He said the hate was perpetrated by a few former employees who were fired for misconduct. 

He said although his two sons William and Phillip wanted the family to leave, he was convinced he should stay after local support poured in from traditional leaders and the community. 

Project manager at the Institute of Race Relations Terrence Corrigan said there was a strong element of xenophobia which was recklessly stoked up by unscrupulous politicians. 

“A lot of frustration regarding the lack of service delivery causes people to be impatient and to blame foreign nationals for their situation. Although there were only a few Zimbabweans employed on the farm, locals found an excuse to use to push for the dismissal of foreign nationals.” — Sunday Tribune

Dear my President Chamisa,

BALANCING COMPETENCE & POPULISM

The truth is our party nominations have been invaded by people who pretend to love you so they get positions. Yet the real leaders are being labelled names. Pamuchayeuka bako mvura inenge yanaya.

Your supporters are abusing your popularity and denting your chances of a 2023 presidency

My President, you needed to have learned on how our catastrophic primaries were conducted in 2018. Why we lost Matebeleland North and South in 2018. And why Zanu-PF have parliamentary majority.

It’s all a wrong assumption to assume that you will be able to unite us after congress. Judging on the toxic language and the few G40 paid & captured social bloggers like ZimEye etc

Time will tell. Good luck, some of us had wanted to see a team that does it come 2023. Your bootlickers are going to come up with theories and lies just to get nominations. But not anybody other than you, knows very well that competence is better than bootlicking.

In conclusion my President you needed to balance popularity with competence. If rumours are true that a new party is on the horizon then you must blame your toxic comrades for the painful split which is imminent. I am reliably told it’s 85% likely to happen. The onus is on you to urgently sort things out my President.

Come 2023 you are the torch bearer and those who are misleading you will blame you.

Caution: The silence of competent people like Mukoma Doug, Mudzuri, Kore, Ian and Theresa Makone, Murai, Musundire, Nomatter and many others it’s not a sign of stupidity. It’s a sign of maturity and reading along the lines.

These leaders delivered for you only last year and all of a sudden they are now enemies of your divisive factionalist. Cyril Ramaphosa was clever to know how to work with Dhlamini Zuma; Obama worked with Hillary Clinton.

Allow me therefore to regrattably hint at the birth of a third force that will be run by genuine democrats, without being remote-controlled by G40.

The signal will be given soon for those who really love the struggle. Musaore Moyo (Don’t lose heart).

Your supporters will tell you those people have no supporters but the truth is they have and they won’t be as stupid as Khupe was . They are planners, they are leaders; they have managed before and they are champions.

As an advocate president Chamisa needed to have known that empty vessels makes noise but noise disrupts always as they are about to make noise on my post. This 2019 congress proceedings has produced a winner and the winner is Zanu-PF.

I am pained very pained at the thought of seeing our party split again and this time it’s a massive split cause it’s not about leaders wars. It’s about structures that have been kicked off after building the MDC brand for many years.

Your bootlickers always say new blood if it’s about new blood why is it those misleading you are not paving way for new blood. Isn’t it stupid when your followers tell you Matebeleland needs Ncube you agree, but when we tell you Manicaland needs Mwonzora and Kore your same advisors will tell you it’s a lie, isn’t it stupid when they tell you Mashonaland needs Mutinhiri than Theresa Makone and Mpariwa.

Have you forgotten your foot soldiers Hwende and Mutseyami ran away from their constituences of Musikavanhu and Mash west just to be MPS in towns. Will they go back and work in constintuences they abandoned.

United we stand, Divided we have fallen. history will judge us

Yours 
Paul K. Saungweme
Former Makoni South Organising Secretary

ZIMBABWEANS should untiringly fight corruption as it is currently deep-seated in most State institutions such as the police, National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Judiciary, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday.

Speaking in a special Independence Day interview with ZBC at State House, President Mnangagwa said the various hurdles in successfully uprooting the scourge mean “the fight is so wide and deep”.

“I now realise that corruption is deep-rooted. I thought that by pronouncing that let’s fight corruption those who are corrupt will fear and stop; it’s not like that. It’s so rooted that you have to fight it from A to Z. (In) most systems, structures and institutions, there is an element of corruption,” said President Mnangagwa. 

“To fight it, you need the police to unearth, investigate; but also within the police, there is corruption. The next stage, you need prosecution; that is the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) – they need to prosecute the cases, so once the cases pass the corruption in the police, it has to pass the corruption in the NPA, then it must go to the courts and there is an element of corruption in the courts, so the fight is so wide and deep.”

Fighting corruption, he said, was a collective responsibility. The President also said his office would not interfere with judiciary processes.

“However, I am happy that you find people who support the fight against corruption in all these institutions. In the police, not everybody is corrupt; in prosecution institutions, not everybody is corrupt; in the judiciary, not everybody is corrupt.

“So because of that we are gaining traction slowly, not as speedily as I had expected. As you realise, there are so many cases of corruption now in the courts,” he added.

President Mnangagwa expressed frustration at the snails’ pace of some of the cases before the courts. A clean society, he added, would help the country to “develop faster” and lead to satisfactory service delivery. Current and former Harare City Council officials who abused the $144 million loan facility are likely to face the music, said the President.

“We had a loan extended to Harare City Council by the Chinese for sanitation and water reticulation. That money was then used to buy cars and other luxuries. It didn’t address the issues for which the money had been given.

“So when I met my brother and colleague President Xi Jinping (Chinese President) and discussed about this loan, I wasn’t aware that had happened and so I said, ‘Mr President, the loan was fully disbursed’, and he said, ‘my brother, the money was not used for what we had given you for.’ I was not aware people bought cars, some having workshops which had nothing to do with sanitation. Those who spent the money are not in office anymore, but they are likely to be followed.”

President Mnangagwa has committed to fight corruption by strengthening and restructuring key institutions such as the NPA, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zaac) and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit in the Office of the President and Cabinet. 

Source – State Media

The South African government has congratulated the country’s first deaf law graduate Qobo Ningiza.

“The government sends warm congratulations to Eastern Cape-born Qobo Ningiza who will be South Africa’s first deaf law graduate when he graduates with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree at the University of Cape Town today,” reads a statement issued by Phumla Williams, the Acting Director General of Government Communications and Information Systems (GCIS).

“Ningiza is an inspiration to many of us and serves as proof that if as individuals we focus on our abilities instead of focusing on the obstacles, we can achieve anything in life. Ningiza had to overcome many hurdles in his endeavour to register for a law degree including navigating a study path that relies heavily on verbal teaching and interactions.”

The government also challenged all sectors to join the disability sector of South Africa on a journey towards the full empowerment of people with disabilities.

“Cabinet identified the Presidential Working Group on Disability as one of the fora that are critical to advancing a transformative agenda in a collaborative and inclusive manner.

“The rights of persons with disabilities include implementation of policies and strategies for, among other things, the hiring of persons with disabilities, appropriate training and skills development programmes and ensuring easy access into workplaces and other buildings. The whole of society must contribute towards the realisation of the rights of persons with disabilities,” reads part of the statement.”

Former president Jacob Zuma will get more than R200 000 in the eThekwini Municipality for honorarium payments.

Zuma was recently accused of taking possession of $30-million (R418,5-million) belonging to the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

The eThekwini Municipality has set aside a budget of R1 million to celebrate 25 years of democracy, among which, former president Jacob Zuma will get more than R200 000 in honorarium payments.

The event will take place in April and will also see the city pay Zuma and his co-artists more than R200 000 in honorarium payments. The names of the co-artists were not revealed in the report.

Zuma is set to be tasked with documenting Struggle songs with various artists.  The report containing the details of the event was by tabled by eThekwini parks head Thembinkosi Ngcobo before the community service committee on Thursday.

Ngcobo said the month of April represented a lot of pain for many South Africans, as it was the month which saw the arrival of coloniser Jan van Riebeck in 1652 and also followed the assassination of former SACP leader Chris Hani in 1993. He said citizens needed to learn about their local history and the event would do that.

Explaining the event, Ngcobo said it was part of the ‘Liberation Heritage Routes Project’. He said it was started in 2009 when the uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) held a two day symposium in Durban to preserve the liberation heritage history in Durban.

Ngcobo said the former president would be paid directly, but artist who will work with him would also benefit. The names of the artists were not revealed in the report. 

The report states that the R200 000 would cover transport, refreshments and the documentation of liberation songs by various artists including Zuma.

EGYPT is wary of the threat posed by the Warriors despite Sunday Chidzambga’s men being the lowest ranked team in Group A of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) which also features DR Congo and Uganda.

The Warriors will square off against the Mohamed Salah-inspired Pharaohs in the opening match of Nations Cup at the Cairo International Stadium on June 21 after being the first team to be picked at the draw, held in Giza on Friday night.

Reacting to the draw, Egypt’s assistant coach Hany Ramzy said the Pharaohs, who will be banking on home support to propel them to their eighth Afcon triumph, were “comfortable” with their pool.

“We are confident, we are here in our land with the supporters behind us, so we have to work hard to reach the final,” Ramzy told BBC Sport after the draw.

However, commenting about the opening game against the Warriors, ranked more than 50 places below them, he acknowledged that the Warriors would still pose a test to the host nation.

The Warriors last faced the Pharaohs at the Afcon finals 15 years ago in their first game at the 2004 edition of the continental showpiece in Tunisia, which they lost 2-1.

“Whoever you play against, the opening game will be tough, but I think we can win the match,”Ramzy said.

“The big difference [in quality] between teams is not really there anymore, like it was 10 years ago in Africa. Now every team has players who play in Europe so they have the experience to play at a high level.

“But when you want to win a big tournament like the Africa Cup, you have to win against small and big teams.”

The reaction by the Pharaohs’ assistant coach comes after the Warriors’ draw for this year’s Afcon tournament was met with optimism in the football fraternity with many backing

Chidzambga’s men to qualify for the knockout stages of the competition for the first time.

Zifa president Felton Kamambo, who attended the draw in Egypt, said he was confident the Warriors would do well at this year’s continental showpiece.

“I think it’s really a fair draw for us, we qualified as the group leaders and that speaks volumes of our pedigree at the moment. We are not going there to make up the numbers,

but to compete. We just have to make sure we prepare thoroughly and I believe it is going to be a very good tournament for us as Zimbabwe. We must beat the best to become one of the best sides on the continent,” Kamambo said.

Warriors team manager Wellington Mpandare, who is also in Egypt, admitted that the opening match against the Pharaohs would be tough, but said he was confident they have a good chance of progressing to the knockout stages.

Zimbabwe will be making their fourth appearance at the Afcon finals, where they have never managed to progress from the group stages.

“I think it’s a fair group, but the only unfortunate thing is we were paired against the host nation. Egypt will be playing at home and their fans will rally behind them for 90 minutes, but we fancy our chances,“ Mpandare said.

“We played two matches against DRC during the qualifiers and we took four points from them, so it’s going to be very difficult. Of course, they (DRC) are scared of us, but it’s going to be difficult because they obviously want to do better against us.”

Mpandare added: “Uganda is a team that is a bit unknown to us, it will be exciting playing against them, so basically it’s going to be tough, but knowing that two teams will qualify from the group and four best third-placed teams will also go through gives us a high chance of progressing and making a bit of history. This time around we want to go beyond the group stages and make history; this is the message from the coach, players and even the Zifa board.”

Draw in full:

Group A: Egypt, DR Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Group B: Nigeria, Guinea, Madagascar, Burundi

Group C: Senegal, Algeria, Kenya, Tanzania

Group D: Morocco, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Namibia

Group E: Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Angola

Group F: Cameroon, Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau

By Own Correspondent | More than 10 members of the Mugodhi Apostolic Church at Chitope in Wedza are feared dead after a truck loaded with maize bags veered off the road and ploughed into the congregants, who were at a church session.

The driver of the truck was seriously injured.

Dozens of congregants were reportedly seriously injured in the accident.

This is a developing story. More details to follow…

-Newsday

An elderly woman dances to music at the MDC A Provincial Congress in Masvingo

MDC A members in high spirits at the Provincial Party Congress in Masvingo today

Tongai Matutu arrives for the MDC A Masvingo Provincial Congress.Matutu is vying for the provincial chairmanship and he is battling it out with James Gumbi

Farai Dziva|The MDC A Masvingo Provincial Congress has begun in earnest.

The Congress is being held at Masvingo Sports club and thousands of party members are ready for the voting process.

While it is clear that Masvingo Province will nominate Nelson Chamisa for the presidency, the race for post of provincial chairperson has intensified.

Former MDC A Masvingo Urban MP Tongai Matutu is squaring off against current chairperson James Gumbi for the province’s most powerful post.

Speaking on the Provincial Congress, party official Jeffryson Chitando said:”By the look of things Tongai Matutu has the upper hand.

Gumbi has been rejected by the people of Masvingo.It is now clear that Matutu will romp to victory,” said Chitando.

Farai Dziva|MDC A leader Nelson Chamisa has just arrived for the Provincial Congress in Masvingo.

Below is a summary of Chamisa’s speech:

1. Congress number 9.
2. Police in Manicaland tried to disrupt the counting process
3. MDC is the leading party.
4. MDC is accountable
5. Nat. Org. Chabaya has done well.
6. Peaceful congress: no to violence
7. No manipulation of structure. An audit of structures.
8. MDC is a strong party.
9. We will keep Pres. Morgan Tsvangirai’s legacy and the party is growing.
10. Unity …. Unity…
11. National conference will be held in Gweru.
12. Dealing with country’s problems NOW.
13. Everyone to participate in the congress election according to party template
14. MDC should be dominanting in all councils and parliament in Masvingo.
15. President and National leadership to witness if Masvingo provincial congress is taking place peacefully.

Jane Mlambo| President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new dispensation is bragging about paying former First Lady Janet Banana, the wife of Zimbabwe’s first President Canaan Banana.

In his Independence speech, Mnangagwa said Banana’s wife is receiving her dues which she had been denied during the former President Robert Mugabe’s era.

We cannot deny that she is our former First Lady — President Mnangagwa said — and she is now receiving her dues which had been denied her in the previous era.

It will also be recalled that President Mnangagwa in 2017 took a similar compassionate stand regarding former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, securing his pension and house, among other entitlements.