2030 factionalism now a ‘national security risk’: Muchinguri

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HARARE
–
A
resolution
passed
by
Zanu
PF
at
its
annual
conference
in
Bulawayo
last
year
calling
for
constitutional
amendments
to
keep
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
in
power
until
2030
is
being
exploited
by
“a
few
individuals”
to
fuel
divisions
in
the
party,
the
party’s
chairperson
Oppah
Muchinguri
Kashiri
said
Thursday.

Muchinguri
said
some
party
activists
were
being
targeted
for
disciplinary
action
in
the
provinces
by
those
who
have
“weaponised”
the
“2030”
slogan,
she
told
a
state-of-the
party
indaba
at
the
Zanu
PF
headquarters
in
Harare.

“Allow
me
to
put
the
21st
National
People’s
Conference
resolution
number
one
under
spotlight.
Party
leadership
has
observed,
with
dismay,
the
abuse
of
the
resolution
and
the
weaponisation
of
the
‘2030’
slogan,”
she
said.

“The
resolution
is
a
collective
outcome
that
cannot
be
monopolised
by
a
few
individuals
for
personal
gain
and
glory.
These
few
individuals
are
now
exploiting
the
resolution
and
the
2030
slogan
to
provoke
discord
and
petty
disciplinary
cases.
This
must
stop
forthwith.

“You’re
all
aware
that
the
resolution
was
and
is
supported
by
everyone
hence
let
us
give
the
requisite
party
protocol
time
to
process
it
accordingly.”

Muchinguri,
who
is
also
the
defence
minister
and
is
seen
as
an
ally
of
Mnangagwa’s
ambitious
deputy
Constantino
Chiwenga,
appeared
to
take
issue
with
recent
organised
attacks
on
Chiwenga
by
a
section
of
the
party
who
sang
songs
denigrating
him
at
the
National
Heroes
Acre,
while
extolling
Mnangagwa.

Muchinguri
claimed
this
posed
a
“national
security
risk,”
without
explaining.

She
railed:
“It
is
shameful
for
any
leader
to
always
be
seized
with
primitive
and
sometimes
barbaric
political
bickering
and
chicanery
which
divides
the
party.
Such
behaviour
is
a
bonus
arsenal
for
our
opposition
forces.

“The
consequence
of
such
a
smear
campaign
amongst
ourselves
is
the
propagation
of
artificial
factionalism…
Our
president
and
entire
presidium
must
be
protected
by
shunning
factionalism
which
is
a
mere
figment
of
imagination
by
self-serving
individuals.
This
then
degenerates
into
a
national
security
risk.”

Claiming
that
opposition
politics
“is
currently
dead,”
Muchinguri
said
“divisive
elements
within
have
become
our
greatest
undoing.”

She
added:
“Even
some
of
our
own
affiliates,
like
the
churches,
are
now
being
infiltrated
by
the
enemy
[within].”

Mnangagwa
is
in
his
second
and
final
term
as
president,
but
some
of
his
fanatical
supporters
–
mainly
elites
surviving
on
patronage
–
are
pushing
an
agenda
to
amend
the
constitution
and
remove
term
limits.
The
plan
faces
many
legal
and
political
hurdles,
with
Chiwenga
reportedly
opposed
to
it.

Mnangagwa
insists
he
will
step
down
when
his
term
ends
in
2028,
but
few
believe
him.

5 children killed and 2 others are missing after a dam collapses in Zimbabwe

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An
influx
of
water
following
continuous
rains
in
recent
weeks
breached
the
walls
of
the
dam
at
a
farm
in
Chipinge,
a
remote
district
in
the
east
of
the
country,
on
Sunday.
Authorities
initially
said
a
four-year-old
girl
doing
laundry
with
her
mother
and
a
30-year-old
man
died.
The
girl’s
mother
survived.

However,
with
some
children
unaccounted
for
in
the
area,
a
frantic
search
and
rescue
mission
kicked
off
and
resulted
in
the
recovery
of
four
more
bodies
of
children
this
week.

The
southern
African
nation’s
disaster
management
agency,
the
Civil
Protection
Unit,
said
the
search
is
continuing
for
two
more
children,
ages
eight
and
four,
who
are
still
missing.

The
agency
said
gushes
of
water
flooded
downstream
villages,
catching
the
children
who
were
fishing
or
doing
laundry
on
a
nearby
river
by
surprise
and
also
destroying
agricultural
equipment
and
killing
livestock.

A
team
from
the
Civil
Protection
Unit,
the
police
and
community
members
were
combing
the
area
to
locate
the
missing
children.

Zimbabwe,
fresh
from
the
most
severe
drought
in
four
decades,
has
seen
incessant
rains
in
many
parts
of
the
country
in
recent
weeks.

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Magistrate Denies Mhlanga’s Request To Sit Exam Under Prison Supervision

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Mhike
questioned
the
rationale
behind
the
designation,
to
which
Magistrate
Isheanesu
Matova
responded
that
it
was
for
administrative
purposes
only.

Mhike
also
informed
the
court
that
Mhlanga
is
a
student
with
an
important
examination
scheduled
for
March
19.

He
requested
that
the
court
allow
Mhlanga
to
sit
for
the
exam
under
the
supervision
of
the
Zimbabwe
Prisons
and
Correctional
Service.

However,
Magistrate
Matova
stated
that
the
defence
was
seeking
something
beyond
his
authority. Said
Matova:

I
can
only
operate
within
the
four
corners
of
statutes.
That
is
beyond
our
reach.

Mhike,
however,
argued
that
the
court
had
the
authority
to
grant
the
application
allowing
Mhlanga
to
sit
for
his
examination.

The
matter
was
subsequently
remanded
to
April
4.

Award-winning
journalist
Hopewell
Chin’ono
suggested
that
Mhlanga’s
arrest
was
part
of
a
broader
strategy
by
State
institutions
to
silence
journalists
and
hinder
their
ability
to
perform
their
duties.
Said
Chin’ono:

A
Zimbabwean
journalist
and
political
prisoner,
Blessed
Mhlanga
will
spend
another
weekend
in
jail
for
a
crime
he
did
not
commit.

His
only
crime
is
interviewing
Jealousy
Mawarire,
who
exposed
a
corrupt
scandal
to
steal
the
People’s
Own
Savings
Bank
(POSB)
linked
to
the
President
on
Mhlanga’s
television
programme.

The
use
of
state
institutions
to
silence
journalists
from
doing
their
work
is
not
only
oppressive
but
kleptocratic.

The
fact
that
Mhlanga
has
been
imprisoned
for
close
to
three
weeks
for
merely
conducting
an
interview
with
a
whistleblower
exposes
the
extent
to
which
state
institutions
have
been
weaponised
to
silence
dissent
and
investigative
journalism
by
ZANUPF
and
Mnangagwa.

ZMC boss, three officials dragged to court facing fraud

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HARARE
–
Zimbabwe
Media
Commission
(ZMC)
executive
secretary
Godwin
Phiri
Friday
appeared
in
court
charged
with
fraud
after
he
allegedly
misappropriated
fuel
worth
millions
of
dollars.

Phiri
appeared
before
Harare
magistrate
Marewanazvo
Gofa
jointly
charged
with
other
ZMC
officials
Tafadzwa
Chikwiti
an
accountant,
Revai
Madire
and
administrator
Mercy
Hondo.

They
are
facing
two
fraud
counts.

The
four
were
not
asked
to
plead
and
were
all
remanded
out
of
custody
on
US$600
bail
each.

They
will
be
back
in
court
on
April
28
for
routine
remand.

Appearing
for
the
State,
Lancelot
Mutsokoti
alleged
that
during
the
period
extending
from
May
2023
to
February
2024
and
on
different
occasions,
the
accused
acting
in
connivance
with
Petros
Mudhokwani,
still
at
large,
hatched
a
plan
to
steal
from
the
commission.

Pursuant
of
their
plan,
Mudhokwani
allegedly
raised
requisitions
for
the
purchase
of
fuel
from
Petrotrade,
and
Chikwiti
uploaded
the
requisition
on
an
online
procurement
platform
which
was
adopted
by
the
commission
known
as
the
System’s
Application
and
Products
(SAP).

“Secretary
approved
the
release
of
funds
for
the
purchase
of
the
coupons.
Tawanda
Hlomai
who
is
also
still
at
large,
collected
104,976
litres
of
fuel
from
Petrol
Trade
in
form
of
coupons.
and
four
issued
goods
received
vouchers
purporting
that
all
the
fuel
had
been
received
by
the
commission,
when
in
actual
fact,
only
45,120
litres
of
fuel
was
recorded.

“Though
the
misrepresentation,
the
accused
defrauded
the
commission
of
59,856
litres
of
fuel
and
the
complainant
suffered
a
prejudice
of
ZWL54,836,704,95
and
nothing
was
recovered,”
the
court
heard.

On
the
second
account,
the
group
also
used
the
same
method
to
defraud
their
employer
and
Phiri
approved
the
release
of
another
ZWL51
million
into
various
accounts
and
where
they
collected
their
proceeds
in
foreign
currency.

The
offence
came
to
light
when
an
audit
was
carried
out.

Chamisa: The Scale Of Brain Drain Zimbabwe Is Experiencing Is Staggering

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In
a
post
on
X,
formerly
Twitter,
Chamisa
revealed
that
he
receives
daily
calls
from
professionals
who
are
planning
to
leave
Zimbabwe
in
search
of
better
opportunities,
a
trend
that
has
serious
implications
for
the
country’s
economic
development.
He
wrote:

Just
this
morning,
I
received
four
different
calls
from
some
professionals,
all
planning
on
leaving
the
country
to
seek
opportunities
in
other
countries.

My
daily
agony
is
waking
up
every
day
to
the
lived
nightmare
of
receiving
yet
another
call
from
a
fellow
Zimbabwean
desperate
to
leave
the
country
searching
for
what
is
believed
to
be
greener
pastures.
This
is
a
story
I
have
experienced
repeatedly
for
the
past
20
years.

Often,
these
calls
are
not
just
conversations
they
are
pleas
for
assistance
and
requests
for
guidance
on
finding
a
way
to
exit
and
escape
to
a
perceived
better
life
and
future.

The
sheer
scale
of
brain
drain
we
are
experiencing
is
staggering.
As
a
nation,
we
are
hemorrhaging
talent
and
gifts
losing
the
very
citizens
we
have
invested
in
and
educated
(with
meager
resources
for
that
matter)
to
other
economies,
where
they
go
to
build
and
strengthen
economies
elsewhere.

According
to
Chamisa,
it
is
nothing
short
of
devastating
that
Zimbabwe
has
consistently
haemorrhaged
its
most
precious
and
strategic
resource:
its
talented,
skilled,
and
highly-educated
young
professionals.
He
added:

This
is
plainly
heartbreaking.
Leadership
is
the
missing
link.
Those
in
leadership
have
let
the
people
down.
By
leadership,
I
mean
everyone
within
the
ecosystem
of
governance
and
influence.
Any
serious
leadership
would
not
allow
this
hemorrhaging
to
continue
untamed
or
unchecked.

We
cannot
continue
with
a
situation
where
all
of
us,
as
a
people,
are
perennially
preoccupied
with
finding
a
way
out
of
our
own
country.
I
am
yet
to
see
a
nation
that
thrives
when
the
bulk
of
its
best
minds
are
outside
it.
It
can’t!

It
has
become
a
common
disposition
for
citizens
to
go
seeking
opportunities
in
other
countries.
The
motivation
being
that
the
grass
is
greener
elsewhere.

Granted,
the
grass
always
seems
greener
elsewhere,
but
it
should
be
greenest
wherever
we
are.
Yet,
right
now,
that
green
grass
is
benefitting
no
one
here—except
a
select
few.

The
former
opposition
leader
urged
Zimbabweans
to
come
together
to
revamp
the
country’s
economy,
creating
an
environment
that
fosters
growth,
opportunity,
and
innovation,
and
put
an
end
to
the
crippling
brain
drain
that
has
plagued
the
nation.

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Acting Chief Makumbe Killed In Car Crash

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3:37


by
Pindula
News

The
Buhera
community
has
been
plunged
into
mourning
following
the
sudden
passing
of
Acting
Chief
Makumbe,
Takudzwa
Paul
Chengeta,
at
the
age
of
30.


The
traditional
leader
died
in
a
road
accident
on
Wednesday
at
around
4
PM
on
the
Harare-Mutare
highway,
approximately
86
km
from
Harare.
His
Toyota
Hilux
GD6
collided
head-on
with
a
Gold
Class
bus
in
Marondera.

At
the
time
of
the
accident,
Chengeta,
a
final-year
Civil
Engineering
student
at
the
University
of
Zimbabwe,
was
travelling
to
Mutare
from
Harare
with
a
friend.

According
to
his
uncle,
Tapiwa
Chengeta,
the
family
is
still
to
announce
the
burial
date.
Chengeta
was
not
married.

Paul
was
the
eldest
son
of
the
late
Chief
Makumbe,
Shepherd
Chengeta,
who
passed
away
in
March
2023.
He
was
appointed
Acting
Chief
Makumbe
in
2024.
Said
Tapiwa:

He
was
driving
towards
Mutare
with
his
friend
when
he
collided
with
a
Gold
Class
Express
bus.
The
friend
sustained
minor
injuries.

We
are
waiting
for
the
necessary
protocols
and
leadership
guidance
to
decide
on
the
official
burial
date,
but
it
will
most
likely
be
on
Saturday
at
his
rural
home
in
Buhera.

Following
the
accident,
Chengeta’s
body
was
transferred
to
Marondera
Hospital’s
mortuary,
while
his
injured
friend
was
rushed
to
the
same
hospital
for
medical
attention.

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Opposition councillor set free after Zim makes tik-tok-related arrest

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He
had
been
in
detention
for
the
past
two
days
after
he
was
arrested
by
Zimbabwe
Republic
Police
(ZRP)
officers
and
charged
with
undermining
the
authority
of
or
insulting
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa.

Councillor
Maukazuva,
who
was
represented
by Paidamoyo
Saurombe of Zimbabwe
Lawyers
for
Human
Rights,
was
arrested
by
ZRP
officers
on
Wednesday
12
March
2025,
where
he
was
accused
of
insulting
President
Mnangagwa,
when
he
allegedly
forwarded
a
Tiktok
video
clip
on
Chivhu
Residents
and
Ratepayers
Association
WhatsApp
group,
showing
a
woman
allegedly
criticising
President
Mnangagwa
for
reportedly
mismanaging
the
economy
and
also
passing
on
some
insulting
messages
against
the
ruling
ZANU
PF
political
party
leader.

But
on
Friday
14
March
2025,
prosecutors
from
the
NPA
withdrew
charges
against
Councillor
Maukazuva
on
the
basis
that
they
had
not
first
obtained
a
certificate
to
prosecute
from
the
Prosecutor-General,
authorising
them
to
take
legal
action
against
the
opposition
political
party
Councillor.

According
to
prosecutors,
Councillor
Maukazuva
allegedly
undermined
authority
of
or
insulted
President
Mnangagwa,
when
he
allegedly
circulated
a
Tiktok
video
clip
containing
some
derogatory
and
vulgar
language
reportedly
uttered
by
an
unidentified
woman,
who
was
criticising
the
country’s
leader.

Prosecutors
claimed
that
Councillor
Maukazuva’s
conduct
of
allegedly
forwarding
the
Tiktok
video
clip
of
the
unidentified
woman
making
some
disparaging
remarks
against
President
Mnangagwa,
including
accusing
him
of
bringing
“misfortunes”
among
Zimbabweans
and
urging
him
to
relinquish
power
to
a
“young
person”,
was
unlawful.

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Biglaw Firm Is Winning So Much But Clients Are Still Scared – See Also – Above the Law

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Being
Right
Has
Its
Consequences:
Perkins
Coie
is
winning
against
Trump
in
court.
But
will
clients
risk
Trump’s
ire?
These
Law
Schools
Have
Amazing
First-Time
Bar
Passage
Rates:
Is
your
school
on
the
list?
Outsourcing
Summaries,

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Arizona’s
newest
Supreme
Court
AI
reporters
are
uncannily
good
at
their
jobs.
Trump
&
Co.
Really
Don’t
Like
Birthright
Citizenship:
And
they
want
SCOTUS
to
get
on
board.
Ever
Hand
In
A
Resume
So
Bad
You
Get
37
Months
In
Prison?:
Biglaw
fraud
comes
with
big
consequences.

Stat(s) Of The Week: A Big Gap In Legal Tech Satisfaction – Above the Law

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Legal
tech
users
in
the
U.S.
and
the
U.K.
report
widely
different
levels
of
satisfaction
with
their
systems,
according
to
a
new
survey,
raising
questions
about
how
companies
are
meeting
lawyers’
needs.

According
to
“The
State
of
Legal
Tech
Adoption”
report
by
London-based
Definely,
51%
of
U.S.
respondents
say
they’re
satisfied
with
the
ROI
of
their
legal
technology,
while
only
22%
of
U.K.
respondents
say
the
same.

When
limited
to
private
practice
lawyers,
the
gap
is
even
more
stark:
70%
of
U.S
respondents
say
they’re
satisfied
with
their
systems,
versus
25%
of
their
U.K.
counterparts. 

These
findings
raise
questions
about
whether
legal
technology
providers
are
meeting
the
“diverse
needs
of
legal
professionals,”
according
to
the
report.  

“Addressing
these
concerns
requires
vendors
to
deliver
tailored,
user-friendly
solutions
and
invest
in
customer
education
and
support,”
the
report
says.
“Tackling
apathy
toward
LegalTech
will
be
crucial
for
driving
adoption
and
meeting
the
evolving
needs
of
the
legal
industry.”

The
survey
draws
on
over
200
responses
from
private
practice
lawyers
and
in-house
counsel,
with
49%
in
the
U.K.
and
50%
in
the
U.S.


The
State
of
Legal
Technology
Adoption
[Definely]



Jeremy
Barker
is
the
director
of
content
marketing
for
Breaking
Media.
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