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Noah Manyika will not attend Today s national dialogue in state house
BUILD Zimbabwe Alliance president Noah Manyika says he won't attend today's National Dialogue meeting at the State House.
"I was invited to a second meeting at State House today but I am not attending," Manyika says in a statement to the media.
He argues that dialogue without an independent convener and without Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance will not meet the credibility test. *>>> READ MORE>>>*... [ 344 more words ]
https://zoomzimbabwe.com/2019/02/22/i-wont-attend-dialogue-without-chamisa-manyika-declares/
"I was invited to a second meeting at State House today but I am not attending," Manyika says in a statement to the media.
He argues that dialogue without an independent convener and without Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance will not meet the credibility test. *>>> READ MORE>>>*... [ 344 more words ]
https://zoomzimbabwe.com/2019/02/22/i-wont-attend-dialogue-without-chamisa-manyika-declares/
Mnangagwa denies threatening to track down lawyers
_In the Press 19 FEB 2019:_ *Govt in Command Agriculture U-turn, says costly programme to continue; Mnangagwa denies threatening to track down lawyers (audio)*
Government has dismissed as false and misleading reports in the private media claiming President Mnangagwa threatened to track down lawyers who represented rioters and doctors who treated people who were injured during demonstrations last month. The denials come despite recordings of Mnangagwa saying precisely that. _* – The Herald & Kukurigo*_
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) on Monday attacked President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly meddling in the courts adding that the incumbent was more cruel than his predecessor Robert Mugabe. Chamisa was addressing the media outside the Harare magistrates’ yesterday. _* – NewZimbabwe*_
Nostro Foreign Currency Account deposits have shot up to about US$600 million. _* – The Herald*_
DESPITE introducing a heavy penalty aimed at deterring would-be offenders, government is losing the war on illegal money changers in Harare as they are now fully back on the streets and operating openly. _* – Daily News*_
EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels agreed to maintain travel restrictions and an asset freeze on former President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, as well as the Zimbabwe Defence Industries. Suspended sanctions against Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander Phillip Valerio Sibanda and Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri were also maintained, while former police chief Augustine Chihuri and former CIO boss Happyton Bonyongwe were removed from the list. _* – ZimLive*_
A BOLT of lightning struck dead three Mvurwi tobacco farmers over the weekend who were working in the grading shed at Muswite Farm. The trio, Tonderai Mungate (21) Onward Gede (16) and Jameson (22), all from plot number 74 at Muswite Farm, were burnt to death in a grass-thatched tobacco grading shed on Sunday. _* – NewsDay*_
FOUR suspected poachers were arrested at Cross Dete Business Centre in Hwange District and elephant tusks weighing 96 kilogrammes were recovered from them. ZimParks rangers and police who were conducting patrols along the Mabale-Hwange road last Friday at around 9PM busted the syndicate. _* – Chronicle*_
GOVERNMENT says it will continue assisting farmers through the Command Agriculture programme until such a time the private sector can fund agriculture. This was said by Lands, Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri yesterday while giving a lecture at the Zimbabwe National Defence University. This is despite Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s previous commitment to scale back on the programme. In several country reports, the International Monetary Fund has questioned the design and financing of the command agriculture programme, particularly the commitment to buy large quantities of grain at above-market prices, which is not cost-efficient. _* – The Herald, NewsDay & Kukurigo*_
GOVERNMENT has expressed satisfaction with progress towards resumption of operations at Shabanie- Mashava Mines (SMM) with asbestos production expected to start in July this year when de-watering of flooded shafts is expected to be complete. Mines and Mining Development Minister Cde Winston Chitando yesterday told the media that SMM’s revival was on track. Government has remained mum on the question of ownership after the company was in 2004 seized from businessman Mutumwa Mawere on charges of externalisation of foreign currency. The Reserve Bank was to later drop the charges but the business was never returned. Instead, the administrator, AMG Global, handed over 76% ownership to government and took 24% of the business for itself. _* – The Herald & Kukurigo*_
MDC Alliance national organising secretary Amos Chibaya has revealed that the party does not expect party leader Nelson Chamisa to be challenged at the coming elective congress, because the grassroots supporters were strongly behind the youthful leader. _* – NewsDay*_
PARLIAMENT’S Committee of Standing Rules and Orders yesterday dissolved the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development and is set to unveil a Privileges Committee to investigate allegations that Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa and three others demanded a $400 000 bribe from a local businessman intending to mine in Hwange. _* – The Herald*_
MDC Mutasa South legislator Regai Tsunga has challenged government officials to change their mindset on the distribution of State-funded agricultural inputs which were distributed on partisan grounds, prejudicing opposition supporters. Tsunga told NewsDay yesterday that villagers, who are perceived to be his supporters, have been denied the inputs. _* – NewsDay*_
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Government has dismissed as false and misleading reports in the private media claiming President Mnangagwa threatened to track down lawyers who represented rioters and doctors who treated people who were injured during demonstrations last month. The denials come despite recordings of Mnangagwa saying precisely that. _* – The Herald & Kukurigo*_
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) on Monday attacked President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly meddling in the courts adding that the incumbent was more cruel than his predecessor Robert Mugabe. Chamisa was addressing the media outside the Harare magistrates’ yesterday. _* – NewZimbabwe*_
Nostro Foreign Currency Account deposits have shot up to about US$600 million. _* – The Herald*_
DESPITE introducing a heavy penalty aimed at deterring would-be offenders, government is losing the war on illegal money changers in Harare as they are now fully back on the streets and operating openly. _* – Daily News*_
EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels agreed to maintain travel restrictions and an asset freeze on former President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, as well as the Zimbabwe Defence Industries. Suspended sanctions against Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander Phillip Valerio Sibanda and Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri were also maintained, while former police chief Augustine Chihuri and former CIO boss Happyton Bonyongwe were removed from the list. _* – ZimLive*_
A BOLT of lightning struck dead three Mvurwi tobacco farmers over the weekend who were working in the grading shed at Muswite Farm. The trio, Tonderai Mungate (21) Onward Gede (16) and Jameson (22), all from plot number 74 at Muswite Farm, were burnt to death in a grass-thatched tobacco grading shed on Sunday. _* – NewsDay*_
FOUR suspected poachers were arrested at Cross Dete Business Centre in Hwange District and elephant tusks weighing 96 kilogrammes were recovered from them. ZimParks rangers and police who were conducting patrols along the Mabale-Hwange road last Friday at around 9PM busted the syndicate. _* – Chronicle*_
GOVERNMENT says it will continue assisting farmers through the Command Agriculture programme until such a time the private sector can fund agriculture. This was said by Lands, Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri yesterday while giving a lecture at the Zimbabwe National Defence University. This is despite Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s previous commitment to scale back on the programme. In several country reports, the International Monetary Fund has questioned the design and financing of the command agriculture programme, particularly the commitment to buy large quantities of grain at above-market prices, which is not cost-efficient. _* – The Herald, NewsDay & Kukurigo*_
GOVERNMENT has expressed satisfaction with progress towards resumption of operations at Shabanie- Mashava Mines (SMM) with asbestos production expected to start in July this year when de-watering of flooded shafts is expected to be complete. Mines and Mining Development Minister Cde Winston Chitando yesterday told the media that SMM’s revival was on track. Government has remained mum on the question of ownership after the company was in 2004 seized from businessman Mutumwa Mawere on charges of externalisation of foreign currency. The Reserve Bank was to later drop the charges but the business was never returned. Instead, the administrator, AMG Global, handed over 76% ownership to government and took 24% of the business for itself. _* – The Herald & Kukurigo*_
MDC Alliance national organising secretary Amos Chibaya has revealed that the party does not expect party leader Nelson Chamisa to be challenged at the coming elective congress, because the grassroots supporters were strongly behind the youthful leader. _* – NewsDay*_
PARLIAMENT’S Committee of Standing Rules and Orders yesterday dissolved the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development and is set to unveil a Privileges Committee to investigate allegations that Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa and three others demanded a $400 000 bribe from a local businessman intending to mine in Hwange. _* – The Herald*_
MDC Mutasa South legislator Regai Tsunga has challenged government officials to change their mindset on the distribution of State-funded agricultural inputs which were distributed on partisan grounds, prejudicing opposition supporters. Tsunga told NewsDay yesterday that villagers, who are perceived to be his supporters, have been denied the inputs. _* – NewsDay*_
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mnangagwa retires 4 top generals
*Mnangagwa retires four top generals as he moves to neutralise Chiwenga*
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved on Monday to consolidate his control of the military by retiring four top generals.
Former Presidential Guard commander Major General Anselem Sanyatwe (pictured right), the man who commanded the military slaughter of six people during post-election protests on August 1 last year, is being retired to join the diplomatic service, the presidency announced.
Joining him into forced retirement are Major Generals Douglas Nyikayaramba, Martin Chedondo and Air Vice Marshal Sheba Shumbayawonda.
Former minister Jonathan Moyo said Mnangagwa was using the absence of his powerful deputy, the former Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander Constantino Chiwenga, to “ring out system-wide changes in the military”.
“These are seismic military retirements. The politics of the strategy at play are naked,” Moyo said.
Mnangagwa, who was ushered into power through a military coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017, is set to replace the generals with his loyalists.
Vice President Chiwenga, currently receiving treatment in India for an undisclosed ailment, harbours ambitions to succeed Mnangagwa. In January, reports emerged of a military-backed attempt to impeach Mnangagwa who was at the time on a tour of Eastern Europe.
Major General Nyikayaramba is a former Mugabe loyalist while Major General Sanyatwe, who was recently promoted before being assigned to oversee the government’s Command Agriculture programme, is known to have been Chiwenga’s closest ally in the military.
Moyo, who tweeted news of the military shake-up even before the official announcement was made, said Mnangagwa had told Sanyatwe that he was being sent to Tanzania as ambassador, but Sanyatwe was “resisting”.
The presidency did not say where the generals are being deployed. A statement, signed by Cabinet Secretary Misheck Sibanda, only said they had been retired and reassigned to the diplomatic service “in line with the government’s critical global engagement and re-engagement strategy.”
It is not clear if Chiwenga approves of the changes. Brezhnev Malaba, the assistant editor of the privately owned Zimbabwe Independent newspaper said it was evident that the move was aimed at eroding Chiwenga’s remaining influence in the military.
“It’s part of Mnangagwa’s calculus to outflank internal Zanu PF resistance to his controversial rule and to consolidate power,” he said.
Meanwhile, Moyo revealed that Brigadier General Fidelis Mhonda, the man who led the brutal army crackdown in the wake of Mugabe’s first round defeat in the March 2008 elections to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is the new commander of the Presidential Guard.
Mhonda, then a colonel, led ‘Operation Mavotera Papi’ (Who Did You Vote For) which left over 200 MDC activists dead or missing. He will be deputised by Colonel Never Makuyana, who until recently was Mnangagwa’s army aide de-camp.
The Daily News reported on Sunday that Mnangagwa had made wholesale changes to his close security by replacing army bodyguards who have been by his side since the 2017 coup with new, suited, guards. The new team also includes members of the Air Force of Zimbabwe.
Under Mugabe, the Police Protection Unit (PPU) provided the country’s top leaders with aide de-camps, but they were considered untrustworthy when the military staged the coup.
Mnangagwa has also added elaborate security measures and protocols which were evident last week at a State House function for diplomats.
Apart from going through body scanners, his own staff — including all security details — now also have to pass the test of sniffer dogs, which have been introduced to vet people around him.
At his rallies, Mnangagwa’s security team has also lately introduced fences and barriers to keep the party’s supporters as far away from their leader as possible. This was adopted after a grenade attack during a rally in Bulawayo in June last year which missed him by a few seconds.
Over and above this, the government has also introduced other advanced security measures, including the use of drones at political rallies to protect the increasingly paranoid Mnangagwa.
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HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved on Monday to consolidate his control of the military by retiring four top generals.
Former Presidential Guard commander Major General Anselem Sanyatwe (pictured right), the man who commanded the military slaughter of six people during post-election protests on August 1 last year, is being retired to join the diplomatic service, the presidency announced.
Joining him into forced retirement are Major Generals Douglas Nyikayaramba, Martin Chedondo and Air Vice Marshal Sheba Shumbayawonda.
Former minister Jonathan Moyo said Mnangagwa was using the absence of his powerful deputy, the former Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander Constantino Chiwenga, to “ring out system-wide changes in the military”.
“These are seismic military retirements. The politics of the strategy at play are naked,” Moyo said.
Mnangagwa, who was ushered into power through a military coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017, is set to replace the generals with his loyalists.
Vice President Chiwenga, currently receiving treatment in India for an undisclosed ailment, harbours ambitions to succeed Mnangagwa. In January, reports emerged of a military-backed attempt to impeach Mnangagwa who was at the time on a tour of Eastern Europe.
Major General Nyikayaramba is a former Mugabe loyalist while Major General Sanyatwe, who was recently promoted before being assigned to oversee the government’s Command Agriculture programme, is known to have been Chiwenga’s closest ally in the military.
Moyo, who tweeted news of the military shake-up even before the official announcement was made, said Mnangagwa had told Sanyatwe that he was being sent to Tanzania as ambassador, but Sanyatwe was “resisting”.
The presidency did not say where the generals are being deployed. A statement, signed by Cabinet Secretary Misheck Sibanda, only said they had been retired and reassigned to the diplomatic service “in line with the government’s critical global engagement and re-engagement strategy.”
It is not clear if Chiwenga approves of the changes. Brezhnev Malaba, the assistant editor of the privately owned Zimbabwe Independent newspaper said it was evident that the move was aimed at eroding Chiwenga’s remaining influence in the military.
“It’s part of Mnangagwa’s calculus to outflank internal Zanu PF resistance to his controversial rule and to consolidate power,” he said.
Meanwhile, Moyo revealed that Brigadier General Fidelis Mhonda, the man who led the brutal army crackdown in the wake of Mugabe’s first round defeat in the March 2008 elections to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is the new commander of the Presidential Guard.
Mhonda, then a colonel, led ‘Operation Mavotera Papi’ (Who Did You Vote For) which left over 200 MDC activists dead or missing. He will be deputised by Colonel Never Makuyana, who until recently was Mnangagwa’s army aide de-camp.
The Daily News reported on Sunday that Mnangagwa had made wholesale changes to his close security by replacing army bodyguards who have been by his side since the 2017 coup with new, suited, guards. The new team also includes members of the Air Force of Zimbabwe.
Under Mugabe, the Police Protection Unit (PPU) provided the country’s top leaders with aide de-camps, but they were considered untrustworthy when the military staged the coup.
Mnangagwa has also added elaborate security measures and protocols which were evident last week at a State House function for diplomats.
Apart from going through body scanners, his own staff — including all security details — now also have to pass the test of sniffer dogs, which have been introduced to vet people around him.
At his rallies, Mnangagwa’s security team has also lately introduced fences and barriers to keep the party’s supporters as far away from their leader as possible. This was adopted after a grenade attack during a rally in Bulawayo in June last year which missed him by a few seconds.
Over and above this, the government has also introduced other advanced security measures, including the use of drones at political rallies to protect the increasingly paranoid Mnangagwa.
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ed reassigns 4 army officers
JUST IN: ED retires, reassigns 4 senior army officers
Feb 18, 2019 | Top Stories |
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has retired and reassigned four senior military officers to the diplomatic service in line government’s critical global engagement and re-engagement strategy.
In a statement, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said the officers, who are set to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade pending finalisation of diplomatic consultations, are:
Major General Martin Chedondo, Major General Douglas Nyikayaramba, Major General Anselem Sanyatwe and Air Vice Marshal Shebba Shumbayawonda.
Read full story here:
http://www.zbc.co.zw/ed-retires-reassigns-4-senior-army-officers/
Feb 18, 2019 | Top Stories |
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has retired and reassigned four senior military officers to the diplomatic service in line government’s critical global engagement and re-engagement strategy.
In a statement, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said the officers, who are set to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade pending finalisation of diplomatic consultations, are:
Major General Martin Chedondo, Major General Douglas Nyikayaramba, Major General Anselem Sanyatwe and Air Vice Marshal Shebba Shumbayawonda.
Read full story here:
http://www.zbc.co.zw/ed-retires-reassigns-4-senior-army-officers/
makandiwa warns mnangagwa
📰 *WL54*: *Makandiwa ⚠Warns Mnangagwa*
United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa of an inevitable foreign military intervention in Zimbabwe should there be any more bloodshed reminiscent of last month when about 17 people were shot dead by soldiers.
Addressing thousands of his congregants in Harare yesterday, the charismatic televangelist said political leaders should be wary of unnecessary bloodshed and respect the sanctity of human life. “If this happens for the third time, it will not be good. We don’t want anything that will provoke the bees (military) from outside. It won’t be our army against civilians,” he said.
“This time they will get an equal opponent, and it is going to be army against army. We don’t want that to happen because where we are now, there’s still a chance.”
Makandiwa also explained his 2010 prophecy, where he said a soldier ran out of bullets while shooting civilians, saying the real interpretation to that was a national secret, where the country’s armoury reserves had actually depleted to low levels and the government was not even aware and not ready, should international security forces be deployed against the country.
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United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa of an inevitable foreign military intervention in Zimbabwe should there be any more bloodshed reminiscent of last month when about 17 people were shot dead by soldiers.
Addressing thousands of his congregants in Harare yesterday, the charismatic televangelist said political leaders should be wary of unnecessary bloodshed and respect the sanctity of human life. “If this happens for the third time, it will not be good. We don’t want anything that will provoke the bees (military) from outside. It won’t be our army against civilians,” he said.
“This time they will get an equal opponent, and it is going to be army against army. We don’t want that to happen because where we are now, there’s still a chance.”
Makandiwa also explained his 2010 prophecy, where he said a soldier ran out of bullets while shooting civilians, saying the real interpretation to that was a national secret, where the country’s armoury reserves had actually depleted to low levels and the government was not even aware and not ready, should international security forces be deployed against the country.
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makandiwa warns government
*Makandiwa Warns Gvt Of Foreign Army Intervention.*
*By TechMag. TV reporters*
UFIC Leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has warned Zanu Pf Government of an inevitable international army intervention over Zimbabwe’s soil should there be any bloodshed, like the past incident which recorded 17 citizens dead, arguing that only talks between the two main parties will rescue the situation.
Contrary to recent statements by President Mnangagwa that he will heavily pounce on the next protest, Makandiwa warned the move will heavily backfire.
In his sermon addressing thousands of congregates today, Makandiwa said seeing blood in the street should be sacred and death of a single person must disturb the whole nation as life is vital and only God should give it and take it away. He said already, what he had prophesied in 2010 is now coming to fulfillment.
“If this happens for the third time it will not be good. We don’t want anything that will provoke the bees ( military) from outside. It won’t be our army against civilians, this time they will get an equal opponent, it is going to be army against army. We don’t want that to happen because where we are now, there’s still a chance.”
Makandiwa also explained that
See more on http://techmag.tv/makandiwa-warns-gvt-of-foreign-army-intervention/
*By TechMag. TV reporters*
UFIC Leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has warned Zanu Pf Government of an inevitable international army intervention over Zimbabwe’s soil should there be any bloodshed, like the past incident which recorded 17 citizens dead, arguing that only talks between the two main parties will rescue the situation.
Contrary to recent statements by President Mnangagwa that he will heavily pounce on the next protest, Makandiwa warned the move will heavily backfire.
In his sermon addressing thousands of congregates today, Makandiwa said seeing blood in the street should be sacred and death of a single person must disturb the whole nation as life is vital and only God should give it and take it away. He said already, what he had prophesied in 2010 is now coming to fulfillment.
“If this happens for the third time it will not be good. We don’t want anything that will provoke the bees ( military) from outside. It won’t be our army against civilians, this time they will get an equal opponent, it is going to be army against army. We don’t want that to happen because where we are now, there’s still a chance.”
Makandiwa also explained that
See more on http://techmag.tv/makandiwa-warns-gvt-of-foreign-army-intervention/
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