Mnangagwa surrounded by crooks: Chief 

Source: Mnangagwa surrounded by crooks: Chief -Newsday Zimbabwe A MANICALAND traditional leader says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is surrounded by crooks who feed him with misinformation while plundering the country’s natural resources. The traditional leader said the situation had robbed the country of a lot of  revenue accrued from the sale of mineral resources. Speaking this […]

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A MANICALAND traditional leader says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is surrounded by crooks who feed him with misinformation while plundering the country’s natural resources.

The traditional leader said the situation had robbed the country of a lot of  revenue accrued from the sale of mineral resources.

Speaking this week at an emotionally-charged workshop in Mutare on decentralisation organised by Centre for Research for Peace and Development in Africa in partnership with the Centre for Natural Resource Governance, Chief James Mutasa said there were crooks in the mining sector who hung around Mnangagwa giving him wrong information and advice.

He said these crooks were taking advantage of their positions to enrich themselves in the process.

“I am not against any mining activities in Zimbabwe at all. Mutasa district has large gold deposits, but, to my surprise so many miners are mining in the area and they take away the gold. It pains me that the people from Mutasa are not benefiting at all from their gold,” he said.

“You come and take the gold and build mansions in Harare. You drive beautiful and expensive cars all the way, but you have forgotten the people from Mutasa.”

“I have poor families in my area and why can’t you build them houses through corporate social responsibility programmes? People from Mutasa have nothing to show and they honestly deserve this benefaction,” the chief said.

“Most of those gold claims are owned by people who are not from Mutasa, why? The mining in Mutasa is being controlled by people who are not from Mutasa and they are taking the riches away from us.”

Expressing more disappointment over how he and his subjects have been treated in terms of mineral revenue benefaction, he added: “I am the custodian of the land; I know everything happening on the ground. There are some people who have engaged the Chinese to do the mining while my people with the potential of mining are denied the opportunity because of corruption within the system.

“I report direct to the President and these are some of the things that I am going to highlight to him. The mining processes are fraught with irregularities. We need proper corporate social responsibility in the community so that everyone benefits.”

He urged miners in Mutasa district to form Mutasa Miners Association to tackle issues affecting them.

The meeting was attended by small-scale miners, community-based organisations operating in mining areas, other stakeholders and the media.

BREAKING NEWS: 12 Bulawayo CCC candidates Supreme Court case – Judge delivers ruling

In a major boost for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), the Supreme Court has overturned a controversial ruling that threatened to block 12 of the party’s candidates from contesting crucial parliamentary elections later this month. A 3-judg…

In a major boost for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), the Supreme Court has overturned a controversial ruling that threatened to block 12 of the party’s candidates from contesting crucial parliamentary elections later this month. A 3-judge bench led by Justice Tendai Uchena unanimously set aside an earlier ruling by the Bulawayo High Court […]

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‘Elections stalling GBV campaigns’ 

Source: ‘Elections stalling GBV campaigns’ – The Southern Eye WOMEN in Bulilima and Mangwe districts have complained that campaigns for the August 23 polls have stalled their alcohol and gender-based violence (GBV) awareness programme. In an interview, Milikani Federation president Samaria Nkomo told Southern Eye this week that they are still conducting awareness campaigns, adding […]

Source: ‘Elections stalling GBV campaigns’ – The Southern Eye

WOMEN in Bulilima and Mangwe districts have complained that campaigns for the August 23 polls have stalled their alcohol and gender-based violence (GBV) awareness programme.

In an interview, Milikani Federation president Samaria Nkomo told Southern Eye this week that they are still conducting awareness campaigns, adding that the elections had slowed them down.

“We are still going forward with an awareness campaign in a bid to fight alcohol abuse and GBV in our community. But now that there are elections people are busy, so we have slowed down a bit,” Nkomo said.

“During the drug awareness campaigns, we do engage the police to talk to our youth and teenagers over the effects that these drugs have on them. Last week we were in Plumtree and we were having a GBV awareness campaign with the elderly women and men in the community.”

In May this year, women joined hands to form Self-Help Group to tackle poverty, gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy and alcohol abuse.

Self Help Group national co-ordinator Mthokozisi Ndebele said they had implemented similar projects in 13 districts across the country.