BY Kevin Mapasure

Warriors defender Teenage Hadebe (pictured) has broken into Europe following a good showing at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals as he has signed for Turkish topflight side Yeni Malatyaspor.

The club confirmed on their website that Hadebe had penned a two-year deal that will see him part ways with Soweto giants, Kaizer Chiefs.

Hadebe follows in the footsteps of former Warriors captain and coach Norman Mapeza, who played for several clubs in that country, including giants Galatasaray.

“EY Malatyaspor tied the colours of Zimbabwean national team stopper Teenage Hadebe and Australian midfielder Luke Brattan,” Malatyaspor confirmed on their
official website. “Transfer work continues without interruption for EY Malatyaspor. Two players have been added to the squad. South African team Kaizer Chiefs’
Zimbabwean defender, Teenage Hadebe, (has signed) a two-year contract. The 23-year-old is expected to join camp today.”

Hadebe, who formed a central defence partnership with Alec Mudimu, joins the club which finished sixth on the league table last season, earning a ticket to
the Europa League. Zimbabwe’s defence was praised for their performance, particularly in the first Afcon match against Egypt although they conceded a single
goal in that match.

They were equally good in the game against Uganda, but it was not the same in the match against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Malatyaspor, however, already appeared to have been convinced with what they had seen of the former Highlanders defender.

BY Kevin Mapasure

Warriors defender Teenage Hadebe (pictured) has broken into Europe following a good showing at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals as he has signed for Turkish topflight side Yeni Malatyaspor.

The club confirmed on their website that Hadebe had penned a two-year deal that will see him part ways with Soweto giants, Kaizer Chiefs.

Hadebe follows in the footsteps of former Warriors captain and coach Norman Mapeza, who played for several clubs in that country, including giants Galatasaray.

“EY Malatyaspor tied the colours of Zimbabwean national team stopper Teenage Hadebe and Australian midfielder Luke Brattan,” Malatyaspor confirmed on their
official website. “Transfer work continues without interruption for EY Malatyaspor. Two players have been added to the squad. South African team Kaizer Chiefs’
Zimbabwean defender, Teenage Hadebe, (has signed) a two-year contract. The 23-year-old is expected to join camp today.”

Hadebe, who formed a central defence partnership with Alec Mudimu, joins the club which finished sixth on the league table last season, earning a ticket to
the Europa League. Zimbabwe’s defence was praised for their performance, particularly in the first Afcon match against Egypt although they conceded a single
goal in that match.

They were equally good in the game against Uganda, but it was not the same in the match against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Malatyaspor, however, already appeared to have been convinced with what they had seen of the former Highlanders defender.

BY RICHARD MUPONDE

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the acceleration of roads development and tarring in Matabeleland, among them the 92km Plumtree-Maitengwe Border Post stretch.

Transport and Infrastructure Development minister Joel Biggie Matiza told villagers at Maitengwe Border on Thursday during a tour of the road that the project was one of Mnangagwa’s top priorities.

“The President has realised that the construction and rehabilitation of roads in Matabeleland was slower than in other regions across the country. Most of the
roads were budgeted for, but not funded. We are going to see funds being released in the next supplementary budget so that work is completed,” Matiza said.

“Right now, graders are being mobilised and serviced to start work in a week.”

He said the upgrading of Maitengwe Border Post and its road network would decongest Plumtree Border Post.

“This border expansion is part of the national programme of expanding and modernising all border posts. This has an economic effect on the country as it is in
line with the Zimbabwe is open for business mantra and will also decongest Plumtree Border Post as travellers to Bulilima district and neighbouring province in
Matabeleland will use this border,” he said.

Matiza said this would also see the resumption of work on the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road project which was initiated by the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo and has
been on the cards for over 20 years.

“The supplementary budget will see work on this road resuming. This is what the President has ordered us to do,” the minister said.

Matiza had been invited by Bulilima West legislator Dingimuzi Phuti to visit the area in order to assess the state of the roads in the area.

BY RUTENDO MATANHIKE

United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) has recommended that Zimbabwe’s Parliamentary committee system be revamped to put a cap on the number of portfolio committees a legislator can sit in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

The recommendation follows the completion of a DFID research on Zimbabwe’s committee system.

Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda told journalists after meeting DFID senior governance adviser and head of governance and economic team,

Catherine Weiss, on Wednesday that the research recommended that an MP should be a member of only one committee.

“They referred to the capacitation of our Members of Parliament so that they become effective. The recommendation was that an MP should only sit in one
committee instead of being in two,” he said.

Mudenda said Parliament would look into the pros and cons of the recommendations.

“Our idea of having a member being in at least two committees was based on the fact that we wanted these members to split into two groups in order to reach out
to the hinterland. If a member is involved in one small committee, it would be difficult to cover the 10 provinces, and we believe that our current system
helps us achieve that,” he said.

The Parly Speaker said the recommendation by DFID sought to improve committee work by the MPs as they would give undivided attention to their respective
committees.

“Their basis for this recommendation was to ensure there is concentrated effort in one committee rather than split effort. There is some justification with
regards to where we have the challenge of professional competitiveness and also time management. I think the recommendation is very sound,” Mudenda added.

He also said DFID recommended the strengthening of the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Committee through giving positions to individuals well versed in law.
Mudenda said this was difficult, as many lawyers did not want to venture into the political law arena.

BY FREEMAN MAKOPA

TRENDING gospel artiste, who came into the limelight through his melodious song, Mebo, which attracted national anthem status, says he has a surprise for his fans.

Chari told NewsDay Weekender Life & Style that he was working on a new project, which he believes was better than Mebo.

“Yes, I am working on my next album titled Batai Mashoko, which will be released in December and at the same time doing rehearsals with my band in preparation for big shows to come. I am preparing an album which is above standard and all the six tracks it carries will be hit songs. I am convinced that the album is
also going to be an instant hit,” he said.

“I know for sure that I will be able to maintain my level since the Mebo album gave me a chance to meet a lot of people who gave me ideas. I have learnt not to
rush things, so I am perfecting my new project.”

Chari said the name of the album was indicative that God had given him the wisdom to produce meaningful and educative songs for both Christians and non-
Christians alike.

The musician said he was looking for opportunities to collaborate with other highly-rated artistes, including Alick Macheso, Sulu Chimbetu and Lucky Chikuwa in
some of the songs that will make up his forthcoming package.

“Yes, on this album, I wish to collaborate with Lucky Chikuwa, Alick Macheso, Sulu Chimbetu. Just by collaborating with Alick Macheso, that will increase our
fan-base as we will both benefit from the goodwill of each other’s fans,” said Chari.

Chari is a member of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) and is backed by the Hakireni Band, which consists of his three siblings. The unmistakable dances that ZCC
members are known for can also be glimpsed in his videos.

The musician started releasing music about seven years ago, but his breakthrough came when the Mebo video was released. The song had first appeared in one of
his previous albums, Mariyambutsa, released in 2017.

Centred on the epic story of an uptown young woman whose heart is stolen by a man with nothing much to his name, the song has found many takers among
listeners, as they likely identify with the song’s theme.

The soft-spoken Chari, who holds a degree in African Languages and Culture from the Midlands State University, did his schooling in Bikita, Masvingo province,
before moving to Chegutu in 2010.

BY Kevin Mapasure

Suspended Zifa executive committee member Chamu Chiwanza has promised to spill the beans on the “theft” that is taking place at the association, following his suspension on allegations of electoral fraud as well as his alleged role in distabilising the Warriors at the Africa Cup of Nations finals (Afcon).

As Zifa carries out its inquest in the Afcon debacle where the Warriors bowed out at the first hurdle following two defeats and a draw in Group A, Chiwanza is alleged to have played a role, together with former president Philip Chiyangwa and his deputy Omega Sibanda, in influencing players to make withdrawal threats.

On Thursday, Zifa announced Chiwanza’s suspension with Zifa president Felton Kamambo alleging that he was part of a group that was working to cause confusion
among the players.

Yesterday Chiwanza told NewsDaySport that he would react at an appropriate time, but said he will make damning revelations about the way Zifa funds have been
handled.

Acting vice-president Philemon Machana is responsible for the finance portfolio, with some of his operations having raised eyebrows, particularly when he moved
money from the association’s bank accounts to his company account.

“I am going to respond at the right time, but what I can promise now is that when I respond (to the Zifa allegations), I will bring the temple down on their
heads,” he said.

“It’s coming very soon. Thieves will be exposed. People will see who the real thieves are. It’s going to be big; it’s going to be biblical.”

The group that has been identified by Zifa is alleged to have caused confusion by telling the players that Zifa councillors that travelled to the Afcon finals
had been paid US$4 000 each while journalists got $5 000 each.

With this information the players started to make huge demands while threatening not to fulfil matches as they pressed for payment.

“I want to bear with the players,” Kamambo told journalists on Thursday. “I feel for them as well because you are in camp and someone is phoning you and giving
you information that supporters coming to Egypt are being paid $400 per day when you have been paid US$1 500 to participate in the whole tournament. Yes, US$1
500. That is what we had agreed, then the other amount was going to be paid as and when, but because of the third forces coming into camp, the likes of Hope
Chizuzu, the former president Philip Chiyangwa, board member Chamu Chiwanza, that acted as catalysts to cause confusion in the camp.”

Chiyangwa had promised to respond at a Press conference yesterday, but had not done so by the time of going to print.

devotion column Erasmus Makarimayi

THE revelation of God is Christ. God came in Jesus Christ. Christianity is the manifestation of the presence of Christ in the believer.

It’s God’s desire to show forth Himself in Christ and express His being in this earthly realm through those He purchased by the precious blood of Jesus.

Christianity isn’t a religious system, but the life of God in humanity. The Bible story climaxes in God adopting a family as the Father and born again
believers as sons and daughters who are to show forth His glory. As His principles take root in us, we exude His abiding presence as fruit and not works. It’s
an outward expression of the inner being.

For us to understand our subject for today more clearly, we need to appreciate that salvation translates us from existence to life. Before being born again,
we’re simply present in the earthly realm. It’s only salvation that brings us from death to life.

We have extensively covered this subject in this column.

However, suffice to say are the words of Apostle Paul in Ephesians 2:1,4-5. He says (New King James): “1 and you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved.” By His love and mercy we’re alive. Sin nature kills and killed us before Christ.

Romans 6:23 nails it: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” We, therefore, choose grace and not works because Galatians 2:16 clears the air:

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” It’s not our effort, it’s His effort. Don’t choose works, but the free gift of God.

The knowledge of the truth helps us tune in and subscribe to the manifestation and expression of divine life.

When we know the truth, we voluntarily give God the space to outflow from us.

God has made us alive and it takes our freewill to accept the life. If I were your guest and you give me an ensuite with a bed, I can choose to sleep on the floor and bath in the common quarters. It takes knowledge and choice. The whole essence of God is freedom.

He offers us the correct platform, from which we can choose to participate. Salvation is open to all and it’s a personal decision to accept. Remember, Jesus says in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Please, note that He says whosoever. What an open invitation!

Apostle Paul reveals to us in Philippians 1:21: “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

MacLaren’s Exposition explains: “Life is to be as Christ, for Christ, by, in, and from Christ. So, shall there be strength, peace, and freedom in our days.”

When this principle settles in us, we will give room to all that Christ wants to do for us, in us, through us and by us. His glory, splendour, majesty, excellence and virtue will pour out of us.

The dominion and authority of His Kingdom will take over in our families, professional life, business and every facet of our being. We shape and influence the world because the Creator is in us.

Jesus says in Luke 17:21: “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” Dear believer, you carry the power. Jesus assures us in Matthew 28:18: “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”

We’re not afraid. He concluded in Matthew 28:20b: “And, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Please, be comforted; be at peace.

The finished or accomplished work of Jesus gives us what God has done in Christ Jesus. We discover and partake.

It’s within our power to receive and deny the grace. We were healed and we can opt not to enforce it. By the time we’re born again, we would have gathered knowledge from many sources that may not necessarily agree with divine wisdom. We, therefore, surrender our hearts and minds to God’s knowledge.

Romans 12:2 teaches us: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Whatever we have learnt at school or by tradition should not override divine knowledge.

We accept transformation and the renewing of the mind in order to experience the good, acceptable and perfect will of God. Grace and peace be multiplied to you through knowledge.

BY CHARLES LAITON

FORMER Labour and Social Welfare minister Petronella Kagonye, who was slapped with a $500 000 lawsuit for allegedly dumping a corpse at a war veteran, Oswell Gwanzura’s premises in Goromonzi, has now been absolved from the claim after the High Court upheld her exception to the defamation claim.

Gwanzura approached the High Court last year seeking compensation from Kagonye for defaming him by allegedly dumping the corpse of one Taurai Jera at his residence after accusing him of murdering the deceased in a politically-related incident.

But in response to Gwanzura’s claim, Kagonye, who is also former Goromonzi South MP, requested for further particulars, inviting the war veteran to prove his
freedom-fighting status as well as provide proof of where, when and how he was so defamed.

Kagonye also filed an exception to the claim, saying Gwanzura’s summons lacked the necessary averments to sustain the cause of action so as to enable her to
plead.

“It is an axiomatic legal principle that the delict of defamation must be based on statements or words uttered, be they oral or written … What the plaintiff
(Gwanzura) pleads as cause of action are ‘accusations of murder’ and ‘the abandoning of a dead body at the plaintiff’s place of residence’. It is pertinent and
it must be accepted that a wrongful conduct cannot give rise to a defamation lawsuit. Plaintiff is offside in that regard and has no defamation cause of action
against defendant (Kagonye),” the former minister said, urging the court to rule in her favour.

After hearing the matter, High Court judge Justice Felistus Chatukuta granted the order sought by Kagonye.

“Whereupon after reading documents filed of record and hearing counsel, it is ordered that the exception be and is hereby granted,” Justice Chatukuta said.

Prior to filing the exception, the ex-Zanu PF minister said before she could respond to the lawsuit, she wanted Gwanzura to clarify how she had fabricated the
allegations of murder against him and how he came to know of such fabrications.

Kagonye further said she wanted Gwanzura to clarify whether he was present as well as state the date and day on which Jera’s corpse was brought to his
residence by her father, Stanely, as claimed in his summons.

By Stephen Chadenga

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday capped a record 6 977 graduates at the Midlands State University, the biggest gathering in the history of the higher learning institution.

Addressing the 19th graduation ceremony, MSU vice-chancellor Victor Muzvidziwa said the graduates included 100 international students from predominantly southern African countries.

“Your Excellency and chancellor, we have 6 977 graduands,” he said.

“Of these, 3 348 are female and 3 629 are male. Nine hundred and ninety-eight are graduating with masters degrees and three are being awarded doctor of philosophy degrees. This is by far the largest graduation gathering in the history of the MSU.

“Among those graduating today are 100 international students drawn from Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, South Sudan and Mozambique, and this is evidence we have
gradually spread wings in our international effort.”

Muzvidziwa said MSU’s strategic objective was to generate a problem-solving learner.

He said to achieve this, researchers had secured competitive domestic and international research grants.

“One of our key strategic objectives is to be a technologically driven research university and to generate problem solving innovations for commercialisation
and industrialisation,” he said.

Muzvidziwa said MSU had 15 active international grant-funded research projects

BY Phyllis Mbanje

Economic growth can be enhanced when more effort is channelled towards ensuring gender equality and elimination of gender-based violence (GBV), the first secretary at the Swedish embassy, Angelica Broman, has said.

GBV cases have been on the rise in the country, with stakeholders raising concern over the situation.

Statistics indicate that almost seven in every 10 women experience some form of violence in their lifetime, while one in six pregnant women (17%) is
physically-abused during pregnancy. In most cases, perpetrators are intimate partners.

“The financial cost to the nation of gender-based violence is immense and should not be underestimated,” Broman said.

Speaking to journalists during an engagement workshop, which was meant to enhance media understanding of government and United Nations engagement in Zimbabwe
on development and humanitarian issues, Broman said GBV impacts on people’s health, the economy and wider society.

There are many forms of GBV which include — but not limited to — physical violence, sexual violence, modern slavery and child marriage.

According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), more than 40 million people, mostly women, worldwide are victims of modern slavery.

Modern slavery is used as an umbrella term covering practices such as forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage and human trafficking.

Recently, the European Union (EU) and the UN in Zimbabwe, together with the government, launched a spotlight initiative, a US$34 million four-year programme
aimed at eliminating GBV against women and girls.

The spotlight initiative brings focused attention to these issues, making it central to efforts towards achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in
line with the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.

Africa will receive €250 million, half of the global amount for eight countries, including Zimbabwe.

The initiative is implemented by six UN agencies in partnership with the Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development ministry and civil
society organisations, and is wholly funded by the EU.

It builds on what the UN agencies are working on in the country. The UN agencies participating are ILO, the United Nations Development Programme, the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, United Nations Populations Fund, United Nations Children’s Fund and UN Women.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday spoke out strongly against GBV while commissioning a clinic and a youth centre in Hopley.

The media have been challenged to report more on cases of GBV.

“The media are in the forefront of sharing, breaking news and are the voice of the voiceless,” Broman said.

Meanwhile, and while also addressing the media, UN resident co-ordinator Bishow Parajuli weighed in on the need for concerted efforts in advancing the inherent
goodness of human values as Zimbabwe strives to turn around the socioe-conomic challenges, climate action, drought and achievement of the sustainable
development goals.

“Engaging with the media is fundamental and partnership with the media is crucial to achieve development. The UN remains open to dialogue with the media and to
feedback on the UN’s delivery and performance,” he said.