THE Beverly Sibanda "gospel crusade" in Bulawayo has been cancelled as the dance queen is fully booked at the ongoing Harare International Carnival with performances tomorrow and on Saturday.

Bev, head of the Sexy Angels "church", was pencilled to perform at Club Forty40 on Saturday night.

The exotic dancer unceremoniously announced that she had quit the showbiz industry in January after being convinced by Prophet Walter Magaya of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries to join his church.

After her much publicised repentance and declarations that she would never return to the dance floor, Bev as Sibanda is known by her fans, made a startling u-turn returning to the dance floor.

She declared that she wanted to see if Prophet Magaya had exorcised her of the dance demon.

Bev's comeback show in Harare last month reportedly attracted many fans, with the dance queen bringing back her highly controversial bottle dance that leaves little to the imagination.

In an interview, Bev's manager Harpers Mapimhidze said they would come to Bulawayo next month.

"We are no longer coming to Bulawayo and I know the fans there will be disappointed. The thing is that we have been booked fully during this week as there is high demand for Bev at the ongoing Harare International Carnival," he said.

Mapimhidze said due to their dancing prowess at last year's edition of the carnival, they were called back to perform this year at the Samba Night and Street March.

"People are looking forward to seeing perform Bev at the Samba Night on Friday. They were impressed by her during last year's edition of the carnival.

"On Saturday she will be in an open truck dancing to music during the Street March," he said.

Show promoter DJ Mzoe said they are frantically working to find a replacement for Bev on Saturday night.

"The Bev show has been cancelled as she is involved with the Carnival. We are thinking of rescheduling the show for next week, but we will see. We want to rope in the Blue Virgins as a replacement but we are still in talks with them," he said.

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ALICK Macheso's estranged wife Tafadzwa Fortunate Mapako failed to pitch up for her radio interview with Star FM's Tilder Moyo on Tuesday night saying she was waiting for her case to be finalised in court.

The interview was supposed to be held during the first hour of Moyo's show from 9-10pm where she was expected to tell her side of the whole saga, specifically the fontanelle (inkanda) treatment issue.

Mapako claims that the sungura maestro inserted his manhood and ej*culated into their child's mouth as treatment for a sunken fontanelle.

Macheso vehemently denied the allegations although he admitted having used the traditional kutara method which entailed moving his manhood on the face and head of the child.

StarFM had invited Mapako to tell her side of the story but the highly anticipated show was not to be as Tafadzwa sent an apology read out by Tilda, saying she would come and speak to the nation after the legal battle was over.

Moyo's popular show deals with social issues among them marital problems.

Macheso's fans have had burning questions on why Mapako poked fun at his male organ, equating its size to a caterpillar (kadora\okulicimbi).

Macheso and Mapako are involved in a bitter divorce and the civil court last week ordered Macheso to pay $1,030 per month in maintenance.

Mapako has since filed an appeal at the High Court demanding $7,130 in maintenance, arguing that she is unemployed and had been accustomed to a lifestyle that Macheso had introduced her to.

Her demands include a clothing allowance, a hair and beauty therapy allowance and an extra curricula activity allowance which all amount to $900.

The rest of the money is for the two children that the couple has, which Macheso doubts are his.

Mapako's appeal also states that the children need a maid, gardener, medical aid and a driver as she does not possess a driver's license.

DNA tests on the couple's two children are scheduled for today where it will be revealed whether or not Macheso is their father.

The paternity tests will be done at the Blood Transfusion Services of Zimbabwe in Harare at 2PM.

Macheso asked his estranged wife for their children's DNA tests following doubts raised by the Sungura star that he might not be the father of the two children.


Macheso kids

Government has been urged to remove duty on cars imported by civil servants and to extend "non-monetary incentives" to its workers as a way of cushioning them against the meagre salaries they earn.

Moving a motion on the country's crippling financial crisis and the liquidity problems bedevilling government, Matabeleland South MP Priscilla Misiharabwi-Mushonga said there was need to have a policy that allows civil servants to import vehicles duty-free so that they are able to move from their homes to their work places.

"I know that currently when we give them an increment, it will not be enough, but we can do something about it through incentives that can motivate them," said Misihairabwi-Mushonga.

Zimbabwe's cash-strapped government has been struggling to pay its workers and in the last few months has had to stagger the payment of salaries because of liquidity constraints as the economic problems continue to dog the country.

Propose allocation of mining shares and farms

"We can also allocate them shares in mining firms so that they can run businesses especially those who have such background like geologists and agronomists," she said.

In moving the motion, Misihairabwi-Mushonga suggested that government should also give the struggling civil servants a percentage in the distribution of youth developmental projects under the indigenous empowerment law.

"We have civil servants who, if allowed to do farming, can cushion their salaries and have an opportunity to look after their families as well as contributing to national development as opposed to letting them being idle in offices because of lack of motivation," the lawmaker said.

The motion was seconded by Bulawayo East MP Jasmine Toffa who said the incentives could help retain skilled labour in the public service after years of braindrain due to low salaries. Binga MP, Joel Gabbuza, said government should correctly grade civil servants and pay them accordingly.

"How do you expect a nurse to earn a same salary with an engineer? This exposes the country to skills flight and as we speak we have engineers working in the private sector because they are low salaries in government," he said.

Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, MP for Lobengula, proposed that government should further scrap duty on goods imported by civil servants for resale to allow them to increase their income.

"I believe that we must be sympathetic to our lowly paid workers who ensure that this government remains relevant. We should also give them an opportunity to go and import goods from neighbouring countries for resale without paying duty, I think it is one practical way of incentivising them because not all of them can afford to buy cars or shares in mining firms," Nkomo said.

Contributing to the same debate, MP for Makoni South Mandi Chimene said government once introduced a vehicle scheme for its workers but it was abused by "greedy business people" who turned it into an opportunity to make money.

"If we are to do this scheme, we will need to put stringent measures to curb corruption and abuse of the facility. Besides, I think civil servants should participate in the indigenisation programme and land reform. No one stops them from participating," she said.

Kuwadzana MP Nelson Chamisa said government should have a clear policy on promotion of hardworking dedicated civil servants and remove "the old" who have overstayed at their positions so that they can create space for the younger generation.

"We must not be out done by the Smith (Ian) regime which created a legacy of establishing coal houses and cottages for its workers.

"This government must do something for its workers like provision of an opportunity to study abroad, or giving them laptops on a facility which allows them to pay over a period of time and the vehicle loan scheme as stated by the mover of the noble motion," he said.
"Long back Mr Speaker sir, headmasters were respected and associated with a better life. I remember then that a quart of beer was synonymous with headmasters as they were able to afford it.

"But today, out headmasters are taking cheap intoxicating illicit brews like Zed or kachasu," he said.

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A 32-YEAR-OLD Mberengwa man was fatally assaulted with a log in a fight over a memory card.
Police say the late Godknows Shoko had borrowed a memory card to use temporarily from his friend, Posent Shoko, 37, of Vurayayi Village, but failed to return it leading to the fatal fight.

Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko confirmed the incident which occurred last week at about 8PM in Chief Nyamhondo's area.

He said the two were drinking traditional beer at Tito Village when the fight broke out.

"We are investigating a murder case in which a man was killed by his friend during a beer drink in a dispute over a memory card. On the said date, the late Shoko was drinking opaque beer with Moyo. Moyo demanded his memory card which Shoko had borrowed.

Shoko failed to produce the memory card and a misunderstanding ensued which later degenerated into a fist fight," said Insp Goko.

He said Moyo took a log from a fowl-run and struck Shoko several times all over the body until he fell unconscious.

"Moyo then fled from the scene and Shoko was later discovered by a fellow villager who then accommodated him for the night," said Insp Goko.

He said Moyo returned the following day to assess his friend's injuries and decided to take him to Msume Mission Hospital where he was transferred to United Bulawayo Hospitals.

"Shoko died last Wednesday at the UBH. Moyo is on the run and we are appealing to members of the public who might have information on his whereabouts to report to the nearest police station," said Insp Goko.


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A promiscous married Bulawayo Woman was exposed after her hubby stumbled on a receipt for condoms in their bedroom. The woman had spent a week with a hotel manager at a hotel in Bulawayo.

The woman’s husband, Tendai Makute of Hwange town, is said to have stumbled upon the receipt in his bedroom. Makute, 33, told a Victoria Falls court that he got the shock of his life when he discovered that his wife of seven years had spent a week in a hotel in Bulawayo with another man.

Nobuhle Makute, 32, now residing with her parents at 3001 Chinotimba in Victoria Falls, had left her matrimonial home in Hwange under the guise that she was visiting some relatives in Selborne Park suburb, Bulawayo.

She hooked up with her secret lover and they spent a week having a nice time at a Bulawayo hotel, her estranged husband told magistrate Sharon Rosemani yesterday.

“She has been cheating on me and I only discovered recently that she was using my car to drive to see her boyfriend. I found a condoms receipt in a drawer when she returned from Bulawayo where she had spent a week.

“The receipt is from a shop at Ascot Shopping Centre next to the hotel where I later discovered the man was booked for a week,” said Makute. He said his wife lied that she had visited her grandmother in Ntabazinduna when he asked her.

“At one time, some women came and beat her up in our house for having an affair with a married man.” Makute married Nobuhle in 2007 and they have a seven-year-old son. He said he initially suspected that his wife was cheating on him when he saw a picture of another man in her phone.


“She told me the man was her friend and I later established that he works at Kingdom Hotel and stays in Victoria Falls. She would constantly travel to Victoria Falls or Bulawayo to meet him as I later discovered. I also established that she was using fuel coupons from his workplace to refuel our car. The man is her aunt’s boss at Kingdom Hotel,” said Makute.

He said he had started legal proceedings for adultery against the unnamed man. Makute was retrenched from Hwange Colliery in 2012 and his wife used to work for Zesa in the coal mining town.

The two are accusing each other of infidelity and Nobuhle moved out of their matrimonial home early this month.

“I went to Bulawayo because I needed some time off as he had assaulted me. It seems we have failed to resolve our issues and that is why we ended up going to the police. We have been having problems and he always threatens to kill me,” said Nobuhle.

The couple is now fighting over matrimonial property and was in court yesterday because Nobuhle wanted the court to order Makute to give her back the car which he took away when they separated.

“I am requesting that all the property be kept safe until we resolve our disputes. I want him to give me half of his retrenchment package which should be maintenance for me and the child,” she said in her court application.

Rosemani advised Makute to give back the car, a Toyota Corolla, to Nobuhle pending finalisation of their case. Leaving the court infuriated, Makute almost ran over Nobuhle as he drove off at high speed.

A happy Nobuhle, who claimed she would not reconcile with her husband, immediately applied for maintenance for the child who now attends school in Victoria Falls.

An alleged thief who broke into Ellen Makgatho's house after she had left for work got a nasty surprise.

He thought he was alone but Ellen's brother, Klaas (38), was still at home.

The thug began to ransack the house in portion 9 of Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria while Klaas was still asleep.

He was woken by the noise and screamed for help. Neighbours heard him and rushed to the scene.

They searched the house and found the suspect hiding in a wardrobe in Ellen's bedroom.

They pulled him out and chained him to a tree and gave him a severe beating.

Ellen said: "I had just left for work when I received a call from my brother.

"He told me there was an intruder in the house.

"I quickly drove back home and found that my neighbours had managed to catch the suspect.

"He told us that he had been looking for money and valuables.

"I've been burgled four times this year.

"I'm sick of working hard to buy items which just get stolen.

"The suspects are not prosecuted.

"The cops arrest them but the next day they are back to make trouble again."

Lieutenant Sarah Lesabane said: "The 25-year-old assaulted man was taken to hospital.

"The home owner didn't register a burglary case but we are waiting for the man to recover to see if he wants to open an assault case."

Lesabane warned people not to take the law into their own hands as they would be prosecuted.

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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema stood to attention as he was called up to be sworn in as a first-time MP.

Malema and other male EFF MPs, dressed in red overalls, removed their matching hard hats before taking the oath.

Women EFF MPs, dressed as cleaners, kept their headscarves on as they mouthed the oath.

MPs took the oath in groups of 10, with the first including President Jacob Zuma, ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe, and Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor. The next group included Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Zuma will remain an MP for only a few hours before being formally elected president for a second term by members of the National Assembly.

Cde Obert Mpofu
THERE were more questions than answers yesterday as investigations to establish what really transpired at Doddieburn Farm near West Nicholson where a helicopter was buried after crashing, continued.The helicopter crashed on May 5 and was immediately buried and the state suspects the individuals involved were engaged in criminal activities.

The Minister of State for Matabeland South Province who is also the local Member of Parliament, Cde Abedinico Ncube yesterday said he was, like everybody else, in the dark as to what happened leading to the burying of the helicopter wreckage.

He however, said Doddieburn Farm was owned by government after it bought it from its previous owners and was allocated to Gwanda Rural District Council.

“I am anxious like everybody to discover what exactly transpired as the incident raises more questions than answers. We hope to get a comprehensive report from the police as soon as possible because the incident seems suspicious,” he said.


In a separate interview, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development Dr Obert Mpofu said it was clear that the chopper came into the country without clearance from Zimbabwean or South African authorities.

“The investigating team on the ground is continuing with its work to determine the cause of the accident and the motive behind the secret burial of the wreckage,” said Dr Mpofu.

He said that government was going to closely monitor all airstrips as it strongly suspects some were being used for hostile activities that could undermine national interests.

“All air strips especially those on former white commercial farms are going to be closely monitored henceforth as they can be used for criminal activities that could harm national interests,” said Dr Mpofu.

He promised that as soon as the report on the outcome of the investigation is completed, it would be made public.

A South African registered chopper flew undetected into the country and crashed two weeks ago. It was then secretly buried at Doddieburn farm about 36 kilometres off Gwanda -Beitbridge road.

The motive of keeping the accident secret is not yet known but the state suspects foul play.

Chronicle

Two soldiers will spend 14 years in jail for killing a member of the Central Intelligence Organisation over taxi fare in Glen Norah two years ago. Brown Mwale (40) who worked in the CIO’s counter intelligence branch and based in Harare was killed after hiring a taxi at a nightclub in Glen Norah on April 17 2012.
The two soldiers Blessing Nyakwima (29) and Nkazimulo Nkomo (29) who were based at Inkomo Barracks were jointly charged with Vitalis Nyakwima (31) a taxi driver and another man Damascus Tafa (28).

They denied murdering Mwale when their trial began early this year before High Court judge Justice Ester Muremba sitting with assessors Mr Campion Gonzo and Mr Sibert Shenje.

Blessing, Nkomo and Tafa were found guilty of murder with constructive intent and slapped with a 14-year jail term each. The fourth man Vitalis was acquitted after the prosecution failed to prove a solid case against him.

In sentencing the trio, Justice Muremba noted that they committed the offence under the influence of alcohol. She, however, said murder is treated as a serious crime which calls for custodial sentence.

“Life was needlessly lost in circumstances which did not call for the accused to react in the manner they did,” said Justice Muremba. “No amount of punishment can restore the life lost. The two accused persons (Blessing and Nkomo) as soldiers are expected to be highly disciplined in the society.”


The four had denied ever attacking Mwale on the day in question claiming that they were being used as scapegoats arguing that there was no nexus between them and the death of Mwale.

Charges against the four arose on April 17 2012 around 11pm, when Mwale was drinking beer with three friends, Thulani Gumbo, Amos Mukwena and Mavhuto Basikoro at a night club in Glen Norah when they decided to go home.

They hired a taxi, which was being driven by Vitalis, and were charged US$5 to Waterfalls. It is alleged that Vitalis drove for about 10 metres from the night club and stopped the vehicle demanding payment up-front and a misunderstanding ensued.

Vitalis called for back-up and invited his brother Blessing together with their friends, Nkomo and Tafa. The four ganged up against Mwale whom they punched and kicked ordering them out of the vehicle.

Gumbo, Mukwena and Bhasikoro managed to flee from the scene leaving Mwale who was heavily drunk at the mercy of his assailants. The Nyakwima brothers, Nkomo and Tafa briefly fled the scene when they spotted police on bicycles patrolling the area.

Mwale’s friends later returned and while they were walking home along Sebakwe Road the gang re-emerged and once again started attacking the hapless Mwale as his friends took to their heels once more
The gang bundled Mwale into the taxi and drove along High Glen Road and Mwale’s body was later discovered dumped near a place commonly known as “Mbudzi”. Mr Norman Mugiya acted for the four while law officer Mr Albert Masamha appeared for the State.

Leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Peter Mutharika ook an early lead in the Malawi presidential elections with about 25% of the votes counted by 7:30am local time on Wednesday.

According to Malawi24, the opposition leader was leading by 31%, gathering votes in about 1 100 of the 4 445 voting stations across the country. Coming in second was Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera with 25% of the votes. Malawi's current President and candidate for the People's Party (PP) Joyce Banda took third place with 23% of the votes.


Mutharika is leading in about 20 of the 28 districts, including Banda's political stronghold Zomba district in the Southern Region. Apart for leading in all 12 Southern Region districts, Mutharika topped the race in six Central Region districts and two districts in the Northern Region.

Malawians went to the polls on Tuesday with the country's presidential, parliamentary, and local government elections all held on the same day for the first time. The final results are expected to be announced within eight days of voting, with the presidential election results set to be released by Friday.


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A 38-YEAR-OLD Tsholotsho man allegedly raped his younger brother’s 15-year-old girlfriend.
Magala Dube of Mswiliswili area under Chief Hobodo appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Sibongile Msipa facing two counts of rape.Dube allegedly raped the girl when her boyfriend left for South Africa.

Prosecuting Alondoloziwe Sitsha said sometime in January this year Dube pounced on the girl while she was herding goats and raped her once.


The following month the complainant came to Dube’s homestead looking for her family’s donkeys and he dragged her into his bedroom where he again raped her once.

After the second rape, the complainant reported the assault to her aunt.

The aunt then reported the matter to the police leading to Dube’s arrest.

He was remanded in custody to June 4 when his trial is expected to start.

VP Mujuru

THE recovery of the agriculture sector this year will contribute immensely to meeting the goal of food security in the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation, Acting President Joice Mujuru said yesterday.Zim-Asset is the government’s economic blueprint to steer economic revival from 2013 to 2018.

Cde Mujuru said the “unparalleled” agriculture season was evidence that the country’s economy — long battered by illegal Western sanctions — was on the recovery path.

“The 2013/14 season has just witnessed a very successful agricultural recovery, unparalleled in my view,” Acting President Mujuru said, speaking at the burial of national hero, Brigadier-General John Zingoni, at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.

“As you know, food security and nutrition is a key leg of Zim-Asset. That has now been realised in the first year of this new programme.
“Let us sing, sing a little for ourselves. If one realises that this economy leans on agriculture, it should be clear we may be witnessing the beginnings of recovery.”

The government, she said, would continue revisiting its policies to spur economic growth and development.

“Above all, we continue to create space for you and me to pursue opportunities. Admittedly, it is still too early to have results, but definitive steps are being undertaken.

“Dear citizens, comrades and friends, we must see and grasp these opportunities as we march forward with life full of confidence and hope for a better future.”

Acting President Mujuru said Zimbabweans — not outsiders — would develop the country, and unity was critical to achieving that goal.
Brig-General Zingoni, 60, died from a heart ailment last Friday at Thornhill Air Base Hospital in Gweru.

The Acting President said freedom fighters like Brig-Gen Zingoni fought so that Zimbabweans could assume full responsibility for the country’s political and economic trajectory.

“The war years taught us a key slogan: ‘Iwe neni tine basa’. It was and continues to be a slogan of work, of self-application. Even when things were so hard, we stood by that slogan. It gave us inspiration and propelled us to victory. Let the same slogan continue to do the same as we march into the future.


“Today, as we bury Cde Zingoni, let us all pledge ourselves to a new outlook, a positive outlook of embracing challenges and generating solutions. That’s the mark of a dignified people, a dignified nation.”

Acting President Mujuru said Brig-Gen Zingoni had a “patriotic heart”, leaving a promising medical career to join the liberation struggle at the age of 22 in 1976.

“The four years before 1980 were years of close encounters and greater personal danger,” she said. “He bore it all with a brave, patriotic heart. Those who lived under arms will tell you four years is a lifetime.

“Anything could have happened; indeed much, just short of death happened just before John’s tender years. Close friends and comrade-in-arms perished in that war: from enemy bombs and bullets to diseases and all sorts of ailments, accidents and many nameless mishaps.

“That war brought all manner of dangers and risks and it took brave cadres like Cde John who bore the brunt of this terrible war.”

At Independence, she said, instead of going back to the medical field, Cde Zingoni remained in the military and rose through the ranks to become a Brigadier-General.

She said his valiant character was shown when he assisted Frelimo fighters against banditry in Mozambique.

“The values which he had helped forge and commission by way of Zimbabwe’s freedom and independence needed to be won for other people, other countries,” said the Acting President.

“True, the sister Republic of Mozambique had won its freedom and independence, but all that was soon threatened by a sponsored reactionary war of naked banditry. Cde Zingoni went to fight in that war of aggression alongside his Frelimo comrades.

“This he did so that the gains of freedom in that country would not be reversed, indeed so that our own vital interest would not be endangered. He did not tell himself one war was too many. Duty called and as a committed loyal soldier he sprang to the defence of his needy and fraternal neighbour.”

Acting President Mujuru said history was made by people who believed in themselves.

“Ask Cde Zingoni and all those who survived the war. They will tell you that things can get worse and really bad. But it takes only us, the people of Zimbabwe in the driving seat, to turn that around and make the country what we want it to be. History is made by people who put the shoulder to the wheel.”