A 46-year-old male teacher was yesterday arraigned before the courts on allegations of fondling his 23-year-old male student’s genitals. Themba Ncube denied the allegations when he appeared before Mbare magistrate Ms Gladys Moyo facing indecent assault charges. Ms Moyo remanded Ncube to May 5 on $100 bail. As part of his bail conditions, Ncube was strongly warned not to interfere with witnesses and ordered to reside at the address he gave to the court.
Allegations are that on April 21 this year, the man went to Ncube’s house for his computer lessons. The court heard that the lesson ended around midnight and Ncube offered the man a place to sleep. It is alleged that in the early hours of the morning, Ncube went into the room the man was sleeping and inserted his hand inside the man’s trousers and fondled his buttocks and genitals. It is the State’s case that the man woke up and quizzed Ncube, who failed to give a satisfactory answer. The case continues…. -
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Sanctions Removal Boosts DHL Zimbabwe Exports
Courier service provider DHL Zimbabwe says an increase in tobacco exports to Belgium following the European Union (EU) easing of sanctions on the country has spurred growth in volumes, and necessitated the company’s expansion. The EU last November lifted a 12-year old trade restriction on Zimbabwe, leading to an improvement in relations and trade
Managing director, Jeff Phiri on Thursday told The Source that the lifting of sanctions by the EU had heightened trade between Zimbabwe and EU, with global cigarette maker, Phillip Morris its main client.
“Tobacco shipments to Belgium have grown significantly and we are happy to be part of that growth,” he said.
“Phillip Morris is a big player in the tobacco industry and we have had a number of local players trading with them.”
Belgium is one of the biggest buyers of Zimbabwe’s tobacco, buying 22,6 million kilogrammes of tobacco last year worth $104 million. This year it has so far purchased 426,230kg worth $2 million.
The tobacco sector is projected to produce up to 195 million kg this year.
The logistics group at the beginning of the year said it planned to increase its footprint around the country by opening an additional 500 retail points before year end, has since revised its target to a 1,000 outlets.
“Tobacco shipments to Belgium have grown significantly and we are happy to be part of that growth,” he said.
“Phillip Morris is a big player in the tobacco industry and we have had a number of local players trading with them.”
Belgium is one of the biggest buyers of Zimbabwe’s tobacco, buying 22,6 million kilogrammes of tobacco last year worth $104 million. This year it has so far purchased 426,230kg worth $2 million.
The tobacco sector is projected to produce up to 195 million kg this year.
The logistics group at the beginning of the year said it planned to increase its footprint around the country by opening an additional 500 retail points before year end, has since revised its target to a 1,000 outlets.
Zahara Ditched By Boyfriend
AFRO-SOUL sensation “Zahara”, real name Bulelwa Mkutukana, is said to be a troubled soul. This after reports that her radio presenter boyfriend, Amaza Ntshanga of Umhlobo Wenene FM, had dumped her. Sunday Sun has heard allegations that the Loliwe star has been badly upset by accusations from her boyfriend that she wasn’t taking her career seriously. But insiders in the lives of Zahara and Amaza claim there’s another factor in the split. -
And this is said to be the distance between the pair. “Zahara lives in Jozi and Amaza stays in Cape Town. “For them to see each other is a serious mission. Amaza complained that Zahara makes no effort to visit Cape Town and see him.” A colleague at the Xhosa radio station claimed: “He used to go up to Jozi to be with her. “He also begged the station bosses to give him a transfer to Jozi – but that didn’t work.” It is understood that the reason behind Amaza’s pleas to be in Jozi was his desire to get Zahara away from the bottle. Allegedly, she loves firewater more than she loves her music career. A source in the music industry claimed: “When was the last time you heard that Zahara would perform in the country? “Even TS Records bosses are tired of bringing her to order as she is a difficult person. She is also frustrated because her new album seems to be a flop.” It’s understood that Amaza asked her to take it easy on the booze, but allegedly Zahara told him he shouldn’t tell her what to do with her life.
“Zahara is no longer an innocent girl, she has changed completely,” said the source. Yesterday Amaza said: “Last week at the MTN Radio Awards my show Sijiki Langa won an award for the second time. So why don’t those people talk about that instead of gossiping?” Yesterday Zahara’s manager, Zakes Makaba, said: “I’ll try to get hold of her – but right now her phone is still off.”- Daily Sun
And this is said to be the distance between the pair. “Zahara lives in Jozi and Amaza stays in Cape Town. “For them to see each other is a serious mission. Amaza complained that Zahara makes no effort to visit Cape Town and see him.” A colleague at the Xhosa radio station claimed: “He used to go up to Jozi to be with her. “He also begged the station bosses to give him a transfer to Jozi – but that didn’t work.” It is understood that the reason behind Amaza’s pleas to be in Jozi was his desire to get Zahara away from the bottle. Allegedly, she loves firewater more than she loves her music career. A source in the music industry claimed: “When was the last time you heard that Zahara would perform in the country? “Even TS Records bosses are tired of bringing her to order as she is a difficult person. She is also frustrated because her new album seems to be a flop.” It’s understood that Amaza asked her to take it easy on the booze, but allegedly Zahara told him he shouldn’t tell her what to do with her life.
“Zahara is no longer an innocent girl, she has changed completely,” said the source. Yesterday Amaza said: “Last week at the MTN Radio Awards my show Sijiki Langa won an award for the second time. So why don’t those people talk about that instead of gossiping?” Yesterday Zahara’s manager, Zakes Makaba, said: “I’ll try to get hold of her – but right now her phone is still off.”- Daily Sun
Motorist runs over cop at roadblock
A BULAWAYO police officer survived death by a whisker after he was hit by a car while manning a roadblock along Masiyephambili Drive.
The Officer Commanding Traffic in Bulawayo, Superintendent Maxwell Chikunguru yesterday confirmed the incident which occurred on Monday.
Supt Chikunguru said the driver of the vehicle — a Toyota Hilux registration number ABG 9218 — only stopped when he realised he had injured a police officer.
“I can confirm that Sgt Kumbani was hit by a car and sustained injuries while manning a roadblock. The driver might not have been speeding but he did not want to stop at the roadblock. He only stopped after injuring Kumbani. The driver ferried him to the hospital where he was treated and discharged,” he said.
“Motorists don’t have respect for police officers that’s why we’ve such incidents happening. They should exercise caution. If someone gets to a roadblock and is instructed to stop they should comply.”
Supt Chikunguru said the driver is expected to appear in court next week.
Last year Sergeant Godsave Chingwe died at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo from head and chest injuries he sustained after a pirate taxi driver fleeing arrest dragged him with the door of his vehicle for about 100 metres before slamming him head first on the road.
Meanwhile, the police have expressed concern at the increase in road traffic accidents along major roads and highways in the country.
National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said a majority of the accidents could be avoided.
“As police, we’re appealing to the motoring public to observe road rules and regulations. They should respect life and exercise extreme caution when approaching roadblocks and other police checkpoints. Pedestrians are also urged to walk on the right side of the road and to be alert when crossing roads,” she said.
Snr Asst Comm Charamba said that on March 23, three people died while six others were injured in separate road accidents. The Chronicle
Supt Chikunguru said the driver of the vehicle — a Toyota Hilux registration number ABG 9218 — only stopped when he realised he had injured a police officer.
“I can confirm that Sgt Kumbani was hit by a car and sustained injuries while manning a roadblock. The driver might not have been speeding but he did not want to stop at the roadblock. He only stopped after injuring Kumbani. The driver ferried him to the hospital where he was treated and discharged,” he said.
“Motorists don’t have respect for police officers that’s why we’ve such incidents happening. They should exercise caution. If someone gets to a roadblock and is instructed to stop they should comply.”
Supt Chikunguru said the driver is expected to appear in court next week.
Last year Sergeant Godsave Chingwe died at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo from head and chest injuries he sustained after a pirate taxi driver fleeing arrest dragged him with the door of his vehicle for about 100 metres before slamming him head first on the road.
Meanwhile, the police have expressed concern at the increase in road traffic accidents along major roads and highways in the country.
National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said a majority of the accidents could be avoided.
“As police, we’re appealing to the motoring public to observe road rules and regulations. They should respect life and exercise extreme caution when approaching roadblocks and other police checkpoints. Pedestrians are also urged to walk on the right side of the road and to be alert when crossing roads,” she said.
Snr Asst Comm Charamba said that on March 23, three people died while six others were injured in separate road accidents. The Chronicle
UNICEF honours sculptor Benhura
Benhura said he was honoured to work with the international organisation to tackle issues that are related to children’s lives.
“It is a humbling experience to have my works being featured on such a platform. I think UNICEF used the pictures because the works are inspired by children, which is also one of my favourite subjects,” Benhura said.
According to international art collector Marie Imbrova, Benhura is presented in the project as “the artist of the year”.
The calendar in itself is a collector’s item as the works featured carry some of Benhura’s masterpieces since he launched his career in the 1990s.
Unlike the first generation sculptors, who thrived on spirituality in their creative space, Benhura draws inspiration from living things and life in general.
Benhura’s sculptures now don the major art galleries of the world and he has won numerous awards.
In Zimbabwe, Benhura is an icon, a role model for young people and those who wish to take art as a full time profession.
He believes that stone sculpture is something through which anyone can express their feelings.
His unparalleled charitable work attests to his desire to give back to his community as a true humanist.
Born in Zimbabwe in 1968, Benhura is one of the pioneering sculptors of Zimbabwe, well-recognised by the strong linear composition of his works.
After joining a resident artist program of Harare in 1990, he progressively moved on to larger sculptures, working with both metal and stone.
Through the years, Benhura has helped to transform Shona sculpture into a world class modern art, exhibiting his works at major venues such as the EXPO ‘92 in Sevilla, EXPO 2000 in Hannover, the Yorkshire Sculpture Garden (UK), the Millesgarten Museum (Sweden) and in 2008 the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden (Holland).
source : the herald
By Alan Holdren
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.- A Nigerian bishop says that he has seen Christ in a vision and now knows that the rosary is the key to ridding the country of the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram.
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme says he is being driven by a God-given mandate to lead others in praying the rosary until the extremist group disappears.
“Towards the end of last year I was in my chapel before the Blessed Sacrament… praying the rosary, and then suddenly the Lord appeared,” Bishop Dashe told CNA April 18.
In the vision, the prelate said, Jesus didn’t say anything at first, but extended a sword toward him, and he in turn reached out for it.
“As soon as I received the sword, it turned into a rosary,” the bishop said, adding that Jesus then told him three times: “Boko Haram is gone.”
“I didn’t need any prophet to give me the explanation,” he said. “It was clear that with the rosary we would be able to expel Boko Haram.”
The bishop said he didn’t want to tell anyone, but “felt that the Holy Spirit was pushing him to do so.”
He started with the priests of his diocese, and then told participants in the April 17-19 #WeAreN2015 congress in Madrid, Spain. The event is being sponsored by the Spanish Catholic sister groups hazteoir.org and CitizenGo to gather ideas on how to preserve the Christian presence in nations where they are most persecuted.
Bishop Dashe leads the Diocese of Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State. In 2009, there were around 125,000 Catholics under his guidance. After a surge in violence from the Islamist extremist group called Boko Haram, today “there are only 50 to 60 thousand left,” he said.
Most of those who fled sought safer areas in other parts of Nigeria, he said. Some of the same families are now returning home as armed forces from Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon liberate their homes.
In 2014, Boko Haram became known worldwide when members kidnapped nearly 300 girls from a school in Borno State. On March 7, 2015, five suicide bombers killed 54 and wounded nearly three times as many in the capital city of Maidaguri, where the bishop lives and works.
The group has killed 1,000 people across Nigeria in the first three months of 2015, according to Human Rights Watch, which reports that more than 6,000 have died in Boko Haram-led violence since 2009.
Just last month, the group pledged its allegiance to ISIS – also known as the Islamic State – which launched a bloody campaign in Iraq and Syria last summer.
Meanwhile, Bishop Dashe has just completed a “consolation tour” to communities in his diocese, promoting forgiveness and continued faith. He believes he was asked by Jesus to spread devotion to the rosary in order to aid them as they do so.
“Maybe that’s why he did it,” said the bishop, referring to Jesus in his vision.
Bishop Dashe said he has a strong devotion to Christ’s mother, and that “I never joke with ‘Mamma Mary.’ I know she is here with us.”
And he is not the only Nigerian bishop putting the future of the country in the hands of Mary. The nation’s bishops’ conference has consecrated the country to her twice in recent years.
Bishop Dashe believes that one day his diocese will completely recover and grow thanks to her intercession.
“These terrorists… think that by burning our churches, burning our structures, they will destroy Christanity. Never,” Bishop Dashe told several hundred people from the dais of the #WeAreN2015 congress.
“It may take a few months or a few years … but ‘Boko Haram is gone.’”
He later told CNA that “prayer, particularly the prayer of the rosary, is (what) will deliver us from the claws of this demon, the demon of terrorism. And of course, it is working.”
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme says he is being driven by a God-given mandate to lead others in praying the rosary until the extremist group disappears.
“Towards the end of last year I was in my chapel before the Blessed Sacrament… praying the rosary, and then suddenly the Lord appeared,” Bishop Dashe told CNA April 18.
In the vision, the prelate said, Jesus didn’t say anything at first, but extended a sword toward him, and he in turn reached out for it.
“As soon as I received the sword, it turned into a rosary,” the bishop said, adding that Jesus then told him three times: “Boko Haram is gone.”
“I didn’t need any prophet to give me the explanation,” he said. “It was clear that with the rosary we would be able to expel Boko Haram.”
The bishop said he didn’t want to tell anyone, but “felt that the Holy Spirit was pushing him to do so.”
He started with the priests of his diocese, and then told participants in the April 17-19 #WeAreN2015 congress in Madrid, Spain. The event is being sponsored by the Spanish Catholic sister groups hazteoir.org and CitizenGo to gather ideas on how to preserve the Christian presence in nations where they are most persecuted.
Bishop Dashe leads the Diocese of Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State. In 2009, there were around 125,000 Catholics under his guidance. After a surge in violence from the Islamist extremist group called Boko Haram, today “there are only 50 to 60 thousand left,” he said.
Most of those who fled sought safer areas in other parts of Nigeria, he said. Some of the same families are now returning home as armed forces from Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon liberate their homes.
In 2014, Boko Haram became known worldwide when members kidnapped nearly 300 girls from a school in Borno State. On March 7, 2015, five suicide bombers killed 54 and wounded nearly three times as many in the capital city of Maidaguri, where the bishop lives and works.
The group has killed 1,000 people across Nigeria in the first three months of 2015, according to Human Rights Watch, which reports that more than 6,000 have died in Boko Haram-led violence since 2009.
Just last month, the group pledged its allegiance to ISIS – also known as the Islamic State – which launched a bloody campaign in Iraq and Syria last summer.
Meanwhile, Bishop Dashe has just completed a “consolation tour” to communities in his diocese, promoting forgiveness and continued faith. He believes he was asked by Jesus to spread devotion to the rosary in order to aid them as they do so.
“Maybe that’s why he did it,” said the bishop, referring to Jesus in his vision.
Bishop Dashe said he has a strong devotion to Christ’s mother, and that “I never joke with ‘Mamma Mary.’ I know she is here with us.”
And he is not the only Nigerian bishop putting the future of the country in the hands of Mary. The nation’s bishops’ conference has consecrated the country to her twice in recent years.
Bishop Dashe believes that one day his diocese will completely recover and grow thanks to her intercession.
“These terrorists… think that by burning our churches, burning our structures, they will destroy Christanity. Never,” Bishop Dashe told several hundred people from the dais of the #WeAreN2015 congress.
“It may take a few months or a few years … but ‘Boko Haram is gone.’”
He later told CNA that “prayer, particularly the prayer of the rosary, is (what) will deliver us from the claws of this demon, the demon of terrorism. And of course, it is working.”
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