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WHAT’S INSIDE Friday 13 November 2020 BUSINESS SPORT

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Ginimbi’s
business
empire a
ghostly
enterprise

ALSO INSIDE Jonathan Moyo recounts escape Mliswa escalates fight against Matanga

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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

Ginimbi’s business empire:
A dodgy, ghostly enterprise

The headquarters of the late Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure’s gas company. Insert: The late popular socialite showing off one of his several porsche cars.

BERNARD MPOFU/ rowdale. only deal I did with him,” Sakup- which some of his family members strategist.
JONATHAN MBIRIYAMVEKA Ginimbi had many supercars; wanya said. “The talk that I’m and friends were at pains to dismiss. The NewsHawks went out to
funding his funeral is a lie. I have
DRIVING from Harare central including a Bentley, Range Rover, not contributed even a cent to his Ginimbi’s friends even tried to check Ginimbi’s business empire
business district southwards along Lamborghini, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce funeral.” hire journalists to reverse the narra- to reconcile his enterprises and life-
Simon Mazorodze Road the high- Ghost and Rolls-Royce Wraith, re- tive and turn the tide of cultism sto- style. The probe drew a blank inso-
way intersects Harare Drive around duced to ashes in the accident; all Ginimbi’s posh rides made him ries in a bid to “protect his legacy” far as explaining Ginimbi’s source
the traffic circle. At the roundabout worth an estimated US$5 million. easily the only Zimbabwean with and themselves from the growing of wealth proved cryptic like his
if one turns right and heads west such a collection of supercars. story that they led lives of bizarre story in life and death. Too many
before exiting immediately left, In January, Ginimbi was ordered rituals for money. shades of grey.
they get into Willow Road in New to pay US$58 655 duty on top of Besides, Ginimbi also had a
Ardbernie in the capital. another US$81 469 for his then re- sprawling mansion in Dombosha- Scandalmongers raved that Gin- Visiting Ginimbi’s business
cently imported Bentley Continen- va which also played host to some imbi and his social circle was cult- premises fuels rather than allays the
Vehicles on the road meander tal GT model. of his erotic pool and usually all- ist – defined by unusual religious enigma. Checking their HQ in Ha-
along as drivers snake around pot- white parties. He will be buried at and spiritual beliefs. This was not rare, supposedly the business hub
holes, a common feature in Harare Investigations by The News- the mansion tomorrow. His family helped by the fact that Ginimbi under which Piko Trading hous-
and all over Zimbabwe, reflecting Hawks showed that Ginimbi did said he told them the house must had a premonition of his immi- es a group of companies - Pioneer
the state of the nation, while slow not have the money to pay that. To be turned into a hotel or museum. nent death, according to his family Gases, City Centre Freight, Rivonia
moving haulage trucks make the raise money for duty, Gi- members who variously confirmed Gases (South Africa) and Quick
500 metre-stretch ahead hardly nimbi had to sell a Range The mystery is not only about that of late he was always talking Gases (Botswana) – deepens the
passable. Rover to prominent Harare his ghostly companies or being bur- about his looming demise and what mystery.
gold dealer Pedzisayi Scott ied at his house. His relatives and should happen thereafter.
As one approaches the sharp left Sakupwanya. friends also said he indicated his de- Judging by his lifestyle, his busi-
turn at the narrow bridge they see signer clothes and expensive cloth- Even his friend Moana had a ness minted money. It was the best
a huge property fortified by an un- In an interview yes- ing labels must be burnt, while his premonition of her death. She ex- money-spinning operation in Zim-
painted precast wall which resem- terday, Sakupwanya con- cars should be sold and the money pressed it in a video in which she babwe, by far.
bles a truck inn on the backwater firmed the deal, but denied donated to charity. sounded like a tortured soul.
fringes of the city’s sleepy industrial that he also funded Ginim- The only insight into the finan-
site. bi’s last party that he held This suggested he did not want Although coincidence and cau- cial affairs of Piko Trading came
for his friend Michelle Amuli, pop- anyone to inherit his wealth. That sality maybe different, this twist of when the company was in July
Welcome to No. 1558 Willow ularly known as Mimi Moana, who triggered speculation of cultism, fate generated unquenchable public fined US$36 000 and ordered to
Rd, New Ardbernie, Southerton, also died in the horrific Rolls-Royce curiosity and a flurry of conspiracy pay US$2,5 million that it owes tax
Harare, Zimbabwe: the headquar- crash, at Dreams nightclub in Ha- theories and tales. collector Zimra for VAT from Feb-
ters of Piko Trading Group. rare. ruary 2009 to May 2016.
Ginimbi’s other two friends also
That is the head office of the late “Ginimbi did not borrow money died in the crash; Limumba Karim, The company was also fined
energetic, flamboyant and contro- from me for the party. What hap- wanted in his country Malawi over US$9000 and ordered to pay
versial young entrepreneur Genius pened is that sometime when he the cashgate scandal involving a US$355 559 in outstanding taxes
Kadungure, popularly known as wanted money to pay duty for one massive cash heist by high-profile after it recorded sales amounting to
Ginimbi, who died last Sunday in of his cars, he approached me sell- figures, and Alichia Adams, a Mo- US$24,3 million over those seven
a horrific Rolls-Royce crash in Bor- ing his Range Rover and I bought zambican, who described herself as years. It was also revealed in court
it for US$125 000 cash. That is the a model, entrepreneur and brand Ginimbi’s company had smuggled

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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

5 289kg of liquified petroleum gas among other things. He owned mickey-mouse stars. That opulence gives its contact as +26776787126. said while the Willow Road offices
and did not pay $672 533 in taxes. Dreams, formerly Sankayi (like the is only associated with Hollywood; The number did not go through. remain as shown by security guards
For his part, Ginimbi was also said Sankayi in Johannesburg that he even then by Beverly Hills stan- still there, Ginimbi was now oper-
to have failed to pay tax between frequented), which is where he had dards it would still be over-the-top. Similarly, the number for Rivonia ating from Dreams nightclub and
2010 and 2015, owing Zimra his last lavish party in early hours Gases on his card +27764749899 home, showing the company was
US$119 860. of 8 November before his death But that was Ginimbi’s life. did not go through. This is presum- not well-organised and structured.
around 5am on that fateful day. A quick check of the basics by ably because they were his numbers
Yet this and details from the An employee interviewed at Wil- The NewsHawks to verify his claims and could not go through as he was Born in Domboshava on 10Oc-
premises and interviews with his low Road said Dreams was now the that he made his money from sell- in Zimbabwe by the time of his tober 1984, his father said Ginimbi
former employees, auditors and company HQ. ing gas yielded shady results. We death. was the naughtiest of his four sib-
close friends do not adequately ex- checked by calling the businesses, lings. His brother Andrew died in
plain his opulent lifestyle. Ginimbi will largely be remem- visiting their HQ, talking to rela- But other attempts to check 2019 before his mother succumbed
bered for his fast lane and ostenta- tives, friends and the few workers through other contacts also did not to cancer in January 2020. Juliet is
Even relatives could not explain tious lifestyle of mansions, super- we met. succeed. The Zimbabwean num- the eldest and then Genius, the late
his wealth. He himself obfuscated cars, designer clothes and clothing First, calls on cell phone num- ber – 0772442442 – registered in Andrew and lastly Nelia. Ginimbi
the issue many times when asked labels, champagne and a harem of bers given on the company and his his name also did not through. His did primary schooling at Chogu-
about it. beautiful ladies, as well as entourag- contact details hit a brick wall. We phones presumably got crashed or gudza before he studied ‘O’ Level at
es of parasitic hangers-on. made the first call to 0778245719 burnt in the crash that inflamed Parirewa Secondary in Dombosha-
Ginimbi’s father Anderson Ka- given as one of the numbers for Pi- and gutted his Rolls-Royce. va.
dungure, who was not in good The affable and vivacious, yet oneer Gases. It was answered by a
books with him, said he did not creative and magnetic young busi- guy who said he was now dog-tired In one of his previous numerous Regarding the death of his son,
know his son’s source of wealth. nessman truly lived a champagne of being called by strangers asking interviews and videos, Ginimbi Kadungure confirmed that Ginim-
lifestyle. A carefree life which in- him about things he does not know claimed Pioneer Gases racked in bi had a vision about his own de-
“As Genius grew up I could see volved enjoyment of luxuries and anything about. US$30 000 a day. Those close to mise.
that Genius was street smart, al- expensive pleasures. He usually The second call to 0778245721 him denied the claim.
though he was not good in class. bragged that he worked hard and showed the number is not in use. “It is hardly surprising, in the
After finishing his ‘O’ Levels he played. Then we called a series of landlines But with many retailers selling past few weeks or so, Genius would
joined the family in market gar- listed as Pioneer Gases contacts – gas for between US$1 and US$1.30 make reference to his own death,
dening which is quite big in Dom- Therein lies the rub: Ginimbi’s at least five of them, for instance per kilogramme, one would have but we were not sure of where that
boshava,” Kadungure said. “But businesses and his lifestyle sim- (0242) 665616 – and none of them expected to see meandering queues was coming from, although I be-
at 17 he left home for Harare and ply did not match on the basis of went through. Pioneer Gases’ listed at the Pioneer Gases which sells lieve that it happens in life,” he said.
when he returned he was now driv- legitimate business income. The numbers do not work. The group the commodity at just US$0.85
ing a Mercedes Benz S Class and difference between the two is like of companies which purportedly per kg – well below market price. “Some people can predict their
when I asked he said he was into day and night. Where his supposed made lots of money also does not The company HQ was deserted own death either through dreams
gas business.” business empire is headquartered even have a website, which is un- with no queues and quiet with only or when they consult spiritual
resembles a struggling truck inn usual for such a big enterprise. four workers, including the security travellers or prophets. In this case,
Kadungure said he did know for site, not an enterprise run by a nou- Even start-ups now have websites. guard from GK Security, a compa- I shudder to think how it was re-
sure how Ginimbi made his mon- veau riche who likes finer things in Ginimbi’s company also had no ny owned by Ginimbi. If Ginimbi’s vealed to him. But he spoke about
ey. The story begins to make sense life, as he always admitted himself. structure. Attempts to locate senior business empire supplied gas for where he wanted to be buried to six
when one factors reports of Ginim- Only when one factors in under- executives such as Chief operating home, commercial and industrial members of the family, including
bi being part of a syndicate which world activities like smuggling and officer, financial director or human in large quantities activity at the his senior maid.
smuggled fuel in large quantities rumours of drug-dealing, which he resource manager failed. There was company premise would show that.
across the region without paying denied, does the situation begin also no statement from his compa- “And also he had drafted some
duty. to make sense. Facts show there is ny on his death. We then quickly Pioneer Gas was previously head- kind of a Will which he and his
simply no luxury and elegance at turned to Quick Gases in Botswa- quartered corner Willow Road and lawyer were to sign on Monday (9
Documents from Zimra and Ginimbi’s head office to match his na. Ginimbi’s business card – which Harare Drive before moving fur- November), but unfortunately he
its South African counterpart Sars posh mansions where he parked states he was group chief executive - ther down the road to No. 1558. died a day before,” he said.
showed that Ginimbi and over 40 supercars that would make rich According to one of his ex-workers,
companies smuggled fuel through South African celebrities look like not only has Pioneer Gas changed In the end, Ginimbi lived and
Beitbridge border post. its location, but also its name and died in wraithlike – ghostly - cir-
ownership of late. The ex-worker cumstances in a Rolls-Royce Wraith
Ginimbi was also into the en- which he loved so much.
tertainment and security sectors,

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Mnangagwa blocks shady diamond sale

MOSES NGWERE cause they had not been transported to Ha- minister used his long-term connections in “An intelligence report was then made to
rare for safekeeping since April. the diamond industry to identify buyers… the President, who stopped the sale and, in
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa in Six buyers had agreed to fly to Harare from the end, the six buyers did not come.
September stopped a private diamond sale Storage facilities in Harare are also said Dubai but they ended up aborting the mis-
surreptitiously organised by the Miner- to have become inadequate because buyers sion after a report was filed to the OPC (Of- “However, there were other interesting de-
als Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe have not been able to fly to Harare this year fice of the President and Cabinet) disclosing tails in the report suggesting that the minis-
(MMCZ) in conjunction with a key gov- because of the Covid-19 pandemic. the underhand dealing.” ter was behind the idea. It appears that there
ernment ministry after receiving an intelli- is a very strong belief in the security sector
gence tip-off suggesting the sale was meant Security lapses in Chiadzwa were exposed According to the source, sharp disagree- that he, too, harbours presidential ambitions
to build a war chest for his internal Zanu PF last year when substantial quantities of dia- ments arose among the local parties to the and is building his own political power base.
rivals, it has emerged. monds were stolen from Zimbabwe Consol- deal over the sharing of proceeds, resulting
idated Diamond Company (ZCDC) vaults in CIO agents seconded to the MMCZ let- “It is common belief now in the CIO
The revelations come amid intricate po- in Chiadzwa by men in military gear after ting the cat out of the bag by reporting to that he is preparing himself to be president
litical manoeuvres in the ruling party where they overpowered the company’s security Mnangagwa. by 2028, although there are also some who
Mnangagwa is facing a serious challenge staff and held them hostage movie-style be- believe he thinks he can snap it in the next
from his ambitious deputy, Constantino fore making good their escape with valuable “They first raised real concerns about the general election in 2023.
Chiwenga. gemstones disadvantages of conducting a private sale,
the biggest of which is that you sell the min- “So the gist of the matter is that the man
On the other hand, a third faction is “There is a major security concern about eral at low prices. lacks the necessary social base in Zanu PF
said to be rooting for a powerful minister – diamonds because, as we speak, the vaults and they are convinced he is maneuvering in
viewed as the de facto prime minister - who are full and more of them are coming in “This is mainly because buyers can col- the diamond sector to build a war chest with
played a critical role in the November 2017 since operations are going on. There has not lude to bid lower and settle things later or, which to launch an epoch-making political
coup. been any buyer since the beginning of the as was apparently the case in this deal, they assault. This is the information which got to
year largely because of the travel restrictions can conspire with the local people involved the President, which largely explains why he
The minister is regarded by the Central owing to coronavirus and so the vaults are in the process to allow low-rate sales to pro- had to act very fast.”
Intelligence Organisation (CIO) as posing a filling up,” a security source said. ceed for a handsome kickback.
“realistic and growing threat” to Mnangag- Mines and Mining Development minister
wa’s stranglehold on power. “So what happened is that during the “For instance, a diamond worth US$100 Winston Chitando did not answer calls on
months of August and September, there was can be deliberately underpriced and sold his mobile phone.
However, the minister is also closley an attempt to conduct a private sale of the for as low as US$30 and those involved will
linked to the military faction led by Chiwen- diamonds instead of the normal open auc- share the spoils,” an official source said. He also did not respond to text and
ga. tion. This was organised by the MMCZ with WhatsApp messages despite having read
the help of the influential ministry,” a source “And so when this was discovered, there them. Presidential spokesman George Cha-
Official sources said the private sale was said. were disagreements with some people ask- ramba was not reachable.
organised after security officials rang alarm ing ‘why conduct a private sale?’, obviously
bells over the security of the diamonds as “The ministry’s role mainly was to invite after discovering that they had been left out MMCZ managing director Tongai
vaults in Chiadzwa were overflowing be- private buyers and it was reported that the of the deal. Muzenda’s phone was not being answered.
He did not respond to messages sent to him.

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Chiwenga,

Marry renew

property

battle

BRIDGET MANANAVIRE is setting a bad precedent,” Mtet- immovable properties that the ing sofas, mirrors, paintings, a whether the property has been
wa told The NewsHawks. couple shared and resided in, in- television set, mirrors, a leopard contested before in a previous
A FIERCE battle for property is cluding a house at 5 Rosary Close trophy, lion trophy, and furniture divorce.
looming between Vice-President “Clearly, there is no point of in the Quinnington area of Bor- from another lounge.
Constantino Chiwenga and his going to court, that completely rowdale suburb, measuring 5 701 Chiwenga and Marry also have
estranged wife Marry after he undermines the judiciary. We are square metres and the famous From the Gazebo, Chiwenga many companies. The vice-pres-
unilaterally delivered some as- going to challenge his actions. He Borrowdale Brooke mansion. wants the snooker table, a re- ident previously battled for com-
sets to her as a divorce settlement is now acting like the judge and frigerator, a freezer, bar stools, panies such as Blue Chip Stamp
without the parties reaching an the jury.” Chiwenga will also keep Or- chairs, sofas, and tables. He also Company (Pvt) Ltd, Lighthouse
agreement. chid Farm (formerly Arda Farm) wants one events tent for each Investments (Pvt) Ltd that
Chiwenga offered Marry a king along Domboshava Road. The party. In a landmark ruling in owned four industrial units in
In a “consolidated list of assets l-size bed, leather sofas, carpets, couple also had Chivaraidze July, the Supreme Court ruled Willowvale, with each unit mea-
for distribution for the parties” a refrigerator, chest of drawers, a Farm (900 hectares) and Mer- that married couples are entitled suring 3 850 square metres and
submitted by Chiwenga to Mar- television set, mirrors and tables maids Pool (1 000 hectares) to an equal share of property (im- Liversay Investments (Pvt) Ltd,
ry’s lawyers, the Vice-President from the main bedroom. which is also excluded from the movable and movable) regardless with his ex-wife Jocelyne.
omitted assets like houses, hous- list. The Vice-President also left of their contribution to acquiring
ing stands, farms and business He also offered to deliver ad- out premises in Victoria Falls, the said property. They also owned Ouacker In-
premises the couple is expected ditional tables, sofas, mirrors, Harare’s Willowvale industrial vestments, Hidcote Investment
to share. another television, vases and area and Marondera as well as Legal experts told The New- (Pvt) Ltd, which owns Grandi
lamp shades. Other items include housing stands in Harare’s Crow- sHawks that there are various Lodge Sixty and Yolsac Safaris
“Be pleased to take notice that another carpet, ornaments and hill, New City of Harare (400 factors that go into property dis- (Pvt) Ltd that trades as Kazungu-
the plaintiff wishes to deliver the photos from Marry’s lounge and hectares), Gletwin, Chishawasha tribution, including the duration la Wildlife Safari; an apartment
assets listed below at number… other furniture from two other and Glen Lorne. of the marriage as well as the life- in Malaysia and a house in Msasa
Folly Jon Avenue Glen Lorne on lounges. From the kitchen, Chi- style the parties enjoyed during Park as well as Dokson Invest-
Saturday 31st October,” Chiwen- wenga was willing to give Mar- Apart from the farm, Chiwen- the marriage, which in some cas- ments which spearheaded op-
ga said in a letter to Marry’s law- ry glasses, cutlery, pots, trays, ga said he would like to keep es must be maintained. erations on their farm in Goro-
yers Mtetwa and Nyambirai Law a washing machine and other furniture from his lounge includ- monzi.
Firm. utensils. Other considerations such as

Last week, Chiwenga delivered Chiwenga, through his lawyers
a truck full of property includ- Manase and Manase, also listed
ing furniture and clothes as well nine vehicles he said he was will-
as vehicles to Marry’s business ing to release to Marry, includ-
premises in Eastlea suburb. ing two Range Rovers, two Ford
Rangers, a Chevrolet, a Jeep, a
Marry’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtet- Mercedes-Benz C200, Mercedes
wa, said she is launching a chal- Benz E300 and a Kia Rio.
lenge against Chiwenga’s unilat-
eral move. According to the list, Marry
will also keep other immovable
“The Vice-President is acting properties in Zimbabwe and
as if he is the judge. He thinks he South Africa and her offices in
can do as he pleases. That is not Eastlea.
how it works in the courts and he
The consolidated list omits

CIO report exposes top diamond smugglers

OWEN GAGARE State security sources revealed in government and the security sec- Companies with intricate links to Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, owned by
the team compiled a report for CIO tor.” the security services were among the the military, founded on December
AN investigation by a seven-mem- director-general Isaac Moyo which players licensed by the government 2009.
ber team from the Central Intelli- named diamond looting syndi- Moyo, security officials said, was when Zimbabwe began mining dia-
gence Organisation (CIO) into the cates, but the dossier was doctored cautious after seeing the names of monds in Chiadzwa. Besides the smuggling by syndi-
looting at Chiadzwa diamond fields to avoid exposing those close to top persons involved and recommended cates, armed robbery gangs, suspect-
in Manicaland has revealed cartels officials. the tightening of security to plug However, the firms were booted ed to comprise members of Zim-
connected to military and politi- leakages instead of going after the out of Chiadzwa in 2016 on alle- babwe’s security forces and some
cal elites continue smuggling the “The report mentioned three car- looters. gations of understating earnings, artisanal miners have also in the
precious mineral out of the coun- tels in particular, one linked to the tax evasion and smuggling. This led past raided the Chiadzwa diamond
try and salting away proceeds, The security sector, the other one to a “He watered down the report to the formation of the ZCDC in fields, getting away with tonnes of
NewsHawks have established. politically connected tycoon who because he did not want to step on 2017, which was the only firm ex- precious ore after overpowering
has been on an asset-acquiring spree certain toes,” a security official said. tracting diamonds in Chiadzwa un- ZCDC security in movie-style raids
The team visited Chiadzwa on in the past few years and the other “Tightening security became the til early this year when Anjin Invest- of the mining area.
9 September to conduct a week- to a deputy minister,” a state securi- priority and not nailing the syndi- ments was allowed back in.
long investigation, which con- ty official revealed. cates.” One such heist was caried out in
firmed massive looting, including Anjin Investments (Pvt) Ltd is April last year, four months after an-
on claims owned by the Zimbabwe “The report gave headaches to Rampant looting and smuggling a joint venture between Chinese other dramatic robbery.
Consolidated Diamond Company the CIO top brass, given that the of diamonds, particularly by or- company Anhui Foreign Economic
and Anjin. kingpins of the cartels are connect- ganised syndicates and state actors, Construction (Group) Co. Ltd and ZCDC last year fired 80 employ-
ed to the top most powerful people have characterised operations at a Zimbabwean entity, Matt Bronze ees on suspicion of involvement in
Chiadzwa since 2008. the diamond heists.

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MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Priscilla Chigumba

Zim needs strong institutions to end
vicious cycle of poll disputes - Moyo

Centralised system must go Media should call elections

OWEN GAGARE/ ible elections due to political in- A disappointed Trump, alleging cused of facilitating a fraudulent mand centre.
NYASHA CHINGONO terference from the executive and electoral theft without evidence, is electoral victory for Mnangagwa “You can imagine how mean-
the military. testing the capacity and resolve of by hook or crook.
ZIMBABWE requires strong in- US institutions to deal with such ingless it is for someone voting
stitutions that cannot be manip- The judiciary has also been ac- electoral disputes. Moyo also said there were les- in Tsholotsho to have that vote,
ulated by a sitting president and cused of assisting the executive to sons to be learnt from the de- counted by Chigumba in Harare,
credible electoral processes to end cover their tracks when challenged “The difference between the volved American electoral system, at the HICC (Harare Internation-
the vicious cycle of disputed elec- over elections theft. American electoral system and saying it eliminates undue influ- al Conference Centre). It becomes
tions that have plagued the coun- Donald Trump is that of night and ence from central government and easy to steal the vote,” Moyo said.
try’s politics, former Higher and Challenging disputed elector- day. And this is where the lesson the incumbent.
Tertiary Education minister Jona- al outcomes in the courts always is for us…The American elector- The former minister called on
than Moyo has said. goes in favour of the incumbent al system cannot be manipulated “Now, there are 50 states in the media to be allowed to an-
in Zimbabwe and most African by a sitting president. It is not the United States (plus Washing- nounce computed and verified
This comes in the wake of an countries, except Kenya and Ma- possible for a sitting president in ton DC); there are 50 electoral results posted outside polling sta-
unusual election result dispute in lawi of late. America to phone the chairperson systems. Each state organises and tions, indicating there is no reason
the United States where outgoing of the Electoral Commission and runs elections, in a unique, differ- to wait for someone in Harare to
President Donald Trump is refus- The last major electoral court direct them to behave in a partic- ent way. announce the results when report-
ing to concede after being defeat- battle in Zimbabwe was between ular way,” Moyo said. ers would in fact be looking at
ed by president-elect Joe Bidden. President Emmerson Mnangag- “There is no uniform way of them. In America, the media can
US institutions are now managing wa and his main opposition ri- “It is not possible for a sitting running elections. And this is a call an election based on projec-
the complicated transition. val MDC Alliance leader Nelson American president to send the very important lesson, in my view, tions.
Chamisa in 2018. The Constitu- army, the American military to the most important lesson to draw
In an exclusive interview with tional Court (Concourt) ruled in go and steal an election for him. from the American electoral sys- Moyo said this however requires
The NewsHawks, Moyo, also a favour of Mnangagwa. It is not possible for the American tem, because the right to vote is investment in skills, technology
professor of politics, said Zimba- president to send the intelligence the most important of all rights. and mathematical computation
bwe should take a leaf from the But Moyo fiercely criticised the system, the CIA, to go inside there People jealously guard this right,” models by the media.
just-ended US elections where Concourt in his book, Excelgate: in the voting booths to manipu- Moyo said.
the poll is not run by central gov- How Zimbabwe’s 2018 Presidential late; they cannot manipulate the “The media in the United States
ernment and military-controlled Election Was Stolen, which details electoral commission chairperson, Moyo said Zimbabwe should calls the election. You wait for
command centres. The dispute the dynamics and forensics of elec- you know, the Chigumba person, cultivate a new electoral system the media to say, we can now call
in the US is being contained and toral fraud. He has also previously the police and so forth.” where all votes are not counted, Pennsylvania for Biden.
managed by professional state in- written another book on elections, centralised at a command and an-
stitutions. Voting for Democracy. During the 2018 election, nounced in Harare only, especially “Whereas in our place, in
in which Mnangagwa narrowly the presidential election. He said our experience, we will wait for
Zimbabwe’s electoral system Since 2000, Zimbabwe’s op- edged Chamisa, Zimbabwe Elec- electoral reform must deal with Chigumba to announce. This is a
and processes have over the years position has often cried foul over toral Commission (Zec) chairper- all these issues to ensure counting very important lesson in the Unit-
failed to deliver free, fair and cred- vote manipulation and fraud by son Priscilla Chigumba was ac- of votes within constituencies to ed States, media called the elec-
the ruling party using state insti- avoid fraud at a centralised com- tion on the basis of a projection,”
tutions. he said.

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Jonathan Moyo gage, and I crossed Ruya River at
recounts escape the border with that luggage on a
from the jaws motorbike. I was received by Sekuru
of the crocodile Dzenga of Dzenga Village at 4am.
we rested for an hour, proceeded to
TOMORROW marks three years reform agenda. The only agenda that they have turned Zimbabwe into a Professor Jonathan Moyo catch a lift to Tete and flew to Ma-
since the late former president Rob- he had was to seize power; to grab Gukurahundi society. In the 1980s not be having this conversation right puto the next day. I only got a proper
ert Mugabe was ousted in a surreal power. And he achieved his purpose Gukurahundi was in Matabeleland now. bag when I did some small shopping
military coup – which began on 14 when he ousted President Mugabe, and parts of Midlands. Over the past NH: Why were you a target? in Maputo. I was on the run until
November 2017 – and culminat- but you are wrong in saying at one three years, Gukurahundi has been JM: They understood that we op- Maputo.
ed in his resignation practically at point I supported his ambitions to be brought to Harare. The targeting of posed them. I hear some people say, NH: How did you feel when you
gunpoint on 21 November and the president. citizens, opposition leaders for ab- ‘why did you not you speak out when crossed Ruya River into Mozam-
dramatic ascendancy to power of his NH: Around 2004. Did you not duction, torture, murder. The target- you were in government?’. First of bique?
longtime protégé Emmerson Mnan- support his bid? ing of journalists. This is exactly what all, you can’t speak when you are an JM: The good thing is that it was a
gagwa three days later. JM: They point to Tsholotsho (Dec- was happening in Gukurahundi. insider like you are outside. You will drought, as you recall. There was
laration of 2004), but they know Now it has come to town, right there not live to see another day if you a lot of sand, but no water. So, we
The coup followed a vicious power that I am from Tsholotsho. And they in the CBD. This is what Mnangag- try. Some of us tried. When I start- were not afraid of crocodiles. The
struggle revolving around Mugabe’s know I, for the better part of my pub- wa has achieved. Whatever scorecard ed speaking out against command crocodile thing crossed my mind,
succession within the ruling Zanu PF. lic life in Zimbabwe, was the shadow you use, Mnangagwa has taken Zim- agriculture looting, they said ‘we and I was saying I have left a croc-
The succession battle led to a danger- MP there, which I was in 2004 or the babwe back to its dark days. This is a can’t have a person inside, speaking odile in Harare and are we going to
ous military brinkmanship between actual MP for the better part of my public fact. like an opposition leader’. We were encounter another one. But it was a
Mugabe and the army. life. Now, it is preposterous to find NH: You were one of the people speaking from inside. From 2015 to mixed feeling because we had been
me at my home and some other guy targeted by the military. How did 2017, there was warfare in cabinet told that these guys (soldiers) were
It boiled down to this: whoever comes there, then you say I support you escape from Zimbabwe during and Mnangagwa would think twice there. Obviously, they had not gotten
was going to blink first was going him. the coup? before coming to cabinet. He always their act together because if they had
to be swept away by a rising mighty JM: The only thing that surprised me tried to hide behind Mugabe because encountered us there, it was going to
political tide like no other in the his- Did you ever see me in Kwekwe is the discovery after the fact, initially he could not defend himself. be a very unfortunate situation. So, it
tory of independent Zimbabwe – and with him? Did you ever see me in I was told by President Mugabe on NH: You escaped with only a bag was a mixed feeling because there was
Mugabe did. Gweru with him, in Masvingo with the day of the coup that the coup from the pictures seen on social also relief. When you saw pictures of
him? What other meeting besides makers wanted to kill me. media. Could you share with us the me on that motorbike it was at the
Hence, he was swept away into Tsholotsho do you connect me with NH: How did you escape to the contents? residence of the person who was lo-
the wasteland of history by the coup him?...The reason I was at Dinyane Blue Roof and then to Mozam- JM: I am acknowledging that you cally in charge. Saviour (Kasukuwere)
maelstrom and died a feeble, bitter is that his real supporters like Jacob bique? have put me in some sort of a fix. I was already there, and many people
man; a far cry from the Napoleonic Mudenda, Believe Gaule, who were JM: We could not have possibly left cannot say this or that because you see the motorbike and say, ‘you were
political gladiator that he was at the running the party in Tsholotsho and the Kasukuwere residence and gone actually saw me carrying my katun- travelling with cameras and photog-
zenith of his power. Matabeleland North, in Tsholotsho to the Blue Roof on our own. I can du(parcel). You know the decision raphers?’. No Saviour was already
that time, begged me…The weekend assure you that me and my family left to take the bag was not planned. It there and he was happy to see me, so
Amid a flurry of unpredictable before that meeting in Tsholotsho, for Kasukuwere’s home on our own, happened in response to the horror. he took that photograph.
activities and fast-moving events, the they said ‘the reason we want you but the rest of the story is complicat- We did not plan to escape. Mnan- NH: We had assumed that maybe
coup resulted in Mugabe’s allies be- to attend is because you have done ed. I can’t tell you that story in these gagwa escaped, but clearly it was you had travelled together?
ing seized by the army, while others lots of stuff in Tsholotsho and if you circumstances without implicating planned, he even got help from the JM: Well, but travelling together
scrambled for cover under his wings don’t attend, it will look as if you are other people. I can’t do that. The first army. For us it was a clear and pres- is a definition. But I was so happy,
at Blue Roof; eventually skipping the snubbing him. And we want you to person who told me that they wanted ent danger which was escalating and I was smelling freedom and I was
border running for their dead lives formally take the invitation to Ha- to kill me was President Mugabe af- getting worse. We just had to go out aware that I had just escaped death.
after surviving a hail of bullets under rare’. He was the Speaker of Parlia- ter he met with them (military com- of town and to get out through the I was in no doubt that I had escaped
siege with their wives and children at ment at the time, and I refused. They manders). He was just seated there most complicated means. It took us death. But what I can assure you is,as
home. spent about 10 hours begging me to looking at me; he was also shocked more than 24 hours to get out. It was I said,what you presented as a jour-
do that…In fact, I was giving him a that they wanted to kill me. I was an ordeal, which involved being in a ney,to me,was an unbelievable ordeal.
One of those was former Higher torrid time at that time. I was on his shocked to discover that this is what car, on foot walking, part of it on a There was drama stranger than fic-
Education minister Jonathan Moyo case, and we were running articles they wanted to do. Later I read in motorbike. tion over the 24 hours it took us from
(JM), who was considered Mugabe about him smuggling gold with the their minutes that they were blaming Harare to that motorbike. There were
and the defeated Zanu PF G40 fac- Joshi brothers and others. I had got- me for everything. What Kasukuwere The decision to leave, was like if so many close shaves, serious close
tion’s chief strategist. Moyo and his ten Johannes Tomana to be appoint- and (Ignatius) Chombo should have you do not leave, you are dead. So, shaves, more serious than fiction.
ally Saviour Kasukuwere, ex-Local ed to look at the gold smuggling in done, I was supposed to be the devil’s I had with me that bag which I had NH: We assume you had people
Government minister, were besieged Kwekwe, which some Macmillan guy incarnate behind it. They alleged that which just happened to be in the who were helping you during your
by the military at the latter’s house was doing with Mnangagwa and To- I was working with some embassies room where I was. journey. Can you also share with us
with their families and escaped from mana specified Macmillan as a result. in Harare and that I was doing this to the most difficult moments?
the jaws of the crocodile by a whisker NH: It has been three years since bring down the government. When I started the ordeal, I was in JM: I can talk of many, but the most
after former first lady Grace Mugabe military tanks rolled into the a room where there was that bag… challenging was getting out of Blue
performed a daring rescue mission streets of Harare and other parts of I was shocked then, and I am still What I could see is that bag and I had Roof. It was surrounded.
and took them under their roof. Zimbabwe, resulting in the ouster shocked now as to why they wanted my passport, some documents, and NH: Without implicating other
of the late former president Mug- to criminalise me...If these guys had the things that I had been writing. people, how did you get out of the
The NewsHawks news editor abe. How do you think Zimbabwe laid their hands on me, we would Blue Roof?
Owen Gagare and reporter Nyasha has fared since the coup? But I was not able to access what JM: We got out by getting out. It was
Chingono (The NewsHawks – NH) JM: The situation speaks for itself. we had left at our house that night not easy to get out of Blue Roof. It
traced Moyo to his new base to find Zimbabwe today is a disaster zone. of the coup. So that became my lug- was relatively easier to get into Blue
out more about his still largely myste- It is a humanitarian disaster. Some Roof on the coup night because peo-
rious escape and his thoughts on the seven or so million people are fac- ple were minding other things, you
Mnangagwa’s leadership. Below are ing hunger and it has been a human know, but to get out no.
excerpts of the interview: rights catastrophe. Mnangagwa and NH: Do you plan to return to Zim-
NH: You worked with Mnangagwa his administration have brought to babwe at some point?
for some time in government and, the fore the Gukurahundi society. JM: I think that going to a Zimba-
in fact, some say you supported his As the chief enforcers and, I dare bwe which is under Mnangagwa will
presidential bid at one time. Do say, the architects of Gukurahundi, be no different from committing sui-
you think he can still provide lead- cide or seeking to commit suicide. So,
ership and implement reforms he another way of putting your question
promised after the coup, in the run is do you plan to commit suicide? Re-
up to the 2018 elections? member, Zimbabwe does not belong
JM: No, he (Mnangagwa) is not ca- to Mnangagwa, and Mnangagwa is
pable of reform. He is the antithesis not a permanent creature. So, going
of reform. He has never pushed any back to Zimbabwe, under Mnangag-
wa, will be committing suicide.

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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

Mliswa escalates fight against Matanga

BERNARD MPOFU and in the context of national in- leged irregularities, cases of cor- Mliswa said he was ready to as- at the time of going to print.
terest, I hereby lodge an official ruption and abuse of office said sist with evidence during the fo- Mliswa, who has in the past
NORTON independent Member request for a widescale forensic to have been perpetrated by Com- rensic audit.
of Parliament Temba Mliswa has audit to be conducted at the Zim- missioner-General G.T. Matan- been accused by opponents like
escalated his fight against police babwe Republic Police (ZRP) for ga in cahoots with other senior “My assertions are not un- business tycoons Billy Rauten-
chief Godwin Matanga by writing the period 2017 to present day,” officers. Some of the matters are founded, and I am willing and bach and Paul Westwood of cor-
to the Auditor-General requesting wrote Mliswa in a letter dated 5 as listed, but not limited to, the able to assist with any evidence rupt practices, last month wrote
an urgent forensic audit of the law November. official report I made to the Zim- and leads as and when they may be to Zacc chairperson demanding
enforcement agency’s financial af- babwe Anti-Corruption Commis- requested,” the letter further says. a probe into what he described
fairs, The NewsHawks have estab- “This request for investigation sion of which you are in copy and as grand corruption by the police
lished. is premised on the overwhelming had said correspondence delivered Efforts to get a comment from boss.
evidence as received both orally to you.” Chiri were in vain as her phone
Mliswa, a self-styled corrup- and in writing of numerous al- was unreachable. A text message The outspoken legislator re-
tion buster, last month wrote to sent to her was not responded to cently accused President Emmer-
the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption son Mnangagwa’s twin sons Col-
Commission (Zacc) demanding Mliswa controversies lins and Shaun — whose mother
the anti-graft body investigate This, Mliswa seemed to suggest In the audio, the outspoken Nor- is first lady Auxillia — of corrupt
Matanga on a series of allegations, Tagwirei, Chasi feud in the audio, had angered some ton independent legislator warns practices.
including flouting tender pro- In August, a leaked telephone Zanu PF bigwigs including acting the Mnangagwa boys that power
cedures through the purchase of conversation between Mliswa and spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa is temporary, adding that their “Sometime in December 2019,
luxury cars for senior officers. controversial tycoon Kuda Tagwirei who, they argued, was qualified irresponsible behavior risks even CG Matanga, in the company of
went viral on the social media. In to be Energy Minister. “Sekuru endangering the lives of the First his chief staff officer, transport and
“My assertions are the audio, Mliswa describes Mnan- vako vangaisa Soda. Why does he Family. Mliswa also chronicles the logistics, commissioner Hlabiso, is
gagwa as weak and unstrategic in appoint people he doesn’t know?” long-standing relationship between alleged to have paid a visit to Cro-
not unfounded, and his government appointments. In to which Tagwirei responded: “I his late father and Mnangagwa, co Motors with the intent to pur-
I am willing and able the 26 minute audio, the Sakun- was even asking him yesterday to warning Sean and Collins that they chase eighty (80) operations vehi-
da Holdings proprietor seems to say who is this Soda guy?” Added cannot come between him and cles without following due tender
to assist with any suggest that he influenced most Mliswa: “Where does he know him Mnangagwa. The audio ends with process and procedure,” Mliswa
evidence and leads as key government appointments by (Soda) from? That is not true. “The Mliswa warning the Mnangagwas wrote in a letter dated 22 October.
and when they may Mnangagwa since he came into issue is, this is different from (the that if anything happens to him,
power in November 2017. The late former President Robert) Mug- they together with Nguwaya would “In his personal capacity, CG
be requested” criticism by the two came after abe, Mugabe appointed people he be responsible. Matanga is then alleged to have
Mnangagwa appointment of Anx- knew.” Lays into Nguwaya instructed Croco Motors to clear
According to a letter seen by ious Masuka as Agriculture minis- Slams Mnangagwa’s sons The razor-tongued legislator, later the eighty (80) vehicles on cus-
The NewsHawks, Mliswa wants ter, taking over from the late Per- Barely a month later, Mliswa was in the same month, tore into Ngu- toms clearance certificates under
Auditor-General Mildred Chiri rance Shiri as well as Muzarabani at it again as he slammed Mnan- waya, accusing him of visiting a the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
to go through the police financial MP Soda Zhemu’s appointment as gagwa’s sons, Collins and Sean, in land baron in prison and demand- Matanga is further alleged to have
books to ascertain whether or not Energy minister, replacing Fortune yet another leaked audio, for their ing four stands as bribery while instructed Croco Motors to brand
there have been irregular transac- Chasi. Chasi was fired by Mnan- alleged involvement in corruption. also abusing President Emmerson the aforementioned vehicles in the
tions. gagwa for yet unknown reasons, He also accused the twin brothers Mnangagwa’s name. Nguwaya has police colours ready for collec-
but Chief Secretary in the Office of of trying to get him arrested for earlier hit the headlines after being tion.”
“In my mandated role of legisla- the President and Cabinet Misheck exposing their corrupt deals with implicated in a corruption scan-
tion, representation and oversight Sibanda said, “his conduct of gov- Delish Nguwaya whom he accuses dal involving the procurement of Mliswa also accuses the police
ernment business had become of being a G40 double agent. Covid-19 essentials. The scandal chief of engaging in “unsavoury
TEMBA Mliswa is a colourful incompatible with the President’s “You have (working with Del- resulted in the dismissal of then and criminal alliance” with offi-
character who has never shied away expectations”. ish) approached Matanga (police Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo. cials from the Special Anti-Cor-
from controversy or backed down In the audio, the two showed they Commissioner-General) to have Mliswa claimed he had since pe- ruption Unit and controversial
from a fight. Below are some of his had close contact with Mnangagwa me arrested for exposing your cor- titioned relevant authorities about businessman Delish Nguwaya.
recent clashes and controversies; and shared political and economic ruption and close uncompromising the matter. Nguwaya has denied the claims.
Westwood case strategies with him. They accused relationship and deals with Delish,” “I have exposed Nguwaya’s ne-
In June, Mliswa had nasty exchang- the Zanu PF leader of appointing Mliswa can be heard saying. farious visit to prison as a com- plainant to see an accused, Felix
es with the late former president “nonentities” in government. Munyaradzi, in the absence of the
Robert Mugabe’s son Chatunga on investigating officer for the pur-
Twitter after he demanded that the poses of bribery. He clandestinely
Mugabe family relinquish some of demanded four residential stands
the farms it seized during the cha- from Munyaradzi, slyly using the
otic land reform programme. In re- name of the First Family,” he said.
sponse, Chatunga accused Mliswa And then only last month, he came
of stealing properties from a can- to the defence of Mnangagwa, who
cer-fighting British investor Paul is under fire for failing to deal with
Westwood, who has made claims his corrupt cronies.
that his companies were grabbed At a media briefing, Mliswa said
by Mliswa in 2009. the “people’s president” remained
Westwood approached the courts clean even after being photo-
seeking US$1.4 million compen- graphed with individuals impli-
sation. cated in massive graft. Mliswa said
Chatunga replied, “Wakadzosera Mnangagwa was totally in the dark
zvinhu zvaPaul Westwood here on how his friends and colleagues
iwe? (Did you return Paul West- were stripping the country of its re-
wood’s properties?)” sources and abusing public office to
Westwood’s allegedly seized com- enrich themselves.
panies included Noshio Motors Attacks July Moyo
and Benbar and occurred at a time Mliswa also savaged Local Govern-
Mliswa was still a member of the ment Minister July Moyo, labeling
ruling Zanu PF and its provin- him as the worst member of Mnan-
cial chairperson for Mashonaland gagwa’s Cabinet and accusing him
West. But Mliswa, who has sever- of protecting controversial busi-
al times brought up the Mugabe nessman Billy Rautenbach in his
multiple farm ownership issue to bid to evict families and cause social
parliament, warned Chatunga his unrest in Aspindale, Harare.
family’s survival was now based on “July Moyo, you are the worst Lo-
Mnangagwa’s generosity. cal Government minister, Chombo
was better. You are totally useless.
You lost your parliamentary seat,
you are only there at the mercy
of the President but you are de-
stroying the President every day,”
Mliswa said.

NewsHawks Editorial & Opinion Page 9

Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020 CARTOON

Blueprints without solid
leadership waste of time

CABINET this week approved a new economic blueprint, Ginimbi, supercars and champagne lifestyles
the National Development Strategy (NDS)(One), which will
run from 2021 to 2025. THOSE close to the late socialite and I either have enough means to buy what they always controversial. In discussing and de-
daresay entrepreneur Genius Kadungure – want ahead or had houses in different plac- bating it, a clash between freedom, personal
The document, outlining 14 priority areas ranging from popularly known as Ginimbi – say he was a es. He claimed he carried a small bag full choices in life and societal expectations –
economic stabilisation to international re-engagement, is nice, easy-going and animated guy, at once of cash between Johannesburg, Harare and including morality – quickly emerges.
scheduled to be officially launched by President Emmerson controversial and dodgy. Gaborone because he had houses there with
Mnangagwa on Monday. everything he needed – designer clothes, People would say let him enjoy his mon-
Ginimbi died last Sunday in a horrific shoes, jewellery, and supercars. ey he worked for it. Others would argue
NDS 1 is the first of two five-year medium-term plans Rolls-Royce Wraith car crash, together with that such sort of lifestyle can’t make him
meant to attain the lofty targets of Vision 2030. three friends. The accident was the talk of That was the subject of one of our con- a role model in society; it teaches kids to
the town the whole week. Social media think wheeling and dealing is better than
It is commendable that the government has finalised the was abuzz with it. The story was also car- Hawk Eye hard work. It also makes people think liv-
NDS document. Hopefully, this will help bring clarity to ried in South Africa and Britain. ing a champagne lifestyle means someone
the tough task of turning around the economic fortunes Dumisani is happy.
of the country. However, we must remember that there is Even BBC News Pidgin carried it. The Muleya
no shortage economic blueprints in Zimbabwe —what the intro was: “Ginimbi na popular Zimba- People forget after champagne showers,
country needs is the political will and the leadership to tran- bwean socialite and millionaire until I’m versations one day in a Gautrain trip from boozing and debauchery, there is reality
scend vacuous rhetoric and embrace pragmatic statecraft. death for road accident”. Sandton to OR Tambo to catch a flight to out there that will humble you.
Harare from Johannesburg. I always joked
For a long time now, the officials at the helm have dis- When I first read this Nigerian version that if you work and waited for 30 days for a Ginimbi lived a champagne lifestyle –
played a stubborn refusal to come to terms with the facts. of the story, I thought someone was try- salary like some of us there was no room for literally. He loved finer things in life. Even
ing to be funny till I realised it was from that debauchery in the name of happiness. Hollywood celebs would envy him. For
One of the falsehoods peddled by authorities is that the BBC Pidgin. You wouldn’t spend hard-earned money who wouldn’t want to have mansions, su-
economy has stabilised and therefore people quietly endure like confetti at a wedding. He would he say percars, expensive jewellery and designer
hardships. This is disingenuous. I never knew Ginimbi that much per- he was no longer interested “in the poverty clothes; popping champagne every week-
sonally, although we talked occasionally and model” of waiting for 30 days to be paid. end? A harem of beautiful women? Other
The realities on the ground point to an economy that pla- had drinks from time to time, especially in people would love that, but not everyone.
teaued in crisis and will remain like that for sometime. It Johannesburg, South Africa, particularly at But then again, like everybody else, what
tanked and it will be difficult to rescue under this scandal- Rockets in Bryanston and other clubs in I quickly came to realise and watch from Yet the dictum that money can’t buy
ously corrupt and incompetent leadership. Sandton like Taboo and Meat Lounge in a distance, was his conspicuous consump- happiness is true.
Sunninghill. tion. I’m a not a big fan of that sort of life-
Chronic high inflation has eroded salaries, decimating style. Admittedly I sometimes hang around Besides happiness, there are other things
livelihoods and plunging an ever-increasing number of peo- On the occasions when we spoke over with those kind of characters. I fit in every in life money can’t buy: love, true friends
ple into untold hunger, poverty and despair. It is unbeliev- the phone, drinks and other places he was social setting; from Gomora to Sandton. and integrity.
able to say the situation was far better before the coup under always a cool and humble guy. Of course, I’m cool with it.
Robert Mugabe, yet it is true. as Ronaldo would say, subtly referring to Conspicuous consumption has always
Messi, sometimes too much humility bor- The issue of conspicuous consumption is been there in society since time immemori-
Even the few workers who are still holding down jobs in ders on vanity. al. So whether Ginimbi set a good or wrong
this economy are finding it extremely difficult to. precedent will always be debated.
We had a mutually respectful relation-
In that connection, it speaks volumes of the government’s ship. He would joke whenever we met at It is not for us to judge, we all have
bad faith when teachers are offered an ZW$18 000 monthly airports that it was obvious I didn’t have choices in life. He chose his lifestyle, let’s
salary — which is way below the poverty datum line. money as I was always carrying travel bags. live ours without succumbing to the excess-
He claimed people with money like him es of self-destructive conspicuous consump-
Which takes us to the currency issue. Civil servants are carried small bags (full of money, of course) tion, an ostentatious display of wealth for
demanding US dollar-denominated salaries. The authorities and a beautiful woman by the side, as they social status or prestige – which sometimes
appear to be in denial on the currency issue. But they use simply boils down to vanity after all.
hard currency for their owns needs daily.

In public, they valiantly seek to portray a tenacious com-
mitment to continue with the Zimbabwean dollar, yet their
actions do not inspire much confidence.

For instance, since a lot of the taxes are now being collect-
ed in US dollars, what currency will Treasury base the 2021
national budget on? When the taxman is now demanding
dues in forex, what message does that send to the market
about the government’s confidence in its own currency?

There are two fundamental issues at the heart of Zimba-
bwe’s multi-faceted crisis: a political problem arising from
a legitimacy conundrum, and deep-seated structural weak-
nesses caused by low economic production.

The perception has given rise to a toxic country brand.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot wish away this re-
ality. As long as his government fails to implement genuine
reform — including the respect for human rights — Zimba-
bwe’s international standing will remain in tatters.

This is not the only impediment. Economist Gift Mugano
has correctly noted that the country is spending US$2.5 bil-
lion annually on goods that can be produced locally. These
products range from foodstuffs to toothpicks and every-
thing in between.

The government really has no excuse for continuing to
spend scarce forex on grain imports, yet huge sums of tax-
payer dollars are being pumped into the agricultural sector
every year under the corrupt command agriculture with no
tangible return for the taxpayer.

An economic blueprint can be couched in the most im-
pressive phraseology under the sun, but without politically
will, and if the leadership and governance are dysfunctional,
not much can be achieved.

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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

2021 agric prospects — critical issues

Brett
Chulu

THE rain-fed summer cropping Small-scale or micro-scale in terms of farming should not be viewed as a structural challenge—countries as the Netherlands and Israel thrive on small pieces of land
season is upon us—and its pros-
pects have a strong bearing on This is the baseline, the current In terms of dairy, output of 97 He was able to invest heavily We need to accept that the
the performance of our economy reality. million litres is expected in 2021 in his farm because he his farm structure of farming has changed.
in 2021 and beyond. from 92 million litres in 2020. is backed by a secure tenure. The bias towards mechanising
It would seem Treasury’s This still falls far short of the na- All he now needs is to employ a and modernising A2 farming
There are a number of salient assumptions being built into tional annual requirement of 120 qualified farm manager to enable needs to cured; it is non-A2
issues that need to be surfaced the 2021 national budget and million litres. Beef production the farm optimise the resources farming that needs mecha-
and addressed insofar as the possibly into the National De- is expected to be 55 000 tonnes, in order to ensure top output nisation and modernisation.
permutations of a successful velopment Strategy One (NDS 1 falling from 57 300 tonnes in numbers are reached. Small-holding does not mean low
contribution of agriculture to 2021-2025) have placed a dispro- 2020. productivity.
sustainable economic growth portionate emphasis on large- In this story lies the basic in-
are concerned. To crystalise the scale and medium-scale farmers. Clearly, these projected gredients for a succesful agricul- In terms of property rights, a
matters, the agriculture challenge This is evidenced by Treasury outputs seem to point to a view ture strategy tailored for Zimba- policy shift is needed by allowing,
needs to be contextually framed. framing the Presidential Climate within certain sections of govern- bwe’s current structural settings. say, 20% of allocated farms to
Smart Agriculture Scheme as a ment that structural constraints be leased under a management
The first context is agricultur- social safety net intervention. impeding agriculture will not Balkanisation of landholdings rights system similar to the one
al growth. In terms of growth, change radically. is now an undeniable reality. used in China. These manage-
agriculture (including forestry) In sympathy with this framing, Efforts at revamping agriculture ment rights are marketable and
plunged by 17,8% in 2019 and Treasury was explicit in that it This possibly emanates from should focus on raising produc- transferrable. We are still strug-
it is estimated that, this year, tempered down the agriculture the fact that our agriculture is tivity in small holdings—the gling as a country to make 99-
agriculture growth will plunge growth target for 2021—well dominated by small-scale and Neherlands and Israel are a year leases bankable. Alternative
by 0,2% (this is a conservative below the one put forward by the micro-scale farmers facing sever- benchmark. land rights systems are necessary.
estimate by Treasury). agriculture ministry. al constraints.
Precision irrigation, mecha- In addition to structural issues,
In terms of productivity, maize Even with Treasury taking Being small-scale or mi- nisation, risk management and there are short-term risks that
output rates are indicative; in a lower target, agriculture, at a cro-scale in terms of farming professionalisation of production are likely to pan out into an
2019 maize output was 0,5 tonnes projected growth of 11,3%, is should not be viewed as a struc- of small holdings is unavoidable. agriculture risk event. There is
per hectare (ha) and in 2020 it is expected to grow higher than any tural challenge—countries as a climatic risk attendant in the
0,6 tonnes per ha. economic sector, with mining the Netherlands and Israel thrive To unlock funding for projected La Nina event - risk
tailing at 11%. Maize output is on small pieces of land. High small-holder farmers in the of flooding and excess rainfall
These are extremely low pro- expected to grow to 1,4 million productivity from small farms is absence of traditional collateral, lowering productivity through
ductivity rates. We halved our tonnes in 2021 from 907 000 a function of science, technology alternative security is needed; impairing production, destroy-
already precariously low maize tonnes in 2020. and affordable funding. I visited negotiable warehouse receipts are ing crops, post-harvest losses
productivity. a farm in the central parts of the necessary. and spawning crop and animal
This indicates that a deficit of country last weekend. diseases are risk events that must
The best we have done in 600 000-700 000 tonnes is ex- This calls for a structural shift be planned for to aid mitigation.
recent years is 0,9 tonnes per pected in 2021, meaning imports It is a three-hectare titled in the marketing of agricultur- Climate smart agriculture should
ha—an extremely low output rate will be needed but at about half property sub-divided from a big al produce in Zimbabwe. Our not be one-side, trying to address
all the same. the current import rates. In terms farm. marketing should pivot towards drought - excess water must be
of soyabean, output is expected warehouse receipting, away from compensated for in our national
Countries such as Zambia are to rise 80 000 tonnes in 2021 All the three hectares are un- a centralised marketing system. food security planning.
producing at a rate of 2,5 tonnes from 47 000 tonnes in 2020. der intensive cropping. The own- A commodity exchange would
per ha. We have been spending er works for a top Zimbabwean be a logical addition to a mod- Structural issues need to be
close to US$40 million a month Our annual soybean require- company that pays well. ernised marketing system. In addressed - our 2021 agricultural
on maize imports. ment is in excess of 220 000 my estimation, the new reality is cycle will largely reflect an output
tonnes, meaning a deficit in ex- The farmer funded the devel- that even if A2 farmers were to constrained by these structural
The second context is the ob- cess of 140 000 tonnes is expected opment (irrigation, power, sheds, get secure tenure, the impact of settings.
taining structure of agricultural in 2021, making huge imports of fencing, mechanisation) of his non-A2 farming is going to be an
participation. this oil-seed to continue in 2020. farm from scratch using his own enduring reality.
resources.
Agriculture has undergone
heavy balkanisation. In terms of
production, it is dominated by
small and micro-scale farmers.

This is the default setting of
our farming sector. Let us take
tobacco farming as an example.

In 1999, on the eve of the fast-
track land reform programme,
the national average tobacco
cropping rate was 10,5 ha per
grower. Currently, the tobac-
co cropping rate is 0,5 ha per
grower.

It is a fact that 90% of active
crop production is done by
non-A2 farmers and 95% of our
national herd is in the hands of
non-A2 producers.

The A2 farmers are our medi-
um-scale to large-scale farmers.

It is an established fact that 70-
75% of our maize output, even at
the height of Command Agricul-
ture, came from non-A2 farmers.

Business

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Ncube reads Riot Act to auditors

BERNARD MPOFU

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncu-
be has read the Riot Act to public
accountants and auditors accusing
them of whitewashing and rub-
berstamping underhand foreign
exchange deals carried out by both
state-owned and private companies
they should exercise oversight on,
The NewsHawks can report.

Ncube last month
wrote to the Secretary
of Public Accountants
and Auditors Board
raising concern over
inadequate regulato-

ry oversight by the
board over public and
non-public entities.

Treasury, Reserve Bank of Zim- tion legislation amongst other re- auditing professionals.” Deputy Finance minister Clem- Mthuli Ncube
babwe and its Financial Intelli- lated compliance matters. On 309 October, Ndurunduru ence Chiduwa, Misheck Sibanda, parallel market transactions that
gence Unit have over the past few Chief Secretary to the President were carried out on mobile money
months tightened screws on indi- “This happening with either the responded to Ncube requesting for and Cabinet, George Guvamatan- platforms.
viduals and companies accused of active condonation or implicit ap- an interview with the minister. ga, Secretary for Finance and Brian
manipulating the foreign exchange proval of members of the account- Njikizana, PAAB chair. Several months later the apex
market seeking arbitrage opportu- ing and auditing professionals “In this light, the PAAB leader- bank capped daily limits on mobile
nities. which includes member profes- ship kindly requests for a meeting “The PAAB leadership is avail- platforms such as EcoCash to tame
sional accounting bodies, who are with you to discuss these important able to meet with you at your ear- the informal foreign exchange
Ncube last month wrote to Ad- superintended over by your board. matters. The PAAB is committed liest convenience. The leadership’s transactions which had piled pres-
mire Ndurunduru, Secretary of the to protecting public interest and availability also includes after sure on the domestic currency.
Public Accountants and Auditors “In view of the foregoing, Trea- maintaining high standards of pro- hours should an opportunity avail-
Board (PAAB), raising concern sury is of the view that your board fessional performance and ethical able itself then.” Treasury also suspended trading
over inadequate regulatory over- has a professional and moral duty conduct by registered members of on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
sight by the board over public and to ensure the maintenance of high the accounting profession and ac- In January, the central bank and froze fungibility of stocks
non-public entities. standards of professional perfor- knowledges the gravity of the mat- froze accounts of several compa- among other measures to defend
mance and ethical conduct by ters raised,” Ndurunduru wrote nies after the FIU revealed that the value of the Zimbabwe dollar
The Finance minister said the members of the accountancy and in a letter that was copied to the some companies were engaged in which has relatively stabilised over
conduct of some chief executives, the past few months.
chief financial officers and chief
operating officers was in violation
of the Public Accountants and Au-
ditors Act.

“It has been observed that many
companies including some named
government related entities and
parastatals are openly engaging in
parallel market activities, violating
exchange control regulations and
on occasion; disregarding tax laws,
amongst a number of related com-
pliance matters,” wrote Ncube in a
letter dated 22 October.

“Some listed corporations have
been cited for poor disclosure of
financial information, disregard of
competition and consumer protec-

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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

Public debt
crowds out
private sector

MERLIN GARWE to various challenges including legal tender, although the econo- local market, they do not partic- financial outflows lead to depreci-
ease of doing business issues, high my is fast dollarising. ipate,” she said. ation of the local currency, which
PUBLIC debt is crowding out country and political risk as well makes importation of capital and
the private sector from the cred- as currency troubles. Companies were left with huge “Foreign insurers are not pre- inputs expensive, especially in
it market at a time local firms are debts, which the central bank pared to cover debt to Zimbabwe, a country like Zimbabwe where
suffering the effects of legacy debt. “Debt also crowds out public promised to take over to ease the making it difficult to get suppli- companies have high exposure to
investment (on roads, electricity burden of foreign on the affected er credit — everything becomes imported raw materials.
Confederation of Zimbabwe etc) as government spends more companies. cash based. High risk perception
Industries chief economist Tafad- of the budget on interest pay- results in outflow of portfolio While depreciation of local
zwa Bandama said the debt was ments,” she said. Bandama said high country risk investments — which leads to currency should make exports
driving out private investment. increases costs of procurement of shortage of foreign currency for cheaper, Bandama said produc-
“Public sector can borrow by raw material supplies and equip- importation of capital and pro- tion constraints may make it dif-
Zimbabwe is saddled with an securitising state resources even ment, while interest payments duction inputs.” ficult to increase output to meet
US$18.9 billion pubic debt and is if there is high country risk. Gov- could be higher due to high risk. export demand.
in the midst of an economic im- ernment can always borrow local- In a free-floating exchange rate,
plosion. ly through short-term high-inter- “Funders stay away from the
est debt, which private businesses
The crowding out effect sug- cannot afford.
gests rising public sector spend-
ing drives down private sector “Local firms are suffering the
spending. effects of legacy debt that was in-
curred when the country was op-
There are three main reasons erating an exchange rate regime of
for the crowding out effect to take 1:1 to the US dollar.”
place which are economics, social
welfare, and infrastructure. Bandama said after the ex-
change rate had depreciated, the
By contrast crowding in sug- costs of servicing the debt in-
gests government borrowing creased, although the authorities
can actually increase demand by have promised to extinguish the
generating employment, thereby debt at 1:1 between the Zimba-
stimulating private spending. bwean dollar and United States
dollar.
Bandama said this also raise in-
terest rates, elbowing out private Last year, the country dumped
investments. the multi-currency regime, de-
claring the Zimdollar as the sole
Foreign investors have been
shunning Zimbabwe markets due

Tobacco buyer suspended for failing to pay farmers

DUMISANI NYONI resist, but it’s like our pleas are fall- “So without a licence, legally listen to their queries and attend to ting and desperate farmers. And this
ing on deaf ears,” an affected farmer Pamuka shouldn’t operate, but as them, and as who? Are these farmers will be done by a company operat-
THE Tobacco Industry and Mar- said. we speak they are offloading farmers not at risk of having done to them ing outside the legal framework of
keting Board (TIMB) has suspend- to licensed contractors and will ob- what happened with other farmers, TIMB licensing.”
ed the operating licence of Pamuka Another farmer said Pamuka re- viously get paid a commission. One who haven’t been paid their money?
Leaf (Pvt) Ltd following the com- fused to give her a de-contract letter wonders if they will pay taxes and Contacted for comment, Mat-
pany’s failure to pay farmers for to- so that she could be given inputs by commissions, considering that they “The rot stinks I tell you. Some- ibiri said: “We are aware of that
bacco deliveries made between May Hunyaradzo Farming, a contractor are an unlicensed and unrecognised one needs to protect these farmers. because those were some of the ar-
and July. of her choice. entity,” the source said. rangements that we made so that
“Pamuka, obviously not having the farmers would not be preju-
Pumuka, an off-taker of Masho- A source close to the develop- “Who will provide extension a licence, will do anything to put diced.
naland Tobacco Company (MTC), ments said the TIMB and Pamuka services to these farmers? Who will some money in their pockets, but
failed to pay farmers, who delivered were fooling farmers. it will be at the expense of unwit- “They have got a choice because
the golden leaf between May and this is the main contractor, the main
July worth US$26 793 in addition off-taker, because it’s tobacco that
to ZW$678 204. was contracted by Pamuka bought
by another company.
TIMB chief executive Andrew
Matibiri confirmed the develop- “So the main company (MTC)
ment to The NewsHawks. gave the farmers the option of being
transferred to another company un-
“I can confirm that their oper- der their wing. But if they don’t like,
ations and licence have been sus- the farmers are quite free to decline
pended on account of that (failing the offer.”
to pay farmers). They failed to pay
farmers that sold tobacco to them,” Efforts to get a comment from
he said. Pamuka were fruitless.

Farmers, who spoke to this pub- Tobacco is one of the biggest for-
lication, however, said following its eign currency earners in the coun-
suspension, Pamuka was now off- try, with data from the TIMB show-
loading them to another company ing that 180.8 million kilogrammes
called Agritrade without their con- valued at US$452.3 million were
sent. delivered to the country’s contract
and auction floors this year.
“It’s criminal that Pamuka is
simply transferring us to Agritrade During the same period last year,
without our approval. We tried to 240 million kgs valued at US$479
million were delivered.

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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

Gweru city
council loses
US$10m in
dodgy deals

STEPHEN CHADENGA Angel Nyoni and five other mem- The unprocedural allocations also stand and not a church one.” NewsHawks that the Local Govern-
bers showed that, during the period, occurred at heavy industrial sites The comprehensive investigation ment ministry submitted the report
GWERU City Council lost more council created over 7 206 stands such as Zambezi and Halifax while to council this year and that disci-
than US$10 million in land deals for disposal with a portion of the some stands were parcelled out un- also pointed to conflict of interest plinary action has since been insti-
that were done unprocedurally over land sales not accounted for. lawfully along Bulawayo Road ser- among council employees when tuted against officials implicated in
the past decade with serious irreg- vitude near the flyover. they were contracted by land devel- the audit.
ularities. The revelations come at a The review established that 7 048 opers in sewerage, water reticulation
time the local authority, which is stands were received for disposal The dossier also reveals that five system and building plan approvals. He said although the report
struggling to provide adequate ser- by council with a difference of 158 institutional stands (9110, 9108, mainly touched on the period pre-
vices to residents due to financial stands remaining unexplained. 9109, 9241 and 9108E) were un- One notable example was an en- sided over by his predecessors, his
constraints. A 2019 forensic audit procedurally developed on an open gineer, T Kunaka, who was allegedly administration will leave no “stone
report by the government revealed From 2009 to 2019, space with an unapproved layout contracted by Tinshel Properties to unturned in bringing the culprits to
that for more than 10 years, council Gweru disposed of plan. do sewerage and engineering de- book.”
has been disposing of land without residential, commer- signs for Vlei D stands at a cost of
following due process. The Mid- cial, institutional and “Mr Oniastias Mabgwe pur- US$4 700 in 2015. “We have since suspended em-
lands provincial capital is yet to ful- industrial stands with chased an institutional stand ployees implicated in the audit
ly automate operations in its key de- an estimated value of (9108E) measuring 1 200 square “He (Kunaka) did designs and to institute disciplinary measures
partments and is unable to account metres in Mambo as per advert of implementation of water and sewer against them,” he said.
for vast tracts of land. US$21 million 31 July-August 2009 for $2 400,” for subdivision of GSH 34B at a to-
the document says. tal contract price of US$13 540 on Asked to comment on allega-
From 2009 to 2019, Gweru dis- Stands were created through 8 October 2013,” the report reads. tions the local authority was not
posed of residential, commercial, unprocedural allocation on open “This institutional stand was not availing the report to residents, the
institutional and industrial stands spaces, recreational sites and golf categorised with the agreement of There are also numerous other city boss said council had nothing
with an estimated value of US$21 courses, among other undesignated sale indicating that the stand was a examples of workers’ irregular deal- to hide and members of the public
million, but earned half of that places. church stand. The purchaser is now ings with land developers as well as interested in the document should
money because of dodgy deals. disputing that he applied for a clinic unusual disposal of land. approach the council offices.
“Fifteen commercial stands were
“The expected value of all the created on the Gymkhana (Gwe- Mayor Josiah Makombe told The
stands disposed during the period ru sports ground) recreational site
from 2009 to date of audit (2019) without following change of reser-
was over US$21 889 823,” the re- vation procedures depriving resi-
port says. dents of recreational facilities,” the
report says.
“To date the city council had
realised over US$11 811 848 for According to the audit, the
the stands disposed and had an stands were title surveyed without
outstanding land said balance of approved layout plans. An exam-
around $10 077 974 due and pay- ple cited is the allocation of three
able by the beneficiaries.. The use of stands, numbered 9 290 to 9 292,
a manual record system, which was measuring 2 500 square metres, 5
not in order and the Promun sys- 000 and 4 000 square metres re-
tem was not reliable as stands sold spectively, which were unprocedur-
on cash basis were not captured in ally created on an open space with-
the system.” out change of reservation approval.

The audit conducted from March
to May 2019 by a team of Local
Government chief internal auditor

Mining licence delays hit gold deliveries

MERLIN GARWE lion a month due to smuggling. licences. Since they are not regis- process,” he said help to create a mining cadestre
Miners blame payment delays tered, illegal gold dealers are un- The mining sector is reeling un- system. Our members are profes-
DELAYS in the issuing of mining able to sell their produce to Fidel- sionals, who are qualified to help
certificates is breeding corruption, and several taxes paid in the pro- ity Printers. der the impact of delays in the pro- set up of a digital mining cadestre.
fuelling smuggling and contribut- cess for these problems. cessing of mining certificates, ver- We also want to be engaged in the
ing to low gold deliveries at Fideli- “There are certain situations ification of applications, ground Mines and Minerals Amendment
ty Printers and Refiners, The News- However, Zimbabwe Prospec- that breed corruption. If those inspection and settlement of dis- Bill. That can also be a solution to
Hawks has heard. tors Association (ZPA) president that want to get mining certifi- putes, over and above economic the nature of maps that are caus-
Samson Dzingwe said bureaucrat- cates spend months and months problems. The lack of a mining ing disputes and are taking a lot
Zimbabwe’s gold deliveries in ic bottlenecks in the issuance of and years making follow-ups be- cadastre system has also contribut- of productive time. We cannot say
September plunged by 73% to licences, which he indicated can fore they can be issued with min- ed to problems in the mining in- we want to attain a US$12 billion
close at 1,36 tonnes from 2,8 take up to two years, have also ing licences, that on its own is a dustry. A cadastre system enhances mining industry without attend-
tonnes last year owing to rampant contributed to lower deliveries and breeding ground for corruption. the administration of mining title. ing to these issues. We will be ac-
smuggling by small-scale miners. smuggling. Those prospective miners are likely tually planning to fail and lying to
to be tempted to get into corrup- “On the issue of the nature of ourselves,” he said.
Authorities says Zimbabwe is Dzingwe said the delays push tion and so that they speed up the the maps, we are just asking the
losing gold worth UD$100 mil- prospective operators into illegal Ministry of Mines to engage us to
mining, while they wait for their

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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

CORRESPONDENT Karoi corruption exposed after Zinwa
main water pipe bursts under lodge
KAROI – A ZIMBABWE Nation-
al Water Authority (Zinwa) main to foot the bill to repair the burst saying council should pay for the Karoi town secretary, Wellington Mutikani cation that has affected residents
water pipe burst underneath a lo- pipes. Council must foot the bills repairs. due to incompetence and personal
cal lodge last week, which deprived to repair the affected water pipes before any property is built or re- greed. The Champion Lodge as a
the farming town of water services as it has occurred on several occa- Tayipa is acting Makonde Rural vise the building lines so that they private property should have been
for three days, has exposed poten- sions from different areas including District Council chief executive. don’t interfere with other services,” stopped earlier to avert such a mis-
tial corruption in the allocation of the latest challenge that was at our he said. guided approach that is now affect-
stands. premises,” Kanyurira said. “Unfortunately, I am not privy ing residents on water distribution.
to how the building was developed, However, Karoi Residents Trust Water is a basic human right that
Areas and institutions which Zinwa workers had to dig one of but property owners should have director Travor Chiwanga accused must be availed to every citizen,”
went without water between 23 the rooms to repair the pipe. respected other service providers council of poor planning. Chiwanga said.
October and 26 October in- including water, sewer, telephone
clude the central business district, Karoi town council planner or electricity lines that must not “As Karest, we call upon council Frecky Kuchekwa, chairperson
low-density suburbs of Westview, Tarwireyi Tayipa, who participat- be tampered with when developing to respect residents, who pay rates of Karoi Residents and Ratepay-
Jubilee, Crescent Lane, Lakeview, ed in the area planning, distanced any property. Technically, council for better service delivery. Council ers Association, criticised the local
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correction- himself from any “abuse of office”, should have taken remedial action must investigate the rot that has authority for failing to liase with
al Services and Karoi Hospital. exposed how top management was relevant service providers when al-
implicated over shoddy land allo- locating stands.
A commission of inquiry, which
will include council and Zinwa of- Zinwa resident engineer Com-
ficials, is being instituted to look mence Chivanga said preliminary
into the allocation of stands as it investigations had revealed that
has emerged that some of them several houses were built on top of
were corruptly allocated, resulting water pipes.
in buildings being constructed on
wetlands and on top of water pipes “Our initial investigations have
at the town situated about 204 kilo- revealed that there are more than
metres north-west of Harare. 10 properties in Chikangwe (sub-
urb) that are on top of both water
Town secretary Wellington Mu- and sewer pipes,” Chivanga said.
tikani is a director of Champion
Lodge which is at the centre of con- The NewsHawks understands
troversy. The stand was allocated in many properties were built on
2010 when Mutikani was council’s top of sewer and water lines since
finance director. He was elevated to 2008 when council embarked on
his current position in 2017. so-called “in-fill housing projects”,
which resulted in stands being allo-
Mutikani confirmed the layout cated on spaces initially meant for
of the lodge did not take into ac- vacant land and wetlands.
count subsoil infrastructure, but
declined to answer questions relat- Some of the stands were allo-
ing to the lodge, saying he was “just cated near Karoi Dam, resulting
a director”. This confirms a poten- in siltation. Among the properties
tial conflict of interest on his part. built on a sewer line is one belong-
ing to a former councillor David
Mutikani said: “Champion Mutambirwa.
Lodge is a registered private com-
pany where I am one of the direc- “I applied for the in-fill stand
tors. I understand the town planner that I was allocated as anyone else.
didn’t capture underground infra- I had to build my property on the
structure when he laid out the plan Zinwa main pipe that affects my
that was approved by council.” house veranda as it sits on top of
the pipe.
As the council accounting offi-
cer, Mutikani said he was still yet “There was an agreement by
to receive the bill of quantities for council to divert the pipe a long
materials used to repair the burst time ago. In simple terms, council
pipe on council’s bill. will be held accountable if anything
happens as they agreed to divert the
Mutikani’s wife, Kerenia pipe after allocating me the stand.
Kanyurira, who is Champion It was never abuse of office on my
Lodge managing director, said the part as everything was done above
allocation of the residential stand board,” Mutambirwa said.
and construction of the lodge were
above board, brushing aside con-
flict of interest.

“The property was approved after
going through all stages and as ben-
eficiaries we can’t be held to ransom

Influx of substandard goods poses health risk

BERNARD MPOFU According to the Auditor-Gener- into the country related to issues The Consignment Based Conformi- further noted, were not mandatory
al’s report titled Monitoring of the of inadequate implementation of ty Assessment (CBCA) programme except for the standards relating to
Nearly 90% of imported goods in Quality of Goods Being Imported programmes, lack of reviews for did not have critical provisions that the items on the CBCA programme.
Zimbabwe are not being checked for Into the Country by the Ministry of Consignment Based Conformity could help in combating influx of In trying to deal with the identified
quality as the influx of substandard Industry and Commerce which has Assessment programme, inadequate substandard goods. gap the ministry initiated a process
goods poses a huge public health risk been presented to Parliament, lo- capacitation of staff by BV, inade- for the enactment of Zimbabwe
to Zimbabweans while prejudicing cal companies have been reportedly quate monitoring of goods in transit, “For instance, the program did not Compulsory Specifications Bill to
the treasury millions in potential rev- losing millions of dollars due to un- absence of destination inspection, cover inspection and market surveil- provide for the establishment of the
enue, a report by the Auditor-Gener- fair competition from imported and lack of market surveillance and in- lance. In addition, audit noted that National Compulsory Specification
al has shown. smuggled inferior products into the adequate coordination between the the MIC did not have regulations Authority. The Bill was first drafted
country. The report revealed that sec- Ministry of Industry and Commerce governing the quality assessment of in 2012.
In 2015, government contracted ond had undergarments continued and stakeholders,” Auditor-General 87.5% of imported products coming
Bureau Veritas (BV) to assess the to flood local markets despite being Mildred Chiri said in the audit re- into the country. The fact that most “Delays in passing of the Compul-
quality of prescribed goods coming outlawed. port. of the goods were not being checked sory Specifications Bill into an Act
to the country. As reported by The for quality, it increased the risk of of Parliament may lead to delays or
NewsHawks, government is now “My audit revealed shortcomings “Programmes implemented by the substandard goods finding their way non-monitoring of imported goods
considering engaging more players in the monitoring by the Ministry Ministry of Industry and Commerce into the country.” on the market and may result in in-
as large volumes of imported goods of Industry and Commerce of the were not adequately curbing the flux of substandard products into the
overwhelm the company. quality of goods being imported importation of substandard goods. Standards set by the Standards country,” the audit further reads.
Association of Zimbabwe, the report

NewsHawks Executive Chat Page 15

Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

Citizens need clear vision to fix Zim crisis

ZIMBABWE’S celebrated novelist
and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga
is among citizens who were arrest-
ed for protesting for a better Zim-
babwe on 31 July. Her arrest hit
the headlines as she is an interna-
tionally acclaimed author and was
recently shortlisted for the presti-
gious Booker Prize. She is one of
the women who are speaking out
against state brutality, social in-
justice and bad governance. The
NewsHawk’s Bridget Mananavire
(BM) had a chat with Dangarem-
bga (TD) on her writings and ac-
tivism.

BM: You are the first black wom-
an to publish a book in English in
Zimbabwe. How does it make you
feel and what do you understand
your role to be in the Zimbabwe-
an context?

TD: I don’t like being identified as for the other people around them. their environments and the chal- BM: Some have been abducted, Tsitsi Dangarembga
the first black Zimbabwean to do That’s what inspires people, ac- lenges. you yourself have been arrested,
whatever. First of all, for me, I’m do you not fear? Zimbabwe is a tion as the only way to achieve
not aiming to be first, I’m aiming tually—when they see somebody And none of those initiatives are nation engulfed in fear. Do you change in Zimbabwe?
to do my work. And then this qual- committing and putting their ev- successful, I did get a bit of sup- not have that fear? TD: I would say that a revolution
ifier is divisive, I find. And it also erything into something and pro- port from the EU and I managed TD: I do have the fear when I make does not have to be violent. If you
implies subordination to whiteness, ducing. And this is where you see to do some programmes for three a decision to show my agency. look at a bicycle wheel, it can spin
which was first. So, yeah, I really that the state actually wants to stop years and otherwise I couldn’t get There’s no point in concentrating without doing any damage. And if
don’t like that at all. I know people the nation doing that. That’s power. support to be able to do anything on the fear, because fear is what you have a wheel with knives on
love to do it. I really don’t know, The power to do your best is one of meaningful. prevents agency. intended spins, it will do damage,
that’s sensationalism I suppose. the biggest powers in the world. so it depends on the kind of revo-
BM: What made you transition And so, that’s also my primary So, if I have made a commitment lution.
But I don’t like it when I am de- from just writing about these source of income and so I had no to show agency in this way, then I
scribed in that way. To be honest, I things, challenging the status income and nothing to do except can’t concentrate on fear because it But the other thing is that a rev-
don’t think I have a role in the Zim- quo and putting them across in a sit here and write, which you can’t will stop me. The thing is, I’ve been olution is exactly that: it’s a circle,
babwean context. One can have book, to actively being involved do forever. And I thought, if I have afraid most of my life. 360 degrees. So, you may have your
a context in a nation state where in street protest and challenging not been able to use narrative, as revolution but it may not bring
spaces are made for one? what you feel is bad governance? my tool for engagement with the So, it’s nothing new, it’s just a change of the nature that you want.
TD: Yeah, yes you are right, my situation, and there are other peo- question of managing it. And I I think, in order to bring change of
In Zimbabwe, in our nation writing does have an element of ple who are doing other things and think if one believes in things, then the nature that you want, you have
state, there is no space for the na- challenging the status quo. Because what they’re saying makes sense as that gives one the courage of one’s to be very aware of the transformed
tion, there is only space for the state I feel that if the status quo is not a citizen, I suppose I should sup- convictions. So, that’s important. state that you are going into. I think
and its appendages and auxiliaries allowing people to be the best ver- port those other things. Just as I we know we have made the same
and I think people, simple people sions of themselves, then there’s would have expected, others to say Having said that, though, the sit- mistake several times in our history.
like me, I think we simply have to something wrong with the status ‘oh, you know, there’s a film festi- uation has become so difficult that
do our work, I have to do my work quo of somebody trying to be in val, let’s support it’. it was really an eye opener for me So, we need to actually articulate
as well as I can. those three books anyway, some- to be in prison for one day, because the kind of rule that we want. And
body’s trying to be the best version If other people are saying let’s do I understand now why people pre- I think we are still lacking there.
And if that work speaks to people of herself in an environment where this to improve our country, then I fer not to go to demonstrate, even I have asked so many people this
and enables something to happen, the status quo did not want to facil- should support it. Also, you know, I apart from the risk of actually being question I have engaged with on so
that is fine. But, you know, I cannot itate that. It obviously led to those made an agreement. So that’s what injured physically. many platforms from around 2006,
stand up and say I have a role, that kinds of challenges. What made me I did. to say, can we develop an ideology
role has to be seen to be manifest- transition and be on the streets? If you are taken in, there is no that will guide us to the Zimbabwe
ing and actually coming into being Because there was no platform for Basically, my writing, as we’ve water, no food, so you need some- we actually want?
and, at this point in time, I don’t it. People can hardly get my books discussed it, is about people devel- body who’s at your service running BM: What is your endgame?
see that there is anything that’s in Zimbabwe; even if the book is oping the agency and since I was up and down the city 24 hours a Would you want to go into pol-
metaphysical coming into being there, it’s so expensive, so what I’m blocked from showing any agency day. Who can afford that? itics full time? Some people be-
from what I do. actually writing about doesn’t reach in art and literature and film for BM: In your recent Oliver Tam- lieve you have the kind of depth
the people. the longest time, I had to show that bo annual lecture, you talk about that is needed.
I do get a reaction from people, agency in other ways, you know. peace and trying to build peace TD: I’m not a politician and I never
who say that I inspired them and I I wanted to make films because in a nation that has been wrecked will be a politician and I don’t want
think that’s good. But I don’t know I thought that films are more ac- If I had been making my films by violence and, at the same time, to be a politician and I thank God
that that is a role; I wouldn’t say it’s cessible to people and I formed and there was a vibrant community there are people who are calling that I don’t have a political bone in
my role to inspire people. What I the Women’s Film Festival because here that I belong to and I was ac- for a revolution. And we know my body. I don’t want to stand up
need to do, as any certain person, I thought we can take films out to tive and doing things, then I would protests do not always end peace- there and be responsible for people.
is to do what you can to the best of people that talk about people in have been showing my agency that fully, people can get killed. Even What I want to do is to create spac-
your ability. way, but all of that was unavailable so, what’s your take on a revolu- es where people can begin to evolve.
to me. When somebody said come
And then it will be operation- and show agency in this way, I said
al, because when you put yourself yes, as a good citizen that’s what I
into it, you know, as human beings, need to do.
we are connected energetically. So,
when you put yourself into it, it
speaks to people, that’s why people
love certain songs and cry in certain
movies.

So my role would not be any dif-
ferent from any other Zimbabwean,
who really has to put their whole
self into whatever they do to do it as
well as possible for themselves and

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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

Price Sheet

Thursday, 12 November 2020 A MEMBER OF FINSEC & THE ZIMBABWE STOCK EXCHANGE

Company Sector Bloomberg Previous Last VWAP (cents) Total Total Price Price YTD Market
Ticker Price (cents) Traded Traded Traded Change Change (%) Cap
AFDIS Consumer Goods 2000,00 Volume Value ($) (cents) (%) ($m)
African Sun Consumer Services Price 177,22
ART AFDIS: ZH 2000,00 229,00 100 2 000,00 - - 526,96 2 346,12
Ariston Industrials ASUN: ZH 175,26 2000,00 125,00 900 1 595,00 1,96 1,12 608,88 1 527,23
Axia Consumer Services ARTD: ZH 229,00 185,00 450,05 100 1661,54 1 000,68
BNC ARISTON: ZH 129,63 229,00 350,00 300 229,00 - - 559,63 2 034,24
BAT Consumer Goods AXIA: ZH 450,00 115,00 21754,48 74 600 375,00 -4,63 -3,57 647,59 2 452,30
CAFCA Basic Materials BIND: ZH 350,00 450,00 6100,00 300 335 740,00 0,05 0,01 2063,16 4 374,50
Cassava 21754,48 350,00 376,11 1 050,00 355,59 4 488,71
CBZ Consumer Goods BAT: ZH 6100,00 4390,13 - - - 3326,58
Dairibord Industrials CAFCA: ZH 383,99 - 900,00 - - - - 168,65 532,84
Dawn 4390,13 - 65,00 338 700 - - - 6197,70 9 743,42
Delta Technology CSZL: ZH 900,00 375,00 1699,99 - 1 273 875,00 -7,88 -2,05 2005,26 30 170,36
Econet Banking CBZ: ZH 65,38 - 395,98 3 000 - - - 790,41 3 222,01
Edgars DZL: ZH 1502,11 900,00 94,99 500 27 000,00 - - 398,90 1 597,16
FBC Consumer Goods 398,42 65,00 1300,00 1 270 600 325,00 -0,38 -0,58 164,98 21 835,71
Fidelity Real Estate DAWN: ZH 95,00 1700,00 140,00 989 500 21 600 070,00 197,88 13,17 352,33 10 258,17
First Capital DLTA: ZH 1300,00 395,00 51,73 55 100 3 918 208,00 -2,44 -0,61 1892,34
FML Consumer Goods ECO: ZH 140,00 94,00 410,00 377 600 52 341,00 -0,01 -0,01 1431,73 310,61
FMP Telecommunications EDGR: ZH 50,33 1300,00 219,97 12 800 4 908 800,00 - - 479,28 8 735,35
GBH Consumer Services FBC: ZH 410,00 140,00 16,34 37 100 17 920,00 - - 1142,42
Getbucks FIDL: ZH 219,52 51,50 12,50 - 19 192,50 1,40 2,78 1193,94 152,49
Hippo Banking FCA: ZH 16,34 - 1600,00 3 800 - - - 580,83 1 115,67
Innscor Financial Services FMHL: ZH 12,50 220,00 2597,98 - 8 358,75 0,45 0,20 2 829,59
Lafarge FMP: ZH 1400,00 - 610,00 - - - - 4,17 2 723,57
Mash Banking GBH: ZH 2673,49 - 51,00 8 000 - - - 720,51
Masimba Financial Services GBFS: ZH 610,00 1600,00 255,16 422 200 128 000,00 200,00 14,29 633,40 87,68
Medtech HIPO: ZH 50,50 2580,00 - 10 968 670,00 -75,51 -2,82 238,89 145,39
Meikles Real Estate 255,00 - 8,00 28 100 - - - 553,85 3 088,33
Nampak Industrials INN: ZH 51,00 1600,00 106 800 14 331,00 0,50 0,99 1313,63 14 672,78
NatFoods LACZ: ZH 8,00 267,75 4 000 272 512,75 0,16 0,06 426,32 488,00
NTS Financial Services MASH: ZH 1600,00 8,00 80,00 - 320,00 - - 529,92 948,13
NMBZ Consumer Goods MSHL: ZH - 5020,00 - - - - 11,11 616,60
OK Zim MMDZ: ZH 80,00 - - - - - 457,16 243,18
Padenga Industrials MEIK: ZH 5020,00 - 22,90 - - - - 965,12 4 042,34
Powerspeed Industrials NPKZ: ZH - 290,00 - - - - 607,32 604,52
Proplastics Real Estate NTFD: ZH 22,90 - 480,95 963 100 - - - 770,66 3 433,69
RTG Industrials 290,00 500,00 1395,00 - 4 632 075,00 1,95 0,41 450,84
RioZim Healthcare NTS: ZH 479,00 - 190,00 - - - - 850,00 58,14
SeedCo Industrials NMB: ZH 1395,00 - 580,00 628 800 - - - 607,32 1 172,10
Simbisa Industrials OKZ: ZH 190,00 580,00 190,00 4 700 3 647 040,00 15,00 2,65 1210,34 5 996,55
Star Africa Consumer Goods PHL: ZH 565,00 190,00 850,00 - 8 930,00 - - 262,32 7 555,23
Truworths Industrials PWS: ZH 190,00 - 1510,07 547 900 - - - 843,79
TSL PROL: ZH 850,00 1510,00 642,97 189 700 8 273 695,00 5,07 0,34 411,84 711,06
Turnall Banking RTG: ZH 1505,00 642,00 25,00 1 200 000 1 219 721,00 9,50 1,50 604,23 1 461,23
Unifreight Consumer Services RIOZ: ZH 633,47 25,00 14,50 700 300 000,00 4,00 19,05 663,16 4 741,44
Willdale SEED: ZH 21,00 14,50 550,00 - 101,50 0,50 3,57 626,07 1 037,25
ZB Consumer Goods SIM: ZH 14,00 - 57,50 14 800 000 - - - 422,73 3 707,65
Zeco Industrials SACL: ZH 550,00 57,50 12,95 - 8 510 000,00 0,25 0,44 43,89 3 614,68
Zimpapers Industrials TRUW: ZH 57,25 - 23,38 40 800 - - - 568,00 1 178,77
Zimplow TSL: ZH 12,95 24,00 1750,00 - 9 539,00 -0,26 -1,10 2330,56
ZHL Consumer Services TURN: ZH 23,64 - - - - - 55,69
TOTAL Basic Materials UNIF: ZH 1750,00 - 0,02 - - - - - 1 964,06
WILD: ZH - 68,00 100 - - - 407,46
Consumer Goods ZBFH: ZH 0,02 500,00 500,00 5 600 500,00 12,00 2,46 726,45 283,50
Consumer Goods ZECO: ZH 68,00 290,00 290,00 22 115 500 16 240,00 - - 1833,33 13,79
Consumer Goods ZIMP: ZH 488,00 70 168 754,50
Consumer Services ZIMPLOW: ZH 290,00 415,70
Consumer Goods ZHL: ZH 3 065,84

Industrials 0,09
Industrials 391,68
Industrials 1 191,90
4 446,68
Banking 182 884,39
Industrials
Consumer Services
Industrials
Financial Services

VFEX Open (US cents) Close (US cents) Change (%) TD (%) Mkt Cap (US$m) Top 5 Risers Price Change % YTD %
SCIL
18,00 18,00 - -17,81 43,40 Star Africa 25,00c +4,00c +19,05 +604,23
Hippo 1600,00c +200,00c +14,29 +720,51
FINSEC Open (cents) Close (cents) Change (%) YTD (%) Mkt Cap ($m) Delta 1699,99c +197,88c +13,17 +398,90
OMZIL Truworths +3,57 +663,16
3000,00 3000,00 - 150,00 2 490,35 First Capital 14,50c +0,50c +2,78 +479,28
51,73c +1,40c

Index Close Change (%) Open YTD % Top 5 Fallers Price Change % YTD %

ZSE All Share 1 563,02 +1,47 1 540,45 +579,31 Ariston 125,00c -4,63c -3,57 +559,63
Top 10 1 017,72 +1,74 1 000,36 +399,72 Innscor 2597,98c -75,51c -2,82 +633,40
Top 15 1 202,20 +1,50 1 184,41 +485,78 Cassava 376,11c -7,88c -2,05 +168,65
Small Cap 6 070,30 -0,03 6 072,35 +852,58 Willdale -0,26c -1,10 +568,00
Medium Cap 3 132,95 +1,06 3 100,00 +1001,02 Econet 23,38c -2,44c -0,61 +164,98
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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

No US policy shift expected on Zim

NYASHA CHINGONO work for America’s relations with off US sanctions, Zimbabwe will Emmerson Mnangagwa by the Zimbabwean government
Zimbabwe. be looking forward to engage the are both poorly chosen and, in
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnan- Biden administration on restric- did not gain momentum largely any case, have been unable to do
gagwa’s administration should Flake and Coons had led a bi- tions. due to the worsening internal anything for Zimbabwe.”
not expect a policy shift from partisan congressional delegation situation in Zimbabwe.
United States president-elect to Harare before that. However, analysts say Zimba- International relations analyst
Joe Biden’s administration after bwe should not expect change in Over the past three years, at Bindura University Ronald
he defeated incumbent Donald The US says Zimbabwe must US foreign policy. Moyo did not engage with his Chipaike said nothing will change
Trump – who is still refusing to address a series of issues in Zide- counterpart Mike Pompeo, while any time soon.
concede - without a paradigm ra, including political, economic Steven Chan, professor of Mnangagwa also could not meet
change and reforms, analysts say. and electoral reforms, rule of law, world politics at the University of Trump. He only met US Assistant “To be frank, nothing will
property rights, human rights London, said:“It is unlikely there Secretary of State for African change as far as US foreign policy
The US constitution gives for- abuses, governance, account- will be much change in US policy Affairs Tibor Nagy on the side- is concerned. Biden was involved
eign power relations to both the ability and corruption, before towards Zimbabwe.” lines of the US-Africa Summit in in the crafting of Zidera and from
executive and legislature. It grants sanctions could be removed. Mozambique last year. the time he was vice-president.
some powers, like command of Chan said this at a time when America has maintained the same
the military, exclusively to the Although Mnangagwa initially there is still speculation on Although Mnangagwa attend- stance,” he said.
president and others, like the reg- said his government would not Biden’s cabinet. Coons, who is ed the summit, Zimbabwe did
ulation of foreign commerce, to dwell on blaming sanctions for close to Biden, might end up not benefit from multi-million Analysts say Zimbabwe’s posi-
congress, while it divides others economic failure, his regime has at the state department. Given dollar investment deals that tion is currently complicated by
among the two or simply does now gone back to hostile rhetoric Coons’ position on sanctions – neighbouring Mozambique got. current crackdown on opposition
not assign. and actions similar to those of his which Biden supported as senator Instead, Mnangagwa received flak and civic activists, journalists,
predecessor Robert Mugabe, who – it would be difficult to change for human rights abuses and lack lawyers and church leaders as
The periodic tug-of-war blamed the restrictive measures the relations unless Zimbabwe of reform. part of the wider repression
between the US president and for the country’s disastrous addresses US demands. across society. Detained filmmak-
congress over foreign policy failures. Chan said Biden was facing ing journalist Hopewell Chin’ono
issues is not a by-product of the “Right now, there is much bigger foreign policy issues like has now become a symbol for
constitution, but rather, one of its The Zimbabwean government speculation this position will ensuring the US returns to the media repression, which has had
core aims, analysts point out. has even lobbied the region to be given to Michelle Gavin, a Paris Agreement on climate a chilling effect on independent,
stage ant-sanctions activities ev- 47-year-old career diplomat, who change after Trump pulled out. free and critical reporting.
However, the president sets the ery October to pressure the US to was US ambassador to Botswana. Zimbabwe, he said, will be the
tone for all foreign policy as com- lift the measures. The effect of the She is regarded as a Southern least of his worries. Former Higher and Tertiary
mander-in-chief and as such has protests has been minimal. African and Sadc specialist — but Education minister Jonathan
broad authority over the armed her op-eds and her contributions “The US stands to gain nothing Moyo said a Biden administration
forces. Both the secretary of state The US insists that sanctions to the council on foreign rela- by lifting sanctions or changing would not consider re-engage-
and ambassadors are appointed are not Zimbabwe’s real problem, tions, where she is a senior fellow, any policy on Zimbabwe. This is ment with Zimbabwe without
by the president, with the advice but leadership, governance and are highly critical of the Mnan- especially so given that the big seeing evidence that human
and consent of the senate. policy failures are. It also says gagwa regime,” Chan said. issues Biden seeks to address on rights violations and corruption
corruption is one of the biggest foreign policy concerns, China were being seriously tackled by
The US, like any other coun- problems, which have failed While Mnangagwa took ad- and Iran. Africa features only a Harare.
try in the world, is guided by its Zimbabwe. vantage of Trump’s transactional little, and Zimbabwe not at all,”
own national interest. The four foreign policy to engage, his chief he said. Moyo, a politics professor, said
main objectives of US foreign The US has renewed Zidera foreign policy agent Foreign Biden’s government will largely
policy are usually the protection annually since 2001, regardless of Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo “Zimbabwean embassy rep- be multilateral in approach and
of the country, citizens and allies, the government of the day. pushed for re-engagement, but resentation in Washington DC would demand accountability
assurance of continued access has been very lacklustre indeed. from regimes like that Mnangag-
to international resources and With countries like Sudan now Professional US lobbyists hired wa.
markets, preservation of a bal-
ance of power in the world, and “The Biden-Harris administra-
protection of human rights and tion is going to be of multilateral
democracy. in orientation. Therefore, it will
work with its partners in Europe
Harare clearly has an expecta- and around the world to address
tion from the Biden administra- common problems with a com-
tion. mon approach and human rights,
good governance, anti-corruption
Mnangagwa was one of the will be the underlying parameters
first African presidents to con- of their engagement with a gov-
gratulate Biden on his historic ernment like Zimbabwe,” he said.
win over Trump, expressing his
desire to open lines of dialogue “So, if this guy is thinking
with Washington DC. re-engagement is just to sit and
wine and dine with foreign
“I look forward to working governments, especially with
with you to increase cooperation bureaucrats in Washington, they
between our two nations,” Mnan- can kiss that goodbye, because
gagwa tweeted. there’s going to be a new ballgame
in town.”
Biden’s win has largely been
met with optimism within The Democrats’ multilateral
Zimbabwe’s polity, but relations approach will also continue to
between the two countries are make it difficult for Zimbabwe to
likely to remain strained if the re-engage with multilateral finan-
government does not address cial institutions due to US influ-
US demands articulated in the ence there and Harare’s incapacity
Zimbabwe Democracy Economic to pay its debts and arrears.
Recovery Act (Zidera) of 2001.
The US holds sway at the
In 2018, the US senate foreign World Bank and International
relations committee approved Monetary Fund.
bipartisan legislation introduced
by US senators Jeff Flake and Without a policy shift in Wash-
Chris Coons, both members of ington and reforms in Harare,
the committee, to lay the frame- Zimbabwe’s hope of a thaw in
relations with the US will remain
a pipedream.

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Issue 5, 13 Nov 2020

Judge President George Chiweshe Justice Erica Ndewere Chief Justice Luke Malaba

Ndewere judicial case opens can of worms

Chief justice and the Mupfumira case how the Mupfumira case had gone in That this was coming from the the judge president why the chief
judge president have Ndewere claims that she was first court and she duly explained to him. chief justice through my direct boss justice had singled her out for this
interfered with the ad- threatened by the chief justice with She adds that as she chatted to the particularly perturbed me as these type of treatment, particularly before
ministration of justice a tribunal investigation in August judge president it became clear to her are the two people I expected to she had given the full explanation of
in prominent cases 2019 over her alleged refusal to that he had been given information, guard judicial officer’s independence the review. She gave her explanation
follow his unlawful directive to deny which was at variance with what had jealously.” in June 2020 and thought that this
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Mupfumira bail. Mupfumira was actually taken place in court. He was the end of the matter as she had
arrested in July 2019 and charged then advised that there were people Ndewere subsequently denied heard nothing further from him until
THE decision of the Judicial Service with corruption. She appeared in the who were not in court, but who were Mupfumira bail, a decision she said 15 September 2020. On that day
Commission (JSC) to recommend Magistrate’s Court and was denied misrepresenting what had happened was based on the merits and evidence she received a letter stating that the
that the president appoints a tribunal bail. in court. He undertook to tell those of the case. She, however, alleges “complaints have been placed before
in terms of the constitution to people to leave her to do her work that it became clear to her that the the Judicial Services Commission in
inquire into whether or not Justice The appeal against the refusal of and says she left the judge president’s chief justice was unhappy with her terms of section 187 (3) of the Con-
Erica Ndewere should remain in bail was made to the High Court chambers believing that she would be decision “on the prosecutor-general’s stitution of Zimbabwe.” She learnt
office as High Court judge has and the matter came before Ndew- left alone to do her work. certificate as Professor (Lovemore) that the chief justice had referred the
opened a can of worms. Ndewere ere, who was the duty judge in Madhuku was later invited to lecture matter to the JSC for consideration
has approached the High Court to the bail court. The appeal hearing On the bafternoon of Tuesday 13 judges at their symposium on the of whether it should be referred to
challenge this recommendation and commenced on 2 August 2019. The August 2019, the judge president validity of the certificate until it is set the president for establishment of
the decision of the president to set up prosecution raised a preliminary once again rang her as she was in the aside by the Constitutional Court.” a tribunal, without following the
the tribunal. What is alarming are the objection based on the production of middle of writing the Mupfumira The Criminal Review Case investigative procedures provided for
allegations that she makes under oath a certificate by the prosecutor-gen- bail judgment. When she asked if Ndewere believed that the trauma in the Judicial Code of Conduct.
against chief justice Luke Malaba and eral which stated that no court had all was well, she alleges that he said she had been caused by the Mup- The Sikhala Case
judge president George Chiweshe. jurisdiction to hear the appeal. The he could not tell her anything over fumira case was over until in March Ndewere alleges that 15 Septem-
If these allegations are true, both the defence argued that the prosecu- the phone and directed that she see 2020, when she received a query ber 2020 is significant in that this
chief justice and the Judge President tor-general’s certificate was inconsis- him in his chambers at 10.00hrs the from the chief justice over a criminal was the day after she had reserved
face removal from office for com- tent with the constitution. following day. case review she had done in October her judgment in the bail appeal by
mitting some of the most heinous of 2019. She states that this raised a Sikhala. She believes that there can
judicial offences — interference with Ndewere agreed with the defence. She duly attended at the judge lot of questions as this in the normal be no doubt that the JSC letter was
the impartiality and independence She then postponed the main bail president’s chambers on Wednes- course would not involve the chief designed to put pressure on her as
of courts and the fair trial rights of matter to 5 August 2020 to enable day 14 August 2019. This is when justice. she prepared her judgment. She fur-
accused persons. the prosecution to call the investigat- the name of the chief justice enters ther states that the chief justice was
ing officer. the story. She alleges that the judge After investigating the issue the complainant to the JSC which he
Ndewere alleges that the chief president advised her that the chief and taking advice, she decided to chairs. She adds: “Given the threats
justice and the judge president have On 5 August, the matter was ar- justice had advised him to tell her apologise as she believed there had made against me when I handled the
interfered with the administration gued and she reserved her bail ruling. that if she granted Mupfumira bail been no prejudice and the accused bail application of Prisca Mupfumira,
of justice in two prominent cases, Upon her return to her chambers she would be investigated. She states had finished serving his sentence. She I have reason to believe that the tim-
namely, the bail cases of ex-minister she noticed a number of missed calls that she told the judge president that says she was then surprised when the ing of the service of the complainants
Prisca Mupfumira and the oppo- from judge president Chiweshe. She the chief justice could go ahead and chief justice pursued the matter and was calculated to intimidate me into
sition politician Jacob Sikhala. In then went to his office to see him. investigate her as she had nothing told the Judge President to advise her abandoning my independence as a
her affidavit, Ndewere details the She alleges that the judge president to hide. At the time, she assumed that he would be taking her to the judge and to deny Mr Sikhala bail
nature of the alleged interference. She then informed her that he had that the investigation related to the tribunal. This, she says, surprised her regardless of the merits of his case.
alleges that the investigation is “being received information that someone alleged bribery by the person called at many levels as her understanding However, I refused to be intimidated
weaponised as a means of attacking called Belinda had approached her Belinda. She further states: “I duly was that she could only be taken and I considered the bail appeal on
not just my independence as a judge, and offered her a bribe on behalf left the judge president’s office. I was to the tribunal after all due legal the merits and, after determining
but the independence of the judiciary of Mupfumira. She denied the extremely upset by this turn of events processes, including an investigation that it was a meritorious case, I grant-
as a whole.” allegation adding that if anyone had as in my experience as a prosecutor, in terms of the Judicial code of con- ed Mr Sikhala bail.”
done that she would have caused law officer, Labour Court and High duct by the three judge panel whose ...to next page
their arrest. Court judge, I had never experienced report would thereafter be considered
such outright interference with the by the JSC. She says that she asked
Ndewere further states that on the independence of a judicial officer.
following day, she was again called
by the judge president who asked her

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Ndewere alleges that given the Another amazing fact is that the tical affidavits in response to serious that the courts are independent and judiciary and the efficient, effective
background to the matter the com- judge president’s response is an exact allegations of judicial misconduct. are subject only to the constitu- and transparent administration of
plaints against her “are tainted with copy and paste of the chief justice’s Second, he ought to deal with the tion and the law, which they must justice in Zimbabwe and has all the
malice and intention to victimise me response. As articulated above, allegations and either confirm or apply impartially, expeditiously and powers needed for this purpose. It is
for refusing to obey the 2nd Respon- specific serious allegations have been deny that he ever had a discussion without fear, favour or prejudice. It required to conduct its business in
dent’s (chief justice) unlawful order made against the two senior judicial with the Judge president regarding underlines that the independence, a just, fair and transparent manner.
and for standing up to his attempts officers. the Mupfumira matter. Why has he impartiality and effectiveness of The constitution further promises ev-
to undermine my independence as not done so? the courts are central to the rule ery person the right to a fair hearing
a judge and the independence of the Ndewere has referred to missed of law and democratic governance before an independent and impartial
judiciary as a whole.” calls, telephone calls, trips to the Why has elected to stand with and therefore — “neither the state court. This right is so fundamental
Chief justice and judge president judge president’s office when sum- the judge president and file identical nor any institution or agency of the that it cannot be suspended even
responses moned by him, and the content of responses when he was not privy government at any level, and no during a state of emergency.
The Chief Justice and the Judge the discussions in which he allegedly to whatever transpired between the other person, may interfere with the
President are both cited in the urgent told her what the chief justice had judge president and Ndewere? The functioning of the courts.” Conclusion
application. They both deposed to af- said. Ndewere details them and approach taken by the chief jus- The head of the judiciary in Zimba-
fidavits in response to the allegations. includes the dates and times. It is not tice and judge president to serious The constitution requires mem- bwe and the head of its High Courts
The chief justice replies: “I have enough for the Judge President to allegations of judicial misconduct is bers of the judiciary to be guided have been accused by their colleague
never given instruction to any Judge offer a blanket denial which is barren unhelpful. by, among others, the principle that of the most serious judicial infrac-
including the applicant (Ndewere) of counter facts. justice must be done to all, irrespec- tions. The two have been accused
on how to deal with or decide any Gravity of the allegations raised tive of status and that the role of the by a fellow judicial officer of brazen
matter including the Mupfumira The judge president cannot simply The judicial oath in the consti- courts is paramount in safeguarding interference and unprofessional
matter.” copy and paste the chief justice’s tution states that the judge will be human rights and freedoms and the conduct.
affidavit. Ndewere has set out faithful to the office of judge. The rule of law.
In a separate paragraph he further conversations between the two. The judge will “uphold and protect the This seriously impairs the pub-
states in general terms: “I deny the judge president ought to have made constitution and will administer jus- Members of the judiciary are lic confidence in the courts if not
allegations made against me, in toto, direct and specific responses to each tice to all persons alike without fear, required individually and collectively properly addressed. It is import-
including the allegations of “malice” of the details set out by Ndewere. favour or prejudice in accordance to respect and honour their judicial ant that these allegations be fully
or “bias” or “undue influence” set out For example, did he call her? Did he with the constitution and the law.” office as a public trust and must investigated and dealt with decisively
principally in paragraph 14 of the discuss the Mupfumira matter with This is a serious undertaking and strive to enhance their independence as required by the constitution. The
Applicant’s Founding Affidavit…as if her? Did he say to her that the chief guides the performance of judicial in order to maintain public confi- allegations cannot simply be wished
each and every allegation contrary to justice would send her to the tribunal work. The constitution states categor- dence in the judicial system. When away through identical affidavits.
the statements made herein had been if she granted Mupfumira bail? Does ically that the judicial authority de- making a decision, a member of the The country deserves to know the
traversed seriatim.” Ndewere’s phone have a record of the rives from the people of Zimbabwe. judiciary is required to make it freely whole truth — whatever the merits
calls? Does his phone have a record Judicial power is exercised not and without interference or undue of Ndewere’s own charges.
In lay person’s terms, the chief jus- of the calls to Ndewere? We are none for the benefit of judges but for the influence.
tice makes a general denial covering the wiser from his affidavit. people. This is precisely why judicial The author is a UK based Zimba-
each and every allegation of miscon- independence and impartiality are For its part, the JSC is required bwean lawyer and writes in his
duct on his part. As for the chief justice, first, it demanded and enforced by the con- by the constitution to, among other own capacity.
is remiss of him as the head of the stitution. The constitution affirms things, promote and facilitate the in-
judiciary to permit the filing of iden- dependence and accountability of the

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Jerry Rawlings: Ghana’s ex-president dies

Ghana’s former President farmer and a Ghanaian He began his time in riod of political stability The late Jerry Rawlings a rival political party, an-
Jerry John Rawlings has mother, Rawlings entered power as a committed so- after a tumultuous series nounced seven days of na-
died at the age of 73. the Ghana Air Force, grad- cialist, but later introduced of coups in the 1960s and campaigned for African na- tional mourning.
uating in 1969. free-market reforms. 1970s. tions to have their interna-
He led two coups, first tional debts written off. “A great tree has fallen,
in 1979, before twice being A decade later, as a se- He ushered in a long pe- In later years, Rawlings and Ghana is poorer for
elected president in multi- nior officer in the air force, Ghana’s President Nana this loss,” he said in a state-
party polls. he overthrew a military Akufo-Addo, who is from ment.
government, handing over
A charismatic figure, he power to a civilian leader. African Union Commis-
first seized power railing sion chairman Moussa Faki
against corruption and was He oversaw the exe- Mahamat said “Africa has
responsible for executing cution of several former lost a stalwart of Pan-Afri-
several former heads of heads of state and army canism and a charismatic
state for their alleged graft generals for corruption, continental statesman”.
and mismanagement. but expressed some regret
about the killings. Later the While Liberian President
He was also seen as a execution by firing squad of George Weah said “Ghana,
champion of the poor, but Supreme Court judges also Liberia and Africa will miss
came to be criticised for al- left a stain on his legacy. a great leader”.
leged human rights abuses.
“I am still aware that we “Liberia remembers his
He died in hospital in the in Ghana do not like blood- immense contribution to
capital, Accra, after a short shed,” he said at the time. the attainment and sustain-
illness. ment of peace during our
“I personally do not dark days of our own histo-
A week of national like it. I mean, I’d rather, ry,” he added in a tweet.
mourning has been an- let’s say, confiscate a man’s
nounced in Ghana for the wealth and bring him down Nigerian President Mu-
country’s longest-serving to the level to which he’s hammadu Buhari said “the
leader, who oversaw the brought us just to give him entire African continent
transition to multiparty a taste of what life has been, will sorely miss the sterling
elections in what is now what he’s done to us.” qualities of the great lead-
one of Africa’s most stable er”.
democracies. In 1981, he led a second
coup and was the head of a “The passion, discipline
John Mahama, presi- military junta until intro- and moral strength that the
dential candidate of the ducing multi-party elec- former Ghanaian leader
National Democratic Con- tions in 1992, when he was employed to reposition his
gress (NDC), founded by first elected president. country over many years
Rawlings, has announced continue to reverberate
that he is suspending cam- He stepped down in 2001 across the continent and
paigning for next month’s after serving two terms but beyond,” he said in a state-
elections. continued to wield a strong ment.
influence in the country.
The son of a Scottish – BBC

Thousands more refugees cross into Sudan to flee fighting in Ethiopia

Thousands more refugees have of children and women,” said Khalid short of fuel or food, or both. The government has confirmed, in September that Abiy’s govern-
fled fighting in northern Ethio- Al-Sir, the head of the government Telephone lines to the region however, that the TPLF is con- ment deemed illegal.
pia’s Tigray region and crossed into refugee agency in Kassala state, in trolling a compound of the power-
neighbouring Sudan, as fears grow east Sudan. were still down, the UN Office for ful Northern Command military in Both sides have access to heavy
that conflict between national and the Coordination of Humanitarian Tigray’s capital, Mekelle. weapons, armour and considerable
provincial forces could prompt a se- “They are arriving very tired and Affairs (UNOCHA) said in its latest stocks of ammunition, and observ-
rious humanitarian crisis. exhausted. They are hungry and report on the crisis. “It looks like, unfortunately, this ers have warned that a lengthy con-
thirsty since they have walked long may not be something which can be flict is possible.
As many as 10,000 Ethiopians are distances on rugged terrain.” In a new statement on Thursday, resolved by any party in a week or
now thought to have already crossed Abiy claimed that the western part two,” Sajid said. “It looks like it’s go- This would be immensely damag-
the border in the last two days, and The situation on the ground is de- of the Tigray region had been liber- ing to be a protracted conflict, which ing to a fragile country, and region.
aid officials say hundreds of thou- teriorating rapidly, Sir said. ated, and accused the TPLF rulers of is a huge concern from the point of
sands more are likely to leave their seeking to “destroy Ethiopia.” view of protection of civilians.” The federal government on
homes if the conflict, now entering One 30 year old border police of- Thursday said some 150 suspected
its second week, does not end. ficer described a day-long journey The top U.S. diplomat for Africa, The TPLF dominated Ethiopia’s “operatives” accused of seeking to
on foot with some 30 others fleeing, Tibor Nagy, spoke with Ethiopia’s governing coalition for decades be- “strike fear and terror” throughout
Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy before spending two days in Sudan, foreign minister on Wednesday fore Abiy came to power in 2018. the country had been detained.
Ahmed, launched military opera- exposed to the sun and wind in a “to urge again immediate action to He won last year’s Nobel peace prize
tions in Tigray, after he accused lo- border town that is quickly becom- restore peace and de-escalate ten- for ending a war with neighbouring The statement said the suspects
cal authorities of attacking a military ing overwhelmed. sions,” a State Department spokes- Eritrea. “happen to be ethnically diverse,”
camp in the region and attempting person said. but concerns remain high among
to loot military assets. The Tigray The fighting has involved clashes The sweeping political reforms ethnic Tigrayans amid reports of be-
People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), between ground troops, air strikes Earlier this week, Abiy brushed the 44-year-old former soldier ing singled out by authorities.
which is in power in the province, and artillery duels, with heavy casu- aside requests from the UN, the UK pushed through won wide praise,
denies the attack and has accused alties reported on both sides. and the African Union for an imme- but have allowed old ethnic and oth- The Committee to Protect Jour-
the prime minister of concocting diate end to hostilities. er grievances to surface. nalists, a global campaign group,
the story to justify deploying the of- Airports in Tigray are closed, called the arrests of the reporters “a
fensive. roads blocked, internet services cut “Operations will cease as soon as Tigrayan leaders have com- dangerous reversal of the early steps
off and even banks are no longer the criminal junta is disarmed, legit- plained of being unfairly targeted in taken by [the] government to im-
Sudanese frontier officials de- operating. Sajjad Mohammad Sajid, imate administration in the region corruption prosecutions, removed prove press freedom”.
scribed hungry and tired children, the United Nations’ humanitarian restored, and fugitives apprehended from top positions and blamed for
as well as casualties from the fight- chief in Ethiopia, said on Tuesday [and] brought to justice,” Abiy post- the country’s problems. The standoff leaves nearly 900 aid
ing, arriving in Sudan after a difficult evening that long lines had appeared ed on Twitter. workers in the Tigray region strug-
journey. outside bread shops and supply-lad- The postponement of nation- gling to contact the outside world,
en trucks are stuck at the province’s Both sides have claimed success- al elections due to the Covid-19 let alone bring in humanitarian sup-
“More and more people, includ- borders. es, including federal troops taking pandemic aggravated tensions and plies.
ing wounded from the operations an airport and Tigrayans alleging when parliamentarians in Addis
there, are still coming. The numbers Sajid told the Associated Press they downed a jet. With limited Ababa, the capital, voted to extend There were already 100,000 inter-
are increasing rapidly. There are lots that up to 2 million people in the communications to the region and officials’ mandates, Tigrayan leaders nally displaced people and 600,000
now isolated province were having outsiders barred, it is difficult to ver- went ahead with regional elections dependent on food aid in Tigray
a “very, very difficult time” and were ify such statements. before the conflict, aid agencies said.

– Gurdian

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Zim team completes Falklands demining project

A DEMINING team from Zimba- es, which will finally re-open their lands, said:
bwe funded by the United King- access to beaches. Games of cricket “This is a huge achievement for
dom has completed a risky exercise and football will be played on the
of removing landmines across a beach itself, to enjoy unrestricted the Islands and we must pay tribute
vast swathe of the Falkland Islands access. to the brilliant team of deminers
40 years after the British-Argentine who put their lives at risk day to
War. Wendy Morton, UK minister day removing and destroying land-
with responsibility for the Falk- mines to make the Falklands safe,”
The demining team from Zim- she said.
babwe, with supervising staff from
British companies SafeLane Global “Our commitment to ridding
and Fenix Insight, had to strug- the world of fatal land mines does
gle with the islands’ challenging not end with our territories being
physical conditions, often working mine free. A further £36 million of
in remote locations and through UK funding will allow demining
the unpredictable and sometimes projects across the world to con-
extreme Falklands weather, to tinue, protecting innocent civilian
achieve the goal to rid the Falk- lives.”
lands of mines.
The UK is one of the world’s
Following the successful com- leading forces in ridding the world
pletion of the project, the Falkland of mines. An additional £36 mil-
Islands are now finally free of lethal lion of funding has therefore been
minefields almost 40 years after the given to the UK-funded Global
end of the conflict, during which Mine Action Programme, bringing
thousands of exploding devices the total to £124m, to continue de-
were laid. mining projects in Africa, the Mid-
dle East and Asia.
The Falklands War was a 10-
week undeclared fight between the This recognises that landmines
UK and Argentina in 1982 over continue to cause harm and dam-
two British self-governing terri- age lives, many years after conflicts
tories in the South Atlantic: the are over.
Falkland Islands and its territorial
dependency, South Georgia and – STAFF WRITER
South Sandwich Islands. The Brit-
ish won the war. fences that have been a feature on mines on British soil anywhere in
the islands since the end of the con- the world.
A UK-funded programme, flict will be removed during a local
which started in 2009 has complet- event. The removal of the last mine Islanders will mark the moment
ed its dangerous mission to demine means there are no anti-personnel with the detonation of the final
the islands in the eastern seaboard mine and the cutting down of fenc-
of South America three years ahead
of schedule.

The removal of the mines laid
during the war means the UK has
now met its obligations set by the
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Conven-
tion.

As a result the warning signs and

A pro-Trump rally planned for Far right groups to hold en every day to the US president
Washington DC this weekend pro-Trump protest in Washington and is customarily also made
could bring violence to the nation’s just days after businesses in Wash- The Democrat is currently lead- ing - he trails by tens of thousands available to incoming presidents,
capital, according to experts on ex- ington, and in cities around the ing Trump by just over 40,000 of votes in several states he would but has been denied to Biden as
tremism. US, began removing plywood barri- votes. Pennsylvania has 20 electoral have to overturn in order to suc- Trump’s administration refuses to
cades that were put up in the event votes. ceed. Most see it as a lost cause. accept the Democratic victory.
The Proud Boys, the group that of election-related unrest.
Trump refused to condemn in his It’s been days since the White Trump’s position, in defiance As we’ve already reported,
first debate and who have a repu- A court in Pennsylvania has House race was called for Demo- of political norms and traditions, more than 150 former US officials
tation for street fights with their backed a complaint by the Trump crat Joe Biden, but Donald Trump is sending tremors throughout warned today that witholding the
opponents, are planning to host the camp, ruling that the key swing has yet to concede - or show any the nation, as public officials and briefing could damage US national
event despite not having a permit state may not count ballots where signs of acknowledging his defeat. American voters react to a situ- security.
from local authorities. the voters had to provide identifica- ation that, while telegraphed for
tion proof and failed to do so by 9 Donald Trump months in advance, is still travel- Other Republicans expressing
Members of the Oath Keepers November. Instead, he is making unprov- ling uncharted terrain. support for Biden receiving the
and Three Percenters militias have en allegations of widespread voter briefing include the Senate’s presi-
also said they will be attending, as Pennsylvania Secretary of State fraud, which he says tipped the Senator Lindsey Graham has dent pro tempore, Chuck Grassley,
have white nationalists and propo- Kathy Boockvar had earlier extend- race to Biden. joined a small but growing num- and Senate Majority Whip John
nents of conspiracy theories. ed the submission process for such The maths, however, are daunt- ber of senior Republicans who say Thune, both of whom spoke to
voters until 12 November. that Joe Biden should receive the CNN.
Pizzagate conspiracy proponent presidential-level security brief-
Alex Jones is reportedly leading a But the court said on Thursday ings. However, not all senior mem-
caravan from Texas and plans to that she “lacked statutory authori- bers of the party agree.
bring a “battle tank”. ty” to provide this guidance, add- When asked by journalists on
ing that all such votes may not be Thursday whether Biden should “He’s not president right now,”
Police in Washington have counted. have access to the President’s Daily House Minority Leader Kevin Mc-
warned attendees of the rally, Briefing, Graham - who is an ally Carthy said of Biden. “Don’t know
dubbed variously the “Million It’s unclear how many ballots are of Donald Trump - responded: “I if he’ll be president January 20th.
MAGA March”, the “Stop the affected by the court verdict, and think so.” But whoever is will get the infor-
Steal” protest and the “March for whether the Biden camp plans to mation.”
Trump”, to leave guns at home or appeal. The top secret document is giv-
risk arrest. Earlier today, Senate Leader
Mitch McConnell ignored report-
Experts say the groups could ers questions about the briefings
clash with counter-protesters out- as he made his way to the Senate
side the White House. This comes floor. – BBC

Porsche just got angrier Being a Fashion Model

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The business of music and
entertainment post Covid-19

ADDY KUDITA even the government when he Winky D perfoming on stage /File pic major chunk of the income of
could no longer see and enjoy an artist these days.Music sales
THE sudden and tragic death it. The government through of the Internet. In the early music stores selling hard copies pirates with little impact. The alone are not enough especially
of Calvin Mgcini Nhliziyo the ministry of youth, sports, 2000s U.S tech bandit Shawn of music recordings by local pirate economy is inevitable because few people here have
over a week ago provided local arts and recreation donated Fanning set up Napster, a pi- artists. What compounds the in a largely informal economy the time, money and tech fa-
artists and indeed throughout ZW$50 000 towards the buri- rate file sharing platform that situation in Zimbabwe is the such as the one in Zimbabwe miliarity to go to online music
the country a moment of re- al expenses of Calvin. Whilst stoked the flames of a vicious fact that the bookshops and and musicians must bear the stores and use their Mastercard
flection over their dicy “busi- the donation was welcome, copyright infringement storm. those kinds of chain stores, brunt of it all or occasionally or Visa card to pay for music.
ness” of song and dance. Calvin was likely one of the Music giants such as Sony and which sold novelty items long sing for supper. Not when they can ask their
artists, who were yet to recieve Universal Music Group used left the scene with just but church mate or the back ally
Whereas the music business the long promised Covid 19 their firepower to shut down a few remaining. Music de- At a rally just before the tech vendor to put the music
– the world over – is one of the cushion funds from govern- the service via which music partments within department fall of the late Robert Mugabe on flash disk for a small fee.
hardest hit commercial sectors ment, which only a handful of fans weee sharing digital music stores such as OK, Meikles in Mutare, the sycophantic File sharing is done remorsely
globally because of lockdown artists nationally have recieved. files for free without renumer- and Edgars long disappeared youth league leader Haman- these days and no one reckons
restrictions due to Covid-19 Said the award winning play- ating the creators of the con- and in the process shrank the dishe excoriated dance hall with the financial prejudice the
and general safety precautions wright and co founder of the tent. It was early days yet for distribution network for the music artist Soul Jah Love for creators suffer in the process.
in a bid to curb the spread of Bulawayo Arts Awards Raise- a sector, which was yet to wise local music industry or what some perceived infraction. He Normalising the abnormal
the pandemic, Zimbabwean don Baya, “My experience up to the reality of the need to remained of it. demeaned the artist as being Ideally, a musician should be
artists have been particularly now is that art can not survive go digital. CDs and cassettes Music fans now generally nothing in a statement, which working amd thriving in a
hard hit. The national econo- and grow without government were all the rage back then. must rely on petty street hus- typifies the attitude of those worming economy. That is
my has been in freefall for the subsidy. That’s the unfortunate But the winds of change were tlers selling pirated versions in power toward artists in the mot the case for Zimbabwe’s
longest, further exacerbating part. But government subsidy blowing steadily, shifting the of music. Sometimes they go country. They are to be used economy which is badly mis-
an already dire situation for ar- should be taxpayers money business landscape of song. too far and slap the image of and abused at will. managed and “raped” by the
tits, who normally rely on the and not seen as politicians and Zimbabwean case study well known musicians such as powerful elites. It is a country
disposable income of music rulers money.” The likes of Gramma and Alick Macheso to sell the mu- By comparison, South Af- in which self styled prophets,
lovers and joy seekers out for ZMC in Zimbabwe are no sic of other unknown artists. rican artists such as Cassper slay queens and kings with du-
a thrill on nights and days at Has anyone received any of more - victims of a tch disrup- It is a sick joke, which goes Nyovest have signed several bious income sources are the
entertainment joints. that Covid 19 cushion money ? tion of unprecedented mag- on unchecked and there have endorsement deals with brands actual celebrities. They are fa-
“Actually other provinces have. nitude. Along with them, the been sporadic efforts by police and corporates who push mous and quite clearly rich....
Because of the pandemic, I hear about six or so. Mostly and Zimbabwe Music Rights product using the artists’ plat- somehow. Artists occasionally
the government imposed reg- the rural ones.” And out of a Asssociation officials to stop forms and fame. These deals get thrown a bone or two by
ulations in March, which have total of how many applicants contribute to the income of even these people if the poli-
seen the one remaining source in this town or province ? artists and in fact represent a tician is not amusing himself
of income for journey man art- with them.
ists vanish like morning dew- “Ten provinces. Bulawayo
the few that had loyal fans to had above 200 applicants but When Calvin died, he was
attend shows anyway were had the least number actu- an accomplished award win-
barely eking out an existence ally.” No one is yet to receive ning artist. But he did not
in the harsh economy climate anything here ? “No one in have much to show for it. In
that is Zimbabwe. “My friend, Bulawayo. Wow.Any idea how fact his death became a mo-
Covid-19 blew up all hope we much artists received in other ment of reckoning for artists
had of monetising our craft. It provinces “5000 for individu- as they helped chipnin toward
does not help that the econo- als 7.500 for institutions,” said his burial expenses. Later, the
my is run down. How do we Baya. At the time of going to likes of FSG and Doves came
eat and survive this tsunami, print officials from the Na- on board to assist. How nice it
“ said Greg a musician here, tional Arts Council had not re- would have been had they all
who has shared the stage with sponded to questions from this helped him whilst he breathed
a host of South African musi- writer to confirm Baya’s state- with endorsements and brand
cal imports in the past. He has ment concerning local artists. ambassadorships ? That is
a printing company to keep Where is the money? mainly what is required. Our
him afloat. He prints CD cov- The music business model society must properly celebrate
ers and other printed material globally today consists of art- its artists whilst they live.
for other artists but even that ists earning a income from live
is not enough. He still resides shows, music royalties and en- Recently, late comedian
with his folks in his late 30s dorsements. Music sales con- Lazarus Boora aka Gringo was
and the dream of a big pay- stitute a small percentage even a recipient of public assistance
day and stardom is ever fading for world renowned artists. Lo- in the form of well wishers and
from view. cally, the picture is way gloom- members of the medical pro-
Glittter without gold ier because the economy which fession, who are assisted him
The thoughts of mortality ought to support the music with medical expenses and ser-
and the vanity of glitter with- industry is broken and now vice. At least they remembered
out the actual gold would with Covid 19 regulations, we him whilst he was still alive.
have been racing through have an increasing numbee of They at least remember that he
the minds of the artists, who welfare cases in the music and once made them laugh.
huddled together to bury the creative sector.
late hip hop king Calvin and Disruption Gringo, who was admitted
a few expressed their dismay Still, globally the industry has at a private medical centre,
at the fact that Calvin was re- long been assailed by the rise Westview Hospital in Zimre
ceiving support from fans and Park, Harare, died on Monday
morning.

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NOKUTHABA DLAMINI Tourism players pin is literally closed,” Mukwasi road to recovery will take
hopes on festive rebound said. time.
ADVENTURE tourism
companies in Victoria Falls Cecil John Rhodes’ grave, which is located in Matopos Hills, is a tourist attraction “Covid-19 affected us “It’s not going to be easy
are starting to open up, amid negatively but we have start- and we can’t deny that fact,”
preparations for the festive “This discount is much season approaches, we will adventure company, said the ed operations in two phases. Mukwasi said.
season. more reasonable because we have more and more num- firm resumed operations on
used to charge US$150 for bers tickling in.” Thursday, eight months after “Our limited activities “The company had debts
Helicopter flights, boat that duration and it is our its closure. will begin with opening up and we were also owed by
cruises, bunge jumping and hope that when the festive Clement Mukwasi, a of sunset cruises, accommo- our trading partners, so the
rafting had been closed since spokesperson for Shearwater “For now, the company dation and restaurants and opening profits are not going
28 March when the govern- the domestic market is our to be substantial, maybe our
ment announced strict lock- prime target. company will start standing
down measures to curb the on its feet in the first quarter
Covid-19 pandemic. “We are looking at adding of 2021 when there has been
regional and international a positive breakthrough on
Aircraft charter compa- markets by 15 December the Covid-19 vaccine.”
ny Bonnaise Air has already where we will add helicop-
resumed operations with ter flights and high-wire Victoria Falls is Zimba-
the domestic market being a activities like bungee jump- bwe’s tourism hub and re-
prime target. ing. We hope that between ceives tens of thousands of
the two phases borders will tourists every year, but the
According to the compa- be fully operational and disruption of travel globally
ny’s manager, Lovemore Nd- Covid-19 restrictions would is taking its toll on the re-
lovu, the response from the be eased regionally and in- sort, with many businesses
market has been slow. ternationally.” facing viability problems.

“We opened our charters Ndlovu said his compa- According to findings of a
on 3 October and, so far, our ny pinned hopes on borders recent study by We Are Vic-
bookings are at 0,002%,” he being open as their 2020 toria Falls, a local hospitality
said. bookings were rescheduled industry initiative, the lock-
to post-Covid-19 phase. down has affected 94% of
“Our domestic market the people employed in the
has been slow, therefore, we “Our clients from Asia, sector.
are currently flying upon re- Europe and other parts of
quest and few bookings.” the world did not cancel It says 49% of workers in
their bookings so as Bon- tourism were forced to work
This is despite the com- naise Air, we are convinced reduced hours and to take
pany’s strategy to reduce its that when borders are fully pay cuts as a result of the
charter costs by almost 50%. open, we will have a good lockdown that was imposed
start. on 30 March this year.
“We have introduced
Covid-19 pricing where our “We only received 20% At least 18% of the work-
clients are paying US$90 to cancellations and that is a force was sent on unpaid
tour the Zambezi rainforest positive sign for us,” he said. leave. 0nly 6% of workers
for 15 minutes,” Ndlovu ex- are unaffected.
plained. But for Shearwater, the

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Unstable economic situation
stalls Plumtree housing project

ZB Financial Holdings chief executive Ron Mutandagayi DUMISANI NYONI 250 to 605 square metres. ZBFH 708 stands we have there. But it’s
PLUMTREE – DIVERSIFIED fi- chief executive Ron Mutandagayi very much something that we will
nancial services group ZB Finan- told The NewsHawks in an inter- like to do.”
cial Holdings (ZBFH) says work view that the project has stalled.
on its Plumtree residential housing When the project was commis-
project has been stalled due to the “There hasn’t been any further sioned in 2017, repayment terms
country’s unstable economic envi- development since last year. The were up to 25 years subject to
ronment. problem really is the unstable terms and conditions. Zimbabwe’s
economic environment. Plumtree economic environment is charac-
The project, commissioned in (Town Council) were supposed to terised by high inflation of up to
September 2017, was initially provide certain services which they 659% as of September this year,
planned for delivery in April 2018, have not been able to on account of foreign currency shortages, policy
but was delayed because of the un- the fact that their revenue does not inconsistencies and corruption,
availability of raw materials caused allow them to do so,” Mutandagayi among other ills.
by shortages of foreign currency. said.
Cost escalation also contributed At the beginning of 2018,
to the delay. The project is aimed “So, what we are doing now is ZBFH announced it had set aside
at providing affordable housing to we are engaging Plumtree (Town US$10 million for the purchase of
residents. A total of 366 units were Council) with a view of us taking land across the country to be ser-
earmarked for high-density hous- over so that we provide the funding viced for the residential market.
ing while 342 houses are meant to that is required to see the project
be developed into medium densi- to completion. So obviously this Mutandagayi said there were
ty suburbs, giving a total of 708 involves re-estimating the cost in plans to purchase more land in ar-
dwellings. Stand sizes range from United States dollars, re-evaluating eas such as Gwanda and Beitbridge
the project and then seeing what for housing projects. The current
sort of uptake we will get for the national housing backlog stands at
more than 1,4 million.

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PdV on The SA Cup kicks off in
verge of new March 2021 and EP have set
job after their sights on qualification
Zim sacking for the Currie Cup Premier
Division by finishing among
FORMER Springbok coach had short stints with the plications” for the position. to be appointed “soon”. Peter de Villiers the top three teams in the
Peter de Villiers is among University of the Western A shortlist will now be The successful applicant phants during next year’s SA coastal stream of the tourna-
the favourites to be named Cape in the Varsity Shield Cup and Currie Cup cam- ment. Although he was not
the new Eastern Province and Zimbabwe. drawn up with the new coach will oversee the EP Ele- paigns. everyone’s cup of tea while at
head coach, more than a year the helm of the Springboks,
after his unceremonious de- Kayser, a former Spring- under De Villiers’ leadership
parture from his Zimbabwe bok centre, is currently the national side won 30 of
post. the manager at the Sharks’ their 48 matches.
Academy, while Mokuena
According to reports, De has struggled to get another That 62.5% winning ra-
Villiers, Deon Kayser and coaching position since win- tio included a 47% win
Jonathan Mokuena are the ning the Varsity Cup with percentage against the All
three leading contenders. Pukke in 2016. Blacks, having played them
11 times, winning five and
De Villiers coached the EPRU president André losing six of those matches.
Springboks between 2008- Rademan confirmed they
2011, following which he had received “numerous ap- De Villiers was fired as
Zimbabwe’s head coach in
May 2029 for unautho-
rised absence from work,
although failure to guide the
country to the 2019 World
Cup, a mandate of his, was
viewed as the chief reason
behind his dismissal.

The Capetonian has been
out of a job since he was
shown the exit by Zimba-
bwe. – Agencies/Staff Writer

As one protégé exists and another arrives,
mentor Steve languishes in oblivion

SOME consistently gutsy player-of-the-tournament having introduced him to cia—Mangongo must have his young age. Madhevere could not have
performances by Zimbabwe’s after totalling 250 runs and cricket at the age of nine— wrapped himself up in some Madhevere first made an received better mentorship in
cricket team from the mid- even taking off his wicket- had quite a task to convince time bubble, harking back his formative years. After his
90s right through to the early keeping gloves to take 12 his fellow selectors to include to the time his protégée was impression in Bangladesh last talents were spotted during
2000s gave its fans hearten- wickets in that Youth World yet another three-dimension- learning how to hold a bat year, where he made his inter- the “Squads of Excellence”
ing assurance of a unit that Cup. al player in the touring party. under his watch as a skin- national debut, but the Paki- programme around 2013, the
was steadily coming of age as Peterhouse College’s Paul ny nine-year-old then and, stan tour has been confirma- stylish right-hander worked
an international side. To fully appreciate the Davies, who was also aware how he had to fight for his tion of what a truly special closely with Mangongo, re-
prestige of that award, take of the Churchill schoolboy’s inclusion in Zimbabwe’s Un- talent the 20-year-old from ceiving a scholarship to South
For me, though, an even a look at some of the future talents, backed Mangon- der-19 World Cup squad in Chitungwiza is. African school St Charles
more positive sign that Zim- big names of world cricket go’s choice and, with that, 2002. College in KwaZulu-Natal,
babwean cricket was headed eclipsed by Taibu for that Chigumbura’s name A batting average of 37.83 and then averaging over 45
in the right direction was gong in New Zealand 18 was added. in three ODIs has gotten ev- with the bat at the 2018 Un-
when arguably the most tal- years ago: Shaun Marsh, This would prove to der-19 World Cup.
ented group of young players Mashrafe Mortaza, Irfan be the stepping stone HawkZone erybody excited, statistics
from this country landed in Pathan, Ross Taylor, Umar into international which were boosted by Two other members of
New Zealand for the Un- Gul, Hashim Amla, Upul cricket for Chigum- twin scores of 33 in the Zimbabwe’s 2016 Under-19
der-19 World Cup in 2002 Tharanga, Farveez Maharoof, bura, whose career is Enock three-match series in Pa- World Cup squad, Richard
and left onlookers in doubt Dwayne Bravo, Ravi Ram- the subject of intense kistan. Ngarava and Milton Shum-
as of a bright future for the paul, Darren Sammy. debate by those who Muchinjo ba, were also on the recent
game in the Southern African have followed it from Then there was the un- Pakistan tour, where they
country. Stephen Mangongo Co-coaches Mangongo and the beginning. beaten 70 in the first T20 showed some promise.
runs out of superlatives when Englishman Steve Rhodes At his best, Chigumbura A prodigiously gifted bats- last week, an innings with
he attempts to describe the took a balanced squad to was a match winner. During man on his day, Chigumbura the hallmark of the young Putting it into context,
depth of talent in that 15- New Zealand, a multicul- the warm-up matches for the was however never able to batsman’s quality and Zimbabwe’s team currently
man squad. tural outfit and merry band 2010 World Twenty20 in the reach his full potential out- confidence at the crease, has four to five players aged
of teenagers who thoroughly West Indies, power-hitting side the occasional aggressive the cover drive and the pull 33 and above, in the twilight
Winless in the main com- enjoyed each other’s compa- Chigumbura really smashed innings. Following Zimba- shot executed with the traits stages of their career.
petition of the World Cup, ny away from the game. world-class bowling attacks bwe’s just-ended tour of Pa- of some of the best batsmen
the young Zimbabweans re- as Zimbabwe defeated both kistan, Chigumbura retired in the world. Quite clearly now, Man-
grouped to clinch the Plate For an Under-19 tourna- Australia and Pakistan to from all forms of cricket af- And, come to think of it, gongo was onto something,
Championship of the tourna- ment, Zimbabwe’s squad also raise high hopes back home ter a career that spanned 14 Mangongo—just like he did and what we have seen with
ment, beating Nepal in the had some fairly young play- before the main event. Tests, 213 ODIs and 55 T20 with Chigumbura 12 years Madhevere and the others is
final after riding on a master- ers, 15-year-olds, seriously Mangongo was there in internationals. earlier—was convinced he vindication of the methods
ly century by Brendan Taylor, talented kids too good to ig- the Caribbean for that T20 As Chigumbura was exit- had unearthed a gem when and vision he had beyond the
then a Harare schoolboy who nore. World Cup, as the assistant ing the scene in Pakistan, an- he took a 15-year-old Mad- present crop of national team
had turned 16 just three days coach to former England other student of Mangongo hevere to the 2016 Under-19 players.
before the match. One such 15-year-old was player Alan Butcher. For was announcing himself on World Cup in the United
an all-rounder named Elton the emotional character that the same tour as the future Arab Emirates. Pity, because of the organ-
The Plate trophy aside, Chigumbura, hailing from he is—as sixes rained from of the Zimbabwe team with Again, like the Chigumbu- isational politics of Zimba-
the biggest success story for Harare’s Highfield township. Chigumbura’s bat in St Lu- mature performances beyond ra of old, Madhevere offers bwean cricket, Mangongo
Zimbabwe was the all-round three dimensions to the team: — one of the country’s best
heroics of captain Tatenda With all-rounder vice-cap- a batter with an astonishing technical brains — finds
Taibu, who was duly named tain Sean Ervine a certainty strike rate, electrifying fielder, himself in the peripheries of
in the squad, Mangongo— and a bowler to boot. influence.
who knew Chigumbura well,

Sports PdV on verge As one protégé
of new job exists and
another arrives,
after Zim mentor Steve
languishes
sacking in oblivion

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ENOCK MUCHINJO

CAPTAIN Riyad Mahrez provided an assist and scored a goal to help the in-
form African champions Algeria beat Zimbabwe 3-1 in an Africa Cup of Nations
qualifier in Algiers last night.

With that win, the Algerians have extended their impressive unbeaten streak
to 21 games, as well as a 100% record in Group H of the current Nations Cup
qualification competition. Although Zimbabwe on occasion were able to resist
the hosts’ consistent forays into their half, Algeria were a potent attacking force,
a side that many an opponent has struggled to contain over the past couple of
years when the Desert Foxes turn on the style.

After wearing down Zimbabwe with their neat passing game, Algeria striker
Baghdad Bounedjah slotted home on 31 minutes when the visitors’ error-prone
goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze, reacting to a shot from outside the box by Galatasaray
midfielder Sofiane Feghouli, could only punch back into the path of the scorer.

Feghouli himself would add his name on the scoresheet 12 minutes later. It
came after some slick footwork by Manchester City star winger Mahrez, who
teased a marker on the right before finding the unmarked Feghouli, whose diving
header nestled into the far corner.

Mahrez then all but assured his team of maximum points when he eased past
three defenders after the Zimbabweans fluffed their lines, chipping the Warriors’
replacement goalkeeper Talbert Shumba on 65 minutes.

Zimbabwe grabbed a face-saver after 75 minutes courtesy of Lyon forward
Tino Kadewere’ cheeky chip over Algeria goalkeeper Rais M’Bolhi. In-form
Kadewere, fresh from scoring a brace in Lyon’s comeback 2-1 win over St Etienne
at the weekend, earlier in the match had a chance to put Zimbabwe in front after
16 minutes when he was left unmarked, only to direct his header over.

The two teams will meet in the reverse fixture in Harare on Monday. Mean-
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Tumisang Orebonye’s header in the 45th minute had given Botswana a shock
lead before Enock Mwape and Collins Sikombe secured the win for Chipolopolo
in the second half.

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