The Observer

14/02/2024

Lovemore Chinoputsa speaks of Citizens Coalition For Change and Nelson Chamisa

There are many well-meaning individuals in the opposition that I know who would want to see this happening. They wait for the day when sanity will be restored. They are waiting for the day when everyone will accept that the Strategic ambiguity era is over, and that strategic ambiguity as a political strategy has more weaknesses than benefits. Leadership entails owning up and accepting that things did not go the way we expected.

Confronting such difficult questions of the day will save the Opposition and ultimately give the people of Zimbabwe a fighting chance against the Zanu Pf Regime. The efforts of President Morgan Tsvangirai have surely gone to waste with the way the Opposition is being run in this country. May His Soul Continue to rest In Peace.

Let me address some of the issues that I feel have brought us to where we are. The first thing is to apologize to the people of Zimbabwe for the pretense by many of us that things were working smoothly in their beloved party. Many of our leaders and I have willingly been contributing to the mess in the opposition by keeping quiet where we ought to have spoken out, for accepting to be overpowered by a few excitable characters, for elevating a mortal man to the levels of a semi-god who cannot be questioned, who cannot be held accountable, who should think and do everything alone and who should always have his views taken as the superior views of the day. We all did this in the name of wanting to be politically correct.

I am part of the many that have aided in the creation of a dictatorship. I apologize and wish to state that I have reached my Damascene moment and will never be found perpetuating such anti–revolutionary tendencies. I make this apology fully aware that there are many Zimbabweans who are blinded by the desire to want to see the back of ZANU PF and that they will unashamedly support and perpetuate this kind of leadership for expediency. I am also aware of the fact that just because I have met my Damascene moment, it does not automatically follow that everyone should see things in the same manner that I see them now.

I raise these issues for posterity. I know for a fact that at this point it may not be clear to everyone but I want the people of Zimbabwe to refer back to this statement 5 years or 10 years from now and reflect on the issues that I raise today. I make this statement fully aware that challenging and exposing the excesses of a popular brand will come with its fair share of criticism, name-calling, and labeling.

I do not seek to find favors from anyone. I am doing this for POSTERITY. At a personal level, I have realized that this is not what I signed up for when I willingly joined the struggle as a greenhorn teenager and gave myself to the service of the Motherland, foregoing all the luxuries of enjoying my young adult life, opportunities in both my academic and professional space that were lost as I pursued this struggle.

14/02/2024

Lovemore Chinoputsa describing what Nelson Chamisa is not

We need a leader who can navigate the complex terrain of power transfer, one who can manage statecraft, one who can assure the military contingent, who can assure the business community, war veterans, women, elderly, who can assure the “selectorate” and the political elites across the political divide, who can give confidence to the Judiciary that they are an important and equal arm of the state who should be allowed to undertake their work freely, who can assure the young boys and girls in this country that Zimbabwe can work again

14/02/2024

Lovemore Chinoputsa referring to Nelson Chamisa leadership

A One-man band that has been given the leeway to transform itself into a fully-fledged dictatorship that does not value consensus building, conflict resolution, and collective decision-making cannot be tolerated in the 21st Century. Conscious of the fact that our Zimbabwean politics is binary, having weighed the advantages and disadvantages of just wanting to be seen to be politically correct by siding and aligning with the popular character of the day, I have decided to with immediate effect disassociate with partisan politics, by quitting politics and move away from the toxic politics of the day.

14/02/2024

Lovemore Chinoputsa

My Conscience, my student Union Background, and my Ideological inclination do not in any way allow me to continue to be part and parcel of an excitable army that is creating and perpetuating a new type of Dictatorship, a POPULAR Dictatorship that conveniently hides behind the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to destroy people’s lives, batter people’s confidence, belittle people and causing emotional and psychological harm to people. I simply refuse.

13/04/2023

The Cde Speaks good sense

13/03/2023

Manicaland continues to receive incessant rains, and these are being recorded mostly in the Eastern Highlands districts: Nyanga, Mutare, Chimanimani and Chipinge.
The last met updates show Nyanga recording 102.1mm, Chipinge 38.7mm, Chisengu in Chimanimani recorded 83.3mm and in the morning, Mutare fire station recorded 23.0mm.

13/03/2023

Government of Zimbabwe will on 16 March 2023 review performance contracts for Cabinet Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Chief Executive Officers for Parastatals and Local authorities, Vice Chancellors of State Universities among other senior civil servants. The 2nd Republic under HE President Mnangagwa introduced the Performance Based Contracts in 2021 as part of efforts to ensure that citizens get the best service from public office bearers.

08/03/2023

In his remarks H.E President Mnangagwa congratulated the Johane Marange Apostolic Church for its achievements in promoting Education 5.0. The Church boasts of 26 Schools with 10 being fully functional and 16 still under construction. The President has pledged support where needed, for the schools still under construction.

H.E President Mnangagwa has donated12 truck loads of cement for the construction of the proposed boarding school. He has also fundraised USD $100000 towards the project and donated a bus to the Church for purposes of supporting programs in its schools. The President further pledged to feed the construction team during the course of building the boarding facility .

07/03/2023

Bona Ouma Mugabe, the late former President Robert Mugabe's daughter has filed for divorce against Simba Chikore Mutsahuni saying the marriage has irrevocably broken down and there is no possibility of the two getting back together.

She has filed papers at the High Court seeking an order of decree of divorce.

06/03/2023

Some people hate the pieces of land they have in their rural areas and totally neglect their rural homes without even realising the economic benefits that come with such pieces of land and with such lands.

It is reported that our fathers only worked from April after the Harvest to October when the farming season began. It was said, they left their jobs to go till the land and only went back to town after the harvest. They understood that the land was food and thus the economy.

For them, jobs were a means to an end, a way of raising seed for their farming activities. They didn't believe that one needed a job to survive for the land gave food to survive.

The trend seems to be gaining traction again, at least for some in rural Chivi( i come from Chivi). The dry arid region has become a thriving farming area again with people installing irrigation and turning their rural homes into not only comfortable retirement homes but industry!

yes, we can not all be farmers but we can help the farmer partly by growing our own food and reducing demand for expensive food.

02/03/2023

This afternoon His Excellency the President Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is the Guest Of Honour at the launch of the Zimbabwe COVID-19 Video Documentary titled “Fighting The Wave: How A Nation United To Fight The COVID-19 Pandemic” at the Rainbow Towers in Harare.

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic and a public health emergency of international concern. Zimbabwe immediately adopted a Whole of Government and Whole of Society response approach to ensure that all sectors were on board.

This multisectoral approach was led by HE President ED Mnangagwa through a Cabinet Inter-Ministerial Committee. The Committee was supported by a Working Party of Permanent Secretaries that provided technical lead for the 8 subcommittees and ensured that input from all sectors was taken into account.

Towards the end of 2022, after about 3 years of a whole of government and society COVID-19 response the national COVID-19 epidermic curve had remained flat for almost one full year. This was an indication that the pandemic was being brought under control.
The Zimbabwe COVID-19 Video Documentary serves as a repository of knowledge on the country’s response to the pandemic , experiences, key messages and lessons with the objective of creating information for future emergencies that might require a similar level of response complexity.

21/02/2023

His Excellency President Mnangagwa toured exhibition stands by Government Ministries that are at the event, supporting the Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation.

Government, through various empowerment programs, including youth hubs, horticulture, mining and fisheries, is making efforts towards youth development and empowerment so that they contribute effectively to their communities.

In addition, the youth are being empowered so that they are not a burden, dependent or possible perpetrators of violence or crime which is detrimental to national development.

20/02/2023

His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa this afternoon arrived at the J. M. Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo, ahead of the Robert Mugabe National Youth Day celebrations to be held tomorrow at Lupane State University.

Over 5000 youths and delegates from the country’s 10 Provinces are expected to attend the celebrations, running under the theme, "Drug and substance abuse a threat to vision 2030; every community's responsibility."

20/02/2023

●Update: Robert Jnr Mugabe has been set free, charges not withdrawn however the National Prosecuting Authority has given the parties an opportunity to negotiate.

Hanzi endai munotaurirana, muri mafriends.

19/02/2023

Constitutional law expert Prof Lovemore Madhuku yesterday spoke to Voice of America's Studio 7 where he addressed the issue which the opposition have been pushing for since the alleged expiry of the 14 day after ZEC Chairperson gave President ED Mnangwaga a revised delimitation report.

Herewith a truncated response of what Prof Madhuku said:

_"Patakamira izvozvi munyika hapanganzi izvozvi President vakakanganisa or havana kukanganisa because pane chinhu chimwe chakakura chiri mubumbiro remutemo chatisati takuziva vana veZimbabwe"_

_"Ichi chinhu ndechekuti REPORT yakapihwa President, iya yainzi nevanhu ndiyo final report, ichokwadi here kuti ichokwadi here kuti President vakapihwa final report?" Ndiyo nyaya iripo iyoyi. Nokuti pakaenda veElectoral Commission, Justice Chigumba vakabuda vachitaura nevatori venhau kuti 'Tapa PRESIDENT report tikufunga kuti mumazuva gumi nemana vanenge vakuGazzette'_

_"Asi ivo President, havana kutaura vari ivo asi vaitaurirwa nevamiririri vanovamiririra muhurumende vanonzi ndovanotaura official vakamirira President vakataura kuti 'Aiwa President havana kupihwa Final Report asi vapihwa inonzi revised preliminary report. Saka iyoyo inonzi revised Preliminary Report haisi iyo Final report ichingori revised preliminary report kana iri iyo. Saka hatisi kuziva kuti chokwadi ndechipi"_

_"Kana President vakapihwa Final Report ndopavanonzi vakufanirwa kuburitsa muGovernment Gazette asi kana vasina kupihwa Final report havana kuti vangabuditse chinhu. Vanotomirira kuti vapihwe Final Report. Saka munhu angabatsire nyika patakamira pano apa ndiChairperson weZimbabwe Electoral Commission Justice Priscilla Chigumba. Vanofanirwa kuchibuda vaende kunyika yese votaura kuti ini ndakamirira ZEC ndakapa President final report"_

Q: - ASIKA PROF MADHUKU, JUSTICE CHIGUMBA VAKATAURA PAVAKAPA PRESIDENT GWARO IRI KUTI NDIRO REKUPEDZISIRA INONZI FINAL REPORT, SAKA CHAVANGADZOKE VACHITAURA CHIMWE CHII?

*A* - _"Aah, zvauri kutaura izvozvo izvi kuti vakataura kusatoziva hako kuti chinonzi kutaura kudii. Kutaura hakusi kutaura nevatori venhau. Kutaura kunyora gwaro rinonzi pamutemo ndiko kutaura. Hatisati tatoona kana Statement yavo pamwe yabuda muGovernment Gazette yekuti muchirungu kuti 'On such and such a day,The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission submitted its final report to the President'. Hatina patakazviona izvozvo. Kana kunyorawo zvavo chinobuda kana zvoitwa advert mumapepanhau. Zvekuti vangoitawo chance yekuti vakasangana nemaJournalists, ko dai paive pasina maJournalist pavakabuda paState House. Hakusi iko kunonzi kutaura ikoko"_

_"Havasati vataura, ngavataure veZEC. Izvozvi izvi bhora rese ririmumaoko eZEC. Kana vasina kushinga kana kusimba kuti itaurire vanhu kuti aiwa President takavapa Final Report uye President takavataurira kuti iFinal Report. Hauvapi Final Report President usina kuvataurira kuti 'President iyi ndiyo Final Report iyi'"_

Q: - SAKA IRO GWARO RAVAKAPIHWA RAMURI KUTI HARISATI RAJEKESWA KUTI IFINAL REPORT RINOGONA KUTORA NGUVA YAKAREBA ZVAKADII PASATI PAITWA FINAL REPORT YACHO?"*

*A* - _"Iro gwaro iroro haritombori pamutemo. Takazvitaura izvozvo izvi kuti hakuna chinonzi revised preliminary report. Saka President vanotozvibvunzawo kuti iyaaa ko chamuri kuti takapihwa revised preliminary report iri kubva papi?' Asi hamukwanisi kutongesa President kana vabvunza nokuti hazvirambidzwi kuti Commission ikaburitsa yayakaendesa kuParliament iya iya yoburitsa imwe yavanoti imboonai zvatiri kuita izvi. Ndozvakanzi neOffice yaPresident ndozvakaitika"_

19/02/2023

HE President has returned home from Ethiopia where he attended the 36th Ordinary Session of the AU Summit. The Summit was themed "The year of AfCFTA: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation."

22/01/2023

WHEAT
In 2022, Zimbabwe achieved a milestone in wheat production by harvesting 375 000 tonnes of the
cereal, the highest ever recorded since wheat growing started in 1966. The wheat was harvested from 78 063 hectares of land, the highest since independence

13/08/2022

Some of the things we struggle to get paAfrica apa tichizvida hedu

13/08/2022

*Official Launch of Teachers for ED - Harare Chapter*

_Live at Christ Ministries High School_

*Address By The Guest Of Honor PB Cde Munyaradzi Machacha, Principle Chitepo School Of Ideology*

~Narrates how ZANU PF was formed by a group of teachers being led by Cde Ndabaningi Sithole a teacher.
~Acknowledged the role being played by teachers to deliver quality education although sometimes the working conditions maybe a challenge due to economic sanctions.
~Acknowledged the coming up together of teachers not with grievances or as economic spectators but as drivers/players for economic development.
~Outlined vast economic opportunities in mining, and agriculture which teachers for economic development can take advantage of.
~Reiterates that President Mnangagwa together with his government have structured and embarked on a number of economic policies and projects which accommodate everyone and results are there for everyone to witness.
~Encouraged teachers to shun western calls for regime agenda but rather take it as a burden upon their shoulders to play a part in ensuring Vision 2030 becomes a reality.

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_Distributed by_
*Zanu PF Education Directorate Harare Province*
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13/08/2022

13/08/2022

No.1

14/06/2022

SIXTEENTH POST-CABINET PRESS BRIEFING
14TH JUNE, 2022

1.0 ZIMBABWE’S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AND REPORT ON THE PROCUREMENT AND ROLLOUT OF VACCINES

Cabinet received an update on the Country‘s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic and a Report on the Procurement and Roll-Out of Vaccines, as presented by the Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Honourable Dr. C.G.D.N. Chiwenga.

The nation is advised that, as at 13 June 2022, the country’s cumulative COVID-19 cases stood at 254 155, with 246 566 recoveries and 5 521 deaths. The recovery rate was 97 %, with 2 078 active cases having been reported. The number of new COVID-19 cases decreased by 39% to 758 cases, from the 1 241 recorded the previous week. The resurgence analysis by province shows that Bulawayo Metropolitan Province which was the only province with a more than 10% increase in new cases last week, has now also recorded a less than 10% increase. The Ministry of Health and Child Care is ready to introduce COVID-19 self-test kits, mainly at points of entry and remote areas, in order to ramp up testing in all communities.

Regarding the national vaccination programme, Cabinet wishes to highlight that, as at 12 June 2022, a total of 6 249 549 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered, while 4 581 185 people had received their second dose, and 841 330 their third dose. This translates to a national coverage of 55.6%, compared to 55.5% recorded the previous week.

Accordingly, all provinces will continue strengthening implementation of public health and social measures as part of the new normal and of keeping COVID-19 in check.

Cabinet also discussed about the food deficit measures and directed that a committee be set up to expedite the food deficit mitigation programme.

2.0 PROGRESS REPORT ON THE GWAYI-SHANGANI DAM

Cabinet received a Progress Report on Gwayi-Shangani Dam and Associated Gwayi-Shangani Irrigation Development and Hydro Power Generation as presented by the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Honourable Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka.

Cabinet wishes to inform the nation that construction of the Gwayi-Shangani dam is now at 66.2% completion. The contractor is now working on the dam wall. The process of gazetting the Gwayi-Shangani dam as a lake is in progress. Excavations for the permanent access road commenced on 14 March 2022. The road will provide access to the mini-hydropower house.

The nation is also informed that contracts for civil works for the pipeline were signed on 7 April 2022, and sites were handed over to 11 contractors. All the contractors are now on site, and 68 km of the 252 km of the pipeline route have been cleared, while 6 km have been excavated. The 220 Mega Litres per day Treatment Plant at Cowdray Park is at the tendering stage, with bids having closed on 10 June 2022. About 800megalitres of the treated water will be pumped directly to the 108 ML Magwegwe Clear Water Reservoir for onward distribution to the City of Bulawayo.

Regarding hydro-power generation, the final design capacity of the plant is 10megawatts The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) and the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) will finalise the designs of the mini-hydropower plant and the subsequent electricity evacuation infrastructure by end of this month. The power generated will be fed into the national grid and assist in achieving self-sufficiency in power generation as well as rural industrialisation for the benefit of local communities.

On irrigation development, Government has engaged chiefs in Lupane, Binga and Hwange. The communities have understood the thrust of the projects and has generated a lot of interest among them. Both communal and commercial irrigation blocks have been identified. The process of identifying irrigation pumping points is now complete. The 200 hactare per district under the Vision 2030 accelerator model is receiving urgent priority, and the irrigation for Bulawayo peri-urban areas was discussed. The Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities is working on model rural homesteads designs, and the proposed design drawings, complete with costs will be produced by 1 July 2022. The homesteads will have modern ablution facilities. Valuations for compensation of households around the dam that need to be relocated have been completed. The thrust is building formal and better houses with modern designs reflecting rural development as espoused in Vision 2030.

Cabinet has directed the following:
1. that Gwayi Valley Primary school be allocated more land and funds to build more classrooms and teacher’s houses;
2. that there be greater involvement of the community and its leadership in planning for their community development; and
3. that focus on the feasibility of supplying schools along the pipeline with water for drinking and agricultural activities commences.

Cabinet further directed an acceleration of the project in line with Vison 2030.

3.0 ACCESSION OF ZIMBABWE TO NUCLEAR ENERGY CONVENTIONS, PROTOCOLS AND AGREEMENTS

Cabinet considered and adopted Zimbabwe’s accession to the following nuclear energy protocol, conventions and agreement, which were presented by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Honourable Ziyambi Ziyambi, as Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Legislation:
• Joint Protocol relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention;
• International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism;
• Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of International Atomic Energy Agency; and
• Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage.

The benefits of acceding to the Conventions, Protocol and Agreement include the following:
1. that Zimbabwe will enjoy maximum international financial security against damage resulting from the peaceful use of nuclear energy, since ratification will allow Zimbabwean courts to have jurisdiction in matters arising from nuclear damage incidents, with their judgments being binding internationally;
2. that the country will have an effective foundation for the regulatory and legislative framework for nuclear incidents;
3. improvement in Zimbabwe compliance to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) legal instruments and to international laws in general;
4. cooperation with other States in the development of effective technical and legal frameworks to combat nuclear terrorism; and
5. promotion of international peace and security through prevention of nuclear terrorism.

4.0 REPORT ON THE VISIT TO EGYPT BY THE HONOURABLE VICE PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE.

The Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Honourable Dr C.G.D.N. Chiwenga, briefed Cabinet on his Visit to Egypt from 4 to 8 June 2022, during which he attended the following events:
• the 4th Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Health, Population and Drug Control; and
• the 1st African Medical Conference and Exhibition (Africa Health Excon).
The Vice President and Minister of Health and Care also met the Egyptian Prime Minister and the Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, as well as representatives of INTRAPHARMA, the central Egytian pharmaceuticals company, on the establishment of a 50-50 joint venture pharmaceutical company as an import substitution programme in line with the local content strategy.

Cabinet wishes to advise the nation that the 4th Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Health, Population and Drug Control was held under the theme “Advancing health security and socio-economic well-being of Africa’s population: Value nutrition as an intervention”. The Conference deliberated on ensuring equitable access to health technologies, pharmaceuticals and healthcare services. Highlights included the concerns raised over the increasing incidents of drug abuse in Africa, which is negatively impacting the continent’s economic growth.

The 1st African Medical Conference and Exhibition (Africa Health Excon) was held under the theme “Your Gate to Innovation and Trade”. During the Excon Panel Discussion, the Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care was able to highlight, among others issues, the need for human capacity development; self-sufficiency in pharmaceuticals and equipment manufacturing; improvement in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene; addressing issues of substance abuse among the youth; and emergency medicine response and planning.

Meanwhile, engagements with the Egyptian Prime Minister, Minister of Health and Population, and INTRAPHARMA are expected to result in the relevant Memoranda of Understanding being signed soon. A tour of the Egyptian New Administrative City, which the Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care undertook, provided invaluable insights which will be incorporated in the development of Zimbabwe’s own New City in Mt Hampden. A Joint Permanent Commission between Zimbabwe and Egypt will be reconvened to give impetus to areas of cooperation in the fields of Health and Pharmaceuticals, Construction and Agriculture, among others etc.

5.0 REPORT ON THE FIRST ORDINARY SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATE PARTIES OF THE AFRICAN MEDICINES AGENCY (AMA)

Cabinet received a report on the First Ordinary Session of the State Parties of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) as presented by the Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Honourable Dr. C.G.D.N. Chiwenga.

The nation is informed that the First Ordinary Session of the Conference of State Parties of AMA was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1 – 3 June 2022. The meeting discussed the following: rules of procedure of the Conference of State Parties (CoSP); election of the Bureau of the CoSP to the AMA Treaty; and Assessment Report on the hosting of the AMA Headquarters. Zimbabwe is offering to be considered to host the Regional Centre of Excellence for the Southern Africa Region.



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