A Harare man pushing for the prosecution of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo for allegedly abusing public funds, says nothing stands in the way of the Zimbabwe Anti­Corruption Commission (Zacc) from bringing the minister to court.

Mr Hardlife Mudzingwa, who approached the High Court seeking to compel police to arrest Prof Moyo, yesterday sought an amendment to his provisional order. He now wants Zacc compelled to bring Prof Moyo before a court of law.This emerged during a brief hearing of his urgent chamber application before Justice Loice Matanda­Moyo. The anti­corruption body is on record saying it has a complete docket of the case.Justice Matanda­Moyo, however, deferred the hearing to October 25 to allow Prof Moyo to file his opposing papers. Both parties’ counsels confirmed the latest development.

The judge postponed the matter to allow Prof Moyo to file his papers,” said Advocate Sylvester Munyaradzi Hashiti, instructed by Mr Simon Mupindu of Mupindu Legal Practitioners, acting for Mr Mudzingwa. “She also wants Zacc to respond to the amended provisional order. We are saying nothing can stop Zacc from proceeding with the matter against Minister Moyo if the investigations are complete and thorough as they claim.” Prof Moyo’s lawyer Advocate Lewis Uriri, instructed by Mr Terrence Hussein of Hussein, Ranchhod and Company, said he protested the delay in serving his client with both the application and notice of set down.

“Our client was only served with the papers shortly before the hearing of the matter in the afternoon. “We also protested the fact that the application and its imminent date of hearing was already public knowledge since the media had written and published it before our client was served.” Mr Mudzingwa’s lawyers amended the order after the Acting Police Commissioner­General Josephine Shambare said they had not arrested Prof Moyo because no report was made to that effect. Deputy Commissioner­General Shambare said this in response to Mr Mudzingwa’s application seeking to compel the police to arrest the minister and cause his prosecution.

She stated in her founding affidavit filed in the High Court on Monday that the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (Chapter 9:07) sets out the parameters within which police perform their duties. Zacc, she said, was empowered by the Constitution to direct police to investigate cases of suspected corruption or to require assistance from the police service. The Acting Police Chief also stated that Mr Mudzingwa did not allege nor prove that police was directed to investigate (Prof Moyo and refused.She further stated that the anti­corruption body could at law refer matters to the National Prosecuting Authority for prosecution. Mr Mudzingwa, she said, has failed to prove that police refused to perform its duty and that there was no other sufficient legal remedy. She would urge the court to throw out Mr Mudzingwa’s case.

“It is clear that this application was manifestly ill­conceived and is nothing but an abuse of court process,” she said. In his application, Mr Mudzingwa is also seeking an order for the executive to distance itself from Prof Moyo’s prosecution. He said it was his constitutional right as a Zimbabwean citizen to have Minister Moyo “brought before equity” Prof Moyo, he said, should be given the chance to prove that he is a true Robin Hood and that the law allows him to abuse public funds arguing he cannot plead his cause, before Cabinet, the Politburo or on Twitter.

Mr Mudzingwa attacked Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s statement that Prof Moyo could not be arrested without President Mugabe’s consent as wrong and unacceptable at law. The VP’s conduct, he said, gave the impression that the constitutional ideals underpinning the establishment of Zacc were not high on the State’s agenda. To support his case his case, Mr Mudzingwa cited various sections of the Constitution

Zanu PF will continue using State resources to fund party projects and will offer no apology for it, Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao said

He was speaking at a Zanu PF rally in Norton on Monday where the party’s youth league secretary, Kudzanai Chipanga, parcelled out 5 000 residential stands to party supporters. “I am here as Youths minister representing government to send a message to those who want to intimidate us with a misconception that government institutions like Zimdef,

Urban Development Corporation (Udcorp) and others cannot give resources to Zanu PF supporters,” Zhuwao said. “Zanu PF is a citizen of this country hence its supporters must benefit and we are unapologetic about it,” he went on, adding that the ruling party will not apologise for using Udcorp — a government entity mandated to ensure the provision of housing.

Udcorp is currently embroiled in allegations of land scandals. Addressing the same gathering, Chipanga said State resources will not be accessed by those outside Zanu PF structures. He said many people thought the fast track land reform programme was a fly by night initiative but 16 years later, resettled farmers are still enjoying the fruits of the initiative, albeit at the cost of the agricultural sector that is reeling from under­production. “We distributed stands in Bulawayo, we distributed stands in Rusape, Norton you are third. We are going to Harare next week. In Chishawasha we are coming there and soon everyone will be having their stand number,” he said.

Just last week, Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere echoed the same sentiments saying the party was determined to cling on to power by any means necessary, even if it meant looting Zimbabwe’s remaining scarce resources. Speaking at a rally in Norton on Thursday, a fuming Kasukuwere whose words were later endorsed by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, said he was ready to face jail for defending the interests of the party. Zanu PF’s partisan distribution of land is not the only element that has come into question. Social Welfare minister Prisca Mupfumira last week controversially told starving Norton residents that they risk losing out on food aid if they remained outside Zanu PF structures.

She used the Zanu PF Norton rally platform on Thursday to distribute 60 tonnes of maize seed. This came as President Robert Mugabe, in February, declared a state of disaster in regions affected by the El Niño­induced drought. The crisis has left four million people in need of food and in need of humanitarian aid with agencies calling on the ruling party to look beyond politics after allegations by human rights commission that opponents of Mugabe were being denied assistance

Zanu PF youth league secretary Kudzanai Chipanga has controversially called for a total seizure of all remaining white-owned farms to resettle the ruling party’s youths.

Curiously, his call is on the back of Lands and Rural Resettlement ministry commissioning a survey to ascertain land use following concerns that most resettled farms are grossly under-utilised.

Speaking at a Zanu PF rally in Norton on Thursday — ahead of the constituency’s October 22 by-election — the Zanu PF politburo member said “play time between whites and blacks was over”.

“Tatamba zvakwana nevarungu dai taita kuti mapurazi avo achienda kuma youth (We have tolerated white farm owners long enough, it’s time their farm land goes to youths),” Chipanga told gathered Zanu PF supporters at the rally, where Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko was also present.

He went on to say “vice president (Mphoko), the youth are also thankful for the land for stands which is being given by President Robert Mugabe”.

The league has been parcelling out State land to Zanu PF youths, with 5 000 residential stands distributed in Norton through Saviour Kasukuwere’s Local Government ministry.

“Here in Norton, the Local Government ministry will on Saturday begin its processes of pegging stands for youths asi zvinhu zvacho zvinenge . . . zviri kunonoka (the process is delaying),” Chipanga said.

“So we are saying to…Kasukuwere, by the time you come to peg stands, you will see us already occupying that land,” he added.

Chipanga’s push for fresh farm invasions comes as Zimbabwe’s economic demise is believed to have been triggered by the land grabs by war veterans in the late 1990s.

Early this year, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe warned against continued land invasions, saying they were affecting agricultural production and increasing the country’s risk profile.

Central bank governor John Mangudya said bringing finality to the land reform programme would go a long way in addressing uncertainties that continue to adversely affect the agricultural sector from transforming the economy.

Last week, Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Douglas Mombeshora told church leaders in Norton that his ministry had set up teams to assess resettled farms, with the view of re-distributing underutilised land.

Adding that first priority for land distribution would be given to youths, insisting that the older generation have had their share since the commencement of the land reform programme.

He also warned land owners that government had the right to repossess land, where it sees fit.

“The Constitution says all agricultural land is vested in the president . . .You may have a tenure document it could be an offer letter, a lease or a title deed it tells you how to use the land but that doesn’t give you total rights over the land,” Mombeshora said.

“If there is development that needs to be done, even if it’s a church, government can say it wants it removed. All you can do is discuss compensation. But if you feel your rights have been infringed, you can go to the court but . . . ultimately ukarwisana nehurumende ndiwe unoruza (if you fight government you are bound to lose).”

ZIMBABWE men’s senior football team, the Warriors, were expectedly drawn in a very difficult group in yesterday’s draw for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals, as they will face continental heavyweights Algeria, Tunisia and Senegal in Group B.

The draw for the tournament, which kicks off on January 14, was held in Libreville, Gabon and the country was represented at the function by team manager, Sharif Mussa.

Warriors coach, Kalisto Pasuwa was calm and unfazed when asked about the tricky draw last night
“I was expecting such a draw. I’m not surprised really. I was prepared for any team, there is no particular group that one would have wanted to avoid. Every group is tricky and has good teams.,” he said.

“We have been given teams that finished top of their groups in the qualifiers and that means they are good. We are the lowest ranked, but we are not going there to add some numbers. I have confidence in our ability.”

Pasuwa said he wanted two friendlies before the finals and hoped Zifa would allow the Warriors to go into camp early.

“I want to have two friendly matches against teams from the North,” he said lamenting that the Warriors had missed friendlies during the past Fifa internationals calendar.“I want us to play Egypt and Morocco before the start of the competition.

“We need to camp early, and I want the team together by December 22, latest. We have already submitted our plans to Zifa and we hope we will get our wish. Now that the draw is out and we know what we would be up against, we need to unite as a nation and mobilise resources for the team so that we will go and do the country proud.”

Zimbabwe, who would be making their third appearance at the continental showpiece, will begin their campaign with a match against Rihad Mahrez’s Algeria on January 15 at the Stade de Franceville before taking on Sadio Mane’s Senegal at the same venue four days later.

They will conclude the group stages with a match against Tunisia at the Stade L’Ammitse on January 23.

Teams were drawn into four groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing into the quarter finals.

Zimbabwe were in pot 4, the lowest at the draw, with the rankings based on performances at the Afcon final tournaments (2012, 2013, 2015), Afcon qualifiers (2013, 2015, 2017), Fifa World Cup (2014) and Fifa World Cup qualifiers (2014).

Meanwhile, Warriors striker, Knowledge Musona continued with his fine goal-scoring form in the Belgian league, notching in his sixth goal of the campaign for KV Oostende, as they overcame a battling Mechellen 3-2 at the weekend.

Musona was recently named among a number of players, who have allegedly been placing bets on some matches in the Belgian top-flight league.

But the 26-year-old, whose goals helped the Warriors qualify for the 2016 Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time in 10 years, has refused to let that storm distract him.

He scored in the fourth minute before defender, Bruno Godeu and midfielder, Ibrahim Conte weighed in with a goal each.

The goal saw him stake a claim for the Golden Boot Award, as he is now two goals behind leading goal scorer, Saadi of Kortrijk.

Groups

Group A: Gabon, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea Bissau
Group B: Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Zimbabwe
Group C: Ivory Coast, RD Congo, Morocco, Togo
Group D: Ghana, Mali, Egypt, Uganda

Word of an exodus of DJs and presenters at the AB Communications owned ZiFM Stereo radio station has been coated with sweetness, but underneath the comments by the characters leaving the train is an army of disgruntled workers and alleged managerial incompetence.Not everything is Supa in Mandiwanzira’s investment!

Solid personalities including DJ Eskay, Candice Mwakalyelye, Sokostina, Farai Mwakutuya, Zihlo and Kundai Chiyanika have reportedly already left, tendered their resignations or are just waiting to fade away from the nightmare script that the ZiFM Stereo fairytale used to be.

“The truth is there’s a monster at ZiFM Stereo and the rot is right at the top,” said a mole speaking exclusively about the meltdown.

When probed further about who exactly was behind the problem as Susan Makore, a veteran broadcaster was ultimately at the helm, clarity was offered.

“Mai Makore has no problem and knows what she does as she has a media background. The problem is at the station where the person running affairs is Tendai Madondo who has no idea how to work with creativity and has no background in the media industry and has just been tossed into a position she cannot handle.”

So out of her depth is castaway Madondo that the source claimed that the lady, much like her surname Madondo, is lost in the woods!

“When you have people who run a radio station like a bank or a post office and can’t handle media creative, that bureaucracy sinks people without a doubt and while it is about six names that have emerged, almost everyone in the shadows is living their nightmare at the hands of incompetence,” added the source But the personalities fingered in the exodus were quick to offer conciliatory statements when reached for comment.

I’m not leaving immediately and people misconstrued what I said when I made my announcement,” said Mwakutuya, a veteran who has practised in Zimbabwe as well as other countries including Uganda.

“I’ll be travelling a lot in a new engagement that I’ve gotten and I therefore saw that I couldn’t execute my duties well. I’ll still be on air for the coming month or so as replacements to my assignments are sought,” said The Platform host.

Eskay has apparently gone to join his wife in an undisclosed country as they could no longer live apart. Candice Mwakalyelye, the ice-princess of the airwaves whose vanilla being had become the goddess of media celebrity, was also quick to go for modesty.

“I’ve been at the station for four years and there comes a time for one to grow and move on and that is what I’m doing,” she said.

“I’ve no idea if there’re any people who’re disgruntled and it may look like a coincidence that I’ve left when others are rumoured to be leaving, but I leave the station a happy person who has been grown and built by a station I both love and admire”.“Politeness!” screams the source.

“If the powers that be at ZiFM do not address this issue as soon as possible, it’ll rock the boat and be the death of their numbers for quite a while.They’ve to nip the problem in the bud.

“People want this incompetent woman to go or be redeployed otherwise the ship will sink!”

Reached for comment, AB Communications head Makore said: “The best person to talk about the issue is Tendai (Madondo) who runs the day to day activities at the radio station. She’s a competent person and obviously more than willing to address such a pertinent issue with the media.

“We’re always happy to respond to media professionals who go out of their way to act professionally in their work and write from an informed perspective after having gone all out to seek comment,” she said.

However, Tendai, who was said to have travelled to South Africa presumably on business, could not be reached and efforts to get her comment via social networking platform WhatsApp hit a snag as she wasn’t available.

The Supa Mandiwanzira owned station has no doubt hit rock bottom and even started to dig-its worst spell since going on air four years ago.

Kwekwe polytechnic is reportedly restructuring management to accommodate acting vice principal who allegedly failed to secure post as substantive vice principal

Sources from the institution indicated that one Mary Molly Mapanga was not successful in interviews for vice principal at the Kwekwe Polytechnic.

“She masterminded the plan for management restructuring to keep herself  in the senior management though she was to be taken back to lecturing. she is corrupt and still has signing powers over the Polys finances. She has a network of rumour mongers and spies who assist her cover up her bad management and runs the Poly like her personal business,” said the furious source.

The source said Mapanga spearheads the victimisation of staff members who try to advance themselves educationally so that they remain low level staff.

“Her sidekicks who continue to cause havoc at the Poly and assist in victimising staff are Mrs Marandure from the degree program, Letty Sibanda head of on the job training, Josephine Mwayi-Mapenduka, Mrs Chigome, Mrs Zinyemba, Sandra Tauzeni head of commerce,” said the source.

The new vice principal who was appointed is sidelined and does petty jobs. Mrs Mapanga is still heading examinations yet it is meant to be the vice principal so that she can get allowances. She addresses all work related issues with Letty Sibanda sitting in her office which is not professional and violates the secrecy act.”

The source said Mapanga bought tiles for the polys pavillion and diverted some of the tiles to her house for personal use.

“This was done with the assistance of the procurement officer Miss Piki. Mapanga sublets the canteen catering equipment illegally together with the canteen manager Mrs Furusa and pocket the money for their personal use.”

The source said when there are staff member funerals Mapanga ferries church members from dutch reformed church Kwekwe using company bus but refuses to go with members of staff.

“She continues to represent the institution yet she does not have a substantive post except being a lecturer. For her personal functions she uses kitchen staff and diverts some of the institutions kitchen resources like food to her personal events. Her new job title is director of corporate affairs,” said the source.

Ndainge ndanzwa neweti kwakumhanya mutoilet , apa babamunini vakabva vapindawo mboro yese iripanze.

Weti yakamboramba kubuda asi yakazobuda hayo. Ndakadzokera mumba yangu yekuvata ndokuedza kuvata kuti kuyedze. Ava babamudiki Kuda hamheno kuti vakazoita sei, handina kuzovanzwa kuenda kutoilet nokuti ndaive ndakateya nzeve dzangu. Pandakamuka ndakaita mabasa angu semazuva ese, kutsvaira mumba nekubika.Kuda akaramba ari mumba make. Ndakazoita wekugugudzira kuti achimuka adye. Muchinda akatambura kubuda mumba. Wakanogeza hake asi ndaiona kuti painyarwa zvakaoma. Akazoti apedza kudya ndokubva akumbira ruregerero nezvaakanga aita.

Mamboita sei nhai babamudiki? Handisi kuona chamatadza ini.”Ndakadaro.”Maiguru handina kuziva kuti mabudawo mumba menyu, chokwadi ndingadai ndanyatsopfeka.” akadaro maziso azara zvinyangadovi. “Aiwa babamudiki hapana mhosva apa. OK, kuti mufare ndakuregererai. Ndinoda kuti musununguke kana muri pano. Handidi kuti muzvisunge,
mafariro amaiita neJose ndiwo andinoda kuti muiite.

” Kutaura kuti Jose kwandakaita kwakadzora pfungwa nendangariro ndokubva ndanzwa misodzi kubuda.”I am sorry babamudiki,” I said between sobs, “ndiri kufunga mukoma wenyu zvakanyanya these days. Musazvinetsa henyu.” Iyewo Kuda akaratidza kushushikana zvikuru. Takazoswera hedu mune zvakanaka asi ndaiona kuti babamudiki pane chaivadya moyo. Takaita mazuva maviri
tichifara, kana neniwo ndakatanga kunzwa moyo wangu kudzikama. It was as if Jose was back in my life again.

Babamudiki knew all our favourite places and he took me kwese ikoko hanzi for good
old times sake. Vaiiti vakange vane kamari kavakange vakwanisa kuwana doing odd jobs in UK saka handaifanira kuvatyira. Zvechokwadi I felt alive again. Dambudziko rakaramba riri reusiku nokuti Jose haana kumbomira kuuya kuhope. On the 3rd day ndakamuka sekuvhunduka. I was drenched in sweat and apprehension. The dream I had just had rakandivhundutsa.

This time instead of Jose ndakanga ndarota vari babamudiki. Asikana ndazvidya moyo, ndakashaya kuti zvaive zvaita sei. Kunyange ndakange ndaona mboro yavo
musi uya, pfungwa dzekuti ndivaone sepotential man in my bed haina kunge yambouya. Kwandiri vaive babamudiki and zvaiperera ipapo. Chakanyanya kundinetsa manje inyaya yekuti pfungwa yekuvaona sababamudiki yakange musisina mupfungwa dzangu. Ndakange ndatove kunzwa kuvada. Ndakashaya chekuita.

Ndakagadzira kudya kwemangwanani ndokuenda kubasa.Again my boss saw the state I was in and asked me to her office.Vakabvunza kuti chii chainetsa ndokuvaudza zvose. My boss aiita kunge amai kwandiri, her support even pakafa murume wangu was just good. Munhu
ainzwisisa chaizvo upenyu hwedu plus uchirikadzi nokuti wavowo murume ainge akashaya. Akashaya vave nemakore 40 vakaroorana.

My boss was 63 and retiring in 2 years time but munhu aizvichebgeta zvokuti vairatidzika like a 50 year old. “Don’t you think Jose is trying to tell you something? Hapana coincidence in life mwanangu. Why do you think these dreams started and munin’ina wacho achibva auya? And why do you think he is being so nice, so Jose-like? Pane nyaya apa mwanangu. Kukutaurira chokwadi murume wako ari kuda kuti utorane nemunin’ina wake. Ndizvo zviripo apa!” My boss explained.

Kuti nditi I was shocked asikana ndinganyepe. This thought had never ever crossed my mind. Zvenhaka kwandiri zvaive zvechinyakare. Ndakafara kuti amwene vangu nehama dzaJose never forced me kuti ndigarwe nhaka. Vakati pakuziva kwavo nhaka kuda kwewafirwa, haimanikidzwi munhu. Saka ndakaramba zvenhaka asi ndikasarura babamudiki Kuda sasarapavana. Upfumi hwese hauna kugovewa kunze kwembatya chete, zvese zvakanzi zvinosarira vana.

So when my boss explained this I was astounded, ndaka
katyamara zvikuru nazvo. Zuva rakazosara ropera ini hangu ndanetseka nepfungwa.My boss vakati, “Mwanangu ndaona waremerwa chaizvo nepfungwa. Hona iye zvino hatina basa rakawanda ende une mazuva akawanda ausati watora. Imbotora mwedzi wese umbonofurwa nemwando. I can manage on my own. Take a break my dear, you deserve it. And I am not asking you to, it’s a command.”So there I found myself on a one month leave with nothing to do.

For a week we continued our merry making, kusununguka hedu. It wasgood. After a week, one day deep in the night I heard a groooan and a cry coming from babamudiki’s room. Ndakamhanyirako ndokungosviko mira padoor ndichishaya kuti ndopinda here. I thought babamudiki was ill or something. The light was on saka ndaka dongorera nepa peep hole and what a sight I saw! Babamudiki was lying on the bed in his birthday suit, mboro yavo yakamira kuti twii. Vakanga vakaibata vakavhara meso, kutsinzinywa. He was slowly stroking himself, groooaning and enjoying himself. This is what was making him groooan and cry out. He was playing nemboro yavo!

Kusvirana nekamwana shamwari yemwana wangu kauya kusleepover after mai mwana varamba kundipa bonde vachiti takura ivo havachanzwi kunaka kwemboro.

Ini ndirimurume anemakore 52, ndinogarisana nemukadzi wangu zvakanaka nemwana wedu musikana.Ndava nenguva ndisingachazive musuwo webeche, mukadzi wangu akanga asisanzwe kunaka kwemboro,pamwe kunekwakanga ava kuiwana hameno. Ini ndaive ndorarama nebonyora zvangu.Zvakazoitika manje ndoma1 apa mwana wangu akauya neshamwari yake kumba kwedu.

Mwana uyu aiva akaumbwa chose,runako rwemwana uyu rwaimisa moyo apa zamu racho raive rakamira kuti twii,magaro aiva nawo plus ainge ane chiTattoo.Ndakaita kanguva ndakamuyeva, mwana wangu naamai vake vakanga vazviona kuti ndaive ndanakirwa asi vakangoti zii zvavo.Mwana uyu aiva auya kusleepover kumba kwangu kuzoverenga mabhuku echikoro nemwana wangu.Usiku ihwoyo tavekunorara,inini hangu ndaive ndochaya yangu yandainga ndajaira ndichifunga mwana uya Sarah aiva auya kusleepover.

Ndiripakati pekufunga kudaro,ndakanzwa mwana wangu naSarah vachitaura nyaya.Sarah akanga otaurira mwana wangu kuti ndaona baba vako vachindiyeva pandasvika,mwana wangu akatanga kuti sorry sorry kuna Sarah and she said don’t worry hazvina basa, komurume ka like she wanted older guys.Izvi zvakabva zvamhanyisa ropa rangu ndakabvandatofunga kusvira Sarah husiku ihwoyo semunhu anga anenguva.Ndakamirira mwangu wangu kuti ayende kunorara kuroom kwake since taive neGuest room Sarah airara imomo.

After 3 hours,ndakamuka ndikaenda muroom maSarah, ndakapinda ndakawana akarara pamusoro pemasheets akapfeka braaaa negstring chete apa ane tattoo pamusoro pemagaro,mboro yangu yakabva yawedzera kumira ipapo.Ndakazvipira kunobata garo remwana uyu ndokutanga kumupuruzira akabva apepuka akashamisika asi ndakamuudza kuti asaite noise.Ndakabva ndatanga kumupa zikiss ndikaona shasha yadairira.

After months of no p£ssy I knew that night kuti mboro yangu yangaichanakirwa chete husiku uhu.Ndakamubvisa kagstring ne braaaaa ndakatanga kudya beche rake apa it was clean and shaved.Ndakarinanzva beche kamwana kakatanga kuchemerera,izvi zvaibva zvandipamanyuku nyuku.Ndakatanga kumukisa futi ndakaisa zvigunwe ndichimusvira nacho.Akabva azodzika kuenda kuzasi kwangu kwakubuditsa mboro yangu mujean.Akatanga achiibonyora kwakubvaaisa mumukanwa.

Sarah anoyamwa mboro mhani.Ndakazomubata kwakumuisa in missionary kwakupfekera zimboro rangu.Mwana akazhamba pandakaipfekedzera, ndakatanga kumukwira pore pore ndobva ndawedzera speed.Imi beche iri rainaka because matinji aive akanatsokaka zvekuti ndainzwa kunge mboro irikumedzwa. Sarah aiva akabata magaro angu kuti ndinyatsopinza yese, ndakazomuti auye pamusoro. Mwana akakoira zvekwamai koirayi chaiyo, ndaive ndakabata matako ake ndichingopuruzira tattoo yake ichinatsopinda mboro yese.

Takazvita for about 6mins tikabva tachinja position ndikaisa nedogggggy style.Ndakatanga kukoira mwana akati shavi rake robuda manje rekuchema, inini ndichinakirwa hangu nekuona tatoo yeruva yaive pamusoro pemagaro ake.Aiva ongogwina gwina ndikaziva kuti anaka uyu..ndakabva ndanzwayo huronyo kuuya ndikati nhasi ndotundira imomo.Ndakatunda kusvika huronyo hwoyerera huchibuda mubeche takabvatakissana akabva andipukuta ndakabva ndadzokera kunorara.Sarah akabva arara vhiki kumba kwangu ndichingosvira chete.Handimukanganwe mwana iyeye.

Handina kumboziva kuti kunze uku kune vamwe varume vane mboro. Dziya dzinonzi mboro, muzvambarara chaiwo, pandakaitarisa ndakati inga zvavo amai vababa ava vari kudya. Zvakatanga taenda kubusiness meeting ku Sheraton Hotel.

Ndakawona munhu aingonditarisa pandaive ndakagara achiti amai ava ndavada.Ini that day I was looking gorgeous vasikana.Ndaive ndatenga kamwe kaperfume kainhuhwirira chose.Apa musoro ndakagadzirwa chaizvo nahairdresser wangu wemuRed Rose, nzara ndakaitwa manicure kumeso ndakapoba makeup yakapenga black opal, I was looking young and beautiful.Actually I was looking expensive. Business meeting yakaenderera mberi but ndaive ndakunzwa kubeche kwangu kupfura pose pandaisanganisa meso naKells Umm baba ava vaive neganda remari.

He was everything that you would look for in a man kwete chibaba chekwangu haiwa tsvina chete aive into transport ane magonyeti saka kumabreakdown aive asingabvi iyo oil vasikana zvakaoma, nzara dzaive dzakasviba. Mari ndaisa complain zvangu izvozvi kutaura kudai ndaiva ne Pajero asi chero kiss waizeza kumupa munhu aimboita zvekunwa petrol mota yaramba kumuka apa nzara yemboro semunhu ainge ane kugeza wainzwa mukanwa
muchinhuhwa iyo mboro yakazara zvichena zvainge zvave brown nekusageza.

Patea break ndakanogara pane Kells tikatanga kutaura zvedu about the macro economic environment nezvimwewo but ini ndaive ndatomuteya, ndaiita zviya zvekutaura ndichidhonza voice apa ndakakotsira. Ndakanzwa Kells oti whats your name , ndikamuti you can call me Maggie. After tea I took my things to go and sit next to him. Ipapo we would chat in between discussions kuita kupisa munhu.Ndakaisa ruoko rwangu nepasi petable ndikatanga kuibata ndakawana yatova danda kare asi chakandinetsa apa paive pakanyanya kuzvimba kupfuura pababa vekwangu. Ndakanzwa kuti waa ndikati asi ndaenda kumwedzi
bhurugwa rakatota.

Lucky ndaive ndakaisa pantliner, haana kana kuita nharonazvo akangoti wait babie we will definately have it palunch ndikaziva kuti  yachata kana vanhu makanzi muchasvirana chokwadi it’s easy hapana kana any obstacle. Handina chandakazombonzwa meeting yose ndaive ndofunga chikapa chandaida kurova zuva iri ndaida kumupotsera muceiling chaimo , lucky taipedza na12. We had our lunch na 12 ini ndakadya light kuitira zvaiva mberi hazvidi wakagutisa, ndakanobhuka room 53 sezvo mari yaiva iripo, ko kana unayo mari uchida mboro chete unotomuspoila so that next time haarambe nemboro yake. Tasvka muroom ndakabvisa hembe ndaive ndakarova kag-string kered matching braaa yacho. I didn’t hesitate kumuudza kuti ndaive ndatota kare chandaive ndoda apa kusvirwa. Ndakamubvisa hembe apa rume rofemera pamusoro iwe masasi eharare, ndakarohwa nehana ndakangoti ‘uuummmm” zvikanzi chii ndikati mboro yako.

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Zimbabwe pays off IMF arrears. Zimbabwe has cleared its arrears with the International Monetary Fund as part of efforts to settle its overdue financial obligations to the multilateral institution.This is a milestone in the country’s endeavour to attract fresh capital.

The IMF said Zimbabwe, which had been in arrears since 2001, last Thursday settled its obligations, amounting to $107,9 million to the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust.

The IMF said Zimbabwe transferred part of its SDR holdings kept at the IMF to the PRGT account to clear the arrears.

“Zimbabwe is now current on all its financial obligations to the IMF,” said IMF communications director Mr Gerry Rice in a statement.

In his Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement presented last month, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya indicated significant progress had been made towards the re-engagement process to clear the country’s external debt arrears with multilateral financial institutions.

Indications were that Zimbabwe would have cleared arrears by year end.

“Significant work has been recorded to ensure that the country clears its arrears by 31 December 2016. It is critical to note that it is Zimbabwe that owes multilateral and bilateral creditors and not vice versa,” he said.

As at September 2016, the country’s arrears to the IFIs totalled $1,8 billion. Of this, the IMF accounted for $110 million, AfDB- $601 million, IDA- $218 million and IBRD at $896 million.

Dr Mangudya could not be reached for comment as he is away on business in Germany.

External debt arrears clearance will improve Zimbabwe’s country risk premium through reducing its debt overhang.

This will also enhance the country’s access to foreign finance.

Economist Dr Gift Mugano said although Zimbabwe still needs to meet financial obligations with other MFIs such as the World Bank and the African Development Bank, this was a step in the right direction.

“The issue of debt overhang has been serious and our relations with these institutions have been bad because of that,” said Dr Mugano.

“The IMF and WB are like international ‘commissioners of oath’ in business confidence and if we do not pay them they can give us a tag which is bad and difficult to shake off,” he said.

He added, under normal circumstances, the country should be getting fresh capital from the IMF.

However, the multilateral lender does not operate in isolation, said Dr Mugano, as it is still controlled by the world’s super powers with significant voting rights and bias against Zimbabwe.

“It is not a straight jacket,” he said.

Pandakapinda basa rangu rekutanga ndakafara chaizvo zvekuti chero kumira nemusoro ndaimira. Saka ndini ndai cleaner office yamanager nekuona kuti makarongezwa sei. Manager akanditi i should always dress zvisexy kuitira panouya mavisitors kuoffice kwake. Ndakati zvishoma izvo ndokutanga hangu kuuya kubasa ndakauraya mucheno.

Manager vaigara vachindipa mari yelunch neyekuendesa kumba daily ini kana chandaiziva ndaifunga kuti ndozvinoitiwa kumunhu wose aripa basa apa.

Mumwe musi nadakati ndichipedza ku cleaner muoffice ndakavhunduka kunzwa manager vachindiudza kuti wakabatana Tindo ndikati thanks ndobva vandipa hug. Aizve ndivo pahuro ndi, ini ndikajamba kutiza nekuti ndanga ndisingazvifariri ini.

Vandibata zvehasha ndokundibvisa pent zvenharo ndobva vati mboro dhaaa mubeche ndakanga ndichi penga nhema kusvikira ndakuto koirawo ndanakirwa neZIMBORO. Tingangoti Manager akandinyangira neZIMBORO Rake MuOffice Nyini yangu yakaita kunge ichaputika.

Hamawee Ndakasvirwa zvandisati ndamboitwa neboy friend yangu. Vakarova ndakafongora vakaita mastyle ose akapera ndaingochemerera ndichiti “MANAGER KANI, IPAPO”.
Ndakabva ndazvambarara pacapert ndokubvura makumbo beche ndofunga akariona pachena ndawa mboro ichigumha mukatikati chaipo kurova pachibereko!

Ndakanakirwa vakomana kubva that day every Friday Manager vanondisvira muOffice

Mboro yaBamnini yanditundisa zvisati zvakamboitwa nemukoma wake. Ndamuka nhasi makuseniseni ndichigadzirira baba mfana kuti vaende kubasa kuma6 ndokubva vabuda. Tasara tiri 2 mumba naBamnini, ndokugara deya zvangu ndakataridza chikomo chebeche kuna bamnini. Aaaa veduwe he took matters into his own hands varume ndasvirirwa pasofa ndikatunda 3 times.

Zvikanzi gules handisikunyatsoinzwa batai coffee table aaaaah ndasvirwa ndokutunda handichazivi kuti ndatunda kangani. Izvozvi ndovari mpfungwa dzangu, ndoda vandisvire futi this time husiku hwese. I don’t even care kana ndikabatwa vachindisvira… Maihwe ndanakirwa nhasi ndabvuma shuwa kuti MBORO inozipa!

FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa has indicated that the bond notes are not likely to hit the market anytime soon, as government is yet to finalise modalities for the introduction of the currency.

Chinamasa, who has been taken to the High Court over the introduction of the bond notes alongside Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, told the court the facility was still a concept that was yet to be put through a test.

“The parameters within which the bond notes shall be introduced and implemented are still at conceptualisation stage and nothing is as yet, cast in stone in this regard,” he said in his opposing affidavit in papers filed with the High Court on October 6.

The Finance minister further cast doubts that the bond notes would be introduced in November, claiming the currency was still at the planning stage.

“The proposal, which is in principle supported by the government, is still in its planning stage and shall be subjected to a rigorous procedure of approvals before it can be implemented,” he said.

In presenting the mid-term monetary policy review last month, Mangudya said bond notes would be introduced this month, although some reports say this has been moved to early November.

Before that, he had told a Press conference at the beginning of May that the bond notes were to be introduced “soon”, although he did not give a specific date.

On May 29, Mangudya then pronounced the October date, saying there was need to consider legal processes that would take about three to four months.

Caps Holdings shareholder, Frederick Mutanda, recently approached the High Court seeking the introduction of the bond notes to be declared unconstitutional.

He argued the move was likely to infringe on his constitutional rights.

Mutanda also demanded the release of the $200 million Africa Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) loan facility agreement by the central bank governor, but the latter refused, saying it was protected by confidentiality.

“In any event, such agreement is a private agreement between the first respondent and Afreximbank. It is, therefore, subject to privacy of contract and confidentiality clauses,” Mangudya responded.

“Applicant (Mutanda) cannot compel respondents to divulge confidential information invoking irrelevant constitutional provisions.”

In his opposing affidavit, Mangudya further denied there was a cash-run on the banks, as people were trying to retrieve their money ahead of the bond notes introduction.

“No evidence, other than the applicant’s observation, is presented to support this; suffice to say there has never been any cash-run on the banks, since the policy pronouncement,” he claimed.

“To the contrary, evidence on the ground shows that deposits have gone up.”

The bank also denied bond notes would be a new domestic currency, arguing they would be a debt instrument.

“Indeed, bond notes are debt instruments, which are surrogate to the real United States dollar. Hence, they will be valued at par with the US dollar and they will operate alongside other currencies.”

Last month, outgoing Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku and the full Constitutional Court bench dismissed a similar application by ZimPF leader, Joice Mujuru, arguing the court challenge was premature.

Akauya pamusoro pangu ndokuti vhurai maiguru ndisvire, ndakainyudzwa mubeche ikadzika kusvika kugodo! Ndakafumogeza kuseni seni ndokunobata bhazi raipfuura nepamusha pedu kuma7 richibva paShurugwi chaipo. Handina zvizhinji zvandaifunga kunze kwekuti dai zvinhu zvanondifambirawo kuHarare mari dzepenjeni yababa yabuda. Kubva zvavakarohwa nemotokari vari pamudhudhudhu vari pabasa vachibva vangofira ipapo, hapana kana cent repenjeni randange ndambopihwa. Ndaive ndatopedza gore rese ndichizvifambira. Pandakapedzisera kuendako muna June vakange vati ndozodzoka musi wa24 November zvinenge zvanaka. Mukudoka kwaro zuva ndainge ndatosvika zvangu muHarare.

Ndakabva ndananga kuBudiriro kwaigara babamunini, munin’ina wemurume wangu. Ndakasvikotambirwa naChenai, kasikana kavo kaive nemakore gumi ako ndakaona kachitamba muroad. Tapinda mumba ndakawana dangwe ravo achangoisa  poto yemuriwo pamoto. Babamunini vakange vakatogara zvavo vachiona TV. Vakataridza kufara vachindiona. Takwazisana paya ndakazobvunza kuti mainini vaive vaindepi. Ndakaudzwa kuti vaive vave nesvondo vakaenda kuSouth Africa. Ipapo ndakatarisa babamunini ndikaona vakanditi ndee mumaziso chaimo. Neniwo ndakabva ndanyemwerera. Mainini vaive vasipo…hela….nhasi inotorara irimo chete!! Maihwee maihwee zvangu. Ini nababamunini taive tiine unfinished business dzedu.

Rimwe zuva mukoma wavo achiri mupenyu vauya kumusha takasanganidzana panzira kuchangosviba ini ndichibva kutsime. Babamunini vakabva vanditi mbaaa garo rangu ndokunditi  ‘Asi maiguru tichasangana’. Hatinazve zvakazoitika pakati pedu. Saka nhasi ndiro raive zuva racho magaro aisangana pakuyambuka. Ndakaona shasha yonyemwerera nekutambisa kagumbo nekuti aiziva zvandaifunga ndikati nechemumoyo ‘wamama mufana’. Munoziva zvinoita munhu kana uine shave rekuda mboro. Muviri wako unotanga kuita temperature uyu. Beche rako rinenge roita kuvhita kunge chironda ndikuudzei zvenyu. Ipapo ndakabva ndatotanga kumiramira, icho chimina ndatomisa mudenga kunge igo. Ndakabva ndati mwana aregedze kubika ini ndokukanga poto. Hakusi kunhuwirira ikoko. Ndaive  ndofeshererwa mboroka yandaiziva kuti husiku inenge yanyura, nyoro chaiyo futi. Ava babamunini ndaiti ndikangoisa ziso rangu kwavari wanike oruma miromo nekupuruzira tundebvu. Maziso ake aindiudza kuti ‘nhasi maiguru ndinokusvirai mukaita dhodhi mirari muone!’. Tapedza kudya ndakabva ndamira pasink ndogeza maplates. Babamunini vakauya ndokuti nekazevezeve ‘Morara naChenai muDining room umu, kana arara muzouya kubedroom door rinenge rakavhura’.

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Corruption, thievery and lies by government officials has destroyed the country and long­suffering Zimbabweans’ dreams for a better life, former vice president and opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, said

Mujuru’s remarks, made at the burial of her top aide, retired colonel Kudzai Mbudzi, in Masvingo on Tuesday, come amid an exposition of gross corruption by senior government officials. “Zvauraya nyika ino kunyepa, kuba, corruption, zvese… (This country has been destroyed by lies, fraud, and corruption),” she said. Adding that as ZPF, they want the truth to be laid bare. Currently, Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo and his deputy Godfrey Gandawa are being accused of fraud, money laundering and criminal abuse of office following allegations

that they abused over $400 000 from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) — a State institution. Mujuru has since called for the sacking of the two

. Mugabe must take measures as the president that should expose, combat and eradicate all forms of corruption and abuse of power by those holding political and public offices. That alone will demonstrate his sincerity to fight and curb corruption,” she said. Mujuru said they were gradually working towards a coalition as opposition parties. “Saka isu semapolitical parties muchaona kuti tichazonzwanana nekuti zvatiri kuda zvakafanana. Mashoko mashoma chete, zvatiri kungoda kuti tingogadzirisa, vamwe vanga vachinzi izvi hamuna, izvi hamuna, izvozvo kana tangogadzirisa chedu chimwechete (As political parties, we will find common ground because we are fighting for the same cause.

There are only a few items that need to be put in place before we start working together),” she said. Mujuru also said people must be allowed to choose any party of their choice. “ . . . but you cannot assault me for choosing a different club, you cannot kill me for choosing a club of my choice,” she said. She further said Zanu PF was greedy by chasing her out of the party and should stop being on her case. “Regai vana veZimbabwe vari kutsvaga nzira yekurarama yakanaka…us as opposition parties tiri kuti vana veZimbabwe vari kuda chinhu chimwe chete chekugara zvakanaka, hatina basa nekuti uri chii, Zanu PF, wadii ah ah, iwewe don’t talk about us nekuti hatisi kutaura nezvako,

Rega vanhu veopposition vataure kuti isu tiri kuda kuita zvakanaka nekuti isu tiri kuti rudo ndochinhu chikuru, kubatana ndochinhu chikuru, kurongera vana veZimbabwe zvavari kuchema nazvo ndozvatiri kuda. (Zimbabweans are seeking to better their lives and as opposition political parties, we know Zimbabweans want a better life and that does not consider one’s political affiliation, let the opposition speak about the good things that they want to do because we preach love, unity and thrive to better the life of Zimbabweans),”she said

Ndibatsireiwo, mukadzi weshamwari yangu anogeza asina kuvhara door remubathroom! “Ini ndakabuda muZimbabwe mushure menzara  yaruma muna 2007 ndakananga kuSouth   Africa  . Basa rakambonetsa pandasvika asi ndakazowana remapepa  angu randaida. Ini ndinogara mubachelor flat, asi nyaya yanetsa ndeyekuti ndine shamwari yangu ari kuZimbabwe ane mukadzi wake akauya kuzotsvaga  basa kuno. Igraduate yeAccounts yepa U.Z. Nyaya yanetsa   hama dzangu ndeyekuti shamwari yangu yakandikumbira kuti ndipe mukadzi wake accommodation. Ini ndakamuudza kuti ndinogara  muflat but handina kutaura kuti  ibachelor flat, bed sitter chaiyo. Saka mazuva ekutangamukadzi airara pasi, asi zvino atanga  kukomburena kuti mahips ake anorwadza nekurara pasi.

Zveshuwa amai vane chipo chavo chemahips zvekuti mamwe mazuva ndinonzwa hana yangu kurova nekukura kwaakaita zvinhu zvavo. Pane rimwe zuva randakabva kubasa masikati zvangu, ivo havana  kuziva kuti ndingadzoke nekukurumidza. Amai vaigeza zvavo vasina kuvhara door remubathroom. Musi  uyu   hama  dzangu I saw everything that can be imagined. Semukadzi  weshamwari, I have kept my distance but now she is complaining of sleeping on the floor. Can I surrender my bed to her kana kuti we should sleep on the same bed. Ko handizoluma here? Ko shamwari yangu ikauya haindifungire kuti ndakatoluma ini ndisina? Saka chiri nani ndechipi kuluma ofunga zvake zviri correct kana kusaluma?

Ndibatsireiwo ndisati ndarasika  hama dzangu.

Ndakazonyika mboro mubeche rake akabva andipidigura akauya pamusoro akatanga kukoirira! Nezuro ndaitobva hangu pacollege ndakakwira kombi pacharge office kuti ndiyende kumba. Ndakabva ndagara kuback seat kwaitovawo neimwe mother yanga yakachena nekunaka zvese. Ndakabva ndagara hangu panext nayo ndichingoipa kazizo keruchiva apo mboro yangu yanga yavakumira manje, kombi yakarohwa takananga pachitungwiza tichingo tarisana chete nemother iye , iyo yaizondipa kazizo kaye kenyengo kanomisa mboro. Tasvika pachikwanha ndakabva ndaudza conductor kuti ndirikuda kuburuka sezvo paiva nezvandida ipapo. Ndakaona mother iye yakuburukawo mukombi ndakabva ndatanga kudedera nenyere nekutya futi kutaura navo.

Yakabva yati hesi baby ndokubva ndati ndiribho hangu murisei, takabv­a tatanga kutaura nyaya kusvikira dzavanyaya dzesex. Yakabva yati ndinonzi” Mai Mona but you can call me Tess coz I’m single, ndinogara kuzengeza ndiwe wandatoburukira pano kuti nditaure newe. Saka sezvo wati wanakirwa neni handei kumba kwangu ” ndakabva ndagutsurira musoro tichibva takwira kombi takananga kuzengeza. Takasvika pamba pacho Tess wangu uyu aingo shandisa ka1 room kake but manga muri smart muchinhuwirira zvakaipa ndabva ndanzi ndigara pamubheda aka­bva abuda panze akabata matowels ake. Akazodzoka after 10mins ndakazoona kuti akanga ayenda kunogeza akapinda mumba aka sungurira zitowel zihombe. Patakatarisana akabva atanga kunyemwerera.

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Senior reporter Robin Muchetu attended the burial of His Presence Ministries founder and leader, Apostle Charles Chiriseri in Bulawayo yesterday and the following is the speech by the deceased’s wife, Pastor Pertunia Chiriseri, who was travelling with her husband when the horror accident took place

I would like to thank my family for putting this together, the efforts, prayers and the love. I greatly appreciate everything. I thank all the churches and people that have been praying with my family during this difficult time.

The Journey

When we left Harare on the fateful day it was indeed a beautiful afternoon, the journey was wonderful in that it was just the two of us and we even spoke about it that it was our time together as we usually travel with company.

He was a man of few words but on that day he was speaking all the way and I could not believe it. Each day I wake up I feel like I will talk to him and hold his hand but no, my friend is gone to be with the Lord and it is real.

The Sunset

I remember we spoke about how beautiful the sunset was, we spoke like two lovers who were in courtship, we admired the sun’s bright orange colour and as he drove I wanted to take a picture but the road was bumpy and he even asked if he could stop the car and take better pictures and I agreed. I took the picture of the sunset and it was beautiful. We talked about the beauty of creation and that people say there is no God yet there are beautiful things around us.

At that time it was just a conversation but little did I know that it was a prophetic word, a conversation about the sunset of my life. My love story was coming to an end, my sun was setting. We stopped over in Gweru where he bought groceries for the family in Bulawayo. When he came back from the shop I never imagined that this was the last time I was seeing my husband walking.

As we drove he spoke at length and with passion about what he was not impressed about in the family. He was a man of few words but he spoke a lot on that journey. He spoke about how he was impressed and excited with the new breed of leaders of the church.

The accident

At about 9.30pm two animals appeared on the road. I looked at him and I could see him deciding to run over the animals or swerve to avoid them. He tried to swerve to avoid them, they went to the left and the car veered of the road, he tried to bring it back onto the road.

I remember seeing myself upside down hitting the tar three times and five parts of my body were broken. We never even had time to talk, shout or scream but within a flash a lot happened. I don’t know how I was thrown out into the bush but I found people looking for me in the bushes. You are looking at a miracle; I could have died in there if no one had seen me.

I sustained multiple injuries and it took five hours before I received attention, and I was bleeding internally. The first people to arrive at the scene were the ones that found me, I could have easily been unseen and died alone in the bushes because no one knew how many people were in the car.

I didn’t have my seatbelt on while in the car. When I was being taken into the ambulance I could hear onlookers talking, sympathising with me saying “Ahh, she is still alive, shame, the other one has died”. That is how I knew that my husband was dead. I was too weak to cry, I had a punctured lung, broken ribs, broken knee, grazed body but my brain was alive, and I remember everything.

I fell onto thorns and I was begging my helpers to remove the thorns. One of the worst moments of my life is the part where the ambulance drove away leaving my husband trapped in the car. All I can say is God allowed it; my children have testified, we have seen a lot. If God wanted him alive he would be here today.

The Miracle

We had not been on medical aid for years from about 2002 and when I joined the Human Rights Commission there was a medical aid benefit, I don’t know how many times my husband asked me about progress with the medical aid.

The urgency in which we pushed to be covered was amazing and Wednesday morning before the Thursday I got a call that our application for a waiver had been accepted because the medical aid was supposed to be functional as from November, but they accepted to cover us sooner.

I am saying this so that you know that God is never late, life belongs to God. I stayed 33 good years of marriage although we were together for 34 years, the first year was rocky.

My husband married me a virgin and he was also a virgin! He was a wonderful husband, a great man. One day I will be with him, but I am broken inside, I am grieving. I will take one day at a time.

To the Chiriseri family thank you for the support, I will not disgrace you, I will remain a Chiriseri.

In July 2007 Bishop Pius Ncube’s world collapsed around him on the back of adultery allegations, after he was caught on camera allegedly bedding a then married Rosemary Sibanda (who is now late).

In the ensuing media frenzy, then Archbishop of Bulawayo, Ncube resigned, left the country for The Vatican “to grow spiritually”, and then slipped back into Zimbabwe to start life afresh at the Marist Brothers Seminary in Dete, Hwange. In his first interview in almost nine years, Bishop Ncube,  the sex allegations, his spirituality, exorcism in the church and various other issues. Q: It has been nine years since you resigned from leading the Bulawayo Diocese, what have you been up to?

 There is a lot to God’s work. I have been visiting Christian communities, helping with spiritual matters and – where possible – offering them help that might be physical, psychological or otherwise. I am still involved in pastoral work and that has taken a lot of my time as well

Besides, we are working on the translation of the 700­page Catechism of the Catholic Church into iSiNdebele with other priests. This is because we want the Word of God to be accessible in daily languages. The Catechism is a collection of the basic beliefs of the Catholic Church; that we believe in the Trinity, that is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

It teaches a lot, like the need to embrace God’s kingdom and His Presence and that the church plays a role in this mediation, that there is need for unity of humanity and there is need for a personal union with God. Q: But surely, that cannot be enough work for nine years, what else have you been doing? A: Holding retreats, I think in the past five years we have been having them regularly. These are spiritual exercises where someone can spend up to six days in prayer. I have also been involved with the local communities, the rural communities, encouraging their faith and at times helping at St Luke’s Hospital in Lupane.

The sick need prayer to be healed, so from time to time, we visit the sick to pray with them. Q: Any miracle healing sessions? A: Though the Catholic Church believes in miracles, we don’t chase them, we let miracles happen naturally. I have been told of many miracles that have happened in the church. For instance, we have a member from one of our parishes who has been surviving only on Holy Communion for the past six years, because whatever food she eats she vomits. So a priest visits her three times a day to offer communion, that is a miracle, isn’t it? I have heard of a woman who had a sore neck which healed on a Good Friday as she was holding her cross. The stories are plenty.

Q: And exorcism, the Catholic has some history of exorcism… A: I have been in the church for 43 years and yes, I have seen exorcism being done. Every bishop has the power to exorcise, but it must be pointed out that the person being exorcised must be confident, must have faith. Most of the exorcism here in Africa involves ancestral spirits, and not diabolic forces. Most of these exorcisms are not as dramatic; just spirits not wanting someone to attend church. Q: You have been in the church for 43 years, that makes you how old? A: I am 69, going on 70. I was born on December 31, 1946.

Quite some years you have clocked, that means you must have been all over the country with the church… A: It was at St Patrick’s, a Catholic School in Bulawayo, where I embraced Catholicism. And it was mainly because of the headmistress of the school that I fell in love with the church. She was a Dominican nun from Germany who was very thorough in her ways. She largely influenced my decision to join the Catholic Church for life. After my Ordinary Levels, I attended Chishawasha Seminary where most Catholic priests are trained. I trained there for seven years, leaving in 1963. I then went to a number of postings in and around the country, first landing at St Joseph’s in Kezi, (then) Empandeni Mission in Plumtree. At independence I went to a Rome college, the Lateran University, for a two­year Master’s in Theology; came back and taught for a year at Chishawasha. In 1984 I was asked by Bishop Henry Karlen to animate the Christian community, that is assisting shepherds and priests to get together.

Then I was a pastoral vicar, that is an assistant to the bishop, based at Bishop’s House in Bulawayo. In 1985 I went back to Plumtree, to Embakwe Mission, where for a year I was in charge of the mission and some outstations. The following four years, from 1986 to 1989, I was at St Patrick’s in Makokoba. Between 1990 and 1997 I was pastor at the Cathedral of St Mary’s in Bulawayo and at the end of 1997 I was ordained bishop, a position I held up to 2007.

Q: A remarkable journey, indeed. Any memories from all those years, any lasting memories? A: I was at Empandeni Mission from 1975 till 1979 and this was the peak of the liberation struggle. I have never been a violent person, I have always hated violence, and this was a trying time for us in the clergy, especially trying to understand the guerilla fighters, most of whom were atheists. So it was really a challenge. Then came the period between 1987 and 1997, the days of the Aids pandemic; that period had a profound effect on my soul.

We would have three burials in day, and at times within a short time bury another member, or members, from the same family. Conducting those funerals and then offering counseling thereafter was never easy. Death is something that has always been difficult to handle. And over all those the years I have presided over hundreds of marriages but I must mention that whilst it is easy to celebrate marriage, it is not easy to counsel and keep the same going. Those are some of the memories that I still hold dear.

THE Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has urged banking clients intending to undertake foreign trips to pre-notify their banks ahead of their travelling to avoid the failure of using their international credit cards for transactional purposes while outside the country.

Travellers outside their countries of origin use Master Cards or Visa cards to conduct their transactions in other countries.

The two are both widely accepted in over 200 countries and it is very rare to find a location that will accept one but not the other.

Responding to questions, Bankers Association of Zimbabwe president Dr Charity Jinya said customers intending to use the international credit cards needed to pre-notify their respective banks ahead of their travel as well as providing such information as to when they are travelling and the locations where they anticipate using their cards.

“In line with Reserve Bank (of Zimbabwe) Guidelines on foreign travel and in order to combat card fraud, customers wishing to use international cards need to pre-notify their respective banks ahead of travel, providing such information as to when they are travelling and the locations where they anticipate to use their cards. If information provided is incomplete, this may result in challenges,” she said.

Dr Jinya urged customers to seek adequate information and guidance from their respective banks before travelling.

Meanwhile, according to BAZ, daily cash withdrawal limits imposed on locally issued cards remains applicable to withdrawals outside the country.

Customers are also advised that daily cash withdrawal limits imposed on locally issued cards remain applicable to withdrawals at ATMs outside the country, while normal exchange control limits apply on all other purchases and payments effected via cards,” said Dr Jinya.

Economist Dr Bongani Ngwenya said the developments were part of measures announced by RBZ governor Dr John Mangudya to curb leakages on foreign currency. He said although the restrictions make it difficult to transact outside the country, it would not have made any sense if cash withdrawal limits were only imposed locally.

“If there were no restrictions on withdrawing outside the country, we would witness an influx of people taking advantage of this loophole and travelling outside just to access more cash. The same restrictions limiting us domestically apply in foreign travel and according to the RBZ this is the best way to manage the cash crisis we are facing as a country,” said Dr Ngwenya.

In his January 2016 Monetary Policy Statement, Dr Mangudya said illicit financial flows and other capital flight remittances constitute a major constraint to development financing in the region.

According to the RBZ, during the period January to December 2015, a total of US$684 million was remitted outside Zimbabwe or externalised by individuals under the auspices of free funds for various dubious and unwarranted purposes that include remittance of donations to oneself, offshore investments, externalisation of export sales proceeds by corporates through individual accounts leading to pervasive tax evasion and externalisation.

“This rampant export of liquidity is not sustainable,” said Dr Mangudya, as he announced measures that included strict customer due diligence which require banks to observe strict Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and high level consciousness to ensure that all local and cross border transactions, including settlement of foreign payments by credit and debit cards, are bonafide, to the extent possible and practicable.