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An elderly woman from Nemakonde in Chief Makore’s area, Gutu, is fortunate to be alive after a lightning strike destroyed her only hut on Wednesday, moments after she had left for a neighbour’s house.
65-year-old Mbuya Mary Nyamandi was left with nothing but the clothes on her back. Her daughter, Shingai Nyamandi, told <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/granny-loses-property-in-lightining-incident/">The Mirror</a> that all of Mbuya Nyamandi’s belongings were consumed by the fire.
Mbuya Nyamandi lives with her Grade 5 grandson, who also lost everything in the blaze, except for the school uniform he was wearing at the time. Said Shingai:
<blockquote>
My mother was at a neighbour’s place when the hut was gutted by fire from the lightning. She visited a neighbour a few minutes before the rain.
She noticed smoke coming from the direction of her homestead and that is when she discovered that her hut was on fire.
Lost in the fire are clothes, identity documents, blankets, furniture and foodstuffs.
</blockquote>
Mbuya Nyamandi’s husband, whom she had lived with in Bulawayo, passed away a few years ago. The fairly new hut had been built for her by her son.
In light of the tragedy, well-wishers are being encouraged to donate food, clothes, blankets, money, or building materials to help rebuild Mbuya Nyamandi’s home.
Her daughter, Shingai Nyamandi, can be contacted at 0783270671, or donations can be made through The Mirror Helpline at 0716895703 or 0775691380.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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The lightning destroyed Granny's hut when she was not at home. She lost everything in the fire, including her clothes, documents, and food. Her grandson lost his belongings too, except for his school uniform. Granny's husband passed away, so she lived with her son who built the hut for her. People are now helping by donating food, clothes, money, and building materials to rebuild Granny's home. If anyone wants to donate, they can contact Granny's daughter or The Mirror Helpline. Granny is thankful for the help she is receiving.

Granny (65) Left with Nothing After Lightning Destroys Hut In Gutu

ZANU PF polling agents in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gutu/">Gutu</a> have allegedly received their allowances from the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Central_Intelligence_Organisation_(CIO)">Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)</a> offices at Mpandawana. This suggests a close connection between the ruling party and State entities in the 2023 election project. 
Analysts interviewed by The Mirror stated that this incident is not surprising as there seems to be a strong association between State entities and ZANU PF, blurring the lines between the party and the State.
Mirror reporters visited the CIO offices near Gutu Police Station after receiving public reports. They found numerous polling agents and some Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) members from four Gutu constituencies gathered there namely Gutu Central, South, East, and West.
When contacted for comment, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Isaac_Moyo/">Isaac Moyo</a>, the CIO Director General, denied knowledge of the situation, stating, “I have no knowledge of it,” before ending the call. One of the agents confirmed to The Mirror:
<blockquote>
We received our allowances from these offices a few days after the elections. Today, we were called on short notice and told to sign papers to confirm the receipts because there are allegations that some of us were shortchanged and did not receive the money.
</blockquote>
The agents were disappointed as they were called to the CIO offices but not given money for transportation or food.
Opposition parties, particularly the CCC, have raised concerns about the CIO’s influence on the elections through a group called FAZ. It is alleged that FAZ controlled the Zimbabwe Electoral Authority (ZEC) and manipulated the elections in Gutu District. Presiding officers, including Teachers4ED members, were accused of manipulating results and harassing CCC representatives. The international community declined to endorse the elections due to the perceived closeness between the State and ZANU PF, suggesting that the ruling party had significant control. The involvement of the CIO in financial transactions on behalf of a political party was deemed inappropriate by Wilfred Mandinde of the Zimbabwe NGO Forum. Mandinde declared:
<blockquote>
We have seen arms of the State acting like paramilitaries of Zanu-PF. This has to stop.
</blockquote>
According to reports, ZANU PF’s chief agents received US$200 in allowances, while roving agents received US$160, and ordinary agents received US$120. ZANU PF had previously claimed to have millions of dollars for the elections.
In Gutu District, there were reports of widespread harassment by FAZ operatives, resulting in numerous opposition supporters being imprisoned and required to pay substantial fines for minor altercations. Ephraim Murudu, a CCC candidate in Gutu West and a war veteran, was allegedly fined US$300, which had to be paid immediately, following an incident involving a FAZ member.
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ZANU PF Polling Agents Allegedly Received Allowances From CIO Offices

Lithium company <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/09/17/loads-of-lithium-at-bikita-minerals-ready-for-shipping-to-china-tsenengamu/">Bikita Sinomine</a> has begun construction on a $22 million power line stretching 120km from Tokwe to Bikita in Masvingo Province. The power line will supply electricity to Bikita Sinomine’s lithium mine and also electrify <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Bikita">Bikita</a>, Gutu, and Zaka communities and business centres.
The company has allocated $2 million for the electrification of these rural areas. According to mine manager, David Mwanza, the power line will ensure a reliable power supply for Bikita Sinomine’s mining and processing operations and provide electricity to surrounding communities. He told the <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/lithium-investor-begins-us22m-power-line-project/">Chronicle</a>:
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This US$22 million project will guarantee us adequate and reliable power for our operations while at the same time providing electricity to communities. We have set aside US$2 million for the rural electrification programme.
</blockquote>
Mr Mwanza said Bikita Sinomine has invested $200 million in Spodumene and Pestilent Plants, both requiring constant power supply. Work on the 120km power line from Tokwe to Bikita began three weeks ago and is expected to be completed by December. The company aims to achieve $750 million in annual revenue this year, depending on the completion of the new plants in June and July.
According to finance manager Mr Amanda Makausi, Bikita Sinomine is projected to reach an annual revenue of $1 billion by 2024. The Chinese investor Sinomine’s $300 million takeover of Bikita Minerals has resulted in rapid growth, increasing production from 3 000 tonnes to 10 000 tonnes per month since February 2022.
The new plants are expected to triple production to 30 000 tonnes per month once commissioned. The increased production has also significantly increased the mine’s contribution to the fiscus, with Bikita Sinomine now being one of the biggest tax contributors in Masvingo province. The company pays $150 000 monthly in employment tax, $3 million monthly in other taxes, and mining royalties.
Bikita Sinomine’s rapid expansion has reportedly resulted in the creation of 660 jobs, with an additional 1 400 expected after the completion of the Petalite and Spodumene plants. The company is also said to be offering competitive salaries to workers along with a monthly production bonus, which is 50% of their net salary.
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Lithium Company Begins Construction On A $22 Million Power Line 

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has blocked CCC from holding a meeting at Dewure Business Centre, Ward 35 of Gutu Central Constituency that was scheduled for this Sunday.
In a letter dated 10 February 2023 addressed to CCC’s Lloyd Mupfudze, Chief Superintendent Taurai Joackim Mambure of Masvingo East Police District said the meeting cannot be held because “the venue is still volatile to violence”. Reads the prohibition notice:
<blockquote>
<h2>SUBJECT: PROHIBITION NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 8(a) of MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER ACT CHAPTER 11:23]</h2>
I Chief Superintendent Taurai Joackim Mambure of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. being the regulating authority for Masvingo East Police District covering an area of jurisdiction extending from Shashe River to the North West.
Denhere Communal lands to the North, Dewure River to the East and Manjirenji Dam to the South.
ACKNOWLEDGE receipt of your notification to hold a public meeting dated 05/02/23 to be held at Dewure Business Centre, Ward 35 Gutu Central Constituency on 12/02/2023 from 1000 hours to 1600 hours which you submitted in terms of section 7 of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act Chapter 11.23.
The application could not be approved since the venue is still volatile to violence as per our assessment (Stakeholders’ Engagement] on 29/03/22 in which you also took part.
Reference is also made to all political parties’ meeting held on 23/11/22 after a sharp increase of politically motivated cases in Gutu Central Constituency in which you were also a participant in the meeting. We are still receiving some reports of the same nature although in a decline.
Also, be advised that another political party had made a notification to hold a political activity at the same venue (Dewure Business Centre).
It is prudent that political activities be prohibited at that venue until sanity prevails. Hence all notifications pertaining to that venue are prohibited.
NOW, THEREFORE, I as the Regulating Officer do hereby issue this prohibition notice in terms of section 819) of Maintenance of Peace and Order Act [Chapter 11.23], prohibiting the holding of a public meeting scheduled for 12/02/2023 at Dewure Business Centre, ward 35 Gutu Central Constituency from 1000 hours to 1600 hours.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared in terms of section 8 (11) of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act [Chapter 11: 23] that any person who knowingly opposes or fails to comply with this prohibition notice shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 14 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
The Officer-in-Charge ZRP Gutu is accordingly advised for the necessary monitoring.
</blockquote>

Police Block CCC Rally In Gutu Central

Village heads from Ward 37 in Gutu Central constituency reportedly refused to receive 200 bags of Compound D fertiliser brought for distribution under the Presidential Inputs Scheme by the local councillor.
The Mirror reported that the distribution was supposed to happen at Tachi Business Center near Mukaro on Thursday but the lorry was forced to return with its load.
The local councillor, Gabriel Mapepa, confirmed the incident but accused “drunk youths” of disrupting the distribution process.
However, The Mirror reported sources as saying it was the village heads who came together and decided to refuse the fertiliser.
They said Mapepa had allocated more bags to his home which is called Chipangane B.
After the councillor had briefed the village heads about the distribution modalities, they allegedly refused to accept the fertiliser.
They came from the meeting and told the villagers to reject the fertiliser until the councillor brought the missing bags that had been allocated to Chipangane B.
According to The Mirror, Ward 37 is divided into two distribution centres, one at Tachi which is Chipangane A and another near Gutu Mission which is Chipangane B. Said Mapepa:
<blockquote>
We stopped the distribution yesterday because some rowdy youths disrupted the meeting. It was not the village heads who rejected the inputs.
</blockquote>
Mapepa reportedly distributed 290 bags to his home area and 200 to Tachi and four villagers were supposed to share a bag.
The councillor is accused of trying to woo voters in the upper part of the ward in areas around the Gutu mission which is occupied by the working class who largely support the opposition.
A disgruntled villager claimed that last year almost 20 bags of fertilizer from the Presidential input scheme disappeared and Mapepa failed to account for them. | <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/village-heads-reject-presidential-inputs/">The Mirror</a>

Gutu Village Heads Reject Free Presidential Inputs

Police in Masvingo have invoked the Maintenance of Peace &amp; Order Act to ban a tree planting day activity organised by Masvingo resident Lloyd Mupfudze in ward 4, Gutu, on 15 December 2022.
In a letter addressed to Mupfudze, Chief Superintendent Taurai Joackim Mambure, who is the Regulating Authority for Masvingo East Police District, said the tree-planting-day event cannot go ahead because another political party had already notified them of its intention to hold a political meeting in the same ward. Part of the letter reads:
<blockquote>
I Chief Superintendent Taurai Joackim Mambure of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, being the regulating authority for Masvingo East Police District covering an area of jurisdiction extending from Shashe River to the North West, Denhere Communal lands to the North, Dewure River to the East and Manjirenji Dam to the South.
ACKNOWLEDGE receipt of your notification to hold a tree planting day dated 10/12/22 to be done in Gutu North Constituency, Ward 4, at Takaona Homestead on 15 December 2022 from 1000 hours to 1600 hours which you submitted in terms of Section 7 of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act Chapter 11.23.
You are being advised that another political party had already made a notification to hold a political meeting on the same date and ward [Ward 4).
NOW, THEREFORE, I as the Regulating Officer do hereby issue this prohibition notice in terms of section 8(9) of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act [Chapter 11.23], prohibiting the holding of tree planting day scheduled for 15/12/22 in Gutu North Constituency Ward 4, from 1000 hours to 1600 hours.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared in terms of section 8 (11) of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act [Chapter 11: 23] that any person who knowingly opposes or fails to comply with this prohibition notice shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 14 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
The Officer-in-Charge ZRP Gutu is accordingly advised for the necessary monitoring.
</blockquote>

Police Block Gutu Resident From Holding Tree Planting Event

The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said it condemns political violence in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gutu">Gutu</a>, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Masvingo_Province">Masvingo</a> which it said is being perpetrated by members of the ruling ZANU PF.
The party said it will remain focused on its goal to win the 2023 elections, <a href="https://tellzim.com/political-violence-rears-ugly-head-in-gutu/">TellZim</a> reported citing CCC spokesperson, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Fadzayi_Mahere">Fadzayi Mahere</a>. She is cited as saying:
<blockquote>
No amount of panic and lawlessness by Zanu PF will get in the way of political change whose time has come. We condemn the escalation of political violence in Gutu that is being perpetrated by Zanu PF.
We remain focused on our task of registering citizens to vote in their millions so we win big in 2023. We have assembled peace and security teams to protect our members. Gutu and neighbouring communities remain defiant and are ready to do whatever it takes to win Zimbabwe for change.
</blockquote>
<h2>Some context:</h2>
It is alleged that members of the ruling ZANU PF in Gutu North and Central constituencies are attacking individuals believed to be opposition party supporters.
Teachers at Machingambi Secondary School were on November 22, 2022, also subjected to alleged victimization at the hands of Zanu PF’s Gutu District Coordinating Committee (DCC) vice chairperson identified as Musara after participating in a data collection exercise on behalf of Australia-based academic Professor Felix Mavhondo, according to TellZim.
Musara allegedly accused teachers at the school of working for opposition political parties after establishing that Prof Mavhondo had tasked them to collect data on his project in form of questionnaires.
During the run-up to March 26, 2022 by-elections CCC supporters were attacked at a rally in Kwekwe <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/11-of-the-16-arrested-for-violence-murder-at-ccc-kwekwe-rally-released/">leading to the death of Mboneni Ncube after being stabbed with a spear.</a>
The Gokwe-Kabuyuni by-elections held on August 27 saw Nelson Chamisa’s <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/mahere-says-zanu-pf-thugs-attacked-chamisas-convoy-citizens-attending-gokwe-rally/">convoy under attack allegedly by senior ZANU PF officials</a> with Local government minister July Moyo allegedly involved.
Senior ZANU PF officials are on record <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/owen-ncube-threatens-worse-than-2008-political-violence-against-sell-outs/">threatening that 2023 will be worse than 2008</a> when members of the opposition MDC were attacked and killed in the run-up to the run-off election.
Political analysts say the 2023 elections will likely be bloody.
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CCC Condemns "Escalation Of Violence In Gutu Being Perpetrated By ZANU PF"

The Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) has accused ZANU PF activists in Gutu of unleashing violence targetting perceived opposition members at Mupandawana Growth Point and its environs.
CCC Gutu district elections officer Lloyd Mupfudze told <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/30-displaced-as-zanu-pf-violence-mounts/">The Mirror</a> that the violence is creating a humanitarian crisis by the day with more than 30 families running away from homes and workplaces.
Mupfudze appealed to well-wishers for food and shelter for the victims of the violence adding that the situation was deteriorating. He said:
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There is a crisis. Families that have run away from their homes don’t have shelter and food. Others have lost sources of income after being pushed out of their workplaces.
These victims and their children need to eat and a place to sleep but we have no means to help.
Many people are sleeping in the bush for fear of being attacked at night. The majority of the victims are residents of Mpandawana while others stay on the outskirts of the growth point.
Many people have moved together with their children out of the district to Harare and other places.
It is well-organized and funded violence in the district and the Police is not arresting anyone to the extent that some people are assaulted at Police stations and in front of senior officers.
The godfathers of the violence are known and they openly brag about it. Gangs of hired thugs move in groups in broad daylight armed with banned weapons like catapults, knobkerries, stones and machetes.
They choose their victims randomly and they abduct, assault men and women in public.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the Officer Commanding Masvingo East, Superintendent Taurai Mambure, was reportedly forced to call for an urgent all-parties meeting on Wednesday to discuss the issue of violence.
Mambure reportedly barred The Mirror from the meeting and refused to give a statement after more than 4 hours of deliberations.
<h2>Alleged victims of political violence</h2>
Four Makumbe brothers Tom, Kudakwashe, Nhamo and Jervas were reportedly severely assaulted, thrown into sewage and had their phones crushed.
The brothers have a welding company at Mpandawana Growth Point but they closed the shop and disappeared.
CCC councillor, Bernard Chimwango’s wife, Blessing Chiriga was assaulted this week at the main bus rank.
She and her children have left the district for fear of further attacks, while Chimwango is also no longer staying at his house which is at Mpandawana, reported the mirror.
<h2>Who is behind the attacks?</h2>
According to The Mirror, the ringleader in the attack has been identified as Josephat Sarukore who is the ZANU PF District chair.
Sarukore’s brothers Tawanda and Samson have also been fingered while Joseph Mudziwepasi, a son of a businessman at the growth point has openly confirmed his role in the violence.

Political Violence Forces Dozens Of People To Flee Mupandawana

A ZANU PF councillor in Gutu has reportedly threatened to withhold food and other Government aid from people who attended the funeral of Nyasha Zhambe, an MDC activist killed by suspected ruling party members last month.
Gutu Ward 24 councillor Mathias Takamira Rashai summoned villagers to a meeting at Mawungwa Township a week after Zhambe was buried.
At the meeting, Rashai allegedly told villagers that he had a list of people who participated at the funeral.
He reportedly said all those who were singing at the funeral or chanting MDC slogans are banished from getting Government aid of any form.
Rashai and two other ZANU PF councillors were present at Zhambe’s burial but refused to give condolence messages although they were listed on the programme.
The Mirror reported sources as saying Rashai also told the gathering that the MDC was banned in the Ward.
Rashai confirmed holding a meeting at Mawungwa but denied allegations that he blacklisted MDC supporters from getting Government aid. Said Rashai:
<blockquote>
I don’t know what you are talking about. Bring me the evidence or person who said that.
</blockquote>
He is also alleged to have threatened the deceased’s brother Onisimo Zhambe with unspecified action for wearing an MDC T-shirt at the funeral.
But Onisimo told The Mirror that since they (ZANU PF activists) had killed his brother, he was not afraid anymore.
Nyasha Zhambe (48), was assaulted at an illegal roadblock mounted by ZANU PF activists at Mpandawana Growth Point on 14 October 2021.
He was severely injured and admitted to Parirenyatwa Hospital where he died on 24 November.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), is yet to make any arrests even though names of the suspects and the video footage are available.
The local chief, Chief Mawere condemned the callous murder during a speech at the funeral. The traditional leader urged the Government to bring to justice the perpetrators of the heinous crime.
<h4>More: <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/no-aid-for-villagers-who-mourned-mdc-activist-councilor/">The Mirror</a></h4>

No Food Aid For Villagers Who Mourned Slain Gutu MDC Activist

The country’s main opposition party, the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa has announced the death of one of its members, Nyasha Zhambe Mawere who was allegedly abducted and tortured by suspected ZANU PF activists in Gutu.
The MDC Alliance said Mawere was abducted and severely tortured by ZANU PF thugs after he attended Chamisa’s meeting with community leaders in Gutu, Masvingo Province. The party said in <a href="https://twitter.com/mdczimbabwe/status/1464094059409072129?s=20">a statement</a>:
<blockquote>
The MDC Alliance mourns the sad passing of our member, Nyasha Zhambe Mawere.
He was abducted and severely tortured by ZANU PF thugs after he attended President [Nelson Chamisa] community leaders’ meeting in Gutu. Political violence must stop. The regime is at war with the people.
</blockquote>
Last month Chamisa and his team were attacked again by ruling party supporters, who barricaded roads to deny his convoy access to a village in Masvingo.
READ MORE: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/10/22/mdc-alliance-challenges-police-to-uphold-the-constitution-full-text/">MDC Alliance Challenges Police To Uphold The Constitution | FULL TEXT</a>
A group of about 200 ZANU PF supporters descended on Chamisa’s convoy and damaged five cars and injured five opposition supporters.
Chamisa was undertaking community interface meetings around the country as he mobilises support ahead of the 2023 elections.
The opposition leader faced similar attacks from ZANU PF members when he toured Manicaland and Mashonaland West provinces.
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

MDC Member Abducted And Tortured During Chamisa Tour Dies

Suspected ZANU PF activists reportedly vandalised a vehicle in which MDC Alliance (MDC-A) Youth Acting Organiser, Lovejoy Chitengu was travelling.
According to MDC-A Youth Assembly National Spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma, Chitengu was attacked on Thursday afternoon at Mupandawana Growth Point in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gutu">Gutu</a>. He was on his way to Bhasera. <a href="https://twitter.com/chumasteve/status/1448621734710714372?s=20">Chuma tweeted:</a>
<blockquote>
ZANU PF thugs this afternoon vandalized a vehicle in which our Youth Acting Organiser, Lovejoy Chitengu was travelling. This happened at Mupandawana, Gutu. He was headed to Bhasera. We shall not fold our hands in face of provocation!
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the MDC-A said six of its members were kidnapped and beaten at an illegal roadblock allegedly mounted by ZANU PF activists.
They were on their way back from a meeting being addressed by the party’s president Nelson Chamisa. The MDC-A posted on Twitter:
<blockquote>
6 MDC Alliance members have been kidnapped &amp; beaten on their way back from a meeting being addressed by Chamisa.
They were attacked at Gutu Garage in Mupandawana. This was at an illegal roadblock manned by Zanu PF youth. @PoliceZimbabwe were present watching the attack.
We have been contacted by @CouncilorMutub1 who advises that his vehicle was stoned in Gutu. He was with 3 others who are now missing.
He fled for his life after Zanu PF youth attacked their car. Illegal roadblocks manned by Zanu PF have been mounted throughout Gutu.
Zanu PF youths have unleashed an orgy of violence in Gutu following a meeting held there by President @nelsonchamisa.
Those who are coming back from the meeting are being arbitrarily kidnapped &amp; beaten. Cars are being stoned. A number of members are missing.
</blockquote>
Earlier on Thursday, Chamisa held a meeting with community leaders, war veterans, opinion makers, vendors and special interest groups in Gutu.
The party said it is forming a broad alliance to secure six million votes in the 2023 general elections.
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

Suspected ZANU PF Activists Unleash Orgy Of Violence In Gutu

Tens of people who were injured during the infamous Kamungoma massacre by the Rhodesian army on 14 May 1978 in Dewende, Gutu, are bitter after the government abandoned them.
Some of the victims are living with bullets lodged in their bodies, and are still waiting for Government compensation 41 years after independence.
105 civilians including one ZANLA combatant were killed in one of the worst liberation war massacres inside Zimbabwe.
The attack by the Rhodesian Army which lasted more than two hours happened at a pungwe (night gathering) attended by 300 people from surrounding Dewende farms, Chimombe and Chiwara Villages.
The survivors who spoke to Masvingo Mirror said most of their colleagues died over the years from war wounds and they did not receive any assistance including State assisted burials.
The MP for Gutu East, Berita Chikwama said she was aware of the problems facing Kamungoma war victims adding that there is a debate currently going on at the highest level and the issue of their allowances would soon be addressed.
The survivors are now regretting their support for the war because there has been no rest for them since 1978.
One angry woman, Monia Tarutira said she lost three relatives on the night, her daughter, her sister-in-law and the sister-in law’s child.
She said it would have been better for her daughter to be a sex worker than a war collaborator. Said Tarutira:
<blockquote>
What kind of treatment is that? Dozens of people continued to die here for the last 43 years from injuries sustained during the attack.
The Government did not take care of their medication or assist with burials. I get very hurt when I think of this and this is the reason why I came here to talk to you.
It would be better had my daughter been a sex worker than a war collaborator. At least sex workers support their parents.
Her grave is just a bush, Government has been making promises to build graves for Kamungoma War Victims but as usual, it is just a promise.
My daughter once came to me in a dream and told me not to worry because she was going to fight. I am still waiting to see her fight.
</blockquote>
Kamungoma War Victims chairperson Vongai Mapfumo said there were just a few victims who were compensated after the war and they include herself, her mother Patricia Mapfumo and Petros Makwanya who lives with a bullet lodged next to his brain.
The three who are getting compensation from Government are just receiving an allowance of ZWL$3 000 which is equivalent to US$20 at the market rate.
Tens of war victims with various degrees of disability ranging from 20 to 70% have not been compensated.
Some have bullets lodged in different parts of their bodies, others suffered multiple fractures and can barely walk let alone do basic work like tending to their fields or carry 5 litres of water.
<h4>More: <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/gutu-1978-war-victims-wallow-in-poverty/">Masvingo Mirror</a></h4>

Gutu 1978 Rhodesian Massacre Survivors Wallow In Poverty

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the death of five people in an accident that occurred along Chivhu-Gutu road, ZBC News reports.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Nyathi told the national broadcaster that the accident occurred when an Inter-Africa bus collided with a Honda Stream vehicle while trying to overtake another bus.
According to Masvingo Mirror, the head-on collision occurred near Matizha Business Centre in Gutu District on Saturday morning.
A motorist who arrived soon after the accident said he took one of the survivors to Matizha Clinic.
Eyewitnesses told the publication that an Inter-Africa bus was trying to overtake another bus when it encroached into the lane of the oncoming Honda Stream.
The Honda Stream swerved off the road but the bus did the same and they collided.
Last year the government banned private commuter omnibuses (kombis) resulting in little non-commercial vehicles (4 passengers) overloading passengers to fill in the void in the transport sector.
The transport sector is now dominated by Mushikashika vehicles which although they have capacities of 4 passengers are carrying as many as nine passengers.
<h4>More: <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/6-people-feared-dead-in-a-toyota-wish-bus-accident-in-gutu/?fbclid=IwAR395afgUi1-XHDnKseytVruP0VQNMPB7e-sBPFNWkg5Rv1_VNFN-Jz5WMg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Masvingo Mirror</a></h4>

Five People Killed In Inter-Africa Bus, Honda Stream Collision

A Gutu Rural District Council subcommittee yesterday approved Zanu PF secretary for security, Lovemore Matuke’s application to build a clinic less than six months after rejecting a similar project by MDC-A president Nelson Chamisa.
The town board committee chaired by Gabriel Mapepa approved Matuke’s private clinic, to be known as Sandon Clinic.
It will be built at Mpandawana Growth Point just across Munhende River along Gutu – Chatsworth road.
According to council officials who presented the application to the committee, Sandon Clinic will primarily serve Matuke’s private school called Sandon which is more than 10km away from Mupandawana.
The development has been viewed by some observers as a clear show of double standards and politicisation of development.
Last year the same council rejected a bigger hospital and school project proposed by Chamisa for rural Mawunga.
According to Masvingo Mirror, the rural people to be served by Chamisa’s hospital project travel 70km to the nearest hospital and are therefore in a worse situation than those at Mpandawana Growth Point where Matuke’s clinic will be built.
Moreover, Sandon Clinic is going to be built 800m from Gutu Rural Hospital, the second-largest hospital in Gutu District.
Matuke’s clinic is also 9km from Gutu Mission Hospital, the biggest referral hospital in the district.
The approval of Matuke’s project now awaits the endorsement of the full council.
Meanwhile, Matuke also recently started an ambulance business in Masvingo under the name Trans-care Emergency Medical Services.
<h4>More: <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/gutu-rdc-approves-matuke-clinic-after-rejecting-chamisa-project/?fbclid=IwAR2q48fg9vPZql0nhoWdCJPguDPqNL5ywd8yTRTJd_xx3p5ZKjIqGGl7llo">Masvingo Mirror</a></h4>

Gutu RDC Approves Zanu PF Bigwig's Clinic After Rejecting Chamisa's Hospital Project

Scores of Gutu North <a href="https://twitter.com/MJairosi/status/1365672303435132943">residents attended</a> a ZANU PF rally raising issues of the government’s selective application of the law after 1<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/22/update-12-mdc-alliance-activists-freed-on-bail/">2 MDC Alliance officials were arrested in Chinhoyi</a> recently after gathering to organise a funeral of one of their members.
Some said the national lockdown was a political tool by the ruling ZANU PF to silence the opposition in Zimbabwe. They observed that a number of MDC Alliance activists were also arrested recently after they attended court in solidarity with their imprisoned colleague, Haruzivishe Makomborero. See pictures below.
 
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Current lockdown measures prohibit social gatherings while those intended for funerals should not exceed 30 people.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to announce new lockdown measures as the current ones imposed on 15 February are set to expire on Monday.

PICTURES: Scores Of People Attend ZANU PF Rally

A 16-year-old girl from Gutu was robbed of her laptop and some cash in Masvingo after being lured to the town with a job offer by her assailant.
According to a statement by national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, the girl responded to a WhatsApp job advertisement which required young girls interested in the purported job offers to bring a laptop to use on the job.
On arrival in Masvingo, the young girl was taken to a building under construction by an unknown male who then raped her and robbed her of the laptop and cash. Asst Insp Nyathi said:
<blockquote>The ZRP urges members of the public to be wary of online advertisements and jobs being posted by some unscrupulous criminals who end up robbing them of their valuables.
This follows a case which occurred in Masvingo on 9 January 2021, in which a girl (16) from Gutu was lured by an unknown male adult, through a WhatsApp message advertisement dubbed “kuwana basa nyore nyore”, in which the accused person alleged that he was offering employment to young girls.
The accused further stated that those willing to be employed must have a laptop for use.
The girl went to Masvingo where she was later robbed of a laptop plus cash and raped in a building under construction.</blockquote>

Girl (16) Robbed, Raped After Responding To WhatsApp Job Advert

MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has spent part the Festive Season at his Gutu rural home working in the fields. In the video below, which he shared on Twitter, Chamisa is steadying an ox-drawn plough behind a span of oxen. He captioned the video with the words:
<blockquote>Farming time… I’m in the. Life is tough for many, particularly in rural Zimbabwe. We aim to introduce SMART agriculture with a tractor per village scheme to improve efficiency, yield per hectare turning farming from subsistence to commercial. #smartagriculture.</blockquote>
Watch the video below:
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WATCH: Chamisa Steadies Plough Behind Span Of Oxen In Rural Gutu

The MDC Alliance (MDC-A) Youth Assembly has slammed the ZANU PF-dominated Gutu Rural District <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/11/30/chamisa-plans-to-build-school-hospital-frustrated-by-zanu-pf-councillors/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">for blocking opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa from building a boarding school and a hospital in his home area in Ward 23 in Chiwara, Gutu.</a>
MDC-A Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma criticised the ruling party’s “stone age mentality”, saying it was high time they have to question ZANU PF’s penchant for normalising the abnormal. Said Chuma:
<blockquote>Disturbing reports that the ZANU PF-run Gutu Rural District Council shot down a noble proposal by MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa to build a state of the art boarding school and a hospital in his rural home must be condemned in strongest terms by all rightful thinking citizens.
In this 4th Industrial Revolution era when other countries are bridging the gap between rural and urban areas, it will be folly for us to allow the barren ZANU PF Stone Age mentality to take centre stage at the expense of the development of our rural areas.</blockquote>
This follows reports that Gutu RDC chairperson, Nicholas Zambara, a ZANU PF functionary and retired teacher, claimed that villagers in Chiwara had rejected the idea of the school and hospital during a full council meeting held last Thursday.
This is despite the fact that Gutu South has just 10 secondary schools and one boarding (Mukaro High) and the majority of children in the constituency walk 17km to school every day while the sick have to travel to Masvingo for medical care.
<h4>More: <a href="https://nehandaradio.com/2020/12/03/mdc-alliance-youth-slam-rural-council-for-blocking-chamisa-hospital/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nehanda Radio</a></h4>

MDC-A Youths Lambast Gutu RDC For Blocking Chamisa's School & Hospital Projects

MDC Alliance (MDC-A) president Nelson Chamisa was blocked from building a boarding school and a hospital in his village in Ward 23 in Chiwara by the Gutu Rural District Council.
The matter was debated during a full council meeting on Thursday and Gutu RDC chairperson Nicholas Zambara, a retired teacher, claimed that villagers in Chiwara had rejected the idea of the school and hospital.
Zambara was supported by Gutu acting District Development Coordinator Chiedza Tafirei who alleged that the villagers had told him that the school and hospital will take away a lot of their land.
This is despite the fact that Gutu South has just 10 secondary schools and one boarding (Mukaro High) and the majority of children in the constituency walk 17km to school every day, according to Masvingo Mirror.
The area also has no referral hospital and villagers hike 70km to Masvingo and the situation is exacerbated by the absence of ambulances.
Some councillors, however, chided Zambara for placing ZANU PF politics ahead of the welfare of the very same people he was elected to serve in council.
The fierce debate forced the matter to be taken back to the Road Works and Planning Committee before it comes back to full council at the next meeting.
Masvingo Mirror further reports that those who were against the idea of a new school were identified as Zambara, Chief Masanganise, Gutu South MP Yeukai Simbanegavi’s husband and Community Services head of department Thomas Muparamoto and Town Board appointed member Buster Mafio.
Meanwhile, Ward 34 Councilor Wickliff Matindike, Ward 33 Councilor Benard Chimwango, Mannie, Chief Chitsa and Chief Serima supported the approval of the project.
<h4>More: <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/chamisa-bid-to-build-school-hospital-hits-brick-wall/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Masvingo Mirror</a></h4>

Chamisa Plans To Build School, Hospital Frustrated By ZANU PF Councillors

The ruling ZANU PF party reportedly abandoned scores of its supporters who had been bused to Matizha Business Centre, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gutu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gutu</a> for President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmerson Mnangagwa’s</a> monthly clean-up campaign on Friday.
Rumbidzai Andirisi, who lives in Rutenga under Chief Neshuro told NewZimbabwe.com that, she, and her two sisters, were yet to find transport to return home more than 24 hours after Mnangagwa’s rally. She said:
<blockquote>We had gone to collect water at a nearby borehole. When we got back, we heard it (bus) had already left for where people were being given rice.
Fortunately, there was enough rice and we collected ours today, after that, we boarded a Senator bus free of charge to Mpandawana where we got transport that got us here.
Three of us have been assisted up to Roy Turnoff (Masvingo-Mutare road) but we are still far from <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Rutenga" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rutenga</a> where we came from and more were left in Gutu.</blockquote>
ZANU PF usually attracts large crowds at its rallies with party spin doctors claiming that the huge attendances prove that the party is popular with the masses.
However, critics accuse the party of dragging unwilling villagers to its rallies with promises of rice and threats of violence.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/zanu-pf-supporters-left-stranded-by-hired-buses-after-attending-mnangagwas-gutu-clean-up/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

ZANU PF Abandons Its Bused Supporters In Gutu

Throngs of people are seen in this video waiting for the president to address them at a rally in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gutu">Gutu</a> where he was having a cleanup campaign at Mupandawana today.
Watch the video below:
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President <a href="https://twitter.com/edmnangagwa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@edmnangagwa</a> is welcomed to Gutu by multitudes of his Party supporters <a href="https://t.co/PPJK4AWyYJ">pic.twitter.com/PPJK4AWyYJ</a>
— <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nick_Mangwana">Nick Mangwana</a> (@nickmangwana) <a href="https://twitter.com/nickmangwana/status/1235897945532305408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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WATCH: A Large Crowd Attends ED's Rally In Gutu

An Advanced Level student who obtained 20 points in the November 2019 Examinations was awarded a car by her school for her excellence last Thursday.
Tinotenda Chidume (19) was a learner at Sandon Academy in Mupandawana, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gutu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gutu District</a>, Masvingo and came up top of her class.
For her achievements, the school handed her the keys of a Toyota Fun Cargo at an inaugural awards ceremony held at the school. She said:
<blockquote>I am still in shock that I won this car. I did not expect such a big prize.
I want to urge all learners at this school, across the country and the world over to always aim high because there is always a reward for hard work.</blockquote>
Other top-achieving students were awarded cash prizes, while their teachers walked away with television sets and bicycles.
The ceremony was attended by Information Communication Technol­ogy, Postal and Courier Services Minister Jenfan Muswere, who was the guest of honour.
Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Ezra_Chadzamira" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ezra Chadzamira</a> was also in attendance and he praised Sandon Academy for its academic excellence.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/school-gives-top-a-level-student-a-car/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

School Awards Top A' Level Student Toyota Fun Cargo Car For Her Excellence

The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/MDC_Alliance">MDC Alliance</a> president took some time off to visit his home village in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gutu">Gutu</a> and shared pictures with his “kin and kith” Chamisa captioned the tweet:
<blockquote>Taking time to visit, listen to and interact with kith and kin this holiday in Gutu..Enjoying every moment here at my rural village.The deep wisdom of the elders is so amazing. The outpouring of the love is humbling.I always find these engagements refreshing and grounding!</blockquote>
 
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PICTURES: Chamisa In His Home Village

Shop owners in rural <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gutu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gutu</a>, in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Masvingo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Masvingo province</a>, are struggling to keep their heads above the water as the economic meltdown takes its toll.
The entrepreneurs also have to contend with poor mobile network connectivity which has disrupted the mobile money platform, EcoCash.
Reports indicate that <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/EcoCash" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EcoCash</a> transactions can only be conducted from 11 am to 10 pm, forcing shop owners to sell goods on credit risking bad debts.
A depressed shop owner who spoke to NewZimbabwe.com said he no longer buys perishable goods for fear of incurring losses. He said:
<blockquote>I do not stock perishables anymore as I might incur a loss, it’s no point purchasing bread which people will not buy. It will go stale, even the Lobel’s delivery truck hardly comes here now.</blockquote>
Zimbabwe is in the midst of economic and social crises characterised by severe cash and fuel as well as erratic electricity supplies. Runaway inflation mirroring the 2008 implosion has further dashed the hopes of millions.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/gutu-shop-owners-feel-the-economic-pinch/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Rural Shop Owners Feel The Pinch

In the wake of the current power crisis, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gutu">Gutu</a> mission hospital has taken the initiative to build a solar system for their operational efficiency during the load-shedding hours.
This was shared by Hopewell Chin’ono on twitter:
<blockquote>Gutu Mission Hospital has taken the brilliant route of putting up a solar solution. We can all help our rural hospitals by contributing whatever we can in resolving the Government incompetence &amp; lack of care through such solutions! This is the cost of being ruled by corrupt folk!
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PICTURE: Gutu Mission Hospital Solar Plant

The man in the video below, Zvenyika, recounts how he was tortured by the police and alleged Zanu PF activists until he lost fingers on both hands.
The man is appealing for help in his legal case where police have come up with trumped-up charges against him.  Acording to him, the torture happened in 2014.
His case will be heard in Gutu on 2 September 2019.
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More: <a href="https://twitter.com/MdcMasvingo/status/1168202169050419202">MDC Masvingo on Twitter</a>

WATCH: Man Lost Fingers On Both Hands After Torture By Zimbabwe Police

The MDC president Nelson Chamisa spent part of his Christmas holiday time in his district of origin, Gutu, in Masvingo province. Chamisa visited an irrigation scheme in the district where he promised to accelerate the creation of a ‘smart’ village. Said Chamisa
<blockquote>Village vibes..at our village assessing an irrigation project…we are currently rolling out a model smart village project in Gutu. Rural transformation is key for any sustainable development in Africa. It is key to always Think, Talk and Act development.</blockquote>
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<h3>More: <a href="https://twitter.com/nelsonchamisa/status/1077888036774576128" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a></h3>

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