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MRP president Mqondisi Moyo

Covid 19 Zimbabwe’s
visually challenged
affects courts appeal for braille

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2. Byo Citizen Sunday 16 - 22 January 2022

Covid 19 affects courts

By Staff Reporter 47% cases compared to the Courts at the beginning of
The COVID 19 pandemic previous year," She said. the year as well as at the end
has seriously affected the "This could be attributed to of July to August 2021
performance of various the fact that the court affected both the number of
courts in Bulawayo with the received fewer cases than cases received and
High Court and Labour the previous year due to completed in the
courts being the most COVID-19 lockdowns that Magistrates Courts.
affected. saw the courts offering
Officially opening the 2022 limited services to the Most of these trials
legal year at the Bulawayo public," said Gwaunza. however did not take off due
High Court Monday, Deputy The Deputy Chief Justice
Chief Justice Elizabeth said the closure of to the temporary closure
Gwaunza revealed that the magistrates courts at the of the courts. This
High Court last year beginning of last year invariably caused
received 1 655 civil cases as well in July also increases in the
and 2 466 criminal cases severely affected backlog," added
against a backlog of 73 and the Deputy Justice
124 respectively. magistrate's Gwaunza.
"The performance of the courts.
labour Court was similar to
that of the High Court in that "The
it was subdued due to the temporary
pandemic. The statistics on closure of
the performance of the
courts clearly show that the Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza
pandemic has had a serious
negative effect on the "The temporary closure of Courts at the beginning of the year as well as at
administration of justice the end of July to August 2021 affected both the number of cases received
during the year under review
as the efficiency of the courts and completed in the Magistrates Courts.
was seriously undermined," Most of these trials however did not take off due to the temporary closure
said Gwaunza.
The Deputy Chief Justice of the courts. This invariably caused increases in the backlog
also revealed that the
Supreme Court also
recorded a few cases
due to the COVID 19
pandemic.
"The court (Supreme) had a
backlog of 66 uncompleted
cases from the year 2020
including both applications
and appeals. It received a
total of six cases taking the
total to 127. The backlog of
cases in 2021 is reduced by

We need to all keep making COVIDSafe

choices to help stop the spread.

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Bill outlaws strike
action for health

workers

The Health Services Amendment Bill, resources, legal and financial
which will outlaw industrial action by accounting expertise," reads clause
health workers lasting more than three three of the Bill.
days and upgrade the Health Services
Board to a Commission is now before Deputy minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro
Parliament.

With the proposed law, health
workers will no longer be allowed to
embark on a job action for more than
three days.

The Bill also proposes to change the
name of the Board to the Health
Service Commission, a development
that is expected to enhance the esteem
in which the Board and its members
are held and giving the health sector
obvious equality with the general Civil
Service Commission and the Judicial
Service Commission.

The Bill is now before
Parliamentary Legal Committee to
establish if its provisions are consistent
with the Constitution.

Clause Five of the Bill said health
services shall be deemed an essential
service as referred to in the
Constitution.

"No collective job action whether
lawful or unlawful shall continue for
an uninterrupted period of 72 hours or
for more than 72 hours in any given
14-day period, and notice of any
collective job action must be given in
writing 48 hours prior to the
commencement of such collective job
action," reads the Clause.

"Any individual who is a member
of the governing body of any trade
union or representative body of
members of the Health Service which
incites or organises any job collective
action . . . shall be guilty of any an
offence and liable to a fine not
exceeding level 10 or to imprisonment
for a period not exceeding three years
or to both such fine and such
imprisonment."

Clause Three of the Bill will alter
the membership of the Commission,
so that it will have a maximum of
seven and a minimum of four
members.

Its chairperson will be the
chairperson of the Public Service
Commission and the rest will be
appointed by the President upon
recommendation from the responsible
minister.

"Members of the Commission . . .
must be chosen for their knowledge
and experience in the Health Service
delivery or administration, human

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EFF Zimbabwe president Innocent Ndibali. ZAPU President Sibangilizwe Michael Nkomo

MRP president Mqondisi Moyo By Staff Reporter "We will definitely elections, the party is busy
ome political participate in the by- preparing for the 2023
parties say they elections. Currently, we are harmonized elections.
will boycott the in the process of consulting
upcoming by- our structures on the best "The by-elections are
candidates to choose," said already rigged in favor of
elections alleging rigging Ndlovu in an interview. Zanu PF.
while others have indicated
their readiness to partake in Mthwakazi Republic Zanu PF has been using
the polls. Party (MRP) says it will not the COVID 19 pandemic to
participate in the upcoming deprive other political
Economic Freedom by-elections, claiming that parties of campaigning
Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe the elections are already while the ruling party has
says it is ready to field rigged in favor of Zanu PF. been busy with its
candidates in the by- campaign activities. We are
elections. President Emmerson busy with preparations for
Mnangagwa proclaimed next year's elections which
"As EEF Zimbabwe, we March 26 as the date for the we demand should be
are ready for the elections. long-awaited by-elections to free and fair," said Moyo.
The by-elections will help fill vacant seats in the
us to gauge our National Assembly and The MRP president said
preparedness ahead of the various local authorities. his party is also demanding
2023 elections. We want to that the Zimbabwe Electoral
make sure that we will field About 133 council and Commission (ZEC) should
the best candidates who will parliament by-elections are roll out an intensive voter
deliver in council," said EFF due following the recalling registration exercise before
Zimbabwe president of MPs and councilors by the 2023 elections.
Innocent Ndibali. the MDC-T.
"ZEC is also complicity in
ZAPU spokesperson In an interview, MRP this whole rigging
Msongelwa Ndlovu also president Mqondisi Moyo machinations. Why is ZEC
confirmed his party's said instead of participating failing to register first-time
participation in the in the "rigged" by-e votes? asked Moyo.
elections.

Instead of participating in the "rigged" By- elections, the party is busy preparing
for the 2023 harmonized elections. "The by-elections are already rigged in favor

of Zanu PF-MRP president Mqondisi Moyo

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By Bulawayo new exorbitant tax regime.
Correspondent
The Zimbabwe Revenue ZIMRA encourages
Authority (ZIMRA) has
increased withholding tax businesses to sort out their
from 10 to 30 percent,
prompting an outcry from tax papers before the start of
business people.
the year but the problem is
Suppliers who fail to
provide tax clearance that their online system is
certificates will now lose
30 percent of their payment always down. As a result,
following the introduction
of the withholding tax most people have been
starting the 1st of January
this year. unable to update their

Business people who returns," said an informal
spoke to Byo Citizen said
most supplies are likely to trader who supplies
lose almost a 3rd of their
payments because they are chemicals.
facing challenges in
obtaining the tax clearance Another informal trader
certificate.
who spoke strictly on the
"ZIMRA should have
consulted all stakeholders condition of anonymity for
before coming up with this
fear of victimization said the

new tax will fuel corruption

as suppliers will be forced to

pay bribes to get the tax

clearance certificates.

"As I speak, some large ZIMRA spokesperson Francis Chimanda

businesses have already

started deducting the 30 and a lot of people are broke, goods and services. because they know they will
they are forced to pay bribes "We have a lot of recoup their expenses by
percent for those suppliers to ZIMRA officials in order simply increasing the prices
to get the tax clearance informal traders who are of their services or
who do not have the tax certificates," said the trader. dealing with big formal commodities," said the
businesses yet they do not businessman.
clearance certificates. A businessman who is have tax clearance
into beverages supplying certificates. These small ZIMRA spokesperson
Because we are in January said the tax increment has businesses will lose nothing Francis Chimanda could not
already affected the prices of if 30 percent is deducted be reached for comment.

RBZ Governor John Mangudya

The Reserve Bank to freeze
accounts of businesses

manipulating the currency

The Reserve Bank of cases of breaches of the
Zimbabwe says it is Bank Use Promotion Act.
considering freezing
accounts of businesses The Reserve Bank says
accused of manipulating its Financial Intelligence
the currency. In a statement, Unit will prioritize dealing
the RBZ says the practice with malpractices and
is particularly pronounced impose fines and blacklist
at pharmacies and schools financial services or any
adding that investigations firm or institution found
are ongoing to look into guilty.

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6. Byo Citizen 16 - 22 January 2022

Smoking Shisha a
potential TB

expert has warned

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coaliation The warning comes in the TB partnership Social media
condemns bombing wake of an increase in the campaign launch in Kadoma
uptake of the Shisha recently, Dr Charles Sandy,
By Staff Reporter "Destroying memorial administration of insincere smoking in Zimbabwe the Ministry of Health and
in addressing the atrocities. around some of the popular Child Care (MoHCC)
Crisis in Zimbabwe plagues and refusing to joints where multiple National TB Program
"We view the cosmetic smokers take turns to puff Manager said even though
Coalition has strongly acknowledge the act only approaches by President of on the pipes without there was no available data
Emmerson Mnangagwa following any hygiene to quantify the extent to
condemned the recent cements the long-held towards national healing etiquette. which smoking Shisha
and reconciliation as self- spreads TB, the practice has
bombing of Gukurahundi notions that those that defeating as they only serve According to data, the been identified as one of the
to betray the independence number of puffs inhaled TB causing high risk
memorial plague at presided over Gukurahundi dream of a united from a hookah pipe is 10 behaviors in the country.
Zimbabwe which faced a times higher than when
Bhalagwe in Maphisa, are now leading the state and false start with the smoking a cigarette because " On Shisha, we don't
Gukurahundi massacres sessions can go on for hours have any data to say this is
Matebeleland noting that are bent on silencing the presided over by President in bars and lounges and this the amount of TB you get
(Robert) Mugabe. means users are exposed to but I think with COVID-19
this barbaric incident is a issue to eternity," said the a higher volume of harmful we know what's happening
"It is on this premise that bacteria and susceptible to with COVID. The common
clear testimony that the coalition. the Crisis in Zimbabwe infections. Often, shisha is sense is there that you
Coalition implores the state smoked in large groups, actually increase your risk of
government is reluctant to The organization said it is to be sincere and to take the rather than as individuals. infection by sharing the
issue of national healing By sharing mouthpieces, same air with somebody
and reconciliation with the various commensal and who is infected but we don't
seriousness it deserves. pathogenic organisms may have any data as yet that we
be transmitted between the can refer to and say
"That we have a smokers through saliva. according to this study by so
constitutional commission, and so," said Dr Sandy.
the National Peace and Speaking during a Stop
Reconciliation
address the emotive also appalled that the Commission (NPRC) is the
testimony of the need to
Gukurahundi issue. government has failed to address issues such as
Gukurahundi which are a
On January 4 this year, investigate the vandalism of blight on the development
trajectory of our country.
unknown people used the plagues. Such acts of sabotage can
only serve to further divide
explosives to destroy the Last week's defacement is the nation," added the
grouping.
memorial plague which the third in two years.

was erected by Ibhetshu "The government 's

Likazulu in memory of silence and seeming

thousands of people killed inability to investigate this

by the North Korean trained and previous cases of the

Fifth Brigade in the destruction of memorial

Midlands and plagues points to unbridled

Matebeleland provinces intransigence and insincerity

soon after independence. on the part of government

In a statement, the towards genuinely

coalition said it is alarmed addressing issues of national

by the government's healing and reconciliation,

deafening silence on the almost three decades since

incident. the Gukurahundi massacres

"Crisis in Zimbabwe which resulted in the loss of

Coalition is appalled by the over 20 000 innocent lives,"

latest destruction of a the coalition said. To advertise in our weekly
paper
Gukurahundi memorial The civic society
Call our marketing Dept
plague at Bhalagwe in grouping also accused on

Maphisa , Matebeleland President Emmerson 263 714 165 677

province. Mnangagwa's

"It is on this premise that the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
implores the state to be sincere and to take the issue of national

healing and reconciliation with the seriousness it deserves,

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8. Byo Citizen 16 - 22 January 2022

Zimbabwe’s visually challenged
appeal for braille materials

Chrispen Tabvura visually challenged government, that is supposed to Zimbabwean government is the whole country, when we
Bulawayo – The country’s help us grow educationally and bickering on the production of expect the empowerment of the
visually challenged people are communities, sit in the street basically?” complained braille reading material. blind.
appealing to the government Malunda.
for assistance in braille corners begging for survival. Gateway to Elation We strongly appeal to the
material for schools and other His sentiments concurred founder, also appealed to the government authorities to
relevant reading materials like Robert Malunda, a well- with those of Killian Dube and government for the speed up the establishment of
constitution and government’s Nqobani Dube, representatives establishment of schools, for schools for the blind country
mainstream information. known visually challenged of visually challenged at the the visually challenged. wide and also to speed up the
Bulawayo Public Library. braille stationery for scholars
This was said during the activist and founder of “We have only two under immediately, because it is long
belated World Braille day The visually challenged equipped schools for the blind overdue,” concluded Malunda.
celebration, which was held in Gateway to Elation, an people who spoke to Choice and only one secondary school
Bulawayo, attended by several News Africa during the belated
visually challenged people, organisation that fight for the braille celebration function,
who expressed disappointment expressed disappointment over
for lack of recognition from the rights of the visually vulnerable government for lack of will to
government. deal with their predicament.
people, told Choice News
The Zimbabwean Most of the braille books
government has never created Africa that it is now high time that were on display during the
any braille educational books event, are all from America,
for the past 42 years, making that the government must act. with no information to do with
it difficult for the visually Zimbabwe, a situation that the
challenged to access relevant “We have been appealing government must tackle
information, pertaining to the without wasting time, but for
government rules and for assistance from the 42 years, the government has
regulations. left the blind out of the
government for several years, mainstream information to do
While the Social Ministry with the local issues.
is supposed to be the source of but our pleas have been falling
assistance for the vulnerable, The visually challenged
the funding that is delivered in on deaf ears, as to date we do have been for the past four
form of national budget, has decades, reading material from
never been accessed by the not have schools that cater for America, making them highly
vulnerable, as most of the poor equipped in the American
the blind. information only, while the

How can we succeed

without support from the

government? Other countries

are recognising their blind

people through various

activities, but our government

through ZIMRA, confiscate

donated walking sticks,

demanding duty on donated

vital walking sticks that they

have failed to provide for us.

Honestly, how are we going

to survive under such cruel Robert Malunda, Gateway to Elation founder

conditions from our

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16 - 22 January 2022 Byo Citizen 9.

Matebeleland based civil country but ZEC has ZEC Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba
organizations coalescing disputed the figure. "As
under the banner Ekhaya Ekhaya VOTE 2023, we are Constitution and the laws of ZEC should have proceeded constituencies in the
VOTE 2023 have castigated really concerned that first the country. The right to vote with its earlier plans to elections.
the Zimbabwe Electoral time voters will not be is fundamental and cannot be conduct mobile voter
Commission (ZEC) for casting their votes despite the taken away by anyone," said registrations ahead of the "The other thing is that
depriving new voter fact that they have registered the VOTE 2023 March by-elections. mobile voter education is
registrants the right to vote to vote. This decision by spokesperson. also long over-due. Most
during the forthcoming by - ZEC will obviously affect "Also secondly, we have African countries have been
elections. the confidence and trust of Dibiti maintained that the issue of the by- elections. conducting their elections
these debutant voters," said If voter registration had been even during the height of
Addressing journalists in Ekhaya VOTE 2023 held in December right now COVID -19. There was no
the resort city of Victoria spokesperson Nkosikhona we could have more of first need to suspend these critical
Falls Thursday, ZEC Dibiti in an interview. time voters voting in their component of democratic
Chairperson Priscilla respective wards and processes," added Dibiti.
Chigumba revealed that first Dibiti challenged electoral
time voters will not be body to be transparent and
allowed to vote in the accountable to whatever
impeding by elections. actions or decisions it takes.

Chigumba's declarations "So ,we have any issue
has however courted the ire with different perceptions
of several stakeholders around the suppressed
including Ekhaya VOTE numbers of registered voters
2023, A consortium of and if you link that to the
organizations currently aspect of names not showing
mobilizing citizens in the in the voters roll you get
region to participate in the concerned. ZEC 's
forthcoming electoral programmes should be
processes. consistent with the

To date, the civil
organizations claims that
they have facilitated the
registration of 9 635 first -
time voters throughout the

By Staff Reporter Bulawayo city centre "We are printing posters EDITOR
ZANU PF Bulawayo South Whatsapp group raised and fliers urging residents not Tendai Chifunyise
legislator and businessman concern about uncollected to throw rubbish everywhere.
Raj Modi (pictured) has litter which had become an By doing this we are also REPORTERS
seconded a Tipper and Front eyesore in most parts of the complementing government's Vimbai Nyamukutu
End loader to the Bulawayo city. I have dedicated a Tipper anti -littering awareness
city council to clear piles of and Front End Loader to the programme," he said. Makanaka Moyo
uncollected garbage which cleaning exercise which started Thandikile Dube
has become an eyesore in yesterday," said Modi. The minister stressed that PHOTO JOURNALIST
the Central Business his gesture was not motivated Jabulani Makuluni
District (CBD). The deputy minister said the by any political motive.
cleaning exercise will cover the PUBLISHER
Since the start of the whole CBD. "I am not doing this for any Community Newspapers of Zimbabwe
festive season, the stink of political gain or whatever. As
uncollected garbage in He also revealed that, apart a concerned citizen, I am just
sanitary lanes in the city has from providing the cleaning assisting our local authority
become unbearable as equipment, his company has which is facing service
council has not been also embarked on a litter delivery challenges," added
collecting refuse. campaign awareness. Modi.

In an interview Modi who
is also the deputy minister
of Industry and Commerce
said he decided to chip in
with the equipment after
some residents through a
Whatsup group complained
about uncollected garbage
in the city centre.

"I decided to assist after
some residents in the

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10. Byo Citizen 16 - 22 January 2022

Coronavirus cases in Zim continue to

drop, positivity rate drops to 8.1%

Coronavirus cases in considered to be in control of 783 cases followed by
Zimbabwe dropped to 16 554 the coronavirus pandemic Mashonaland West which has
after the country recorded 651 when the positivity rate is 5% 2 634.
new cases and seven deaths and below.
but 1 659 people recovered. Harare is down to 894
Zimbabwe has so far cases, Masvingo 674 and
What was interesting, recorded 11 826 cases and 218 Bulawayo 542.
however, was that the deaths this month compared to
positivity rate was 8.1%, a 78 633 cases and 290 deaths More than 20 000 people
significant improvement from last month. were vaccinated with 9 373
the over 49% the country getting the first dose, 8 949 the
recorded during the peak of Mashonaland East, second and 2 802 the third. So
the Omicron variant. currently the worst hit far 21 565 people have
province in the country, had received the booster shot.
A country is, however, 696 recoveries and now has 3
The Insider

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16 - 22 2022 Byo Citizen 11.

COVID-19: Experts say vaccines

might need to be updated

Current COVID-19 vaccines "Until such vaccines are "This framework considers highlighted that with near- and are broad, strong, and long-
may need to be updated to available, and as the SARS- medium-term supply of the
ensure their continued CoV-2 virus evolves, the the global spread and available vaccines, the need for lasting in order to reduce the
effectiveness against omicron composition of current equity in access to vaccines
and future variants, an expert COVID-19 vaccines may need transmissibility, clinical across countries to achieve need for successive booster
group appointed by the World to be updated, to ensure that global public health goals,
Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 vaccines continue severity, genetic, antigenic and programmatic considerations doses."
has said. to provide WHO- including vaccine demand, and
recommended levels of phenotypic characteristics of evolution of the virus, a In the interim, the TAG-
The opinion is contained protection against infection vaccination strategy based on
in an interim statement from and disease by VOCs, the VOC, including capacity repeated booster doses of the CO-VAC encourages
the WHO Technical Advisory including Omicron and future original vaccine composition
Group on COVID-19 Vaccine variants," they said in the for immune escape and is unlikely to be appropriate or COVID-19 vaccine
Composition, which was interim. sustainable.
established in September assessments of vaccine manufacturers to generate
2021. Since its emergence, the The TAG-CO-VAC, it has
SARS-CoV-2 virus has effectiveness." been learnt, will consider a and provide data on the
The Technical Advisory continued to evolve, and WHO change in vaccine composition
Group on COVID-19 Vaccine has designated five variants as The interim statement has to ensure that vaccines performance of current and
Composition (TAG-CO- SARS-CoV-2 Variants of continue to meet the criteria
VAC) reviews and assesses Concern (VOC) to date - it that with available COVID- established in WHO's Target Omicron-specific COVID-19
the public health implications namely Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Product Profile for COVID-19
of emerging SARS-CoV-2 Delta, and Omicron - due to 19 vaccines, the current focus vaccines, including protection vaccines, including the
Variants of Concern (VOC) their impact on transmission, against severe disease as well
on the performance of disease severity, or capacity for remains on reducing severe as to improve vaccine-induced breadth, magnitude, and
COVID-19 vaccines and to immune escape. protection.
provide recommendations to disease and death, as well as durability of humoral and
WHO on COVID-19 vaccine While the Omicron variant "To that aim, COVID-19
composition, as needed. is spreading rapidly across the protecting health systems. vaccines need to be based on cell-mediated immune
world, the evolution of SARS- strains that are genetically and
In the context of the CoV-2 is expected to continue "Vaccines that have antigenically close to the responses to variants through
circulation of Omicron and Omicron is unlikely to be circulating SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 Variant of the last VOC. received WHO Emergency variant(s); monovalent and/or
Concern, the TAG-CO-VAC
urges broader access globally The TAG-CO-VAC is Use Listing, across several in addition to protection multivalent vaccines.
to current COVID-19 developing a framework to against severe disease and
vaccines for primary series analyze the evidence on vaccine platforms, provide a death, be more effective in "These data will be
and booster doses, in the hope emerging VOCs in the context protection against infection
that this also mitigates the of criteria that would trigger a high level of protection against thus lowering community considered in the context of
emergence and impact of new recommendation to change transmission and the need for
VOCs. COVID-19 vaccine strain severe disease and death stringent and broad-reaching the framework mentioned
composition and will advise public health and social
The TAG-CO-VAC is WHO on updated vaccine caused by VOCs. For the measures; above to inform the TAG-
considering the strain compositions, as required.
composition of COVID-19 Omicron variant, the elicit immune responses that CO-VAC decisions when
vaccines and encourages
vaccine developers to gather mutational profile and changes to vaccine
data on a small scale on the
breadth and magnitude of preliminary data indicate that composition may be required.
immune response for
monovalent and multivalent vaccine effectiveness will be "It would be important for
vaccines against VOCs.
reduced against symptomatic vaccine manufacturers to take
The 18 experts are
developing a framework to disease caused by the Omicron steps in the short-term for the
analyze the evidence on
emerging VOCs "in the variant, but protection against development and testing of
context of criteria that would
trigger a recommendation to severe disease is more likely to vaccines with predominant
change COVID-19 vaccine
strain composition and will be preserved. circulating variants and to
advise WHO on updated
vaccine compositions, as "However, more data on share these data with the
required."
vaccine effectiveness, TAG-CO-VAC and other
They said vaccines that
have a high impact on the particularly against relevant WHO expert
prevention of infection and
transmission, in addition to hospitalization, severe disease, committees. Vaccine
the prevention of severe
disease and death, are needed and death are needed, manufacturers are also
and should be developed.
including for each vaccine encouraged to provide such

platform and for various data for any novel and

vaccine dosing and product broadly reactive SARS-CoV-

regimens," they added. 2 vaccines that are

In the interim, it has been developed."

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Refereeing chaos tarnishes image

of Africa Cup of Nations

Chaos and controversy officials ordered that the teams that has otherwise stood out for Rusike finds
are no strangers to the would have to come back out its exasperating lack of goals - new home
Africa Cup of Nations to play three more minutes of - just 12 in 12 games, four of
but the image of the the match. which have been penalties.
continental tournament was
not helped by Wednesday's Yet Tunisia decided not to Detractors might dismiss
bizarre events after the referee bother returning to the field. what happened as
blew the final whistle too Their coach, Mondher incompetence on the part of
early in Mali's win over Kebaier, called the events Sikazwe, but the 42-year-old
Tunisia. "inexplicable" and said he had Zambian is one of Africa's
"never seen anything like it". foremost referees -- he took
Zambian referee Janny charge of the 2017 Cup of
Sikazwe, who had earlier The Tunisians' refusal to Nations final between
given a penalty at either end come back out exposes them Cameroon and Egypt in
and sent off a Malian player, to the possibility of Gabon.
blew the final whistle with 13 punishment from the
seconds of the 90 minutes Confederation of African In any event such incidents
remaining, never mind the Football. are not confined to the
several minutes of stoppage AFCON.
time that should have "CAF is gathering all the
followed. necessary reports from the Only last April, the referee
officials at the match and in a La Liga match between
What came next was forwarding these documents to Sevilla and Granada in Spain
chaotic. The post-match press the competent bodies of CAF," blew the final whistle earlier
conferences were interrupted the body said in a statement on than he should have done,
by shouting from the adjacent Wednesday. realised his mistake and
corridor of the stadium in the ordered the players back out to
Cameroonian city of Limbe as The incident is the talking play one more minute.
point so far of a tournament

Warriors striker Evans Times, is reporting that

Rusike has reportedly Rusike has penned a deal

joined DStv with Babina Noko, which

Premiership side will be announced soon.

Sekhukhune United. Sekhukhune is also

The 31-year old was home to Zimbabwean

last attached to a club players Willard

when he was at Katsande, Ta l e n t

SuperSport United, Chawapiwa, Tapiwa

whom he parted ways Kapini, Blessing

with in June last year. Sarupinda and Charlton

South Africa Mashumba.

Members of Tunisia's coaching staff complain to Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe after the final whistle was blown early publication iDiski
in their defeat by Mali

We need to all keep making COVIDSafe
choices to help stop the spread.