The Standard 22 June 2014

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Sunday Mail Editor
‘is Baba Jukwa’
Prison officers accompany Edmund
Kudzayi to a waiting prisons vehicle
yesterday.
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Mugabe’s neighbour speaks out
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Suspected Islamist militants
stormed a village in northeast Nigeria
yesterday, killing several people and
torching houses near where more
than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped
two months ago, a witness said.
Clad in military uniforms, the attackers
raided the village of Koronginim
in a convoy of sport utility and military
vehicles, the witness told Reuters
by telephone, asking not to be identified.
—Reuters
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The latest in a string of militant attacks
on Kenya’s coast has dealt a
fresh blow to the economy, but the
threat this time goes beyond the
tourist trade to an ambitious US$25,5
billion port and transport scheme
next to the historic town of Lamu.
—Reuters
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Sunday Mail Editor ‘is Baba Jukwa’
The State alleges,
Kudzayi planned and
organised with some
of his colleagues
calling themselves The
Gunda Nleya Brigade
to overthrow the
government
BY CHARLES LAIton
Sunday Mail Editor, Edmund
Kudakwashe
Kudzayi, was yesterday
“unmasked” as the
brains behind the popular
Facebook page Baba Jukwa in
the magistrates court.
This followed his arrest and detention
over allegations of attempting
to overthrow the government,
charges that brought him to court
yesterday.
Clad in a checked jacket, sky blue
shirt, maroon tie and a nerve blue
soiled trousers, Kudzayi, who was
in handcuffs, arrived at the Harare
Magistrate Court under heavy
police guard led by Assistant Commissioner
Chrispen Makedenge,
officer commanding CID Law and
No ministers targeted in Baba Jukwa investigations: Police
By OUR STAFF
Police have dismissed reports
that top government officials
are under investigation
in connection with the recent
arrest of The Sunday Mail Editor
Edmund Kudzayi over publications
of posts on the Baba Jukwa
Facebook page.
Chief Police spokesperson, senior
assistant Commissioner Charity
Charamba yesterday said instead
cabinet ministers such as Saviour
Kasukuwere (Environment, Water
and Climate) were the victims of
Baba Jukwa.
“The police wishes to inform
the public that there are no ministers
targeted in the investigations.
In fact, ministers were targeted by
Baba Jukwa and the most targeted
Minister was in fact Kasukuwere,
his wife and family,” Charamba
said.
She said the mentioning of top
government officials and the members
of the ruling party Zanu PF as
being targeted in the investigations
was intended to throw confusion
Order section.
He was later led into court room
number 6, where before proceedings
started, he managed to crack
a joke with several journalists saying:
“You reporters must learn to
greet your bosses, remember I am
still the Editor. I am your boss.”
Kudzayi (28), of 65 Brooks Drive
Hillside in Harare, was picked
up by law enforcement agents on
Thursday last week and charged
with subverting a constitutional
government or alternatively attempting
to commit an act of insurgency,
banditry, sabotage or terrorism.
The “computer guru”, according
to the police, was also charged
with publishing or communicating
false statements prejudicial to the
state or alternatively undermining
authority of or insulting the President.
According to police investigations,
Kudzayi, acting in connivance
with his elder brother who is
said to be still at large, Phillip Tawanda,
together with other unnamed
suspects, created a Gmail
account called babajukwa2013@
gmail.com using an Econet line
number 0771 446 541 registered in
Phillip’s name.
It is alleged the said Gmail account,
whose Econet line is still being
used by Phillip, was used to create
a Facebook account called Baba
Jukwa.
Harare Provincial Magistrate Vakayi
Douglas Chikwekwe remanded
him in custody to tomorrow for
his bail application after Chief Law
Officer, Tawanda Zvekare and his
(Kudzayi’s) lawyer Joseph Mandizha
agreed to have the matter
postponed.
Allegations against Kudzayi are
that sometime in April last year,
he connived with his elder brother
Phillip and the others still at large,
whereupon they “hatched a plan to
overthrow the government by unconstitutional
means” in the run
up to July 31 general elections.
The State alleges, Kudzayi
planned and organised with some
of his colleagues calling themselves,
The Gunda Nleya Brigade
and Zimbabwe Revolutionary
Army, to overthrow the government
“through waging a war” and
urged people to join the Zimbabwe
Revolutionary Army.
Pursuant to their plans, it is alleged,
Kudzayi posted articles on
the Baba Jukwa Facebook page
which reportedly encouraged rebellion
against the government if
the July 31 general election were
stolen.
The State also alleges Kudzayi
and his group further posted articles
on the social networking platform
to the effect that they had a
Dare Rechimurenga in place and
that a team was on the ground studying
and monitoring the situation
in Zimbabwe.
The State however, contends that
Kudzayi’s creation of Baba Jukwa
Facebook page was “meant for the
into Kudzayi’s criminal matter.
“Such publications which insinuate
that certain ministers and parliamentarians
are targeted, are intended
to throw confusion into
the whole matter and solicit ministers
and Zanu PF sympathy, in
the process diluting the gravity of
Kudzayi’s case,” Charamba said.
Meanwhile, Mxolisi Ncube, one
of the journalists initially linked
to Baba Jukwa by the Sunday Mail
and Herald, has asked whether people
still believed he was behind the
shadowy character.
Sunday Mail editor Edmund
Kudzayi arriving at the Harare
magistrate Court (far left)
and (left) leaving the courts
in a Zimbabwe Prisons and
Correctional Services (ZPCS)
truck after Harare Provincial
magistrate Vakayi Douglas
Chikwekwe remanded him in
custody to tomorrow for his
bail application.
Pictures: Charles Laiton and
Aaron Ufumeli
consumption of Zimbabweans and
to whip-up emotions from those
who would have read the said articles
on Baba Jukwa’s Facebook account.
On May 11 this year, The Sunday
Mail, according to police, published
a story about the identity of Baba
Jukwa titled, Hackers unmask Baba
Jukwa but investigations however,
revealed that Kudzayi, the editor
of the paper, was the one in control
of the Baba Jukwa Gmail account
as his details were on the recovery
panel of the said account.
The police however, argue that
their investigations revealed that
the said account was never hacked.
The State also alleges that on August
7 2008 Kudzayi wrote and published
an article in the Zimbabwe
Mail online publication attacking
the President of Zimbabwe, Robert
Gabriel Mugabe.
In the said article, according to
the State, Kudzayi went on to “falsely
label the President a dictator who
commits gross human rights abuses”
and further accusing him of
having stolen the 2008 elections and
that he had been presiding over an
economic collapse.
He further called the President “a
tyrant” and accused him of taking
the land from the white farmers and
giving it to his cronies and not the
people of Zimbabwe.
Kudzayi was also charged for not
ensuring that his ammunition
recovered by police in his house
was properly secured.
“So, do you still believe that I am
the real Baba Jukwa?” quipped
Ncube on his Facebook page.
“Having been demonised and
called names, with my pictures
splashed everywhere for nothing
I ever did, I cannot celebrate what
my Zimpapers counterparts are going
through right now.
“Had I been in Zimbabwe when
those allegations were made, I
would have faced a similar or even
worse situation. An injury to one is
an injury to all. Journalists of Zimbabwe
Arise!”

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Mugabe’s
neighbour
speaks out
BY OUR STAFF
A
Harare man who is expected
to appear in
court tomorrow after
his dogs killed a buck
at President Robert
Mugabe’s mansion in Borrowdale
Brooke last year is proud to be the
First Family’s neighbour.
Michael Pazarangu is facing
charges of allowing to “be at large
any unmuzzled ferocious dog” as
defined in Section 46 (2)(r) of the
Third Schedule of the Criminal
Law and Codification Act Chapter
9:23.
The Standard yesterday managed
to track down Pazarangu for
an interview in Harare. Pazarangu
said he had “no problem with
my neighbour”, adding that he
Michael Pazarangu
was not interested in politics.
“I am not a politician. You don’t
find me in Zanu PF and MDCs
because I am not interested in it
[politics],” he said.
Pazarangu had a terse “no
comment” response when asked
whether he had been invited to
Bona Mugabe’s wedding to Simba
Chikore early this year.
The mega wedding was held at
the First’s Family’s residence opposite
Pazarangu’s house.
The State alleges that on May 22
and 23 last year, Pazarangu’s dogs
strayed into President Mugabe’s
residence where they killed a
buck. When an officer on duty
saw the dogs devouring the animal,
they ran away into Pazarangu’s
homestead. Officials from the
National Parks and Wildlife Management
Authority later identified
the dogs as the ones they had
shot at the previous year.
When he was summoned to appear
in court last week, Pazarangu
kept it a secret to his family which
only knew about the case when it
was splashed in newspapers.
“I didn’t want my family to be
traumatised. Also, I didn’t want
the story to come out because it
embarrasses the President,” he
said.
Pazarangu said when he moved
into Borrowdale Brooke, tyres
on his three cars were stolen one
night. When he replaced the tyres
and parked his cars closer to the
house, thieves pounced again and
stole the tyres.
“It was at that point that I started
keeping the dogs,” said the
man born in Pazarangu Street in
Mbare. The street was named after
his father, Patrick Michael
Pazarangu, the former post master
during the federation of
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe),
Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and
Nyasaland (Malawi).
Patrick Michael was awarded
the Member of the Order of the
British Empire given to an individual
for a significant achievement
or outstanding service to
the community.
Mugabe vows to deal
with child sexual abuse
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has called on youths to desist from
engaging in early sexual activities, while also taking a dig at
older people who are abusing children.
Speaking during the official opening of the 22 nd session of the
Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe in Harare yesterday, Mugabe
said government was concerned about the increasing cases of
child abuse including the rape of minors.
“Something has gone wrong with the social and moral fibre
of our society. The problems of child sexual abuse, child neglect
and even infanticide now need to be addressed at all levels of
the society,” he said.
“The government is going to intensify the necessary social
and policing interventions in order to eradicate what is turning
into an epidemic.”
Mugabe also opened up about his boyhood saying children
must not rush into early sexual activities. The Zanu PF leader
said when he was young, even his late mother Bona, was worried
that he could not court girls because of his love for books
which made him what he is today.
“I was very bookish and did not want girls to interfere with
me that my mother would ask vana Sekuru kuti asi mwana wangu
arikuda kuita fata, hamumutsvagirewo here? Vaifunga kuti
handigone kunyenga, aiwa ndaigona kunyenga,” he said. [she
asked my uncles whether I was considering being a priest and
asked them to find a girl for me, she thought I could not chat up
a girl. I could.]
Mugabe claimed there were people bent on ensuring that his
government collapsed.
“When the elections came in July last year, we had a sweeping
win pushing aside those who concentrated on women,” he said.
Mugabe said the failure to pay professionals, including teachers,
contributed to the slowdown of the economy as qualified personnel
were leaving for countries such as Botswana and South Africa.
“The future of a nation lies in the youths, so education must
give them knowledge and skills which they can use to prosper
their lives and the nation,” he said.
“It is you the young whom we have faith in and we depend
upon you to pass on that entity we call Zimbabwe so we continue
to live.”
Meanwhile, child president Nhlanhla Moyo said the government
must remember the commitments made when the country
ratified the United Nations Convection on the Rights and Welfare
of the Children in 1990.
“We seek to pursue the rights of every child in Zimbabwe and
we wish to bring to the attention of our government the condition
we are growing up to,” said Moyo.
“As the child parliament of Zimbabwe, we do not seek to create
a world far away from our reality. We seek to be heard and
not just to be seen.”
We will rule till donkeys
grow horns: Zanu PF
STAFF REPORTER
ZANU PF chairman Simon Khaya-Moyo yesterday
said the party will rule until donkeys come home
as he gathered several government ministers to
address issues affecting Matabeleland that have given
rise to sentiments that the region is marginalised.
Khaya-Moyo told a joint Zanu PF provincial council
meeting for Matabeleland South, North and Bulawayo
that the region was not benefitting from a lot of national
projects and people were suffering.
However, the Senior Minister in President Robert
Mugabe’s office said despite the challenges, Zanu PF’s
stranglehold on power would not be threatened.
“We are going to rule for a very long time,” he said to
wild cheers. “We will rule until donkeys grow horns.
“Come 2018, all seats in Matabeleland
will be in Zanu PF hands. Let’s work to
strengthen the party and that would
be through showing respect among
each other at all levels.”
Khaya Moyo said he would
soon convene a meeting for the
three Zanu PF provincial chairpersons
and the Provincial Affairs
ministers so that they can
work together harmoniously.
This followed an impassioned
plea by Chief Dingani Nelukoba
of Hwange who revealed
that there was chaos in
the allocation of conservancies
in Matabeleland
North province.
He said he recently
had an offer letter
for a conservancy
withdrawn
after the animal
sanctuary
was allocated
to
a Hararebased
company.
Khaya-
Moyo appeared to be irked by the absence of Matabeleland
North Provincial Affairs minister Cain Mathema
at the forum held at Elangeni Training Centre in Bulawayo.
“It appears there is a serious gap here,” he said. “It’s
not only Chief Nelukoba who is affected by this [confusion],
it has affected a lot of people.
“May those recording minutes of this meeting take
note of this and it will be taken up by Monday. If it is
not solved, I will end up going there myself.
“These are the issues we have to address. You can’t
go around saying I am a senior minister if you are not
working. The Provincial Affairs minister is not here.
“I need to arrange a meeting with the provincial
chairpersons and the Provincial Affairs ministers because
we can’t work like that. The party is superior, you
can’t go around boasting that I am a senior minister.”
Bulawayo Provincial Affairs
minister Eunice Sandi Moyo
and her Matabeleland South
counterpart Abedinico Ncube
attended the meeting.
Other ministers who addressed
the forum were
Douglas Mombeshora
(Lands and Resettlement),
Obert Mpofu
(Transport),
Saviour Kasukuwere
(Water
and Climate)
and Sithembiso
Nyoni
(Small and
Medium Enterprises).
In the past
senior Zanu PF leaders
from the region were accused
of paying lip service to
issues affecting Matabeleland.
Simon Khaya-Moyo

4 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
News
Respect rule of law: Moyo
BY NDUDUZO TSHUMA
Media, Information
and Broadcasting
Services minister
Jonathan Moyo
has lambasted people
who view the observance of
the rule of law and good governance
as an attack by foreign enemies.
Speaking at the Business Environment
Services (BES) graduation
ceremony in Bulawayo on
Friday, Moyo said such people forget
that laws were crafted by Zimbabweans
in Parliament.
Following his appointment,
Moyo went on a drive to expose
corruption at the State-run Zimbabwe
Broadcasting Corporation
(ZBC) and other parastatals. The
move did not go down well in the
faction-ridden Zanu PF with some
officials accusing Moyo of destroying
the party from within.
“It is in my view almost given
that if the profession of the media,
which has been at the forefront
of our divisions in the country,
were to start using the constitution
as the number one reference,
there will be progress,” said
Moyo.
“The second requirement
which arises from the supremacy
of the constitution is that our
affairs must be governed by the
rule of law and this is in our constitution
and this is not supposed
to be a problem.
“In our country, there are some
people who if you tell them that
‘please observe the rule of law’,
they think you are attacking
them. They forget that we actually
make these laws ourselves
through the Parliament and that
they are interpreted by our own
courts.”
Moyo said there has been “an
unfortunate feeling in certain
quarters of our society that the
rule of law is something that
comes from outside the country
that our enemies want to use
against us”.
“The rule of law is recognition
of the differences we have that
we can’t use those differences as
a reference for organising ourselves.
That we need something
in common and that one thing we
should have in common is the law
and that we should apply this law
to the governance of our affairs
equally without any discrimination;
that there should be no selective
application of the law or
even non-application of the law,”
he said.
Moyo said Zimbabweans have
become their own worst enemies
by treating things which were
central to the objectives of the
liberation struggle as external to
the country.
He revealed that one media
practitioner told him that there
was a lot of factionalism going
on that was creating problems in
newsrooms.
“I realised that they were missing
this issue of governance. The
person who asked me that question
was looking for a political
‘Commercial land deals leave
communities in quandary’
answer when in fact there is no
political answer, there is a professional
answer and the professional
answer is about governance,”
he said.
“You are story tellers; to tell a
story, there are five things that
you need which are related to the
governance question. You have to
tell a complete story, not a halfbaked
story; you have to be factual
in telling that story; you have
got to be balanced, which means
you have got to be objective,
which means finally you have to
be fair.
“If one of these things is missing,
then you have a problem. If
all of them are there, why would
you worry about factionalism? A
reporter who worries about factionalism
is one who is unwilling
to do these five things,” Moyo
said.
He added that one who complies
with the five things was an
excellent reporter and “let the
chips fall where they may if you
are observing these five qualities
but this is an area where today we
have serious problems because if
you are handling, for example,
a story that has been quite topical
in the media of corruption,
you cannot adequately tell a story
about corruption if you do not
observe these five things”.
“If you do not have these five
things, it then smacks of a hatchet
job; it smacks of an agenda; a
hidden agenda, but if you have
these things then you have nothing
to worry about,” Moyo said.
Jonathan Moyo
BY VENERANDA LANGA
Chisumbanje ethanol plant... Thousands of families were relocated to pave way for the establishment of the plant.
Large scale commercial land
deals at Nuanetsi Ranch,
Chisumbanje and Chiadzwa
are mired in corruption and
end up impacting on livelihoods
of communities.
A Transparency International
Zimbabwe (TIZ) 2013 annual
state of corruption report on
land management and integrity
in Zimbabwe released last week,
said communities in such areas
were left landless, without access
to water and robbed of their
spiritual, cultural and sentimental
values. The report said communities
were forcibly removed
from their land to make way for
big commercial projects in diamond
mining, bio-fuel and ethanol
production.
“Most deals in land require
links to the government, which
is why political elites are intrinsically
involved,” reads the TIZ
report.
“Whilst loss of land by communities
for development is not in itself
questionable, it is the secret
nature of the process where rural
people are not involved in deciding
what happens to their livelihoods
and mining claims that are
riddled with controversy.”
The report said at Nuanetsi
Ranch settlers were being denied
rights to water, resulting in conflicts,
while at Chisumbanje people
continued to be displaced by
the expanding sugar cane plantations,
and at Chiadzwa relocations
caused loss of livelihoods.
“The benefits rarely filter
through to communities as the
profits benefit the investors. Implication
of every land deal is
loss of access to water by local
communities. Emissions from
ethanol is killing livestock and
destroying the environment and
there are inadequate notices before
relocation and failure to
compensate,” TIZ said.
The report said while it was noble
to have investors in bio-fuel,
mining and ethanol, what made
the land deals corrupt was the secret
nature of the land acquisition
process, where the rural people
were not involved in deciding
what happened to their livelihoods.
It said the whole nation
was in the dark on how the contracts
were awarded as well as
mining claims.
The Nuanetsi bio-fuels project
is said to cover more than 376 995
hectares of land, constituting
more than 1% of Zimbabwe’s total
land area. The land is owned
by Development Trust of Zimbabwe
founded by the late Vice
President Joshua Nkomo and later
controlled by Zanu PF elites.
Chisumbanje Ethanol project
was set up in partnership between
Arda, Madcom Rating,
Green Fuel Investment and Madcom
Investment.
Billy Rautenbach, a businessman
with close links to Zanu PF,
is said to have a presence in both
Mwenezi and Chisumbanje land
deals.
In Chiadzwa, most of the mining
claims are also linked to
Zanu PF.
TIZ said it was imperative to
review the existing land tenure
systems to protect rural farmers
from arbitrary loss of land, adding
land deals should be open
with access to information given
to the public.
Shia militia
displays its
might in Iraq
Baghdad — Thousands of
Shia militia loyal to the
powerful cleric Moqtada al-
Sadr (pictured right) have paraded
through the streets of Baghdad,
raising sectarian tensions
amid continued fighting in areas
of Iraq.
The cleric, whose Mehdi Army
fought the US in Iraq for years, had
called for a military parade across
the country.
Correspondents say the show of
force will be seen as a very disturbing
development by the Baghdad
government.
Sunni extremists have seized control
of large swathes of territory
across Iraq.
Yesterday, officials admitted
that the militants — led by jihadist
group Isis — had seized a strategically
important border crossing to
Syria, near the town of Qaim, killing
30 troops after a day-long battle.
Thousands of largely Shia Iraqis
have volunteered to fight Isis, urged
on by a call from the country’s highest
Shia religious authority, Grand
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
But the BBC’s Jim Muir, in northern
Iraq, says the impressive-looking
parade of men in battle fatigues
accompanied by serious military
hardware will only raise sectarian
tensions at at time when the government
is under pressure to rally
the country together against the extremists.
—BBC

News
The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 5
Chiefs demand
diamonds stake
CLAYTON MASEKESA/OBEY MANAYITI
MUTARE — President
of the Chiefs’
Council, Chief Fortune
Charumbira
has said diamond
mining operations in Chiadzwa
are facing numerous problems because
the spirits are angry at government
and mining companies
for snubbing traditional leaders
and local cultures.
Addressing stakeholders at
Manicaland province alternative
mining indaba organised by Zimbabwe
Environmental Law Association
(Zela) last week, Charumbira
accused the government and
mining companies of disrespecting
cultural values of communities
they were operating in.
“You know, some of these
things are spiritual. It is unfortunate
that the government did
not consult traditional leaders on
how to extract the diamonds. The
diamonds are on our traditional
land. There are supposed to be rituals
done first in order to appease
the spirits,” he said.
“The land belongs to us and the
diamonds are ours. We are the
ancestors of this land where diamonds
lie on, but, the government
decided to go it alone. Look
now there are so many problems
in Chiadzwa.”
Charumbira said traditional
leaders were of the view that mining
companies were violating cultural
rites in their operations.
“They come into communities,
displace the villagers and pollute
their environment. Villagers are
suffering,” he said.
“There are violations of cultural
rites. Our ancestors are not
happy because of the disrespect
of their rights since they stay in
a rich land, but are not benefitting
from their ancestral land resources.”
Other traditional leaders also
accused foreign companies of
looting the country’s minerals
with little benefit to the local communities.
“We have the diamonds in our
midst but we are the poorest.
We demand that chiefs sit on the
boards of mining firms in areas
under their jurisdiction to ensure
they bring development to their
communities,” said Chief Gilbert
Marange.
He said it was a mockery that
the recent Antwerp diamond
sales in Belgium, saw government
receiving a paltry US$11,5 million
out of the US$80,5 million realised
from the sale of 1239.654 million
carats.
Villagers living around the Chiadzwa
diamond mining area accused
police officials at the Diamond
Base in Marange of illtreating
them.
They threatened to sue the police
officers alleging that their
rights were being violated as they
were now living like captives.
A villager, Maruva Jena accused
police of indiscriminately
assaulting locals, especially
youths, who were often mistaken
for illegal diamond panners.
“Last week more than 40 people
were rounded up by police at Hot
Springs while watching soccer at
the business centre. They were accused
of being diamond panners
or keeping panners at their homesteads,”
said Jena.
“I followed them to the police
base because my relatives were
arrested too. What I saw is very
disheartening. The amount of
torture cannot even be equated to
that of the Smith regime.”
She said the names of some of
the police officers involved were
Chief Fortune Charumbira
known to the villagers.
“As a community, we mobilised
money together with the tortured
victims to enable them to be examined
medically to assess the extent
of their injuries,” said Jena.
“Soon we will be mounting a legal
battle against them. It is not
our problem that diamonds were
found in our area. As women, we
are also going to protest at the police
base. We are not foreigners
and we are going to show them
that we are equal as humans.”
Others said police action
against the locals had reached
alarming levels and urged human
rights organisations and government
to intervene.
The chairperson of the parliamentary
portfolio committee on
environment, water, tourism and
hospitality industry, Anastancia
Ndlovu urged the locals to always
carry their identity cards.
She said the ministries of
Mines and Local government
should visit the area to assess the
levels of pollution in the area due
to mining operations.
The mining indaba was aimed
at providing alternative space for
stakeholders to discuss challenges
in the country’s mining sector.
Soldier wounds
fellow comrades
A
South Korean conscript
soldier shot and killed five
of his fellow unit members
and injured five others
late yesterday at a guard post
near the heavily armed border with
North Korea, a South Korean official
said.
The exact circumstances of the incident
at the remote guard post were
not immediately clear and the official
could not provide further details,
although there was no indication
that North Korea was involved
in the incident.
The incident took place in the Goseong
county, a mountainous region
that borders the North on the eastern
end of the peninsula.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency
said there was an operation to capture
the conscript who is believed to
be on the run carrying a firearm and
live ammunitions.
All able-bodied South Korean men
must serve about two years under a
conscription system that makes up a
military of more than 600 000 troops
aimed at deterring aggression by
North Korea, which is one of the
world’s most militarised states.
— Reuters
Kenyans urged to watch World
Cup football games at home
Kenya’s government has urged
people to watch World Cup football
matches in the comfort of
their homes instead of in “crowded
and unprotected open places”.
The advice comes after two days of
attacks on Kenya’s coast earlier this
week left more than 60 people dead.
They started in Mpeketoni as
people were watching football last
week on Sunday.
The interior ministry said that
although security had been beefed
up across the country, bar and restaurant
owners should take extra
precautions.
Somalia’s Islamist group al-
Shabab said it carried out the attacks
over two days in and around
the town of Mpeketoni in revenge
for the presence of Kenyan troops in
Somalia and the killing of Muslims.
But President Uhuru Kenyatta
has said “local political networks”
were to blame for the violence
as members of one ethnic group
were targeted.
Most of the dead were ethnic Kikuyus,
like the president. Non-Muslims
were singled out to be killed.
In some parts of northern Nigeria,
public screenings of the
World Cup have been banned because
of threats by the militant Islamist
Boko Haram group.
The militants were blamed for
a suicide bombing which killed
more than 20 people watching a
match in Damaturu on Tuesday.
—BBC

6 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Local News
Spare a thought for Molo teachers
One elderly man said
the area lagged
behind in terms of
development because
of the Gukurahundi
era
By Our Correspondent
It is often said the teaching
profession in Zimbabwe is a
“thankless profession”. But
when one visits Molo Primary
school in Bubi District,
Matabeleland North province, one
will have to look for the Oxford English
dictionary to look for another
word that can best re-describe the
profession.
At this rural and remote school,
teachers bath almost in the open
due to lack of proper bathing facilities.
What they call a bathroom is just
a small, makeshift tent, made of
empty cement bags that can only
cover just above the waist.
As if that is not enough, the seven
teachers at the school stay in
ramshackled, grass-thatched, pole
and mud huts that are hardly fit for
human habitation.
The news crew could not believe
there was a school that existed
when it arrived there last week
Wednesday, a feeling that the Member
of Parliament for Bubi District
Clifford Sibanda also shared when
he arrived there for the first time
in 2007.
“When I came here at Molo in
2007, I thought it was a deserted
place. I was shocked that there is a
school and there are teachers here,”
said Sibanda.
Since the establishment of the
school in 2006, Molo Primary
School students have been learning
in pole and dagga classrooms.
However, after being moved by
their plight, the Japanese Embassy
provided a grant of US$112 000
through World Vision Zimbabwe,
for the construction of four standard
double classroom blocks, 10
multi-compartment blair toilets
and a staff toilet.
The local community provided
labour to clear the site and collected
stones, sand and water for the
construction of the new school that
took about nine months to complete.
The Japanese officially handed
over the school last week on
Wednesday. The students moved to
the new school the following day after
years of learning in squalid conditions.
Sibanda said there were many
schools in the constituency that
were still made up of pole and dagga.
“I am grateful to the donation
that has been made by the Japanese.
We still have about 20 schools
that are in a deplorable state and
need to be constructed,” he said at
the new school handover ceremony.
Sibanda bemoaned the fact that
most of the companies operating in
the area were not ploughing back
into the community.
“The problem is that the mining
and agricultural sectors are known
for not supporting education. People
say schools in Binga are in a
terrible condition, but it’s worse
here,” he added.
Acting Bubi Rural District
Council chief executive officer
Sqhubumthetho Dube said the rural
council was facing challenges
in building or maintaining schools.
“Bubi District Council, the responsible
authority for the majority
of schools in the district, cannot
provide the standard infrastructure
we need in our schools alone,”
he said.
Japanese Ambassador Yoshinobu
Hiraishi was hopeful that the
construction of the new school
would go a long way in improving
the school’s pass rate.
“A poorly equipped learning environment
often causes bad results
and lack of students motivation,
which affects the quality of education
in this country. For this reason,
our decision to extend our assistance
to this school was not a difficult
one,” said Hiraishi.
“I would like to appeal to parents
to keep children in schools, particularly
girl children who are often
made to stay at home due to various
issues including security problems.”
School headmaster Fortune
Moyo also thanked the kind gesture
by the Japanese. He said students
for long bore the agony of learning
while seated on logs.
Moyo said the school, which has
about 323 students, has now been
left with a mammoth task to construct
proper teachers’ houses.
He said currently they could not
retain qualified staff due to the terrible
state of staff accommodation.
“There is no proper accommodation
for a qualified teacher and
it’s difficult for us to get qualified
staff. We always have temporary
teachers that come and go. This is
leading to a low pass rate,” said the
head.
He said they were going to appeal
to parents, who are mostly peasants
farmers, to contribute towards the
construction of teachers houses.
“At the moment we are trying to
mobilise parents to contribute by
selling whatever they can and raise
about US$20 for the construction of
the teachers’ cottages. We just need
to construct one for a start,” said
Moyo.
However, one elderly man said
the area lagged behind in terms of
development because of the Gukurahundi
era.
“During the Gukurahundi, when
many places in Mashonaland were
developing we were facing serious
political disturbances that hindered
development,” said the 69
year-old Jacob Ncube.
He criticised the government for
marginalising the area while buying
luxury vehicles at the expense
of development.
“The MPs are buying themselves
cars but they do not consider people
like rural teachers who are suffering
like this. The country has resources
to construct better schools
but they are being misused. They
have misguided priorities. Imagine
if they use the money they use
to buy cars to construct schools, we
would be somewhere in terms of
development,” fumed Ncube.
Apart from lack of proper accommodation,
teachers at the school
also complained about the shortage
of water, electricity and mobile
phone network which is almost
nonexistent in the area.
Due to a poor road network most
transport operators shun the area
and there is only one kombi that
services the area on some days of
the week.
The teachers said they use donkey
drawn scotchcarts to go to the
nearest main road, which is about
15 km from the school.
Deputy Minister of Primary and
Secondary Education, Paul Mavima
said the period of economic
downturn, which lasted for over a
decade, affected the education sector.
Molo Primary School staff cottage
One of the toilets that pupils used before the handing over of new facilities last week
A Japanese official speaks at the handing over of the new school to the community.

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Subsidise sanitary
wear, say women
BY HAZVINEI MWANAKA
THOUSANDS of women and young
girls are being exposed to serious
health risks as sanitary wear has
become a luxury for them due to
the dire economic situation obtaining
in the country.
Most women from disadvantaged groups
are resorting to harmful alternatives as
they cannot afford proper sanitary wear.
Thirty-four-year-old Evangelista Kasono,
who, together with her five children beg in
the streets of Harare, is one such disadvantaged
woman who cannot afford sanitary
wear.
She has all the signs of somebody who is
struggling to make ends meet. Kasono has
been roaming the streets of Harare with
her children since her husband died several
years back.
“We don’t have money to buy those luxuries
because we can hardly feed ourselves.
Our number one priority is to find something
that can sustain us, so we hardly consider the
issue of sanitary wear,” Kasono said.
“We use rags from torn clothes that are
donated to us. But to be honest, it’s awful
and uncomfortable. We develop sores and
itchiness that we ease by applying Vaseline
[petroleaum jelly].”
Kasono and her family live in a shack in
Mbare at the bus terminus. She walks to the
central business district every morning to
beg for food in the streets.
“There are toilets at the bus terminus, so
that is where we wash our rags which we later
dry in our makeshift dwellings,” she said.
A petition was presented to Parliament in
2011 by a group of young women who were
pushing for a Bill that allows for affordable
and easy access to sanitary wear.
The petition said young women continued
to succumb to cervical cancer due the
alternatives they were using such as rags,
newspapers and tissues, while many others
were succumbing to reproductive tract infections.
Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare
of Children national director, Taylor
Nyanhete said sanitary wear must be made
a basic human right and government must
ensure it is made available either free of
charge or at a subsidised price.
“Stakeholders involved in the production,
distribution and retailing of sanitary wear
should standardise the price of all sanitary
wear and schools can fundraise for free provision
of sanitary wear using the civic day
as a fundraising tool,” said Nyanhete.
Unesco estimates that one in 10 African
girls miss school during menstruation and
eventually drop out because of menstruation-related
issues such as inaccessibility
of affordable sanitary wear.
Clinical Immunologist and allergies specialist,
Elopy Sibanda said there were risks
associated with the use of rags in place of
sanitary wear.
“Rags are not suited to the sensitive tissues
that are meant to be covered by sanitary
wear. They are likely to bruise and
damage tissues and also introduce infections,”
he said.
“There is an increased risk of bacterial
infections. Patients might also get fungal
infection and at times there is a long term
risk of infertility resulting from ascending
genital infection.”
Government, community leaders and
non- governmental organisations met in
Seke Rural recently celebrating the Menstrual
Hygiene Day and encouraged men to
positively support women under the theme
Breaking the taboo — Let’s start conversations
on menstruation.
Women Affairs, Gender and Community
Development deputy minister, Abigail
Damasane said government was geared to
support the work that other stakeholders
were doing.
“As a ministry, we are working hard to
address this situation. We appreciate the
work that our partners are doing,” she said
“Menstruation is a natural cause. It is
disheartening that women are using harmful
means, and we encourage men to also
support us. We need this to be preached at
school, gender clubs and churches.”
Precious Tongai, a secondary school girl
from Masvingo, said a number of girls in
her community were facing a lot of challenges
regarding menstruation.
“We come from poor backgrounds and of
course we end up using rags as we do not
have enough money to buy pads. At schools
we do not have proper toilets that are suitable
for freshening up. Another challenge
that we face is water,” she said.
Ward trainer in reusable pad making, Judith
Meck from Mapanzure in Masvingo
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A family that survives on alms . . . it is hard for them to afford sanitary wear
said a number of girls were dropping out of
school because of menstruation.
“Girls are facing a lot of challenges;
many abscond from school because of menstruation.They
are afraid of being jeered
at school when they spoil their clothes as
most cannot afford to have proper sanitary
wear,” she said.
Admore Nyawasha, a Water and Sanitation
Hygiene Advisor (Wash) for an international
NGO, said his organisation was
working with the Standards Association of
Zimbabwe (SAZ) on research on the use of
reusable pads.
“We are doing this because we need options
for our girls. We want to work with
about 49 000 girls. We are also working with
other organisations in designing toilets
that are usable for girls in schools,” said
Nyawasha.
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NRZ pensioners, widows
If they could raise our pensions to at least
US$100, it would go a long way in alleviating
our poverty. We sometimes go without eating
meals due to lack of money
By VENERANDA LANGA
Marefura Namupita —
probably in his late
80s or early 90s sits
forlornly outside his
red brick four-roomed house at
Rugare Township warming himself
in the sun.
He looks very deep in thought,
probably thinking about where
his next meal would come from
as a National Railways of Zimbabwe
pensioner who earns a meagre
US$30 per month for his upkeep.
His wife, Kerina looks two decades
younger than him as she
sits next to her husband with her
left foot plastered. She says she
slipped and fell, breaking her leg
in the process.
Kerina still has a very good
memory of the good times during
the 1960s to early 1980s when NRZ
was one of the best employers in
the country and even built houses
for its employees in different suburbs
like Sizinda, Tshabalala and
Newton West in Bulawayo and
Rugare in Harare.
The husband cannot remember
exactly when he was born.
However, he still remembers
that it was in 1954 that he joined
the trek from Malawi (then Nyasaland)
to Zimbabwe in search of
greener pastures and he got a job
as a general hand at NRZ.
“I started off in 1954 as a general
hand but was later promoted
to ticket checker,” recounted Namupita
speaking in Shona with a
Chewa accent.
NRZ shells left to rust . . . just as the equipment is now obsolete, pensioners feel they have been neglected
Marefura and Kerina Namupita
“Then, I used to earn a salary
of 15 pounds per month, but I remember
it was a lot of money as
I could afford to feed and clothe
my family and take my kids to
school,” he said.
Namupita said he retired in
1992 when the Zimbabwean dollar
was still the local currency.
He does not remember how much
he was given as a lump sum, but
his wife could still remember.
“The total pension package was
Z$1 000. We thought it was a lot
of money then, but it was all gobbled
up by expenses we incurred
when we enrolled our first born
daughter for a Secretarial course.
The whole idea was that if we educated
our children, they would
soon be helping us during our retirement
age. However, after paying
for the course and building a
two-roomed cottage, the pension
was all gone,” she said.
According to the couple, life as
pensioners is a living hell as the
US$30 monthly pension they receive
is not enough to pay for water,
electricity as well as buy food
for the other children who are unemployed.
“Our other four children are
not working and our monthly
electricity consumption is
worth US$50 while US$25 is needed
for water. Right now we have
a US$200 water bill and live in
fear that any day the city council
will cut our water supplies. Wellwishers
are the ones who assist
us, as well as our daughter who
now works as a teacher. However,
she is married and has other responsibilities,”
explained Kerina.
She said things were better
when she used to collect US$100
from renting out the extra rooms
they had built. However, in 2005
when government ordered Operation
Murambatsvina, their
source of income — the two
rooms — were destroyed leaving
them with nothing to live on.
“I sometimes sell second-hand
clothes to supplement the monthly
US$30 pension. Now, I cannot
do that because of the fracture on
my foot. We can no longer access
medical care as Railmed is no
longer treating pensioners and
we cannot access medicines. We
do not pay service fees at government
hospitals but we have to buy
prescribed drugs. I was asked to
pay US$25 for X-rays when I hurt
my foot; how can pensioners afford
that,” Kerina said.
A drive around the whole township
of Rugare was proof enough
that people were suffering. Although
there were a few houses
that had been extended and were
fenced or walled, most people live
in squalor.
A local pastor from the Apostolic
Church of Pentecost, Henry
Zihove said Rugare was “a forgotten
community” and that was
why it was rare to hear people
speaking about it in Harare.
The roads showed that they
were last resurfaced probably
during the 60s. Youths old
enough to go to work mill in the
streets doing nothing. Burst sewers
are the order of the day, toilets
are pit latrines per house. On
average, 13 people use one latrine.
“Water is not clean and many
youths are unemployed because

Local News
The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 9
living in abject poverty
Catherine Chamunorwa
Christina Marindiri
most of the people in Rugare were
migrants from countries like Malawi,
Zambia and Mozambique. They
came to look for jobs when they
were already old people and married
Zimbabweans. They had children
late and became pensioners
when their kids were still of schoolgoing
age. That is why many youths
here did not attain higher levels of
education,” said pastor Zihove.
A widow, Catherine Chamunorwa
(59) of Rugare, said her late
husband also used to work for the
NRZ until he passed on in 2002.
“Life has been very difficult because
I get a widow’s pension of
US$16 per month from the NRZ.
I was given a lump sum pension
when my husband died but I cannot
remember the amount which
came in Zimbabwean dollars,”
she said.
“I had built four outside rooms
to put tenants as a source of income
but they were destroyed
during Operation Murambatsvina.
I have six children and two
of them were of school-going age
when my husband died. I had to
relocate to Mhondoro to do communal
farming to supplement my
income. I also sell tomatoes.”
Chamunorwa said life was difficult
because she also looked after
three school-going grandchildren
left in her care by her two
daughters who passed away.
“Luckily for me my other children
are working and they sometimes
assist with money. However,
it puts too much strain on them as
they are married. I sell tomatoes
and sausages to supplement my
income as I have to pay electricity
and water bills,” she said.
Chamunorwa said she also gets
a monthly US$60 pension from
the National Social Security Authority
(NSSA).
Another widow, Penia Christina
Marindiri (56) of the same
suburb, said her husband also
used to work for NRZ as a health
assistant.
She said her husband worked
for the NRZ for 23 years before he
passed away. Marindiri said the
lump sum pension that she was
given enabled her to build four
outside rooms to enable her to
earn extra money in rentals.
But the rooms were again destroyed
during Operation Murambatsvina.
“I had seven children but four
of them are late. The remaining
ones do piece jobs. I get a monthly
pension of US$29 and am no
longer getting any payments from
NSSA because they said I filled in
the forms late. I sell tomatoes to
supplement my income but I suffered
a stroke in 2010 and can no
longer carry tomatoes from the
market,” said Marindiri.
She is also looking after seven
grandchildren from her children
who passed away and life is very
tough for her family of 12 people,
who share a four-roomed house.
“Life as an NRZ pensioner’s
widow is very difficult. If they
could raise our pensions to at
least US$100 it would go a long
way in alleviating our poverty.
We sometimes go without eating
meals due to lack of money,” said
Marindiri.
According to pastor Zihove, Rugare
does not have a single supermarket.
“There is no shopping centre
here, but there are bars [bottle
stores]. People buy their daily
groceries from tuck shops. There
are about 1 118 cluster houses in
Rugare,” he said.
NRZ, once an employer of choice,
is now in a comatose state. Recent
media reports said it needs close to
US$2 billion to fully recover.
It is also battling to settle a
US $12 billion debt which has ballooned
over the past three years.

10 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Comment & Analysis
The Standard
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Give us a chance to watch soccer
Because our Warriors have never
participated at the world
cup and have stumbled and
failed to reach even the Afcon championships,
we take solace in watching
other big guns fight for the
world champion title. Some of us
have subscribed to Dstv just to marvel
at the skills display in Brazil,
what a showcase by Fifa! But here
comes Zesa, a kill joy of a company.
Why the endless hours of no power?
We do not have any industry to talk
about, so where is the power going?
Zim Asset is yet to breathe life into
our industries, so the assumption is
that we must have a surplus of power
not a deficit.
Many of us have also migrated
to prepaid power, which means
Zesa cannot hide behind huge
amounts in unpaid debts anymore.
Zesa’s explanation over the
years has always been that power
usage goes up in winter so the
longer hours of load-shedding,
but there is a soccer fiesta going
on. We are a soccer-loving nation.
Why not give us something to
smile about amidst the doom and
gloom in an economy that is spiralling
out of control?
Please may we have power for
the duration of the Fifa World
Cup.
Zed, Mbare
Men remove rubble from a haulage truck carrying tobacco that was reduced to a
shell after an accident near Ngundu Growth Point last month.
PiCTure: Shepherd Tozvireva
Exercise caution
on the roads
TRAVELLING on Zimbabwe’s poorly maintained, narrow
and busy highways is increasingly becoming a
risky affair.
Over the past few days, several buses have been involved
in accidents that have resulted in many people losing their
lives.
On Wednesday, a City Link bus collided with a Nissan UD
truck near Norton along the Harare Bulawayo highway resulting
in the death of the two co-drivers.
It emerged the accident occurred after the truck driver, encroached
into the bus’ lane trying to avoid smoke from a fire
raging on the side of the road.
Needless to point out, if only the truck driver had waited
until the road was clear, he and the bus drivers would have
been alive today. The 19 passengers who were injured would
not be nursing broken bones and other injuries they sustained
when the big bus crash-landed on top of the truck.
The previous week, another bus had been involved in an
accident along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway. It was the
same story; a driver failing to exercise caution resulting in
people being killed, some getting injured and property being
destroyed.
In other accidents, speeding and drunken driving have
been cited as the reasons for the horrific accidents that have
been recorded mainly on the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway.
Fatigue is also another major issue as overworked drivers
fall asleep behind the wheel, mainly on the same busy road.
We urge both public and private transport drivers to exercise
extreme caution when navigating the country’s highways
which are littered with potholes and uneven road surfaces
that throw vehicles off balance if drivers are not careful.
Drinking and driving should be avoided at all costs if the
life-robbing accidents are to be minimised.
Zim Asset a pie in the sky
VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru recently let the cat out
of the bag when she said it would take years for Zim
Asset to bear fruit.
“Five years is too soon to achieve the objectives of the Zim
Asset. It is the beginning of a lifetime and can take up to 30
or even 40 years,” Mujuru was quoted saying.
We welcome the candid talk from the VP. The truth has to
be told that the economic programme is merely a patchwork
of high-sounding words and figures on paper that will not
help revive the comatose economy anytime soon.
The liquidity crunch and worsening unemployment,
spawned by company closures, will not end just because our
ministers are talking about the grandiose policy.
Poverty will continue to stalk Zimbabweans unless government
comes up with a clear economic blueprint that makes
the country an attractive investment destination.
The current unstable environment characterised by policy
inconsistences on the Indigenisation policy makes Zim Asset
merely a high-sounding nothing.
MDC splits bad for
Zimbabwean electorate
Thabo Mbeki . . . he did not desert ANC when they asked him to step down from the
presidency in 2008
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the writer’s name and address, even if a nom de plume is
used. Letters published in other papers are less likely to
be used in ours.
The events unfolding in the
MDC-T are surely going to
affect us because Zanu PF
needs a strong and united opposition.
We cannot downplay the
positive impact the MDC brought
to our country. Since independence,
the MDC has been the only
powerful opposition party to unseat
Zanu PF from complete dominance
in the House of Assembly.
The frustrations President Robert
Mugabe and his party complained
about during the Government
of National Unity were all
good for us, as the MDC’s presence
stopped them from abusing
us willy-nilly. We all saw and
got to know that Morgan Tsvangirai
was not presidential material,
but we overlooked this as long
as Zanu PF was kept in check.
We had been dehumanised under
Zanu PF leadership. Unexplained
deaths were common and became
accepted as party politics. The
MDC forcefully challenged Zanu
PF’s hegemony.
I want to thank the media for
the coverage they are giving to
the most recent MDC split, an unfortunate
development. I believe
more voices should be afforded
space in print and electronic
media to debate and comment
on this. The most sobering thing
I have noticed about private media
is that they seem not to take
sides with Tendai Biti or the Tsvangirai
camp. To me, what is at
stake are not the political careers
of these guys and those immediately
close to them, it is the Zimbabwean
populace that will suffer
most if no solution is found.
I want to premise my argument
on the position that both Biti and
Tsvangirai are still relevant to
our cause as a people. I have problems
with an all-powerful Tsvangirai.
For the good of our politics,
it is better to test Tsvangirai’s attitude
towards dissent today rather
than later. Hopefully, they will
all come back together again with
even professor Welshman Ncube
in the equation. Media reports
in 2005 showed Professor Ncube
moved out of the MDC when Tsvangirai
vetoed a council resolution
on senatorial elections. Little
attention was given to the issue
because people just needed Tsvangirai
to remove Mugabe from power.
I personally was hurt because
Ncube, David Coltart and Paul
Themba Nyathi have brains.
My conclusion was Tsvangirai
had used his popularity with
the electorate to bulldoze his way.
Even Biti and others I believe, remained
with Tsvangirai to strategically
position themselves politically.
Biti did “most” of the brain
work to cover up for Tsvangirai’s
shortcomings.
I am not encouraging Biti or
taking an unshakeable stand for
him. My sympathy with Biti arises
from the fact that all along we
have been saying Mugabe should
orderly allow others to take over.
Not only that, we have also accused
him of not allowing open
debate on leadership renewal. Is
it bad because it’s demanded in
MDC-T? We all need to be objective.
It’s true Tsvangirai enjoys
massive support from opposition
ranks simply because he epitomises
macho courage to unseat an
invincible Mugabe. This is where
the problem lies. Can we discard a
courageous Tsvangirai in our opposition
ranks? We would rather
bury our heads in sand and pretend
not to see Tsvangirai’s litany
of mistakes which hang over
his head. Was it a wise move for
Tsvangirai to quieten all dissenting
voices in his party? What will
happen when he gets the levers
of state power? Who will oppose
him? If he can’t brook any dissent
now, how about when he gets the
army, CIO and police under him?
People should not use their popularity
to stifle internal succession
debate. Our politics need all,
the Tsvangirai, Biti and Ncube
factions. We need them to co-exist
and show Zanu PF that divergent
views can be harnessed for the
good of us all. Was it not sweet to
see Kgalema Motlanthe going for
Jacob Zuma’s seat at Mangaung?
Are they not still in ANC together
today? Did Thabo Mbeki form
another party when ANC recalled
him from Union Building? Let’s
copy from those who have done
better than us.
Whether we are in Zanu PF or
ordinary citizens or MDC-N or
Zapu, we should not ululate over
the demise of MDC-T. We need all
these entities to unite. For me, two
powerful political parties are sufficient
for Zimbabwe at this juncture.
It’s no time to score points.
Zimbabwe cries for a two political
party system. Tsvangirai should
not use congress to stifle debate.
He knows people love him but hate
him equally for his dictatorial
streak. That has been exposed. Biti
knows he does not have the national
appeal like Tsvangirai, but he
has been loyal to MDC-T for long.
Viva the original MDC of 1999.
Odrix Mhiji,
Chitungwiza

Comment & Analysis
The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 11
SMS FEEDBACK
TRAFFIC safety board knows very well
that on average drivers get US$300 per
month. For them to demand US$40 for a
plastic disk is not fair. I have to work four
days to get that disk which has an expiry
date. Funny enough, there is nothing
new to learn in the lesson they give.
Lastly, Bulawayo offices are overstaffed.
For the five minutes I sat at the reception,
I noticed about eight officers, just
roaming the space seemingly with nothing
to do. Dr Obert Mpofu, there you are.
Chamhembereka, Byo
PEOPLE should be wary of false prophets
who perform miracles and some
bizarre acts. They are worse than Satanists.
It is possible to identify these
false prophets if you read your Bible.
Thomas Juru, Matepatepa
I do not know whether I should blame
the judges of the Miss Zimbabwe pageant
or the so-called beauties themselves.
I am disappointed with the choice
of Miss Thabiso Rumbidzai Phiri as the
queen. Actually, I think the second princess
Tatenda Chinomona is more beautiful.
Overall, the beauties left a lot to be
desired in terms of their God-given looks.
Otherwise thank you Marry Mubaiwa-
Chiwenga for making it happen.
Miss Ugly Duck
OPINION
Dokora a square peg in a round hole
FROM THE
editor’s desk
BY WALTER MARWIZI
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe inadvertently
popularised “weevils” in Zimbabwe after
he launched a blistering attack on people
he accused of seeking to destroy Zanu PF from
within two weeks ago.
Suddenly weevils, devil incarnates and other
derogatory words gained currency on social
media, pubs and kombis. Whoever was suspected
of working at cross purposes with others was
considered a weevil or a devil incarnate, another
term used by Mugabe to blast Information minister
Jonathan Moyo for allegedly using the public
media to fuel divisions in the party.
The Minister of Presidential Affairs, Didymus
Mutasa added to the intrigue by suggesting
that “gamatox” be used to exterminate the
troublesome insects from Zanu PF.
Away from the convoluted world of Zanu PF
politics, some teachers who hardly get a platform
like Mugabe to broadcast their opinions,
also quietly coined their own word Dofo-ra [ignoramus]
to refer to the Minister of Education
Lazarus Dokora whom they accused of destroying
Zimbabwe’s education “weevil style”.
With his unmistakable goatee, the Minister of
Education has become a poster boy of ridicule
among teachers, angry with the way he is trying
to “reinvent the wheel” in the education sector.
It seems, Dokora is ruffling feathers with
teachers and headmasters from Zambezi to
Limpopo with reforms that only he himself
seems to understand and believe can help
transform Zimbabwe’s education system for
the better. Unlike his predecessors, Dokora
has banned vacation school; he does not
want to see parents encouraging teachers to
put in extra effort through paying attractive
incentives to them. He prefers that schools
use the legal process to recover fees from defaulting
parents, rather than sending children
away.
I don’t believe the rumour doing the rounds
that Dokora doesn’t want teachers to be paid
when they are on holiday or that sports be
banned from the curriculum. That would be
the height of absurdity and I am certain the
Education minister Lazarus Dokora
honourable minister would also reject such
ideas.
Whatever Dokora’s motives, they are clearly
harmful to the education sector if one listens
to the concerns coming from schools.
Traditionally, teachers tend to hold ministers
of education in high regard: remember
the remarkable Fay Chung, Dzingai Mutumbuka
and David Coltart who mobilised the donor
community to supply millions of textbook
to our impoverished schools.
But in less than a year in charge, Dokora already
ranks as the worst minister of education
since independence. Instead of focusing on their
classroom duties, angry teachers are busy drafting
papers exposing the flaws in the minister’s
policies and are using every opportunity to denounce
him. Last week headmasters sounded an
alarm when they attended the National Association
of Secondary School Heads (Nash) conference
held in Victoria Falls under the theme “Education:
an Invaluable Investment”.
“We have resolved to seek audience with President
Robert Mugabe because we don’t know
what our minister is thinking, we have made
every effort to meet him but each time he has
ignored us and the issues we are trying to highlight
to him,” said a teachers’ representative.
The headmasters’ lack of confidence in
their minister clearly shows there is a leadership
crisis in the ministry of education.
We all know Zimbabwe’s education system
is broken down, but the last thing we expect
to see is a minister who will further break it
into pieces. The state of affairs in the ministry
calls for Mugabe to act on the matter. The
President cannot be seen to be only denouncing
weevils that are destroying Zanu PF, without
equally doing the same to ministers like
Dokora who have caused widespread rancour
in schools.
For how long can Mugabe allow Dokora to implement
his ill-advised and half-baked policies?
Do we need a minister who believes only himself
has the right answers to the problems confronting
our education system, ignoring the advice
given by professionals who have dedicated
their lives to teaching our children for little
gain?
There is no denying Dokora is like a square
peg that can’t fit in a round hole. It’s either he
starts consulting teachers or he should abandon
his ill thought out reforms which will only
serve to destroy the gains made in the education
sector. We wait for a cabinet reshuffle
with bated breath.
Commenting on the story; Outcry over
commuter omnibus phase-out (The
Standard June 15 to 21 2014) Tanaka
Honest says; I support kombi phaseout.
The government should do research
and make sure that the new system
is reliable.
Emmanuel writes; There is no need to
reinvent the wheel. United [bus company]
used to run an efficient bus system
before the government introduced
these kombis they now want to ban.
The white government had numerous
faults, but there are many very good
things about management we could
learn from their era, including how to
run municipalities, the two-pronged
secondary education system (which we
are going to re-introduce after realising
that not everyone is academically gifted),
having a small efficient cabinet etc.
Jeff argues; [There is ] no problem in
decongesting the cities by banning the
kombis. However, there should not be restrictions
if anyone wants to invest in this
business and comply to set standards.
The problem comes when this is only a
priviledge of Zanu PF cronies with everyone
else not being allowed to invest in
this sector. Those currently running kombi
businesses should be allowed to invest
in these buses too as long as they meet
the required standards.
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12 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Comment & Analysis / Opinion
Zim churches
‘fragmented’
sundayopinion
BY PIUS WAKATAMA
Churches facilitated the reconciliation process which led to the government of national unity.
In an address to prelates of
the Catholic Bishops Conference
in Rome, Pope Francis
heaped praise on their work.
He said, “The church in your
country has stood fast with her people
both before and after independence
and now in the years of overwhelming
suffering as millions
have left the country in frustration
and desperation, as lives have been
lost, so many tears shed.”
The Pope went on to praise the
prelates for the exercise of their
prophetic ministry, in which they
have given voice to all the struggling
people of their country, especially
to the downtrodden and refugees.
He also said he was aware that
many Zimbabweans have reached
their human limit, and do not know
where to turn.
It is true that the Roman Catholic
Church in Zimbabwe has stood
true to its prophetic mandate from
the days of oppressive white rule
to these days of equally oppressive
black rule. However, there is still
more to be done because the human
situation in Zimbabwe is getting
more and more desperate.
We know what happens when human
beings are pushed to the limit.
They turn to violence in order to
save themselves and their children.
The result is the chaos and destruction
that is taking place in some
parts of Africa, the Middle East and
other countries around the world.
Unfortunately, what the Pope
said about the Catholic Church
cannot be said about the Protestant
churches. Bishop Chad Gandiya
of the Anglican Church responded
to the Pope’s comments through
his spokesperson, Precious Shumba.
Speaking about the protestant
side of Christianity, he said, “The
church has fallen far short of giving
spiritual guidance to the national
leadership in terms of raising
critical value issues. They have left
the politicians to abuse the citizens
and left the citizens at the mercy of
an elite, which is consuming all the
resources.”
He added, “In terms of dealing
with the national conflict, the
church has not come out strongly
against oppressive leadership
and dictatorial tendencies by those
wielding state power and authority
and this means citizens are feeling
vulnerable.
“The church has become so corrupted
that it no longer speaks the
language of the suffering masses,
but speaks the language of the
elites they are aligned to.”
A network of Christian groups
meant to promote peace and governance
in the country, the Zimbabwe
Christian Alliance (ZCA) denounced
the government over its
abuse of human rights during the
2008 elections.
ZCA also organised the non-partisan,
Save Zimbabwe Campaign
which included opposition political
parties, churches and civil society
organisations.
Zanu PF was invited but refused
to join the campaign. It was at such
a campaign prayer meeting that police
attacked participants including
MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai
and Lovemore Madhuku of the
then National Constitutional Assembly
(NCA). This led Sadc to initiate
the reconciliation process, facilitated
by South Africa, which led
to the government of national unity.
Asked about the present role of
the church in the country Jonah
Gokova a founder member of ZCA
said, “The church in Zimbabwe is
fragmented and there is no unified
approach, by the churches to the
continuing crisis.
“There is a spiritual, moral and
theological vacuum in the church
which calls for real revival which
only God can bring about. From
the time leading up to the elections
some of the churches, especially
those founded by Africans, openly
aligned themselves to the ruling
party.
“Some individual leaders in the
mainline churches, founded by missionaries,
have also aligned themselves
to those in power. This has silenced
the prophetic voice denouncing
injustice and the abuse of human
rights.”
Talking about African founded
churches, many, if not most, of
them are not churches at all but
money-making outfits. Because of
the economic meltdown in the country
the majority of our young people
are jobless and penniless.
Many of them have become cunning
con-men. They ordained themselves
pastors, bishops and prophets,
even though they don’t have any
theological training or church background.
Roy Musasiwa, is the Principal
of Domboshawa Theological College
and National Treasurer of the
Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe.
He sees a number of ways in
which the church is responding to
the crisis. First, there are Christians
who believe that it is not their
role to be involved in matters of economics
and politics.
He equates them to salt which remains
in the salt shaker with no influence
on what happens in the wider
society.
Secondly, he says, are those who
choose to be involved on the side of
the ruling party or the opposition.
They are salt which has lost its saltiness.
Musasiwa also said the third
group takes the stance of prophetic
denunciation of the evils that they
perceive in society. They take their
cue from prophets like Amos who
denounced injustice and fought for
the downtrodden.
The problem that I personally
find with their stance is that they
continue to curse the darkness rather
than lighting the light. Because
they speak without love, they are often
not listened to and they become
the proverbial voice in the wilderness.
Musasiwa continued by stating
that the church should not be roundly
condemned and accused of doing
nothing because there is much that
is going on behind the scenes that
people don’t know about.
I do agree with the concept of
constructive engagement. It, however,
does not mean “speaking the
truth in a non-partisan way.” This
is a misunderstanding of our situation.
Christians cannot be non-partisan
because what we are facing
is not a socio-political crisis, where
two sides are fighting for power, but
a humanitarian crisis where people’s
lives are threatened.
It is not a matter of aligning with
this or that political party but a battle
between good and evil. Christians,
in obedience to the Gospel,
have to be aligned with the poor and
downtrodden.
To them “constructive engagement
means personally talking to
those in power about the suffering
they are causing and the need for
them to reform.
Zimbabwe is in a serious spiritual,
social, political and economic
crisis. The Christian faith has all
that is needed to get us out of it because
it promotes the highest values
of love, honesty, morality, truth,
dignity, self-respect and respect for
others.
It is imperative therefore, that all
genuine church leaders take the issue
of the church’s role in our polarised
situation as a matter for serious
discussion leading to appropriate
action. He, who has ears to
hear, let him hear.
The faithful under siege from religious leaders
Notwithstanding that Zimbabweans
are of diverse
religions and faith, our
Constitution says we are a Christian
nation. The charter also provides
for the right to freedom of
worship. That we are a Christian
nation makes the goings-on in
churches matters of national interest.
Recently a group of men from
an apostolic faith church made
the news for all the wrong reasons
after they beat up police officers
who were escorts for an elder
who wanted to ban their church
for abuse of women and children.
While they have been granted
bail on the case of assault, women’s
groups and child rights activists
are waiting for formal reports
and investigations into the allegations
of abuse, especially that
fathers insert their dirty fingers
into their daughters’ vaginas every
week to test for virginity and
give away daughters as compensation
to men who married non-virgins.
Virginity-testing is largely
referred to as sexual assault, but
I believe it must be upgraded to be
treated as a form of rape.
Some sections of society also
want to know if Johannes Ndanga
sunday
view
BY CONELIA MABASA
[president of the Apostolic Christian
Council of Zimbabwe] had
the mandate to ban the church
and if he used the right channels
to carry out the mandate. His actions
could have been interpreted
as provocation and an infringement
on the right of the vapostori’s
freedom of worship. If any
crimes were committed, then it
is the role of the police to investigate
and get the perpetrators to be
prosecuted.
These “lower-end churches”
which tend to be a mix between
traditional religion and Christianity
thrive on intimidation and
twisting of scriptures to keep
women and children in check.
They say women have no business
preaching the word. They
believe women are born to serve
men, born for the sexual gratification
of the male species and to
give them big families. In other
sects, a man will marry a big number
of women so they can compete
for his attention. Women have to
be preached to and not raise any
objections. While some give scriptures
to support their suppression
of women, some sects do not even
read the Bible though they purport
to be Christian and followers
of Christ. It is only fair that
the goings-on in these churches be
monitored with a view to protect
women and children.
However, most of the time people
are quick to roundly condemn
these “under-the-tree” churches,
yet there is a new breed of apostles,
prophets and prophetesses
who are also taking advantage of
congregants in a big way. Latter
day apostles are not driven by the
passion to win souls for the Lord
when they breakaway from mainstream
churches or start new ministries
altogether.
The new churches by apostles
are formed not to serve the Lord,
but are ventures to sustain families.
They preach to the daily needs
of people and conveniently forget
the spiritual dimension. They
preach about the here-and-now
and the potential that we all have
to live like kings, but the unfortunate
thing is they are starving the
inner being.
They rarely talk about sin, for
fear of offending the generous giver
because they have an insatiable
hunger for hi tech gadgetry
and want to drive the latest models
courtesy of the faithful. The
competition for congregants is
not to save souls, but boost coffers.
The miracles, fake or genuine are
meant to keep the faithful captivated
and to raise the profile of the
prophet and his church. Yet miracles
are supposed to be a manifestation
of God’s power among us.
So-called men-of-god must bring
people to God, not to man.
When the real apostles in Acts
of the Apostles went out to preach,
they had a situation when complaints
were raised about the distribution
of food among the widows,
orphans and the infirm. [Acts
6 v 1-5] The apostles would now
lower themselves to serve at the tables,
they did not want to lose focus
of the job at hand. They found a
way around the problem, contrary
to that today’s apostles are abusing
their positions to undermine the
body of Christ. They are actually
worshipping at the tables! They
want to preach to the rich, to encourage
them to make more money
and bring a huge chunk to the
church. Some even make their congregation
feel bad for not supporting
their lavish lifestyles. People
need not buy their pastors’ love.
Recently there was a story in the
media that merchandise was being
sold during church service in
one of the pentecostal churches
in town. They can argue that they
want to fund the church’s various
compassionate ministries, but to
do it during church service would
distract people from listening to
the word. Jesus himself whipped
up traders [Matthew 21 v 12 - 17]
because he was horrified they
had turned his father’s house into
a den of sin. Why not just start a
church shop that sells the merchandise
outside worship time?
It is unfortunate that the church
seems to have lost its campus. It
seems to me the church is operating
at a very low level, worried
about virginity and fat tummies at
the expense of the spiritual needs
of the people.
People need somewhere to turn
to without being abused. The economy
is bad, the job market depressed,
Zim Asset is yet to take
off and religion manipulative.

Opinion
The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 13
Time for introspection:
No need for blame game
By Langford Mateveke
Zimbabwe is facing a serious
economic crisis. The
current main business
activity in the country
is basically buying and
selling, with very limited production.
Most companies are operating
at well below capacity; others
are closing down, thus worsening
the unemployment rate estimated
at around 90%.
There are limited, if any, foreign
direct investment capital inflows
which the country desperately
needs to expand the economy.
With high imports and low
exports, the economic ship is
sinking. Agriculture which is supposed
to feed the economy and the
nation is declining. There is virtually
no manufacturing or construction
to talk about.
Faced with the above distressful
situation, the people are getting
despondent as they watch
their standards of living fall every
day. Meanwhile, the political leadership
is desperately groping for
clues. But who or what is to blame
for the crisis? How and why did
the economy sink this far in the
first place?
The Zanu PF leadership blames
it all on sanctions. “The West imposed
illegal sanctions on the
country as punishment for our
land reform progamme,” they
claim. But assuming the sanctions
issue held water; did the
leaders not foresee it? Of course,
they did not. Why did they not anticipate
it? That is the crux of the
matter.
One of the duties and responsibilities
of all national or corporate
leadership is to plan strategically.
According to corporate strategy
gurus Gerry Johnson and Kevan
Scholes, strategy is the direction
and scope of an organisation (nation)
over the long term, which
achieves advantage for the organisation
(nation) through configuration
of resources within a changing
environment… (The organisation
is Zimbabwe, long term ranges
from five to 50 years, resources
include human and natural).
Dictionaries define strategy as
a formulated and detailed method
by which a thing is to be done; or
the practice or art of using stratagems,
as in politics or business.
A meticulously crafted strategic
plan comes up with various
scenarios which must be thoroughly
scrutinised. Each scenario’s
implications and consequences
are rigorously analysed before
one of the scenarios is identified
and chosen for implementation.
The idea is to leave no stone unturned,
thus there will be no room
for mistakes.
In Zimbabwe’s case, the 2000
land invasion turned out to be a
political gimmick rather than a
strategic plan. Zanu PF did not
harness all human resources at
its disposal to create the various
scenarios as the concept of strategic
planning expected.
As a matter of political survival,
it became absolutely and urgently
necessary for the party
to formulate a short-term strategy
to fend off a threat from the
Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC).
The implications and consequences
of the strategy were not
considered. “We will cross the
bridge when we get there”, seemed
to have been the approach. In
some cases, unfortunately, Zanu
PF and the nation at large failed
to cross the bridge.
What are the issues that were
supposed to be considered before
a well-planned land reform programme
could be embarked upon?
First and foremost, land reform
needed meticulous planning:
how much land to take over
and for what purpose; period of
phasing the exercise, identifying
and training potential land owners
(especially agriculture college
graduates and experienced black
Zanu PF youth toyi-toying in Harare last year... The party has over the years consistently blamed the West for the country’s poor
economic performance. (File picture)
Poor performance of the economy reduced the Zimbabwe dollar to a worthless
currency which nobody wanted.
farmers), source of funding, production
targets and pricing. The
list is endless.
Secondly, who was to be dispossessed
and how would that be
done without attracting unnecessary
international attention?
What comes to mind was the 1997
United Nations land summit on
Zimbabwe. If fully implemented,
the decisions of the summit would
have resolved the land question
without the consequences that followed.
Compromises mean a giveand-take
or win-win or lose-lose
situation, especially in international
relations. Zimbabwe would
have lost much less and won much
more, if it had compromised at
the land summit.
Thirdly, the indigenisation and
empowerment policy should have
been formulated that investors
would have come in numbers all
the same. Despite the recent cosmetic
amendments, the damage
had already been done.
Fourthly, violence should never
have been an option. Zanu PF’s
policy during the armed liberation
struggle was to employ violence
to overthrow a brutal racist
regime, and bring peace to the
country. Peace was one of the party’s
core values.
Fifthly, who was to implement
the strategic plan at various levels,
starting with the district, all
the way up to the national leadership?
Besides implementation,
there should have been monitoring
and evaluation, to assess success
or failure, making adjustments
if/when the environment
changed. All this would have been
to ensure success.
The effects of ignoring the
above issues were: targeted sanctions
or restrictive measures;
pain and suffering of the people
who now have little or no income,
are unemployed, are short of food,
poor and hopeless. Pensioners
were among the worst hit because
of the worthlessness of the Zimbabwe
dollar at the end of 2008.
Zimbabwe would have been a
proud country with its own currency.
Poor performance of the
economy coupled with the printing
of money reduced the Zimbabwe
dollar to a worthless currency
which nobody wanted.
How could the national currency
be divorced from sovereignty?
Using the United States dollar was
an act of desperation and betrayal.
Furthermore, the national leadership
has condoned corruption
over time, until corruption became
entrenched and institutionalised.
It is now out of control and
the leadership has neither the
political will nor the capacity to
fight and eradicate it. Corruption
does not inspire confidence in the
foreign investor and demoralises
the common person.
Therefore, the current state of
affairs was consequent upon the
leadership’s dismal failure to discharge
its strategic planning duties
and responsibilities.
Since 2000, the leadership has
been consistently, shamelessly
and relentlessly blaming the
West for the country’s poor economic
performance and political
isolation. It is time to shift the debate
from the blame game to introspection.
This will eventually
help the country find answers
to its problems. In fact, what divides
the country is the branding
of people as sell-outs versus revolutionaries
(including some of
Bishop Muzorewa’s top officials
who are now top officials in Zanu
PF).
Zimbabwe needs to unleash all
the talent at its disposal, regardless
of political leaning, gender,
tribe, race, creed, etc, in order to
rebuild the country. The country
has great potential. It just needs
visionary leadership to guide it
to dizzy heights.
Harare water woes: Residents, council should harmonise relations
By Sharon Magodyo
Residents of Harare have
long suffered from water
disconnections. Water is essential
in people’s lives and people
cannot live without it. Every person
has the right to safe, clean and
potable water. Daily household
chores and industrial activities
require huge amounts of water.
So, when the City of Harare secured
a US$144 million loan from
China, Harare residents had every
reason to celebrate in anticipation
of increased water pumping
capacity. They expected consistent
water supplies in their own
households.
Harare City Council has dismally
failed to increase their pumping
capacity, and most households, especially
in the northern and eastern
suburbs rarely receive municipal
water. The council should be
blamed because of its misuse of
public funds meant to ensure the
progressive realisation of residents’
rights to water.
The council has instituted an investigation
into the alleged abuse
of the US$144 million Chinese
loan. They are taking their time to
produce the report of their findings.
The public should be informed
about the plans taking place within
the council and how funds are
being used. Due to their suffering
and lack of transparency in council,
residents withhold their rates.
Council should at least produce
a timetable for the water disconnections.
Last week residents
in Mabvuku complained of inconsistent
water supplies. Water
shortages increase the risk of diseases
such as diarrhoea and typhoid.
Harare Residents Trust (HRT)
educates the community through
focus group discussions and community
meetings. The objective is
to build residents’ capacity to demand
and claim their rights as
communities, but most importantly,
as individuals.
This is commendable as it is in
line with Section 270 (3), Chapter
14 of the constitution which outlines
the importance of human
rights.
It is critical that council becomes
more accountable to the citizens
if it hopes to build a strong
relationship with its stakeholders
and get the cooperation of residents.
This will instil confidence
among international and regional
funding partners who wish to
invest in Harare’s infrastructure
sector.
•Sharon Magodyo is HRT Community
Coordinator.

14 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
News
Libya clears trail for immigrants
If Europe is worried
about the migrants, it
should do more to
help equip and train
the guards
LIBYA — Abdulkabir and
five of his friends, all from
Niger, walked for hours
over rocky hills and sandy
paths to cross into southern Libya,
without meeting a single border
guard. Safely over the border,
they now feel no need to hide.
Libya’s southwestern tip in the
Sahara bordering Algeria and Niger
has become an open door for
illegal migrants from sub-Saharan
countries heading for Europe,
with the chaotic government in
Tripoli appearing to have abandoned
all control.
The revolt that overthrew Libyan
leader Muammar Gaddafi
three years ago emptied Libya’s
arsenals, flooded the region with
guns and dismantled much of the
state apparatus, giving well-organised
smuggler networks the
run of the frontier.
“We crossed on foot. There was
no army or police,” said Abdulkabir,
waiting with his friends for
a smuggler to bring them to Ghat,
the first town in Libya. They
camped near an unpaved road
that leads straight to the nearby
Libyan passport control post, but
no patrol disturbed them.
According to the Italian coast
guard, at least 50 000 people have
crossed from North Africa to Italy
by boat so far this year, already
far exceeding the 40 000 who arrived
in the whole of 2013. Most
came over land from Sub-Saharan
Africa, via Libya.
It has always been a challenge
to seal Libya’s more than 2 000km
long southern border, but since
Gaddafi’s fall it appears few are
even trying. Tripoli, some 1 300km
to the north, has reduced funding
to border troops as it grapples
with a budget crisis due to protests
that shut down oil exports.
“The border is open day and
night. Anyone who wants can
cross it. There is no control,”
said Mohamed Abdel-Qadir, head
of Ghat’s town council. “Most
[smugglers] are armed people,
some of them drug dealers, some
trade in weapons, goods and illegal
migrants.”
Border officials say up to 200 Africans
cross the Ghat border strip
every day, most headed north to
the Mediterranean coast for the
onward trip to Europe by boat.
In Ghat, a detention centre
has been built to house migrants
caught trying to cross the frontier.
But these days it stands empty
and derelict: the local authorities
say they are being given no
money to run it.
Instead, African migrants walk
around the town unchallenged.
They live in empty houses and
queue every morning on the main
street seeking jobs. Police cars
drive by without stopping.
“I came here to look for a job because
there is nothing in Niger,”
said a man from northern Niger
who gave his name as Mussa. He
left behind his wife and three children.
The human traffickers also
don’t bother to hide much. “Which
A boat loaded with immigrants from North Africa making their way to Italy. Picture: dailymail.co.uk
police or army are you talking
about?” said a smuggler after putting
six migrants from Niger on
his Toyota pickup.
“I don’t have a job so I have to
make a living,” said the smuggler,
one of the Tuareg nomads who
dominate the region. He agreed
to be filmed but asked not to be
named.
Operating as part of a network,
he drives the Nigerians to
Obari, some 250km away, where
a colleague takes them to Sabha,
the next town as they head
north toward the Mediterranean
coast.
He is not worried about bumping
into a patrol: “I have friends in
the police and army,” he said.
Not only do smugglers guide
migrants north into Libya, they
also ship goods such as petrol and
wheat south into sub-Saharan Africa
or west into Algeria, profiting
off the lavish state subsidies
that keep such goods cheap in Libya.
Weapons are also shipped
south, and Western diplomats
worry southern Libya is becoming
a haven or transit point for
fighters heading in all directions,
towards conflict zones in Egypt,
Syria, Sudan or Mali.
When asked whether militant
fighters were crossing the border,
the Tuareg smuggler said: “Look,
the border is open. You can do
what you want. Smugglers, drug
dealers, al Qaeda, anyone who
wants can come. There is no police.”
Algeria has closed the land border
to Libya and tightened controls,
but an Algerian official said
it was difficult to coordinate with
the Libyan side. On the eastern
border, Egypt has limited road
traffic to Libya.
Libya’s army and police, still
in training, are no match for the
armed smugglers. An Interior
Ministry force to combat illegal
migration has around 150 men
covering a stretch of border 600
km long, according to officers.
A map of the neighbouring countries that immigrants use as a passage to Italy
“I’ve thought about resigning
because we can’t do the job properly,”
said a senior officer while
The border is open.
You can do what you
want. Smugglers,
drug dealers, al
Qaeda, anyone who
wants can come.
There is no police.
walking on a paved road used by
Libyan and Algerian forces at the
joint border.
“This is a main trail for illegal
migrants,” he said, pointing to
a rocky path littered with shoes
and water bottles left behind by
border crossers.
His force, supported by army
posts spaced every few dozen kilometres
along the border, relies on
decade-old Kalashnikovs and has
only a few satellite phones to coordinate
action. If Europe is worried
about the migrants, it should
do more to help equip and train
the guards, he said.
“The European Union always
talks about training and support
for us, but they just talk, talk,
talk,” said the officer, asking not
to be identified for fear of reprisals.
One army soldier, based in
a camp perched between sand
dunes, said he had attended a
training course in Turkey where
he learned how to use a satellite
monitoring system — which
Libya doesn’t have. Tripoli has
signed a deal with an Italian firm
to install such a system but town
mayor Abdel-Qadir said nothing
has happened so far in the Ghat
region.
He said Libya’s government
had imported Land Cruisers badly
needed to monitor unpaved desert
border paths, but officials
kept them in Tripoli for their
own use.
“We’ve asked for help from the
United Nations, international
groups in Libya,” he said. “But
there is no international, not even
local support. Nothing has materialised
on the ground.”
—Reuters

News
The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 15
Anti-graft activists jailed
after high-profile trial
Beijing — Three Chinese
activists who
campaigned for government
officials to
disclose their wealth
were jailed in the culmination
of a high-profile trial that underscores
Beijing’s resolve to clamp
down on dissent.
The activists were among more
than a dozen detained in recent
months for their anti-corruption
activism. Rights groups say the
crackdown on the group throws
into sharp relief the limits of
President Xi Jinping’s campaign
against graft.
Despite a few pilot schemes for
low level officials to disclose their
assets, any public discussion of
the wealth of senior leaders remains
strictly off limits.
Graft oils the wheels of China’s
government and probes into Party
elites have revealed billions of
dollars in undisclosed assets, often
held by trusted friends or family
members.
Two of the activists, Liu Ping
and Wei Zhongping, were sentenced
to six and half years in
prison for using a cult to damage
law enforcement, gathering a mob
to disturb order in public places,
and picking quarrels and provoking
disputes.
“It isn’t fair, it isn’t just,” said Si
Weijiang, Liu’s lawyer, reached by
phone. “The laws can just be bent
however [the government] wants
in politicised cases.”
Another activist, Li Sihua, was
sentenced to three years in prison,
also for picking quarrels and provoking
disputes.
The sentences were handed
down on Thursday by a court in
the poor central province of Jiangxi.
Court officials could not be
reached for comment.
Human rights groups condemned
the judgement. In a statement,
Amnesty International
called the charges “preposterous”.
“Having a small private gathering
and holding a banner in a
lobby entrance demanding financial
transparency from officials
should not in any way constitute
‘picking quarrels’ and ‘illegal assembly’,”
said William Nee, a China
researcher for Amnesty, according
to the statement.
Si said it was up to the activists
to decide whether they would appeal,
but added he didn’t believe
an appeal would be successful or
have any meaning.
The activists, encouraged by
Xi’s anti-corruption campaign,
took photographs of themselves
holding banners and placards
that read “Strongly urge officials
to disclose their assets” and “Xi
Jinping, immediately end dictatorship”.
“What was written on the signs
is simply a suggestion to the country’s
new leaders. It’s completely
within the scope of freedom of expression
that’s within our country’s
constitution,” Si said.
The activists were part of a
group called the New Citizens
Movement, which advocates for
officials to disclose their wealth
and favours working within the
system to create change. Its wellknown
founder, Xu Zhiyong, was
sentenced in January to four
years in prison, sparking criticism
from the United States, European
Union and rights groups.
“This is a crazy retaliation, a
shameless retaliation, which has
no connection with the law, the
legal system or rule of law,” the
New Citizens Movement said in
a statement on its website. “This
is not just retaliation against Liu
Ping, Wei Zhongping and Li Sihua
but retaliates against and dishonours
the rights of citizens.”
Prominent human rights lawyer
Pu Zhiqiang, who had represented
members of the New Citizens
Movement, was detained last
month after he attended a meeting
in a private home to commemorate
the anniversary of the bloody suppression
of pro-democracy protests
at Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Pu’s case is ongoing. —Reuters
Xi Jinping
Uproar as Poland raids
magazine premises
Warsaw — Polish prosecutors
are searching the
offices of the magazine
Wprost, the Warsaw prosecutor’s
office recently said, after the magazine
published tapes of officials’
conversations embarrassing to
the government.
The move caused uproar in the
media and among opposition politicians,
who said freedom of
speech was at stake in Poland, the
largest economy in central and
eastern Europe and a state hailed
for its successful transition from
Communism to a market economy.
Poland has laws protecting the
right of journalists to keep their
sources secret, but a spokeswoman
for the prosecutor said the
tapes were “evidence” needed in
criminal proceedings.
The prosecutor’s office has issued
a warrant “demanding the
surrender of items,” Renata Mazur
of the prosecutor’s office told
reporters, indicating that would
mean devices carrying the recordings.
“The devices ... are evidence
of a crime and are essential to the
case.”
Wprost released the tape recordings
this past weekend of private
conversations between senior officials.
They included Interior Minister
Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz and
central bank chief Marek Belka.
In that recording, made last
July in the private room of a Warsaw
restaurant, the two men discuss
how the central bank might
help the government out of its
economic troubles if it is heading
for election defeat.
According to a transcript of the
recording, Belka also talked with
Sienkiewicz about the possibility
of wielding a state “truncheon”
against one of Poland’s businessmen.
The deputy chief editor of
Wprost, Marcin Dzierzanowski,
told TVN24 television that a prosecutor
and agents of the Internal
Security Agency were trying to
gain access to the laptop of Sylwester
Latkowski, the chief editor.
Latkowski appeared on TVN24,
holding his laptop, and saying,
“Physical force has been used
against me.”
A journalist at Wprost, Michal
Majewski, tweeted: “Mr prosecutor
orders use of force to take laptop
of @LatkowskiS ... This is not
happening!”
“They are drawing more police
to the entrance. ABW agents. Surrounding
the editorial,” he also
tweeted.
Polish law says that only a court
decision can remove the obligation
that journalists have to protect
their sources of information.
The prosecutors have not brought
any charges against Latkowski.
Reuters made repeated calls to
spokespeople of the Internal Security
Agency, Warsaw Praga Poludnie
district prosecution, handling
the case, but received no reply.
The Warsaw police spokesman,
Mariusz Sokolowski, said that it
was not the police “conducting
these actions.”
“I have no idea what is happening
in the headquarters of
Wprost,” he said.
Television footage showed policemen
and a prosecutor inside
the editorial offices of Wprost,
Poland central bank chief Marek Belka
surrounded by journalists and
cameramen.
The footage also showed journalist
in the editorial shouting
“go home” at the police.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk
has not dismissed the interior
minister Sienkiewicz, who is still
in charge of law enforcement.
“We are dealing with an action
against the freedom of speech ...
a value protected by the constitution,”
said Jaroslaw Kaczynski,
leader of the largest opposition
party, Law and Justice.
“We must defend (...) Polish democracy,”
Kaczynski told a press
briefing after news of the search
emerged.
Kaczynski has called on the government
to resign after the tape
scandal.
Forty-eight percent of Poles now
want Tusk’s government to step
down, according to a poll by Millward
Brown published by TVN24
broadcaster showed on Wednesday.
The poll also showed 30% of
respondents said the prime minister
should not resign.
Poland has celebrated 25 years
of freedom at the beginning of
June, commemorating its overthrow
of the Communist regime
and the first partly free elections
in 1989, in celebrations attended
by US President Barack Obama
and France’s President Francois
Hollande, among others.
—Reuters
Mass grave
found in
Mexico
The authorities in Mexico
have found more than 30
bodies in a mass grave in
the eastern state of Veracruz.
There is no word on the cause of
deaths and officials have warned
that the number of corpses could
rise.
The region has seen fierce fighting
between rival drug gangs.
Thousands of Central American
migrants pass through the
state each year, heading to the US.
Drug-related violence in Mexico
has left more than 85 000 people
dead since 2007.
A military official said the
grave contained the bodies of 24
men and seven women. Earlier,
prosecutors had put the figure at
28 bodies.
The grave was found after an
anonymous call at a farm near the
border with Oaxaca state.
Marines are guarding the area
as investigators try to recover
more bodies, and start the process
of identifying those already unearthed.
In recent years, Mexican authorities
have discovered several
mass graves with hundreds of
corpses of victims of the drug
gangs who fight for control of territories
useful to their trade.
The Gulf Cartel and the Zetas
gang have been battling over the
state of Veracruz.
Some mass graves have also
been filled with the bodies of migrants
killed after refusing to join
the gangs.
—BBC

16 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Features
Ebola: A survivor’s account
The number of people
who have contracted
the Ebola virus in
Guinea, according to
the World Health Organisation,
has risen to 208 —
and 136 of them have died. About
half of these cases have been confirmed
in a laboratory while earlier
cases were not tested.
There is no cure for Ebola but
with early medical support some
people’s bodies are able to develop
antibodies to fight it off.
One survivor, who asked not to
be named, told his story:
“The symptoms started with
headaches, diarrhoea, pains in
my back and vomiting.
None of us could sleep, we
thought we would never make it
to the morning.
The first doctor I saw at a village
health centre said it was malaria
— it was only when I was brought
to a special unit at the hospital in
[the capital] Conakry that I was
told I had the Ebola virus.
I felt really depressed — I had
heard about Ebola so when the
doctors told me, I was very scared.
I tried to be positive — I was
thinking about death, but deep
inside I thought my time had not
come yet and I would get over it.
That’s how I overcame the pain
and the fear.
Doctors from the charity Medecins
Sans Frontiers (MSF) were
here to comfort me and give their
moral support. I tried to stay positive
although I was scared when
I saw my relatives dying in front
of me.
There was a moment when I
thought I might die when I lost
two of my uncles and their bodies
were taken away.
On that night none of us could
sleep, we thought we would never
make it to the morning.
Some doctors from MSF came
to collect and wrap the bodies and
sterilise the area. It all happened
Healthcare workers dressed up to deal with Ebola patients
in front of us.
A short while after I was admitted
to the hospital for treatment I
started feeling better, step by step.
At first I was scared to eat as I
thought I would be sick but after
a while I took a few drops of water
and realised it was Okay and
the diarrhoea gradually stopped
as well.
The doctors would come to see
me and ask questions and one day
nearly all my answers were “no”
— the doctors were pleased and I
realised that I would make it.
That was a very powerful feeling
for me.
It was a great feeling when I
walked out of the hospital.
We had a little celebration with
the doctors, all the nurses and the
people who had been waiting for me.
They took pictures of me, they
shook my hands. I saw that they
felt safe touching me and I realised
I was better. I was really happy
on that day. Now I feel good although
I sometimes get some pain
in my joints.
I prefer not be identified in the
media — many people are aware
that I had the disease but many
others are not.
We have been through difficult
times as people were afraid of us.
You know about African solidarity
— usually when someone
dies people visit you but when we
lost one and then two, three, four
members of our family, nobody
came to visit us and we realised
we were being kept at bay because
of fear.
It gets even worse if everybody
hears about your condition on the
radio and television.
Even people close to us, neighbours
and relatives, are met with
suspicion when they mention
they know us.
Immediately the other person
takes two or three steps back
for fear of contracting the virus.
People are very poorly informed
about the disease.
Nine people in my family had
the virus in total. My wife and my
cousin survived too, so it is the
three of us out of nine.
We were very affected by the
deaths of our relatives but we
were also relieved that not all of
us had died.
It would have been such a catastrophe
if we had all passed away.
This was a lesson on a spiritual
level and it has changed the way I
look at life.
The short time we spent in hospital
has really transformed us. I
feel lucky. I feel very happy to be
alive.” —BBC
Nigeria to get
US$227m from
Abacha loot
Liechtenstein will
return US$227 million
(167m euros; £133m) to
Nigeria that was looted
by the former military
ruler Sani Abacha in the 1990s,
the African nation’s finance ministry
says.
It was the culmination of a 16-
year effort to retrieve the money,
it added.
To secure it, Nigeria agreed to
drop a legal case tied to Abacha’s
family.
Abacha ruled Nigeria from
1993 until his death in 1998 and is
thought to have siphoned billions
of dollars into bank accounts
across Europe.
Transparency International says
the dictator stole as much as US$5
billion during his five-year rule.
“We can confirm that Nigeria
will on June 25 2014 receive the
sum of euros 167 million (US$227
million) from the government
of the principality of Liechtenstein,
part of looted funds recovered
from the Abacha family,” Nigeria’s
finance ministry said in a
statement.
The recovery of the money
had been blocked by legal action
brought by companies linked to
members of Abacha’s family.
The companies’ complaints
were withdrawn following negotiations
between the governments
of Nigeria and Liechtenstein last
month.
Nigeria says it plans to invest
the money in a sovereign wealth
fund for the benefit of future generations.
Separately, Nigeria agreed
on Wednesday to drop charges
The late Sani Abacha
against Abacha’s son, Mohammed
Abacha, who was accused of
unlawfully receiving US$2,7 million
of government money from
his father.
Liechtenstein is not the only
European country to recover Nigerian
state funds, with Switzerland
so far returning some US$700
million.
Earlier this year, the US froze
some US$458 million hidden by
Abacha in bank accounts in Jersey
and France.
Abacha seized power shortly
after the 1993 elections were annulled
and went on to become one
of Nigeria’s most notorious military
rulers, accused of stealing
billions of dollars from the oilrich
nation. — BBC

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Woman & Man
Home & Garden
Food & Drink
Family
Arts
3 Woman Profile
Tafadzwa Bete
9 Home of the Week
Enter our competition
16 Raise a glass
Solme-Delta
19 Family of the Week
Mkudu family
28 Breaking New Ground
Gift Dzwova
5 Motivation
Self motivation
10 Trends
Hallway
17 Food
Red Seal
22 Education
Enactus launch
29 Bookworm
Poetry
7 Man Profile
Dalumuzi Mhlanga
12 Gardening
Mulching
18 Food & Drink
TM Specials
24 Family Getaway
Touring the US
31 Arts
Tuku & Jesse Priestly

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TAFADZWA BETE
Recently named as one of the 28 Africa’s Most Outstanding Emerging Women Leaders who are the
MILEAD 2014 fellows, and with awards such as 2013 JCI Zimbabwe’s Outstanding New Member,
Tafadzwa Geraldine Bete Sasa is a 24-year-old young Zimbabwean woman on a mission.
Prudence Muganiwah
A
holder of a BSC Human Resource Management
from Midlands State University, her determination
to succeed is evidenced by her passion forwork in
leadership with community and development organisations
such as Junior Chamber International (JCI),
Toastmasters International, SAFAIDS and now Alchemy
Women in Leadership Zambia, where she is currently based.
“I firmly believe that the levels of growth and success of
both individuals and organisations are based on the leadership
hence my passion for leadership generally.” She strongly
believes that women should not have to compete with men in
leadership, but that they have the different and unique contributions
as leaders – hence her passion for women to step
up to leadership. What Taffy, as she is affectionately known,
enjoys the most about what she does is helping other people
realise that everyone is created with the capacity to create
the realities they desire. “It is not so much what we give but
how we help others recognise the power within themselves
that makes the most difference even after we are gone. That
value remains with that individual.”
On the biggest challenges she has had to face, the young
lady who treasures determination and resilience as some of
her values, had this to say, “I have constantly struggled
with the choice between a CV strengthened by big
corporate brands in work that does not excite me
and the alternative of smaller organisations
within my area of passion. I have had this battle
a few times, but the common thread that
emerges from the lessons in all these is the
fact that when I am faithful to pursue my
calling and give it my very best there, even
bigger opportunities and a huge impact will
find you.” She believes that it is vital to remain
unwavering and determined through
the storms of life as optimism and fortitude
are necessary when facing life’s constant
challenges.
On family life, Tafadzwa is grateful for the
family that raised her and moulded her
into the woman she is today. Having recently
got married to her sweetheart of
five years, she continues to be amazed
by the level of support he has given
her. “We are good friends and he is
technically the wind beneath my
wings. I am driven but can be a bit
scatter-brained, so Tate helps me
stay focused to achieve my targets
and still wipes my tears when I am
bummed.”
Despite having obtained so many
awards and notable achievements
already, Tafadzwa still
believes her biggest one is really
in the daily small battles -- a
process of small little victories
that have got her where
she is, although she admits
the MILEAD fellowship
really floored her. “The
nomination has taken my
career to greater heights
in that I am getting more
comprehensive training
exposure regards women
leadership issues and
best practices from a continental perspective. It has made me
realise the responsibility that I now carry as a leader at that
level and has made me step up in the small ways, which ordinarily
I may have let slide, but the consequences are now
more far-reaching. For Zimbabwe and Zambia it presents an
opportunity for us to share our stories of how we are managing
and to also learn from the stories of the 26 other countries
represented in the fellowship. I will also be running a
MiChange project which will focus on helping young women
realise the need and the potential for them to be anything
they want and what their communities need.”
Having trained in HR, Tafadzwa still bases her career
choices on it -- her current work with Alchemy Women in
Leadership for instance, involves a lot of HR training and
capacity building so although she is not in mainstream HR,
she prefers an individual focus on transforming individuals,
helping them understand their passions and potential and
then linking that and suitably positioning them within the
organisation to maximise both personal growth and organisational
objectives.
Taffy’s typical day is quite a hectic routine, “We leave
home around 0640hrs to beat the mad Lusaka traffic so I am
usually in the office by 0720. I start off with a bit of recap to
figure out what I am getting right and what needs improvement
and plan the day. Drawing insights from what is happening
in my life or around me at that time, I draft my #IAWG
daily inspirational message for the day and send it out to the
several WhatsApp and Facebook groups and pages where I
share them. 0800hrs I am at Alchemy business through to
about 1730hrs. Most JCI and toastmasters meetings are after
work so depending on the day it can be that or I head home
where I spend time with my husband until 9.30pm. From then
it is reading and a bit of writing. I usually call it a day around
10.45-11.00pm.
An avid fan of beautiful scenery and serene places such
as Mazvikadei and Cape Town, she draws her inspiration
from people who believe in her. Her mother, for instance,
who has always been a prayer warrior and an inspiration
with her huge heart for helping people, and her father who
despite raising his children mostly in the rural areas of Chiweshe,
adequately prepared Taffy and her siblings to fit into
the highest class possible of opportunities. Another of her
inspiration comes in the form of one woman who believed in
her so much that she was up at 4am negotiating and vouching
for her potential and capabilities. “It is such and all the other
amazing people who support and encourage me that keep me
going. There are times I have doubted myself but now I am
confident that with God on my team, I am worthy, equipped
and well-backed up for whatever responsibilities or opportunities
I receive.”
Tafadzwa is involved in various community based projects
with Alchemy Women in Leadership Zambia, which
is supporting a higher female representation in leadership
in the workplace and the broader Zambian community. One
of the projects involves a program that offers personal leadership
training and coaching for women at various levels
of leadership, the idea being to create a pipeline of women
leaders who are well-equipped enough to deliver in decisionmaking
positions.
Tafadzwa’s parting shot to the young generation: “Find
out what you are wired to do, what you are passionate about
and what you are burdened about. Those are the areas where
your impact, fulfillment and success lie. Road rules [read life
principles] are indeed universal but learn to identify, and if
need be, pave the road to your own destination.”

4 THE STANDARD STYLE / WOMAN / FASHION
June 22 to 28 2014
Essential
Black
Shamiso Catherine
The colour Black is a very powerful colour that symbolizes
class, elegance and wealth. Stylish clothing is often
designed in black, everything from suits, to black
dresses, to formal black tie outfits. Black combined
with other colours can have a very strong impact. It’s essential
that when you are building your wardrobe or giving it a spring
clean that you include classics that always remain in style. The
six most essential items to add to your wardrobe are a black
blazer, a “little” black dress that can be worn both at a formal
or informal occasion, a black handbag (that is not run down),
a pair of simple black loafers or flats and black closed heels.
This is where it’s more important to spend a little more money
on your wardrobe. If you buy quality essentials you can retain
them for years, and rotate them without anyone ever noticing
that you are wearing the same item. The rotation is all in the
pairing. Here is how to best pair some of your essentials.
The Black Blazer can be worn throughout the working week
(hygiene permitting), without anyone knowing that you are
wearing the same blazer. This can be achieved by pairing it
with different shirts, colours, bottoms and shoes.
Pairing tip:
Pair the black blazer with a classic white collared shirt, tailored
black trousers, black closed heels and simple earrings.
This is where you can carry your black handbag, or if this is
too much black, swap the black handbag for a navy or dark
brown bag. It’s important that you stay within your colour palette
and that your work look is simple, elegant and stylish. We
will discuss colour palettes in next week’s column, where I will
give advice on the best colours to wear based on your skin tone
and body size.
Choose a dress that can be worn both formally and informally.
To style the dress formally you can wear a blazer and heels, to
style it informally just remove the blazer and wear the dress
with flats or different heels.
Pairing tip:
Add some colour to your “little” black dress by wearing a different
colour shoe. Black goes with almost anything but to stay
in trend, choose either a metallic heel or a teal coloured heel.
Your accessories can be anything from gold, silver to traditional
earth colours found in African beads. It all comes down
to the style of the dress and the occasion. Always remember
to keep it simple and stylish when pairing colours with black.
Black is an elegant colour and should remain elegant and simple
when paired.
Winter Essential Black
You can never go wrong with
a simple pair of flat black
leather boots. Paired with
denim jeans or a winter casual
dress, they project an aura of
elegance and style.

June 22 to 28 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / WOMAN / INSPIRATION 5
MOTIVATE
Rufaro Mushonga
yourself
How do you keep a positive attitude and keep yourself
motivated when you surrounded by people who
have been complaining for the past decade about the
“death “of the economy in Zimbabwe? Well, whether
the economy is half-dead or not, we still have to get out of bed
in the morning and get on with life. No one can motivate you
better than you can motivate yourself. Self-motivation is obviously
not something that you can achieve by yourself. I believe
that self-motivation is about taking ownership of specific aspects
of your life and making a decision to be in control.
What motivates you? You have to know this if you want to take
control. I have had a few full time jobs in sales. I am sure some
of you will be able to relate to this experience. My sales manager
would push me on a daily basis to sell, sell, sell and meet my
target. Some would tell me that I had to visit five customers per
day and report back on a daily basis. So I would sit down with
my list of targeted customers and I would start trying to make
appointments. If you have the zeal, maybe you can make 20
calls on a Monday morning but only two of those clients would
agree to see you. So you visit those two, and one of them might
listen to you because they feel it would be rude to tell you they
are not interested. The other one tells you they are interested
in your product or service, but they don’t have the budget for
it. By the time you get to Friday, maybe you have seen only one
or two potential clients who are genuinely interested in what
you are selling.
I would keep pushing because I needed the money. The fact
that I had bills to pay is what motivated me to get the job done.
On the other hand, many sales people absolutely love their
jobs. I have worked with sales people who wake up in the morning
overflowing with sunshine. While I am on my third cup of
“wake me up” coffee, the “sunshine sales representative” has
already made appointments and is off to see potential clients.
And they seemed to achieve more results than I did. And even
if they didn’t achieve the desired results, they were ready to
give it another try the following day.
And that is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic
motivation. When I was working in sales, I used the fact that I
had bills to pay and needed the money, to motivate me to work.
Knowing that if I worked extra hard I would get my basic salary,
plus my commission, and an incentive bonus every quarter,
kept me going. My motivation was extrinsic, which means
I was working in order to get a “reward”. My colleagues, who
were overflowing with sunshine every day, were motivated by
their passion for the job. Their motivation was intrinsic, meaning
they were motivated by the satisfaction they would get after
having the job done.
To be effective at my job in sales, I tried to motivate myself.
My plan was to think and speak positively, to make a decision
and a declaration every morning that I was going to be successful.
I would also remind myself that I needed the money to
survive. That did help me to be effective at work, but I got no
satisfaction out of doing the job. The thought of getting out of
bed every day to be a salesperson, would actually keep me in
bed at times.
Today I am doing something that I am passionate about,
so it is much easier for me to get out of bed every morning. I
genuinely enjoy my work. However, there is a sense of security
you feel when you are working for someone else. You are not directly
responsible for paying your salary. You know that if you
had a bad month in sales, you will still get your basic salary. I
am now self-employed, so not only am I responsible for paying
my own salary, I now have several other expenses to pay, and
other people to pay as well. And unfortunately for me, I have
not been able to escape from sales.
So whether you are doing something you are passionate
about, or not, you will need to keep yourself motivated.
I have learnt to set large goals for myself and my business.
Once I know where I want to go, I break this down into smaller
goals, and each goal, once achieved, brings me a step closer to
the bigger picture. You need to define the end result and keep
that end result in mind. This helps you to focus.
Visualisation is an excellent way to self-motivate. I learnt
about this in a success motivation course. There are certain
things that I want to achieve in life and I can only achieve those
things if I am successful at work. Maybe you want to buy property,
to travel, or be able to send your children to a good school.
Visualise these goals, in your mind, or even as a picture in
your diary or on the wall, on the fridge, on the mirror. I have
a friend who was trying to lose weight. She put three pictures
on her fridge. One picture was of an obese woman, one was of
a slim woman and one was a picture of herself. So every time
she went to fridge, she would meet with these three images and
think twice about indulging in treats.
I spend quality time with the right people. While there is
merit in spending your time with people who are experiencing
the same challenges you are experiencing, be careful that you
don’t find yourself in a support group of de-motivated friends
or colleagues. Spend time with people who are where you want
to be, because they will show you the possibilities and help you
to focus on where you want to be and how to get there. Find a
mentor, or follow a successful business person as a role model.
Affirmations are powerful. I know you have heard this so
many times, but you need to have a mantra, which is a statement
or tagline that you repeat regularly to keep you going.
Watch what you read and what you watch on TV. If you are
an entrepreneur you have to be reading motivational articles,
or watching programmes that will build, encourage and inspire
you. No matter how knowledgeable I believe I am in my
field, there are still many things that I have to learn and I still
need to self-motivate by learning from the successes and failures
of other entrepreneurs.
Whether you are doing something that you are passionate
about, or not, maintain a positive attitude and remember that
self-motivation does take a conscious effort.
Measure Your Goals
like Dantes, Sir
Tafadzwa Zimunhu Taruvinga
An Introduction of the Count
One of my favourite stories is The Count of Monte
Cristo, a fictional story written by the Alexandre
Dumas. In a nutshell, and at the momentary peril of
the story’s all-intriguing classic aesthetic, Fernand
Mondego betrays his so-called friend Edmond Dantes
by framing him in Marseille as a Bonapartist traitor.
Consequently, Dantes spends 16 years inside the island
prison of Chateau D’Iff, 13 of which he dedicates
to planning, in chess-like fashion, his revenge against
Mondego and his allies. In executing his plan, Dantes,
in fact, teaches us an invaluable lesson in the realm of
measuring personal goals. He asserts that time and
task are two aspects essential to such measurement.
Time is of the essence
The story of Dantes corroborates how important it is
to use time to your advantage. Let’s say your sporty
Audi A4 is overdue for a set of new mags. Will you
buy them in 4 or 8 months’ time and what factors will
drive that decision? Or you plan to finally propose
to your girlfriend who has waited for three years in
oblivion. Do you reckon it’s been a reasonable wait or
has it been too long? Should you finally invest in the
good old dreaded rock? Well, you certainly can’t preempt
your plans prematurely, nor can you let a task become
obsolete. Like Dantes, you must make the time
for translating goal into action precisely precise. You
should be impatient enough to put into action goals
that are due in the short-term. Conversely, take time,
like Dantes who took some 13 years, to properly plan
out those goals which are more long-term in nature.
In essence, you must be able to measure exactly how
much time each goal requires. Relative to attaining
your goals, good timing is an essential measure.
stood well that his goal for vengeance was a combination
of smaller interrelated plans, also known as
tasks. Building towards a long-term personal goal
takes time. It should be an ingrained philosophy
which defines and drives the individual tasks which
make up that goal. Additionally, inheritance is a key
character of a well-set goal. What does this mean? It
means that each task in the goal spectrum should inherit
characteristics of the previous task in order for
it to be sustainable, and in order to preserve such inheritance
for the next task. For instance, once he was
out of prison and he had become the wealthy Count
of Monte Cristo, Dantes set out to ‘befriend’ Mondego
who had forgotten him after so long. That was one
task. Dantes’ used Mondego’s son to get closer to him.
That was a prior task which carried through the inheritance
of friendship. It was almost
like flicking the very first
chip in a
line of 382, knowing that
the 382nd
chip would eventually fall.
This
should be your approach
too when it comes to personal
goals. Carry
out the very first
task with the
very last in
mind. Only
then, will
your goal be
complete
and consolidated.
From task to goal
Dantes under-

6 THE STANDARD STYLE / MAN / FASHION
June 22 to 28 2014

June 22 to 28 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / MAN / PROFILE 7
ABrightSpark
Dalumuzi Mhlanga
Resolve: I decided to value myself based on the contributions that I could make to society
Tsitsi Mangosho
In a post-modern world that is increasingly
self-centred, Dalumuzi Mhlanga encapsulates
the very heart of humanity. An astute
and resourceful young man, Dalumuzi is
the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of
Lead Us Today, a non-profit organisation that
mobilises Zimbabwean youth to be socially
responsible citizens. At 25, he has achieved a
significance that many are not able to achieve
in a lifetime. His brand of altruism is steeped
in lived reality which motivated him to come
up with projects that make real, significant
contributions to young people no matter what
their circumstances are.
Lead Us Today equips Zimbabwean youth
with the skills to directly address pressing
community needs through its consolidated
package of leadership training, community
service and internship programmes. Since its
founding in May 2010, Lead Us Today has
trained over 2 000 students who have
designed and implemented dozens of
community development projects
including permaculture gardens,
recycling programmes and
a night school for drop outs.
More broadly, Dalumuzi has
experience developing youth
leadership programmes spanning
eight years during which
he has started 16 serviceoriented
youth clubs in Zimbabwe
and Swaziland. In those
eight years, he has designed and
directly delivered tailored leadership
training programmes to young
people in Bhutan, Swaziland, United
States of America, United Arab Emirates
and Zimbabwe. As such, Dalumuzi
has developed a crisp understanding
of the peculiarities of youth development
work across national and sociocultural
boundaries.
Dalumuzi holds a Bachelor’s
degree with honors
in Social Studies
from
Harvard
University
and is currently studying towards a Masters
in African Studies at the University of Oxford
as a 2013 Rhodes Scholar. “Studying at the
world’s top universities has been such a humbling
experience in many ways. I have come
to realise how smart people can be, and even
then, how they don’t always have to make sure
everybody knows the fact,” he said. One thing
he always tells people is that some of the busiest
professors at Harvard would be happy to
make time to talk to a first-year undergraduate
student for half-an-hour, sometimes, even
an hour. For such accomplished professors to
make time for the least experienced students
really speaks to how imparting knowledge is
cherished in these environments. The key lesson
for him, from this experience, has been
t o always be open to sharing what he
knows with others and to
always be eager to learn
-- even from the most
unexpected places
or people. Beyond
the humility of
many incredibly
smart
and accomplished
people, he
has also
been inspired
b y
their
curiosity
and
rigour.
In these
contexts,
people ask
really intelligent
questions and let them linger in their minds
instead of quickly and prematurely arriving
at answers. In engaging with those questions,
people in these contexts do not cut corners as
sometimes happens. This combination of humility
in the face of the world’s complexity,
curiosity and rigour has really shaped how
Dalumuzi approaches some of the key challenges
he hopes to resolve.
“My passion is developing the potential for
young people to contribute to their communities
and make real, sustained impact. I feel
most alive when I share knowledge with others
that helps them see themselves differently
and as people with the potential and ability to
make a difference in their own lives and those
of their communities,” he says. With such passion,
Dalumuzi has worked with an amazing
team to build an organisation that helps students
to design and implement high-impact,
innovative and sustainable community development
projects. His work has allowed him to
meet all kinds of people, all over the world. “I
have had the real privilege to meet some of
the world’s wealthiest and most influential
individuals. I have been equally privileged to
engage with many people who are struggling
to make ends meet on an everyday basis. With
whoever I meet, my greatest pleasure is to connect
with them at a human level and to learn
from them, their experiences and their worldviews,”
he adds.
The inspiration of founding Lead Us Today
came from Dalumuzi’s teenage years. As
a teenager, he came of age in a middle class
neighbourhood when his family struggled
to make ends meet. At that age, he couldn’t
help comparing himself with other teenagers
who came from families that fared better
than his. “They had nice clothes to wear; the
latest phones, MP3 players and Play Stations
– they were the cool kids. I wasn’t. It got to me
until one day when, alone, in my bedroom I
snapped out of comparing myself with them
and assigning value to myself based on the
clothes that I owned. From that day,
I decided to value myself based
on the contributions that I
could make to society,” he
recalls. He soon realised
that he wasn’t
the only one faced with feelings of inadequacy
because of things that cannot be controlled.
Those things beyond our control could range
from the families we were born in, our looks
or the kinds of talents we were blessed with.
Lead Us Today provides real opportunities for
young people to not simply believe in themselves
but for them to also develop their skills
in making the impact they envision. “That
way, we believe that Zimbabwe and Africa,
will enjoy the benefits of a generation of engaged
and socially responsible citizens,” he
says.
Last year, Dalumuzi co-founded Africa
LEAD, an organisation that innovates, designs
and delivers robust learning experiences in
leadership and entrepreneurship that build
connections among promising entrepreneurs,
local executives, global business leaders and
investors. Africa LEAD’s flagship initiative is
the Africa Business Leadership Summit that
is organised every year in Harare. Last year,
the Business Leadership Summit brought incredibly
accomplished speakers such as Sir
Mark Moody-Stuart, former Chair of Royal
Dutch Shell and Anglo-American plc; Prof.
Eric Werker, from Harvard Business School
and Nothando Ndebele, who heads Africa
Research for Renaissance Capital. Dalumuzi
also sits on the board of the Waterford School
Trust, which raises funds to support scholarships
for underprivileged students admitted
to his alma mater, Waterford Kamhlaba United
World College in Swaziland. He also spends
a lot of time mentoring many budding social
entrepreneurs in different parts of Africa,
many of whom are studying abroad and aim
to make an impact in their home countries.
Dalumuzi comes from an incredibly loving
and supportive family. His father is hard working
and his mother has devoted much of her
life in making sure that her children grew up
to be morally grounded adults with a real commitment
to serving others. What he misses
most about home is sadza, muriwo nenyama.
Dalumuzi is deeply committed to his country
and rooted in it and looks forward to returning
full-time to continue giving his best to
our collective advancement. He indeed is the
bright spark, and Zimbabwe needs many more
young people like him going forward.

8 THE STANDARD STYLE / MAN / WHEELS
June 22 to 28 2014
Fact Jeke
Ranger proves it’s “Built Ford Tough”
Standard production Ranger 3.2 4x4, equipped only with essential safety equipment
Driven by Car magazine associate editor Sudhir Matai, partnered by veteran off-road racer Henri Zermatten
Finished third in Class E in Ford Dealer 400 – 7th round of the Donaldson SA Cross Country Championship held near Thaba Nchu in the Free State
Completed full race distance without incident, despite punishing 350 km route
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, 29 October, 2013 – A
standard production Ford Ranger has taken on and
conquered one of the most punishing rounds of the
South African Cross Country Championship, proving
beyond doubt that it lives up to the brand’s reputation
of being “Built Ford Tough”.
The project Ranger Double Cab 3.2 4x4 contested
Class E of the Ford Dealer 400, the 7th round of the local
championship which took place near Thaba Nchu
in the Free State recently.
The vehicle was prepared for the race by veteran
off-road racer Henri Zermatten, and was equipped
with nothing more than the requisite safety equipment,
off-the-shelf 4x4 shock absorbers as well as
improved under-body protection. For the rest, it was
as standard as the Ranger you find on any showroom
floor.
Driven by Car Magazine Associate Editor Sudhir
Matai on his cross country debut, with Zermatten
making his own debut of sorts as a navigator for the
first time, the Ranger completed the race distance of
almost 350 km without any incidents or mechanical
woes – despite the event being recognised as one of
the roughest in the SA championship.
Noted for the exceptionally rocky, mountainous
and totally unforgiving terrain, the punishing route
claimed its fair share of victims during the race, with
18 of the original 60 starters failing to finish.
“I can’t believe that a standard Ranger can withstand
such a beating and come through completely unscathed,”
an elated Matai stated when they crossed the
finish line after no less than 7 hours and 20 min of racing
– in the process claiming 3rd position in Class E.
“Cross country racing is by far the toughest driving
challenge I’ve experienced, and the sheer punishment
on car and driver is unparalleled. It proved,
without doubt that the Ranger truly is one tough vehicle!”
Mark Kaufman, Ford’s Vice President of Marketing,
Sales and Service, commented: “Entering a
stock Ranger into a challenging cross country race
showcases that the Ford Ranger really is ‘Built Ford
Tough’.”
“We undertook this project with every confidence
that the vehicle would finish the race, and we have to
commend Sudhir and Henri for the great job they did
in showing off the Ranger’s abilities, particularly as
the vehicle was prepared in such a short time, and it
was Sudhir’s first cross country event. Despite this,
the team brought the Ranger home in one piece, and
with a medal for third place in Class E to boot.”
Indeed, even the rest of the racing fraternity was
surprised that the standard vehicle was entered in
the first place, never mind completed the race. Matai
was particularly appreciative of the camaraderie,
support and welcoming nature of the organisers and
fellow competitors, and was impressed at the level of
interest shown in the Ranger.
Zermatten was equally enthralled by the Ranger’s
first outing, particularly as he had less than two
weeks to prepare it for the Ford Dealer 400.
The Ranger received a bolt-in roll cage which was
then welded in place, along with the necessary safety
belt and seat mountings, race seats, intercom, as well
as the navigation system comprising a GPS and rally
odometers.
Under the skin it was equipped with a safety wiring
harness with obligatory external kill switch, along
with rock sliders, sump and diff guards and a set of
BF Goodrich All-Terrain race-spec tyres. The only
modification to the suspension was the use of off-theshelf
aftermarket Old Man Emu shock absorbers.
“I’m delighted how the Ranger has performed, as
it has thoroughly impressed despite the incredibly
tough route and the fact that it is completely standard,”
Zermatten said, making his return to cross
country racing after a five-year hiatus due to work
commitments.
“We had a fantastic time, and even used the air-con
for most of the race,” he stated, with some amusement.
“On this event there is simply no room for error,
and although we took it fairly easy while finding
our feet on the prologue and the first 182 km loop, we
were able push much harder next time around and
made up around 12 sec per kilometre on the shortened
122 km second lap.”
Zermatten believes that there is great potential for
a genuine standard production vehicle class in local
cross country racing, particularly with costs spiralling
out of control in the established categories.
“The performance of the standard Ranger in this
difficult race surprised many people and created a
lot of interest. It has certainly proved its mettle and
would be the ideal Class E or the FIA’s Dakar Rallystyle
T1 standard production vehicle for the local
championship.”
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry
leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or
distributes automobiles across six continents. With
about 180,000 employees and 65 plants worldwide,
the company’s automotive brands include Ford and
Lincoln. The company provides financial services
through Ford Motor Credit Company.
For more information on the company and
about Ford’s products, please visit www.corporate.ford.com
or www.quickpic.co.za for Ford Motor
Company of Southern Africa news. Follow us
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10 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN / TRENDS
June 22 to 28 2014
Hallway trends
Give your visitors a warmer welcome. Our ideas for decorating a
hallway will help you get clutter organised, create a focal
point and make your hall much more than a space for
passing through.
Add a matching
mirror
Embrace
bold
colours
The idea that a confined
space has to be a pale colour
to keep it feeling spacious
isn’t necessarily
true. Painting or papering
your hallway in a dark
hue can add real drama -
not only will the hall feel
intimate, cosy and distinctive,
but doors opening
onto other rooms will
give a real contrast, creating
a sense of a ‘journey’
through your home.
This is a simple trick to create a focal
point in your hall, as well as a
practical place to check you hair
before you dash out, or dump your
keys on the way in. A mirror above
a slim console table, both painted in
the same colour, will give a more finished,
designed feel to the space.
Get
everybody
organised
The clutter of coats, shoes,
school bags and more is the
main enemy of a smart, stylish
hall. Chose furniture that can
organise and conceal as much of
it as possible. This unit is a great
solution for a busy family, as everyone
can have their own basket
to dump their outdoor gear in.
Add some
seating
Whether it’s a place to perch to
tie your shoe laces or somewhere
to sit to take a phone call, adding
some soft seating to your hallway
will make it feel instantly warmer
and more welcoming. As space is
at a premium, an ottoman with
built-in storage under the seat
is a smart idea - great for hiding
away winter scarves and hats until
they’re needed.
Maximise
light
Often a narrow space, you may want
to try and make the most of any natural
light in your hallway. A large
mirror will help, as will choosing
glass for your console table. For the
evening think about warm lighting.
Wall-mounted lights like the ones
shown here will give your hall a formal
feel, while casting a warm, intimate
glow.

June 22 to 28 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN / INSPIRATION 11
Winter warmer
EXPERIMENTING
WITH SHADES OF WHITE
ream
rm winter interior. Don't be afraid to use your
lity and preferences . But keep it practical. This
le winter indulgences - chocolate, coffee and
f the biggest decisions you have to make when
ent feature in the room. Creamy hot chocolate
n a living room. You can set off your living room
nd out. If your lounge suite is brown don't panic.
d bring interest to the space with highlights of
Tracy Lawson
textures, such as leather, sheepskin, suede and
haracter.
It’s no secret that using white in the home can
hide imperfections in old walls, make rooms
such as tiny kitchens seem larger than they really
are and transform a dark area into a light
and airy space. It’s a tool many of us know and
use instinctively when faced with a tired, dark
or small interior. However, deciding to paint
your walls white or use an all-white decorating
scheme can be the beginning of a larger
set of problems and decisions. So before you
start, take a moment to consider which white
is right for you.
If you have ever tried to pick out white paint,
you know there are tons of variants. Often
dubbed the safe option, using whites in your
interior doesn’t have to be boring. Various
shades can be layered to create interest and
shadow, or you can use white as a subtle background
colour that allows other hues to stand
out in colourful soft furnishings or artwork.
d not matched. For a less dramatic but equally
our living room. Go ahead and rescue those old
joy them. Visit a professional frame shop to help
group them together for impact on your wall. A
When you photograph people in colour, you
the essence of a natural setting and goes past
of coffee with a spew of sweet cream to cozy
the way you accessorize your space. Filled,
finishing touch for any room. Add mellow mood
vase, set a collection of cream candles into it
r items in a similar colour from table runners to
t avoid lots of pattern , as these tend to always
The advantage to using white is that it works
with any other colour choice. After all, white
is white right? Unfortunately, it is not.
Whites can be divided into two simple types:
cool whites and warm whites. Cool whites
have a blue or black base and work well in
rooms that get a lot of daylight, as they tend to
neutralise bright light. There is also a crispness
to these whites that suits a home with
modern lines and contemporary schemes.
Cool whites seem stark and literally appear
cool. On the other hand, when used in a
warm, bright area, cool whites will feel calm
and inviting rather that stark. If you need to
familiarise yourself with cool whites, check
out white swatches from your favourite paint
shop. Warm white is a much easier tone to
live with. It is more inviting and it blends well
with most other colours. These whites have
yellow, brown or red undertones and “project”
Enjoy adding winter to your home this week!
into a room, creating a cosy atmosphere. They
also work well with earthy, organic shades, so
if your furnishings are of natural and warm
hues, your paint probably should be too. If you
desire a dramatic effect, there is no reason
why you could not have a mixture in the same
setting. For example, warm white for the main
room lighting and cool white for task lighting
over work areas.
Besides cool and warm whites, there are also
other neutrals to consider, such as biscuits
and greys, that can bring depth and atmosphere
to a room. Biscuits are both warm and
cool neutrals that are deeper than whites, being
closer to natural stone hues. These paint
colours add depth to interiors yet contain a
harmonious presence of their own.
Cool and warm greys are now trending standards
of the neutral palette. There are many
ways grey can be played with and the result
can look casual and relaxed, or chic and elegant.
Light grey walls feel crisp and airy, while
darker tones create a sultry, sassy, cosy mood.
A common mistake that people make when selecting
grey is using a “cold” grey for a wall
colour. So avoid opting for greys that are very
pale. Greys with brown undertones can really
help to warm up a room. Try playing with
dark charcoal for dramatic dining rooms and
use foggy grey for relaxing bedrooms full of
natural light. A mid-toned grey is still soft and
works as a neutral backdrop.
Whatever shade, warm or cool, confidently
select the right white for you. There are no
rules -- the choice simply is about personal
preference and use. So, warm or cool? Which
are you?
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m as well. Use banding on cushions, pull out the
this week!

12 THE STANDARD STYLE / HOME & GARDEN / GARDENING
June 22 to 28 2014
Beneficial Mulches Assist with
Chemical-Free Garden Health
Mulches are loose coverings or sheets
of material placed on the surface
of cultivated soil. Mulches can be
applied to bare soil or to cover the
surface of compost in containers. Mulching
is generally used to improve the soil around
plants, but it also gives your garden a neat,
tidy appearance and can reduce the amount
of time spent on tasks such as watering and
weeding. Mulches help soil retain moisture in
summer, prevent weeds from growing and protect
the roots of plants in winter. Using mulch
is a good gardening habit but not mandatory;
the benefits, however, make it worth the effort.
A really good job of mulching your garden
usually offers these benefits:
Benefits of Mulching
Long before modern day use as a purely decorative
element, mulch had an established history
of benefitting plants, soil and gardeners.
This is still its highest calling. A good layer of
beneficial mulch can reduce stress on plants
by regulating soil temperatures and reducing
moisture loss and competition from weeds.
In the veggie garden it also helps keep leafy
veggies from getting splashed with dirt each
time it rains. Beneficial mulches do their final
good deed when they break-down and enrich
the soil as they age. All of these benefits mean
the gardener gets healthy soil and plants with
less time spent on watering, weeding, fertilizing…and
washing grit out of salad greens!
Not applying chemical fertilizers and reducing
watering also means fewer chemicals in
the environment and more green in the wallet.
Which Mulch Where
For Landscape Beds: cocoa hulls (not around
dogs!); shredded leaves; dry grass clippings
(fresh, green ones will get matted and stinky);
pine needles; nut shells; rich, dark compost
In Vegetable Garden: straw; shredded leaves;
dry grass clippings; more rich, dark compost.
For walkways & weed suppression in unplanted
sections - not around plants - newspaper
or cardboard (which can be composted at season’s
end)
Around Trees: A layer of mulch may help
very young trees retain moisture in their
small root zone, but established trees really
do not need to be mulched. If you desire a
distance around them to keep the mower or
trimmer away, living groundcover is better. If
you do go with mulch, select from those listed
above and keep it away from trunk!
Save it for Pathways: sawdust, bark chips
and shredded wood are not among the “beneficial
mulches” as they use too much Nitrogen
and tie up soil microorganisms in their breakdown
- depriving plants, and they can become
solid mats that block water penetration. Wood
products can also harbor molds, plant diseases
and chemical contaminants.
When & How to Apply Mulch
Mulch can be added at any time, but autumn
or spring are most typical. An autumn application
in the veggie patch will help with soil
enrichment for spring seedlings. Perennials
that have borderline hardiness in your area
can also benefit from the insulating effects of
a heavier mulch layer atop their roots in late
autumn. In all areas, spring applications will
best help with moisture retention and weed
control, while also enriching soil. An additional
midsummer application, to still producing
vegetable plants, is a good idea if earlier
applications are well-deteriorated.
Beneficial mulches can be applied around
existing plants or placed ahead of time and
planted through. A two inch layer is sufficient
around plants; thicker layers can be
used in unplanted areas. Water the soil well
before placing the mulch and do not mulch up
against stems and trunks, to avoid rot issues.
A wheelbarrow and a shovel, or garden fork,
are often the most helpful tools for getting the
mulch to where it is needed, especially for
large areas. A bucket can also be very handy
for sprinkling mulch around plants and a
hand-size garden fork for spreading in tight
quarters.
Mulches can be split into two main groups;
biodegradable and non-biodegradable.
Biodegradable mulches
These break down gradually to release nutrients
into the soil and help improve its structure.
Layers will need replacing when the material
has fully rotted down. Among the best
materials are leaf mould, garden compost,
spent mushroom compost, wood chippings,
processed conifer bark, well-rotted manure,
straw (for strawberries), spent hops (poisonous
if eaten by dogs) and seaweed.
Non-biodegradable
Non-biodegradable mulches do not boost
the fertility or structure of the soil, but they
do suppress weeds, conserve moisture and
some have the added advantage of looking
decorative. Slate, shingle, pebbles, gravel,
stone chippings and other decorative aggregates
are often used as a mulch across beds.
Crushed CDs, sea shells, tumbled glass and
similar materials can be used on the surface
of containers.
Sheet mulches or woven landscape fabric
are ideal for new beds or borders. After laying,
slits can be made in the fabric, allowing
direct planting through it. The downside is
these mulches do not look very attractive, but
they can be camouflaged with gravel, bark or
others materials. To allow rain and irrigation
water to reach the roots it’s best to choose a
permeable sheet.
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THE STANDARD STYLE
FOOD & DRINK
1
In this issue
of Food & Drink
(1,2) Solms Delta Wine tasting
(3) Lebbie Wine
(4) Red Seal recipe
2
3 4

14 THE STANDARD STYLE / FOOD & DRINK / WINE
June 22 to 28 2014
Historic
Raise a glass…
Solms-Delta
1
3
4
6
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Dusty Miller
2
HILKO Hegewisch, a typical
South African name, first
brought Solms-Delta Wines
to Zimbabwe at a memorably
good tasting at blue@2 Private
Wine Bar in Aberdeen Road,
Avondale, some years ago when
he was still chief winemakercum-consultant
there.
I see in my latest Platter’s that
he’s now been replaced by Hagen
Viljoen and Joan Heatlie, with
Mignon du Plessis as general
manager.
Solms-Delta wine estate, 15 km
outside Franschhoek in the Western
Cape Winelands, was named
Top Wine Tourism Destination
in the region’s inaugural District
Municipality Mayoral Tourism
Awards. The wine estate is widely
known for its innovative, prizewinning
wines, modern Cape
cuisine in the beautiful Fyndraai
Restaurant, its picnics, wine
tours and tastings, an annual harvest
festival, a superbly curated
slave-heritage museum, and yearround
entertainment.
I visited this incredible, picturesque
and historic (established
1690) wine estate, representing
Zimbabwe on a week-long familiarisation
tour of South Africa
for journalists from across the
globe organised by Brands South
Africa and was gob-smacked that
it was a modern co-operative that
really seemed to work.
Set in rolling granite hills near
Franschhoek it is jointly owned
by the family trusts of the local
Solms family of German descent
(they arrived in 1838) and the Anglo-American
Astors…yes THE
Astors, of Waldorf-Astoria and
much more fame and the Wijn de
Caab Workers’ Trust.
Among the several hugely interesting
and distinctively different
labels produced on the stunning
estate is Koloni, a blend of Rhine
Riesling, Muscat de Frontignan
and Muscadel d’Alexandrie
grapes which are desiccated on
the vine by strangulation!
Desiccated grapes are pressed
as whole bunches, the wine is fer-
1. Beautiful countryside around Franschhoek, typical if that of the
Western Cape
2. Some of the Solms-Delta products on show in one of the tasting rooms
3. Signage at the entrance to the spectacular Solms-Delta wine farm,
near Franschhoek in the Western Cape Winelands
4. Al fresco lunch on the stoep of the historic farmhouse
5. The famous Solms-delta choir entertaining visitors
6. Dusty Miller at Solms-Delta
mented after settling and matured
for six months in new French oak.
It produces a very different Riesling-style
wine with a surprisingly
dry finish, intense aromas, judicious
oak and a rich mouth-feel.
Solms-Delta is very aware of the
heritage of the locality where people
lived 7 000 years ago and Koloni
is an old isiXhosa word for the
Cape, reflecting its history of colonisation
mainly by settlers from
Europe. The Solms family arrived
there in 1838 and Hilo Hegewish’s
ancestors in 1904 from the wellestablished
wine-making regions
of Germany.
The name Cape Jazz Shiraz reflects
Richard Astor’s love of music
and his dislike of bull dust.
(He’s the father of the lucky bloke
walking out with Pippa Middleton.)
It is a petillant (slightly sparkling)
red wine which gives a superior
thrust to celebrations and
one of the nicest, most drinkable
wines I have discovered in the
past few years. I last glugged it
at Thorn Tree Lodge, Glen Lorne
at a pre-St Valentine’s chefs table
and was chuffed to reveal I’d previously
sipped flutes of the stuff
at a grand gourmet seafood lunch
just a few metres from where the
grapes were grown.
It was named Best Sparkling
wines from
Franschhoek
June 22 (today)
Birdlife Gosho Park, Marondera, outing meet 7am, Mukuvisi Woodlands office
June 23
June 24
June 25
June 26
Wine of the Year at the Wine
and Spirits Wholesalers of
America show in Los Angeles
and is bottled just after harvest
and in good time for Solms-
Delta’s hugely popular harvest
festivals. According to importer
Tarryn Crundall it should retail
in Zimbabwe at about US$8,50 a
bottle, say US$12 to US$25 in a
restaurant.
Lekkerwijn is a serious and
consistently excellent rose
wine from free-run mourvedre,
viogner and Grenache grapes:
dry, full bodied and extremely
complex.
Lekkerwijn is from the name
of a farm adjoining Delta and
now mainly incorporated by
Solms-Delta, the first owner
was the Huguenot Henri
L’Ecrevent, who was granted
it in 1690. Locals could not pronounce
his French name so got
round it by dubbing him “Lekkerwijn”
(nice wine.) He was
murdered nine years later by
Hans Silberbach, first owner of
Delta, who took flight and was
never seen again!
We’ll take another glimpse at
the fabulous Solms-Delta range
of wines in future editions of
Standard Style!
Tarryn Crundall import
Solms-Delta Wines into Zimbabwe,
contact her on 0772448758.
dustym@zimind.co.zw;
dustymiller46@gmail.com
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Xerophytica International Congress, Wild Geese Lodge www.aloesocietyzim.com
Borrowdale Craft Fair (note change of date)
Fun pub quiz, REPS Bar 11:15am sharp. Quizmaster Stan Higgins.
Lunch: Alo, Alo, Arundel; Theo’s, 167, Enterprise Road; Adrienne’s, Belgravia; Da
Eros, Fishmonger and Great Wall, East Road; Sitar, Newlands; Palms, Bronte Hotel;
Willow Bean Cafe, Rolf Valley, English roast/pudding US$15. (BYOB, no corkage.)
Paula’s Place; Wild Geese, Teviotdale buffet/live music; City Bowling Club, Harare
Gardens (roast lamb, mint sauce); Italian Club, Strathaven, Mukuvisi Woodlands
Coffee Shop; Centurion Pub & Grill, Harare Sports Club, Arti’s, New Section,
Borrowdale Village; Hellenics, Eastlea
Keep fit, Zumba Dancing, City Bowling Club, Harare Gardens. And every working
night except Fridays. 5:30pm-6:30pm.
7pm Line dancing City Bowling Club
Farmers’ market, Maasdorp Avenue, Belgravia (next to Bottom Drawer)
(and every Thursday) Tapas night and music by Evicted,
Amanzi Restaurant, Chisipite
(and every other Thursday) fun pub quiz at blue@2 Private Wine Bar, 2,
Aberdeen Rd, Avondale. Booking essential, Tel 0772 856 371
June 27 Greendale Good Food & Wine Appreciation Society monthly lunch Alo, Alo,
Arundel Village. Twelve-thirsty for 1pm!
Fun pub quiz Borrowdale Country Club 6:30, quizmaster Ron Charles
June 28-29. Polo tournament Thornpark, Mazowe Rd.
June 29 Econet Vic Falls marathon 6:30am. Contact Martin Webster martinw@cmb.co.zw
July 1 (and every other Tuesday) Fun pub quiz, Theo’s, 167, Enterprise Rd 6:30 for 7
July 4 Christmas in July dinner, Borrowdale Country Club.
July 5 Wedding Wow! 39, Argyle Rd, Avondale.
Car boot sale, Borrowdale Country Club
July 11 Gary Stanley entertains Borrowdale Country Club
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June 22 to 28 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / FOOD & DRINK / WINE 15
PORTO – The story of a
fortified wine
Lebbie Musavaya
IF it’s anything to go by, during an enjoyable
online discussion, Evelyn Waugh joyfully
said, “Port is not for the very young,
the vain and the active. It is the comfort
of age and the companion of the scholar and
the philosopher.” I’m still trying to figure out
whether I fit in that category or not. Fitting
or not, I found myself with a glass of port in
hand and taking a second sip from this wine
whose origins are Northern Portugal.
Port derives its name from Oporto (Porto)
the second largest city in Portugal. In a region
of breath-taking scenery, called Douro.
It is classified as a fortified wine, meaning
brandy is added to the grape must, red or
white, to stop fermentation, which results in
a wine, both sweet and high in alcohol. More
than 80 grape varieties are authorised in the
production of this fortified wine.
A recent visit to Ferreira Winery in Portugal
had me in awe, as I gazed into the two
glasses in front of me, ready to take the first
sip from these rather attractive but contrasting
wines, one, a White Port and the other, a
Reserve Port.
The White Port, a clear golden colour,
was full of flavours on the nose, combining
a very fresh and intense bouquet of tropical
and citrus fruits and honey, and a subtle
hint of flowers. The follow through of those
flavours on the palate was delicately fulfilled
with a deliciously sweet taste. Ordinarily,
and in most instances, port is usually served
as an after-dinner drink, ideally, and, in my
opinion, to slowly sip on. A White Port will
perfectly accompany an array of richly flavoured
cheeses, pates, dried fruits and olives,
among many other foods. Poured over
ice with a few dashes of tonic water will give
you the perfect, cool and refreshing, aperitif
at your next dinner party.
The Reserve Port, did not disappoint me
either. A red port, which has matured longer,
was more sophisticated showing bits of amber
and gold in colour. Dried fruits, spices,
wood and tobacco leapt out of the glass as
I took it to the nose. The intense ripe fruit
with hints of flowers deliciously followed
through on the palate, and as I savoured it,
I had no doubt, it would make for a perfect
partner with dark chocolate and red fruits.
I was taken aback by the two fortified
wines, I had just had, that the lingering aftertaste,
brought back vivid memories of a
Zimbabwean winter, which took me back
about nine years, sitting around a fire, with
good company, two cases of Tawny Port and
an evening full of fun, laughter and delicious
wining.
There are several different styles of ports
and countries other than Portugal, that
make fortified wines in the image of Port
are South Africa, Australia and California.
South Africa also produces fortified wines.
These are named Cape Port. They closely resemble
Port, both in flavour and alcohol. A
few selected brands are available in our local
supermarkets. I can already see myself on
Friday evening with my companion, feet up,
warm and comfortable with a delicious glass
of Port in hand………CHEERS

16 THE STANDARD STYLE / FOOD & DRINK
June 22 to 28 2014
Delicious Breakfast Recipe with Oats
Oats have garnered quite a reputation as a preferred
healthy breakfast ingredient. This week, we bring you
an oatmeal recipe for breakfast. This healthy oat breakfast
recipe flushes out bad cholesterol, gives a boost to
your energy, and aids digestion.. You cannot go wrong
with oats.
Ingredients:
* Oats – 1/2 cup (or White Oats)
* Milk – 1-1/2 to 2 cups
* Sugar – 1 Tbsp
* Walnuts – 7-8
* Fig or Anjeer or Anjoor – 1-2
* Dates or Kajoor – 2
* Apple – 1/2
* Banana – 1 small sized (Optional)
Time to Make: 10 min
Method:
1.Cut all the dry fruits like Walnuts, Fig and Dates into
small pieces. Cut the fresh fruits you want to go with
Oats like Apple, Banana, Chikoo etc. into cubed sized
pieces.
2. Cook the Oats with 1 cup of Milk and Sugar in a microwave
for about 2-3 minutes or cook them in a vessel
for about 5 minutes.
3. Transfer the above cooked Oats with Milk to a serving
bowl. Leave the mixture to cool for 2-3 minutes.
4. Now add all the cut Fruits, Dry fruits and remaining
Milk to the serving bowl with cooked Oats. Mix all the
ingredients well.
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June 22 to 28 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / FOOD & DRINK 17

18 THE STANDARD STYLE / FOOD & DRINK
June 22 to 28 2014

THE STANDARD STYLE
FAMILY
Mkudu family
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20 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / PARENTING
June 22 to 28 2014
The Importance of
Extra Curricular Activities
Part
Two
Prudence Muganiwah
IN part two of this series on parenting our
young ones which started off with the
transition from the potty to the loo to the
endless questions from your little infants,
the focus was on how as a parent you should
strive to catch your child’s needs as they grow,
to the best of your abilities. Pointers such as
being a role model, teach important courteous
phrases, being encouraging and correcting
your child on the spot were given.
Whilst it is vital for your little “Albert Einstein”
to learn how to read from a young age,
and to enroll in the right kind of kindergarten
or infant school, it is also equally important
for the parent to take value in extra-curricular
activities in your child’s young life as they will
contribute immensely to your child’s wellrounded
growth. There are a lot of benefits
that can come from extracurricular activities.
Life skills
Teamwork is an inevitable part of sports and
games. Through playing as a team against another,
your child learns that teamwork effort
pays. Furthermore, there are hidden lessons
for her/his young mind and he/she figures
that cooperation brings better results as opposed
to being selfish. Playing against another
team will teach your child a few things about
loyalty and competition – which is a guaranteed
part of life. Another seemingly unimportant
yet very significant lesson to be learnt
there is simply having fun; your child will
learn that it is important to also just have fun
without necessarily winning. Extra-curricular
activities help children to become little
social butterflies.
Good health
For kids, exercise means playing and being
physically active. Kids who are active will
inevitably have stronger muscles and bones,
are less likely to have health issues such as becoming
overweight, developing diabetes and
blood pressure and so on. Further to that, kids
who are physically fit sleep better and are better
able to handle various physical and emotional
challenges.
There are so many examples of activities
that you as a parent may want to enroll your
child in when they start school – or even before.
Sports: These are very beneficial to your child,
keeping her/him active and healthy as well as
encouraging their mind to always be busy and
on the lookout for competition and ultimate
victory.
Martial arts, tae kwon do and karate: These types
of activities help children learn discipline,
train the mind as well as strengthen their little
bodies.
Music: From early ages, music always makes
children happy. Repetition of songs, movements,
and instruments helps children learn
about rhythm, tunes and different ways to
have fun making music.
Creative activities: Cooking classes, arts and
crafts, pottery classes and so on are all examples
of classes that help children with
imagination and creative thinking. It also
helps children with problem-solving. Kids
love showing that they are capable of creating
amazing things from scratch, they love that
they can control and have authority over their
creations and toys, which consequently helps
build their independence and give them a confidence
boost.
Dance: In dance class, kids learn about being
confident, coordination, as well as kinesthetic
intelligence. The artistic side of your child
is also brought out as they explore music and
rhythm and try to be in sync with it.
Gymnastics: Kids learn how to balance, jump
and go through varying obstacles and become
more flexible.
Swimming: Besides creating awareness, especially
about personal safety, it also helps children
develop personal growth, which helps
with self-development and development of
others. This relaxing activity also helps build
their motor and movement skills.
Whilst extra-curricular activities usually
do not come cheap as they are an extra cost
over and above the regular school fees, the effort
you put in enrolling your child in one or
the other activity will definitely pay off after a
while. Although it is encouraged that you live
within your means and do what you can afford
for your children, it is also essential that you
are well informed on the benefits and advantages
of enrolling your child in non-academic
activities that have a positive impact on their
lives.

June 22 to 28 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / PARENTING 21
Dealing with Teens
Prudence Muganiwah
Part
Four
IN previous weeks we have been looking at
how you as a parent to a teenager should
be handling your teen, giving tips on how
best to discipline them, exercise authority
whilst at the same time ensuring that you
maintain a close, barrier-free relationship
with your child. Bit of a catch-22, isn’t it?
This week I would like us to begin to try
and enter into their world. Become them,
in a sense. This may help in understanding
your teen more as you gradually accept their
viewpoint based on where they are coming
from. And one of the main ways in which a
teenager identifies herself/himself as one is
through fashion. During this phase, there is a
particular way of dressing and fashion sense
that ensures that your teen belongs or fits into
their group of friends. Similarly, there is dress
sense that may isolate them from everyone
else, hence the rebellion from you as parent
when you buy clothes that may be suitable but
not in sync with the “rest of the gang.” Contrary
to the belief that your son or daughter
is just being too fussy or difficult when they
insist on a particular brand, label or colour
of clothes, there are actually a couple of significant
reasons why your child chooses to
dress in a particular manner. And these have
an effect of how well your child goes through
or manages this difficult phase of growing up.
Mass culture
Most decisions, trends and worldviews that
teenagers’ lives revolve around are based on
and are influenced by mass culture across the
world. It has become the norm that each generation
of teenagers embraces a series of icons
and styles that accompany that period in their
lives; for instance in the early 2000s it was
Britney Spears and now Miley Cyrus. With
DStv, the internet and smart phones, children
and adults alike are becoming more and more
exposed to international mass culture – the
world has literally become one global village
wherein certain fashion, music, sporting, lifestyle
and other trends rule and if you do not
follow them, you simply do not belong. The
idea is not entirely exclusive to teens; adults
too have certain world trends they follow
in order to fit in. Most mothers reading this
have been part of the colour blocking craze,
the peplum dresses and so on while the dads
can testify to have followed in Usher’s jacket
and jeans at one point or another. Similarly,
fashion engages teenagers with their own
mass culture and clothes manufacturers and
marketers constantly seek to understand their
preferences to satisfy their needs.
Sense of belonging
Most teenagers find themselves between a
rock and a hard place as they strive to find
their individuality on one hand but at the
same time feel a strong desire to fit in to one
group or the other. Peer pressure is synonymous
with teenhood – and fashion is one of
the ways in which fellow group members
use to make another member either fit in or
remain out. You will find that your teen will
express their fashion sense by aligning with
what their friends are wearing or by imitating
the styles of role models who are usually
slightly older than them, expressing their aspiration
towards an eventual public persona
or attitude. The craze caused by international
teen sensations such as Justin Bieber and Willow
Smith is just one example of many. And
because of this, many teenagers, including
yours, tend to be aware of buying the correct
clothes based on their social affiliation. Teen
fashion trends assist teens in distinguishing
a belonging within their own age group, separating
their style from that of older adults and
younger children. So whilst you may not understand
the concept as an adult, do bear in
mind that your teen has his/her own circles
of influence for instance friends, cousins,
church mates and so on whom they interact
with daily. It should not come as a shocker
then, if one of your teen nephews comes over
to your house wearing nerdy glasses and neon
cross belts and the next day your teen wants
them too.
Affordability
Because they are relatively inexperienced at
expressing themselves or having a permanent
identity through their clothing, their conceptions
about themselves are constantly evolving
and changing. Thus fashion brands for
teens tend to be popular with teenagers as a
result of the low price-point at which they are
offered, which allows them to experiment with
different styles regularly. Affordable fashion
gives teenagers a way to explore their sense
of style without much commitment, as this
age group is generally flighty and more interested
in current styles than long-term quality.
Furthermore, many teenagers are still in the
process of learning how to dress their everchanging
bodies, consequently their fashion
preferences are usually more experimental
than committed. For this reason, fashionable
clothing for teens is inexpensive and fairly
disposable. The fact that clothes are cheap and
available at their convenience, for instance
at markets such as Sam Levy or Avondale
flea market, has the subsequent result that
many teens will go out of their way to save up
or ask for money to purchase items of their
choice just to fit into their age group.
However, while understanding your teenager’s
fashions sense may be crucial in your
relationship with them, it can result in your
teenager going extreme by wearing baggy
pants showing their boxers or revealing tops
that show off too much cleavage. The onus is
on the parent to worry about what should be
done do to keep everything under control.
One of the many instances where you
should speak to your child about their fashions
is if it may end up causing them some
harm – for instance the low cut shirts and low
rise jeans. In today’s increasingly dangerous
society, everyone needs to be on the lookout
for sexual criminals roaming the streets. Thus
you may want to take the time to explain rape,
molestation, sodomy and sexual harassment
to your child, as the possibility of putting
themselves in danger may sink in better than
if you were just to command them to change
clothes because “I say so.”
Fashion trends regularly change, thus if
you are not content with the current fashion
trends your teen is exploring, you could try
to encourage them to look at other options
in fashion magazines, fashion websites, new
boutiques and shops that have a large number
of fashion trends. You will find that not all
fashion trends actually require the wearing
of “skimpy” or revealing clothing. Besides
putting your child on the right track, this
shopping together could actually turn into a
nice mother - daughter or father – son bonding
experience.
Teenagers and fashion are synonymous and
you need to accept that as a parent – your child
cares about clothes. Help them strike a balance
between looking nice and staying safe.

22 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / EDUCATION
June 22 to 28 2014
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The name Enactus is an embodiment
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It could not have chosen a better
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the testimonies and presentations
launch of this year’s judges orientation
program held at Meikles Hotel
on Friday the 20th of June. The
Enactus Zimbabwe Country Leader,
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how the whole initiative was a
work in progress that sought to tap
into the entrepreneurial spirit that
lives within young people, channel
the unique talents and skills, and
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the support and encouragement of
their faculty advisors and a local
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outreach projects that improve the
quality of life and standard of living
for people in need.
On the 4th of July, a total of eight
local universities will have representatives
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were only beaten by Germany whose
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THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / HEALTH 23
The importance
of Medical Aid
THE importance of medical aid is that it
covers those unpredictable moments
in life. It is the guarantee of being seen
when ill and to have that medical treatment
on a pay scale based on coverage.
Medical aid is especially important for children.
Children need those "well-child visits"
to prevent illnesses by getting immunized as
recommended and at the ages recommended.
Without medical aid you find that kids lack
the care they need and therefore illness occurs
and costs you more to get your child the medical
attention they need .
A lot of Zimbabweans are without medical
aid for various reasons but chief among them
is the high cost of medical aid coverage. With
ever rising unemployment, medical aid is out
of reach for many; however that does not lessen
its importance. Without medical aid you
receive less medical care and less timely care
and this fuels many health problems. Although
Medical aid can be expensive, it is a must have
for the advantages for it far outweigh the disadvantages.
Investing in a decent medical aid
plan is investing in your quality of life.
While there are many views on the "importance
of medical aid" there is still the notion
that coverage in some form or fashion is extremely
important. Taking road trips, children
in school, working dangerous jobs, construction
work, etc. you want to have some form
of coverage because something can go wrong.
Not having these jobs or the care of children in
school does not translate to not needing coverage.
An accident can occur therefore it is very
important to be covered so that in your time of
need you can receive the care that you deserve.
Think of comprehensive insurance cover.
While it might not seem necessary, it is an investment
in your purchase. If someone steals
your car or you wreck it you want a new one
right away. The best way to acquire a new one
or at least get the old one fixed is by having the
right insurance for your car. The same goes for
medical aid. Do your research, figure out what
is best for you and your family and make wise
decisions. Nothing stays the same forever, so
if you are in good health now it does not mean
that you will always have good health. Preventive
care helps; there is nothing better than
knowing you are fully protected.
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AN EYE OPENING
ENCOUNTER
In our bid to increase awareness as well as to educate
the nation on who we are, Special Olympics
Zimbabwe organised a Media Day where the national
television broadcaster and four print media
houses were invited. The whole idea was to show
Special Olympics in action, hence the media day was
held in conjunction with the presentation of Spectacles
to 23 athletes that were screened and tested during
the Opening Eyes event held in November of 2013.
This exciting day was attended by the athletes,
family members, volunteers, the Eye Institute, Lions
Club, clinicians, eye specialists, the media, SOZ
board members, Special Olympics staff and representatives
of the corporate sector. The Deputy Minister
of Sport, Mrs Tabitha Malinga Kanengoni was invited
to be the guest of honour at the event but failed
to make it on the day.
The event was hosted at Prince Edward Pavilion
and it was kicks started by video shows that captivated
the attendee’s attention as Special Olympics
sought to ensure that all in attendance had a full understanding
of the roots of the movement and how
Special Olympics came to be. After the videos show,
a marketing pitch was presented and this fully expounded
the Mission and Vision of Special Olympics,
how the movement was structured and the various
brands within the movement. Emphasis was placed
on the unique features and differences of SOZ with
other organisations serving people with disabilities
as well as the forthcoming events and lined up programs
and more so the National Games and the 2015
World Games.
A deliberate decision had been made by the board
to combine the Media day and the presentation of
spectacles to the athletes as this captured the real
essence of the movement of ensuring that not only
sport was on offer but a wholesome approach to the
welfare and health of the athletes is ensured and provided
for. What was quite exciting was the presence
of the athletes and families as the media captured the
essence of the movement.
It was indeed a moving ceremony as Solomon Matibiri,
an athlete exclaimed with delight upon receiving
his spectacles,”Oh, now, I can see that picture on
the wall, there are people in that picture on the wall”
It was indeed an “eye opening” ceremony for the media
as well as our athletes!!
In November 2013, Special Olympics Zimbabwe
conducted its first Healthy Athletes initiatives by
providing free health screenings to athletes across
two areas namely Medfest and Lions Clubs International
Opening Eyes. A total of 170 athletes were
screened on the day. Besides screening, athletes were
also tested and prescriptions were issued for those
athletes requiring further management.
The EYE Institute has been a committed local partner.
They processed all the prescriptions that were
issued to the 23 athletes for free. It was such a moving
ceremony when the 23 athletes were issued with
their spectacles and to compound the joy shared by
the athletes, The Eye Institute, represented by Mr.
Tony Mhizha pledged continued support to Special
Olympics Zimbabwe.
This partnership will see Special Olympics Zimbabwe
being locally funded to continue screenings,
testing as well as further management post testing.
To mark the EKS day, Special Olympics Zimbabwe
together with the Lions Club, the Eye Institute and
Dr. Chinogurei, an anthropologist/Eye Specialist will
conduct another Opening Eyes screening not only in
Harare but in Mutare as well, a town in the eastern
Highlands of the country.
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24 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY /GETAWAY
June 22 to 28 2014
Touring the US
Rosie Mitchell
FOR this and the
next two issues of
Standard Style,
I’m touring some
really exciting places
in the United States of
America. Where possible,
I hope to file my
stories from where I am,
to share this excitement
and some pictures. A trip
like this is for most of us
a “once in a lifetime,” requiring
months or years
of saving up hard earned
cash, dreaming, researching
and planning,
to narrow down where
most one would like to
visit, then drilling down
into the finer details,
and making some bookings
well in advance. Air
tickets to the States actually
don’t have to cost
an arm and a leg if you
plan really far ahead, as
you can then score some
great deals. We certainly
did, on SAA, which has
the added advantage of
offering a direct flight
from Johannesburg nonstop
to New York City.
Whilst there’s no doubt
this is a seriously long
haul flight at almost
16 hours, it is still a lot
shorter than the several
other possible routes,
some of which require
changing planes twice or
more.
If you thought going to
America on a Zim passport
was too much of a
mission to bother, think
again. The visa fee itself
is relatively modest
and the online application
system really easy
and quick to navigate
and accomplish. You
even book your interview
at the Embassy
online. The system for
Embassy interviews is a
truly well-oiled machine,
superbly organised,
and not even that time
consuming, and the paperwork
required for an
American holiday visa is
very sensible and manageable
to put together;
we were surprised how
straight-forward this
all turned out to be, and
the whole process is run
by a friendly, efficient
and business-like team.
There was no stressing
after our brief, friendly
interviews, either, as we
were advised there and
then that we could collect
our visas the following
day.
While we did book our
air tickets way in advance
to save money, we
struggled to make time
to plan the rest of our
itinerary, combining this
process with working,
training for marathons
and just the demands of
normal life, family, and
so forth. However, we
at least pinned down the
bulk of the visit a couple
of months ahead of departure.
Our long dreamed
about ‘Thelma and Louise’
style road trip takes
us from high in the magnificent
Rocky Mountains
on a meander downwards
into the deserts
and canyons, including
the Grand Canyon – long
on my life “bucket list” --
and thence to the bright
lights and glitz of Las
Vegas, where we’ll see
a Cirque de Soleil show,
live. Our failure to plan
further ahead did not
cost us too dearly apart
from making it pretty
well impossible to fulfil
the dream of sleeping
by the Colorado River at
the bottom of the Grand
Canyon – it turns out
that for this, we should
have applied for the necessary
permit, about a
year in advance! Only a
third of applicants annually
actually succeed
and the process is quite
lengthy and complex.
Accommodation was really
hard to pin down on
the rim, too.
But our primary reason
for visiting the States
and fulfilling the road
trip fantasy at this particular
time, is to look up
an old friend, and take
her along for the ride!
Travelling sometimes
leads us to making very
real connections with
people from far flung
parts of the globe. While
oftentimes, we exchange
contact details and nothing
ever comes of it,
sometimes longstanding
friendships spanning
the continents are
formed, and thus it was
for me and Florence,
who lives in picturesque
Avon, Connecticut, near
Hartford, this State’s
administrative capital.
While backpacking
round Europe with longtime
friend Margie, we
stumbled upon Florence,
in Florence, Italy, in the
youth hostel! What made
the ensuing friendship,
which has continued
to date, possibly a little
unusual – or some might
see it thus – was that
while Margie and I were
a tender 21 years old,
Florence was 53 – and
backpacking about, in
exactly the same relaxed
and modest style that all
we youngsters were. I
remember both thinking
and saying, at the time,
that I hoped I was still
going on the same kinds
of adventures, when I
reached her age; and
so, it has turned out, of
course!
It was June 1982, and
Florence and I have been
sporadically in touch
ever since then; An enthusiastic
and seasoned
traveller, Flo came to
visit Zimbabwe in 1999.
Though she has literally
been all over the world,
to this day she still rates
her Zimbabwean trip as
the absolute tops. She
was overwhelmed by
our amazing wildlife and
natural wonders. This
is my second visit with
her in the US, and we
even managed a brief
rendezvous in London
five years ago. No sooner
had we suggested it,
than Flo was buying her
ticket and packing her
bags! Now, 32 years after
meeting, we are off on a
big adventure together
in her home country!
So next time you make
a real connection with a
fellow traveller, whether
they are visiting Zimbabwe,
or you are visiting
their country, or you
are both on foreign soil,
don’t just take down the
details, follow up on it;
my friendship with Flo,
with a 32 year age difference,
and spanning two
continents, has lasted
the duration, proving
that when you feel connected
to a stranger by
a shared world view and
similar values, you may
just have made a friend
for life!

June 22 to 28 2014 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY / BANKING 25

26 THE STANDARD STYLE / FAMILY /WINTER WARMER
June 22 to 28 2014
Staying Warm This Winter
June is here. Winter is sneaking up on us,
and with winter comes the need to stay
warm.
1. Dress in layers.
Bundle up. Wear long underwear, sweaters,
and even hats indoors. Remember the days
of “sleeping caps”? They make sense when
so much heat escapes from the head.
To avoid getting overheated inside, wear
layers. Polyester (or silk) undershirt next
to your skin is recommended as opposed
to cotton. A stretchy neck fleece also keeps
you warm. “Just think about summertime
when you are feeling too hot - if you can,
you try to cool down by opening your collar.
We are using the reverse of that principle
here,” one person said.
2. Keep Your Feet Warm
“House slippers” are a must have indoors.
It may sound a bit old-fashioned, but having
the rubber sole makes a difference. Also
get a pair of thick socks; they are your best
friend. A soft, cozy pair worn to bed keeps
feet toasty warm, and as long your feet are
warm, you will not feel the cold as much.
Remember to keep changing your socks!
Everybody forgets that feet sweat, and
THAT can make you cold even though you
are layered up. For the outdoors, it really
helps to insert foam liners in your boots or
hiking shoes to give your toes an extra layer
of insulation.
3. Heat Up Your Bed
Don’t always use the fan heater warm up
your blankets, use an electric blanket instead.
An even cheaper and safer option
may be a hot water bottle with wool or fleece
cover. “All you have to do is fill your bottle
with hot water from the faucet before going
to bed and slip it into the foot of the bed between
the sheets. By the time you’re ready
for bed it’s all nice and toasty at your feet.
Believe it or not the water bottle stays warm
all night long. You can also use rice! Put the
rice in a fleece cover--then warm in the microwave.
It will stay warm half the night
and keep your toes comfortable.
4. Harness the Sun
During the day, open the blinds and curtains
and let the sun warm you. At night,
close the blinds and curtains to better insulate
your home.
5. Keep the Kitchen Cozy
Many people keep the kitchen humming!
Suggestions vary from having lots of hot
beverages to using the oven more often in
winter so that the heat it emits insulates the
house.
6. Stay Active
Get your body moving. Keep active; this is
a good time to clean out closets, garages,
etc. Anything to keep active. Don’t just sit
around. Stay active to keep your blood from
‘thickening.’ Exercise is good for you.”

THE STANDARD STYLE
ARTS & CULTURE
1
In this issue
of Arts & Culture
(1) Oliver Mtukudzi
(2) Gift Dzvova
(3) Red Seal recipe
(4,5) DJ Ndoe and Tia
2 3 4
5

28 THE STANDARD STYLE /COMMUNITY/ BREAKING NEW GROUND
June 22 to 28 2014
What’s booking at
The Spotlight
Harare’s central booking office
Reps Theatre Foyer, Belgravia Shopping Centre
Tel: (04) 308159 or 0771 357204
Open Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm, Sat 9am to 12 noon
Direct from its sold-out run at HIFA
GOODNIGHT HARARE
Written by Elinor Kennedy
and directed by Simbarashe Masusela
Theatre Upstairs at Reps
Three performances only: Fri June 20 and Sat June 21
(7pm) plus Sat matinee at 2.30pm
Tickets $10
It’s a laugh on all of us!
Women
should not be
overambitious
to succeed
Another HIFA success but this time with an
extended version!
Any Other World
A dance sensation from the 8 Count Dance Crew
Choreographed by Michelle Nativel
Thurs Jun 26, Fri Jun 27, Sat Jun 28 at 7pm, Plus Sat Jun 28
at 2.30pm
Thurs Jul 3, Fri Jul 4, Sat Jul 5 at 7pm, Plus Sat Jul 5 at
2.30pm
Tickets $10 and $12
Continuing the celebration of 450 years of Shakespeare ..
THE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE FILM FESTIVAL
Featuring 20 film versions of his greatest plays,
ideal for lovers of literature and students
Theatre Upstairs at Reps
Sunday June 29 to Sunday July 13
Performances 7pm nightly
Plus 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays
Tickets $5 with discounts for season tickets
Call The Spotlight to find out the schedule of movies and
screenings
or visit www.reps.co.zw
Live on stage at Reps for the first time, the acclaimed
CHITUNGWIZA HARMONY SINGERS
Thurs Jul 24, Fri Jul 25 and Sat Jul 26 (7pm), Plus matinee
Sat Jul 26 at 2.30pm
Tickets $5, $10 and $12
One of Zimbabwe’s leading vocal groups with a superb
line-up
Also on sale:
latest copies of Ndeipi
and
Out of Africa magazines
and
Jump Theatre, How to Make a Play
The essential handbook for everyone involved in
drama and theatre,
Written by Kevin Hanssen
Plus
InnSider Cards
for discounts offered by the Best of Zimbabwe grouping
(new InnSider cards and renewals can be done at
The Spotlight)
Also on sale:
airtime for
Econet – NetOne – Telecel
and
uMax
AND
latest copies of community free papers
Harare News and Zimtrader
Reps membership forms also available!
If you would like to sell tickets through
The Spotlight
call the Reps office mornings only
335850 for information
Patricia Mabviko-Musanhu
CLIMBING up the ladder of success
in the corporate world is
not as easy as it may seem. For
Gift Dzvova, rising to become
Head of Corporate Banking in one
of the largest financial institution
in Zimbabwe has not been an easy
journey. Although there are more
and more women slowly taking positions
of leadership in the corporate
sector, more so in banking, Gift says
that women still have to invest more
in order to achieve this result. For
women, working twice as hard as
their male counterparts remains a
very important ingredient for one to
succeed.
Much as this is necessary, she
warns against becoming overambitious.
Being over ambitious is
potentially disastrous and can destroy
one’s opportunity to succeed.
She noted that one of the temptations
that face many women today
is the desire to achieve success at
the shortest possible time. What
happens consequently is that one
commits most of their time to work
at the expense of everything else
especially family. They work flat
out during the day and late into the
night sometimes during weekends
in the hope of making an impression
to their superiors. The danger
with this kind of approach is that
it can cause you to burn out and although
you may score marks in the
short term, it may be difficult to
achieve success in the long term.
“I believe in managed progression
where in your endeavor to achieve
success as a woman, you also take
other stakeholders around your life
into account especially family,” she
said.
“Women are nurturers by God’s
“I believe in managed
progression where in your
endeavor to achieve success
as a woman, you also take
other stakeholders around
your life into account
especially family,”
design and we cannot relegate our
responsibilities of being mothers
and wives because we want to succeed
in the corporate world,” she
added.
It is possible for a woman to
balance her responsibilities well
enough to be able to work hard and
at the same time to get home in time
to help the children with their homework
and be a wife to her husband.
Gift has been able to find this balance
in her own life. She has been
married to Philip Dzvova for 31
years and they have 4 grown up children
who have all completed school
and are well established in their
own right. She continues to make
a lot of sacrifices in order to accommodate
both her family and work.
One of her policies is to get home
early as much as possible and to
dedicate her weekends to her family.
As Head of corporate banking she
has many responsibilities which include
implementing the bank’s business
strategy, providing leadership
to her team and managing relationships
with customers and clients.
In addition to finding a balance
between work and family, she said
that any woman who desires to excel
in the corporate sector has to have
integrity, ethics and a solid value
system. The values should not just
be written and hung up on the wall
but should be visible in one’s conduct.
“Ethics and values are very personal
things. They are your personal
convictions and they stem from
how you define life. These should
not be compromised at all,” she
added.
God has been the reference point
in Gift’s life and she believes that
good leadership emanates from having
the fear of God. When an individual
fears God, she is also careful
when it comes to choosing her social.
Social capital refers to people
who make up your inner circle and
who help to define who you are. For
Gift, people who make up her inner
circle have to be steadfast, God fearing
as well as sincere in all their
dealings.
Gift Dzvova has also been careful
to appreciate her strengths and
to use every opportunity to build
on her strengths and to learn new
things so as to acquire additional
skills. She studied banking and is
an associate with the institute of
bankers. She also possesses a post
graduate degree in leadership and
management. She enjoys meeting
different people as well as building
and developing relationships. Once
in a while she takes time away with
her family to retreat at a property
that the family owns in Inyanga.
“I use these moments to reflect,
appreciate life and thank God for
having given me the opportunity to
accomplish what I have achieved so
far,” she said.

JUNE 22 TO 28, 2014
THE STANDARD STYLE / ARTS / BOOKWORM 29
Poetry
beyond
the
page
By Bookworm
I
ENJOY reading good poetry. Unfortunately,
you do not get a lot of that in Zimbabwe. It
comes out far in between. And where the
young poets fall short, they compensate
with performance of the word. Historically,
poetry began in Zimbabwe and many parts of
Africa, as a spoken art and remains one to this
day, but many Zimbabwean readers tend to
view the poem on the page as an impenetrable
artifact. Colonial education did us.
The significant presence of spoken word
in Zimbabwe often escapes those focused on
the written text. Although poetry has been
considered by many as the most elitist of literary
genres, the many ways poetry has been
performed has eluded the notion of the ivory
tower, making public and social impact. Venues
such as Alliance Francaise, Book Café and
Zimbabwe German Society have popularized
poetry.
It’s a shame Zimbabwe has never considered
to appoint a poetry ambassador in the
form of a national Poet Laureate to promote
poetry to a broader audience beyond the cloistered
student experience. Poetry is not just
about the words on the page. It's about where
you put your feet when you get out of bed in
the morning. It’s there. And in poetry, we can
share fears and ambitions and things we can
never quite say out loud. The stage becomes
an altar of truth.
In 2005, performance poetry went mainstream.
The Harare International Festival of
the Arts (HIFA) introduced its now popular
Poetry Café for spoken word programming.
And the Book Café thereafter started a monthly
poetry slam. During this period the economy
and politics were about to implode. It was
not surprising that most of the poetry was angry
at the system and those who represented
it. Dambudzo Marechera was unanimously
chosen as an expressive embodiment of radicalism
and dissent and the movement came
to be known as House of Hunger Poetry Slam.
The hunger was both physical and spiritual.
In fact, the House of Hunger Poetry Slam
became a pilgrimage for poets, artists and
anyone who was disgruntled the powers that
be. Old battles were now new again. Progress
was elusive. The super patriots blamed everyone
but themselves. Even books like State
of the Nation: Contemporary Zimbabwean
Poetry capture a lot of this message poetry.
This poetry is a reminder that we never forget
what happened and that we are ever vigilant
in fighting for our rights. Words mean everything.
Without words, without the spoken
word, The House of Hunger would have been
like a bird without wings.
But in a larger sense, what I think about the
necessity for Zimbabwean poetry in general,
is for a kind of recording of specific cultural
moments and to record the history of a people.
Most of the performance poetry on the circuit
is embedded in the vernacular, in various
poems employing multiple “voices”, in free
verse as a form in itself and an interest in the
longer structures of poetic sequences. Those
who are making waves are as varied as the
poetry they perform. These include Tinashe
‘Mutumwapavi’ Muchuri, Batsirai Chigama,
Synik, So Profound, Godobori, Mbizo Chirasha,
Aura the poet.
I have attended too many circle-jerk spoken
word events, winced as my peers and contemporaries
ruin their poetry using over chewed
rhetorical flourishes and rhymes. Pauses. Cliches.
Only to leave me and others with serious
heartburn. The challenge for spoken word
artists in Zimbabwe is for them to seek new
and innovative forms to present their work,
including new media. We are past Gill Heron-
Scott’s time when the revolution was only “televised”
but now it is also being twitterised.
Pre-independence poetry in Zimbabwe
inspired rebellion in a young generation of
Zimbabweans [notably Musaemura Zimunya,
Kizito Muchemwa, Dambudzo Marechera],
and they resisted the status quo established
by the both the academy
and white middle-class culture that
held political power. The discontent
of the poets stemmed from the colonial
order of apartheid, political
apathy and the ubiquity of racism.
In the 70s the burgeoning radicalism
in the politics and culture of
black Zimbabweans had matured.
Many African states had by now
achieved political independence
but for Zimbabwe “the beautiful
ones were yet to be born”. The
guerrilla fighters were on the
brink of winning the liberation
struggle. Black poets undertook
a commitment to write explicitly
on political topics and conveying
their ideas through idiomatic
language. This language was the
same street idiom of black communities
that these poets came
from. The poets understood that
they needed a new language to
break the linguistic straight
jacket of the colonial system.
This is the poem in Kizito
Muchemwa’s Zimbabwean Poetry
in English (1978).
When spoken word started
seriously in Zimbabwe in 2005
the fundamental notion was
that performance, as a dialectical
art, had the potential to
be transformative and could create political
change. The performances
were overtly
political events. It is
no surprise that the
performance artists
decided to embrace
Dambudzo Marechera
as the posthumous
honorary patron
of the movement by
calling the project House
of Hunger Poetry Slam after
his first book. For Marechera
himself used “public performance”
as a way to address the
gap between his literature and his life.
For Marechera, just being, was a performance.
In Mindblast, he reveals that he “lived
as he wrote and wrote as he lived”. Poetry has
always been a site of tension between authority
and power and a platform for subversion.
For many school children, poetry is a pet
hate. It’s one of those subjects that are cryptic.
I know of too many friends who were scarred
by poetry in school so much that it put them
off reading completely. Yet poetry is beautiful
world. Combining poetry with performance is
one of the important ways in which the genre
transforms, evolves and gains diverse audiences.
We are past the 20th Century notion
that fixed poetry on the page as a self-sufficient
verbal icon. We must not exclude poetry’s
voicing or oral presentation as secondary
– the visual, aural and performative are factors
that cannot be read around or left out.

30 THE STANDARD STYLE / ARTS
JUNE 22 TO 28, 2014
Tia comes home
Winstone Antonio
After starving the local scene of her performances
for over three years, RnB
musician Tia has promised to return
to the country in October for several
shows.
Real name Portia Njazi, the musician said
she will be bringing home her new music.
Now based in neighbouring South Africa,
Tia burst onto the scene in 2003 with her video
Boy You Got to Know that was produced by
the late Fortune McDaddy Mparutsa.
The video, which featured renowned actor
Arnold Tongai Chirisa, who is now based in
Hollywood, at the advent of urban grooves
music made waves on continental music
channel, Channel O, making Tia recognisable
beyond Zimbabwean borders.
The musician said she has continued to
pursue her musical passion and recently
released a new single, Gimme Love, which
is receiving fair attention on different radio
stations in South Africa.
The song, which is a fusion of hip-hop and
house, was originally done in 2011 but has
been remixed and re-mastered by a top South
African producer Neil Thurston.
Speaking to Standardlife&style from her
South Africa base, Tia said she is back on the
showbiz scene with big plans for the future.
“I was quiet for a while focussing on my
studies at Monash University in South Africa
and I am now back with my new single
Gimme Love as I am working on an album to
be released before the end of the year,” Tia
said.
“I have already started working on an accompanying
video as my aim is to penetrate
much on the regional market and then strive
to get onto the international platform.”
Tia said she was overwhelmed by the response
to her single which is being played on
over 20 radio stations in South Africa.
“For this single, Gimme Love I was inspired
by personal experiences and interpretation
of daily events both in the Zimbabwean and
South African communities to which I have
been exposed,” Tia said.
Tia’s music and videos have managed to
capture the attention of many music enthusiasts
locally and regionally.
The musician was introduced to the world
with the album Spice It Up which she recorded
in 2007 and later earned her a string
of accolades including the Zimbabwe Music
Awards (Zima) for the best female urban
groover.
Tia’s second project was the 10-track album
Euphoria recorded in 2011 at Crossline
Music.
She has done collaboration with Jamaican
dancehall star Sizzla Kalonji on a single titled
Harare which they co-wrote.
She recently performed at the Soweto
Fashion Week where designers were launching
their winter designs.
M-Net (DStv Channel 101)
Friends With Better Lives (Premiere): A romantic
comedy about six friends at different stages in their lives
– married, divorced, newly engaged and single – who
are outwardly happy, but are finding it a challenge to
look at each other without wondering... who really has
the better life? From Wednesday 4 June at 18:00 CAT.
The Mentalist: Patrick Jane, an independent consultant
with the California Bureau of Investigation has a
remarkable track record for solving serious crimes
by using his razor sharp skills of observation and
psychological manipulation. Within the Bureau, Jane
is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his
semi-celebrity past as a former psychic medium, whose
paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. His
final act in playing a psychic was to challenge the serial
killer Red John on television -- resulting in the murder
of Jane’s wife and daughter. From Wednesday 11 June
at 20:30 CAT.
COMEDY CENTRAL (DStv Channel 122)
Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied: Queen of comedy, Wanda
Sykes has become a household name and comedy icon
in her own right. Sykes has graced cinema screens,
stages, award shows and red carpets the world-over,
even garnering 3 prime Emmy nominations, one Emmy
win and a Comedy Award. Wanda Sykes has earned
herself a reputation for telling it like it is with that
sassy mouth of hers. In this one-hour Comedy Central
Original, she enlightens us with her many wisdoms
on relationships, politics, and strip clubs. Watch it on
Monday 2 June at 20:55 CAT
Martin Marathon: Comedy Central will indulge viewers
in a full day of Martin, the comedy sitcom starring
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence. What better way to spend
a Sunday than with Martin, Gina, Shanene and friends.
Martin ran from 1992 to 1997 and was an enormous
success and still garners amazing TV ratings. The show
has been the flagship of numerous networks prime time
line-ups, drawing millions of viewers. It air on Sunday 15
June from 08:55 – 16:50 CAT.
E! ENTERTAINMENT (DStv Channel 124)
Giuliana and Bill: This month, Giuliana and Bill have
their fingers crossed as they wait anxiously to see if they
can move forward and have another baby with their
previous surrogate. Meanwhile, party planning isn’t as
fun at appears when they find themselves disagreeing
over everything from the budget to the organizers
as they prepare for Duke’s first birthday. Later, and
the couple scramble to spend time together on their
anniversary while on a work trip to New York City and
things heat up when they host a reading in celebration
of Colet’s new book. Watch it from on Sundays at
20:00 CAT.
Secret Societies of Hollywood: Discover a darker side
of Hollywood this month, with an exclusive look into
the secret and forbidden world of underground clubs
and ultra-exclusive celebrity parties frequented by
the rich and the powerful. Hidden all over Tinseltown,
these members-only organisations cater to a range of
obsessions, ranging from prostitution to bondage. Join
E! for a shocking, no-holds-barred glimpse at what really
goes on when the lights go out. Tune in on Thursday 5
June at 21:00 CAT.
Worst thing I Ever Posted: In a world where social media
brings fans closer to their favourite stars and allows
them to take a peek into their everyday lives, discover
a handful of celebrities who have taken things too far.
With a panel of comedians and pop culture experts, this
hilarious countdown brings to light the most sensational
online rants and questionable Instagram pictures that
celebrities have ever posted. From naked selfies to a
star who accidentally confessed to a crime on Twitter,
this entertaining special is sure to make you think before
you post! Watch it on Thursday 12 June at 21:00 CAT.
Worst thing I Ever Bought: If you were lucky enough
to have an endless amount of cash at your disposal,
would you spend it on a big house, an expensive new
car or a dream vacation? A lot of Hollywood’s biggest
stars would spend it all on something incredibly bizarre!
Join a hilarious panel including model Amber Rose
and reality star Snooki, as they count down the best
of the worst things that money can buy. From stuffed
horses to ghost hunting gear, discover some of the
most outrageous and ridiculous items that the young,
rich and famous have spent their money on! Tune in on
Thursday, 19 June at 21:00 CAT.
The Escape Club: This brand-new series follows a
group of twenty something looking to leave behind the
humdrum of everyday life and escape to an exotic resort
to experience the ultimate tropical bliss. However,
they soon discover that it has its price, and twists and
surprises along the way force everyone to stay on their
toes and do whatever it takes to keep their place in
paradise. It premieres on Sunday 22 June at 21:00 CAT.
Worst Thing I Ever Wore: With unlimited access to the
best designers, top stylists and fashion advisors, you
would expect celebrities to always look their very best.
Join a comical countdown of the top ten worst outfits
DStv May 2014 Schedules
This Week’s Highlights
worn by A-list stars, with hilarious comments from our
expert panel of experts and clothing connoisseurs,
including model Amber Rose and The Fabulist’s Orly
Shani. From unitards to oversized trousers to the
walking style statement that is Lady Gaga, discover
some of the terrible fashion choices made by some of
today’s most popular celebrities. Watch it on Thursday
26 June at 21:00 CAT.
SONY MAX (DStv Channel 128)
Real Husbands of Hollywood: Time for the hubbies
of Tinseltown to step up and claim their place in the
spotlight! This spoof of The Real Housewives of…
follows comedian Kevin Hart and other married stars
such as Nick Cannon, Nelly and Robin Thicke as they
navigate their surreal celebrity lives in Hollywood. This
semi-scripted series is part reality, part improvised
comedy, part satire as the celebs play fictionalised
versions of themselves, with uproariously funny
results. Diva alert! It starts on Tuesday 3 June at
21:30 CAT.
Impractical Jokers (Premiere): Move over, Candid
Camera– here comes a whole new breed of hiddencamera
gags in Impractical Jokers! This reality TV show
follows the four members of the Tenderloins comedy
troupe – Q, Sal, Joe and Murr – as they challenge
each other to carry out outrageous dares and perform
uproarious pranks in public. Of course, hidden cameras
are filming their antics – and the responses of passing
strangers are generally even more entertaining than
the stunts themselves! The series premieres on
Thursday 12 June at 21:00 CAT.
Most Shocking (Premiere): Are you someone who
reckons that you’ve seen it all? Well, you haven’t
seen Most Shocking. Every week, this reality TV show
assembles a selection of video clips designed to have
even the most hardened cynics picking their jaws up off
the floor. From pulse-racing high-speed police chases
and outrageous criminal antics to freak accidents and
acts of stupendous stupidity, these caught-on-camera
gaffes will have you shouting at your TV screen. Tune in
from Thursday 19 June at 20:00 CAT.
DISCOVERY ID (DStv Channel 171)
True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (Premiere): Crime
reporter and bestselling author Aphrodite Jones
investigates the truth behind the most notorious
crimes in recent memory. In each episode, she uses
her unique instincts to expose the facts about cases
that true-crime fans may have been too quick to judge
during the media firestorm. Featuring interviews with
people connected to the crime – including, whenever
possible, those convicted – Jones attempts to get inside
the minds of the killers in an effort to understand what
drove them to perform such despicable acts. It airs
from Monday 9 June at 19:00 CAT.
Diabolical (Premiere): Dr Michelle Ward is ready to
expand her brand on ID and do what she does best –
get inside the minds of killers. Traditional ID programs
tend to unravel the mystery of who committed a crime
and how, yet the real puzzle that haunts us is: why?
From her early doctorate research interviewing serial
murderers, to her ongoing study of criminal behaviour,
Michelle Ward interviews killers in order to find out
what drove them to cross that deadly line to commit
the ultimate crime. Tune in from Tuesday 24 June at
19:00 CAT.
Ask Oprah’s All Stars (Premiere): In this brand new
series the experts from the Oprah Network, Dr Phil,
Suze Orman and Dr Mehmet Oz will appear on one
stage to answer viewers’ pressing questions about
health, wealth and mental well-being. No matter what
your problem is, America’s top experts are ready to
help, and nothing is off-limits or too embarrassing.
Shot before a live studio audience, this four-part special
offers unprecedented access to Oprah Winfrey’s go-to
group of masters as they share their wisdom and help
viewers jumpstart their best year ever. From Thursday
12 June at 20:00 CAT.
Cyber Stalker (Premiere): A timely documentary
about the dangers of online relationships. Told from
the perspective of the victims and sometimes the
perpetrators themselves, this series will delve into the
stories of love, loss and betrayal caused by the ever
growing social network. How has social networking
changed the dating landscape and why does it send
certain character types into dark and desperate
behaviour? With interviews and cinematic recreations,
Cyber Stalkers will introduce its audience to the tragic
side of social media and questions how society can
ensure a safer virtual experience. Tuesday 10 June at
20:55 CAT.
FOOD NETWORK (DStv Channel 175)
Food Network Star: Enthusiastic chefs compete
for the title of Food Network’s Next Star. The new
finalists prepare three dishes that show individual
culinary points-of-view and a melding of two views in
30 minutes. The series is hosted by the ever popular
Bobby Flay. Tune in from Monday 2 June at 13:05 and
20:10 CAT.
Fast Food Gone Global (Premiere): Fast foods have gone global. But
the big American chains are exporting more than just their classic
burgers, fries, subs, chicken, and pizza; they’re exporting American
ingenuity by adapting to local tastes and taboos. McDonalds, Subway,
Pizza Hut and KFC are changing their menus to make sure they hold
the beef in India, add the shrimp in Japan, go Kosher in Israel and add
the rice and spice in Hong Kong. Coca Cola gets in on the act with
flavours and fizzes that appeal to local palates. So when Americans
stop at their favourite fast food chains around the world, they’re
bound to be surprised by the menu. Tune in from Saturday 28 June
at 12:15 and 21:00 CAT.
ANIMAL PLANET (DStv Channel 183)
World’s Wildest Cities (Premiere): As the world’s eyes focus on Brazil,
take a look at the surprising dramas of humans and nature in one
of the world’s wildest cities in the heart of the Amazon - the jungle
city of Manaus. A booming hub of business and development, the
city is growing rapidly but it’s surrounded by the fragile but gloriously
diverse Amazon, the largest rainforest on the planet. It grows and
creeps from every angle, always threatening to penetrate every
nook and cranny. The World’s Wildest Cities follows the stories
of both animals and people brought together in a small pocket of
overpopulated pristine jungle territory. From Wednesday 18 June
at 18:15 CAT.
Deadly Islands (Premiere): In brand new, six-part series ‘Deadly
Islands’, biologist and predator expert Dave Salmoni journeys to some
of the deadliest islands known to man. Locations include an island
in the South Pacific which is notorious for having an unusually large
concentration of sharks, a South Atlantic island that is home to a pod
of hunting killer whales, and an island in the Galapagos Archipelago
where the weirdest and toughest animals on the planet can be found.
As he explores these remote atolls, Dave attempts to unravel the
mysteries behind each island’s unique ecosystems. But what will he
uncover? From Thursday 26 June at 19:10 CAT.
DISCOVERY WORLD (DStv Channel 187)
Welcome to Rio (Premiere): Officially the happiest city in the world,
Rio is best known as a tropical city of carnival queens and beautiful
beaches - but that’s just its marketing line. The real story is in the
illegally occupied favelas, best known as places besieged by drugs
and violence, without power, electricity, sewage or water, they
exist way off the social and economic grid. There is another side to
this enormous population, over 1.5 million people are building and
fuelling one of the fastest growing economies on Earth. In time for
the football World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, Welcome
to Rio explores the city through the eyes of the people that are on the
frontline of its development. Humorous, determined and inspiring,
this is a unique window on the people who are the heart and soul of
the city. From Wednesday 4 June at 21:00 CAT.
Curiosity: Stonehenge: Embarking on a fascinating voyage of
discovery, this unique and engaging series goes to extreme lengths to
seek surprising and exciting answers to life’s mysteries. Stonehenge
is one of the most iconic monuments in the world; older than the
pyramids, it has stood as a beacon of early civilisation for over four
and a half thousand years. One enduring mystery remains: how did
the builders move 90 multi-ton stones 200 miles across land and sea
to the ancient stone circle? Curiosity is poised to finally answer this
question. From Sunday 15 June at 21:00 CAT.
DISNEY CHANNEL (DStv Channel 303)
Cloud 9: Set in the adrenaline-fuelled world of competitive
snowboarding, this inspiring film tells the story of two snowboarders
who must overcome self-doubt to learn that achieving their dreams
is possible. Kayla Morgan is a prima donna snowboarder who has just
been dropped from her competition team. Kayla finds an unexpected
mentor in Will Cloud, a former snowboarding champion who is
struggling after a career-ending wipeout. As the two grow closer, Will
becomes convinced he has the power to regain his championship
status. Cloud 9 premieres on Friday 27 June at 17:00 CAT.
Byo’s
finest
female
club DJ
Our Correspondence
SHE is a courageous young
woman who had the guts to
venture into a field where
most of her female counterparts
don’t dare to set foot.
Mastering the complex turn table
techniques is a job that requires
dexterity and determination.But
one Bulawayo woman, Lindiwe
Ndoe Siziba, has defied the odds
to venture into the industry
which is predominantly male.
In interview DJ Ndoe, as Siziba
is affectionately known, said she
became a DJ last year. “I have
been in the club DJ industry
since last year and I have played
at several clubs in Bulawayo such
as Hawkers, Club 40, Sunset and
Stop over,” said DJ Ndoe who
plays under a group called Mega
Audio.
The soft spoken DJ said she
could play any music but preferred
deep house music. “I mostly
play deep house music because
there is no lady here in Bulawayo
who plays deep house. I also play
music like that of House Rebels,”
said the 24-year-old woman. She
said being DJ was not a stroll in
the park and one needed to be
creative and appeal to the tastes
of different people to avoid the
embarrassment of being booed
off the stage.
“When mixing, one has to be
very creative. You have to understand
the turntables. I am versatile.
When I am at a place where
I am supposed to play sungura I
just play that and when I am at
place where I am supposed to play
ragga, I just do so,” she said.
DJ Ndoe said many people, especially
women are appreciating
her job.
“I am also being hired to play
at weddings and other functions,”
she said. The down side about the
job is that it is not financially
rewarding as “most club owners
don’t take us seriously”
The Harare-born DJ said, normally,
they get paid according
to number of people who attend
their shows. She added that as a
female DJ, one challenge that she
faced was being mistaken for a
lady of the night by some revellers.
“Obviously when people see
you every day at a club some
won’t know what you will be up to
and so the first thing that comes
into their mind is that you are a
person of loose morals.
“It doesn’t really get me down
because people will always be
people, they always say something
whether you do a good or
bad thing,” she said.
DJ Ndoe said, unlike in Harare,
most people in Bulawayo go out
clubbing during the holidays or
the festive season. She said the
late musician Chiwoniso Maraire
inspired her to believethat what
man could do, females could do
as well.
“Chiwoniso was my role model.
She was a woman who played
her mbira instrument, which is
mostly done by men but she managed
to pull through,” she added.
She said due to challenges in
the industry there were less than
five female DJs in Bulawayo. She
said most of them just play for a
short period and disappear.
“The problem with us women
is that we want to play as individuals
but if we could have a unified
group probably there would
more of us,” she said.
She revealed that she had a
number of plans in the pipeline
one of which is to venture into
music production.

JUNE 22 TO 28, 2014
Tuku:
When good
compositions
are for the creator
THE STANDARD STYLE / ARTS 31
Gospel artist
on the rise
Zvikomborero Zimunya
MUSIC icon Oliver Mtukudzi continued
his outreach to schools last
week by visiting music students
at SOS Hermann Gmeiner High
School, Bindura on June 18, where he gave
a lecture.
Speaking on his 40-year career in the music
industry, the Unicef Goodwill Ambassador
told students that making music was an
extension of himself.
“When I write music, I’m not doing a good
composition to impress others. I am doing a
good song that is an extension of who I am.
I am just doing me.”
The music workshop was held in preparation
for Singing with the Stars, a fundraising
dinner co-hosted by SOS Children’s Villages
Zimbabwe and African Sun Limited.
The event will be held on June 27 with proceeds
going to orphans and abandoned children
supported by SOS Children’s Villages.
Mtukudzi will do a pro-bono performance
at the fundraiser including a performance
with the SOS Children’s Villages Choir. The
SOS Children’s Villages Choir is a combination
of children from the SOS Children’s
Villages, SOS Hermann Gmeiner schools
and community outreach programmes from
the various areas the organisation works in.
As part of its corporate social investment
programme, African Sun Limited
recently entered into a partnership with
SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe. Whilst
its Crowne Plaza Monomotapa subsidiary
is sponsoring Singing with the Stars, Holiday
Inn Harare (another subsidiary of African
Sun Limited) will carry out a US$12
000 worth of refurbishment of seven family
houses in the SOS Children’s Village in Waterfalls,
Harare.
“This is Tuku’s way of giving back to
the community . . . he has gained so much
knowledge and experience over the years.
These youngsters will greatly benefit from
his wisdom,” said a spokesperson for Tuku-
Music.
The music students participating in the
workshop also make up part of the SOS
Children’s Villages Choir performing at
Singing with the Stars.
Mtukudzi encouraged artists to develop
technical skills and learn to play instruments
to produce a unique sound.
“I like technology and the use of musical
software to produce music. But that software
is designed for standard use so whatever
you produce has a certain sameness to
it. When you’re done, it’s just a demo and
not a finished product. You need to actually
go into the studio and play it out with various
instruments to give it your own unique
flavour.”
At the event, Mtukudzi also gave a practical
demonstration of his artistry with a
scintillating performance of Shamiso together
with the SOS Hermann Gmeiner
High Marimba band.
A
REFRESHING change in the gospel industry comes in the form of young
and energetic Pride Priestly Nengere, also known as Jesse Priestly, who
proved his worth at the recent launch of his comeback album titled, Totally
Free, which has 13 tracks.
Performances of songs from the album which will be released to the public
on August 7, left people in astonishment as he worked wonders on the stage.
Having last been released an album a decade ago, the artist went on to prove
that he is still a force to reckon with. Priestly, a worship leader at Bishop Tudor
Bismark’s Jabula New Life Covenant Church Zimbabwe, is also the CEO of
Platinum Level Records. He is a member of the multi-Grammy award-winning
artiste and group Israel Houghton and New Breed of New Breed Africa.
“A lot of effort and work have been invested into this, approximately about
US$40 000 to complete the new album which was produced in South Africa.
Some songs have deliberately been sung in other languages including Shona,
Yoruba, English and Chewa, in order for me to reach out to a wide range of audiences
globally. The various languages will enable me to break language barriers
and get the message out there.” Priestly said.
Totally Free has beautifully arranged music in songs such as Yeso Yowelonga,
We Praise Your Name, Ake Hosanna, Touch Me Again, Tinopa Mbiri and Great
and Mighty amongst others.
Priestly also explained that his latest effort was largely influenced by personal
life experiences that he has gone through in the last 10 years, which consequently
led him to take time to finally complete the album in order to avoid
delivering a half-baked cake.
Listeners can be assured of a lasting impression from the album, thanks to
its originality, good musical arrangement, beautiful backing vocals as well as
the actual deep message it has.

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Airlines meeting begins in Vic Falls/18
First Oil directors
face prosecution
First Oil failed to deliver
3 million litres of diesel
to CMED despite being
paid the money last
year
BY NDAMU SANDU
Directors of First Oil,
the company at the
centre of the US$2,7
million botched fuel
deal, face prosecution
as the docket prepared by the CID
Serious Frauds Squad was now at
the Prosecutor-General’s office,
sources said last week.
First Oil has failed to deliver 3
million litres of diesel to the Central
Mechanical Engineering Department
(CMED) despite being
paid last year.
Also facing prosecution are
Petrotrade acting chief executive
officer Tanaka Sikwila and National
Oil Infrastructure Company
(NOIC) executive officer Wilfred
Matukeni.
Sikwila and Matukeni are accused
of allegedly misleading
CMED’s bankers to release the
money on the grounds that they
were holding fuel on behalf of
First Oil.
A source in the PG’s office said
last week that the docket was
handed over on Wednesday. “The
docket is now at our office and
the accused will appear in court
soon,” the source said.
In February last year, First Oil
won a tender to supply 3 million litres
of diesel shrugging off interest
from Sakunda Energy, Comoil
and Maps Petroleum. Despite being
paid the money, First Oil
failed to deliver the fuel, prompting
CMED to report them to the
CID Frauds Squad.
CMED’s bankers, ZB Bank, had
released the money after being
assured by both NOIC and Petrotrade
that fuel was available and
would only released after payment
had been made.
In a March 1 2013 letter, NOIC
chief executive officer Matukeni
wrote to CMED’s bankers that the
diesel was already available.
“This letter serves as confirmation
that we are holding 3 million
litres of diesel on behalf of Petrotrade
that has been reserved for
First Oil Company at our Msasa
storage tanks,” Matukeni said.
Petrotrade had also written to
CMED that it was holding 3 million
litres of diesel for First Oil.
“We hereby confirm that we
have reserved the above mentioned
volume of diesel on behalf
of Globe Investments/ORPSA and
First Oil for onward release to
CMED upon full confirmation of
payment,” Petrotrade acting chief
executive officer Sikwila wrote in
a March 5 2013 letter.
“May you kindly take note that
we will irrevocably reserve the
product for CMED until payment
has been finalised.”
Sikwila said the fuel would be
released within 72 hours on receipt
of confirmation of payment.
When payment was made, no
fuel was delivered with First Oil
writing to CMED last month that
it was “working to have schedules
of product importation upon
which we can premise and firm
up our commitment to CMED”.
The pending prosecution comes
as fresh details showed that First
Oil was panicking and had asked
for some time so that it puts its
house in order.
In a May 2 2014 letter, First Oil
managing director Alex Mahuni
told CMED of the changes in circumstances
that had previously
affected to deliver the fuel.
“The operating licence and the
necessary logistical agreements
are in place and for that, we are
indebted to the indulgence of the
ministry of Energy and Power
Development who took special regard
to the need to avail to us the
opportunity to make good our obligation
to CMED after the unfortunate
and criminal default by the
supplier, Micro-Petroleum Global,”
Mahuni wrote.
“We therefore request that you
indulge us a bit further while we
finalise this process.”
Last week the new CMED board
led by Godwills Masimirembwa
exonerated the company’s management,
adding that it would
pursue the matter and make a recovery.
On its appointment two
weeks ago, the board was tasked
by Transport and Infrastructure
Development minister Obert Mpofu
to recover the money.
“If they [First Oil] don’t supply,
the law has to take its course.
I want the board to bring the people
to account and make them
make good on the prejudice to the
State,” he said.
Mpofu said there were claims
that the suppliers were “untouchable”,
but “we are going to touch
them”.
“We want that money and it will
be repaid,” Mpofu said.
Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Obert Mpofu
CMED board chairman Godwills Masimirembwa
Zimra loses income tax battle
BY NDAMU SANDU
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority
(Zimra) has lost the
battle with the Securities
Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe
(SECZ) after Treasury said
the capital markets regulator was
exempt from paying income tax.
In a notice published in the Government
Gazette, the minister of
Finance and Economic Development
declared that SECZ was exempt
from paying income tax.
“This notice shall be deemed to
have come into effect on the 1st of
August 2008,” the notice said.
“The consequence of this declaration
is that all receipts and accruals
of the Securities and Exchange
Commission of Zimbabwe
are exempt from paying tax.”
Zimra and SECZ had differed
on the waiver issued by government
in 2012 exempting the capital
markets regulator from paying
income tax.
SECZ argued that it was exempt
from paying tax while the tax collector
said the notice had no date
when it was supposed to start.
Zimra then wanted SECZ to
pay income tax from 2008 when it
started operating up to 2012.
The latest notice repealed an
earlier one made in 2012.
The relief on SECZ comes as
the tax collector has been besieging
companies looking for their
level of compliances and in some
instances garnishing bank accounts
as the hunt for tax defaulters
intensifies. The tax agency is
under pressure to collect revenue
to meet the country’s competing
needs.
In the first quarter of the year,
Zimra surpassed its target by 2%
after collecting US$834,6 million.
Its target was US$817,9 million.
In a note to investors, MMC Capital
Research said although there
was an improvement in revenue
collected, the outlook was murky.
MMC said while company tax
revenue’s contribution to total
revenue had improved to 13% in
2014 from 10% last year, it was
projecting less contribution in the
full year to December 31 “as more
companies will likely scale down
their operations or ultimately
close”.
Local companies are struggling
to stay afloat, beset by an unavailability
of affordable financing
to retool. As a result, companies
are still stuck with antiquated
machinery which has made
the cost of production expensive.
Consequently, local products have
become uncompetitive against
cheap imports.
The Confederation of Zimbabwe
Industries has already projected
that capacity utilisation
would fall to 30% from 39,6% recorded
last year.
The Zimbabwe Congress of
Trade Unions say over 2 000 have
Zimra commissioner-general Gershom
Pasi
lost their jobs from January to
date.

18 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Business
Airlines meeting begins in Vic Falls
BY OUR STAFF
Over 350 delegates are
expected to attend the
9th edition of the annual
meetings of airlines,
airports, aviation
suppliers and tourism authorities
which begins in Victoria
Falls today.
The meeting, to be hosted by the
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe
(Caaz) at the Elephant Hills Hotel,
runs up to June 24.
Caaz general manager David
Chawota said 48 airlines have so far
confirmed participation alongside
service providers.
“We have such delegates as equipment
suppliers who supply aviation
either from the aircraft point
of view or from the service provider.
So all those have been registering,
including the business community,
their support service, the financial
and insurance sectors — they will
be there,” said Chawota.
Africa’s three leading carrier
— Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines
and African Airways — will
attend the meeting. Gulf carriers
Emirates and Etihad Airways and
global carriers such as British Airways,
Iberia Airlines and Condor
Airlines will also attend the meeting.
Zimbabwe will use the Routes Africa
meeting to market the country
as a conference and tourist destination.
Government wants to use Victoria
Falls as a conference destination
riding on the successful co-hosting
of last year’s United Nations World
Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
general assembly with Zambia.
Caaz would use the meeting to
lure more airlines into the country
thereby helping in making the destination
accessible — one of the pivots
of destination marketing.
Last month, Chawota said Caaz
wants to have 40 airlines flying into
the country by 2018.
Currently 14 airlines are flying
into Zimbabwe.
At the country’s aviation peak in
the period 1999-2003, 34 airlines were
flying into Zimbabwe.
“We are saying if we could reach
34 [airlines], then we can make it
high. What we need to have is the
necessary conditions for us to be
able to accommodate other planes,”
Chawota said.
“Capacity is there, it’s about efficiency.
If Victoria Falls becomes an
entry point for long haul, already
that will give us capacity as a destination,”
he said.
Last year’s Routes Africa meeting
in Uganda attracted 330 delegates.
Kenya Airways... It is among leading carriers attending the Routes Africa meeting which begins today in Victoria Falls.
Dairibord invests US$500k
on Mahewu plant
BY TARISAI MANDIZHA
Mine Entra... Several countries have already confirmed participation at this year’s event.
Mine Entra preps gather momentum
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
Five European countries have
confirmed participation at
this year’s Mining, Engineering
and Transport (Mine Entra) exhibition
to be held in Bulawayo, organisers
have said.
Zimbabwe International Trade
Fair Company (ZITF) general manager,
Noma Ndlovu said over 100 exhibitors
with 3 500 square metres of
exhibition space had booked.
“International interest is high as
five foreign nations, represented by
21 companies, have so far confirmed
participation.
“These countries are South Africa,
China, Belgium, Botswana and
Germany which is coming for the
first time,” said Ndlovu in Bulawayo
last week.
Ndlovu said exhibition space was
still available and encouraged exhibitors
who have not yet taken up
stands to do so.
She said the fair was a sector-specific
exhibition where mining, engineering
and transport products and
services would be on display.
“Some of the services on show include
banking, security, insurance,
customs, clearing, medical and
chemical supplies.
“Building and construction equipment
exhibits introduced last year
will also be a prominent feature, as
well as protective clothing and other
safety products,” Ndlovu said.
She added that small-scale miners
and representatives from Women in
Mining had also shown interest in
participating at the exhibition.
Ndlovu said Mine Entra 2014 and
Joint Suppliers and Purchasers
Conferences were some of the highlights
of the exhibition.
“The Mine Entra Conference organised
in conjunction with the
Chamber of Mines will be held on
July 23 and focus will be on policy
initiatives around mineral beneficiation
and economic growth. The
Joint Suppliers and Producers Conference
is scheduled for July 24.
“Presentations will focus on
manufacturing supply-side and local
procurement issues,” said Ndlovu.
She added that the conferences
would add value to Mine Entra
participants and provide an opportunity
to update stakeholders on
the state of the mining industry in
Zimbabwe.
Ndlovu revealed that the official
opening ceremony of Mine Entra
2014 would be on July 24 and the
guest of honour was expected to be
announced in due course.
The expo will run from July 23 to
25 at the Zimbabwe International
Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo under
the theme, Innovation, Beneficiation
and Growth.
Anthony Mandiwanza
Dairibord Zimbabwe Private
Limited has invested
close to US$500 000
for its new Pfuko/Udiko Mahewu
plant to increase the
contribution of non-milk valued-added
product lines, a
company official has said.
Speaking at the official launch
of its new product — Pfuko/Udiwo
Mahewu on Thursday, Dairibord
Private Limited managing
director Thompson Mabika said
the new plant has the capacity
to produce 9 000 bottles per hour
and with the demand on the
market, it was set to increase capacity
before the end of the year.
“We will definitely increase
capacity. We never expected
this level of acceptance. We
have put in place plans to invest
more on the Mahewu
plant. By December 2014, the
volumes for Mahewu will be
the same as for Lacto which
is close to 400 000 litres per
month,” Mabika said.
The plant has four tanks
with a holding capacity of 8
000 litres each.
“From the 8 000 litres, we
package 500ml x 16 000 and
350ml x 23 000 bottles of Pfuko/Udiwo
Mahewu per day,”
he said.
He, however, said the product
would currently be available
in traditional flavour with
three new flavours, Banana,
Strawberry and Vanilla to be
introduced in the next two
months.
In its financial performance
for the first quarter of
the year, Dairibord Holdings
Limited sales volumes were
static due to the weak demand
of products on the market.
Dairibord chief executive
officer Anthony Mandiwanza
said the current operating environment
had a negative impact
on the performance of
the group in the first half of
the year.
“Sales volumes were static
on account of weak demand.
The operating environment
will remain challenging characterised
by low disposable
incomes, deflation and low investment,”
Mandiwanza said.
In the period under review,
raw materials and packaging
costs declined by 13% as compared
to the same period last
year.
Labour costs declined by
8% with repairs and maintenances
down by 19%. Utilities
expenses increased by 20%,
while other expenses declined
by 22%. This resulted in a
10% reduction in the group’s
total expenses.
He said the performance
of the business will improve,
driven by new products and
line extensions, new plants
and equipment to increase capacity
and improve efficiencies.

Business
The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 19
UK public sector
borrowing rises
London — Britain’s public
finances showed little
or no fall in underlying
borrowing two
months into the fiscal
year, suggesting the government
will have to increase the pace of
deficit reduction to meet its latest
borrowing targets.
Official data showed headline
measures of borrowing were
sharply higher than a year ago
— largely due to one-off effects
— and only weak growth in tax
receipts despite a stronger economy.
Britain’s Conservative-led coalition
government made reducing
the deficit a key economic
goal when it came to power in
2010, and will be keen to ensure
that there is no further slippage
in its targets before next May’s
election.
Public sector borrowing, excluding
some costs related to
bailing out banks, rose sharply
to 13,3 billion pounds (US$22,75
billion) in May, the Office for National
Statistics said.
This is up from 8,7 billion
pounds in May 2013 and well
above analyst forecasts of a deficit
of 9,35 billion pounds. Most
of the difference reflects the fact
that transfer payments from the
Bank of England which were
Bank of England
credited in May last year will
only apply in July in the current
financial year.
So far business surveys and
data point to robust economic
growth having carried through
into the current quarter, which
in theory ought to bode well
for tax revenues in the coming
months.
But there is little sign of this
to date and overall receipts were
just 0,5% higher in cash terms in
the first two months of the tax
year than a year ago.
“May’s public borrowing figures
contain tentative signs that
the coalition may be beginning
to struggle to bring down the deficit
in line with the fiscal plans,”
said Samuel Tombs, senior UK
economist at Capital Economics.
“While the economic recovery
may now be fairly strong, it still
appears to be struggling to have
much of an impact on the borrowing
numbers,” he added.
British government bond prices
fell slightly after the data and
their yield premium over German
debt hit its highest in more
than 16 years.
But Britain’s finance ministry
said in a statement that the figures
were still consistent with its
goal of reducing borrowing by
around 11% this year to 95,5 billion
pounds or 5,5% of economic
output.
However, the latest figures suggest
this may be a challenge, even
taking into account some one-off
effects.
Stripping out the effect of cash
transfers from the Bank of England,
the 2014/15 deficit to date
was 24,2 billion pounds, 8,7% higher
than at the same point a year
ago.
This reflects a weak outturn in
April — when payroll tax revenues
were lower than a year earlier
— as well as May 2013’s receipt
of payments from a Swiss tax deal.
Stripping out the Swiss tax effect,
the ONS said that May borrowing
was 1,5% lower than a year before.
Public sector net debt rose to
1,285 trillion pounds in May, meaning
that as a share of gross domestic
product, it matched March’s
all-time high of 76,1%.
In a separate article released
after the data, the ONS also gave
more details of wide-ranging
changes to public finances calculations
due to take effect later this
year, in part due to changed European
Union guidance.
The underlying measure of
public borrowing used in government
fiscal forecasts will change.
Whereas it showed a cash deficit
of 107 billion pounds in 2013/14 —
equivalent to 6,6% of GDP — under
the new definition it would be
just 98,7 billion pounds.
The downward effect on the deficit
as a share of GDP is likely to
be even larger, as other changes
mean the level of GDP for 2013/14
is likely to be revised up by around
5%, although the ONS has not finished
its calculations.
—Reuters
EU closes tax loophole
for multinational firms
Luxembourg — The European
Union has moved to close a
loophole that has allowed multinational
companies to reduce their
tax bills by exploiting differences in
national tax rules, ending months of
negotiations and potentially boosting
EU states’ tax revenues.
Corporate tax avoidance has become
a hot issue in industrialised nations.
Campaigners have drawn support
from public anger at companies avoiding
taxes at a time of austerity.
“The aim is to close a loophole that
currently allows corporate groups to
exploit mismatches between national
tax rules so as to avoid paying taxes on
some types of profits distributed within
the group,” finance ministers said
in a statement.
The change in the so-called parentsubsidiary
directive addresses “hybrid
loan arrangements”, a combination
of equity and debt often used as a
tax-planning tool.
Some member states classify profits
from such tools as a tax-deductible
debt; others do not. That has prompted
some multinational companies to open
subsidiaries in other member states so
they pay little or no tax.
“Using an [EU] directive that was
based on common sense — avoid double-taxation
— a few cunning devils
had managed to pay no tax at all,”
French Finance minister Michel Sapin
said, welcoming the move. “That
will mean a bit more money in state
coffers, which as you know we're quite
keen on.”
All EU tax law requires unanimity
among member states, and getting
all states on board has been an uphill
struggle. Europe has been torn between
the demands of small countries
fiercely resisting change to low-tax regimes
that attract foreign investment,
and others wary of driving away big
employers.
—Reuters
Ghana quietly reintroduces
fuel subsidies: Oil importers
Accra — Ghana’s government
quietly reintroduced fuel subsidies
in April and has spent
around US$85 million since then
in extra payments, the head of the
Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors
has said.
The subsidies were scrapped early
last year in a bid to reduce the budget
deficit and restore macro-economic
stability in Ghana.
The reintroduction has not been
publicly announced and senior government
officials were unavailable
for comment.
The chamber’s chief executive, Senyo
Hosi, also said Ghana’s reserves
of oil for domestic consumption normally
stand at around four weeks
but have fallen to just one week because
banks are refusing to extend
credit to importers due to outstanding
government payments.
—Reuters

20 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Business
Explore online business opportunities
sme’s
chat
WITH PHILLIP CHICHONI
Strategy without tactics is the slowest
route to victory. Tactics without
strategy is the noise before defeat.
Every battle is won before it is
fought. —Sun Tzu
News that PayPal has extended
its services to
Zimbabwe from Tuesday
was greeted with
great excitement on various social
media platforms. Zimbabwe
was not the only country to be
under PayPal ban. Nigeria, with
Africa’s biggest number of internet
visitors also had no PayPal
access.
Although we have had access to
online commerce for some years,
via MasterCard and Visa cards issued
by local banks, it was difficult
for one to trade internationally
as most customers overseas
are wary of credit card fraud. In
fact, estimates indicate that 1%
of all online credit card transactions
are fraudulent. As a result,
many people are afraid to leave
their credit card details on websites
as they can be stolen and
used to make fraudulent purchases.
That is where PayPal comes
in.
When a person opens a PayPal
account, they can make purchases
online without leaving their
credit card details. The risk of
losing money is greatly reduced
when one buys through PayPal.
A majority of customers would
rather buy through PayPal than
use their credit cards online.
Although the service just introduced
to Zimbabwe is “send money”
only, that is, it only allows Zimbabweans
to make purchases online
using their PayPal accounts, it
is still a big step forward in opening
up a secure and trusted payment
facility for electronic commerce
online. This is because with
your PayPal account, you can access
other online facilities that will
enable you to be an online merchant,
receiving payments from
all over the world. (For full details
see the article How to open a Pay-
Pal account in Zimbabwe by Tendai
Chakuzira, in the April issue
of BusinessLink magazine-http://
smebusinesslink.com/magazine).
Now that we can sell online and
have a secure payment platform
trusted by customers globally, what
are the opportunities available in
online business?
First let’s look at why the Internet
world is so full of opportunities
for business. There are over 2 billion
internet users worldwide and over
5 billion mobile devices like smartphones
and tablets. This means a
staggering number of potential customers
exist for your product.
The advantage of an online business
is that startup costs are very
low, when compared to a brick and
mortar business. These days you
can start a website or blog for a
small fee, and build it into an asset
that will get you customers from all
over the world, just like a shop or
restaurant in a good location gets
the owners lots of local clients.
Although you can sell anything
through the internet, digital products
are much easier to deal with because
they can be delivered instantly
online. We are talking of things
like eBooks, music, photographs,
videos, courses and similar products.
One can also do work like consulting,
designing, writing or even
business linkages through the internet
and reach customers from different
parts of the world. If you are
a good graphic designer, for example,
you can create a good website,
and use it in conjunction with other
marketing media to market yourself
to a global audience.
If you are in the music business,
you can sell your records to people
in all parts of the world online.
Apart from reaching the millions of
Zimbabweans in the Diaspora, you
can also sell to non-Zimbabweans
who enjoy your type of music — all
online.
Did you know that Beyonce’s last
album, the self-titled one which
came out in December 2013, was released
only online and not on CD as
per traditional music distribution?
The artist turned to Instagram and
Twitter instead of traditional marketing
methods to spread the word
about her album release. Within 12
Beyonce’s fifth album released last year — a self-titled set — was exclusively on iTunes .
hours, 1,2 million tweets were posted
about Beyoncé and within the
first 24 hours more than 430 000 albums
had sold for US$15,99 each on
iTunes. Of course you will not be
able to sell as much as the superstar,
not when starting anyway, but if
you have a good product and market
it brilliantly online, you can build a
successful business.
The platforms for distributing
your digital products online are already
available. For example, I recently
started using DPD (http://
getdpd.com/) to sell my digital publications
and I am finding it very
good.
You cannot hope to make millions
online instantly, but if you take time
to learn how internet based business
works, develop a product that
people want and market it well, you
will get results. Once you get started
online, you can always add more
products to your offering since you
would have already built a cyber
store front.
I urge those who want to start online
businesses not to go in blindly,
but to attend courses or read
books that will give them the knowledge
and skills required. One book
I found useful is Internet Prophets
by Steve Olsher, which has over 20
case studies of entrepreneurs who
have built multi-million dollar online
businesses that we can all learn
from.
You will find more resources on
entrepreneurship on my website
http://smebusineslink.com.
•Phillip Chichoni is a business
development consultant who
works with SMEs and entrepreneurs.
You may contact him
by email, chichonip@smebusinesslink.com.
You can also visit
http://smebusinesslink.com.

Regional News
The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 21
Aide gives
insights into
Mandela family
The book traces the 43-year-old la Grange’s
upbringing in an Afrikaans family that
considered Mandela a terrorist
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson
Mandela’s widow was forced
to get accreditation to attend
his memorial service and
could only bring four family members
as his clan squabbled after
his death, the South African icon’s
former private assistant says.
Graca Machel, who became
Mandela’s third wife in his twilight
years, was frequently undermined
by some members of
his family, former Mandela assistant
Zelda la Grange wrote in her
memoirs published on Thursday.
“It was becoming farcical. If we
could barely get Nelson Mandela’s
widow and her children accredited
to attend his memorial service,
it was becoming downright
impossible to get anyone else officially
accredited,” la Grange
wrote in the book Good Morning,
Mr. Mandela.
State inefficiency also meant
friends like Archbishop Desmond
Tutu and Oprah Winfrey struggled
to get passes to the funeral
last December in rural South Africa,
according to her account.
Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe
has threatened to sue la Grange
over the book’s allegations, according
to local media.
“I have learned from Madiba
that you will never, ever do anything
that will please everyone.
You have to be happy with yourself,”
she said, referring to Mandela
by his clan name, when asked
about the threat of legal action.
La Grange, nicknamed “the rottweiler”
for being overly protective
over Mandela, did not initially
have a smooth relationship
with her boss’s wife.
“She was the wife, I was just a
secretary but I was giving them
instructions on how to live their
lives. It was difficult,” la Grange
said during her book launch in Johannesburg,
attended by some of
Mandela’s family and friends.
While accompanying the president
on a trip to France as a
24-year-old, la Grange was mortified
to realise that Mandela was
alone behind a locked door with a
woman, a thing that was her duty
to ensure never happened.
Pleas to other aides to help her
save the situation fell on deaf
ears. Mandela later introduced
the stranger as Graca Machel
from Mozambique.
The book traces the 43-year-old
la Grange’s upbringing in an Afrikaans
family that considered
Mandela a terrorist. It goes on to
describe her improbable appointment
to his office when he became
president in 1994, and her close
relationship with him until his
death last year.
The life and beliefs of la Grange,
a white South African who grew
up supporting the apartheid system
of racial segregation, were
transformed after she started
working for Mandela.
The book title is drawn from a
conversation during her initial
Top: The late Nelson Mandela. Bottom: Mandela walks with the help of his aide Zelda la Grange.
meeting with the country’s first
black president, when she nearly
bumped into him in a corridor.
“I was ready to pull back my
hand after shaking his but he held
on . . . I wasn’t sure if I was supposed
to hold this black man’s
hands,” she wrote.
La Grange started as a typist
but went on to become Mandela’s
trusted assistant until just before
his death at the age of 95. She and
other members of his staff were
bequeathed 50 000 rand (US$4 700)
each in a will read out in February.
La Grange plans to donate a portion
of the book royalties to the
Nelson Mandela Foundation to
further his legacy.
“The story of a young white Afrikaner
girl working for the president
is a story that could only happen
in this country. It is really a
fairy tale,” Ahmed Dangor, former
chief executive of the foundation,
said at the book launch.
Often photographed with a
white-haired Mandela leaning on
her arm for support, la Grange accompanied
him on trips abroad
and was with him when he met
world leaders and celebrities.
On a lighter note, she recounts
how she and Mandela shared a
lift with James Bond actor Pierce
Brosnan in Ireland. After 27 years
in prison, Mandela had no idea
who Bond or Brosnan were, but
pretended he did when they shook
hands.
With Brad Pitt, Mandela asked
for a business card, which the actor
did not have. “So what do you
do?” Mandela asked — to which
the Hollywood star replied: “I try
acting for a living.”
— Reuters
More than 50 million displaced: UN
GENEVA — More than 50 million
people were forcibly uprooted
worldwide at the end of last
year, the highest level since after
World War Two, as people fled crises
from Syria to South Sudan, the
UN refugee agency said on Friday.
Half are children, many of them
caught up in conflicts or persecution
that world powers have been
unable to prevent or end, UNHCR
said in its annual Global Trends
report.
“We are really facing a quantum
leap, an enormous increase
of forced displacement in our
world,” UN High Commissioner
for Refugees Antonio Guterres
told a news briefing.
The overall figure of 51,2 million
displaced people soared by
six million from a year earlier.
They included 16,7 million refugees
and 33,3 million displaced
within their homelands, and 1,2
million asylum seekers whose applications
were pending.
Syrians fleeing the escalating
conflict accounted for most of the
world’s 2,5 million new refugees
last year, UNHCR said.
In all, nearly 3 million Syrians
have crossed into neighbouring
Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan,
while another 6,5 million remain
displaced within Syria’s
borders.
“We are seeing here the immense
costs of not ending war, of
failing to resolve or prevent conflict,”
Guterres said. “We see the
Security Council paralysed in
many crucial crises around the
world.”
Conflicts that erupted this
year in Central African Republic,
Ukraine and Iraq are driving
more families from their homes,
he said, raising fears of a mass exodus
of Iraqi refugees.
“A multiplication of new crises,
and at the same time old crises
that seem never to die,” he added.
Afghan, Syrian and Somali nationals
accounted for 53% of the
11,7 million refugees under UN-
HCR’s responsibility. Five million
Palestinians are looked after by a
sister agency UNRWA.
Most refugees have found shelter
in developing countries, contrary
to the myth fuelled by some
populist politicians in the West
that their states were being flooded,
Guterres said.
“Usually in the debate in the developed
world, there is this idea
that refugees are all fleeing north
and that the objective is not exactly
to find protection but to find a
better life.
“The truth is that 86% of the
world’s refugees live in the developing
world,” he said.
Desperate refugees and migrants
from the Middle East and
Africa have drowned after taking
rickety boats in North Africa to
cross the Mediterranean to reach
Europe, mainly via Italy.
Italy has a mission, known
as Mare Nostrum or “Our Sea”,
which has rescued about 50 000
migrants already this year. Italy
will ask the European Union next
week to take over responsibility
for rescuing migrants, a task that
is costing its navy 9 million euros
(US$12,25 million) a month.
“It is important to have a European
commitment there and
to make sure that such an operation
can be sustainable,” said Guterres,
a former prime minister of
Portugal.
The EU bloc has harmonised its
asylum system, but the 27 member
states still differ in how they
process refugees and in their approval
rates for asylum applications,
he said.
A record 25 300 unaccompanied
children lodged asylum applications
in 77 countries last year, according
to UNHCR. — Reuters

22 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Regional News
SA probes
wife gift to
SABC head
An investigation has
been launched in South
Africa into allegations
that the head of SABC,
the public broadcaster,
was given a wife as a gift.
The Commission for Gender
Equality said it had received a
complaint after it was reported
that Hlaudi Motsoeneng was given
a bride by traditional chiefs.
They were part of a cultural
group asking for more programmes
to be broadcast in the
Venda language.
The government said their behaviour
was “regrettable”.
Motsoeneng has not commented.
The incident is said to have occurred
during his recent visit to
the northern Limpopo province
where he and other SABC executives
met the Venda lobby group,
Mudzi wa Vhurereli ha Vhavenda.
About 10 girls had paraded in
front of him, Humbelani Nemakonde
from the Mudzi group was
quoted as saying in South Africa’s
Sowetan newspaper.
“He chose the one he liked.
“All the girls were there with
their parents. Their parents knew
what was going to happen and
they all agreed.”
According to the Sowetan, Motsoeneng
chose a 23-year-old human
resources management student
who was pictured barebreasted
next to him.
He is also alleged to have been
given a cow and a calf.
The South African women’s
ministry said it viewed the whole
process as an abuse of cultural
values.
“The use of women as gifts as
if they were livestock is a serious
regress and an insult to the gains
of 20 years of democracy and freedom,
particularly the contribution
of women,” a statement from
the ministry said.
SABC spokesperson Kaizer
Kganyago said he was unaware
Hlaudi Motsoeneng . . . he has not commented on reports that he was given a wife as a gift
of the Commission for Gender
Equality’s investigation and that
if it had any issues, they should
be taken up with the Venda group
concerned.
But the Commission for Gender
Equality spokesperson, Javu
Baloy said that letters had been
sent to all those involved about
the complaint and its recommendations
would be made next
month.—BBC
Opposition boycotts voting in Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT — Small
groups of voters trickled
into polling centres in
Mauritania early yesterday
in an election where incumbent
President Mohamed Ould
Abdel Aziz was counting on a high
turnout to see off an opposition
boycott and boost his authority.
Abdel Aziz — a Western ally in
the fight against al Qaeda-linked
Islamists in West Africa — is sure
to win the poll in the nation straddling
black and Arab Africa.
But the bulk of the opposition
boycotted last year’s parliamentary
elections and talks to try to persuade
them to take part in yesterday’s
vote broke down in April, leaving
Abdel Aziz, a former head of the
presidential guard, no major rivals.
Analysts said his main challenge
will be to persuade enough
voters to turn out for the presidential
vote and give him a strong
mandate.
In the first hours of voting,
turnout appeared low, even at major
polling stations in the capital
Nouakchott.
“There aren’t too many people
voting now because it’s early
in the morning and it’s the weekend,”
Toinssi Cheikh, a trader,
said after voting at the largely
empty polling station at the Olympic
Stadium in the city center.
“By 3 or 4pm you will see more
people voting,” he said.
Mauritania has reserves of iron
ore, copper and gold and is trying
to boost investor interest in its oil
and gas. However, it has long been
plagued by political instability
and military coups.
Abdel Aziz came to power in
August 2008 when he ousted President
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh
Abdellahi, the country’s first
People wait outside to cast their votes in Nouakchott
democratically elected president,
whose short stint as leader was
undone by fighting within his
own party.
He then won a five-year term in
a 2009 election that was heavily
criticized by the opposition.
Western nations soon re-engaged
with Mauritania’s military,
which has taken a strong stand
against Islamist groups in the
country and neighbouring Mali.
Abdel Aziz sent his army, considered
one of the most effective in
West Africa, to carry out military
strikes against Islamist bases in
neighbouring Mali in 2010 and 2011.
The four challengers in the boycott-reduced
field are former government
minister Boidel Ould
Houmeid, anti-slavery campaigner
Biram Ould Abeid, Ibrahima
Sarr, a challenger from the 2009
vote, and Mint Moulaye Idriss, an
administrator at Mauritania’s national
press agency and the country’s
second female candidate.
— Reuters

International News
The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 23
Obama daughters ‘to get minimum wage’
WASHINGTON — President
Barack Obama
and wife Michelle both
worked minimum-wage
jobs before they got law
degrees: a character-building experience
they said they also want their
teenage daughters to share.
The president scooped ice cream at
Baskin-Robbins, waited tables at an
assisted-living facility for seniors and
also worked as a painter. The first lady
worked at a book binding shop.
“I think every kid needs to get a taste
of what it’s like to do that real hard
work,” Michelle Obama said in an interview
with Parade magazine, slated
to run today.
“We are looking for opportunities
for them to feel as if going to work and
getting a paycheque is not always fun,
not always stimulating, not always
fair,” the president said. “But that’s
what most folks go through every single
day.”
The first couple has taken pains to
keep their daughters Malia (16) and
Sasha (13) out of the public eye while
in the White House. But Malia was recently
spotted on the set of a CBS television
programme, working as a production
assistant for a day.
The Obamas gave the interview to
promote a summit the White House is
holding tomorrow to discuss policies
to help working families.
“There are structures that can help
families around child care, healthcare,
and schooling that make an enormous
difference in people’s lives,” Obama
said in the interview.
This year, Obama has tried to focus
on issues such as ensuring equal pay
for women, expanding early childhood
education and hiking the minimum
wage. These issues so far have failed to
gain traction in Congress, but do resonate
with Democratic voters.
To advance his agenda, he needs
Democrats to keep control of the Senate
after November midterm elections,
where Republicans stand a good
chance of getting a majority, and likely
also will retain control of the House of
Representatives.
“If we can highlight these issues and
sustain it over the next year, it’s still
possible to see bold action out of Congress,”
Obama said.
In the interview, the Obamas talked
about how they lived for a year on
the second floor of the house of
Michelle’s mom Marian Robinson after
law school, drove a used car that
they bought for US$1 000, and worked
through the stress of being saddled
with student loans and small children.
They acknowledged that their careers
gave them the chance to earn
good incomes and negotiate family
leave when they needed it — a luxury
that most minimum-wage workers do
not have.
“But what it made me think about
was people who were on the clock,”
the president said. “If you’re an hourly
worker in most companies, and you
say, ‘I’ve got to take three days off,’ you
may lose your job. At minimum, you’re
losing income you can’t afford to lose,”
he said.
— Reuters Malia and Sasha Obama . . . their parents want them to experience hard work
Why work with men to address
Gender Based Violence
GENDER Based Violence (GBV) must be understood within challenge these privileges. believe in equal rights - the largest group; and those who
the context of men and women's relative social and
believe in equality and put these beliefs into action - the
economic disadvantage and discrimination. A gender order therefore that have men dominating smallest group.
women cannot avoid having men as an interest group
Addressing GBV requires understanding and challenging concerned with its defence and women as an interest group It is from such a background that Padare targets men as
gender inequality, promoting women's equal rights and concerned with change. agents of change towards the achievement of gender
creating social, political and economic environments in
equality and social justice.
which everyone is empowered to enjoy those rights.
Not having to think about race is one of the privileges of a
dominant race, just as not having to think about gender is Gender as a determinant of social relations that legitimize
Experience has shown that women are significantly more one of the dividends men gain from the current gender and sustain men's power over women, is inherently about
likely to experience GBV than men. It has also shown that order. Men never have to think about the unequal gender relations between women and men, as well as relations
working with men as partners, not just as perpetrators, is relations that exist in society as they are the major among groups of women and among groups of men.
critical to the prevention and response to GBV.
beneficiaries.
Approaches on engaging men should examine the issue of
The reasons for engaging men and boys are several: it That is why engaging a man is key to the success of the male violence in society. It would be more effective to focus
reduces violence; women frequently ask for the gender equality movement. However, changes do not on how men can play their role in improving society rather
involvement of men, their participation helps to avoid a come overnight hence the motto by Padare that “Paths are than making them feel guilty.
backlash against violence against women's programmes made by walking” for indeed sheer commitment and hard
and because men often hold more power and influence in work from all stakeholders is needed for tangible PADARE is also working with perpetrators in the country's
the community, they can be effective agents of change. transformations in society. prisons in recognition of the reality that in order to
comprehensively address GBV, it is necessary to provide
The role of men in society should not be undermined as they According to a recent report by Plan International, gender rehabilitation services for the perpetrators. This is line with
play diverse roles in the economy, the community and the equality cannot be achieved unless men and boys are Key Result area 1 of the National GBV Strategy which
family. convinced of the importance of equal opportunities for focuses on prevention. PADARE has also made efforts to
women and girls.
engage legislators through working with the Zimbabwean
Men are different in terms of class, race, ethnicity, sexuality,
Parliament to take action against Gender Based Violence.
age and religions but one of the commonalities that men When it comes to gender equality, men generally fall into
share as a “distinct group'' is their gender privilege. three categories: those who acknowledge that women and Achieving gender equality is not possible without making
girls deserve equal rights but fear that boys will lose out if changes in men's lives first.
Men are a privileged group who rarely find reason to girls are allowed to enjoy these rights; those who do not
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24 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
International News
New Zealand’s tranquil
lifestyle lures foreigners
Skilled migrants have
been one of the major
drivers of this growth
Wellington — When
Elzerie Alcaide
moved to Wellington
from Singapore
in January,
she swapped 12-hour workdays,
vast mazes of shopping malls and
a diet of takeaway food for nineto-five
hours, weekend drives in
the countryside and home-cooked
meals.
Alcaide is among the 40 000 migrants,
nearly 1% of the population,
expected to settle in New
Zealand this year, many of them
white-collar workers attracted by
a laid-back lifestyle and promising
job prospects in an economy
which is outperforming most developed
countries.
“Living in Singapore or Manila
can be stressful,” said the 33-
year old, Philippines-born quality
assurance analyst who recently
started working at accounting
software developer Xero.
“But in New Zealand you can
have a good work-life balance, and
the work environment is more
family oriented, which is really
nice,” Alcaide said during a break
at the offices of one of New Zealand’s
fastest-growing companies.
Rising immigration is a key
driver behind record high house
prices. This has prompted the central
bank to raise rates and has
seen the opposition Labour Party
calling for a cut in immigration
as it seeks to score political points
ahead of a general election in September.
Immigration has surged in the
past year, boosted by arrivals from
China, India and other Asian
countries, along with Britain and
the United States. Data due next
week is expected to show the highest
net inflows in more than a decade
in May.
According to official figures, the
last time net migration inflows
were this strong was in 2003-2004,
when annual economic growth
leapt as high as 5,6%. The economy
is expected to grow around
4% this year, its fastest clip since
then.
Last week, data showed growth
in the South Pacific nation accelerated
to its quickest pace in
over six-years, driven largely by a
building boom. An economic slowdown
in Australia in the past year
has both put the brakes on migration
by New Zealanders to their
bigger neighbour, and raised the
comparative appeal of New Zealand
among prospective migrants
around the world
“Traditionally, when candidates
were looking down under they’d
look at Australia as it was the
country with the golden opportunities,”
said Pete Macauley, regional
director, New Zealand, at
Michael Page recruitment agency.
“However, they’re now considering
New Zealand and they’re exploring
the New Zealand market
as a potential next move.”
Job recruiters in the remote,
largely Anglo-Saxon country of
4,5 million say this is a boon for
domestic and multinational companies,
which are expanding faster
than the home-grown skilled
labour force following years of a
“brain drain” to Australia.
The proportion of overseasborn
New Zealanders has been
on the rise in the past 20 years —
nearly one-quarter of all New Zealand
residents were born overseas
in 2013, up from around 16% in
1991.
Skilled migrants have been
one of the major drivers of this
growth, a category actively encouraged
by the government as it
seeks to diversify the pool of labour.
A case in point is the country’s
budding tech industry, which
stands to benefit from skilled migrants.
As technology exports have
doubled since 2005 to NZ$682 million
in 2013, the country’s fastestgrowing
export earning sector is
actively recruiting overseas talent
as they struggle to fill positions
with local skilled workers.
At the same time, immigration
growth has helped push house
prices to record highs, with national
values roughly doubling
in the past decade, prompting the
central bank to start raising interest
rates this year.
The opposition Labour Party’s
calls for a cut in immigration levels
is seen as an attempt to exploit
the issue ahead of the elections it
is widely expected to lose on current
opinion polls.
Recruitment consultant Jonny
Wyles says politicians would do
well not to scare away overseas
talent.
“The anti-immigration rhetoric
we’re hearing in the run up to the
election is a real threat to companies
that truly aspire to compete
on the world stage if it means we
appear less open and less welcoming
to high-skilled migrants,” he
said.
But Alcaide is in for the long
haul, attracted by the prospect of
advancing her career here while
also immersing herself in New
Zealand’s scenic landscapes, popularised
most recently in filmmaker
Peter Jackson’s Hobbit
movies.
“My friends and I have a running
joke,” she said. “In Singapore
our hobby was shopping, but
here, we bake, we cook, we go for
drives and we enjoy nature.”
—Reuters
New Zealand’s lifestyle is ranked amongst the best in the world because of its sophisticated
urban environment, great climate and numerous leisure options.
Texas governor says he ‘stepped right in it’ on gay comments
Texas Governor Ricky Perry
has said he “stepped
right in it” when he compared
homosexuality to alcoholism
as something that can be
fought against despite genetic
disposition.
The Republican, who is weighing
another presidential campaign
in 2016 after a gaff-prone
first attempt in 2012, did not actually
apologise for the remarks,
but instead told a lunch hosted
by the Christian Science Monitor
newspaper on Thursday he
should have stuck to a message
of inclusion and jobs.
“I got asked about an issue,
and instead of saying, ‘You know
what, we need to be a really respectful
and tolerant country, to
everybody, and get back to talking
about — whether you’re gay
or straight — you need to be having
a job and those are the focuses
I want to be involved with,’ instead
... I readily admit, I stepped
right in it,” Perry said, according
to a video recording of the event.
Perry was asked at an appearance
in San Francisco at the
Commonwealth Club of California
on June 11 whether he believes
homosexuality was a disorder,
according to local media
reports.
“I may have the genetic coding
that I’m inclined to be an alcoholic,
but I have the desire not to
do that,” Perry said in remarks
broadcast on the CBS affiliate.
“And I look at the homosexual issue
in the same way.”
A few people in the audience
gasped in response, according
to the CBS report, and the comments
drew broader criticism
across the United States eve
though in his 2008 book, On My
Honour, Perry made a similar
comparison.
It’s not the first time Perry
has employed a variation on the
“stepping in it” phrase, which
often relates to placing boots in
something unpleasant.
In what was perhaps the biggest
gaffe of the 2012 election
campaign, Perry lost his train of
thought during a televised candidate
debate and could not recall
which government departments
he wanted to eliminate if he became
president.
“I’m glad I had my boots on tonight.
I stepped in it out there,”
Perry told reporters afterward.
—Reuters
Texas Governor Ricky Perry

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Woods to return at Congressional
The 38-year-old world
number four will play
in the US PGA Tour’s
National event at
Congressional
Tiger Woods will return
to action next week for the
first time since March after
recuperating from back surgery.
The 38-year-old world number
four will play in the US PGA
Tour’s National event at Congressional.
“After a lot of therapy I have recovered
well and will be supporting
my foundation next week,”
Woods said.
“I’ve just started to hit full
shots but it’s time to take the
next step. I will be a bit rusty but
I want to play myself back into
competitive shape.”
The 14-time major champion’s
return suggests he could be fit
for the Open Championship at
Hoylake, starting on July 17.
He won his third and most
recent Open title at the Royal
Liverpool course in 2006, two
months after the death of his father
and mentor, Earl.
Woods’s agent Mark Steinberg
said his future schedule would
be assessed on an “ongoing basis”.
Woods, who won his last major
in 2008, has not played since the
Tiger Woods will return to action next week for the first time since March after recuperating from back surgery
final round of the WGC-Cadillac
Championship three months ago
and had surgery on a pinched
nerve in his back on March 31.
He missed the Masters at Augusta
for the first time in 19
years and was also absent from
this month’s US Open as he
continued his rehabilitation at
home in Florida.
His 14-month stay at the top of
the world rankings ended during
his time out, with Australian
Adam Scott taking over as world
number one and Sweden’s Henrik
Stenson and Masters champion
Bubba Watson ranked second
and third.
After winning the 2008 US
Open at Torrey Pines while playing
with a broken leg, Woods underwent
knee surgery and was
sidelined for eight months, missing
the Open and the PGA Championship.
In 2011, he missed the US Open
and Open with knee and Achilles
injuries. — BBCSport
Keys beats Watson
in Eastbourne semis
Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is to join Surrey as their overseas player until the middle of August.
Dilshan signs for Surrey
Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne
Dilshan is to join Surrey
as their overseas player until
the middle of August.
The 37-year-old replaces South
Africa’s Hashim Amla, who arrived
on a short-term deal after
captain Graeme Smith suffered
a serious knee injury.
Dilshan is expected to make
his debut in the T20 Blast
against Hampshire on June 27
and will be available to play in
all competitions.
However, he will be absent for
two weeks in July on international
duty.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity
for me,” Dilshan, who has
played 87 Tests, 282 one-day internationals
and 62 T20 games
for his country, told the club
website.
“They are one of the most historic
clubs in the world and I
very much hope to make a big
impact whilst there.”
Surrey’s director of cricket
Alec Stewart added: “With the
very crowded international fixture
list, it’s becoming increasingly
difficult to sign a highclass
overseas cricketer to play
in England.
“Therefore, we are very
pleased to have been able to secure
the services of a player of
the calibre of Dilshan.”
Dilshan will be appearing in
English county cricket for the
first time.
— BBCSport
American teenager Madison
Keys ended Heather Watson’s
hopes of a first Eastbourne title
with a convincing win in their
semi-final.
Keys (19), had the edge in power
as she won 6-3 6-1 at the Aegon
International.
Watson had been the first Briton
to reach the last four in Eastbourne
since Jo Durie in 1982.
She will now head to Wimbledon,
where she takes on Croatia’s
Ajla Tomljanovic in the
first round on Tuesday.
“I feel that of all the WTA
matches I have ever played, ITF,
pro, anything, I think today was
against my toughest opponent
ever,” said Watson. “I think she
played really, really well, with
a massive serve and massive
groundstrokes.
“I tried to hang in there at the
beginning, had a few chances in
the games early on, but wasn’t
able to convert. She just played
too well for me today.”
Keys goes on to face Angelique
Kerber in the Eastbourne final,
after the German beat Caroline
Wozniacki 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
Hopes of a home finalist
were dashed in an impressive
61-minute display by the American,
who is through to her first
tour final.
“I’m really excited,” Keys said.
“I definitely like grass. I think I
was serving really well, just returned
a couple of good games
and that was kind of the match.”
Keys had won her only previous
match against Watson in
straight sets at Wimbledon last
year, and again her extra weight
of shot proved the difference.
Watson (22), was on her way
back from glandular fever 12
months ago and went into Friday’s
rematch in much better
form, but the result was the
same.
An early break was enough
for Keys to take the first set and
she attacked the Watson second
serve to reel off five straight
points and break from 0-40 down
early in the second.
Watson had a chance to hit
straight back but Keys served
superbly when facing 0-40 herself,
successive aces snuffing out
the danger.
The remaining games raced
past as Keys wrapped up the victory
with another fizzing return
that Watson could only send into
the net.
Top-seeded Richard Gasquet
reached the final of the men’s
tournament with a comfortable
6-4 6-2 win over Denis Istomin of
Uzbekistan.
The Frenchman will play defending
champion Feliciano
Lopez after the Spaniard, who
lost the Queen's final last week,
beat American Sam Querrey 6-4
7-6 (7-4) in the second semi-final.
Britain’s Dom Inglot and Treat
Huey of the Philippines beat top
seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno
Soares 7-5 5-7 10-8 to win the
men’s doubles final.
Former world number one
Martina Hingis (33), is through
to the women’s doubles final
with Flavia Pennetta.
— BBCSport

26 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Sport
Footballer,
businessmen
jailed over
match-fixing
JUDGE Melbourne Inman QC said those who
tried to destroy the integrity of professional
football “must expect significant prison
sentences”
TWO businessmen and a
footballer convicted of
plotting to fix the results
of football matches have been
jailed.
Chann Sankaran and Krishna
Ganeshan were convicted of conspiracy
to commit bribery and
sentenced to five years.
Former Whitehawk FC defender
Michael Boateng was sentenced
to 16 months.
Judge Melbourne Inman QC
said those who tried to destroy
the integrity of professional football
“must expect significant
prison sentences”.
All clubs needed be “extremely
vigilant”, the judge said.
Sentencing, Judge Inman told
Sankaran (33), from Singapore,
that he would be liable for deportation
after his sentence, but it
would be a matter for the Home
Secretary.
He told Sankaran and Ganeshan
(44), a British national originally
from Sri Lanka, who lived
in Hastings, East Sussex, that he
was satisfied they were the “controlling
minds” at the head of the
conspiracy.
He said the pair had come to
the UK in November last year
solely to visit clubs to find players
they could corrupt, and had
targeted lower division clubs because
it was cheaper to bribe
players on “modest wages”.
The judge also said it was sad
Krishna Ganeshan, Chann Sankaran and Michael Boateng were convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery
to see the football player in the
dock.
Boateng (22), of Davidson Road,
Croydon, south London, who was
described as a valued church and
charity group youth worker, had
allowed himself to be quickly
drawn in to the scheme, he said.
He said Boateng had tried to
recruit one of his oldest friends,
Mr Adelakun, who was cleared of
any involvement, and said he had
been perfectly willing to bring
an innocent young man into the
scheme.
The judge told him: “It is, sadly,
pure greed that allowed you to become
involved in what Sankaran
and Ganeshan were doing.”
There was evidence that both
businessmen had not only tried
to cash in themselves, but also
by selling information to others
placing bets on the games, the
judge added.
He said the pair expected to
make significant money, even
though there was no evidence
that the outcome of a match was
ever thrown.
The judge said Sankaran pretended
he was an agent for a club
in Finland and Ganeshan set up
a company in London that never
traded and never paid its rent —
to clothe what the men were doing
with “apparent respectability”.
The case showed that all professional
clubs, including nonleague
sides, needed to be extremely
vigilant to ensure the
“poison” of match-fixing corruption
did not affect them, the judge
added.
A National Crime Agency
(NCA) investigation began when
the Daily Telegraph presented
the agency with evidence from an
undercover investigation.
An NCA spokesman said over
a seven-day period in November
2013, its surveillance of the men
provided enough evidence to secure
their convictions, despite
the failure of their plot to fix a
match between AFC Wimbledon
and Dagenham Redbridge.
National Crime Agency branch
commander Richard Warner said
the businessmen had tried to
build “a network of corrupt players
in the UK”.
He said: “This is not sport as a
football-loving nation recognises
it. It is corruption and bribery
linked to serious organised
crime.”
He said the NCA was continuing
to work with the Gambling
Commission and the Football Association
and its investigation
continued.
Hakeem Adelakun, who also
played for the Brighton club
Whitehawk FC, was cleared following
the trial at Birmingham
Crown Court.
The jury was discharged from
reaching a verdict on footballer
Moses Swaibu.
Mr Swaibu (25), of Tooley
Street, Bermondsey, south London,
had denied a single count
of conspiracy to offer, promise or
give a financial advantage.
— BBCSport
West Brom sign
Joleon Lescott
Joleon Lescott
WEST Bromwich Albion have
signed England defender Joleon
Lescott after his contract at Premier
League champions Manchester
City ended.
Lescott arrives at the club as a
free agent, following five years at
City where he won two league titles
in three years.
The 31-year-old is new manager
Alan Irvine’s first signing and
joins on a two-year deal.
“I’m delighted we’ve been able
to agree a deal with Joleon,” said
Irvine.
West Brom fended off competition
from Hull City and Stoke
City to sign the centre-back, who
played only 10 games in Manchester
City’s title winning campaign
last season.
Lescott has previously worked
with Irvine in their days at Everton
while he is also familiar with
Irvine’s assistant Rob Kelly from
their days together at Lescott’s
first club, Wolves.
The Baggies added in a statement
that the deal has an option
of a further year.
“I know Joleon and the type of
personality and character he is, in
addition to knowing what he can
do as a player,” added Irvine.
“He’s a great professional and
he will add to a number of very
good professionals who are already
in the squad.”
The Birmingham-born defender
has 26 England caps but has
not played for his country since
March 2013.
Lescott made his senior debut
for Wolves in 2000 before joining
Everton in 2006. Three years later,
he signed for Manchester City in a
deal worth £22m. He has made 538
career appearances and scored 39
goals. — BBCSport
Pulis attempts to bring Zaha
CRYSTAL Palace will enquire about
a deal for Manchester United winger
Wilfred Zaha once Tony Pulis returns
from media work in Brazil.
Zaha came through the ranks
at Selhurst Park and played more
than 100 games before his £15 million
move to Old Trafford in January
2013.
The 21-year-old remained on loan
with the Eagles for the rest of the
campaign before returning to United
for pre-season training.
Zaha had to wait until December
to make his Premier League debut
for the Reds before being shipped
out on loan to Cardiff city for the
second half of the campaign.
A flurry of new signings are expected
this summer following the
appointment of Louis van Gaal
as boss. And Eagles chief Pulis is
ready to make a move to bring England
U21 ace Zaha back for another
stint in south-east London.
Meanwhile, Tottenham are showing
an interest in Mexico centreback
Hector Moreno.
The 26-year-old plays for Espanyol,
the former club of Mauricio Pochettino,
and the Tottenham coach
knows the stylish centre-back well
having brought him to Spain from
Mexico.
Everton, Southampton and Swansea
have also shown an interest in
recent months with the Spanish
side looking for £7 million.
In another development, Hull
City have completed a £6million
deal for Tottenham midfielder Jake
Livermore. Although Crystal Palace
showed an interest, Livermore
wanted to join Hull where he has
Wilfred Zahan (in red) in action for Cardiff last season
Mexico centre-back Hector Moreno (in red) goes for the ball in Brazil recently
settled alongside another former
spurs player Tom Huddlestone.
Bruce retains an interest in Tottenham
defender Michael Dawson,
while he is also keen on Sheffield
United defender Harry Maguire
and Robert Snodgrass of Norwich.
— Daily Mail

Sport
The Standard June 22 t0 28 2014 27
No regrets over England strategy— Hodgson
After losing their first
two group games,
England’s demise was
confirmed when Costa
Rica beat Italy 1-0
England manager Roy
Hodgson insists he has no
regrets about his World
Cup strategy despite his side’s
early exit.
After losing their first two
group games, England’s demise
was confirmed when Costa Rica
beat Italy 1-0.
It is the first time since 1958 that
England have been knocked out at
the group phases of the competition.
Asked, before England’s exit
was confirmed, whether he had
any regrets about the way he had
approached the tournament, he
responded: “No.”
He added: “Results colour everything.
We’ve worked so hard,
done so much preparation for this
tournament. We think we came
here well-prepared but we’ve
failed.
“We obviously had really big
hopes we were going to make the
nation proud by going far in the
tournament and we haven’t done
that, so any words on any other
subjects are pretty empty at the
moment.”
The 66-year-old and his players
will conclude their programme in
Brazil with a dead rubber against
Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte on
Tuesday.
Hodgson has tried to put a gloss
on England’s exit by predicting a
bright future under an emerging
group of new youngsters.
Liverpool teenager Raheem
Sterling and Everton youngster
Ross Barkley have hinted at promise
to come, while Southampton
defender Luke Shaw and Arsenal’s
Down and out . . . England players ponder their next move after another defeat at the hands of Uruguay
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain may get
an opportunity to make an impression
against Costa Rica.
Defenders John Stones and
Jon Flanagan, who play for Everton
and Liverpool respectively,
also made a good impression during
England’s World Cup training
camp in Miami before flying home.
“I don’t think there’s any need to
doubt this England group of players
will go on to do good things in
the time ahead,” said Hodgson.
“I believe the team going forward
will be a very good team. I
think there are good young players.
Even against Uruguay, we saw
some good individual performances
and the young ones that came
on did quite well.”
It seems likely that England captain
Steven Gerrard and veteran
Frank Lampard will announce
their international retirement at
the end of the World Cup, while
there will be doubts over the longterm
futures of a host of other
players, including Everton captain
Phil Jagielka and Liverpool rightback
Glen Johnson.
Hodgson, who has been given
the full support of Football Association
chairman Greg Dyke to take
England forward to Euro 2016, added:
“I’m very low and so are the
players, We had high hopes.
“We thought we could make
an impact, but unfortunately we
haven’t won the games. We’ve lost
both of our games.”
Hodgson still defended England’s
players, even though they
will face fierce criticism for the
premature end to their World Cup.
It is the first time England have
ever lost their opening two games
at the tournament.
“I’m proud of the way they’ve
approached this tournament and
everything they put into it,” he
added. “At the moment, I’m just
devastated they’ve got nothing out
of it.”
Against Uruguay, England
were undone by one of the Premier
League’s world-class imports
in Liverpool’s Luis Suarez, who
scored twice in Thursday’s 2-1 defeat
in Sao Paulo.
Dyke and the FA want the top
flight to be a breeding ground for
more home-grown talent for the
national team, not just a home for
the world’s elite players.
Hodgson accepts that the lack of
English players cutting through
might make his job harder but argues
that up and coming talent in
England could be benefitting from
playing with the best around.
“Maybe they’re learning from
the talent these people bring,” he
said.
“Who knows? Maybe in a perverse
way they will get better as a
result.” — BBCSport
Del Bosque willing to leave Spain role
Under fire Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque
Vicente Del Bosque says he
would be willing to leave as Spain
coach, however the Spanish Football
Federation wants him to continue.
The holders were knocked out
of the World Cup on Wednesday
after chastening defeats by the
Netherlands and Chile.
But Jorge Perez, Spain’s director
of football, told Spanish radio:
“If he does resign, we will try to
convince him to stay.”
Del Bosque said: “If I am a problem
for our football, I will go.”
He added: “The interests of the
national team and the Federation
will rank above my own interests
when I make my decision.
“But the reality is what it is
and, as far as it’s up to me, I want
to do what is best for the national
team.
“If they had told me that we
would be in this situation before
we arrived [in Brazil], considering
how the players were training
and how focused they were, I
would have thought it was impossible.”
Del Bosque (63), who won the
2010 World Cup and the 2012 European
Championship with Spain,
admitted after Wednesday’s 2-0
defeat by Chile that his job could
come under pressure.
However, Perez said that the
federation would wait until after
Spain’s final game against Australia
to discuss Del Bosque’s future.
“We still haven’t spoken with
Del Bosque, it’s better to put a bit
of distance between us and wait
and then speak calmly in Madrid,”
he said.
“His family might convince
him to leave, but we aren’t going
to find anyone better.”
Del Bosque was also criticised
for selecting Real Madrid goalkeeper
Iker Casillas, who made
crucial errors in both games as
Spain conceded seven goals, while
scoring just one.
But Perez’s public backing
paves the way for Del Bosque to
remain as head coach as Spain
attempt to win a third successive
European Championship title in
2016. — BBCSport
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and his look-alike, Wladimir Palomo.
Brazil bemused by ‘fake Scolari’
In the middle of a World Cup in
Brazil, an exclusive interview with
the coach of the country’s national
team is probably one of the greatest
scoops a Brazilian journalist
could hope for.
So experienced columnist and
TV presenter Mario Sergio Conti
thought his luck was in last
Wednesday, when he boarded a
flight from Rio to Sao Paulo only to
discover that Luiz Felipe Scolari,
widely known in Brazil as Felipao,
was sitting next to him.
The man answered some of his
questions and an interview was
published on the website of two of
the leading newspapers in Brazil —
Folha de S. Paulo and O Globo —
where Conti writes occasional columns.
The problem was that the passenger
at Conti’s side was not the
real Scolari, but a look-a-like called
Wladimir Palomo, who had gone
to Rio to take part in a TV comedy
programme — where naturally, he
plays Scolari.
“Everything was a huge misunderstanding,”
Palomo said.
He was travelling with a look-alike
of Brazil’s star forward Neymar
— who was on the same flight
and whom the journalist also mistook
for the real player.
After it emerged that the real
Felipao had not left Fortaleza —
where Brazil played against Mexico
on Tuesday — the two newspapers
had to apologise for the mistake.
— BBCSport

28 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Sport
CR7 doubts
hampering
Portugal
preparation
Already reeling from a crushing 4-0 defeat to
Germany in their opener, Portugal face almost
certain elimination if they lose to US
Lingering doubts about
the fitness of world player
of the year Cristiano Ronaldo
have left Portugal in disarray
ahead of their World Cup
Group G clash with the United
States in Manaus tomorrow.
Already reeling from a crushing
4-0 defeat to Germany in their
opener, Portugal face almost certain
elimination if they lose to
US.
But their preparation for the
game could not be going much
worse.
Although the Portugal camp
insist the Real Madrid forward is
fit, Ronaldo has been seen sporting
an ice pack on his knee at
training sessions and leaving early
as his teammates continued to
train, while he was far from his
scintillating best against the Germans.
Much media speculation has focussed
on whether or not he will
play against the US, or indeed if
he does, whether or not he will be
fully fit.
But fellow forward Helder Postiga
was adamant that too much is
being read into an ice pack.
“I personally think that the
Cristiano Ronaldo talk is a bit too
much so I imagine how he must be
feeling about that,” Postiga said.
“But regarding his physical
condition, he’s been training at
Six-fingered family hopes
to bring luck to Brazil
A family in Brazil believes counting
on one hand can bring good luck
to the country’s soccer team during
this World Cup — because each
member has an extra finger.
All members of the Silva family,
from suburban Brasilia, were born
with an extra digit on each hand as a
result of a genetic condition known
as polydactyly. They hope a squad
led by Neymar can lead “Canarinho”
to their sixth title.
The team is known as Canarinho
for its yellow and green kits that
have remained virtually unchanged
since the 1970s glory days of Pele,
widely considered the greatest player
that ever lived.
Attention was drawn to the family
during the 2010 World Cup, as Brazilian
media became aware and descended
on them during the buildup
to the tournament in South Africa.
They join the rest of the South
American nation in crossing their
fingers hoping the Pentacampeoes
will add to its record five World Cup
titles.
“Since the last World Cup we
Belgium captain Vincent Kompany
has put a shirt he wore in his
country’s opening World Cup match
against Algeria up for sale in aid of
charities he supports.
Kompany put the shirt, which he
wanted Brazil to become hexacampeao,”
said Ana Carolina Santos da
Silva, using the Portuguese term for
“six-time champion” that would be
the envy of the soccer world. “But it
didn’t happen, so this year we really
want Brazil to achieve the sixth.”
Rather than recoil in the face of
stares by curious onlookers, the 14
members of the family spanning
four generations seem to embrace
their physical difference with pride
and unbridled optimism.
Far from a hindrance, having an
extra finger seems to help the Silva
family perform domestic chores
and pursue musical talents.
Fourteen-year-old Joao de Assis
da Silva shows off his dexterity
moving up and down his guitar’s
fret board.
His eight-year-old cousin, Maria
Morena da Silva, has dreams of
making music too.
“I have never played the piano,
but I want to learn, and it might be
easier playing with six fingers,” she
says. — DailyMail
Kompany sells W/C shirt for charity
wore in the first half of Tuesday’s
Group H match against Algeria, on
the online auction site eBay at one
euro, but by Friday it had risen to
4 050 euros. The auction ended yesterday.
— Supersport
World player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo (with the ball)’s performance has left Portugal in disarray ahead of their World Cup Group
G clash with the United States in Manaus tomorrow
his maximum and if it’s not listed
in the clinical information of the
Portuguese (football) federation
it’s because he’s fit to play.”
But Ronaldo is just one of Portugal’s
problems as they will be
missing several other players.
Real centre-back Pepe has been
suspended for one match after
his stupid and needless red card
against Germany for headbutting
Thomas Mueller, who went on to
score a hat-trick.
Given his volatile nature, that
may be a blessing in disguise in a
tournament where one error can
prove hugely costly.
Fabio Coentrao has been ruled
out of the tournament with a torn
thigh muscle while forward Hugo
Almeida has a pulled hamstring
and reserve goalkeeper Rui Patricio
pulled a thigh muscle.
It is hardly the ideal preparation
to face buoyant USA, who began
their campaign with a lastgasp
2-1 win over Ghana, avenging
defeats to the Black Stars at
the last two World Cups.
Yet Portugal coach Paulo Bento
believes that his side are simply
better than their opponents.
“The best version of Portugal
can beat the United States. We
respect the USA as a very good
team,” he said.
“They have grown up over the
last years so we have to respect
them but we believe in ourselves,
we believe in our work, in our
quality, so we have to be responsible,
we have to be in the best condition
to win this match and we
believe it.”
The US are not without problems
of their own as striker Jozy
Altidore is out of the game due to
a hamstring injury, although US
Soccer believe he could be available
later on in the tournament.
There is better news when it
comes to Clint Dempsey, the opening
goalscorer against Ghana who
broke his nose in that match.
He is likely to line up against
Portugal wearing a protective
face mask.
Centre-back Matt Besler, who
like Altidore had to come off in
the first half against Ghana due
to a hamstring problem, is another
who should be fit to play.
— Supersport
‘France deserve to be favourites’
Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld says France deserve to be one of the World Cup
favourites
Switzerland coach Ottmar
Hitzfeld says France deserve to be
one of the World Cup favourites
after the Swiss were left to rue a
“bleak day” in their 5-2 drubbing.
The Swiss were floored by two
goals within 66 seconds of each
other as a Blaise Matuidi strike
followed an Olivier Giroud header
to make it 2-0 to France with 20
minutes gone in Salvador.
Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema
made up for missing a first-half
penalty by netting their fourth after
right-winger Mathieu Valbuena
had put France 3-0 up at the
break.
Newcastle United midfielder
Moussa Sissoko’s strike left the
French 5-0 up after 75 minutes
before two late Swiss goals from
Blerim Dzemaili and Granit Xhaka.
Only the heroics of Swiss goalkeeper
Diego Benaglio prevented
more damage in the key Group E
clash.
“I’m very disappointed by our
defeat, it was a very bleak day for
us,” rued Hitzfeld after losing centre-back
Steve von Bergen early
on to a cut on his face.
“The French were ice cold in
taking their chances.”
Hitzfeld says the French must
be considered one of the favourites
for the title.
“We already knew how strong
France are and when mistakes
are made it’s hard to come back
against them,” said the ex-Bayern
Munich and Borussia Dortmund
boss.
“We saw France’s potential
in the Honduras match and after
beating the Ukraine 3-0 in the
play-off, they had an explosion of
form and belief.
“We were aware that we needed
to take the game to them, but
if you are chasing things, France
have excellent individual players.
“They are one of the teams
who can go very far in this tournament,
they are superior to the
likes of England or Italy.”
Despite the defensive debacle,
Switzerland can still qualify for
the last 16 with a win over Honduras
in Manaus next Wednesday.
— Supersport

Sport
The Standard June 22 to 28 2014 29
It’s still game on for Kirsty
The 30-year-old has not hit the pools since the
2012 London Olympic Games where she failed
to garner any medal largely owing to a
dislocated kneecap and a bout of pneumonia
that hampered her preparations
BY MICHAEL MADYIRA
IT is now close to two years
since Kirsty Coventry was
last involved in competitive
swimming, but the four-time
Olympian feels her career is far
from being over.
The 30-year-old has not hit
the pools since the 2012 London
Olympic Games where she failed
to garner any medal largely owing
to a dislocated kneecap and
a bout of pneumonia that hampered
her preparations.
She took a break that saw her
missing last year’s World Championship
in Barcelona.
“I had decided to take some
time off,” said Coventry.
“I am young, fit and full of
energy. I have more than a few
years left. My training will
change quite a bit.”
Concerning the next race she
will take part in, Coventry chose
to play her cards close to her
chest.
“Keep watching this space,”
she said.
Although she also has not
come out in the open on whether
she would contest at next year’s
World Championships in Russia,
she has availed herself for the
2016 Rio Olympics.
Having last won medals at the
Beijing 2008, she still harbours
chances of adding to the seven
Olympic medals she has so far.
“With Africa behind me, everything
is achievable,” she said.
“I believe it and I am going
to work hard for it. That is the
beauty about sport and business.
We all have a great chance to be
successful but these chances can
only be increased by the amount
of effort one puts in. I will be
putting in 100% effort.”
In another interview with
Standardsport in February, she
said, “If I can come sixth in two
of my races competing against
the best in the world at the London
2012 Olympics after dislocating
my kneecap and getting
pneumonia both within four
months of the Games, imagine
what I can do with a great lead
up to Rio. I am pumped to compete
at the Rio 2016 Games.”
Marriage life seems to be taking
its toll on the athlete, who appears
to have gained some kilos.
“I haven’t gained any weight,
I’m fit, healthy and feeling really
good about myself,” she said.
While she has taken off competing,
Coventry has been heavily
involved in International
Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletics
Commission business
where she is a member of that
body.
“I have been travelling quite
a bit with my role as an International
Committee Member. I
have also been keeping a low profile
so that I can focus on a few of
the business projects that I have
on the go without neglecting my
training. It has been a great couple
of months and I am really
looking forward to the next two
years.”
Has Kirsty (right) gained weight? . . . She is pictured here with fellow IOC member and
Olympic skeet shooter Danka Bartekova in Slovakia earlier this month
Fourteen juniors qualify
Rich pickings in
BY KENNETH NYANGANI
THE National Athletics Association
of Zimbabwe (Naaz) national
team junior head coach, Silas Muringani
has confirmed that only
14 athletes have qualified for the
World Junior Championships set
for the United States next month.
Muringani was confident the
14-member team was ready to do
battle and compete for top finish
in the event that runs from July 22
to 27.
The country will be represented
both in the female and male categories.
Michael Songore, who has the
best record in the 200m race, is the
most experienced athlete with the
likes of Tendai Zimuto (5 000m)
and Clide Rusinga (400m hurdles)
also in the squad.
The Muringani-coached side is
also expected to be represented in
the 4 x 100m relay by Songore, Tatenda
Musarurwa, Kudakwashe
Nyahuma and Shaun Banda.
Athletes representing the country
in the ladies category are Enlitta
Ncube (1 500m), Nyasha Mutsetse
(8 000m) and Maryjoy Mudyiravanji
(1 500m).
There is also the 4 x 100m relay
team that has the likes of Tsitsi
Mahachi, Ruvarashe Muzinde,
Mazvita Mutisi and Chido Dzinotyiwei.
Michael Songore in action recently. Picture by Frontrow
Muringani said he was optimistic
that the battle-hardened youngsters
were going to do their best to
bring home medals before adding
that preparations were going on
well.
“We would have wanted to send
about 20 athletes but it’s now very
unfortunate we are sending only
14. They are being assisted by our
coaches in their provinces but we
are going to camp in the capital on
July 15, a few days before departure,”
he said.
Rudisha to run at Glasgow Grand Prix
Olympic champion David Rudisha
is to compete at Glasgow’s
Diamond League meeting on
July 11 and 12 .
The 25-year-old Kenyan will
be making his first appearance
in the UK since breaking the
800m world record and winning
gold at London 2012.
Sprinters Shelly-Ann Fraser-
Pryce and Carmelita Jeter also
plan to run at Hampden Park.
Jamaica’s Fraser-Pryce, who
is the world and Olympic world
100m champion, is currently
troubled by a leg injury.
And the 27-year-old could miss
the Commonwealth Games, also
in Glasgow (July 23 to August 3),
if she does not recover in time
for next week’s national trials.
Jeter is the second fastest
woman of all time in 100m and
the 34-year-old American collected
three medals at London
2012.
— BBCSport
Mutare Tanganda
Half Marathon
BY KENNETH NYANGANI
Organisers of the Tanganda
Tea 21km half Marathon have
increased the prize money for
the event up from US$10 000 to
US$15 000, Standardsport can
reveal.
The event whose preparations
are at an advanced stage, will be
held in Mutare next month on
July 13 as the tournament continues
to grow in stature since
its return in 2012 after an eightyear
hiatus.
The Manicaland Athletics
Board chairman Joshua
Matume confirmed the increase
in total sponsorship package for
this year’s event.
“I am happy for Tanganda because
every year they continue
to improve their tournament.
Apart from increasing the total
sponsorship package, they also
availed a number of prizes to be
won,” he said.
The race disappeared from
the athletics calendar in 2004,
only to resurface in 2012 where
the sponsors poured in a total
budget of US$8 000 for the event.
In 2013, they upped the stakes
from US$8 000 to US$ 10 000 and
once again the tournament continues
to grow bigger and better
as this year’s budget is pegged
at US$15 000.
Last year the sponsors also
went a mile ahead by offering
additional prizes to winners
who would have managed
to break standing records in
both male and female categories
which were set in 2012 by Olympians
Sharon Tavengwa and
Wirimayi Juwawo.
Tawengwa clocked 1 hr 18 min
09 sec while Juwawo hit the ribbon
first on 1hr 2min 43sec.
Unfortunately, last year’s
winners in both male and female
categories failed to erase
the standing records with Rutendo
Nyahora clocking 1hr 18
min 43sec in the female category
while unheralded Jonathan
Chinyoka came first with a time
reading of 1hr 06min 51sec.
Both athletes received US$ 500
each for their outstanding performances
but it is still unclear
how much this year’s winner
will pocket. With the stakes having
been upped, rich pickings
are expected.
Matume acknowledged that
preparations for the event were
going on smoothly.
“I think technically, we are
now well-prepared for the event,
the officials are ready. A number
of clubs have confirmed
participation with top athletes
that include Juwawo and Cuthbert
Nyasango having already
confirmed participation as
well,” he said.
“Just like last year, Tertiary
institutions will take part in
the event and secondary schools
will take part in relays. We are
inviting tertiary institutions
and secondary schools to come
in their numbers countrywide,”
added Matume.

30 The Standard June 22 to 28 2014
Sport
PSL boss
blasts local
authorities
Ndebele said as the league, they expected
local authorities to improve stadiums as a way
of ploughing back into football which is
contributing immensely to their coffers
By Brian Nkiwane
PREMIER Soccer League
chief executive officer
Kenny Ndebele has taken
a swipe at local authorities for
failing to plough back into football.
Ndebele spoke to Standardsport
on Friday during the
Chapungu/Harare City match
which was screened live on the
Supersport 9 channel.
“From the look of things, local
authorities who in most cases
make a killing from football
by charging exorbitant fees for
the use of stadiums have actually
shown us that they cannot
plough back into football. Just
look at the state of the pitch on
television where Chapungu are
playing Harare City, that the
state of the pitch leaves a lot to
Thornycroft unfazed
This picture shows the bad state of Luveve Stadium turf during the How Mine/Bantu Rovers match in Bulawayo recently
be desired,” fumed Ndebele.
Ndebele added that as an association,
they expected local authorities
to improve stadiums
as a way of ploughing back into
football which is contributing
immensely to their coffers.
“Truly speaking, what do we
want to show people from other
countries? At times we end up
seeing that some of these venues
are even not ready to host
live match coverage. We have
had problems with markings at
Gwanzura. In most cases, the
pitch is attended to with all the
teams having arrived and you
would then ask yourself whether
local authorities are not making
enough from football. They
should prioritise this area as
such pitches can cause injuries
to players.”
A similar problem has also
been witnessed at Sakubva in
Mutare.
Meanwhile, Ndebele confirmed
that their first trial of
electronic ticketing went on
well and they would this week
continue to use other products
which were shortlisted during
the tender verification process.
“We used some of the products
in the FC Platinum and Black
Rhinos match in Zvishavane.
We also had another trial on
the CAPS United and Shabanie
Mine match at the National
Sports Stadium and everything
went well as we are still trying
to identify loose ends. We will
go ahead and use other product
samples this week and after
that, we will then make a decision
on which product will suit
us most,” he added.
The electronic ticketing system
is said to be convenient as
it reduces manpower as well as
improving transparency.
Zim starlet for Kaizer Chiefs trials
BY MICHAEL MADyira
Zimbabwean female Olympic
rower Micheen Thornycroft is not
worried about winning medals in
her 2014 season with her focus place
on qualifying for the 2016 Olympic
Games.
Thornycroft, who turns 27
on Thursday, is in Aiguebelette,
France, taking part in the World
Rowing Cup II.
On Friday she finished fifth in
one of the women’s single sculls
time trial heats before settling for
fourth position in the repechage.
She raced to second position
in the C final yesterday. With her
coach Rachel Davies on tour as well,
Thornycroft is not worried about
not coming out tops in the race after
ending the Aiguebelette regatta on
overal 14th position.
“It’s hard to make an accurate target
at this point in the season, but I
am always aiming to be in the top
nine as that is where I need to be
next year to qualify for the Olympics
through the world championships,”
said Thornycroft.
The Aiguebelette contest is her
second regatta this year after she
came sixth in April’s Paulo D’alorja
in Italy smart from a three-month
long right knee injury.
This was followed by a monthlong
training camp in Germany
where she practised in Munich at
the 1972 Olympics course.
Next week she heads to Netherlands
for the Holland Beker Regatta
as her season gets in full swing.
“There is enough time for recovery
[from the World Cup], so I will be
fine,” she said.
“Most of my competitors are racing
at both regattas [World Cup and
Beker Regatta] as well. It is also a
great opportunity to fit as much racing
in as possible while I am over
here in Europe.”
She is also scheduled to return to
Netherlands for the world championships
in August.
By our staff
ZIMBABWE junior football player
Tinashe Marume (15) has been
handed a lifetime opportunity after
he was invited to attend trails
at South Africa’s top Premiership
club Kaizer Chiefs Academy.
His manager Phillip Chikunde
confirmed the development to
Standardsport last week before
adding that he was now working on
the final touches to the boy’s trip.
“The boy is talented and a lifetime
opportunity is upon him. After
seeing him play, I then made arrangements
with a friend based in
South Africa to organise a move
for the boy to South African clubs.
From the videos that we sent, Kaizer
Chiefs have since agreed to
give him a chance to prove himself,
through the help of the gentleman,”
Chikunde said.
Just two days before celebrating
his 15th birthday on June 16, Tinashe
got the shock of his life as
an invitation was extended to him
Machawire challenges Una Una
By Nyambira Chivasa
Zifa Eastern Region manager Tedious
Machawire has challenged
Masvingo United to remain focused
as good times continue to roll at the
club.
Machawire implored Una Una to
remain a united front for them to
make a comeback to the topflight
league when he officiated at a function
where the club was finally presented
with their kits by OG Sport, a
sporting and clothing manufacturer
at Mucheke Stadium.
As was reported by Standardsport
last week that Una Una were
on the verge of unveiling a sponsorship
package, the handover finally
took place last week with the team
getting home, away ,warm up and
training kits from OG sport.
However, OG Sport director
Isheunesu Zishiri said they had
come in to assist Masvingo United
at the time the team wanted kits.
“In most cases, our players do not
perform well because they will not
be dressed properly. It’s not a good
thing to play football in torn uniforms,
it demoralises players, hence
we decided we can assist in one way
or the other,” said Zishiri.
Una Una chairman of Supporters
Association, Samson Chipunza said
with good times rolling at the club,
nothing was going to stop them
from gaining promotion.
“Masvingo United are a premiership
brand so I see no reason why
we should fail to gain promotion.”
Currently, Phillip Shumba of Mutendi
and Shumba Legal Practitioners
is the main sponsor of Masvingo
United while Member of Parliament
Daniel Shumba has come in to
support the club in numerous ways.
Another lawyer from Masvingo,
Collen Maboke has also come in a
big way.
Una una are currently on a winning
spree, winning six games in
a row under the leadership of Johannes
“Dutch Mentor” Nhumwa
who took over from Ferdinand
Mwachindalo who was shown the
exit door after a string of poor results
which saw him losing four
games in a row, two away and two
at home.
The winning streak has taken
them to fifth on the log table
with 18 points from 10 games; four
points shy of log leaders Eastern
Stars perched at the summit with 22
points.
From left . . . Tinashe Marume and his manager Phillip Chikunde
for a trial stint with South African
football giants Kaizer Chiefs.
A tough tackling defender who
can also play as an outright striker,
failed to make an impact in last
years’ Copa Coca Cola Under-16
tournament as his School Seke
High School failed to qualify to the
national stage of the event. But
this did not distract him from pursuing
his ambition.
“I would like to thank my friend
Tatenda Tumbwa, one of the two
boys who had a lifetime opportunity
to tour Brazil recently for the
Copa Coca Cola camp. It will not be
fair if I don’t mention Munyaradzi
Tangwera, Tawanda my elder
brother and my manager Phillip
Chikunda for their unwavering
support. They have been behind
my little success so far,” said Tinashe.
However, the boy never thought
such a chance would come so early
in his life; “I have been working
hard in training, trying to lure local
premiership clubs. At one point
my brother tried his luck at DeMbare
but I had a different idea altogether.
I would want to join clubs
like CAPS United or even any other
clubs that is struggling and help
them achieve something, then people
will quickly embrace me.”
The Seke Two Under-20 captain’s
football journey started
when he was doing Grade Six at
Seke Six Primary before proceeding
to Seke Two High, the former
home to a number of renowned
football greats in the country.
While at Seke Two, Tinashe was
attached to different junior football
teams in Chitungwiza but later
moved to Mount Pleasant Football
Academy where he had a
chance to be inspired by former
Warriors striker Gilbert Mushangazhike.
Meanwhile, football talents
seem to be flowing in the veins
of the Marume family members
as Tinashe and his young brother
Raymond (13) are retracing their
father Leonard Canaan Marume’s
footprints, who played football at
the highest level in this country,
having rubbed shoulders with the
likes of Dynamos legend David
Mandigora.
Their elder brother Arsel, also
came through the ranks of DeMbare
junior structures but failed
to break through into the Glamour
Boys first team.

Sport
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Buffaloes
FC coffers
bleeding
head coach Luke Masomere missed Buffaloes’
trip to Bulawayo where they lost 3- 1 to Bantu
Rovers
By our correspondent
PREMIERSHIP side Buffaloes
FC’s life in the topflight
league is under threat
as their players are yet to receive
their signing-on fees and salaries
for the past six months.
Standardsport also learnt that
head coach Luke “Vahombe”
Masomere missed yesterday's
trip to Bulawayo where they lost
3-1 to Bantu Rovers.
Unconfirmed reports have
been linking the nomadic coach
to struggling Lowveld side Triangle
.
The situation in Buffaloes
camp got worse last week after
some players were almost
chucked out from their lodgings
owing to non-payment of their
rentals by the club.
The players who nearly faced
the wrath of their landlords are
mostly those that joined the club
at the beginning of the season.
The players sat out during a
training session last week as
they protested for their outstanding
dues.
On Friday there was chaos
in the Buffaloes camp after
one player (name withheld) disappeared
with US$100 that was
meant to be shared among five
Who said cricket was an elitist sport? . . . All smiles, school kids from St Aiden School of Chitungwiza and Hupenyu Hutsva Primary
School from Mabvuku pose for a group photo at Harare Sports Club on Friday during the donation of cricket equipment from
MoneyGram. Picture by Cynthia Matonhodze
players for their refreshments in
their Premiership match against
Bantu Rovers in yesterday.
Buffaloes purse has been fat
for the past two seasons as they
got huge donations from Mbada
Diamonds, their principal sponsors.
However, the donation for
this season is yet to come and the
situation has been worsened by
the poor attendance of the army
side’s home matches.
An insider confirmed to Standardsport
yesterday that one player
had helped himself, pocketing
US$100 which was meant to be
shared among five players. The
player in question ended up not
travelling with the rest of the
team to Bulawayo.
“Each player was given $20 and
(he) grabbed the opportunity after
he was given US$100 to share
with other players and disappeared
with the money and did
not travel to Bulawayo,” said the
source.
Masomere who did not travel
with the team to Bulawayo said
he heard about the money issue.
“l heard about the issue but
I was not there. I am not surprised
about that because when
there is no money, there is no
discipline, you can call the secretary
general of the team Arnold
Gatsi. But what I can tell
you is that players need food on
the table,” he said.
Arnold Gatsi was not available
for comment.
As the financial woes mount in
the army side’s camp, reports that
secretary general Tendai Chitowa
has tendered his resignation for
reasons which are not yet clear.
Chitowa, a local businessman
in Mutare, was playing a pivotal
role at the army side as he would
sometimes part with his own
money to assist the team.
He however told this publication
that he will comment over
the matter when he returns from
South Africa.
Club Chairman Hlanganiso Matangaidze
said he is still waiting
for Chitowa to return from South
Africa, admitting that their coffers
were bleeding.
Nakamba inspired
by Moukandjou
BY MICHAEL MAdyIRA
Former Zimbabwe youth international
midfielder Marvelous Nakamba
looks to his AS Nancy teammate
and Cameroon forward Benjamin
Moukandjou as his biggest
inspiration in his debut French
League2 season.
Moukandjou made international
headlines last Thursday after
he was head-butted by compatriot
and Tottenham left-back Benoit Assou
Ekotto during Camaroon’s 4-0
thumping by Croatia at the ongoing
Fifa World Cup.
It had to take Achille Webo to restrain
Assou-Ekitto while captain
Samuel Eto’o also had a busy time
containing the defender’s explosion
after the final whistle.
With Moukandjo maintaining his
cool after the head-butt, it is not surprising
that Nakamba drew inspiration
from the former Monaco man
in his maiden League2 season.
“Benjamin Moukandjo inspires
me,” said Nakamba.
“Yes, he is from Cameroon but
he speaks both English and French
and that is how I easily communicate
with him. l can speak French
but not that fluent,” he said.
AS Nancy narrowly missed
League1 promotion on the final day
of last season with Nakamba making
six appearances after graduating
from the reserve side in January.
Although most of his appearances
were cameo roles, he lasted the
entire match in the 3-1 win over An-
Marvelous Nakamba
gers after making his senior debut
against Tours in February.
His campaign also included a sixminute
substitute appearance in the
0-0 draw away at Benjani Mwaruwari’s
former club AJ Auxerre.
Being thrown into the thick of
things at a critical period when AS
Nancy were pushing for League1
promotion underlines Nakamba’s
talent.
The 20-year-old attacking linkman
joined AS Nancy in June 2012
from Bantu Rovers after also trying
out at Belgian Jupiler side Cercle
Brugge.
He had made his Premier Soccer
League debut as a 16-year-old in 2010
in a Rovers team that included Hebert
Dick and Danny Phiri.
Black Rhinos, Triangle draw
By Mukudzei Chingwere in kAdoMA
Black Rhinos . . . 0
Triangle . . . 0
BLACK Rhinos failed to utilise
home advantage as they allowed
visiting Triangle FC to restrict
them to a goalless draw in a Castle
Lager premiership match at Rimuka
yesterday.
Both teams came into the match
looking for maximum points following
their subdued performance
in the league this far.
Triangle were the better side and
their head coach Biggie Zuze felt
they deserved to win.
“We created a lot of chances but
we could not bury them. We were
also affected by the bumpy pitch
but the boys did well,” Zuze said.
Army side coach Arthur Tutani
was a disappointed man after
failing to get maximum points at
home.
“I thought we were going to utilise
home advantage and get three
points following our away draw
away at FC Platinum. But anyway,
half a loaf is better than nothing,”
Tutani said.
From the first whistle, action
swung from end to end with both
teams creating few scoring chances.
With five minutes to halftime,
Rhinos skipper Bruce Homora did
well to deny Richard Kawondera a
scoring opportunity with an overhead
kick with Jonathan Zvaita in
goals a beaten man.
Fifteen minutes after the breather,
Kawondera failed to connect a Tatenda
Tsuro cross. Lameck Nhamo
was to be the next Triangle player
in line to miss yet another glorious
chance, directing his effort wide
from a Praise Tonha cross.
With 12 minutes to full-time,
James Mukombwe had a chance
to win it for Chipembere but his ferocious
shot was pushed over the
bar by the alert Ronald Mudimu in
goals for Triangle.
Bantu Rovers end winless streak
Thandiwe Moyo
Bantu Rovers . . . (2) 3
Buffaloes . . (1) 1
OBADIAH Tarumbwa scored a
brace as Bantu Rovers remembered
how to win, to end a winless
streak in a Castle Lager Premier
Soccer League match at Luveve
yesterday.
The win sent Bantu Rovers two
places up to 12 th position with 13
points.
Tarumbwa, who also assisted in
the third goal scored by Bukhosi
Sibanda, put the home side ahead
in the 22 nd minute and added another
eight minutes later.
Sibanda, who came on as a substitute
in the 29 th minute for Moses
Majika killed the game as a
contest seven minutes from full
time.
Bantu Rovers had to make two
injury inspired substitutions for
Lawson Nkomo in the 51 st minute
with Bongani Sikwili taking his
place while Nqobizitha Masuku
was stretchered off the field and
had to be replaced by Zephania
Ngodzo.
Buffaloes who were without
head coach Luke Masomere who
did not travel with the team due
to illness, got their face saver
from Jacob Muzokomba in the 33 rd
minute.
Bantu Rovers assistant coach
Mandla Mpofu had this to say after
the match: “We played well in the
first half and we created chances
and we were happy going to the
break with a 2-1 lead although we
were not happy that we conceded.
Unfortunately, we had to make
two injury inspired substitutions
but we organised ourselves well
and we got the goal that sealed the
game. As I said, during the week
we are not relegation candidates.
We are going to fight in the last 18
games and survive.”
Buffaloes assistant coach Timothy
Masachi said they had defended
poorly.
“We gave away poor goals due to
defensive blunders. Our defence
was not tight and we did not create
chances to score. We were also
poor in our attacking. We need to
pull up and rectify our mistakes,”
he said.

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Bantu finally win
“We played well in the
first half and we created
chances. We were happy
going to the break with
a 2-1 lead although we
were not happy that we
conceded.”
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Bosso, DeMbare clash
WITH Highlanders
arriving at the giant
stadium yet to be
beaten this season,
focus has been on
their capability to halt
Dynamos’ hegemony
BY MICHAEL MADYIRA
FOR the past decade, Dynamos
have enjoyed supreme Premier
Soccer League dominance over
their sworn-enemies Highlanders.
That has thrown this afternoon’s
Castle Lager PSL clash between
the traditional giants at
the National Sports Stadium into
a potentially stormy affair.
With Highlanders arriving at
the stadium yet to be beaten this
season, focus has been on their
capability to halt Dynamos’ hegemony.
Interest is also on DeMbare’s
ability to continue bullying their
foe upon whom they have prevailed
over seven times, drawn
nine matches with and lost four
games to since 2004.
Those 10 years has seen Dynamos
finishing in the top two for
the past seven seasons while bagging
the league title four times
and scoring 22 goals past Bosso
while conceding 14 in the process.
Within that period, Highlanders
have finished as runnersup
on four occasions where they
have played bridesmaid to Dynamos
thrice with one league title
in their cabinet.
The year 2007 marked the beginning
of Dynamos’ meanness.
It was a season after Highlanders
had completed a double over
them to record their last victory
over Dynamos and claim their
last league title.
But veteran midfielder Ste-
Rivalry renewed . . . Dynamos’ Cliff Sekete (in blue) and Highlanders’ Bruce Kangwa (black and white) could be key in their teams' performances as the two football giants face off
at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon.
phen Alimenda, who has been
the most consistent player at Dynamos
this term, is refusing to
buy into the statistics.
“This is a new game and we
want to win,” he said.
“But history will not help us.
Look at Spain at the World Cup.
Who expected that they would
go home early? Being defending
champions comes with a lot of
pressure. Every game is tough
for us because everyone wants to
beat us.”
Alimenda, a veteran of many
fierce battles, knows exactly how
Highlanders feel after shedding
sweat in vain against Dynamos
during his three seasons he was
at Bosso.
His time at Highlanders from
2008 to 2010 yielded four wins
for Dynamos while the other
two matches ended in similar 1-1
draws.
With his consistency slowly
propping him up to a career best
form he enjoyed at Highlanders
which earned him a national
team dance against Brazil in
2010, Alimenda dismisses personal
glory.
“I know I was at my career
best while at Highlanders but it
has been long since I left them.
I will just play my normal game
on Sunday [today] like I am facing
any other team. It is not good
for people to point at one player
that he is good when the team is
struggling. Football is all about
teamwork.”
Dynamos welcome the returning
duo of Tawanda Muparati
and Devon Chafa while Tafadzwa
Rusike and Walter Mukanga have
been ruled out due to injuries.
But Alimenda feels they have
to put behind them the absence
of his midfield colleague Rusike
and focus on the assignment at
hand.
“The game itself is self-motivating,”
said Alimenda.
“Both teams have good chances
of winning though. It is not
going to be an easy match for
us, so hard work is required. We
have an extra home advantage although
there is a little bit of pressure
from our expectant fans. We
just have to be on top of the situation
from the first whistle and not
allow them to come at us.”
Highlanders arrived in Harare
yesterday without injured winger
Rahman Kutsanzira.
Captain Innocent Mapuranga
quickly declared war on Dynamos
and wants to end the dominance
by Kalisto Pasuwa’s men.
“We will be playing for maximum
points,” said Mapuranga.
“I know they have been the better
side for the recent past years
but we do not read much into history.
We do not mind that we are
playing away because what matters
most to us is grabbing three
points,” he said.
Messi scores late winner to deny Iran
ARGENTINA had to wait until the
91 st minute to pip Group F rivals
Iran 1-0 in their match-up in Belo
Horizonte yesterday evening.
And it was none other than talisman
Lionel Messi who secured the
win for the Albicelesti, netting a superb
long-range strike in extra time
to ensure maximum points for his
side. It was a frustrating first half
for the South American champions,
as Iran sat back and soaked up wave
after wave of Argentinean attack,
sitting with ten men behind the ball
and not allowing Argentina to play
their natural game.
Alejandro Sabella’s men showed
their intent early on as Gonzalo
Higuain was played in, but his firsttime
shot was well-closed down by
goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi, who
had a busy afternoon between the
sticks for Iran.
Haghighi then produced a fine
diving save from a goal-bound Sergio
Aguro strike, denying the twotime
World Cup winners the lead.
Argentina’s best chance of the
half came on 36 minutes, as Messi’s
curling free-kick was met by the
head of the leaping Ezequiel Garay,
whose header flew narrowly over
the top of the Iranian goal.
Iran were content to defend deep,
as large periods of the game were
played with no players in the opposition
half, yet the Asians did enjoy
three attempts on goal from setpieces
in the opening 45 minutes, yet
none which really troubled Argentina
keeper Sergio Romero.
The second half started in a similar
fashion to the first as marauding
right-back Pablo Zabaleta curled a
shot narrowly wide.
Yet Iran then signalled their attacking
intent, Reza Ghoochannejhad
producing a fine save from
Romero as he denied a goal-bound
header from the Iranian forward.
— Kickoff Lionel Messi celebrating his solitary goal that gave Argentina the precious three points