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ZANU PF activist, Lovedale Mangwana, has threatened to approach the courts seeking to bar Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting the presidential election. Mangwana claims that Kasukuwere is not a registered voter and is therefore in violation of the constitution.
Lovedale Mangwana plans to submit an application that cites Saviour Kasukuwere and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as respondents. Mangwana claims that Kasukuwere’s nomination for the presidential election is invalid because he is not a registered voter. Mangwana quotes the Electoral Act which states that if a voter has not lived in a constituency for a continuous period of 18 months, their name cannot be retained on the voters’ roll for that constituency. He said:
<blockquote>
I submit that the decision to accept the first respondent’s nomination paper is in breach of section 91(1)(d) of the Constitution and invalid.
I was convinced that this circumstance meant that he is no longer a registered voter for any constituency in the republic and consequently, he does not qualify for candidacy for election to the office of President.
</blockquote>
Saviour Kasukuwere has been in self-imposed exile in South Africa since 2017. He skipped the country when the late former President, Robert Mugabe, was ousted from power.
He registered to contest in the presidential election as an independent presidential candidate. Kasukuwere’s spokesperson and chief election agent, Jacqueline Sande, has confirmed that the legal team is preparing a response and will fight the case in court. Sande has expressed confidence that Kasukuwere will succeed in his bid to contest the presidential election, stating that there is no sustainable case to prevent him from running. Sande told NewsDay:
<blockquote>
The legal team is seized with the matter. They have seen the draft application which has not yet been issued and served, to us. We have prepared a response and once we are formally served, we shall fight it in the courts. We are confident that we will succeed.
We believe that there is no sustainable case which can prevent Kasukuwere from contesting for the highest post in the land. Come August 23, he will emerge as the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
That being said, nothing will deter Kasukuwere from running as presidential candidate come August 23.
I would like to urge all Zimbabweans to rally behind him and bring change to our country. This is what democracy is all about. Where one leader has failed, s/he has to give the baton to someone else to develop or stir the ship.
</blockquote>
Kasukuwere, a former Minister of Local Government, is one of 10 presidential candidates who will be competing against President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the upcoming election.
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ZANU PF Activist Moves To Bar Kasukuwere From Contesting In The Presidential Election

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Ewan_McMillan/">Ewan Macmillan</a>, a businessman accused of gold smuggling and money laundering in Gold Mafia, a documentary by Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera, has apologised to his family, friends and fellow Zimbabweans. He claimed that he made the remarks captured in the documentary while under the influence of alcohol.   
In the documentary, Macmillan claimed to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/2023/04/14/gold-mafia-i-told-mnangagwa-to-fix-mangudya-and-he-did-says-macmillan/">have the ear of Zimbabwe’s President</a>, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and boasted that the President does whatever he was told to do. Macmillan also claimed to have had Mnangagwa intervene on his behalf in a dispute with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya.
However, Macmillan admitted that maintaining relationships with high-profile individuals comes at a high cost. According to Al Jazeera, Macmillan was previously jailed for gold smuggling in the 1990s and is allegedly part of a group of smugglers who work with Zimbabwe’s state-run refinery, Fidelity Printers and Refineries. A 2020 report by the International Crisis Group claimed that gold worth US$1.5 billion is smuggled out of Zimbabwe annually by syndicates linked to political elites. Macmillan claimed he has been bribing politicians to smuggle gold out of the country <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/2023/04/16/gold-mafia-macmillan-says-hes-done-bribing-politicians-to-smuggle-gold/">but now wants out.</a>
Macmillan also made derogatory remarks about black people, stating that one should not do business with them as they are liars and investing with them may result in one losing their money. 
In his recent statement, Macmillan apologised to his family, friends, and all those offended by his behaviour and comments, which he claimed were untrue, boastful, derogatory, and malicious. He said:
<blockquote>
I would like to apologise to my family, friends, fellow Zimbabweans and to all those people… offended (by) my behaviour and comments as shown in the recent Al Jazeera Gold Mafia series.
I made many statements under the influence of alcohol that were boastful, untrue, derogatory and malicious that have caused harm to those around me, in business with me… industry that I had worked in… Zimbabwe banking and financial sectors, and those in important positions of authority.
</blockquote>
Macmillan added that he was “thoroughly embarrassed about the whole incident.”
After the Al Jazeera documentary was released, some individuals named in it threatened to sue the news network. Initially, the Zimbabwean government dismissed the allegations as a smear campaign, but later announced an investigation to clear its name. Some of the individuals accused had their bank accounts briefly frozen.
However, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) later directed financial institutions to unfreeze all the accounts and other financial assets, stating that there was no good cause for the freezing order to remain in place. The FIU explained that it had not identified any transactions or assets linked to money laundering or related financial crimes connected to the allegations made in the documentary. The FIU argued that it had conducted a thorough review of the matter and considered all relevant factors and found <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/2023/05/15/gold-mafia-rbz-says-there-is-no-evidence-supporting-al-jazeera-allegations/">no evidence</a> that the individuals had used the accounts in fraudulent transactions.
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Gold Mafia: Ewan Macmillan Apologises To Family, Friends, Fellow Zimbabweans

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched his campaign for a second term promising to revive the country’s collapsed economy.
Mnangagwa, who is seeking re-election amid a raging economic crisis characterised by high inflation and a plummeting currency, vowed to develop infrastructure, power generation, and the mining economy. He stated that his government had made progress in these areas, with hopes of generating $12 billion in mining revenue by 2023. He said while addressing a large crowd of supporters in Chipinge, about 500 km (311 miles) east of the capital Harare at the weekend:
<blockquote>
ZANU-PF is unstoppable. It will continue governing Zimbabwe as other parties continue to split assunder.
We fought for our democracy, no one will stop us.
We are building roads and dams and recently we started installing solar boreholes in every village across the country.
</blockquote>
Mnangagwa’s strongest challenger is expected to be the 45-year-old pastor and lawyer Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change party, who gained considerable support in towns and cities.
However, Mnangagwa remains confident in his party’s ability to lead Zimbabwe, stating that ZANU-PF is “unstoppable” and will continue to govern Zimbabwe as other parties “split asunder.” The election is scheduled for August 23rd and comes amid criticism of Mnangagwa’s government for allegedly closing the democratic space.
The election comes amid a raging economic crisis, with high inflation and a currency that plunged more than 50% this month against the U.S. dollar.
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Mnangagwa Launches Campaign, Promises To Revive Zimbabwe's Collapsed Economy

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced on Thursday that 11 candidates would contest the southern African country’s presidential election on August 23.
While 21 candidates submitted nomination papers on Wednesday, 10 were not accepted for various reasons, including failure to pay the US$20,000 fee or insufficient nominations. Candidates were required to have 10 nominations from each of Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces.
ZEC’s deputy chairman <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Rodney_Kiwa/">Rodney Kiwa</a> confirmed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa, leader of Zanu PF, and his main rival Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) had their papers accepted. Other candidates on the ballot include Saviour Kasukuwere, Douglas Mwonzora, Lovemore Madhuku, Joseph Busha, Trust Chikohora, Blessing Kasiyamhuru, Wilbert Archbald Mubaiwa, Gwinyai Muzorewa, and Harry Peter Wilson.
The ZEC will release successful candidate lists for the National Assembly and local authority elections by June 30 to provide time for aggrieved candidates to launch court appeals.
Some presidential aspirants have resolved not to contest in this year’s election citing high nomination fees. <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tendai_Munyanduri/">Tendai Peter Munyanduri</a>, leader of the New Innovative and Modernisation Front Party (NIMFP), has said he will not contest for the presidency in the 2023 elections due to high nomination fees and pressure from his studies.
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Zimbabwe's Presidential Election To Have 11 Candidates: ZEC

Clackson Muza, a former police officer, has written a letter to President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa/">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> asking for help after being unfairly dismissed from his job. Muza claims that he was victimised at work despite serving loyally for 25 years. In his letter seen by Pindula News, Muza said he was involved in a road accident in 2010 while on <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">national duty</a>, and police officers falsified evidence to protect the accused driver. Muza filed complaints that were ignored, and when he took his case to the <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">Police General Headquarters</a>, he was transferred to a remote area with no medical facilities while he was seriously ill. He was then declared a deserter, despite living in government accommodation. Despite being cleared of charges, Muza has been denied the right to work, and his bosses are unwilling to take him for a hearing. Muza is asking the President to intervene so that he can face justice in court. We present his letter below:
<blockquote>
His Excellency, the President and Head of State and Government, Zimbabwe,
I am writing to bring to your attention an issue of victimization that I have experienced at my workplace. I have served loyally in the <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">uniformed forces</a> for two and a half decades.
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<li>
On the 10th of December 2010, while carrying out <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">national duty</a> and in uniform, I was involved in a road accident. I was knocked by a <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">commuter omnibus</a>, resulting in life-threatening injuries. Unfortunately, police officers who attended the scene falsified evidence with the aim of exonerating the accused driver from blame.
</li>
<li>
I lodged complaints at the police station, police district, and province, but my complaints were ignored. I then took my issue to the <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">Police General Headquarters</a>, where a team was dispatched to investigate my complaint.
</li>
<li>
The team recommended the arrest of the police officers for corruption. However, this angered the <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">provincial police bosses</a>, who were sympathizing with the police officers. As a result, there was bad blood between the provincial bosses. They then hatched a plan to have me transferred outside the province where I was working.
</li>
<li>
I was transferred to a remote area with no medical facilities while I was seriously ill. I had to write a letter to the National head of the Department requesting the reversal of the transfer so that I could seek treatment.
</li>
<li>
The head of the Department ordered that I be examined by doctors whose recommendations would give him the way forward. However, while undergoing medical examinations by doctors, <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">false evidence</a> was gathered, and I was declared a deserter even when I was staying in government accommodation.
</li>
<li>
I approached the National head of the Department requesting to be tried on 28/12/2017, and he agreed. Investigations were done, and the investigating officer wrote and attached a report saying that I had no case to answer.
</li>
<li>
Despite the fact that investigations absolved me from blame and that I have not been convicted, I am being denied the right to work. My bosses are not willing to take me for a hearing because they know that they fabricated a case against me.
</li>
<li>
I, therefore, request your intervention so that I may be taken to court to face justice. I have tried in vain to approach your office to have an audience with you because I am denied that chance.
</li>
</ol>
Your son in the uniformed forces,
Clackson Muza
Force number 040457 Y
Bulawayo
Cell no 0772755708
</blockquote>
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LETTER: Ex-Cop Muza Seeks President Mnangagwa's Aid After Unfair Dismissal

Eleven candidates have registered to run in Zimbabwe’s presidential election which is a huge decrease from a record number of 23 candidates who contested in the 2018 presidential election. The eleven candidates include the current president, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mnangagwa’s main challenger is Nelson Chamisa from the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party. Other candidates include
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<li><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Douglas_Mwonzora/">Douglas Mwonzora</a> (<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Movement_for_Democratic_Change/">MDC-T</a>),</li>
<li>Trust Chikohora (Zimbabwe Coalition for Peace and Development), </li>
<li><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Lovemore_Madhuku/">Lovemore Madhuku</a> (<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/National_Constitutional_Assembly/">National Constituent Assembly (NCA</a>),</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Blessing_Kasiyamhuru/">Blessing Kasiyamhuru</a> (<a class="new" href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/index.php?title=Zimbabwe_Partnership_for_Prosperity&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (page does not exist)">Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity</a> Party),</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Saviour_Kasukuwere/">Saviour Kasukuwere</a> (former youth minister – Independent),</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Joseph_Busha/">Joseph Makamba Busha</a> (Freezim Congress Party),</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Wilson_Harry_Peters/">Wilson Harry Peters</a> (<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Democratic_Opposition_Party" title="Democratic Opposition Party">Democratic Opposition Party</a>),</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/2018/05/29/i-will-appoint-opposition-in-my-cabinet-muzorewa/">Gwinyai Muzorewa</a> (United African National Council (UANC)) and</li>
<li><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Linda_Masarira/">Linda Masarirwa</a> (<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Labour,_Economists_and_African_Democrats/">Labour, Economists and African Democrats (LEAD</a>), the only woman in the contest.</li>
</ol>
The final tally of successful applicants will be announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on Thursday (today).
The Republic of Zimbabwe is preparing for its upcoming general election, which is scheduled to take place on August 23. The election will determine the country’s next president, as well as parliamentary and local government representatives for the next five years. 
The number of nominations has reduced, partly due to the high registration fees required. To participate in the presidential election, a candidate was required to pay US$20,000 (R400,000) for registration. The Nomination Court also demanded US$1000 (R20,000) for parliamentarians at provincial courts, and US$200 (R4,000) for those aspiring to Senate seats.
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UPDATE: 11 Candidates Have Registered To Run In Zimbabwe's Presidential Election

Six presidential aspirants have submitted their papers at the nomination court in Harare, marking the start of the general elections on August 23. The nomination court will consider and accept candidates for presidential, parliamentary, and local authority elections.
The presidential candidates include President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ZANU PF), Nelson Chamisa (CCC), Lovemore Madhuku (National Constituent Assembly (NCA), Trust Chikohora (Zimbabwe Coalition for Peace and Development), Linda Masarira (LEAD), and Douglas Mwonzora (MDC-T).
Saviour Kasukuwere, a presidential hopeful who plans to contest as an independent candidate, is currently registering his candidature as an independent. 
Prospective senators, members of parliament, and aspiring councillors are also filing their papers at provincial capitals and district centres across the country.
The Nomination Court for Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections requires a US$20 000 (R400,000) fee to be lodged at the high court for presidential candidates, US$1000 (R20,000) for parliamentarians at provincial courts, and US$200 (R4,000) for those aspiring to Senate seats.
Although the fees were contested last week, the Constitutional Court upheld the amounts. On Monday, opposition political parties filed an urgent court application seeking a reduction in the fees, but High Court Judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi ruled that the matter was not urgent and should be set down for a normal hearing. 
ZAPU, an opposition party in Zimbabwe, has failed to file papers for the presidential nomination, with party leader Mr. Sibangilizwe Nkomo allegedly withdrawing his candidacy the night before the filing deadline. The high nomination fees were cited as one of the reasons for their decision not to participate in the presidential election.
The party spokesperson, Msongelwa Ndlovu, stated that ZAPU considered the nomination fees to be unreasonable and felt that they were being asked to buy their democratic rights for $20,000, which sends a bad message to disadvantaged children. However, sources within the party told the <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/zapu-chickens-out-of-presidential-race/#:~:text=OPPOSITION%20ZAPU%20has%20failed%20to,Harmonised%20Elections%20on%20August%2023.">Chronicle</a> that the decision not to run for the presidency had nothing to do with the nomination fees, as the party had already raised the necessary funds. The timing of the announcement left the party without another option to appoint a new candidate for the presidential nomination. Nonetheless, ZAPU will participate in the National Assembly and local government elections.
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Six Presidential Candidates Submit Papers For Zimbabwe 23 Aug Elections

Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has instructed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to stop foreign currency borrowing, as the country grapples with a plummeting local currency ahead of a general election. Mnangagwa said in a statement issued late on Thursday:
<blockquote>
The (central) bank shall only borrow foreign currency on behalf of the state at the instance of the (Finance) Minister and not on its own behalf.
</blockquote>
Mnangagwa faces a challenging re-election bid on August 23rd, given the rising inflation and the Zimdollar’s more than 80% depreciation since the start of the year.
Some analysts have argued that the central bank’s foreign currency borrowing, which is not subject to parliamentary oversight, has aggravated the country’s currency crisis.
Mnangagwa stated that the central bank shall only borrow foreign currency on behalf of the state at the Finance Minister’s behest and not on its own behalf.
In the past, the central bank has borrowed from regional banks to finance imports of fuel, fertilizer, edible oils, and other basic goods. The government has recently taken measures to stabilise the Zimbabwe dollar and control inflation, including transferring certain responsibilities of the central bank to the finance ministry.
Zimbabwe has experienced spells of hyperinflation and currency volatility over the past two decades, which have been blamed on the government’s poor economic management and policies such as the seizure of farms from white farmers by former President Robert Mugabe to resettle landless Black people.
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Mnangagwa Orders RBZ To Stop Foreign Currency Borrowing

President Mnangagwa has singled out diversified conglomerate <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Innscor_Africa_Limited/">Innscor</a> for “unjustifiably” raising prices of basic commodities such as bread, which has led to the suffering of ordinary people. During an event to commission Chivhu Dam, the President said that the government will establish rural industrial centres to support the food production value chain and deal with unscrupulous businesses. The proposed centres will produce maize meal and flour at cheaper prices, which will make it difficult for businesses like Innscor to sell their products. The President urged people to produce at least 10 tonnes of wheat per hectare to maintain food self-sufficiency. He said:
<blockquote>
Tanga tiine mhesva mukono inonzi Innscor who were constantly hiking price of basic commodities. Now as we plan we need to set up rural industrial centres here. If people grow maize and wheat, we will install a plant that will mill maize meal and produce flour and sell at cheaper prices.
When Innscor trucks come with their bread, they will find no taker. This is because we will be self-sufficient in terms of everything that you might want that include bread, maize, fish, water including a caring party ZANU PF.
</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa warned businesses against “unjustified” price hikes, affirming that the government will not tolerate such practices. The past few weeks have seen businesses increasing the prices of basic commodities, causing suffering to ordinary people. The government says some of these businesses have been charging exclusively in US dollars or indexing their prices against black market foreign exchange rates, despite having access to cheaper foreign currency at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s auction market.
However, some economists argue that the government’s policy inconsistencies may have triggered the price hikes.
Zimbabwe has faced significant economic instability, including hyperinflation, currency devaluation, shortages of basic goods, high unemployment rates, and political instability. The causes are a combination of factors, such as corruption, and poor economic policies. The government has implemented measures such as adopting a multicurrency system, introducing a new local currency, and launching economic reforms, but these have not been sufficient to stabilise the economy. 
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Mnangagwa Targets Innscor For "Unjustified" Price Hikes

The High Court in Harare has issued a ruling against the appointment of Tranos Manjiva to the Nemamwa chieftainship in Masvingo province, following a protracted court battle mounted by Jimmy Matambo, who claims to be the rightful heir to the throne.
Matambo argued that Manjiva assumed the chieftainship following alleged biased recommendations made by Local Government Minister July Moyo. Matambo cited Manjiva, Moyo, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and the Masvingo Provincial Chiefs Assembly as the first to fourth respondents, respectively. Although Matambo lost a bid to stop the official installation of Manjiva as Chief Nemamwa in October last year, High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamhora set aside Manjiva’s appointment on May 19 this year. Read the judgment in part:
<blockquote>
It is ordered by consent that the appointment of first respondent as substantive Chief Nemamwa be and is hereby set aside.
The second respondent shall, no later than June 30, 2023, convene a meeting of the Provincial Assembly of Chiefs of the Nemamwa community, which shall consider and report to the second respondent its recommendations on the appointment of Chief Nemamwa.
The second respondent shall, within seven days of receiving the recommendations referred to in paragraph 2 hereof, submit the same to the third respondent. Pending the appointment of a substantive Chief Nemamwa, the third respondent shall, in terms of section four of the Traditional Leaders Act [Chapter 29:17], appoint an acting chief Nemamwa within 14 days of receiving the recommendations referred to in paragraph 3 hereof.
</blockquote>
Matambo claimed in his legal statement that Manjiva was appointed through illegal means with the help of Local Government minister July Moyo, who disregarded set guidelines. Matambo argued that the appointment was not disclosed to him or other family members and violated the Nemamwa tradition of selecting chiefs. In addition, the Provincial Chief’s Assembly, which is mandated to select a chief, had reversed what the minister was requesting the president to endorse, thereby violating the Constitution.
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High Court Rules Against Manjiva's Nemamwa Chieftainship Appointment

Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has issued Statutory Instrument 107 of 2023, known as the Exchange Control (Control of Payments) (Charge on Specified Outbound Foreign Currency Payments) Regulations, 2023, which imposes a one percent charge on all outbound payments from Zimbabwe to any foreign country for the next six months.
The charge will be levied by all banks and similar institutions, including mobile money transfer agencies that pay an entity outside the country. The collected funds will be deposited into a Debt Redemption Sinking Fund established in terms of section 32 of the Public Debt Management Act.
The new regulations aim to stem the loss of value of the local currency, which has been declining in recent months. The charge applies to funds obtained from the Dutch Auction Foreign Currency Market operated by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe every week, or from the interbank market operated by banks to payees outside Zimbabwe.
The one percent rate will be charged on outbound foreign payments, with a maximum of US$50,000 or the equivalent in any other foreign currency. The charge will be applied to payments exceeding US$5 million.
Banks must withhold and remit the outbound foreign currency charge on each transaction and pay it into the fund within 10 days of the payment.
Financial institutions covered by the new regulations include banks, building societies, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Development Bank, ZimPost, and all providers of mobile banking services.
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Zimbabwe Imposes 1% Charge On Foreign Payments For Six Months

In a recent speech, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the State and the Church have a complementary partnership. We present his speech below:
Resting our politics, development on God
President E.D. Mnangagwa
I recall our first meetings with Churches and Church leaders soon after our Independence. Rhodesian propaganda had painted freedom fighters darker than the devil. We were a godless lot, blue-dyed communists associated with all manner of devilry.
This Rhodesian narrative would be repeated daily and unremittingly, until a large part of the Rhodesian populace — both black and white — began to believe these blood-curdling propaganda stories mischaracterising us.
By contrast, white Rhodesia beatified itself as holy, carefully cultivating a self-image of a God-fearing civilisation created by a selfless generation of “Founders” who had come from afar, to redeem and Christianise a benighted race inhabiting a “Dark Continent”. Until the white man came, Africa was a continent living outside history; lived as a continent filled by a race which did not know God! This was the colonial narrative.
When Ian Douglas Smith declared his Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), he claimed that he had “struck a blow for Christianity”, thus depicting UDI as Christian. The Anglican Church – the Church of the Settler Rhodesian State – was dutifully in tow, lending holiness to such apostate claims. That way, a colonial project by a foreign occupying power was characterised as Christian, and for the good and elevation of us Africans.
Colonialism was, thus, a God-send, not some racially oppressive system of foreign invasion and occupation.
The Church and State are inseparable
Rhodesia described itself as the last bulwark against “the black and red peril”. The “black peril” was represented by us Africans who threatened to overwhelm white civilisation through our overwhelming numbers, and by our culture described as rank heathenism.
The “red peril” represented communism whose diligent agents were “terrorists”, in this case our freedom fighters. These terrorists, so Rhodesian propaganda claimed, had been trained and “misled” by evil, foreign communist hailing from countries like the then Soviet Union, China and other progressive countries drawn from the Eastern Bloc, which supported our Liberation Struggle.
The communists had used their vile propaganda of communism to mislead an otherwise “happy” African populace grateful to be under British settler colonial rule!
Ogres of a godless creed
As events would have it, in the 1980 elections, we the so-called communist terrorists had now won a Commonwealth-supervised election, and had won it by a landslide. As a result, we had assumed the reins of Government in an independent Zimbabwe! The Patriotic Front, led by our late President, then as Prime Minister, Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, had to meet clerics, most of them raised on the staple of vile Rhodesian propaganda, in order to allay their deeply ingrained and held fears of us.
Only a handful of Church leaders, mostly Jesuits, had met with us as the Patriotic Front in Zambia, at the height of the Struggle. Those knew our humanity denied us by Rhodesian propaganda, and understood our cause which Rhodesia mischaracterised as foreign and communist-inspired. But these clerics were in the minority.
You also had a few missionaries who led rural parishes and, thus, had interacted with, and become exposed to, our freedom fighters operating in liberated and semi-liberated zones. Those, too, knew us and even supported our cause. Otherwise the rest of the erstwhile Rhodesian Church was led by religious figures who viewed us as ogres; figures whose view of us neatly fitted within the terrible persona created of us by Rhodesian propaganda.
I remember that in one of those early meetings, all clerics – to the person – voiced disquiet over our choice of ideology of Marxist-Leninism, which they characterised as a godless creed. They were disgusted that we, the agents of that terrible creed, had won elections, and taken over Government. We needed complete redemption! Could we not, the clerics opined, drop this godless creed for Christianity, of course, under their tutelage as Church leaders?
Healing wounds of colonialism
About the same time, our Ministry of Education, then headed by Dr Dzingai Mutumbuka, was transforming the curriculum to make our education more suited to the needs and values of a free Zimbabwe. Dr Mutumbuka worked with leading educationist-comrades like Dr Fay Chung and Sister Dr Janice Macloughlin. These comrades had developed curricula for our wartime schools. They now sought to adapt it to the needs of a free Zimbabwe, under the ZIMFEB Programme. Again, this raised more anxieties for the Church. From early colonial times, the Rhodesian Church had heavily invested in African Education; it ran the majority of schools for Africans in the country, right through to our Independence. Any changes to the curriculum, more so done by people long mischaracterised as proponents of communism – in their view a godless creed – was extremely disquieting to them.
After a long presentation by Church leaders – one by one and each representing a denomination – the message was stark and clear: our avowed ideology of Marxist-Leninism was unacceptable to the Church! When our turn came, the then Prime Minister, Cde R.G. Mugabe, rose to respond. He gave a long lesson in history, covering colonialism and the racial inequities it created, and the Liberation Struggle which that colonial rule triggered.
Later, he closed in on the issue of our choice of the ideology of Marxist-Leninism, expatiating what he understood it to mean. He also justified the Patriotic Front’s choice of it as an appropriate ideological framework for a post-Independent Zimbabwe as it sought to heal the wounds of a long colonialism, and in its quest to develop the country on egalitarian principles. He also drew parallels and similarities between our ideology and the values espoused by Africans under African communalism.
At the end of this long lecture to the clerics, he said: “We all came through Churches, to the number; we were raised by different denominations of the Christian Church, all of us in positions of leadership. I myself was raised by the Jesuits. We are practising Christians, practised Christianity even as we waged the Armed Liberation Struggle.
Ours was a just war, itself a notion developed by the Church.”
What followed next was dramatic. Cde Mugabe dipped his hands into his pocket and fished out a worn-out rosary.
He said: “This rosary has been with me throughout the war. It guided my faith and prayers daily; it still does to this day; will do so, right to my last days in this life!”
You can imagine the utter consternation from his audience at the sight of a worn-out rosary. The audience included the late Archbishop Patrick Chakaipa! Looking at the stunned clerics, the then Prime Minister declared: “If, as you say, Marxist-Leninism is godless, I say here and now: Give it a God!” That intervention changed relations between the State and the Church, laying a firm foundation to a partnership which endures to this day.
God-fearing leadership
Our struggle was led by a leadership raised by the Church. That Struggle was a just one. The State to emerge from it — the First Republic — was a God-fearing one. Its successor, the Second Republic, is God-fearing, and is built on values espoused by the Church. Our interaction with various denominations of the Zimbabwean Church is routine, and is predicated on a firm belief in a complementary partnership of State and Church. I cannot count the number of times I have held meetings with Church leaders; or even the many Church meetings I have attended and addressed, across denominations.
Last week was a turning point in this enduring relationship. As I addressed congregants at the historic Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, I told my God-fearing audience that our twin mantras of “Nyika inotongwa nevene vayo” and “Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo” were incomplete, and fell short of the Holy Trinity at the heart of the Church, namely, that of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. To complete that Trinity, we needed something spiritual added. I then declared: “Nyika inonamatirwa nevene vayo!”
This new mantra we have added to our other two mantras, to form a credo of the Second Republic, comes from the heart. It is deeply held. All our politics, our policies and our programmes remain incomplete and unfulfilling until and unless we give them God.
My meeting with Church leaders of our country and, as happened late last week, from our region are meant to ensure that our politics are rooted in God. This is vital as our nation goes for polls. I continue to call on our Church leaders to pray for peaceful elections: before, during and after those elections. We should never tire of sermonising for peace in our land; indeed, praying for peace for our land; pray in our national languages and through our idioms, in our hearts and minds. God will hear us.
Divine favour
We develop our country using God-given resources. Looking at mineral resources we have discovered and are exploiting since the Second Republic, there is no doubt our nation enjoys divine favour. From a paltry US$2,5 billion turnover in mining before this New Dispensation, our mining sector is peeping the US$20 billion-mark, in the five short years we have subsisted as the Second Republic.
This is unprecedented. We continue to discover more minerals, no doubt through divine guidance.
The same salutary results show in most sectors, including in agriculture and in tourism. Both draw from our God-given resources, once more echoing the need to ensure we put God at the heart of our development.
Late last week, I received an utterly lifting progress report from Driefontain Mission. Our Catholic Church has embraced our mantra of Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo, and has started applying it in the Church. Through an investment vehicle the Catholic Church has dubbed Stella Mundi, it has embarked on an ambitious agricultural and value-addition programme, which the Church envisages will be rolled out to cover the whole country. The Bishops, led by Archbishop Ndlovu, have used the Church farm at Driefontain to tease out this new concept. As at last week, they had planted over 200 hectares of wheat, under seven centre pivots. More hectarage is being planted as I write. I thank the Catholic Church leaders for this salutary venture.
What is even more significant is that the funds the Church had mobilised for the project from well-wishers overseas were impounded by some Western country which has imposed sanctions on our country! They did not give up.
They approached Government and, together, we worked out a funding package for the whole project. Now it has taken off, and is set to expand and scale-up in intervening seasons. In due course, the Church will stand on its own.
The Catholic Church story is the story of our economy and of our country.
Looking inward
They say we should never waste a good crisis. As a nation, we have decided a bad crisis wrought by sanctions should be made good by us looking inward, and by us mobilising our own God-given resources. The lesson from Driefontain shows and demonstrates a lifting symbiosis between the three mantras we have coined for ourselves; and how, through them, we invent an enduring framework for a new partnership between the State and the Church. Both institutions, after all, serve the same person created in the image of God.
Nyika Inotongwa, igovakwa nekunamatirwa nevene vayo!

Mnangagwa's Full Speech: Resting Our Politics, Development On God

In a recent speech, Zimbabwe’s President E.D. Mnangagwa recounted his experiences with the Church and Church leaders in the early years of Zimbabwe’s independence. He spoke of how Rhodesian propaganda had demonized the freedom fighters, painting them as a godless lot associated with all manner of devilry. He said by contrast, white Rhodesia had beatified itself as a God-fearing civilization whose mission was to redeem and Christianize a benighted race inhabiting the “Dark Continent.”
President Mnangagwa also described how the Church and State were inseparable in Rhodesia, with the Anglican Church being the Church of the Settler Rhodesian State. He explained how the Church had viewed the freedom fighters as “ogres” and how the Church had heavily invested in African education, running the majority of schools for Africans in the country, right through to Zimbabwe’s independence.
Despite initial anxieties from the Church, President Mnangagwa explained how the State had sought to heal the wounds of colonialism and develop the country on egalitarian principles through the ideology of Marxist-Leninism. He further explained how their choice of ideology was appropriate for a post-Independent Zimbabwe and drew parallels and similarities between their ideology and the values espoused by Africans under African communalism.
He highlighted how the State and Church had partnered to build a better Zimbabwe, with the State resting their politics and development on God. President Mnangagwa emphasized the importance of a God-fearing leadership in Zimbabwe, stating that the First and Second Republics were built on values espoused by the Church.
He noted that the State and Church have a complementary partnership, and he frequently meets with Church leaders across denominations. The President said he introduced a new mantra, “Nyika inonamatirwa nevene vayo,” which completes the Holy Trinity at the heart of the Church and emphasizes the need to give God to all politics, policies, and programs.
He called on Church leaders to pray for peaceful elections and urged the nation to put God at the heart of development, citing the success of the mining, agriculture, and tourism sectors as evidence of divine favor. The President also praised the Catholic Church’s agricultural and value-addition program, which demonstrates a symbiotic relationship between the State and the Church, both serving the same person created in the image of God.
Mnangagwa has been attending multiple religious groups, which is perceived by some as a strategic effort to amass support for the ruling party prior to the upcoming August 23 <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">harmonized elections</a>.
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Mnangagwa: The State And Church Have A Complementary Partnership

Former deputy prime minister, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Arthur_Mutambara/">Arthur Mutambara</a>, has stated that <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Ndabaningi_Sithole/">Ndabaningi Sithole</a>‘s heroism cannot be by ZANU PF’s endorsement. Mutambara believes that heroism is earned and not conferred, and ZANU PF is not qualified to make or unmake Sithole’s status.
Specifically, he argues that President Emmerson Mnangagwa, given his limited involvement in the liberation struggle, is not qualified to speak on Sithole’s heroic contributions. Mutambara said:
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On Ndabaningi Sithole’s National Hero Status 
To Zimbabweans, Sithole was always a hero, with or without the endorsement of ZANU-PF and its leaders. Heroism is earned and not conferred. ZANU-PF is not qualified to make or unmake Sithole’s Hero status. More specifically, Emmerson Mnangagwa (given his limited, frivolous and undecorated involvement in the liberation struggle) is not qualified to speak on Ndabaningi Sithole’s heroic contributions to the liberation of Zimbabwe. He is unworthy to untie Ndabaningi’s shoes. Throughout his life in independent Zimbabwe, Sithole suffered persecution and harassment at the hands of ZANU-PF and its government. His key tormentors were Robert Mugabe and Emmerson Mnangagwa. Sithole died while going through a treason trial. Hence the fraudulent charade and vote-buying gimmick at Freedom Farm today must be condemned with the contempt that they deserve. Ndabaningi Sithole is a National Hero with or without ZANU-PF endorsement.
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government officially conferred national hero’s status on late pioneering nationalist Ndabaningi Sithole in Chipinge on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at Freedom Farm in Mt. Selinda, Chipinge District. 
Sithole, who was a founding ZANU party leader and a cleric, was denied hero status by the late ex-President Robert Mugabe. Despite years of persecution by Mugabe, Sithole was regarded as an unsung hero of the country’s liberation from colonial rule.
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Mutambara: Sithole's Heroism Not Determined By ZANU PF Endorsement.

The outspoken lawmaker for Norton, Temba Mliswa, has been accused of contributing to the death of a former senior Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) member, Andrew Chitungo. Mliswa, who was present at Chitungo’s burial on Wednesday, posted a message on Twitter expressing his grief and condolences. However, some of Mliswa’s followers accused him of causing Chitungo’s death by leaking recorded conversations that put Chitungo’s life in danger.
One user accused Mliswa of literally killing Chitungo, while another expressed astonishment at Mliswa’s tweet. Wrote Dr Glen Meda:
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You sold him out Chief. Why were you recording your conversations with him and why did you leak those conversations knowing you were putting his life in grave danger. You literally killed him. Now you are shedding croco tears!
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Chitungo reportedly died on Friday at West End Hospital after being admitted with breathing problems and energy loss. He was removed from President Mnangagwa’s close security team last year after a recorded call with Mliswa and former Energy Minister Fortune Chasi was leaked in which he called Mnangagwa corrupt. 
<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/2023/06/06/senior-central-intelligence-organisation-officer-dies/">Andrew Chitungo passed away on Friday last week</a> at West End Hospital after being admitted with breathing problems and energy loss.
He had worked under former President Robert Mugabe, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, and later President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Chitungo was removed from Mnangagwa’s close security team last year after a leaked recorded call with independent Norton MP Temba Mliswa and former Energy Minister Fortune Chasi.
He was also involved in running a security company and had startup business interests in Harare. Chitungo’s family, relatives, and friends described him as a “man of the people”, a “family man”, and a “reliable professional” who was good-natured, calm, and amicable.
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Norton MP Temba Mliswa Accused Of Contributing To Former CIO Member's Death

Former Deputy Prime Minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Arthur_Mutambara/">Arthur Mutambara</a> has hinted that he may consider returning to active politics after the elections. Mutambara previously served as Deputy Prime Minister between 2009-13 representing the MDC-M during the Government of National Unity.
He made the remarks during an interview with Alpha Media Holdings’ digital radio and television station, <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200012633/mutambara-backs-chamisa">Heart &amp; Soul TV (HSTV)</a> about Zimbabwe’s current political climate. He said:
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If they (ZANU PF government) continue failing, I might have to reconsider my retirement but for now I am teaching. I am a professor and director at the University of the Future of Knowledge, but I keep my options open.
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Mutambara expressed his concerns about the upcoming election, citing issues with the voters’ roll and the unfair advantage that the ruling party has over the opposition. He said:
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It’s a tragedy because I don’t see anything positive coming out of this election because already there is the story around the voters’ roll, where people go and can’t find their names. The voters’ roll is not available to the opposition. The political opposition is being harassed. Job Sikhala (CCC MP for Zengeza West) and  (Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob) Ngarivhume are locked up as we speak.
What kind of election can we have when your opponents are locked up and cannot have political rallies?
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He also described ZANU PF leader and presidential candidate President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an average and incompetent leader who is quick to use force due to his insecurity and doubts about his own legitimacy. Mutambara also criticized Mnangagwa’s government for being corrupt and incompetent. He said:
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Mnangagwa is a crude version of the late Robert Mugabe on corruption, on tribalism.
On incompetence, he is worse because he has no finesse. Mugabe had an element of finesse around him, but this one is very crude in terms of naked corruption and naked incompetence.
These guys are insecure, very insecure, very incompetent and they are very quick to use force because they doubt their legitimacy, yet Mugabe had a veneer of legitimacy as the founding father of the nation, who brought independence and carried out the land reform programme.
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Mutambara expressed respect for his colleagues in the opposition, particularly Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa. He said: 
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I have a lot of respect for my colleagues in the CCC.  I have a lot of respect for president Chamisa. He is doing a great job.
I try as much as I can to advise quietly, but they are doing a good job and they deserve our support. They could fix one or two things here and there but I communicate privately and tell them what I think can been done.
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In the 2018 presidential election, Emmerson Mnangagwa emerged as the winner by a narrow margin. However, the opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, contested the results, alleging that Mnangagwa received assistance from the courts and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission in securing his victory. 
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Former Deputy Prime Minister Mutambara Hints At Returning To Active Politics

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Mduduzi_Mathuthu/">Mduduzi Mathuthu</a> has suggested that if former Local Government Minister, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Saviour_Kasukuwere/">Saviour Kasukuwere</a>, contests for the presidential post in August 2023, Zimbabwe may face a run-off as he is likely to divide votes in the ruling ZANU PF.
Kasukuwere, who is currently in self-exile, is a former political commissar in the ruling party and is said to still command a significant following in ZANU PF. He fled the country in 2017 after the ouster of former President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Robert_Mugabe/">Robert Mugabe</a> and was allegedly one of the leaders of the vanquished generation40 faction (G40).
Kasukuwere has indicated that he will be making an official statement soon. He spoke to South African Journalist, Sophie Mokwana via his Twitter handle:
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Sophie good morning. The call has been made and yes I will be making a formal statement on my candidature. Thank you for asking.
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Responding to Kasukuwere’s announcement, Mduduzi Mathuthu, the founder of the news website ZimLive.com, stated that Zimbabwe may be heading towards a presidential run-off. He said:
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Saviour Kasukuwere running for president puts us in run-off territory
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It has been reported that Saviour Kasukuwere is interested in returning to and rejoining the ruling ZANU PF party. His return to ZANU PF, if accepted, could have significant implications for the party’s internal dynamics and the upcoming presidential election in 2023. Even if he runs as an independent candidate, he is likely to get a fraction of voters from the ruling party. 
<h3>What’s a Run-off Election?</h3>
A run-off election occurs when no candidate in an initial election receives a majority of the votes. In Zimbabwe, this can happen if no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election. Factors that can lead to a run-off election include opposition vote fragmentation and allegations of electoral fraud.
Zimbabwe held its most recent run-off election in 2008. The election was contested between then President Robert Mugabe of the ruling ZANU-PF party and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party. The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Electoral_Commission/">Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)</a> announced that no candidate had secured the required 50 + 1 percent of the votes. However, Tsvangirai withdrew from the race shortly before the run-off, citing widespread violence and intimidation by Mugabe’s supporters. The run-off was widely criticized for being neither free nor fair. A power-sharing agreement was brokered between Mugabe and Tsvangirai, leading to the formation of a unity government (GNU) in 2009. 
Currently, the major contenders in the upcoming 2023 Zimbabwean presidential election are the incumbent President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and the opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, who leads the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). In the previous 2018 election, Mnangagwa narrowly defeated Chamisa in a highly disputed poll. Chamisa challenged the results in court, alleging that ZEC had colluded with the ruling party, ZANU PF, to rig the election in Mnangagwa’s favour. The official results released by the ZEC indicated that Mnangagwa won with 50.8% of the vote, while Chamisa received 44.3% of the vote. This resulted in Mnangagwa winning the election by a margin of 6.5 percentage points, which translated to a difference of 35,339 votes.
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Mduduzi Mathuthu: Zimbabwe Faces Run-Off Over Kasukuwere Presidential Candidacy

Former Ntabazinduna chief, Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has predicted that Zimbabweans will flee the country in large numbers if ZANU PF “steals” the August general elections.
Ndiweni who was removed from his position by the Mnangagwa government in 2019 currently lives in the UK. He has been a vocal critic of the ZANU PF government, denouncing maladministration and human rights abuses.
Ndiweni believes that if ZANU PF “steals” the election, around two million Zimbabweans could seek refuge in South Africa, both legally and illegally.
He advocates for the Zimbabwean diaspora to have the right to vote and has been pushing for this since 2019. Ndiweni’s organisation, MyRight2Vote, has also been pushing for political prisoners to be allowed to vote.
He believes that the opposition will win the election this year, but that ZANU PF will attempt to retain power through violence. More than five million Zimbabweans live outside the country, with the majority in South Africa. Ndiweni told NewsDay: 
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If the ZANU PF government once again steals these elections, we will see about two million Zimbabweans packing their bags and going to South Africa. The biggest movement of people we have seen in the Southern African Development Community in our age. This movement will occur legally and illegally.
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Rigging Allegations:
ZANU PF has faced allegations of election rigging and manipulation through violence, intimidation, ballot stuffing, and harassment of opposition supporters. The 2008 presidential election was particularly controversial, with the opposition candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, withdrawing due to violence. Stakeholders are pushing for reforms for a fair electoral process in the 2023 elections.
Diaspora Vote:
There have been calls from various stakeholders for Zimbabwe to allow diaspora vote. Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, last year <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/2022/05/30/mudenda-says-zimbabwes-constitution-must-be-amended-to-allow-diaspora-vote/">called for amendments to the Zimbabwean Constitution to allow citizens in the diaspora to vote.</a> Mudenda is the first senior official in the ruling ZANU PF party to push for this agenda, as the party has previously stated that the government had no resources to conduct a diaspora vote. It also stated that it would only consider allowing citizens in the diaspora to vote if Western powers remove the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. 
Migration of Zimbabweans: Diaspora
Many Zimbabweans have left the country due to economic challenges, political instability, and human rights violations, often attributed to the ruling ZANU PF party. The diaspora is estimated at around 5 million, with the majority living in South Africa, the UK, and the USA and the majority of them are assumed to be supporters of the opposition.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are set to compete for the presidency for the second time, following the 2018 polls in which Mnangagwa narrowly won.
Mnangagwa is expected to announce the election date today. 
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Ndiweni Predicts Mass Migration Of Zimbabweans "If ZANU PF Steals Election Again"

The Zimbabwean government has reportedly sold the late former <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">Prime Minister</a> Morgan Tsvangirai’s Highlands house to his widow, Elizabeth Macheka after it had previously appeared to be willing to let the family have the house for free as part of his pension.
Although the government had originally wanted US$1.8 million for the house, it is understood that Tsvangirai’s widow negotiated and paid about US$1.5 million.
The house was initially bought by the government and allocated to Tsvangirai after he had boycotted the government in 2009 arguing that the house was not suitable for a Prime Minister. The issue caused controversy, with accusations that the late <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">opposition leader</a> had double-dipped during the process.
Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga visited Tsvangirai at the house in January 2018 – a month before he died – and subsequently the government assured his family it would not be evicted. At the time Mnangagwa’s spokesman George Charamba said:
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Was he not a prime minister, why would he be evicted? And he retired under a constitution that recognised his office.
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Following Mnangagwa’s visit to Tsvangirai’s official residence, the late former <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">Prime Minister</a> left for <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">South Africa</a> for medical check-ups, with part of his medical bills paid for by the government. Unfortunately, he passed away on 14 February 2018 in Johannesburg due to colon cancer.
According to reports by The <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">News Hawks</a>, two weeks after his death, Mnangagwa wrote to Tsvangirai’s widow, technically taking control of the house and offering to sell it to her.
Elizabeth Tsvangirai clarified that she bought the property after her husband’s death as it belonged to the state until that time, and they were government tenants. She confirmed that they were offered to buy the house at market value, which they did exercise as per their right of first refusal.
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Govt Sold Tsvangirai's House To Widow Elizabeth Macheka

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Patrick_Mutasa/">Patrick Donald Mutasa</a> as Deputy Director-General of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO). This decision is believed to be an attempt to increase his control over the intelligence agency.
Mnangagwa’s grip on the CIO is essential to his efforts to consolidate and retain power, particularly with the upcoming elections and the possibility of internal sabotage.
Mnangagwa’s relationship with CIO Director-General Isaac Moyo is reportedly deteriorating, and some of the agency’s top officials are viewed as ineffective or compromised by political factionalism, according to The News Hwaks.
Mnangagwa’s appointment of Mutasa, who previously served as the director of administration, is reportedly aimed at taking away some of the responsibilities from those who have fallen out of favour and assigning them to loyalists.
According to The News Hawks, there are rumours within the Zimbabwean intelligence community that CIO Director-General Isaac Moyo is viewed with suspicion by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, despite his loyalty to the president. This suspicion reportedly stems from Moyo’s recent support of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba, with whom Mnangagwa allegedly has a strained relationship.
Mnangagwa and his allies allegedly wanted to sabotage the delimitation process, leading to a fallout between the president and Chigumba.
The CIO, police, and army play a critical role in Zimbabwean elections and have previously played important roles in ZANU PF’s election campaigns.
Mnangagwa has also assigned retired Brigadier-General Walter Tapfumaneyi to lead Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz), an alleged underground operational unit campaigning for Mnangagwa and ZANU PF in the August general elections.
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President Mnangagwa Appoints Mutasa As Deputy Director Of The CIO

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stated that the country’s economy is set to become stable through measures that have been implemented and more that will be taken shortly.
President Mnangagwa wrote in his weekly column that Zimbabwe’s $17 billion debt and arrears must be resolved to enable the country to move forward unencumbered.
He also said that Zimbabwe has the capacity to develop on the strength of its own resources, rejecting the notion of Africa as “a new frontier” for foreign interests. Mnangagwa added that Africa must be completely insulated from undue foreign interference and that all races are equal. He stated that Africa should be free to decide its own policies and development trajectory, rejecting coercive diplomacy.
In his column in The Sunday Mail, President Mnangagwa stated that during his visit to Egypt for the Africa Development Bank meetings, African countries agreed that the continent must free itself from external debt. He said:
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We are determined to find resolution to this albatross which has been weighing us down. Above all, determined to pursue a development trajectory which is debt-free so we augment our sovereignty and options.
We see tangible goodwill among creditors to carry us through. Alongside a raft of initiatives we have taken, and are set to take shortly, I foresee a stable and sustainably growing economy, anchored on her resources and a stable currency of her own.
</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa’s comments are made in the context of significant price hikes that have been attributed to misguided economic policies that are failing to address underlying structural issues.
President Mnangagwa believes that Agenda 63 rests on the strength and ingenuity of the African population and focuses on a country-to-country, subregion-to-subregion African nexus. 
The President added that Africa must claim, define, and assert its own century and be completely insulated from undue foreign interference and coercion as all races are equal. In this regard, Africa should be free to decide its own policies, partnerships, values, and development trajectory.
Mnangagwa also emphasised the importance of silencing guns on the continent and urged the African Union’s Peace and Security Council to redouble its efforts for peace in Sudan.
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Mnangagwa: Zimbabwe's Economy To Stabilise And Grow Shortly

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) recently aired the documentary “President,” which details opposition <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Citizens%27_Coalition_for_Change/">Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)</a> leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa/">Nelson Chamisa</a>‘s 2018 electoral campaign trail.
The documentary was banned in Zimbabwe last year by the ZANU PF government on the basis that it had the potential to incite violence as the country heads for another round of elections.
Censorship and Entertainment Control Unit deputy director Oscar Mugomeri cited the Censorship and Entertainments Control Act, which states that films or film advertisements contrary to public order should not be approved.
The documentary, directed by Danish filmmaker Camilla Nielsson, is a sequel to her 2013 documentary “Democrats,” which chronicled the construction of Zimbabwe’s constitution.
Despite the ban, the documentary was aired on SABC 3 on Monday night and quickly went viral on various social media platforms. The film’s release has reignited debates about freedom of expression in Zimbabwe and the role of the Censorship Board in regulating media content.
Information deputy minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kindness_Paradza/">Kindness Paradza</a> responded to the controversy by stating that the film did not meet the standards to be broadcast in the mainstream media in Zimbabwe, but that its release on social media was beyond the control of the Censorship Board. He emphasized that Zimbabwe is a free country that guarantees freedom of expression under the constitution.
The airing of “President” highlights the tension between the government’s desire to regulate media content and the public’s demand for transparency and accountability.
Zimbabwe is preparing to hold harmonised elections in August this year and Chamisa is set to face President Mnangagwa who narrowly defeated him in a contested 2018 election.
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SABC Airs Chamisa's Electoral Campaign Documentary After Its Ban In Zimbabwe

In recent remarks, President Mnangagwa expressed his disappointment with certain members of the local business community whose actions are allegedly hindering the government’s efforts to stabilize the economy.
President Mnangagwa’s comments were made in light of the recent <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2023/05/23/results-out-on-drivers-of-price-hikes-impact-of-import-duty-removal/">significant price hikes</a> experienced in Zimbabwe. These price hikes have prompted the Treasury to issue a <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2023/05/12/finance-minister-announces-measures-to-stabilise-exchange-rate-and-macroeconomy/">series of measures</a> aimed at stabilizing the foreign exchange rate and macroeconomy. 
According to Mr <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/George_Charamba/">George Charamba</a>, the President’s spokesman, the conduct of some local businesspeople is undermining the government’s efforts to stabilize the economy. Charamba said:
<blockquote>
I will give you an example, during the liberation struggle and when we were going for the Lancaster House Conference, it was the time of blazing the guns “kusvika barrel ratsvuka,” to support our leadership that was in London. The real intended beneficiaries of arrears clearance and debt resolution, namely the businesspeople, are in fact busy stabbing the initiative in the back. Ask them (the businesspeople) why?
</blockquote>
According to Charamba, businesses are destabilizing the macro economy, disconnecting point-of-sale gadgets, discouraging sales in local currency, abusing the foreign currency auction system, and channelling goods to the informal market. Despite growing foreign currency receipts, the local currency continues to depreciate.
The President has urged businesses to support arrears clearance and debt resolution efforts, as the forward march of the Zimbabwean economy will be a lot more difficult without a resolution to these issues. The country’s total debt stands at US$17.5 billion, with arrears to multilateral development banks.
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has presented a detailed roadmap for the country’s economic reconstruction, including budgetary support to clear the debt overhang. 
Zimbabwe has experienced significant economic instability in recent years, characterized by high inflation, currency devaluation, and shortages of basic commodities.
The southern African country has struggled with a severe shortage of foreign currency, leading to difficulties in importing essential goods such as fuel and medicines. The government has also faced challenges in paying its debts, including arrears to international creditors, which has limited its access to international financing. This has resulted in the country struggling with a high debt burden and a lack of resources to invest in critical infrastructure and social services. The unstable economic environment has had a significant impact on the population, with many people experiencing poverty and unemployment.
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President Mnangagwa Accuses Local Business Of Hindering Economic Stabilisation

Vendors in Zimbabwe’s major cities and towns have taken over strategic points, including the verandas of large retail shops, to sell a variety of goods, including basic commodities in foreign currency. This chaos has emerged amid rumours that the vendors’ biggest suppliers are large retailers who are chasing the United States dollar, which is available on the parallel market.
Some retailers are reportedly refusing to transact in the local currency due to various excuses, such as malfunctioning point-of-sale machines.
Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) executive director Rosemary Mpofu confirmed reports of the failing electronic payment system. She told <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200011947/are-retailers-dumping-goods-on-the-streets">NewsDay</a>:
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CCZ of late has been receiving consumer complaints from the transacting public, among them retailers charging some products exclusively in US$ only, and rejection of the  Zimbabwean dollar, notably mobile transactions either by phone or swipe cards.
At times, consumers are advised that either the mobile network is poor or lack of connectivity, and non-functioning swipe machines in a bid to harness as much forex from consumers. We appeal to retailers practising such unethical practices to desist as such a move impacts on consumer spending, and limits rights to choice as we are using a dual currency system. The Zimbabwe dollar remains legal tender, that should not be rejected until such a time monetary authorities advise so.
</blockquote>
Denford Mutashu, the president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers, stated that some unscrupulous businesspeople are responsible for the recent price hikes, which are an attempt to sabotage the government before the general elections. Mutashu described the unwarranted price increases as unnecessary and uncalled for. He also noted that some retailers are deliberately withdrawing point-of-sale machines to reject payments in the local currency. Mutashu said:
<blockquote>
Our position is that retailers should continue accepting the local currency as legal tender. The situation right now is very normal as we are approaching elections. We have a situation where business has suddenly rejected the local currency. It’s difficult to understand the sudden overcharging of goods and services where the parallel market rate has shot up to US$1: $4 000 against the official exchange rate of US$1:$1 500.
</blockquote>
Over the weekend, several major shops and bars in Harare’s residential areas refused to allow consumers access to point-of-sale machines. Some large retail shops announced electronic payment system failures for customers transacting in the local currency via radio paging systems.
Zimbabwe has adopted a dual currency system in recent years, allowing for transactions in both the Zimbabwean dollar and the US dollar. However, the growing demand for the US dollar has raised concerns among industry leaders. Denford Mutashu warned that if left unchecked, this demand could lead to a full-time dollarization of the economy. To prevent this outcome, it is essential for all stakeholders to comply with currency laws, promote financial inclusivity, and protect consumer rights.
A Twitter account, purportedly belonging to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba, has referred to the recent events as “false chaos.” The account accused manufacturers and large retailers of deliberately sabotaging the government. Read the Twitter posts:
<blockquote>
FALSE CHAOS: Behind this seeming chaos is the methodical BIG HAND OF BIG BUSINESSES!
They use forex cheaply got from the auction to retool, order raw materials, manufacture, and then redirect their output into the informal sector through their AGENTS. The net result is complete dollarisation they falsely claim hurts them; and evasion of taxes for the very government that nourishes them. #ThisMadnessMustBeStoppedNow!
</blockquote>
The Zimbabwean government has attempted to downplay the currency crisis, stating that it has engaged with the industry to control the soaring prices of basic commodities. In his weekly column for a state-owned newspaper, President Mnangagwa accused the business sector of betraying government efforts to stabilise the economy.
The Zimbabwe dollar has been rapidly losing value, and some supermarkets are pricing their goods exclusively in US dollars to avoid losses. Prices in local currency have been fluctuating daily, leading to panic buying by consumers.
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Zimbabwean Vendors Allegedly Sell Goods In Foreign Currency, With Help From Big Retailers

Veritas, a local Legal think tank, has said it is now impossible for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to make a proclamation on election dates in May. The think tank said the Electoral Amendment Bill must become law before the electoral proclamation calling the election would need to be gazetted. However, developments in Parliament on 18 May mean that it is now impossible for the proclamation to be gazetted in May.
The Bill was given its Second Reading, but the Committee Stage was still in progress when a halt was called after midnight. Even if Parliament completes the Bill on 30 and 31 May, it cannot become law before June. In a statement seen by Pindula News, Veritas said:
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Election Proclamation Now Impossible in May
Media reports have spread the word that the President will announce the dates for the 2023 general election in May. This has been understood as meaning that the Presidential election proclamation calling the election will be gazetted during May. This bulletin gives a brief explanation of why this cannot happen.
No electoral legislation can apply to an election after the President has formally called by proclamation published in the Government Gazette. The authority for that is section 157(5) of the Constitution which provides that:
After an election has been called, no change to the Electoral Law or to any other law relating to elections has effect for the purpose of that election.
The Electoral Amendment Bill must, therefore, become law as an Act before the proclamation can be gazetted.
Developments on that Bill in Parliament on Thursday 18th May have rendered it constitutionally impossible for the proclamation to be gazetted in May. We shall explain why in point form:
1. Both Houses of Parliament are now in recess until Tuesday 30th May, having adjourned to that date after their sittings on Thursday 18th May. [Earlier on Thursday afternoon the Speaker had announced the suspension of Parliamentary business, including committees, until 30th May ”in respect of the Africa Day holiday in the coming week”.]
2. The Electoral Amendment Bill must become law before the proclamation is gazetted. It is essential to the conduct of the election if the election is to comply with the Constitution Amendment No. 2 of 2021.
3. On Thursday 18th May the Bill was given its Second Reading. The Committee Stage was still in progress, amendments having been made, when just after midnight, a halt was called after a marathon sitting. The National Assembly then adjourned until Tuesday 30th May
4. Even if Parliament ­manages to complete the Electoral Amendment Bill on the 30th and 31st May, there is no possibility that the Bill can become law before a date in June.
5. The President will have to wait before having the election proclamation gazetted. He has at least until the end of June to gazette it while still remaining in compliance with section 38 of the Electoral Act.
</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa recently announced that elections would be held in August but did not specify the dates.
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Election Proclamation Now Impossible In May - Legal Think Tank

Economic blogger Tinashe has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, appealing for intervention in the creation of a University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Student Town. Tinashe expressed concern in an open letter, seen by Pindula News, that the UZ has failed its primary customers, the students, who are either living in cramped university accommodations or paying high commercial rentals in the surrounding neighbourhoods.
Tinashe said the university has a large land bank in a good location that is currently overgrown and undeveloped. He said developers are interested in building accommodation for over ten thousand students, as well as a commercial and industrial park, and staff accommodation.
He said this idea was proposed in the 1980s but has not been implemented due to academics in leadership roles who prioritize political interests over the needs of the university and its students. He said:
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There is something wrong with academics running university administration. Teaching is NOT the same as leading an organization. 
The UZ has failed in serving its primary customers who are students. It pains me greatly to see thousands of students either packed like sardines in university accommodation or having to pay commercial rentals in the neighbourhoods surrounding the UZ. Again, in these places they’re packed like sardines. 
Yet, the UZ has probably one of the biggest land banks in Harare, in a good neighbourhood. Now overgrown in grass. 
Dead capital. 
Developers are itching to get a piece of the action. 
UZ must create a student town. There is enough land and interest from developers to build accommodation for over ten thousand students. Beyond those who school at UZ. With it, must come a commercial and industrial park. And staff accommodation with many fancy duplex townhouses. Support staff at UZ is in the thousands. Many of whom will never own a property. 
This is not a new idea. It was mooted back in 80’s. That it hasn’t happened is purely because academics in political robes can’t be administrators. They don’t even understand the business case nor have the smarts to implement. They think their job is to serve political interests. Why else would dubious PHD’s be issued? 
It’s time GOZ gets proper administrators to run the UZ NOT academics. There is enough land to get all major developers to partner with the UZ. UZ is sitting on a dead asset and management is tenured and will never get fired. The minister sits in cabinet best known for some looney ideas of space and orbiting satellites. While UZ primary customers battle in the lives of sardines. 
Mr President. Do something.
</blockquote>
A student town is a community or area built primarily to provide accommodation for students attending a nearby university or college. Student towns may also include amenities such as shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues, all intended to cater to the needs of the student population.
The concept of student towns has gained popularity in recent years as universities and colleges have expanded their enrollments, leading to increased demand for student housing.
Student towns can help alleviate housing shortages and improve the overall student experience by creating a sense of community and providing convenient access to campus resources. Additionally, student towns can have a positive impact on the local economy by bringing in new businesses and creating jobs.
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President Mnangagwa Urged To Intervene In Creation Of UZ Student Town

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Temba_Mliswa/">Temba Mliswa</a>, an independent legislator in Norton, has challenged Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to respond to allegations made in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigative documentary.
The documentary series claims that the First Family and senior government officials are involved in gold and money laundering activities.
Mnangagwa has not commented on the issue, but Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said that the government is taking the allegations seriously and is investigating.

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<li><a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/2023/05/15/gold-mafia-rbz-says-there-is-no-evidence-supporting-al-jazeera-allegations/">RBZ Says There Is No Evidence Supporting Al Jazeera Allegations</a></li>
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During an interview with Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube on the platform In Conversation with Trevor, Mliswa, Mliswa questioned why Ewan MacMillan and Simon Rudland were not arrested. He urged Mnangagwa to respond to the allegations directly. Mliswa said:
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The police have not arrested Ewan MacMillan and Simon Rudland because they had the right documentation from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe as they were flying gold above board with Emirates coming back with cash and it is documented. What wrong have they done?
Most of these people saw an opportunity as business people, they are capitalists and they seized an opportunity. The question is on leadership. They have done nothing wrong, they are making their own money, their duty is to make money and any opportunity they will seize on it they are exonerated.
The number one citizen, the President has got to respond to these issues and (that’s my) advice, it’s either he takes it or he does not and advice does not have to go through one to nine.
</blockquote>
Temba Mliswa questioned why President Mnangagwa had not responded to the allegations in the Gold Mafia documentary. He also criticized the presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, for not doing a good job in responding to the issue.
Mliswa was expelled from the Zanu PF party in 2015 over allegations of various charges, including insubordination and undermining the party’s authority.
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Mliswa Challenges Mnangagwa On Gold Mafia Allegations

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Sybeth_Musengezi/">Sybeth Musengezi</a>, a former ZANU PF youth member, was issued a warrant of arrest after failing to appear in court for a fraud charge. His lawyer claimed he was unwell. Musengezi had previously filed two court applications to delay the trial, which the State accused him of using to delay the proceedings.
Some Context:
In 2012, Sybeth Musengezi allegedly misrepresented his residence to join ZANU PF’s Muzinda 1A district. Later, he allegedly misrepresented himself as being in ZANU PF’s Mai Chitepo branch, becoming a vice-chairperson and participating in party programs.
If the allegations against Sybeth Musengezi are proven true, he could face legal consequences such as fines or imprisonment for fraud and misrepresentation. The punishment for fraud and misrepresentation in Zimbabwe can vary depending on the specific circumstances of the case and the severity of the offence. 
Critics Say He’s Persecuted For Challenging President Mnangagwa:
Musengezi is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy arguing that Mnangagwa unconstitutionally landed the post of first secretary of the ruling party following the toppling of the late former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017. However, Zanu PF has dismissed Musengezi’s application as a non-event, noting that he is not a legitimate member of the party.
Musengezi’s challenge could potentially undermine Mnangagwa’s authority and create political instability in Zimbabwe. However, it is unclear whether Musengezi’s challenge will gain traction or have any significant impact on the current political situation in Zimbabwe. Ultimately, the outcome of Musengezi’s challenge will depend on the evidence presented in court and the decision of the judges.
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Musengezi Issued Warrant Of Arrest For Absence During Fraud Charge Case

An Al Jazeera investigative journalist who posed as a secretary to a fake Chinese gangster in the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Aljazeera_2023_Zimbabwe_Corruption_Documentary/">Gold Mafia series</a> has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2023/04/15/gold-mafia-uebert-angel-says-it-was-all-an-act-a-classified-national-intelligence-operation/">called by his</a> emissary <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Uebert_Angel/">Uebert Angel</a>, but the call was not recorded.
Mnangagwa allegedly offered a part of the Zambezi River shores for development and requested a one-on-one meeting with the team to finalize deals. An initial meeting with Mnangagwa was cancelled after the journalists refused to pay a $200 000 ‘facilitation fee’ to Angel. The journalist who posed as Miss Sin said:
<blockquote>
This meeting is one of those I will never forget, one of my biggest regrets happens at this meeting. Ambassador Angel takes me away from the group, one on one and puts his finger to his lips to tell me to keep quiet, I did not have any recording devices on me because the other people on the team had them.
Sometimes we would change it up a bit, who is recording and who is not. Angel dials who he tells me is President Emmerson Mnangagwa, so I am seated in the booth and hearing him speak to the President.
A lot of it is in Shona but the President is talking about how we should do more than just the casino on the Victoria Falls, he says what about the Zambezi River and talks about how we should have a one-on-one meeting with him.
</blockquote>
According to the documentary, President Mnangagwa’s wife Auxillia was recorded advising Uebert Angel to contact the President regarding the mode of transportation for smuggled gold.
Angel was a central figure who provided details and audio to the investigative team and has been cleared of suspicions. He claimed to be vetting possible investors before taking them to the President, according to his lawyer Lovemore Madhuku.
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Al Jazeera Speaks On President Mnangagwa's Unrecorded Call From Uebert Angel

The UK government sent a letter to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Zimbabwe (APPGZ) defending <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2023/03/19/mnangagwa-invited-to-attend-king-charles-iii-coronation/">the invitation</a> of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to attend King Charles III’s coronation this Saturday, despite <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2023/04/25/british-mps-advocate-cancellation-of-mnangagwas-invitation-to-king-charles-iiis-coronation/">objections from some MPs</a> who cited allegations of <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">human rights abuses</a> in the <a class="MarkdownLink_linkifiedLink__KxC9G">southern African country</a>.
In a letter seen by Pindula News, Andrew Mitchell (MP) the Minister for Development and Africa said they invited Mnangagwa to raise “concerns over human rights and the need for political reform.” Reads the letter:
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Thank you for your letter of 24 April to the Foreign Secretary, on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Zimbabwe about President Mnangagwa’s invitation to the King’s Coronation and the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. I am replying as the Minister for Development and Africa.
President Mnangagwa was invited to the King’s Coronation through a process agreed between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Royal Household. We regularly raise our concerns over human rights and the need for political reform in all official interactions with President Mnangagwa and his Ministers. Our conversations in the margins of the Coronation will allow us to do the same.
I share your concerns at the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. As a Human Rights Priority country, we continue to monitor and raise human rights in Zimbabwe and engage at senior levels, both publicly and privately. The UK wants to see Zimbabwe move along a pathway to being more peaceful, prosperous and democratic. Whilst we have welcomed some areas of progress in recent years, human rights and corruption remain areas of concern. We would like to see the Government of Zimbabwe meet its international and domestic obligations by respecting the rule of law, safeguarding human rights, and delivering genuine political and economic reform for all.
Ahead of general elections due later this year, the UK is supporting calls for all political parties in Zimbabwe to refrain from violence and intimidation, and to adopt measured language which will support peaceful campaigning. We are encouraging the Government of Zimbabwe to allow space for political opposition, media and civil society organisations to operate freely. As our Ambassador to Harare publicly stated on 2 October 2023, the UK is committed to the fundamental rights of peaceful assembly, association and due process enshrined in Zimbabwe’s constitution. We will continue to call for all incidents to be investigated.
Our Embassy in Harare continues to monitor the ongoing detention of Job Sikhala MP, including through direct observation of court hearings, and are aware of the conviction of opposition spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere. We remain concerned by the failure to address allegations of abduction and abuse of three opposition members Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri, and Netsai Marova. We have raised our concerns with the Government (most recently in meetings with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice in mid-April) and publicly called for an investigation into the allegations.
The UK will continue to balance engagement on human rights and corruption with a commitment to stand by Zimbabwe’s most vulnerable people, pursue shared interests and maintain a constructive dialogue.
Rt Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP 
Minister for Development and Africa
</blockquote>
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