Four decades not out for Councillor Magwizi
“Cde Magwizi is very right. He is Chivi itself, literally owns Chivi, it is his place and this is all because of the long history between the people of Chivi and the Magwizi family of which he (Saunders) is the most prominent of them all.”
Chivi RDC chair Councillor Godfrey Mukungunugwa said it was not surprising that Cde Magwizi continues to earn the trust of people in Ward 2.
“He is always there for the people in his ward and leading from the front and this led to him becoming virtually a link of development in his ward.
“As for council operations, his counsel has always been handy such that when the going gets tough people like Cde Magwizi will remain standing.”
While Cde Magwizi says his long tenure in council chambers saw him overseeing many projects that have improved the lives of ordinary people in his ward and the entire arid district, especially in areas such as water and sanitation and roads among others, he is still not happy over several issues.
“My main worry is failure by council (Chivi RDC) and Government to fully exploit major dams in our district to change lives of our people. We are home to most dams in Masvingo namely Tugwi-Mukosi, Muzhwi and Bindamombe, but our people grapple with drought every year despite the vast potential for irrigation.
“When Tugwi-Mukosi was commissioned our people from Chivi were promised fishing contracts and other benefits but only a minuscule faction has benefited.
“Muzhwi Dam, in particular, worries me. It was supposed to irrigate fields in Madamombe and Befura, creating a perennial greenbelt but 40 years after independence there is still nothing,” laments Cde Magwizi.
The fiery proponent of development exudes energy whenever a discussion about problems affecting the people of Chivi in general and his ward in particular crops up and this, alone, is testament that the marriage between the Bull of Chivi, Magadzanhaka, Kabila or Nyerere if you like, is here to stay.
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SANGANO r i nomirira n’anga nemaporofita, reZimbabwe National Practitioners Association ( ZINPA), rinoti rakadzika mutemo wekuti varapi varo vose vanofanirwa kunge vakapfeka mamasiki pose pavanoshandira veruzhinji uyewo mumatare nepamasowe munofanirwa kunge muchishandiswa mishonga inouraya hutachiona.
Sekuru Friday Chisanyu, avo vanove mukuru wesangano iri, vanoti zvakakosha kuti machiremba echivanhu — n’anga nemaporofita — vabatsire muhondo yekurwisa kupararira kweCovid- 19.
“Basa redu nderekubatsira vanhu vane matambudziko nezvirwere, saka wava mutemo kunhengo dzedu dzose kusanganisira nevarwere vatinoshandira kuti vange vakapfeka mamasiki nemagirovhosi. Pamisuwo yekupinda mumatare edu panoiswa mvura inogezwa maoko ichichururuka nesipo.
“Zvekare, tinokurudzira kuti vanhu ava vazorewo maoko nemishonga yemasanitiser, uye kuita izvi hakuna zvakunokanganisa pachivanhu,” vanodaro Sekuru Chisanyu.
Vanoti mukati medare n’anga zvose nevanoda kushandirwa vanoramba vakapfeka mamasiki nemagirovhosi uyewo vakataramuka mita imwe chete pakati pavo.
“Kazhinji mumatare edu munopinda vanhu vaviri panguva imwe chete, kana iri mhuri hatidi kuti vadarike vashanu uye vanogara vakataramuka mita imwe chete pakati pavo. Varwere vanenge vasina mamasiki nemagirovhosi tinovapa ayo vanobva vazoenda nawo sezvo tichibatsirwa kuwana midziyo iyi nemakambani nemasanganao,” vanodaro.
Sekuru Chisanyu vanoenderera mberi vachiti, “Tine machiremba echivanhu, maporofita nananyamukuta vanokwana 450 vatiri kupa magirovhosi nemamasiki kunzvimbo dzavanoshandira. Varwere vedu tinovadzidzisa kuti kana vapedza kushandisa magirovhosi nemamasiki vanoarasira mumabhini kwete kuakanda pose- pose.
“Aye anowachika voageza nekuti tine dzimwe hama dzatinobatsira dziri kutipawo mamwe mamasiki ekusona nemachira ayo anoshanda kakawanda.”
Sekuru Chisanyu vanoti n’anga nemaporofita vari pasi pesangano ravo vari kuita zvidzidzo kuburikidza nedandemutande uyewo nekuvatsiura munyaya yekuti kune vamwe vanoshambadza mashoko ekuti vava nemushonga unorapa Covid- 19.
“Imhosva kune vose vanofamba vachizviti vane mishonga inorapa Covid- 19. Tikangokunzwa tinoenda newe kumapurisa,” vanodaro.
Sekuru Chisanyu vanoti sangano ravo rakazvipira kushanda pamwe chete neHurumende mukurwisa kupararira kweCovid-19.