Author: TSA Press

The
accident
happened
when
a
bus
carrying
91
passengers
from
the
Eastern
Cape
to
Zimbabwe
veered
off
the
Zoutpansberg
mountain
and
plunged
down
a
steep
slope.
A
total
of
40
people
were
injured.
Ramathuba’s
office,
said:

“Working
with
authorities
from
Zimbabwe
and
Malawi,
the
province
hopes
they
will
be
able
to
run
fingerprint
comparisons
on
their
side
since
some
of
the
deceased
do
not
have
identification
documents.

“It
is
only
then
they
will
be
able
to
repatriate
them
for
their
families
to
have
closure.”

Ramathuba
said
photographs
of
all
the
deceased
have
been
taken
and
encouraged
families
searching
for
their
loved
ones
to
visit
Tshilidzini
Hospital
to
help
with
the
identification
process. She
said:

“The
victim
identification
team
will
start
collecting
fingerprint
sets
from
all
the
bodies.

“It
is
anticipated
by
Wednesday
the
forensic
pathology
teams
would
have
concluded
postmortem
examinations.”

Ramathuba
said
17
families
had
already
arrived
at
Tshilidzini
Hospital
to
identify
their
loved
ones,
and
the
process
will
continue
on
Wednesday
for
the
remaining
families.

She
added
that
19
patients
have
been
discharged
and
reunited
with
their
families
in
Zimbabwe
and
Malawi.

Authorities
will
investigate
why
the
bus
travelled
such
a
long
distance
with
so
many
passengers,
she
said.

Police
have
opened
a
case
of
culpable
homicide,
while
the
Road
Traffic
Management
Corporation
is
finalising
a
technical
report
on
the
cause
of
the
crash.

Chiwenga’s
document,
which
he
submitted
to
Mnangagwa
on
17
September,
began
by
referencing
the
November
2017
military
intervention
that
brought
the
pair
to
power.

He
accused
Mnangagwa’s
close
allies
of
“corruption,
capture,
and
betrayal”
of
the
ideals
of
the
2017
operation.

The
vice
president
singled
out
four
individuals,
Kudakwashe
Tagwirei,
Wicknell
Chivhayo,
Scott
Sakupwanya,
and
Delish
Nguwaya,
alleging
that
they
used
illicit
funds
to
“bribe
fellow
comrades
and
party
structures
to
gain
support,
protection,
and
influence.”

Chiwenga
claimed
they
had
“not
only
enriched
themselves
but
are
using
their
stolen
wealth
to
capture
the
Party,
manipulate
state
institutions,
and
compromise
key
officials.”

In
response,
a
document
authored
by
ZANU
PF’s
legal
secretary,
Ziyambi
Ziyambi,
and
presented
to
the
Politburo
on
Tuesday,
14
October,
described
Chiwenga’s
dossier
as
“fundamentally
flawed,
treasonous,
and
showing
a
lack
of
understanding
of
party
procedures
and
the
national
constitution.”
Said
Ziyambi:

“At
its
core,
the
document
advocates
for
the
unlawful
removal
of
a
constitutionally
elected
President,
which
is
palpably
treasonous.

“The
document
not
only
undermines
the
President
but
also
the
economy
and
individuals
who
work
hard
to
support
the
Party.

“One
wonders
whether
the
placement
under
sanctions
of
some
of
these
individuals
was
not
a
result
of
such
reckless
utterances.

“Such
reckless
utterances
have
cost
our
economy,
His
Excellency’s
goodwill
in
the
international
fora,
and
individuals
who
have
been
unduly
placed
under
sanctions,
and
in
the
end,
no
investor
would
want
to
invest
in
our
country.

“What
is
equally
troubling
is
how
such
a
document
found
its
way
into
the
hands
of
hostile
media
houses
across
the
country.

“The
circumstances
under
which
the
author
obtained
access
to
the
documents,
now
in
the
public
domain,
remain
highly
questionable
and
amount
to
a
violation
of
the
Official
Secrets
Act.

“The
presentation
bears
a
striking
resemblance
to
the
narratives
perpetuated
by
Geza,
Western
media
and
all
our
detractors
bent
on
undermining
our
sovereignty
and
constitutional
order.

“Whilst
the
author
castigates
certain
individuals,
he
has
never
castigated
Geza,
a
rebel
who
was
expelled
from
the
Party
and
is
bent
on
inciting
chaos
in
the
country.

“The
Party
remains
committed
to
fostering
an
environment
where
constructive
criticism
and
dissenting
views
are
valued,
but
such
views
must
be
presented
in
a
manner
that
is
respectful,
factually
accurate,
and
in
good
faith.

“The
author
of
the
document
does
not
understand
the
tenets
of
democracy
and
the
difference
between
civilian
and
military
conduct,
which
prompts
a
reorientation
course
at
the
Chitepo
School
of
Ideology
for
the
whole
Politburo
and
Central
Committee,
on
the
Supremacy
of
the
Party
and
basic
tenets
of
democracy.

“The
document’s
intention
is
suspect,
and
its
allegations
are
baseless
and
devoid
of
evidence.

“We
are
compelled
to
re-emphasise
that
any
attempt
to
stage
a
coup,
whether
through
treacherous
acts,
misrepresentation
of
facts,
violation
of
others’
privacy,
incitement
of
violence
and
despondency,
or
willful
blindness
to
positive
development,
is
a
grave
offence
that
undermines
the
stability
and
unity
of
our
nation
and
should
be
liable
to
immediate
censure.”

ZANU
PF
insiders
who
spoke
to
ZimLive
said
that
Chiwenga
also
faced
criticism
from
the
party’s
national
chair,
Oppah
Muchinguri.

She
reminded
him
that
they
had
all
fought
in
the
liberation
war,
but
their
paths
diverged
at
independence,
with
Chiwenga
becoming
a
soldier
while
others
entered
government.

Muchinguri
reportedly
told
Chiwenga,
a
retired
commander
of
the
Zimbabwe
Defence
Forces,
that
there
was
“nothing
special
about
coming
from
the
barracks.”

ZANU
PF
legal
secretary
Patrick
Chinamasa
also
reportedly
criticised
the
vice
president,
saying
his
attacks
on
the
Land
Tenure
Implementation
Committee,
led
by
Kudakwashe
Tagwirei,
overlooked
the
fact
that
“the
president
owns
all
land.”

In
response,
Chiwenga
reportedly
spoke
briefly,
but
the
room
fell
silent
after
he
spoke.
He
reportedly
said:

 “I’ve
listened
to
all
your
presentations
and
I’m
convinced
that
all
of
you
support
zvigananda.
It’s
okay.
I
acknowledge
it.”

The
credits
were
generated
by
a
clean
cookstove
project
led
by Cicada
Carbon,
a
member
of
the Zimbabwe
Carbon
Association,
local
media
has
reported.

It
is
said
to
be
the
first
private-sector
initiative
globally
to
receive
the
CA
designation—an
accounting
mechanism
that
prevents
double
counting
of
emissions
reductions
by
ensuring
they
are
not
claimed
by
both
the
host
country
and
the
buyer.

Approximately
112,000
credits
from
the
project
have
been
tagged
with
CAs,
with
up
to
3
million
credits
projected
over
five
years,
as
confirmed
by
Gold
Standard.

Under
Zimbabwe’s
Carbon
Trading
Regulations,
one-third
of
the
credits
will
be
reserved
as
levies.

The
development
positions
Zimbabwe
to
access
compliance
carbon
markets,
including
the
United
Nations’
aviation
offset
program, CORSIA.

A
technical
review
could
make
Cicada
Carbon’s
project
only
the
second
in
the
world
to
meet
CORSIA
eligibility
after
Guyana’s
REDD+
project.

The
move
could
offer
a
practical
reference
for
other
African
nations
looking
to
operationalize
Article
6
mechanisms
while
retaining
sovereign
control
over
their
emissions
reductions.

While
the
long-term
economic
effects
remain
to
be
seen,
this
milestone
reflects
a
broader
shift
toward
stronger
oversight
and
institutional
maturity
in
regional
carbon
markets.

Its
success,
however,
may
depend
on
how
effectively
countries
balance
investor
access
with
equitable
benefit-sharing
and
alignment
with
national
climate
policies.

Source:


Zimbabwe
Breaks
Ground
With
Carbon
Credits
With
Corresponding
Adjustments
Under
Article
6
–

Carbon
Herald

HARARE
–
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
and
his
lieutenants
accused
his
deputy,
Vice
President
Constantino
Chiwenga,
of
attempting
to
“undermine
a
constitutionally
elected
government”
and
“incite
despondency”
after
Chiwenga
tabled
a
searing
17-page
dossier
before
the
Zanu
PF
politburo
on
September
17
accusing
the
president
of
presiding
over
“corruption,
capture
and
betrayal”
of
the
ideals
of
the
2017
coup.

Mnangagwa’s
rebuttal
—
contained
in
a
document
authored
by
Zanu
PF’s
legal
secretary
and
Justice
Minister
Ziyambi
Ziyambi,
and
presented
to
the
Politburo
on
Tuesday
—
marks
the
most
direct
confrontation
yet
between
the
two
men
who
jointly
led
the
2017
military
intervention
that
ousted
Robert
Mugabe.

Ziyambi,
tabling
Mnangagwa’s
response,
described
Chiwenga’s
document
as
“fundamentally
flawed,
treasonous,
and
lacking
appreciation
of
party
procedures
and
the
national
constitution.”

“At
its
core,
the
document
advocates
for
the
unlawful
removal
of
a
constitutionally
elected
President,”
Ziyambi
wrote.
“Any
attempt
to
destabilise
or
subvert
a
constitutionally
elected
government
is
treasonous.”

Chiwenga’s
document,
which
he
presented
to
Mnangagwa
on
September
17,
opened
by
invoking
the
November
2017
coup
that
brought
the
pair
to
power.

“Comrade
President,
we
undertook
Operation
Restore
Legacy
with
a
sacred
mandate:
to
reclaim
our
nation
from
the
jaws
of
corruption
and
to
restore
the
dignity,
prosperity,
and
sovereignty
of
Zimbabwe,”
Chiwenga
wrote.

But
Mnangagwa’s
camp
shot
back
that
the
vice
president
was
trying
to
monopolise
credit
for
the
coup.

“It
is
denied
that
only
a
few
individuals,
particularly
the
writers
of
this
document,
sacrificed
their
lives
for
Operation
Restore
Legacy,”
Ziyambi
responded.
“Zimbabweans
from
all
walks
of
life
rose
and
participated.
Let
us
acknowledge
the
collective
effort
and
desist
from
claiming
heroism
for
work
done
by
many.”

Ziyambi
even
revealed
that
businessman
Kudakwashe
Tagwirei,
one
of
several
tycoons
Chiwenga
accused
of
“state
capture,”
had
bankrolled
the
2017
operation.

“For
the
record,
Mr.
Kudakwashe
Tagwirei
put
in
a
total
of
five
million
litres
of
fuel,
food
and
other
provisions
for
soldiers
as
requested
by
the
then
CDF,
General
Chiwenga.
Furthermore,
he
put
in
one
million
litres
of
fuel
and
US$1.6
million
to
the
party,”
the
response
says.

In
his
dossier,
Chiwenga
accused
Mnangagwa’s
allies
—
notably
Tagwirei,
Wicknell
Chivhayo,
Scott
Sakupwanya,
and
Delish
Nguwaya
—
of
“stealing
more
than
US$3.2
billion
of
government
funds,”
“corrupting
party
structures,”
and
“turning
the
president’s
private
office
into
a
place
where
key
government
decisions
are
made.”

“These
criminals
have
brazenly
looted
our
state
coffers
with
impunity,”
Chiwenga
charged.
“We
cannot
fold
our
hands
and
watch
these
criminals
like
Kudakwashe
Tagwirei,
Wicknell
Chivayo,
Scott
Sakupwanya,
and
Delish
Nguwaya
corrupt
and
bribe
our
structures
and
destroy
our
party.”

He
demanded
their
immediate
arrest,
adding
that
“the
time
for
silence
and
inaction
is
over.”

But
Mnangagwa’s
written
response
dismissed
the
allegations
as
“false,
malicious
and
reckless.”

“Zimbabwe
is
a
constitutional
democracy
with
well-established
institutions
to
deal
with
such
matters,”
Ziyambi
wrote.
“Individuals
have
no
legal
mandate
to
investigate
their
perceived
competitors
to
satisfy
their
personal
ego.
These
utterances
are
defamatory.”

Ziyambi
said
the
transactions
cited
by
Chiwenga,
including
the
Kuvimba
Mining
House
share
sale
and
the
Pomona
waste
management
deal,
had
full
cabinet
approval.

“Zanu
PF
does
not
own
any
shares
in
Sakunda
Holdings,”
Ziyambi
stated.
“All
contracts
were
concluded
in
compliance
with
the
Public
Procurement
and
Disposal
of
Public
Assets
Act.
At
no
time
did
ZEC
[Zimbabwe
Electoral
Commission]
enter
into
a
contract
with
Chivayo
or
any
company
associated
with
him.”

Chiwenga
had
also
accused
Mnangagwa
of
plotting
to
extend
his
rule
beyond
2028
through
what
he
called
the
“so-called
2030
Agenda,”
warning
that
“we
are
repeating
the
ills
that
led
us
to
November
2017.”

Ziyambi
hit
back,
saying
the
2030
Agenda
was
in
fact
Resolution
Number
One
of
the
2024
Zanu
PF
National
People’s
Conference
and
therefore
fully
constitutional.

“The
president
is
a
constitutionalist
who
has
not
deviated
from
the
constitution
at
any
time,”
he
stated.
“There
were
thirty-one
resolutions
from
the
last
conference,
and
Agenda
2030
was
resolution
number
one.
There
is
therefore
nothing
unconstitutional
about
it.”

He
added
pointedly:
“Given
the
underlying
circumstances,
any
attempt
to
destabilise
the
government
on
the
basis
of
such
falsehoods
is
tantamount
to
treason.”

The
response
repeatedly
accused
Chiwenga
of
being
“in
denial”
and
“bitter.”

“The
author
has
clearly
demonstrated
his
bitterness,”
Ziyambi
said
at
one
point.
“To
question
what
happens
to
the
president
in
his
private
space
is
immature
and
intrusive.
A
good
leader
is
a
good
follower.
The
author
has
shown
he
is
not
a
good
follower
and
therefore
cannot
be
a
leader.”

He
also
accused
the
vice
president
of
hypocrisy,
alleging
that
members
of
the
presidium,
“including
the
author
himself,”
host
political
meetings
at
their
private
farms.

“No-one
has
ever
questioned
these
gatherings
nor
eavesdropped
on
what
takes
place
at
these
private
places,”
the
response
notes
acidly.

Chiwenga
had
further
claimed
that
exiled
former
minister
Jonathan
Moyo
was
behind
a
“treasonous
project”
dubbed
the
Breaking
Barriers
Initiative
(BBI),
allegedly
aimed
at
suspending
elections
until
2035.

Ziyambi’s
reply
dismissed
that
as
“strange
and
regrettable.”

“It
is
surprising
how
the
writer
got
hold
of
the
BBI
document
if
it
was
meant
for
parliament,”
he
wrote.
“There
is
nothing
treasonous
about
improving
a
political
system.
The
BBI,
which
is
being
referred
to,
is
actually
promoting
nation
building
and
cohesion.”

He
claimed
the
initiative
was
an
opposition
document
brought
to
him
by
CCC
interim
leader
Sengezo
Tshabangu
“in
the
company
of
a
General
Khumalo
from
the
Vice
President’s
Office.”

Ziyambi
likened
Chiwenga’s
memorandum
to
“narratives
perpetuated
by
hostile
media
and
rebels
like
Blessed
Geza.”

“The
document
bears
a
striking
resemblance
to
the
narratives
perpetuated
by
Geza,
Western
media
and
all
our
detractors
bent
on
undermining
our
sovereignty,”
Ziyambi
went
on.

He
recommended
that
politburo
and
central
committee
members
undergo
“a
reorientation
course
at
the
Chitepo
School
of
Ideology
on
the
supremacy
of
the
party
and
the
tenets
of
democracy.”

The
response
ended
with
a
warning:
“Any
attempt
to
stage
a
coup,
whether
through
treacherous
acts,
misrepresentation
of
facts,
incitement
of
violence,
or
willful
blindness
to
positive
development,
is
a
grave
offence
that
undermines
stability
and
unity
of
our
nation
and
should
be
liable
to
immediate
censure.”

Zanu
PF
insiders
said
Chiwenga
also
came
under
attack
from
Zanu
PF
national
chair
Oppah
Muchinguri,
who
told
him
they
all
went
to
war,
and
their
paths
split
at
independence
when
he
became
a
soldier
and
they
went
into
government.

Muchinguri,
ZimLive
heard,
told
Chiwenga
–
a
retired
commander
of
the
Zimbabwe
Defence
Forces
–
that
there
was
“nothing
special
about
coming
from
the
barracks.”

Zanu
PF
legal
secretary
Patrick
Chinamasa
reportedly
told
the
vice
president
that
his
criticism
of
the
land
tenure
implementation
committee,
led
by
Tagwirei,
ignored
the
fact
that
“the
president
owns
all
land.”

Chiwenga,
it
is
understood,
spoke
briefly.
He
reportedly
said:
“I’ve
listened
to
all
your
presentations
and
I’m
convinced
that
all
of
you
support
zvigananda.
It’s
okay.
I
acknowledge
it.“

The
room
reportedly
fell
silent.

Zanu
PF
insiders
say
the
two
documents
have
deepened
factional
rifts
at
the
top
of
the
ruling
party,
which
gathers
in
Mutare
this
week
for
its
annual
conference.
Tuesday’s
politburo
meeting
at
the
party
headquarters
in
Harare
was
followed
by
a
central
committee
meeting
on
Wednesday.

The
Chiwenga
dossier
was
reportedly
supported
by
several
retired
generals
and
some
members
of
the
Women’s
League,
while
Mnangagwa’s
backers
ensured
the
president’s
counter-document
was
adopted
without
debate.

Neither
Mnangagwa
nor
Chiwenga
have
publicly
commented.
But
party
officials
say
the
confrontation
—
the
first
open
exchange
between
the
two
leaders
since
2017
—
has
set
the
stage
for
an
explosive
showdown.

📎 Mnangagwa
Responds
to
Chiwenga
Dossier
in
Explosive
Politburo
Meeting

The
issue
came
under
discussion
in
Parliament
on
Wednesday
last
week
when
MP
Elizabeth
Masuku
asked
the
Minister
of
Environment
about
the
government’s
policy
on
the
co-existence
of
people
and
wild
animals,
citing
incidents
in
Hwange
and
Tsholotsho.

“Since
a
lot
of
people
are
being
killed
by
these
animals,”
she
said,
“what
is
the
government
doing
to
protect
communities
living
near
wildlife
areas?”

The
Parks
and
Wildlife
Management
Bill,
Clause
9
Part
IIC
(161)(1),
provides
for
a
Human-Wildlife
Conflict
Relief
Fund
(HWCRF),
intended
to
offer
monetary
relief
to
victims
of
wildlife
encounters
that
result
in
death,
permanent
disability,
or
physical
injury.

However,
Section
161(2)
stipulates
that
no
person
shall
be
entitled
to
such
relief
if
they
are
injured,
maimed,
or
killed
while
illegally
harvesting
or
negligently
interfering
with
wild
animals.

Responding
to
the
concerns,
Minister
of
Justice,
Legal
and
Parliamentary
Affairs,
Ziyambi
Ziyambi,
said
policies
are
in
place
to
manage
coexistence
between
humans
and
wildlife
within
their
respective
territories.

“We
have
a
policy.
However,
once
in
a
while,
you
cannot
control
animals
crossing
into
areas
where
people
live,”
he
said.
“In
those
circumstances,
our
Parks
and
Wildlife
personnel
are
called
in
to
ensure
that
they
either
put
down
the
animals
or
take
them
back.”

He
added:
“We
have
a
policy
where
animals
stay
in
their
game
parks.
If
an
animal
strays
and
becomes
dangerous
to
the
inhabitants
of
that
area,
Parks
officials
will
come
and
put
that
animal
down.
However,
we
must
also
co-exist
with
our
wild
animals,
in
their
space
and
in
ours.”

Contributing
to
the
debate,
MP
Shakespear
Hamauswa
criticised
the
legal
framework
for
what
he
described
as
a
lack
of
fairness,
arguing
that
the
laws
appear
to
protect
animals
more
than
people.

“Why
has
the
government
not
put
in
place
a
law
that
says
when
a
person
kills
or
injures
a
wild
animal,
that
person
is
severely
sentenced,
yet,
on
the
other
hand,
when
a
wild
animal
attacks
a
human
being,
there
is
no
compensation
for
the
humans?”
he
asked.

“I
have
indicated
in
my
earlier
response
that
when
an
animal
strays
and
becomes
dangerous
to
human
beings,
many
times
Parks
and
Wildlife
personnel
put
it
down
rather
than
take
it
back
to
its
original
habitat,”
he
said.
“It
is
not
correct
to
say
that
the
law
favours
animals
over
human
beings.
The
animals
are
being
put
down,
and
human
beings
must
also
act
responsibly
around
wildlife.”

HARARE
–
A
police
officer
who
grabbed
national
attention
in
August
after
declaring
himself
as
the
new
police
chief
has
been
indefinitely
committed
to
Chikurubi
Psychiatric
Unit
after
being
declared
mentally
unfit
to
stand
trial.

Harare
magistrate
Tapiwa
Kuhudzai
made
the
ruling
after
receiving
medical
reports
from
two
state
doctors
and
one
private
doctor,
all
confirming
that
Assistant
Inspector
Simbarashe
Mandizvidza
was
not
of
sound
mental
health.

Mandizvidza
had
been
charged
with
transmitting
false
information
with
intent
to
cause
harm,
breaches
of
the
Road
Traffic
Act,
and
causing
disaffection
among
police
or
defence
forces.

The
charges
stemmed
from
a
series
of
viral
recordings
Mandizvidza
made
while
at
his
official
residence
at
ZRP
Hatfield
Police
Camp.

He
made
declarations
giving
all
Chinese
nationals
living
and
doing
business
in
Zimbabwe
a
48-hour
ultimatum
to
leave.

He
had
also
been
accused
of
stealing
a
police
vehicle
after
misrepresenting
to
his
superior,
Fidios
Chiteure
–
the
officer
in
charge
of
Police
General
Headquarters
Pay
and
Records
–
that
he
had
been
sent
by
Commissioner
Makomo
to
use
a
police
Ford
Ranger
for
official
errands.

He
drove
the
vehicle
to
Waerera
Village
in
Bindura,
where
it
was
recovered.

Mandizvidza
will
be
committed
to
Chikurubi
Psychiatric
Unit
for
an
indefinite
period
and
his
prosecution
has
been
formally
abandoned
until
doctors
confirm
his
recovery.