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From left: Cde V.D Maride
Information, Cde N. Chiware

Secretary for Commissar
and Cde Kwidini Secretary

for Administration
inspecting the drilling of a
borehole in Lower Gweru

Picture by Kudakwashe
Shambamuto

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The Zimbabwe Urban Council Worker's Union (ZUCWU) would like to REGIONALTOWNAND COUNTRY PLANNINGACT
extend their deepest condolences on the loss of Gweru Mayor his Worship CHAPTER 29:12
Clr Josiah Makombe’s mother, Gogo Makombe.
NOTICE OFANAPPLICATION FOR CHANGEOFUSE IN
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult TERMS OFSECTION 26(3) OFTHEACT
time. We stand by you and we would like to offer our support to you and
your family. Notice is hereby given of an application to carry out the following
development on Stand 810 Gwelo Township Lands, Gweru
May her dear soul rest in peace with our Heavenly Father and may you
find comfort in the Lord. It is proposed to establish a Flea Market on the above mentioned
properties. Stands 810 Gwelo Township Lands is in the Light
Solidarity Forever Industrial Zone 4A in terms of the operative Gwelo Town Planning
Scheme No.1 wherein the establishment of Flea Market may be
Inserted by permitted through the Special Consent of the Local Authority.
K.Munengiwa
General Secretary (ZUCWU) The application plans and any special conditions which the Local
Chairperson (Gweru ZUCWU Branch) Planning Authority is likely to impose, in the event that this
application being favourably considered may be inspected in the
City Planning and Development Control Section during normal office
hours.

Any person wishing to make objections or representations relating
to the application must lodge them with the undersigned within
one month of the date of the first insertion of this notice.

The Acting Town Clerk
City of Gweru
P.O Box 278
Gweru

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Kudakwashe Shambamuto This borehole is special ZANU PF DCC and Vungu Rural District leadership (Pic by Kudakwashe Shambamuto)
Villagers in Nkani and because it serves 3 village
neighboring communities of heads, Ngani, Tunhunhu and The Sun 27 August - 02 September 2021
Lower Gwelo are relieved Mncedisi," said Hon Ndlovu.
after a borehole was drilled in
the area by the District "We are happy about the
Coordinating Council in a bid new dispensation and as our
to accelerate vision 2030. choice to elect Hon Ndlovu as
our DCC Chairperson now we
The drilling of the borehole are seeing development in our
in the area will alleviate area. For a long time we have
serious shortages of clean been drinking, cooking, and
water by a community that bathing with sewer water
has been drinking unsafe which we fetched at a distance
water for years. of about 7 to 8 kilometers," said
Bianca Sibanda one of the
ZANU PF District villagers.
Coordinating Committee
Chairperson, Hon Brown Gweru DCC spokesperson
Ndlovu, said the ruling party Cde Victor Dzidzai Maride
which assisted with funds to praised the party for attending
drill the borehole, as a way of to the needs of the people with
addressing the plight of 600 a goal of achieving the vision
families in the area. of President E.D Mnangagwa.
The good work that is being
The program by the DCC pushed will help society to do
aims to develop societies and their projects.
villages in the district that are
underdeveloped and which "We have put two boreholes
are lacking necessities like as per people's plea because as
water. DCC our work is to coordinate
party programs and supervising
Hon Ndlovu sighted the government programs. When
lack of water as a hindrance doing party programs if we
to indigenization and a buffer hear of any grievances with
to development as people will the vision 2030 of our president
no longer be able to do we implement what we are
different projects like farming. doing so that people will do their
projects, from today onwards
The marginalized people will start to do their
community had a borehole projects. This borehole will be
that served them but it broke useful as it will help and serve
down and had gone for years many families in this village,"
without being repaired which said Cde Maride
forced villagers to walk more
than 7 kilometers in search of We are happy
water. about the new
dispensation and as
"As the district our choice to elect
development committee, it is Hon Ndlovu as our
our mandate and duty to DCC Chairperson
deliver services and arrest the now we are seeing
grievances raised within our development in our
area, this program has been area. For a long time
running for quite some time we have been
as we have delivered more drinking, cooking,
boreholes in the district in and bathing from
areas like Chiwundura, sewer water which
Mandindindi, and a water we fetched at a
pump at Game Park in distance of about 7
Tongogara District among to 8 kilometers
other projects which are yet
to be done in the coming
weeks. We are doing this with
the encouragement from our
President E.D Mnangagwa to
attain a middle income
economy by 2030 which also
includes having communities
that have sufficient clean
water supply.

4. LOCAL NEWS The paper that digs deeper

GMB finance Director Clemence Guta Tapiwanashe Mulenga &
Kudakwashe Shambamuto
Tapiwanashe Mulenga most farmers have delivered Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care John Mangwiro
Grain Marketing Board their grain to GMB. The The government through the
(GMB) received 7 billion allocation of inputs at GMB Ministry of Health and Child in the absence of radio and TV efficient, integrated and quality
RTGS from the Treasury in a depots in preparation for the Care has dispensed over 200 programs. Health centers in health care system with priority
bid to clear outstanding 2021-2022 season. Buffalo bicycles to health the province are expected to being given to preventive care
payments through the Ministry workers in Midlands province collect their batches from at community and household
of Agriculture,Water, Climate The country is poised to to help raise awareness Gweru District Hospital before levels. This also targets
and Rural Resettlements. attain grain reserves of 1 500 pertaining to Covid-19 in rural month-end," said the Provincial combating HIV, malaria, and
000 metric tonnes which were parts of the province. Medical Director in a other non-communicable
GMB finance director recently received after a statement. diseases," noted the Deputy
Clemence Guta, commended successful summer cropping The health workers Minister of Health and Child
the government for the season received the bicycles from the "The move by the Care John Mangwiro.
dispensary. He said farmers Ministry of Health and Child government through the
were overwhelmed with the ''I commend the government Care following their pleas to Ministry of Health and Child Vision 2030 also envisions
situation and engaging with for the dispensary of funds to the government concerning Care is timely since summer the establishment of
side marketers. GMB and farmers can access the challenges they face in comes with health concerns. specialized, well-equipped
their funds. Inputs have been trying to reach all corners of This initiative falls in line with health care facilities that draw
He said that as GMB they delivered and farmers will be the province educating people Vision 2030 and the Devolution both from internal and external
had promised to pay farmers informed before the onset of on health issues. Agenda of providing an expertise.
and stakeholders within a the rains to collect inputs, ''he
week's period and this was not said. In Gweru, they collected
so due to the delay in the their batches from Gweru
dispensary of funds by the Guta said there is a need to District Hospital (Birchnough
government. promote economic growth, the Hospital) and expressed
country is working at ending gratitude to the ministry for
Guta commended the the dependency syndrome addressing their plight. The
government for the dispensary within the SADC region. bicycles were distributed to
of funds saying at this stage rural and urban health
workers and the initiative is
aimed at enabling awareness
on issues pertaining Covid-19
at village level.

"The initiative is aimed at
enabling awareness pertaining
to Covid-19 at grassroots
level. Research conducted by
the Ministry of Health and
Child Care shows that people
living in rural areas are likely
to be unaware of COVID-19

The paper that digs deeper LOCAL NEWS 5.

Staff Reporter hectare By Varaidzo Muzonzini and council of forcing them out
of Bongani Ncube of business so that
Quelea birds are threatening wheat. Kudzanayi market gets more
the wheat yield in Kwekwe and The Gweru City Council has business.
other parts of the Midlands After ordered informal traders
province, with farmers now the invasion operating at various Some traders said they
fearing for the worst if the of these unregistered flea markets to had recently paid their rent a
situation is not quickly birds has close down as newly day before the eviction, they
addressed. revised relocated vendors at are now in a dilemma on
downwards Kudzanai bus terminus whether they will receive
The birds are targeting the my complain of low customers. their money back or they will
type of crops which have anticipated be asked to return to their
reached the grain filling stage yield to around It was mayhem on usual stalls.
as well as crops that have 6 to 5 tonnes Wednesday when the
reached the maturity stage. per hectare. municipal police with the "We were shocked this
It's really assistance of the police morning because we were
So intense are the birds that painful and I moved in to close down the not told anything about
the community is kept on its believe this former Robert Gumbura vacating, we were prepared
feet, with others getting relish. problem can church turned flea market for work only to find this
be attended to (TM flea market) and shocking situation. I am still
Midlands Provincial without any Offspring flea market, left in disbelief, I don't know
Agronomist, Innocent Dvuke challenges. hundreds of traders in tears. where I am going to put all
says farmers are at the this stuff and with this Covid-
receiving end due to the "The problem The evicted informal 19 it has made matters even
invasion. has also affected traders complain that, the worse, we are still waiting for
surrounding local authority didn't give the owner to address us, "said
"I must say we had done areas. Parks them notice to vacate the flea one of the vendors.
very well as a country in terms and wildlife markets and accused the
of capacitating our farmers. officials came
The various schemes like the and sprayed However,
Presidential wheat scheme and part of the this falls short of the
the CBZ agro meant that we farm. We witnessed district's requirement which
had breached the import gap," some deaths of the birds after stands at 30 tonnes. The
he said. the exercise but this seems to problem is we now require 29,5
have triggered the influx of tonnes as a matter of urgency
"However, due to this more birds on the crop. They to avert further losses as time
outbreak we might lose yield are coming in their numbers is not on our side," said Ms
of up to 30 percent which is and we hope more chemicals Virginia Samakomva who is
not good at all," he added. will be sought as GMB is Kwekwe district crop and
saying they have run out of
Farmers have since
appealed for an urgent The birds hibernate in the Closed Gumbura Flea market
government intervention before bushes along the
the situation gets out of hand.
surrounding streams during
Mr Pritchard Zhou is the the day and strike at night.
owner of Percychard farm We are in a fix. Time is not
who has been given headaches on our side and this must be
by the menacing birds.
declared a matter of
"The birds are giving us emergency,
sleepless nights. Valuable
Labour is now concentrating such chemicals," he said livestock officer. Visit our Website:
on getting rid of the birds. We The government has The country was anticipating
appeal to the government to www.thesunnews.co.zw
come on board and source confirmed the shortage of the a bumper harvest this winter
chemicals. needed chemicals in the district season after farmers almost
as only a tiny fraction has been doubled their yield as
"The birds hibernate in the extended for the area. compared to the previous
bushes along the surrounding season. However, there are
streams during the day and "We only received 500 kgs fears that all the efforts might
strike at night. We are in a fix. of the chemical to deal with the go to waste if the problem of
Time is not on our side and this problem as a district through the birds is not addressed as a
must be declared a matter of the GMB which we have been matter of urgency.
emergency," he said. distributing to farmers.

The daring birds have not
spared President Emerson
Mnangagwa's Precabe farm
where most of the wheat has
reached the maturity stage.

Mr. Ranganai Zimowa is a
foreman at the farm who takes
time to highlight the problems
the birds have caused across
the Sherwood block.

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Police have busted a drug activities in the city. of mutoriro. By Citizen Journalist challenging time and, thanks
trafficking syndicate in The presence of flashy cars Armed with bags, gloves, to GRRA's safe cities
Gweru’s central business “We also managed to arrest masks, hoes and a strong campaign of creating healthy
district arresting seven people especially during weekends sense of purpose, around 12 communities.
in connection with dealing in drew the attention of law seven people we rounded at men and women got to work
illegal substances. enforcement agents before cleaning the streets of Through Chikwadzi,
embarking on an undercover the place who will appear in Mkoba 3, as part of a the gained connections and
At the corner of 9th and operation which took a week. safe cities campaign of skills that have helped
Lobengula Street in Gweru, court soon facing drug dealing promoting a clean strengthen the initiatives.
one is greeted with a semi To conceal their operations environment for residents.
dilapidated building inscribed to the prying eyes of the public, related charges. We urge the "From mytime attending
Solars College. the suspected traffickers had Ward 11 residents GCC workshops with
dug a hole in the middle of the community to assist in dealing committee sacrificed their councillors and council
The impression at the room to hide a box stashed time to clear rubbish and management officials,Inow
building is that it is a private with an assortment of drugs. with drugs. We also urge the raise awareness as part of have a strong network that,
college as smartly dressed building the foundation for I can reach out to with these
young man and women come Midlands Provincial Acting society to stay away from achieving a step change in initiatives. GCC's
in and out every now and then. Police Spokesperson, Assistant our environment campaigns and advocacy
Inspector Ethel Mkwembi said: drugs.” stewardship. meetings have educated and
At the backyard of the “We managed to bust these informed us as residents to
building is a driving school, people and recover 51 bottles The owner of the building, This is improving the take a leading role in the
restaurant, garage and some of bronclea. We also physical appearance of their improving service delivery."
seemingly dysfunctional rooms recovered a considerable Mr Spencer Govere, said he surrounding as well as
which have turned out to be amount of processed dagga. fostering a sense of Recently, 'Hutano
home to drug trafficking there were also plastic stashes had nothing to do with what communityand prideamong Hupenyu', a cleaning group
the residents. that organizes regular clean-
was happening at the premises. ups, got more than 50
Moses Chikwadzi said people to tackle rubbish in
Issues of drug trafficking "Every piece of trash that is Ascot Infill.
on the ground in our
are on a worrying increase community should be taken They are already made
away and be recycled and strides in creating healthy
across the country prompting deposited in a landfill. communities since
Clean-ups should be a habit medication is very
President Emmerson inorder to create safe cities." unaffordable and the health
system in the country is in a
Mnangagwa to set up an inter- Chikwadzi has also deplorable state
implemented skills he
ministerial taskforce to deal learned through Gweru City Gweru Residents and
Council by educating Ratepayers Association
communityresidentson false (GRRA) ExecutiveDirector
information through. He Cornilia Selipiwe said
says, "Along with my other council need to encourage
peers, I'm posting daily on residents in a storm clean-
our WhatApp group, and up campaign as part of the
I'm using myprofile to share nation's vision to create
tips to help people improve environments.
thegeneralcleanliness during
this time." He said involving
residents in council projects
The initiative supported not only empowers the
Mkoba residents during a community, but saves funds.

with the menace./ Online

Hutano Hupenyu group cleaning at Ascot Infill
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The paper that digs deeper LOCAL NEWS 7.

Kudakwashe Shambamuto struck him twice at the back Hatirarami Momberume (Evans Momberume) (26) the alleged husband of the deceased child
A 55-year-old Zhombe man of the head. bride Anna Machaya (Memory Machaya)
was axed by his own son whilst
trying to refrain him from The matter was reported to KWEKWE - The parents of sentence of up to 10 years. brother, Ernest Machaya.
fighting with a friend. the police who then attended The National Prosecuting Abirth certificate obtained
to the scene and the father child bride Anna Machaya,
Gift Machingauta (55) is was rushed to hospital where Authority said police from Wanganui Secondary
nursing and recovering from he is admitted in a stable who died while giving birth on investigating Anna's death at a School in Mhondoro - where
injuries he sustained after being condition. The suspect Tinashe shrine of the Johanne Marange Anna dropped out in Form 1
axed by his son Tinashe Machingauta is still on the run church in Marange were sent - proved that she was born
Machingauta, (23) whilst and the police are appealing to on a wild goose chase by the on July 5, 2006, to parents
trying to refrain him from anyone with information on his teen's parents. Edmore Machaya and Shy
fighting with a friend. The whereabouts to report to the Mabika. She was 14 when
incident occurred at village 19, nearest police station. she fell pregnant.
Chief Gwesela in Zhombe.
Tinashe Machingauta was "We appeal to members of Prosecutors are also
drinking beer with his friend the public to solve disputes charging Anna's parents with
Kelvin Chinouta at village 19 amicably and avoid the use of pledging a female person
tuck-shops when a violence. Common sense after they allegedly offered
misunderstanding arose which should always prevail in their nine-year-old daughter
led to a fight. Machingauta tried determining ways of handling to Momberume as a
to stop the fight and settle the disputes," said Midlands Police "replacement" for Anna.
issue but it did not end well with spokesperson, Inspector
his son who took an axe and Emmanuel Mahoko. Hatirarami Momberume's
father, Eliakim Momberume,
July 15, were denied bail on is a brother to the Johanne
Marange church's powerful
Friday after being charged leader, Noah Taguta
Momberume.
with obstructing a police

investigation and pledging a

female person.

Edmore Machaya, 45, and

his wife Shy Mabika, 36, were Michelle Daraja,

not asked to plead during a prosecuting, said Machaya and

brief appearance before his wife gave police an ID of

Kwekwe magistrate Memory Machaya who was

Florence Nago. born on January 2, 1999, and

Bulawayo residents have (Master and Local Plans) On the same day, 15- purported that she was their
been given up to mid-October Regulations 1977, that the
to raise objections to the southern central areas local year-old Anna's "husband" dead daughter in an apparent
city's new master plan which development plan number 16
will see some property has been adopted and is now Hatirarami Momberume, 26, bid to save Momberume from
owners losing their land. on public exhibition; the
Already, Ingutsheni Mental notice read in part. was separately charged with going to jail.
Referral Hospital is likely to
lose part of its land under the The council has already her murder before a court in Police investigators, the
proposed master plan that formulated the plan's report
covers Bulawayo's southern of study which has already Mutare. He also faces a court heard, were however
central areas including Hill gone through the requisite
Crest, Green Hill, Southwold, statutory consultations second charge of having able to prove that Memory
Montrose and Famona. leading to the formation of
the Written Statement sexual intercourse with a Machaya is Anna's cousin and
The master plan was (Policies and Proposals). The
unveiled in December 2020, four-year master plan also minor which carries a prison is alive. Her father is Edmore's
and seeks to give the much- seeks to transform the city to
needed facelift to Bulawayo, a smart city by 2024.
a city that has been facing
urban decay in recent years In 2020, the local authority
with no major infrastructural engaged the Infrastructure
projects taking place. Development Bank (IDB) to
carry out feasibility studies on
In a notice issued on clean energy projects in the
August 24, affected residents city.
and other property owners
have up to October 14 to The city's current
register any objections to the operational master plan was
proposed master plan. prepared in 2000 following a
review of the 1982 plan, the
"Council at its meeting of first such plan produced in
the Au-gust 4, 2021 adopted the country under the then
the southern central areas 1976 Regional, Town and
local plan number 16. Country Planning Act.

"The city gives notice, Since then, the city has
in terms of subsection (2) of been experiencing new
section 18 of the Regional, physical, economic, social
Town and Country Planning and environmental planning
Act, 1996, as read with challenges as a result of the
section 20 of the Regional, outdated master plan. Online
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‘CITIZEN JOURNALISM FOR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

AND ACCOUNTABILITY’

When asked how to counter to increase patrols in the area.
the problems, some of the Some residents said the council
residents who refused to be should introduce borehole
named said the local council marshals to control people and
should try to provide water in the maintain order.#WomenIn News (WIN)
area and law enforcement agents
social impact initiative

By Takudzwanashe are also increasing as young would be seen abusing By Locadia Mavhudzi use for a longer period. We
Samhembere- Citizen girls are pretending to go and substances such as beer, Covid19 disruptions to have been financially crippled
fetch water duringthe night yet mutoriro, mbanje and guka. It society have a heavy impact by the Covid19 situation as
Journalist they would be going to see is usually after this that most on children especially on their we used to get donations
oreholes in Mkoba their boyfriends. of them get involved in street safety, their well-being and from churches which are
high densitysuburb fights and unprotected sex. their future. currently closed in line with
in Gweru have With darkness covering the lockdown.”
become harmful most of these areas they The residents also feel that Worphan Orphanage
sites to residents as people indulge in unprotected sex their safetyis being scrutinized center in Lower Gweru rural Chindozi said Vungu Rural
gather without exercising which results in pregnancies as as some thieves may pretend area which is home to twenty- District Council has been
Covid 19 protocols. well as Sexually Transmitted to be at the borehole to fetch five children below 18 years, supportive over the years and
Residents are complaining Infections (STI) water yet they are busy is facing hard times as donor the institution was allocated 9
that the boreholes have targeting people to rob them. support has dwindled from hectares of land to support
become Covid- 19 hotspots, One of the respected elder both in and outside the their agricultural needs.
as many people are in the area, Pastor Zhou said Commercial sex workers country.
disregarding the set down that the boreholes had become were using the spots to find “Though we have nine
regulations when fetching spots where some residents potential clients.Suchimmoral Esther Chindozi, the center hectares of land, it’s
water. met to abuse drugs and beer. activities being done in open administrator, said they are in unfortunate that we are failing
Cases of child pregnancies places where people meet dire need of food supplies to to produce our own
"Most youth especially the lead to moral decay. cater to the children. vegetables in the winter
boys meet duringthe night and season because we do not
“At the present moment have a borehole. We are
there are 18 children, 15 of appealing to well-wishers to
them are of school-going age assist us to drill a borehole so
and 3 minors. We are giving that our agricultural activities
them shelter, food, paying become sustainable.”
school fees and all the basics
a child may need. Our most A village head in the area,
immediate needs range from Mcebisi Velasi hailed the
food supplies as well as work being done by the
sanitary wear for the 10 orphanage to protect children
teenage girls in our institution. from extreme vulnerabilities.
We would appreciate even
the re-usable sanitary pads to To page 9

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GStaff Reporter contracting Cholera, and some office bearers were using situation in her hood was requires a collective approach
weru- Women in Typhoid as we don't have the situation to gunner votes at unbearable. from various stakeholders.
Mtapa section 3 running water in our taps, we the expense of people's health.
suburb have are being kept alive by God's "As you already heard, our He added that misplaced
expressed concern grace. If one person is to "It is so worrying and major challenge is water and priorities and planning
over the state of service contract cholera the whole disturbing to note that some toilets which caters for a large indisciplinebythe local authority
delivery in their community as community is doomed as you leaders only want votes and are population and are always has affected infrastructure
they are relying on single know we once encountered a never concerned with service messed up. development in the community.
borehole to access water. similar case before. We are delivery. When election time
appealing to our local comes they will flock section 3 At night we find it difficult "The situation in Mtapa is so
The outcry comes as Gweru authorities and well-wishers to and 7 with fake promises. to access the toilet due to pathetic and we, therefore,
City Council is currently look into this matter with curfew, police who conduct need to put our heads together
implementing a water rationing urgency. What worries us most "Right now we have a large patrols in the evening will arrest for the wellbeing of our
exercise as an effort to ensure is that each month the local number of the section who are you if you are caught outside. residents. One thing which
fair distribution of the precious authority demands that we pay still using one toilet which Councilors are failing to
liquid in all areas. for services we didn't get," she doesn't have water. At least if Another area of concern is understand is we are fighting for
said the number of boreholes are our borehole, we are always one thing, there is a need for
Gladys Mathe, a Mtapa increased we are guaranteed of crowded when fetching water. councilors to honor up to the
resident said that without Another resident who a better service provision, "she The chances of contracting generational mandates of the
running water high risks of identified herself as Vee said it added. Covid 19 are very high in this council such that the work
diseases outbreak are imminent. was embarrassing to note how situation as people don't wear which one councilor leaves
Shekinah Nyathi, who masks or even maintain social behind his predecessor should
"We are living in fear of resides in section 3 said the distance, so we are continue so as to better the lives
endangering ourselves. We of residents," he said.
hear council is conducting a
water rationing exercise but we In the recently published
don't have water most of the State of City Address, Gweru
time." Nyathi said Mayor, Josiah Makombe
highlighted that in a bid to ease
Gweru United Progressive the water challenges council
Residents and Ratepayers had managed to install and
Development Association, commission two solar-powered
(GUPRARDA) director, David piped water schemes courtesy
Chikore said the issue of water of Welt Hunger Hilfe.
and sanitation in section 3

Picture By Citizen Journalist “We are proud of the service care, nutrition, and education.
being offered by Worphan “The covid19 pandemic is
Orphanage because many
children in this area are eloping impacting badly on children who
and there are rampant child are the next generation. Social
marriages due to lack of social protection that includes cash
care. Most families are child- transfers and support for food
headed as parents are seeking and nutrition must be extended
greener pastures in our to vulnerable children.” This is
neighboring countries.” a 15 percent increase in the
number of children living in
Child Protection Specialist deprivation in low- and middle-
and Midlands State University income countries
Law lecturer, Loveness Mapuwa
said that as parents worldwide UNICEF has revealed that the
struggle to maintain their number of children living in
livelihoods, governments must multidimensional poverty has
scale up social protection soared to approximately 1.2
measures, programs, and billion due to the COVID-19
policies that connect families to pandemic, according to a new
life-saving income and health UNICEF and Save the Children
analysis of 2021. #Women In News

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Tinaani Nyabereka and prostitution, which need to under this Covid 19 lockdown.
Gweru- Community leaders in be stopped urgently. "As community leaders, we
the rural area of Silobela are
calling upon the government With the increase of illegal are trying to help these affected
and children's rights groups to gold mining activity in the area, minors as well as educating the
intervene to stop the escalating gold panners who are drawn parents through awareness
cases of young girls who are from various corners of the campaigns. It's sad that some
getting pregnant, while some are province have become the sole parents are now threatening to
engaged in prostitution in order predators who go around say we are bothering them with
to feed their families during the preying on the vulnerable young these Child abuse campaigns,"
current prolonged Covid 19 girls with money and goodies. said Pombi.
lockdown.
The once peaceful rural area A minor (14) who lives with
Cases of children as young has become an orderless her grandmother in Mzila said
as 12years old who are now community as the majority of she was engaging in prostitution
mothers or are engaging in the gold panners disregard to feed her siblings.
prostitution with mostly gold traditional culture and laws.
panners who have invaded the "My grandmother used to
area recently in search of gold "Minors as young as 10-12 take care of me and my two
are on the increase. years old are turning to siblings however due to old age
prostitution to fend for their she is no longer able to do so. I
Silobela, which is 80km from families. Some parents have then decided to take up the
Gweru thrives on subsistence even gone to an extent of lying breadwinner role, I work for
farming but over the past years about their children's ages when money to buy basics and the
has been experiencing drought we report cases of abuse to the gold panners are the ones with
due to low rainfall and climate police as they are encouraging money," she added.
change effects. them to venture into
prostitution,” said Pombi. A Midlands-based women's
Mzila community headman, rights movement, Woman of
Paul Pombi said that his area All these efforts have been Africa (WoA) when contacted
was one of the most affected done to protect illegal gold for comment, expressed
with cases of child marriages panners who are engaging concern over the development
minors in sexual activities, so the saying it was prudent to fight
situation is just pathetic worse for the welfare of the girl child

Woman of Africa Director Clifford Chikukutu

by educating her. recently noted in its
"The best way to alleviate humanitarian situation report of
2020 that, out of an estimated
poverty among the girl child is number of more than 3.4 million
to fund her education, when children of school-going age in
children engage in prostitution Africa (3 to 12 years), at least
it's a sign of desperation, 1.2 million (35 percent), were
government should ensure in need of emergency or
health and nutrition for these specialized education services to
girls through school feeding alleviate poverty.
schemes," said WoA
director,Clifford Chikukutu. Moreso with poverty,
unprecedented levels had since
"From ages of 15 and above been reached as more than 70%
income-generating projects are of Zimbabwean children are
also needed to address the currently living in poverty, with
poverty. Once these material rural communities being the
needs are met we will lobby and most affected.
give them Sexual Reproductive
Health education on the dangers Childline Zimbabwe when
of prostitution. Usually when contacted for comment, said
people do risky stuff like sex they are going to immediately
work it's because the basic investigate the matter as it views
needs are not met," he said. it as serious and needs urgent
attention. Supported by
The United Nations #Women In News
International Children
Emergency Fund(Unicef)

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Citizen Journalists/The Sun processed grass we fetched over there. The headmaster partner the grouping through therefore, reduces biomass.
Reporter from some faraway places. knows me and my works so the provision of grass-cutting
Could this just be a sometimes even if I don't have equipment in a bid to preserve We would like to urge
A Gweru based women’s coincidence? Something must fees I simply give him my word the environment.
group that specializes in grass be fishy," said Mrs. Beatrice and he knows the money will communities to practice such
cutting activities for thatching Matendi who is Chairperson of come so my grandchildren are EMA commended the team
purposes is crying foul over Old Ascot Kushinga thatching not expelled from the school as for coming up with the initiative initiatives as it also helps them
some unscrupulous members grass cooperative. a result." saying the environment is
of the society who stand much safer with such in their wellbeing," said EMA's
accused of sabotaging their The cooperative now boasts The project has also been activities.
income-making activities. of 31 members mostly drawn identified to be helpful in Midlands provincial
from Ascot, who occasionally preserving the environment "It's about time people start
Old Ascot Kushinga get some assistance from their through the reduction of understanding the importance spokesperson Mr. Oswald
thatching group alleges that family members. biomass which acts as a of preserving the environment
some saboteurs are targeting catalyst for fire during the fire through various ways. As you Ndlovu.
their processed grass while The enterprise has supported season. might be aware, biomass
some unscrupulous members many households to deal with increases the intensity of the Year in and year out, human
of the society stand accused financial issues. In the face of the fire fire in case a fire breaks out.
of initiating veld fires which season, EMA has seen it fit to The cutting of the grass, and wildlife lose their lives in
form the basis of their "Most people here are
livelihoods. widows and single mothers. numbers with the environment
We sell our grass for a dollar
"Look my son, it's like we per three but we are open to under siege as a result of veldt
are under a deliberate attack negotiating if one intends to buy
from some jealous in bulk. I am lucky my husband fires amid calls for more
individuals. Ever since we is still alive but his income is
started our cooperative in not enough for the family. I mitigatory measures against
around 2006 it has been managed to send my children
problems after problems. At to university through the money the spread of such fires.
first, it was city council I am getting from this project.
officials who used to say what There are many like me. I also Supported by #Women In News
we are doing is illegal and chip in with water bills when
would charge us a dollar a my husband can't afford such.
day. It then took the I don't even ask for money for
intervention of the groceries since my husband is
Environmental Management a mere civil servant," said Mrs
Agency (EMA) for us to Matendi.
start operating without
hustles. Now that we are Gogo Masiziba (60) is one
getting business from of the pioneers of the group.
established business people
from around the city and She speaks of some of the
beyond, it seems jealousy is achievements accrued since
creeping or someone wants they started.
to take over our enterprise.
Firstly, we used to get grass "My son, my husband died
along the road just nearby but back then when I was not
we have been hit by veld employed. We then sat down
fires. As if that was not and came up with this initiative.
enough, of late some people I am well known around here
deliberately torched our and have managed to earn trust
from authorities. I take care of
my three grandchildren who
attend a local primary school

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SBy Citizen Journalist because of our address," said the winter season. pay or getting involved in selling one working solution to reduce
everal vulnerable and Maria. He said that his family often drugs, whose abuse by youths
food-insecure families in has been on the increase in the corruption, favouritism, fraud,
affluent urban and peri- In the first quarter, UNICEF go hungry and many days and he country," he said.
urban areas of Gweru Zimbabwe together with the has not benefitted from any social among other primary objectives
have been left out of government Ministry of Public Service, Labour welfare assistance. Social protection responses to
and donor-driven social welfare, and Social Welfare and GOAL the emerging vulnerabilities in the of extreme poverty reduction and
support programmes targeting Zimbabwe rolled out an Other social welfare urban and peri-urban areas have
extremely poor families, it has Emergency Social Cash Transfer beneficiaries have recently generally been controversial and alleviation and food insecurity
been established. Program (ESCT) to reduce food received a combination of widely left many deserving cases.
insecurity, improve dietary monthly cash transfers and reduction.
It has been established that diversity, and maternal and child complimentary nutrition and child In Zimbabwe, assistance has
organisations like WFP, and other health outcomes of vulnerable protection services, for a period been largely towards rural Zimbabwe first introduced the
support programmes excluded households, whose situation has of 12 months, from UNICEF and communities and recent research
now on the increase due to the further deteriorated as a result of other partners. including the Urban Vulnerability Harmonized Social Cash Transfer
Covid-19 epidemic as they are COVID-19 induced disruptions, Assessment, and the World Bank
generally not expected to be vaccination resistance and Mike Mundofa, (45), who are pointing towards an increase Programme (HSCT) in 2011, as an
vulnerable in the areas they leave delays, rising inflationary stays on a plot in Clonsilla, says in both prevalence and incidence
in. pressures and cost of leaving the assessment teams for social of urban poverty. Assistance has unconditional cash transfer
coupled with the generally poor welfare support programmes also favoured people aligned to
Poor and unemployed families state of the Zimbabwe economy. generally do not consider people supporters of the ruling party and programme targeting the
of vendors, youths, young and like him as his area is generally many opposition members have
single mothers; unemployed, The fragile Zimbabwean considered to be affluent and that often been left out. extremely poor and labour-
gardeners, the elderly, economy suffering a plethora of people who stay there are able to
construction workers and many factors, though widely expected look after themselves. In Zimbabwe, the latest constrained households
people who lost their jobs due to to rebound; now seeing the estimates show that about 45%
the corona virus epidemic have reversal of the pandemic's "We used to work for the of the total population are programme.
found the going very tough, as staggering human and economic landlady who is now aged and she undernourished, while 49% of the
they now have very little or no costs. has stopped farming. She is not population has fallen into extreme According to, Dr. Garima Bhalla
money to buy food for their able to look after us and she too poverty. The country together
families, now require urgent social According to UNICEF, the is not able to take care of herself. with donor partners are of the University of North
support. programme primarily targeted challenged to come up with
households headed by the elderly "Many smallholder farmers in working mechanisms to address Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Many venerable families prefer (65 years and above), those with Clonsilla are not effectively the deepening challenges of
to stay in the affluent areas where pregnant women or with children utilising their plots and are extreme food insecurity, selective Under the HSCT Programme,
they do not pay rent or where under the age of 2 years, persons generally not able to pay their and ineffective social protection
they have to pay rentals, living with disabilities and child- workers often allowing them to and worsening vice and crime. beneficiary households receive a
accommodation is widely cheaper headed households. stay on their plots for free. Most Cash transfers have emerged as
at USD10.00 per room per month farmworkers end up vending, bi-monthly cash transfer that
compared to USD 40.00 per room Households deemed to be well- working for other people who can
per month in high-density areas off will be excluded despite the varies with household size. On
where they could have been category they fall in.
considered for social welfare average, the transfer value is
assistance. Despite the fact that UNICEF
designed the programme to be about 20% of total pre-programme
Maria Muchenje, (35), a flexible to accommodate all
domestic worker who lost her job, vulnerable households who may household consumption
after her employer and her not fall under the above-
husband died of Covid-19 related mentioned categories, many expenditure. Beneficiary eligibility
illness in early last year, said that families in suburbs like
she is considering going back to Southdowns, Windsor Park, criteria are two-fold: food poverty
her rural home in Masvingo as Kopje, Ridgemont and several
she has failed to secure better- other peri-urban areas in Gweru and labour-constrained status of
paying jobs, surviving on piece have been left out.
jobs and selling vegetables at households.
street corners. Thomas Murembe, (33), a
father of three, and a builders' The latest Zimbabwe
Maria has not been able to assistant, now staying at an
access any help, from the unfinished house in Ridgemont Vulnerability Assessment
government or donor agencies Heights, in Gweru, said that he is
who she said do not consider her now surviving on gathering grass Committee, ZimVAC reports that
because she stays in one of the and selling it to poultry farmers
affluent areas where people are who use it as bedding for their 2.4 million people in urban areas
considered to be able to take care chickens. On a good day, Thomas
of themselves better. said he can make at least US$2.00, are food insecure, an increase of
adding that the clients are
"Many people like me who stay generally hard to come by as
here in Daylesford are not many chicken farmers have not
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“We have a garden downstream and the Pandemic: Social and
where we used to do all sorts
of horticultural production. In Economic Impacts, nearly
the history of this country, we
have always known that 12% compared to 2019. 500,000 Zimbabwean
Agriculture is ahead of all the
other sectors, which was why Many Zimbabweans have been households have at least one
we embarked on the land reform
program. Now to reverse such informal workers who lost their member who lost her or his job,
gains in the name of mining is
surely a mockery to our heroes livelihoods as their vending sites causing many households to
who went to war for our
liberation. We are saying if they were destroyed by the fall into poverty, and worsening
were allowed to de-silt, let them
do so without destroying the government as part of the plight of the existing poverty
environment and people’s
livelihoods,” he said. sweeping Covid-19 levels. The analysis observed

The general health of the management, measures and that the COVID-19 pandemic
people around the Msasa area
has also been greatly affected restrictions. disrupted the economy and
as a result of the mining
activities. Zimbabwe has registered an general livelihoods, expanding

A village health worker Mrs astronomical increase of the number of extremely poor
Charity Gomo said people used
to drink water from the river but extreme poverty reaching 7.9 citizens by 1.3 million, and
now have nowhere to get such
provision, “There are no million as the Covid-19 increasing extreme poverty
boreholes in this area. People
OBy Citizen Journalist/The Sun engaging us in the community. should have been consulted so pandemic worsening the overall to 49% in 2020.
ne of the three This river was a source of our that we could have advocated
mining giants livelihood. As you can see, over for the sinking of three deepening economic and socio- The pandemic also
awarded a special there where there is their boreholes to serve this
alluvial mining bulldozer was one of our community. The water in political shocks the country is disrupted the provision of basic
grant by the cabinet in a pilot members’ garden. Now tell me Mutebekwi was so clean that
project stands accused of how that person is supposed to people would fetch it and boil grappling with. According to public services in health and
abusing the privilege by survive going forward. It’s a pity it for drinking and cooking
engaging in illegal mining that such things are happening. purposes. They could also the World Bank's World wellness, the judiciary and
activities at the banks of They should have sat down with wash along the river. Now the
Mutebekwi river in a us and we could have come up mining activities have seen the Economic Report, 2021, almost correctional services,
threatening development with a way forward that doesn’t water becoming dirty and
environment. disturb the community. unusable. What should the half of Zimbabwe's population education and several social
community do now?”, she said.
The mining activities have They set up their plant in fell into extreme poverty amid protections, affecting poor
left hundreds of rural families someone’s farm which they just When contacted for
without farming and water took over, imagine,” he said. comment, ENR- CEO Mr. Mahek continued sharp price citizens the most.
provisions causing a lot of Shah said they are doing
suffering within the Villagers are also alleging that everything above board, “We increases for goods and If the endemic and rising
communities. some unnamed senior got a license to do alluvial
government official was part of mining through processing silt services, with increased job extreme poverty and
ENR Private Limited is one the syndicate being fronted by that we get from the desiltation
of the three mining giants the Indians in the mining exercise. No one was ever losses and falling wages and desperation in urban and peri-
awarded a special alluvial operations, which makes the evicted from their farm through
mining grant by the cabinet in a team untouchable. force. We have great plans for salaries in the formal and urban areas is not arrested,
pilot project in April this year, the community where we want
giving them powers to de-silt “There is an army officer who to build a dip tank, help in the informal many families risk losing the
rivers and process extracted ore. came with a gun and threatened building of classroom blocks as
to shoot us if we resisted their well as sink the community The recent Zimbabwe battle to poverty,
However, a visit to the operations. some boreholes,” he said.
Mutebekwi river by The Sun Economic Update, unemployment, food insecurity
news crew indicates that some Is this why we went to war” I Illegal mining activities
illegal mining activities are am prepared to die because kusiri have become a major source of Overcoming Economic and the worsening Covid-19
happening at the edge of the kufa ndekupi? They are bringing worry in the mineral-rich
river beyond the de-siltation guns to unarmed civilians who Midlands province, resulting in Challenges, Natural Disasters, pandemic.Supported by
exercise with the community are trying to earn a living in this disputes between miners and
now up in arms with the Indians river is that even normal. We are farmers. #Women In News #Women In News
fronted firm. appealing to authorities to treat (WIN) social impact initiative
this case with the urgency it
Chairperson of the deserves,” said an affected
Mutebekwi Development villager Mrs Naume Nani.
Committee, Mr. Trynos
Runyowa said the community Mutebekwi river feeds into
has not known peace since the Runde river and the mining
mining firm began operations. activities are now affecting
activities downstream. Villagers
“We were told this company allege the miners sometimes put
was granted permission to a wall across the river to stop the
come and do desiltation here. free flow of water so that they
We have no problem with a carry their mining activities.
government directive to that
effect but what is disturbing us Mr Peter Mkwena is a local
is that they just came without farmer who practices horticulture
production downstream, said,

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Thomas Mapfumo Zhombe hardly makes it to oiled music bands from across
national news headlines. Since Zimbabwe on national radio
Dynamos Football clublegend Tinoda Machakaire visited the entire football fraternity on the the days of Learnmore Jongwe left me in near tears. The
Shaya family home in Glen untimely passing on of the who died nearly 20 years ago, it's Vashandiri Vashe Voices,
and Zimbabwe’s greatest Norah to pay his condolences. legend George Shaya. We rare to find a Zhombe story on formed in 2016, comprises
have been robbed as a nation radio or in national newspapers mainly youths who praise and
footballer George Shaya who Machakaire said Shaya’s and we cherish the legacy and unless it's to do with a violent worship through music and are
death had robbed the nation the memories that he leaves death at an unlicensed gold based right here in rural
died yesterday morning. with his legacy and memories behind. May his soul rest in mining site or some other crime. Zhombe.
remaining behind. eternal peace,” said
Mukanya as Mapfumo is Machakaire.Online To those who cannot locate In mid-June, their song
“My deepest condolences Zhombe on the map, it is a mining "Hoyo Mushandiri" off their
affectionatelyknown in music to the Shaya family and the community in the Midlands first album "Enda Uvake
Province, perched between Areka" debuted on Radio
circles said Shaya was his best Kadoma to the East and Gokwe Zimbabwe Gospel 20 played
to the West. Despite its every Saturday morning.
friend from their days in backwater status, the people of
Zhombe are notorious for their Some of us with Zhombe
school. determination to succeed against blood running in their veins
the odds, and for supporting confess that we have had to
each other build a community shift our Saturday routines to
long forgotten by public officials. listen to the gospel show and
also support our home group
Admittedly, there have been by voting their song.
positive stories here and there,
but these have often been far Group members
outweighed by the droughts, the
violence, the crimes and the The Vashandiri Vashe
astonishing rate of school Voices group comprises ten
dropouts. members who are from
Sidakeni, Mangwarangwara
When a colleague and and Bee Mine business
homeboy in South Africa alerted centres:
me on the Vashandiri Vashe
Voices exploits on national radio, 1. Willard Mugere
I immediately abandoned my 2. Simon Ziyambe
Saturday routine and switched 3. Zodwa Masina
on the radio. Their song "Hoyo 4. Isheanesu Mugere
Mushandiri" had been on (Chisango)
position 16 out of 20 the past 5. Felistas Chisango
week, and it climbed up the 6. Simbarashe Mugere
charts to number 10 on the first 7. Stanley Zidhlani
day I listened to it on radio! 8. Prosper Chisango
9. Carlton Takwara
As someone born and bred in 10. Melusi Mabusela
Zhombe, hearing a musical group Online
from home tussle it out with well-

Posting on Facebook,

Mapfumo had this to say

about Shaya;

“Tinochema nemi mhuri

yekwaShaya. George yaive

shamwari yangu kubvira

kuchikoro. Ndarwadziwa.

Famba zvakanaka shamwari,

you are a true Zimbabwean

Hero. Zorora murugare.

Tichasangana zvakare

shamwari. Pasi

Idandaro……..,” said

Mapfumo.

Meanwhile, Deputy Members of the Zhombe-based Vashandiri Vashe Voices gospel music group

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A woman shops in an ASDA store in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Pfizer Inc on Wednesday said eight months after their second
a booster dose of its two-shot shot showed levels of
Supermarket bosses have warned problems at its suppliers' factories. the boss of the Co-op warned that COVID-19 vaccine spurs a neutralizing antibodies that
that shortages could hit Christmas Not enough food deliveries have current food shortages are the more than threefold increase were 3.3 times the levels seen
food supplies. Richard Walker, been made to a number of its worst he has ever seen. Britain has in antibodies against the after their second shot.
Iceland's chief executive, has said restaurants, resulting in stock a shortage of 100,000 lorry drivers, coronavirus, as the company
that a lack of lorry drivers is issues. exacerbated by Brexit and Covid- seeks U.S. regulatory The study, details of which
threatening deliveries. 19, which has left companies approval for a third injection. have not yet been published,
To tackle the shortages, plagued with staffing issues. also found that side effects of
According to TheSun, Gaps on Nando's said it will be lending 70 The drugmaker and its a third shot were similar to
supermarket shelves have been members of staff to suppliers' Photos showed empty German partner BioNTech SE second-dose reactions,
spotted across the country due to factories to "get things moving sandwich shelves at a Gregg's aim to complete the including mild to moderate
a combination of factors, including again". A spokesperson said: "We store in central London. Gregg's submission for use of booster fatigue and headache, the
lorry driver shortages and Covid- expect to see this having a positive confirmed that supply chain shots in people aged 16 and company said.
19. Supplier issues have also led impact on the affected restaurants issues had resulted in shortages over by the end of this week.
to shortages at fast-food chains very soon, so please bear with us of some items - reported affecting Scientists continue to debate
like McDonald's, Nandos, and whilst we do everything we can to chicken-based products. Earlier The U.S. government has whether waning antibody levels
KFC, with some items missing from get our famous PERi-PERi chicken reports suggested that chicken said it was gearing up to roll mean that COVID vaccine
menus and branches closed. back where it belongs - on your bakes were affected, however, the out the third shot of vaccines boosters need to be given
plates!" bakery said there are no current from both Pfizer and Moderna widely, but some countries are
Greggs is the latest to say that supply issues impacting the Inc from mid-September to moving ahead.
it's short on food faves and Costa It comes as Britain has a popular pasty. Americans who had their
Coffee has reduced its menu due shortage of 100,000 lorry drivers, initial course more than eight Israel began rolling out
to the supply chain chaos. exacerbated by the test and trace Speaking on the BBC's Today months ago if the U.S. Food boosters at the beginning of
McDonald's yesterday warned pingdemic which has left program Mr. Walker said: "The and Drug Administration and August to older citizens and this
that there was a nationwide companies plagued with staffing reason for sounding the alarm now the U.S. Centers for Disease week expanded the drive to
shortage of milkshakes at its more issues. The Sun also reported that is that we've already had one Control and Prevention people as young as 30, saying
than 1,000 restaurants. The Sun Gregg's is one of many restaurants Christmas canceled at the last decide that boosters are the shots were helping to
first revealed last week that that is reportedly running out of minute. I'd hate this one to be needed. increase protection against the
Nandos was forced to close nearly chicken-based products problematic as well." "We start to highly infectious Delta variant
50 branches after running out of stock-build from September That eight-month gap is of the coronavirus.
chicken. Costa Coffee has axed some onwards for what is a hugely likely to be narrowed to six
products and is offering a reduced important time of year. "We've got months, the Wall Street U.S. President Joe Biden
The Sun revealed that ,Nando's menu as food chains have been a lot of goods to transport between Journal reported on has said, “It’s the best way to
has been forced to close a number hit by supply chain chaos. now and Christmas and a strong Wednesday. protect ourselves from new
of its branches after running out supply chain is vital for everyone." variants that may arise.”
of food due to delivery delays. The companies have joined Online A committee of outside
Nando's confirmed to The Sun that McDonald's, Nando's, and KFC in advisors to the CDC is However, World Health
the closures were due to staffing confirming that they have run out scheduled to meet on Monday Organization Director General
of some menu items. It comes as to review clinical data. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
said the data on the benefits and
Pfizer said 306 people safety of a COVID-19 vaccine
given a third dose of its booster shot is inconclusive.
vaccine between five and Reuters

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Madagascar on the brink of
climate change-induced famine

Crops have failed and now people are relying on
insects and cactus leaves for food

Madagascar is on the brink "I clean the insects as best
I can but there's almost no
of experiencing the world's water," said Tamaria, a
mother of four, who goes by
first "climate change famine", one name. Onions can increase the Onion, like garlic, has ant patients who have a chronic
testosterone level. Drinking carcinogenic properties due to elevation in blood glucose
according to the United "My children and I have fresh onion extract can its organ sulfur compounds content. The allyl propyl
been eating this every day increase the testosterone levels cysteine and S-methyl cysteine disulfide present in onions
Nations, which says tens of now for eight months because in men by increasing the love that have found to contain manages the sugar level by
we have nothing else to eat hormone binding globulin chemo preventive activity for mimicking the function of
thousands of people are and no rain to allow us to (SHBG), a protein-carrying colon carcinogenesis, the insulin in the bloodstream
harvest what we have sown," testosterone in the blood. initiation of cancer formation in resulting in a normal glucose
already suffering she added. the colon. count in blood.
Obese males have a higher
"catastrophic" levels of "Today we have absolutely amount of LDL that may result Eating onions regularly can The phytochemicals in
nothing to eat except cactus in poorblood flow, blockage in help prevent the growth of onions that include organ sulfur
hunger and food insecurity leaves," said Bole, a mother the arteries due to fatty carcinogenesis in the cells. It compounds and flavonoids help
of three, sitting on the dry deposits (atherosclerosis). is also found out that eating this to increase the antibodies in the
after four years without rain. earth. Eating raw onions can bulb can help void acquiring blood to combat diseases.
stimulate the flavonoids that brain cancer.
The drought - the worst in She said her husband had reduce the low-density Certain minerals found in
recently died of hunger, as had lipoprotein (LDL) or the bad Onions are found effective onions repair brain tissues
four decades - has devastated a neighbour, leaving her with cholesterol thus improving in detoxifying impurities in the making it easy to process brain
two more children to feed. blood circulation. cells and tissues. They contain stimuli and restore memory.
isolated farming communities anthocyanin and the flavonoids
"What can I say? Our life Studies show that the quercetin and kaempferol that Men are more likely to
in the south of the country, is all about looking for cactus antioxidants enzymes such as combat free radicals or cancer- suffer from mental issues and
leaves, again and again, to catalase and glutathione causing elements. suicidal tendencies as evident
leaving families to scavenge survive."Although peroxidase in onions may help by a high percentage of cases
Madagascar experiences to prevent the occurrence of Due to strenuous activities reported for the last years until
for insects to survive. frequent droughts and is often stroke. Onions are blood men perform daily, they are present. Eating onions on a
affected by the change in thinners, they can act as blood vulnerable to having bone regular basis can help relax the
"These are famine-like weather patterns caused by coagulants to prevent clots. fractures related to mind for they are known to be
El Niño, experts believe Blood clots can lead to high osteoporosis. Minerals found in high in probiotics and dietary
conditions and they're being climate change can be blood pressure, stroke, brain onions such as calcium and fibers that act as food for good
directly linked to the current aneurysm, and cardiac arrest. phosphorous help in increasing stomach bacteria.
driven by climate not crisis. Eating onions can help to bone mass, bone thickness, and
maintain blood pressure to bone mineral density making
conflict," said the UN World "With the latest IPCC normal levels. the bone stronger and
report we saw that insusceptible to bone diseases.
Food Programme's Shelley Madagascar has observed an
increase in aridity. And that
Thakral. is expected to increase if
climate change continues.
The UN estimates that
"In many ways this can be
30,000 people are currently seen as a very powerful
argument for people to
experiencing the highest change their ways," said Dr
Rondro Barimalala, a
internationally recognised Madagascan scientist
working at the University of
level of food insecurity - level Cape Town in South Africa.
BBC
five - and there are concerns

the number affected could

rise sharply as Madagascar

enters the traditional "lean

season" before harvest.

"This is unprecedented.

These people have done

nothing to contribute to

climate change. They don't

burn fossil fuels… and yet

they are bearing the brunt of

climate change," said Ms

Thakral.

In the remote village of

Fandiova, in Amboasary

district, families recently

showed a visiting WFP team According to studies, onions Eating raw onions or drinking
can help prevent colon cancer onion extract a few minutes
the locusts that they were ; they have an inhibitory effect before sleeping can help men
on acquiring human carcinoma have a good night sleep.
eating. (Cancer). Onions can regulate blood
sugar levels in the blood
In the absence of food particularly for diabetic

people eat locusts to survive.

The Sun 27 August - 02 September 2021

Cristiano Ronaldo will Cristiano Ronaldo
return to Manchester
United after United
reached a deal with
Italian club Juventus.

Ronaldo left Manchester
United and the English
Premier League for
Spain's Real Madrid in
2009.

United said in a
statement: "Manchester
United is delighted to
confirm that the club has
reached agreement with
Juventus for the transfer
of Cristiano Ronaldo,
subject to agreement of
personal terms, visa and
medical."

England captain Harry Kane "I will be staying at and is my only thought, trying Paris Saint-Germain have matter again with Real
says he will be "staying at Tottenham this summer and to make the best decisions to rejected an offer from Real Madrid and that if Mbappé
Tottenham this summer" and is will be 100% focused on help the team and Harry is one Madrid for France forward wanted to leave he would
"100% focused on helping the helping the team achieve of the options for tomorrow." Kylian Mbappé, the French have to do so on PSG’s
team achieve success". success."Spurs boss Nuno club’s sporting director terms.
Espirito Santo said it was Tottenham face Pacos de Leonardo told BFM and
Manchester City were "fantastic news" to see Kane's Ferreira in the Europa RMC Sport, saying the offer “Kylian Mbappé feels like
keen to sign Kane, who immediate future resolved. Conference League play-offs was “not sufficient”. leaving, this seems clear to me
believed he had a gentleman's on Thursday, looking to … Our goal is to extend and
agreement with chairman "I think since Harry joined overcome a 1-0 away defeat Spanish and French media keep him. If a player wants
Daniel Levy to leave Spurs this us he has been working so this in the first leg last week. reported on Tuesday that Real to leave it must be under our
summer. is what we value. His attitude Madrid had made a €160m terms. This applies not just to
in training has been excellent," "He is an option. It is great (£137m) bid for the 22-year- Kylian but to all players.”
But Levy has refused to said the Portuguese. news for everybody," added old World Cup winner who
enter into negotiations for the Nuno. scored 42 goals in all Leonardo would not
striker, 28. "It's finished, Harry is going competitions for PSG last confirm the figure of €160m
to be with us." "We are all very happy. [He season and has reportedly but said the bid was “around
Kane played his first game is] one of the best players in said he wants to move to that”. “We consider the offer
of the season on Sunday, Asked whether he was the world. Delighted to have Spain. as being very far from what
coming on as a substitute in the concerned about the word one more option for the season Kylian is worth today,” he
1-0 win over Wolves. "summer" in Kane's statement, ahead of us." Leonardo said that PSG, added. Mbappé joined PSG
and if the issue was likely to who have just signed the from AS Monaco in 2017, on
"It was incredible to see the arise again in the January Kane, whose contract at Argentina forward Lionel loan initially and then
reception from the Spurs fans transfer window, Nuno replied: Spurs runs to 2024, has Messi from Barcelona, did not permanently a year later in a
on Sunday and to read some "I'm not worried at all. It's day reaffirmed his commitment to plan to discuss the Mbappé deal valued at €180m.
of the messages of support I've by day. the club just six days before the
had in the last few weeks," he transfer window closes on 31 Kylian Mbappé
wrote in a social media post on "He's an option for August. BBC Sport The Sun 27 August - 02 September 2021
Wednesday, tomorrow. This is the only thing

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Logarusic will have the
France-based duo of
striker Tino Kadewere
and midfielder Marshall
Munetsi for the
upcoming World Cup
qualifiers.

Zimbabwe take on
South Africa at the
National Sports Stadium
on September 3 before
clashing with Ethopia
away, three days later
but the availability of
England-based stars is
in doubt, amid recurring
travelling restrictions
imposed by the British
government.

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Benjani Mwaruwari Legendary former Warriors captain
Benjani 'The Undertaker'
Mwaruwari, is set to join the Zdravko
Logarusic-led technical team as one
of the assistant coaches.

Currently, Logarusic is assisted
by Dynamos' Tonderai Ndiraya and
Harare City's Lloyd Chitembwe, but
Mwaruwari has been roped in as the
third assistant.

ZIFA has been under pressure
from football stakeholders to sack the
outspoken Croat due to his poor
record in the national team dugout,
but the Felton Kamambo-led
administration instead decided to
bolster the technical team by
appointing Mwaruwari.

The 43-year old, who recently got
his UEFA A coaching Lisense is
expected to start work when the
Warriors start preparations for the
upcoming World Cup qualifiers
against South Africa and Ethiopia.