Dictators fall hard!

I thank God for the leaders who bring stability and tranquility to nations! All leaders are God chosen.I believe we all know this since the days of Nebbucadnezaar, king Solomon, King David, The Pharaohs... an endless list so to say!
In modern days God continued with the creation of leaders. However, some of these leaders became so oppressive, ruthless and dangerous to their own people-evolving into THE DICTATORS. 

In any democratic society I don't believe without the evil spirits of vote rigging, intimidation and harassing of voters, a leader can survive more than two election periods through the ballot! The ultimate power comes from God. I'm so happy that those who abuse power and the virtue of trust that people put on leaders always end in disgrace!
Who would have known that Saddam Hussein would be plucked out of a bunker like a flea! Who would have thought of the mighty Mubarrak and his Tunisian counterpart would ever seek for mercy from the masses they suppressed. Who would have thought Hitler would die in secrecy, who would have thought Chiluba would be be dragged to court. Who would thought Ian Smith would not go to Heroes Acre, who would have thought the clever Rex Nhongo would one day forget the candle on by his bedside! Give me a break Gaddaffi!

Today I've got some reservation in going down with Bible verses but who has ears must hear and who has eyes should see that Colonel Gaddaffi is a gone camel rider! This article is directly going to Lybia as I celebrate with the Rebels! They called Cde Mugabe a rebel, they called Mr Mandela a rebel, they called Jomo kenyatta a rebel ~ therefore rebels are FREEDOM FIGHTERS... the terrorists. When my daughter Fadzai is grown up I will have taught her what a real Rebel is.

How could Gaddaffi be a life leader, who ordained him to do so? Is he a Pope, even the might Pharaohs are since long gone, gone of course with all the pride. Beware the Syrian dictator “ Ushe madzoro” the Shonas might abuse this saying but they at least know what this means.

Castro you are one of them, you may get away with it for now because hell also needs fresh meat like you,tell Raul to call for elections! The more the oppressors live, the harder they will knock down! To all the oppressors and dictators your days are numbered ~ keep killing opposition member so that their blood and souls will fast track your demise.
So Gaddaffi the whole lot of spilt blood in your denial for change will choke you till your eyes are red and out of their sockets! 


Goodbye Gaddi you will discover more oil in hell. Before you depart look back and advise would be the Gaddaffis of tomorrow to think twice about permanent power! You know them here in Africa and abroad! Take along with your female bodyguards Mr Immortal.
Change is an inevitable course it makes no use to deny it. Hence Leaders must know when to quit, when to change polices, when to love their subjects and subordinates and ultimately know how to concede defeat unlike that chap from West Africa who is under house arrest (ask Quattara)! If a leader is from God who is commissioned by the Pope should know when its wise to say enough! like Mr Mandela did! Hypocrites says in God they swear under oath that they will save the Nation by lip while their inner core would be saying I will kill them one by one so they can rule for ever!


Will Jesus help our leaders so they will all go to Heroes Acre! At least us from Mutare we don't do that! So the next generation leader for Zimbabwe will come from Mutare!


Farai kushata was born and raised in Mutare, Bocha. Works in an Engineering environment somewhere outside Zim! Raising 3 lovely kids. 

Production resumes at Border Timbers

Staff Reportwer

Border Timbers Limited, a subsidiary of Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed Radar Holdings Limited, has re-commenced production at its pole treatment facility which was gutted by fire last month.

In a statement, the board said production at the plant had improved creating "scope to increase supply into the market".
"Ongoing investment is being undertaken to further increase capacity in line with market opportunities."
The Border Timbers board said after the fire, Wattle Company and Hunyani Forests had helped ensure it met its critical orders.

Border Timbers Limited has, over the past decade or more, battled arson fires and illegal settlement on its plantations.
The fire that gutted its plant started outside the company's boundary at Mutare industrial facility and spread to the plant, destroying parts of the pole treatment plant and some stock.
A road in the middle of the stockyard designed as a firebreak had limited the loss to only one section.
But the electrical reticulation system, plumbing system and one treating cylinder had been affected.
Management had assured investors that the loss was covered by an insurance policy.
Over the years, Border Timbers has fought hard-to-win battles against arson fires, and last year, it reportedly lost a significant portion of its plantation to an inferno. This has become a material concern to shareholders.
In a statement accompanying last year's full year results to June 30, 2010, the company's board said Border Timbers had lost 67 hectares of planted area due to arson fire.
"While the area damaged is significantly lower than that of prior years' fire seasons, it should be noted that the fundamental cause of these fires is yet to be addressed," said Border Timbers.
Former board chairperson, Phillip Chipudla, who retired in August 2009 after 10 years at the helm of the board, had noted that the problem of arson fires would remain unresolved unless the issue of illegal settlers in the Chimanimani areas was resolved.
"It is disheartening to note that illegal settler activity has continued unabated at most of the company's forest estates. Management has continued to engage the authorities to try and resolve the issue of illegal settlers but this has not yielded any results," the company had indicated.
Border Timbers has lost on average 700 hectares of planted area annually through arson fires, caused by illegal settlers on its properties.
Border Timbers was incorporated in 1979 through an amalgamation of three companies namely Border Eastern Forest Estates, Renfee Timbers (Pvt) Limited and Forestry Management Services.
Forestry Management Services had taken over plantations that were first established in Imbeza by the British South African Police (BSAP) Company in 1924.The BSAP increased plantings substantially in 1946 after the Second World War to include the Chimanimani area. Since 1979 Border Timbers has grown the plantation size to the current around 48 000 hectares. Of the 48 000 hectares of land, approximately 28 000 hectares is under plantation and the remaining 20 000 hectares are reserved for open area management - conservation, river & streams, heritage sites, roads and access routes.
Of the 28 000 hectares of plantable area, 82 percent is under softwood production. The balance is primarily Eucalyptus grandis and E. cloeziana on both a sawlog and pole rotation. The company has three divisions which are the Forestry, Sawmilling and Manufacturing divisions. The forestry division manages a total of five estates: Tilbury, Charter and Sawerombe in Chimanimani area to the south of Mutare town and Imbeza and Sheba to the north in the Pennalonga area. Logs harvested by the division are processed at the three sawmills namely, Charter, Tilbury and Sheba.

Business grinds to a halt as Mutare bids a Hero Farewell to Diamond Kingpin Bothwell "Sir Bathez" Hlahla

R.I.P Bothie, one of the young and famous diamond dealers from Mutare. 

Bothwell became one of the success stories in the diamond business in Mutare, a rags to riches story. Bothie, known as Sir Barthez, amassed diamond wealth through brokering diamonds from Chiadzwa in  Marange, where there is a $3 billion dollar diamond deposits.

Bothwell Hlahla, the untouchable diamond dealer who rose from being a mere streetkid to a millionaire and died in a car crash last Friday was given a five-star farewell by his business connects.

Hlahla died shortly after being admitted to Murambi Gardens Hospital.

He suffered from severe fractured bones and internal bleeding, which he sustained when his top-of-the-range CLX convertible Mercedes Benz was involved in a fatal accident.

Manicaland police confirmed the death. Hlahla’s farewell is believed to have surpassed that of top music promoter and businessman James “Jimmy Jimalo” Chiyangwa.

Business was brought to a halt, with most of the central streets in Mutare bought to a traffic jam. Police had to man the roads to allow the 10 kilometre convoy of mourners to pass.

More than 200 vehicles flooded both carriageways of Mutare’s main street.

Links with Zanu (PF)

After striking a fortune in the Chiadzwa diamond fields, Hlahla - within a short period of three years - rose from being a car washer on the street pavements to a top businessman.

He had close links with many top Zanu (PF) politicians, who he allegedly linked to buyers. These strong ties were believed to be one of the main reasons why he was never arrested or ordered to surrender his belongings during the crackdown on illegal diamond dealers.

Zanu (PF) governor Chris Mushohwe, central committee members Esau Mupfumi and Enock Porusingazi including the minister of Mines and Lands Obert Mpofu allegedly benefitted from Hlahla’s links.

Hlahla openly bankrolled several Zanu (PF) youth projects in Mutare as a way of buying immunity in and out of the “highly protected” mining fields without hassles.

He left behind a fleet of luxury vehicles, several splashy properties in Mutare and Harare, a fleet of taxis, several shops. He was also believed to have fat offshore bank accounts.

He hosted the Jamaican duo Brick and Lace and is said to have spent hundred thousands of dollars to bring them to the eastern border city of Mutare.

His funeral attracted diamond buyers and sellers from across borders who later allegedly secretly met to map the way forward on the fate of future diamond transactions.

Hlahla was well connected with many illegal diamond dealers in Zimbabwe and abroad. Some from as far as Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa Australia, China, UK, United Arab Emirates, and beyond.

The Zimbabwean.

RIP Mutare Son and Hustler.

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