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Key events for today
Chiwenga is guest of honor at ZNCC Annual Congress on 25 -28 June 2025.
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1. USA investors fleeing Zimbabwe.
2. Local war veterans are accusing Lions Den Farmer, Brink Bosman of being behind the death of a child that was killed by a tractor at the farm in 2022 and not the driver. Bosman says Local war veterans are using the case to invade the farm, Dandrennam Farm. He has pointed the finger at the step mother of the child who he says was abusing the child. Bosman is embroiled in a dispute with ZANU-PF losing candidate Thomas Chidzomba. Chidzomba has a power of attonery that was given to him by former information Minister, Kindness Paradza.
Africa
1. Basketball Senegal denied Visas
The team that was denied visas by the USA is the Senegal women’s national basketball team. They had planned a 10-day training camp in the United States from June 22 to July 3, 2025, in preparation for the AfroBasket tournament in Ivory Coast. However, visa applications for five players and seven officials were rejected by the U.S. authorities, leading Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko to cancel the U.S. training session and instead have the team train in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, describing it as a “sovereign and conducive setting”
2. Botswana Minister partners with churches and chiefs to fight gender based violence. This comes as GBV cases have skyrockedted in Botswana with many women being killed by their partners.
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Ashley Masendeke a.k.a Mai Jeremaya cross examination in the rape case at the magistrates court.
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‎‎”You told the court that you removed your clothes on your own?,” asked Shepherd Makonde, lawyer of the two men accused of rape.
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‎”Yes,” Masendeke said.
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‎”You told the court that you set on the bed with the accused person,” Makonde asked.
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‎”Yes,” Masendeke answered.
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‎”Are you the one who removed the bra and the pulling stockings?,” Makonde said.
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‎”Yes, I was told to do so,” Masendeke said.
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‎”He did not jump on you he started fondling your breasts to solicit consent in a romantic moment?,” Makonde said.
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‎”It was not romantic, I was crying and was told to stop crying,” Masendeke said.
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‎”Is it true that you went on top of him during the sex act?,” Makonde asked.
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‎”Yes,” Masendeke said.
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‎”Is it correct that you directed his penis into your vagina?,” Makonde said.
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‎”Yes, because he had failed, it was painful when he tried to insert his penis,” Masendeke said.
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‎”In you statement you said it was Charlie who removed your bra and not yourself.”
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‎”Yes,” Masendeke said.
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‎”You did not tell the police you removed your bra and stockings on your own according to your police statements?,” Makonde asked.
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‎”I did not use those exact words,” Masendeke said.
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‎”You did not tell the police that you were the one on top riding the accused person,” Makonde said.
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‎”I told them but they did not include it. If I had known that I should include all the nitty gritties I should have done it,” Masendeke said.
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‎”Why was it not important for you to tell the police that you assisted the accused person to penetrate you by holding his penis?,” Makonde asked.
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‎”I did tell them but not exactly that I was on top. The police said they wanted to know whether there was penetration,” Masendeke said.
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‎”From the footage on the laptop you can see that the guard was close to the window in the room you were in. Why didn’t you scream?,” Makonde asked.
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‎”I cried and screamed and no-one came to my rescue,” Masendeke said.
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‎”Now you took $20. What was it for?,” Makonde said of the money Masendeke was given by Charlie.
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‎”I don’t know,” Masendeke answered
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‎”You told the court you took the money..why did you take it?,” Makonde asked.
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‎”I don’t know,” Masendeke said.
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‎”Did you take the money to the police?,” Makonde asked.
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‎”No, I didn’t take it to the police.l,” Masendeke said.
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‎”I put it to you that you took the $20 because you had agreed to be paid that amount and you used the money for your personal needs,” Makonde said.
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‎”That is a lie,” Masendeke said.
