ISSUE 30- OCTOBER 2012 Anti-violence rally in Highfield INSIDE THIS ISSUE... Peace campaigners and HIV/AIDS activists will this Thursday hold a peace rally at Zororo Centre in Highfield. The rally, which will be a belated  Anti-violence rally in Highfield celebration of the International Day of Peace, is aimed at taking peace  Epworth homes demolished initiatives to communities that often bear the blunt of various forms of  Corruption hits another violence. Housing Cooperative  13 soccer players and officials face According to Joao Zangaroti life ban over Asiagate who is co-organising the event and a member of the HIV lobby Corruption hits another Harare group Coping Centre of People Housing Cooperative Living With HIV (COCEPWA), the rally will seek ways of Barely a few months after rampant encouraging people to shun corruption was unearthed at violence and focus on Ushewokunze Housing Cooperative, community development. another Harare housing cooperative Goshen Housing Consortium has been hit ‘The peace rally will come up by serious corruption charges amid claims with non-violent strategies that by its members that the administrators of help to resolve disputes be it political or domestic and try to build a culture the cooperative are lining their pockets of peace and tolerance that will help people direct their energies towards with no meaningful development taking development. We have decided to come up with this community-focused place on the site. peace rally after realising that most celebrations to mark the International Day of Peace were held in city hotels and other venues that are not easily accessible to ordinary people who apparently are the most affected by violence. So we want ordinary people to come and interact with community-based and other organisations that are implementing various peace initiatives,’ said Zangaroti.

Organisations that will participate include Impilo Life Kollective, Musasa Project, Padare and Women for Peace. Epworth homes demolished Police on Monday morning raided Epworth and presided over the demolition

of hundreds of illegal houses and shacks that were built on land belonging to Cooperative members who spoke on a private company, Sunway City (Pvt) Ltd. condition of anonymity for fear of victimisation told Talking Harare that the In a move similar to the 2005 consortium has a membership of about Operation Murambatsvina in 900 people who are asked to pay US$5 which government pulled down per month each thereby raising about illegal structures thereby US$4 500 which the administrators are rendering thousands of people failing to account for. homeless and without jobs, the demolishers arrived in Overspill 'They are raising as much as US$4 500 early in the morning and asked from members each month and they say the illegal residents to quickly this money is for administration purposes move out. In no time the area and there is no pointer as to how this was razed down leaving money is used. We are further forced to thousands of people without pay US$3 per member towards security shelter. every month and the money is kept by the cooperative leadership and not According to some affected deposited in a bank account as is the residents who spoke to Talking Harare, the police arrived in no nonsense norm. These are huge amounts of money mood and ordered everyone out of the houses. ‘The police arrived early in being raised and without being accounted the morning in a no nonsense mood and ordered everyone out, those who for and the fact that it is being kept at tried to resist were threatened with assault or arrests. They said they had a some people's homes raises more court order that allowed for the demolition of the houses and the situation questions as there is no accountability. was so bad given that it was cold, raining and that some children were How can such a huge consortium operate preparing to go to school,’ said Mrs Constance Banda whose 2-roomed shack without a bank account? We will soon be was demolished. approaching the police to have the cooperative leaders arrested because Asked whether they had been served with earlier notices to vacate, another clearly things are not well here,' said the resident Peter Burombo said they had received numerous calls from the source. authorities that the area was private property but they had put on after ZANU (PF) local leaders said the land was public land and no one was going The cooperative's leaders could not to evict them. ‘We were ordered long back to vacate but some ZANU (PF) respond to questions sent to them till the leaders, including Midzi (ZANU PF Harare provincial chairperson) said all time of going to press. land belonged to government and the country was undergoing a land reform process and everyone had a right to land. It therefore came as a surprise FREE VOICES HARARE that we were just evicted like that,’ bemoaned Burombo. Did you know that you can now use your cellphone to listen to news headlines, Although the ZANU (PF) local leaders could not be reached for comment, radio documentaries, music, participate in party inside sources said Midzi was building his political space by dishing out polls about topical issues and share voice private land to unsuspecting home-seekers with the hope of gaining their and text messages? Yes it’s now possible! votes. ‘Midzi has been using proxies to dish out land to homeless people pretending as if he is concerned by lack of accommodation. He has been grabbing land and his proxies have been extorting money from home- All you have to do is simply dial 0777 seekers by asking them to pay for the so-called development fees and these 437 300 or 0777 437301 and follow have gone on to be pocketed by a few criminals,’ complained a young man simple instructions. identified only as Ashton.

Start Dialing Now and Get Meanwhile, the Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has urged residents who aspire Connected!!! to own houses to follow the law and avoid unnecessary loss of property and money. 'While we sympathise with the people whose properties have been THIS WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE destroyed, it is also important for communities to try to act within the law Police and soldiers recently successfully when it comes to housing developments so that we maintain the standards moved out touts and mandimbandimbas in our Sunshine City,' said a statement from HRT. who were terrorizing kombi crews and 13 soccer players and officials face life ban over Asiagate passengers in Harare. What is your take on this. Please text your views on EIGHTY players could be 0777437300/1 or email to exonerated from Asiagate while [email protected] or text it a battery of players and to 0777 437 300/1. officials face life bans according to the recommendations made YOUR SUBSCRIPTION by the Independent Ethics You are receiving this eNewsletter Committee appointed to because you are on the CORAH mailing investigate the country’s list. biggest match fixing scandal to rock the Warriors. To join the mailing list, please click here. The full Asiagate report was If you do not wish to continue receiving handed to ZIFA president this eNewsletter, please click here. Cuthbert Dube by Ethics Committee Justice Ebrahim Tuesday at his PSMA offices, but it is the eight CONTACT US hangman’s noose recommendations by the committee that spells a death Community Radio Harare knell on those involved scandal. The ZIFA Board is expected to meet before No. 66, 5th Street/ Cnr. Livingstone coming up with the final verdict before the report is released to the public. Avenue Harare, Zimbabwe According to statement by the Justice Ebrahim the Ethics committee +263 04-2906084 recommended the following: Email: [email protected]; 1. LIFE BAN FROM ALL FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES FOR 13 (players and officials) [email protected]; 2. 10 YEAR LIFE BANS FROM ALL FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES FOR SEVEN Website: www.corah.org.zw (Players and officials) 3. FIVE YEAR LIFE BANS FOR 37 (Players and officials) 4. TWO YEAR BAN FOR 23 (players and officials) 5. TWO YEAR BAN WITH SUSPENSION FOR TWO (players and officials) 6. YEAR BAN FROM ALL FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES FOR SIX 7. BAN WITH SUSPENSION FOR TWO 8. SIX MONTH BAN FOR ONE 9. EIGHT PLAYERS EXONERATED

From the recommendations which have to be adopted by the Zifa Board it is crystal clear that some player and officials will be banned. Some journalist fingered in the report are also set to be affected. Among the high profile player will be guillotine hanging over their head at Method Mwanjali, and Thomas Sweswe.

Zifa has suspended some 97 players and officials from all national team activities although about 40 players have since been cleared. Initially 33 players, among them Ovidy Karuru, Khama Billiat and Willard Katsande, were cleared while the last batch of seven players was exonerated in the build-up to the African Cup of Nations qualifier against Angola.

Strikers Kingstone Nkhata, Edward Sadomba, Cuthbert Malajila, goalkeepers Energy Murambadoro and Ephraim Mazarura, midfielder Justice Majabvi and defender Lincoln Zvasiya were cleared last week. (Gemazo Magazine)

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