Baba Tencen as he failed to hit the mark at the Anne Kansiime show in Harare

The South Africa-based comedian clearly had a case of jitters and could not perform to expectations, leaving the crowd shaking their heads in pity.

Baba Tencen best known for his catch phrases, Kuripwa Kugara and Ungandidii surely had his work cut out for him to make over 3 500 people laugh.

So bad was the performance that the MC had to literally beg people to clap for him when he abruptly ended his performance, but they remained cold towards him.

It was a baptism of fire for the comedian who many people felt should just stick to recording skits as stand up is “clearly” not his forte.

His voice projection was generally poor, speaking too fast that people could not hear what he was saying.

One audience member identified as Eddie said: “Baba Tencen njuga dzarema. He has been overwhelmed by the crowd and his jokes are dry.”

Zimbabwe People First (ZimFirst) national spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has become the first Zimbabwean to be charged with cyber terrorism.

He handed himself over to the  police Law and Order section in Harare Thursday morning in the company of his lawyers.

After hours of being tossed around, he was eventually charged.

Zanu PF spin doctor Jonathan Moyo caused Mawarire’s arrest over a Tweet.

Said Mawarire on his official Twitter account “Released into the custody of my lawyers. Charged with contravention of section 88 (b) of the posts& tel Act Chpt 22:05.

He added “contravention of sect 88(b) of the posts & telecomms Act for a tweet I made in response 2 Moyo attacks on Dr Mujuru.

“Jonathan Moyo did. He wrote a 3-paged affidavit using his night law school knowledge to press the charges”.

The Zimbabwean government, worried by what it terms social media abuse, is moving swiftly to updating its cyber laws, ostensibly to strengthen its spying activities on citizens.

The Computer Crime and Cybercrime Bill seeks to impose stiff jail sentences on offenders.

“Any person, who unlawfully and intentionally generates, possesses and distributes an electronic communication with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, threaten, bully or cause emotional distress, degrade, humiliate or demean the person of another person, using a computer system or information system shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 10 or imprisonment not exceeding five years or both,” the bill reads in part.

Recently, the commander of the army, Lieutenant-General Philip Sibanda stepped in, saying the military is ready to deal with anyone using electronic means to mobilise people to do anything unlawful.

KARIBA based anti-Mugabe cleric, Pastor Patrick Mugadza, was Thursday chased away from a public park in Harare by the police as he ended his 40-day prayer and fasting campaign for the veteran Zanu PF leader to step down.

The pastor came to national prominence when he was arrested while protesting against President Robert Mugabe at the Zanu PF conference in Victoria Falls last December.

Mugadza marked the end of his latest campaign at Africa Unity Square in the capital on Thursday.

He was chased away by cops manning the park as he tried to put up a Cross marked with the inscription ‘Mugabe Must Fall’

Speaking to journalists before the cops moved in, the cleric said Zimbabwe was being ruled by “by unclean people who have an ungodly spirit”.

“These men and women in high offices who are ruling us have a spiritual backing which is not God’s spirit.

We thank God for the successful 40 days and I am happy because things are happening and changing in Zimbabwe.”

Mugadza insisted that the political and economic crisis the country has struggled with for years would only end with President Mugabe’s exit from office.

“It is not easy to make that decision, but Mugabe has to do it for people to get freedom and justice,” said the pastor.

“When he says I am quitting; when he says I am standing down, it would be a great sacrifice for the poor who have lost direction and purpose of life through poverty.

“No man or woman will give us comfort when this man (Mugabe) is still around.”

He continued: “Mugabe has to go. We, as a nation have won already in terms of fighting the spirit. It’s a done deal.

“(Mugabe’s) falling has already started spiritually, and what is only left is the manifest in the physical realm.”

Pastor Mugadza was arrested after staging a one-man demonstration at the Zanu PF national conference in Victoria Falls last December where he demanded Mugabe’s resignation.

Recently, he also tied himself to a pole along First Street in Harare as part of his campaign against the veteran leader.

The Law and Order section commanding officer, Crispen Makedenge, has summoned Richard Chidza,for questioning over a recent communique by war vets that damned President Robert Mugabe.

Chidza was accompanied to the police by Sifikile Thabete, the company secretary of Alpha Media Holdings (AHM)

It was not immediately clear why the police had summoned Chidza, a senior reporter.
The development comes just after the major shareholder at AMH, Trevor Ncube, reported that military agents had visited his house twice in recent days.

War veterans recently held a meeting at which a communique describing Mugabe as a “genocidal dictator” was circulated.

War vets leaders, Victor Matemadanda (secretary general) and Douglas Mahiya (spokesperson), were subsequently arrested over the document and charged with insulting President Robert Mugabe.

They have both been remanded out of custody

THREE alleged pro_stitutes have been arrested for stabbing a man to death after he allegedly failed to settle a $10 debt for se_xual services rendered by one of them.

Police have since launched an appeal for people missing a relative to approach them as the deceased has not yet been identified since he did not have identity particulars with him at the time of his death. The alleged hookers —Vimbai Mbiva (26), Lenia Ncube (24) and Ross Moyo (26) — all from Joel Business Centre in Zhombe, are in police custody assisting with investigations.

Midlands Acting Provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende said the trio fatally attacked a client who had slept with one of them last Saturday night. She said the deceased is yet to be identified as no identity particulars were found on him. “I can confirm that we are investigating a murder case which occurred on August 6 at around 10PM at Joel Business Centre in Zhombe where the deceased, whose name is yet to be established, confronted Ncube over an undisclosed dispute.

A fight ensued and Mbiva and Moyo joined in before one of the three stabbed the deceased with a broken beer bottle on the neck and he died on the spot,” Asst Insp Mukwende said. She said the body of the deceased was taken to Zhombe Mission Hospital mortuary.

Asst Insp Mukwende appealed to members of the public who might be missing a relative to come forward and identify the body at the mortuary. She urged people to respect the sanctity of human life by resolving disputes through peaceful means. A source who declined to be named told The Chronicle that the man was murdered after failing to pay $10 for services rendered by Ncube earlier that night.

The source said the women were known prostitutes operating from the business centre where the crime was committed. “The man was seen leaving a night club in the company of Ncube before the scuffle. Ncube teamed up with her two friends after the man failed to pay her $10 for sexual services rendered earlier in the evening. “After searching the man’s pockets, Ncube could not find anything of value and a misunderstanding arose which led to the hookers assaulting the man several times.

One of the prostitutes then stabbed the man with a broken beer bottle on the neck leading to his death,” said the source.

A Zimbabwe pastor who became the figurehead of recent demonstrations against President Robert Mugabe’s government said Thursday he is travelling to the US to meet compatriots there and consider his next move.

Evan Mawarire, founder of a protest campaign dubbed “ThisFlag”, was detained last month for allegedly trying to overthrow the state, but a court dropped charges against him.

After his release he travelled to neighbouring South Africa, where he has been living and meeting with fellow Zimbabweans until leaving for the US.

“I am going to the USA. I am meeting some citizens over there…and to take time to think what will be my next move,” Mawarire said in a video message posted on Facebook.

“Our power is in our unity, our power is in the fact that each Zimbabwean has decided to rise up”.

The 39-year-old evangelical priest urged his compatriots to keep holding government to account and not rely on his leadership alone to pressure the government.

He called on Zimbabweans to stand up against “poor governance, corruption, theft of money and misgovernance”.

Mawarire has steered clear of political affiliation and has avoided criticising Mugabe directly, repeatedly appealing for Zimbabweans to protest peacefully.

But Zimbabwe’s veteran leader has publicly denounced the popular pastor.

Earlier this week, Mugabe accused his opponents, including Mawarire, of trying to topple him through protest, “like in the Arab countries”.

The government has also accused western governments of being behind the recent wave of protests against Mugabe’s government

The Islamic Republic of Iran has crystallised relations with President Robert Mugabe’s regime, following disclosures this month that Tehran is set to supply Harare with advanced cyber-warfare weapons and technology, as the nervous ruling Zanu-PF party is leaving no stone unturned in it’s unprovoked fight against cyber terrorism, cyber crimes and social media, Spotlight Zimbabwe revealed.

According to high ranking government insiders, the secret deal said to have been negotiated as far back as 2012 by vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, then minister of defence, who travelled to personally meet with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and that country’s defence minister at the time, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, Tehran will also honour earlier pledges to meet some of the country’s oil needs, while she is now suspected of having made the top spot in line to receive one of the few lucrative Kanyemba Uranium mining licences, ahead of China and reported interest from countries such as Canada and Australia.

Most of Iran’s uranium came from South Africa during the 1970s, but its stockpiles are believed to be running low, thus its access to Zimbabwe’s reserves is coming at a crucial moment, as the country forges ahead with plans to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes so it maintains.

The revelations are also coming at a time when both Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander, General Constantino Chiwenga, and the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) boss, Lt-General Philip Sibanda have recently spoken against social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp being abused as conduits to foment political instability, and so-called regime change in the country by hostile forces. Lt-General Sibanda has coincidentally raised the issue of Zimbabwe’s preparedness against cyber-warfare and attacks.

“We are already dealing with these threats,” Lt-Gen Sibanda told the State media last week.

“As an army, at our institutions of training, we are training our officers to be able to deal with this new threat we call cyber warfare where weapons — not necessarily guns but basically information and communication technology — are being used to mobilise people to do the wrong things. We will be equal to the task when the time comes. The most important function, as outlined in the Constitution is to protect Zimbabwe, its people, national security, territorial integrity and to uphold the Constitution. To deal with the important task of protecting Zimbabwe, we have to organise and train the army. We do not train or organise when there is war going on. We prepare and plan for wars before they happen. The major task we are undertaking now is that of training and preparing the army for whatever eventuality the country might face.”

Spotlight Zimbabwe, has been told that the latest cyber assistance from Iran is going to result in Mugabe’s administration adopting a cyber-strategy that focuses largely on defense.

The new secret campaign is also said to be targeted at diplomatic missions, non-governmental organisations and opposition political parties accused of conniving with Western capitals to topple Mugabe.

“Remember Zimbabwe and Iran only last year agreed on a partnership to devise ways of diluting the impact of social media ahead of the 2018 general elections,” said a minister with knowledge about the opaque deal.

“That was not the whole story, what is taking place is no longer just ICT cooperation, but it is now ICT at a defence and military level. Most of the finer details remain classified, but VP Mnangagwa having studied military engineering is involved in it, possibly for political control and power purposes. The Zimbabwe Defence Forces, are soon going to have a military cyber-doctrine in line with the changing times, alongside a new Cyber Command with its own head.”

Since 2007 Tehran, has been involved in a massive cyber training program exercise of hundreds of Zimbabwe’s intelligence and military operatives, we have also gathered

Former national security minister, Didymus Mutasa was instrumental in establishing the cyber training programme, with assistance from various Iranian intelligence organizations under the auspices of that country’s ministry of intelligence and national security, further information at hand shows.

Mutasa, before being fired from government and Zanu-PF, visited Iran in March 2010 ahead of Mnangagwa, where he reportedly took time to monitor the programme he had commissioned.

Groups of armed forces and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) personnel have already undergone intensive cyber training, which includes technological warfare techniques, counter-intelligence and methods of suppressing popular revolts among others.

According to the Tallin Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, a study commissioned by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence that is not considered a legally binding document, cyber weapons are cyber means of warfare designed, used or intended to cause either injury or death of people or damage to or destruction of objects.

A cyber weapon is also intuitively considered any software, virus, and intrusion device that can disrupt critical infrastructures of other countries, from military defense systems to communications to electric power smart grids to financial systems and air traffic control. One good example of such is the Stuxnet worm that disrupted operations at an Iranian nuclear facility a few years ago.

Tehran ran has already been identified by the Pentagon and other intelligence services as a leader in recent attacks and intrusions into U.S and European databases for military contractors and government agencies, as well as testing the ability to hack into utility and infrastructure networks. Furthermore Iran has developed one of the world’s most sophisticated cyber warfare mechanisms and capabilities for controlling and censoring the internet, enabling the regime to examine the content of individual online communications at a grand scale.

ICT minister, Supa Mandiwanzira, was not answering his mobile phone yesterday, when our Harare reporter sought an official comment from his office.

The first acknowledged incidence of cyberwar occurred in Estonia in 2007, when attackers launched a huge distributed denial of service attack against the Baltic nation’s computer infrastructure.

In keeping up with policing the internet and clamping down on what it’s labelling as social media abusers and cyber terrorists, Harare is introducing a draconian law, the Computer Crime and Cyberspace crime bill.

The egregious bill, in it’s current form seeks to empower the Zimbabwe police to ‘intercept private communications, search and confiscate electronic gadgets’ used in what they deem to be ‘criminal activity’. The proposed law seeks to impose a five year mandatory sentence to would be ‘offenders’ who fail to legally use their phones, laptops and desktop computers.

The proposed bill goes on further to say the violation of the proposed law and the attendant repercussions will reach out to offenders “globally” in as long as they are Zimbabweans.

Jah Prayzah, will  launch his seventh album, Mdhara Vachauya, at the Harare International Conference Centre, before he takes it to Bulawayo the following day for another launch at the Large City Hall.

The Harare launch will see the high­flying musician perform some tracks from the new album, as he shares the stage with Oliver Mtukudzi, Willom Tight and Sam Dondo, while Winky D, Jeys Marabini and Cal_Vin will be the supporting acts in Bulawayo.After tomorrow’s launch, some loyal fans from Harare are set to join Jah Prayzah and his Third Generation band on a road trip to Bulawayo, with stop­overs in Chegutu, Kadoma, Kwekwe and Gweru.

On the album, Jah Prayzah, who is affectionately known by his legion of fans as Musoja (Soldier) after his signature military regalia, has collaborated with Tanzanian Diamond Platnumz on the song titled Watora Mari. Some of the songs on the album include Mdhara Vachauya, Hosana, Watora Mari, Tsotsi, Jenny, Goto, Kurumidza, Ndide Ndikude, Mbembe and In the Ghetto.The Uzumba­bred musician started off from humble beginnings and rose to fame after recording the album Tsviriyo in 2013. Jive Zimbabwe boss, Benjamin Nyandoro, who is handling the marketing of the album, told NewsDay that tickets for the launch went on sale yesterday and were selling fast.

Lucky fans stand a chance to win big, a Toyota Vitz (new shape), fridges and television sets for buying the launch tickets in Harare or Bulawayo, which are selling at $10 general entry and $20 VIP at Coloursel Furnitures, Joina City, Montagu, Newlands Shops, OK Marimba and First Street in Harare, among other points,” he said. Nyandoro assured fans that the album will be readily available, as they have an in­house production and manufacturing facility.“We have several partnership deals that will see the album being readily available in all the country’s 10 provinces. All Coloursel Furniture shops across the country will also serve as both retail and wholesale outlets for the CDs,” he said.

On Friday (tomorrow), which is the night of the launch, we have facilitated that some retailers can collect the CDs from Coloursel Furniture shops across the country for $0,75 each. They can make a payment plan, if they are not able to pay for all their merchandise at once.” Nyandoro encouraged the public to buy original CDs, saying they have made sure the album will be readily available at $1.“We have a team of 100 people that will be joining the road trip on Saturday in every town along the way to Bulawayo, selling the CDs at $1,” he said.

Nyandoro said they have taken into consideration the current cash shortages being experienced by many in the country, allowing the fans to use plastic money, as they would provide electronic cash transfer systems.Jah Prayzah and part of his Third Generation band arrived in the country yesterday from a three­day tour of the United States that saw them performing in Indiana, Dallas and Washington DC before proceeding to Canada. Jah Prayzah’s manager, Keen Mushapaidze said: “The tour went well and the responses we got have proved that our brand is growing. We are happy with the support from all the shows.

It’s a ;bizarre reality that a man can be ‘raped’ by a woman! Wonder no more , a Bulawayo man apparently had the worst experience or his life after his mission for spiritual cleansing in Masvingo went horribly wrong when he was allegedly ‘raped’ by a woman-cum prophetess whom he had reportedly consulted. The victim Tafadzwa Tangwena (23), from Northend suburb recounted his horrifying ordeal at the hands of a self-styled prophetess (name withheld) from an apostolic sect.

Tangwena who is nursing bruises from the alleged se_xual abuse said he met the prophetess on 19 July through a Good Samaritan. Tangwena told the Good Samaritan that he needed some spiritual deliverance since he was having problems with his mother who was always accusing him of being a problem child. After visiting the prophetess at her shrine popularly known as Pakirawa, Tangwena was told that he was being troubled by an evil spirit of destitution that needed to be quickly cleansed.

In a bid to hoodwink the unsuspecting Tangwena, the prophetess generously offered him a place to sleep at once of her tents at the shrine. She however, sternly charged him that when sleeping he should remove his pair of jeans since they were not allowed inside the healing tent.

“What happened is I left Bulawayo for Masvingo on the 15 July after I had a misunderstanding with my mother over some money I took from her. When I arrived in Masvingo I had nowhere to stay until I met a man who kindly offered me accommodation. When I narrated my problems to him, he referred me to the prophetess for assistance.

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A driver of a Greyhound bus was yesterday crushed to death at Beitbridge Border Post when he was trapped under a bus while attending to a tyre puncture.

It is understood that the tyre deflated around the afternoon when the bus was being searched by customs officers. The now deceased then went under the bus to put a second jack, but the first one gave in resulting in the incident.

Border authorities said the driver was later pulled out by other travellers and taken to Beitbridge District Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on admission.

“The bus was travelling from Johannesburg to Bulawayo. The now deceased had his left upper chest trapped under the bus for a few minutes before some travellers pulled him out,” said one official.

Police were still to release the driver’s name.

Ms Tereziah Melisa Mukudu lost her father, Mr Lazarus Mukudu, in 2000 when she was five years old. Her late father’s siblings took advantage of her age and registered the estate without her knowledge.

The woman’s mother, Ms Beatrice Mangwiro, also died in 2003. The estate, that included a Mutare house and cash, was distributed among the members of the Mukudu family to her exclusion.

The Mukudu family members argued that the house belonged to their late father and it was only registered in the name of the late Lazarus Mukudu for convenience since he was the youngest in the family.

However, an investigation by Ms Mukudu (the deceased’s daughter) shows that the property was bought by her late father (Lazarus) from a Mutare couple cited as Thomas and Bekezela Mutara in 1993.

The ownership history does not show any other member of the Mukudu family other than the late Lazarus. To that end, Ms Mukudu has taken her late father’s siblings to the High Court in a test case that is likely to benefit several victims of property grabbing of that nature.

In the summons filed at the High Court on Wednesday, Ms Mukudu listed Gordon Mukudu, George Mukudu, Cecilia Chibuba and Sylvia Tereka as defendants. The Master of High Court was also cited as a defendant in his official capacity in the summons filed by Mutungura and Partners.

In her declaration, Ms Mukudu stated that she was the only surviving child of the late Mr Lazarus Mukudu and Ms Mangwiro. According to the declaration, Ms Mukudu was born on October 19, 1995 and was the only child in that family.

At the time of her father’s death, the estate had various immovable and movable properties that were shared among the father’s siblings. Ms Mukudu got the shock of her life on February 23 this year when she went to Mutare Magistrates’ Court to register her late father’s estate.

An edict meeting was called on May 20 this year and she learnt that the estate had since been registered without her knowledge and that the property had been distributed. She discovered that her late uncle Martin had registered the estate and shared the property and the $44 977 with the other siblings to her exclusion.

The siblings are receiving monthly rentals from the property, Stand Number 3588 Umtali Township, Mutare. In the High Court case, Ms Mukudu is seeking an order declaring her as the sole surviving child of the late Lazarus who is entitled to benefit from the estate.

She is seeking to nullify the final distribution of the estate that disinherited her. Ms Mukudu is also seeking an order directing the Master of the High Court to amend the final liquidation and distribution account of the estate by including her as a beneficiary. The Mukudu siblings were still to file their responses ahead of a pre-trial conference.

Government disclosed the August pay dates for civil servants with a significant improvement on the timelines compared to previous months. The move flies in the face of shadowy groups, civic society and opposition political parties that were expecting to boost their political profiles through protests thinking Government would fail to pay its employees.

Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira said members of the Zimbabwe National Army and Air Force of Zimbabwe would be paid on August 23.

Those in the health sector will be paid on August 26, followed by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police and prison officers on August 30. Teachers will get their dues on September 2, while the rest of the civil service will be paid on September 5. Pensioners will receive their pay outs on September 9.

Minister Mupfumira said no sector was in a worse situation compared to last month. She said it was a matter of time before all the civil servants are paid within the month worked as Government’s strategies start paying dividends.

“It is a fact that we have revenue challenges but as promised, we have managed to bring forward the pay dates for most of the workers except for teachers who received their July salaries on August 2 and for this month they will be paid on September 2,” she said.

“Just as said by President Mugabe during the Heroes Day commemorations that mechanisms are being developed to ensure workers get their salaries on the traditional pay dates, we are working day and night to improve and meet this target. We thank Treasury for working to ensure these improvements come. September dates will be availed as soon as modalities are in place because we want the workers, whom we treasure so much, to concentrate on service delivery.”

Minister Mupfumira added: “We will also continue engaging the workers, through the official channels, to update each other on the developments that will be taking place. They have every right to know what will be happening and National Joint Negotiating Council meetings will be held constantly.”

Government payment plans went off rail in June due to revenue challenges and efforts are now being made to revert to the traditional pay dates. Apex Council team leader Mrs Cecilia Alexander said while there was a significant improvement, Government should work towards bringing normalcy in the civil service.

“There has been some slight improvement in some sectors but in some areas, Government has maintained the same dates,” she said.

“No sector is in a worse situation compared to last month. We expected the dates for all sectors to fall within the month of June and we are calling upon the powers that be to take this issue seriously and bring normalcy as it affects the economic cycle of civil servants. This matter has been discussed at the NJNC and we shall continue to formally engage our employer.”

Government is channelling more than $200 million towards salaries, a situation which is unsustainable. As such, Cabinet recommended a civil service audit to cut on the wage bill. The civil service is now being rationalised with a number of cost- cutting measures being implemented. The measures will see the wage bill going down by $400 million every year.

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Tatove nemakore taroorana naTawanda tine vana vaviri, plus s*x life yedu haina hayo kushata, murume wangu anogona hake kusvira zvekuti handingashore.Tine tunhu twedu imba ,mota mbiri mari, zvekuti to be honest handina chandoshaya, zvekuti pfunga yekuita chikomba kana chihure haina kumbobvira yauya mupfungwa dzangu ever since.

Nyaya yakatangira  patakaita xmas party kubasa yekupera kwegore, kubasa kwedu, tainge takawanda ini nema workmates angu plus vamwewo vainge vakakokwa, pakafarwa pachidyiwa all sorts of foods, hwahwa uhu, ini hangu ndainwa ma light beers tunana reds utu, asi ndaisada kuita zvekudhakwa ndaizononetsana nemuface kumba. Time yanga yava kuma past 7 apa ndaakunzwa tudzungu plus ndaakuda kuenda kumba, ndakati regai ndipinde mutoilet, hameno kuti ndakabhaizika sei ndokupinda mutoilet yevarume, ndakatosanodzikisa trouse randainge ndakapfeka ndaakutodhasharara makumbo wanikwe pane murume arikutoita weti, asikana ndakambofreezer brain dzangu nezvandakaona.

Ndakaona mboro iya inonzi mboro asikana, ngaisvibirire, ndaiite tsinga apa inenge yanga yakamira zvishoma, coz ndakanyatsoona kunaka kwayakaita nekuti yakachecheudzwa  musoro wayo kunge howa, ndakanzwa ropa rangu kumhanya ipapo ndikamerera masasi eharare, ndakazongoerekana ndati sorry coz takatarisana mumaziso nemuface uyu paainge aakuzunza mboro yake, ndakabuda ndokunopinda muladies. Ndakatsinzinya maziso  pandaiita weti, ndokuona picture yemboro iya ichirimo chete mumaziso angu,I said to myself, ndichatomutsvaga chete munhu uyu. Ndakapedza kunoita weti, asi kwekupedzesera kweweti yangu kwaidonha tuma siriri tunyaidza mheche meaning ndainge ndatotesa beche after ndaona mboro iyi. From toilet  ndakaenda  straight kune ma friend angu ndikati asikana pane muface wandaona, ndisati ndapedza kutsanangura ,ndobva ndamuona, ndikati uyo, handimuziye ndiani ko iyeye zvikanzi anonzi Chris weku IT Department, ini hoo ha iribho zvikanzi neimwe shamwari yangu aita sei ndikati I thought ndoma get crusher saka haisi horror asi ini ndainge ndaakuziya kwekumutsvaga.

Ndakabva ndaenda hangu kumba asi asikana, asikanaka!!! umm zvakaoma, chero baba vekwangu mboro yakadai Havana kutaura chokwadi, zvakandishungurudza all the way kusvika ndasvika kumba, musi uyu ndakasvikosvirana naTaka ndikatunda katatu nenyaya yekuti ndaingoita imagine ndichisvirwa nemboro yandakaona mulue, izvi zvakandipa shungu nehukasha hwekutsvaga madetails emunhu uyu, ndakamukofonera Chris bamfana pavakambobuda, ndobva ndamubvunza kuti munhu waakauya naye kuparty ndiani, akabva anditi anonzi Born Errectus anogara kukwadzana,  he is married ane mwana one mukomana anoseenza ku a certain  transport company he is a techinician ikoko and hiz very sociable, ndikati ndomuwana sei zvikanzi mutsvage page rake pa facebook unomuwana.

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Raymond Tapfumaneyi, a war veteran and former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) employee, died in April and his body was unclaimed for almost four months.

Reports indicate that he is set for a pauper’s burial in Birmingham where he had relocated after lengthy service at the State broadcaster, helping churn out propaganda in aid of President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF government.

Tapfumaneyi’s body could not be claimed even though he had a brother and other relatives living in the UK.

His brother, Dumi, a senior community mental health nurse, is said to have claimed that Tapfumaneyi had left a wish that he wanted to be buried as a pauper.

Tapfumaneyi was suffering from cancer and passed away on 23 April, aged 59, at St Mary’s Hospice in Birmingham.

He will be buried at Kings Norton Cemetery on 15 August, with the burial being organised by the council.

Harare Mayor, Ben Manyenyeni says it would be sad if all Pastor Mawarire proved was that it was a high risk to try to oust President Mugabe.

He said : “I think the flag pastor was a necessary part of the struggle. There were always going to be doubts about his past and future – authentication.The struggle needs everybody (there are definite risks associated with the biggest tent you can get).

I was at the courts for his trial. An observation which I posted elsewhere is that the bulk of the Pastor E crowd is very different from the long­suffering crowd that has been in the struggle fot a new Zimbabwe.That crowd is unlikely to face teargas or throw stones and cannot imagine being arrested. But it is a necessary constituency for this phase of the struggle.

I am sure that any vacuum left by the intriguing departure of the flag pastor is filled soon. All those who came into the struggle because of him find reason to stay the journey whether he remains in it or not (here or in exile). Sad day if the net result of his crusade was to prove to Zimbabweans that this thing is high risk!”

Firstly I hope you and your family are settling well in the USA, it must be quite refreshing there compared to our troubled Zimbabwe. I write this letter to you as a follower of This Flag movement.

I am one of the thousands of people who prayed for you fervently when you were arrested. I also prayed for you the day you fled to South Africa when no one knew where you were and your followers were worried sick about your safety.

I remember waking my husband up (who is not even from Zimbabwe) asking him to pray for you with me.  Everyday he would ask me of the latest update. We watched the whole movement in amazement as it gained momentum, watching all the videos daily and praying earnestly for Zimbabwe. That is how heavily involved my husband and I  became in the#This Flag movement.

What first attracted me to This Flag was your humility, passion and eloquence. I remember saying often to my husband that “truly this man is a man of God”. I was once badly abused by a well known Zimbabwean Pastor in a situation that almost took my life and everything I had ever worked for, so it was truly refreshing to finally see a genuine Zimbabwean Pastor who has the needs of the people in his heart.

I even started going back listening to your sermons on marriage, in a way you became my Pastor. I held you in high esteem and honor. I started to see a glimmer of hope for beloved Zimbabwe, even though I haven’t lived there for over 15 years.

I thought well, God has surely chosen you to deliver the people of Zimbabwe from bondage, especially those back home. I remember watching a video where you said even if they abduct you, kill you or arrest you, the movement will still go on. I thought you  were extremely brave and courageous.

However fast-forward four weeks later, I haven’t got a clue as to what’s happening anymore. Each time I watch your recent videos I feel confused and somewhat betrayed. I feel like you are a different man to the man you were before you fled Zimbabwe. Your style and tone of talking has changed, the humility I once saw in you I don’t see it anymore.

I don’t hear you say hatichatya (we are not afraid anymore). What puzzles me the most is that since you left Zimbabwe, you started saying This Flag movement was never about one person. With all the respect, YOU Evan Mawarire started this movement. You are the face and founder of it. You are the leader of it.

There is no movement under the sun that does not have a leader or a person who influences it. To say we are all leaders and heroes of this movement is just downright stupid and doesn’t make any sense at all. I find it quite rude and offensive that you deny being the leader of a movement you started. The definition of leader is a person that holds a dominant or superior position within a field, and is able to exercise a high degree of influence or control over others. Does that definition not describe you Pastor Evan?

When you started This Flag movement and asked people to join in and follow YOUR vision, you automatically became a LEADER. You are also a pastor, which again automatically makes you a leader in the community. You became a role model to thousands of people. When you were arrested people came outside the court house to support you in thousands, risking their own lives for you.

You told people to risk their lives and protest against a dangerous government. YOU gave instructions and people followed. They did it because you the LEADER of the movement gave them the courage. A lot of people were arrested during the stay away. Hello? Do you remember Linda Masarira at all? A mother of 5 children languishing in a Zimbabwe jail for protesting against the government during the stay away you called.

There are people out there who have risked their lives for Zimbabwe. You told people to shut their business down and not go to work, they listened to you and lost money because they thought you were in this together with them.

And today you have the cheek of denying that you were the leader and the face of this movement when people have sacrificed their lives to follow a call YOU made? And where are you as you make these offensive videos, jetting off to America for a better life…even your skin has changed in these few weeks you have left Zimbabwe, showing that right now Pastor, life is good! But unfortunately not so good for Linda and other activists.

And to add more insult to all those people suffering in Zimbabwe, you now say you are just a citizen? What planet are you now on dear Pastor? What the heck? Its bad enough you deny being a politician, yeah whatever. Sugar coat it all you want and play with words all you want, but the fact that you are now eligible to seek political asylum in USA says it all. Anyway thats another letter for another day, now back to this I am just a citizen issue.

You are more than a citizen. Please stop insulting Zimbabweans. Please just stop it. According  to your own Facebook page that you opened, you are a public figure with almost 50 000 followers. You have given interviews on BBC, SKY NEWS (where you wept buckets), SABC and just about any international major platform that will have you.

As if that is going to change anything or help anyone in Zimbabwe. I feel you are now just a celebrity making the most out of your new found fame at the expense of suffering Zimbabweans. The president of Zimbabwe and every Zimbabwean on the planet knows who you are. Your name comes up in political news of Zimbabwe.

So please cut the “I AM JUST A CITIZEN” crap. It is very offensive to some of us and our relatives back home who are “just citizens” You are a famous leader and a Public Figure. You know as much as I do that you are a more than just a citizen of Zimbabwe.

Ok let me calm down a bit, sorry if I came across as rude in the above passage, I really had to let that out. I am just finding your videos to be more ridiculous by the day and God knows what you are going to come up with from the luxury comforts of America. To be honest Pastor, since you left the country, I feel totally betrayed and used by you.

I also believe its within my rights to feel this way and I should be allowed to say it without fear.  I invested a lot of time and emotions into This Flag. I know there are many people out there who feel the same way, probably half of your followers now. And in case you had not noticed, not everyone is calling you a hero anymore for the followers of this flag are now split. A lot of people now think you abandoned the movement and you are a coward.

A number think this was all a plan to get asylum status in the USA, some say that’s why you cried on SKY TV. A number of suspicious whatsapp messages circulated online when you were arrested that it was all a plan to move to USA at the expense of gullible followers. A lot of us found the messages absurd but today sadly you have not done anything to prove any of those messages as fake. If anything you have now authenticated those messages.

Each time a person expresses how they feel about you, they are literally bullied into submission by the other half of the followers. I had to be very brave to express my opinion in this open letter for  I know the wrath which awaits me after I click the publish button. According to your  followers, people should not criticize you. If they dare they should at least have done something for the country or have a solution to the Zimbabwe crisis.

Most people who try to vent their frustrations of how the movement has ended are often persecuted, called names and insulted. Your followers are the ones who claim to dislike the government and want democracy, yet they behave exactly like ZANU PF and torment anyone who dare speak out against THIS FLAG.

I refuse to be bullied into submission by your faithful followers Pastor. And before they ask me I HAVE NOT GOT A SOLUTION TO THE ZIMBABWE CRISIS NEITHER HAVE I EVER DONE ANYTHING FOR THE COUNTRY. I am just here to exercise my democratic rights as a citizen and by expressing my views. The little I have done is pray for you and for Zimbabwe. I hope that little counts.

I believe you have let Zimbabwe down Pastor. I believe you have not been honest with people. It does seem like you are taking people for a ride. At least just be straight with people. Be honest. You said you went to South Africa for a pre planned business trip, though we all know that wasn’t the case. Now you claim you have gone to USA to meet some citizens…ummm like really.

You also said you are going to America to “think”. I do not think this is the time to be taking “thinking” vacations. You are a public figure. You thrust yourself into the public domain and volunteered a leadership position in a movement that challenges the government, yet your followers believe you are not eligible for criticism.

You are supposed to be a Pastor, a man of integrity, you owe it to the people to explain some of your controversial actions. A lot of people out there are confused as to what you are doing. Stop insulting the people who have risked their lives during this movement. In your last video you even said “Ku Zimbabwe kune ma one ariko”. What an insult to people like Linda Masarira who in her own words said shes suffering like this for her own children, for a better Zimbabwe.

I wrote this letter to you directly, on behalf of those petrified of saying that they feel you have run away from what you started. Of course we all know you have a young family to think of, but so does a lot of activists in Zimbabwe including Linda. A lot of these activists on the ground have not got the luxury of flying to the USA when the going gets tough.

No one knows what Linda’s 5 children are eating in Zimbabwe. No one knows about their health and well being. You are quite lucky and privileged. Its such a shame that this is now the fruit of THIS FLAG. Confusion, Division, Debates and Controversies. I find it quite ridiculous that the faithful followers are saying those who criticize are used to being spoon fed and hero worshiping. Apparently we are now supposed to all take your role and lead the movement forward as you have fled the scene. We are now all supposed to be leaders.

How ridiculous. Apparently you have done your part, I am still scratching my head trying to figure out what part exactly you have played. I always thought its how you end the race that matters not how you begin.

You were supposed to endure the race you started, leaving before you even got halfway has unfortunately taken away from how well you started. Sadly now your legacy is that you are the guy that fled from Zimbabwe after he started a ‘We are not afraid’ movement.  Oh the irony of it all!  By the way the only people I see hero worshiping you are the ones bullying others into submitting to every word you say.

In your last video announcing your move to America you addressed those who are calling you their hero and  said you do not want to be called a hero. Very interesting but please can you also address the other half of your followers, those who feel you betrayed them, you used them for personal gain and that you are a coward. Don’t you think you owe these people an honest explanation for wasting their time.  Is this not the democracy we are all crying for.

The unrelenting pressure that is being exerted on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa within President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF is expected to reach a climax in December when the ruling party holds its annual conference in Masvingo.

Well-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday that the Zanu PF women’s league, strongly backed by the former liberation movement’s youth wing, would “leave no stone unturned” to ensure that a woman was part of the three-person party presidium by the time the Masvingo get-together ends.

Plain-spoken Zanu PF women’s league’s secretary for finance, Sarah Mahoka — a rabid critic of Mnangagwa — also confirmed that women were champing at the bit to see one of their own become vice president again before the end of this year, as had been agreed at the party’s conference last year that was held at the resort town of Victoria Falls.

“(Zanu PF secretary for legal affairs Patrick) Chinamasa is at work as we speak to amend the Zanu PF constitution in line with the resolutions made in Victoria Falls, and he should be done sooner rather than later so that the party can definitely have a vice president coming from the women’s league,” Mahoka said.

While Mahoka could not be drawn into revealing whether the women’s league, which is led by powerful First Lady Grace Mugabe, had already come up with a name to join the party’s presidium, she was adamant that the matter “cannot be delayed any further because the year is coming to an end already”.

“He (Chinamasa) knows that this matter has to be finalised as soon as possible. That is why his team is working on it. We have not yet sat down to discuss who we want (to join presidium) but should that happen, we will let you know.

“We are disciplined and organised women whose main concern in all this is to see stability in the party and that the country moves forward peacefully,” Mahoka added cryptically.

Repeated efforts by the Daily News to get a comment from Chinamasa on the progress that the party had made so far to fulfil the Victoria Falls resolutions for a woman to once again become part of the presidium were unsuccessful as he was not picking up his phone.

But a youth league bigwig also reiterated that the party was bracing itself for a woman vice president in line with the Victoria Falls resolution — which virtually all Zanu PF members agree is targeted at the embattled Mnangagwa’s scalp.

One of President Robert Mugabe’s current two deputies will have to drop from the presidium to accommodate a woman, as was rightly the case before (former Vice President Joice) Mujuru was booted out of the party in 2014.

“As to who is going to give way, your guess is as good as mine, as the party will decide. However, on our part as the youth league, we will fight to see to it that this noble cause does not compromise the Unity Accord of 1987 in an way,” the official said, hinting that Mnangagwa was the likely loser.

“We are tired of Team Lacoste (Mnangagwa and his allies) because they are holding our president to ransom and that is why we want the conference in Masvingo to become elective.

“It is permissible and constitutional that a conference can be elective as long as it has been directed by the central committee. It will sit as an extra-ordinary session of the national people’s conference, which will allow us to get rid of these successionists” another youth league official said.

Zanu PF’s other vice president is Phelekezela Mphoko who comes from the Zapu wing of the party, and who has been said to belong to the influential party faction known as the Generation 40 (G40) group, which is intensely opposed to the idea of Mnangagwa ever succeeding Mugabe.

The push to deal with Mnangagwa once and for all at the December conference is back in the fore at a time that the Midlands godfather has lately been under the cosh in the party for allegedly working fervently to stampede Mugabe out of power before the nonagenarian’s current term ends in 2018.

The plot to oust Mnangagwa gathered steam in recent weeks after war veterans led by garrulous former Cabinet minister Christopher Mutsvangwa not only made it abundantly clear that they wanted the Midlands godfather to take over from Mugabe, but also later served divorce papers on Mugabe.

This attracted the ire of party bigwigs and the G40 camp, with Manicaland Provincial minister Mandi Chimene last month openly imploring Mugabe to either fire Mnangagwa immediately or call for an extra-ordinary congress where the party would deal with the VP, nicknamed Ngwena (crocodile) for his alleged political ruthlessness.

In her no-holds-barred blitzkrieg on the VP, Chimene bluntly accused Mnangagwa and his close allies of plotting to unseat Mugabe.

“There are now two governments in power and we don’t know for how long we are going to continue with parallel structures where some ministers don’t report to the president.

“So we have said lets go for an extra-ordinary congress and if it’s expensive we can just do it right away and have you line up with your supporters and see who has the people,” Chimene charged.

Below is a video from Jah Prayzah’s new album ‘Mudhara Vachauya’ featuring Tanzania’s Diamond Platinumz.

Ndakabatwa nenyere ndikasvirwa nalandlord wangu – Akomana zvikoni zvikoni beche haripihwe porridge. Ndakabatwa nenyere ndokutanga kufunga kurikita beche kwandaiyitwa naCharles boyfriend yangu .Charles aisvira zvekuti unombopedza mazuva usingadi mboro. Beche rangu rakabva ratota ndakatonzwa nepant kuti zvinhu zvanga zvashata. Ndakatora phone yangu ndokufonera vamwe amuponesi vaimbopisa zvinhu kana Charles aenda kunohodha zvinhu zve flea market yake kuSouth.

Vakabva vanditi he was out nebasa . Then I tried Transport manager akanditi aiendesa mukadzi wake kumusangano wechechi. Well, transport manager was my sugar daddy. I never called him panyaya dzesex, nditambisirwe beche rangu hangu lets just say he was past his sell by date, over~ fifty vanoita zvingani? Kungodawo kudyiwa mari nesu. Varume nemboro dzavo, kunyenga age yemwana wake as if pane zvinoitwa zvinemusoro. The mind wants but kumira kwemboro is weak. Anyway tinongotetena finance tosiya imvi dzakadaro. Thanx to Vi@gra at least some of them do get them up once in a while you know a real hard one . Akomana zvikoni zvikoni beche haripihwe porridge. I had to make a plan munoriziva beche kana roda kukwizwa pressure yacho. Gongo rinovhita kunge mota rine hurwa .
Sezvo mboro dzese dzaisavepo ndotoita lone soldier armed struggle aka bonyora.

Ndakatora DVD case yangu ndokutanga kuona firimu repono rainge rine mukomana aiva nezimboro zihombe, iwe masasi eharare just the visual inondipedza akomana rinenge zidanda its not just long but thick and straight like an arrow as if its made to penetrate and kil. It just sets men apart from boys. Mboro iyoyoy was made to destroy nyini shuwa It always sets me off just watching the size. Ndakabva ndanzwa beche rangu richi pulsater, ndikatanga hangu kutamba nemazamu angu squeezing them ndichibata minyatso, ndokutanga kunzwa muviri kudairira ndichiita kunge ndabatwa nemagetsi kubva kutsoka .

Beche rangu rakabva ratanga kuvhita . Ndakaita zvekurara pabed ndokuvhura makumbo angu ndichibva ndaisa ruoko mubhurugwa. Ndakatanga kupinza chigunwe changu mubeche ndichizvisvira nechigunwe ndichiisa ndichiburitsa zvisina hasha ndombobata mazamu ndopuruzira minyatso and my thighs. Mupfungwa dzangu ndaitoona ari Charles ari kundinyenga zvekundinyenga zviya. Ndakanyatso shadabura ndokutanga kupuruzira kabhinzi kangu mbichana mbichana ndakatsinzinira. Ndakazviita for about 20 minutes nekuti ndinoita ndichiti ndikazvisvira beche ndombo rubber gongo kuti ndisakasike kutunda the longer I rub it the more intense I feel ndoita kutunda shower chaiko kutotesa magumbeze.

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