London(ZimEye)Zimbabwe’s Paralympic team together with the support staff were made to endure a gruelling long 8 kilometre journey outside Central London after the Zim embassy decided to cancel their send off party-venue having learnt that Mavambo Kusile Dawn party leader Simba Makoni would be present at the function.
The party held last week ended up being abruptly shifted within less than 48 hours’ notice after embassy officials discovered that Simba Makoni had also been invited to the farewel function held for the sporting heroes. As a result of the embassy’s unexplained actions the function was poorly attended and venue facilities were not accomodative for disabled people.
A source told ZimEye soon after the party:
“The ambassador was afraid that if Simba was going to come to the embassy, it was going to be an issue(with Harare). The row was that Makoni is not in government but how come he has been suddenly invited to the function; That is the reason why the ambassador cancelled the venue.”
Ambassador snubbed meeting
Coincidentally, the ambassador was not seen at the function and when contacted on the day, embassy officials claimed that he had travelled for an urgent family meeting in Birmingham. At the previous function for the Olympians, the ambassador was however present including several government officials and the splash party was held at the posh embassy building at The Strand in Central London. But at the paralympians’ function only one official was present- a young Mr Donald Charumbira.
While the fundraiser for the Olympic team weeks before had over 250 people attend, this time around ZDOSN managed an audience of a paltry less than 70.
Envoy later escorted the team to airport
It turned out that the ambassador later escorted the paralympians to the airport.
“You will note that the ambassador later even decided to escort the paralympians to the airport on their way to Harare,” the official who declined to be named said.
No reason given for the cancellation
To date no valid reason has been provided for the cancellation and several calls to Mr Donald Charumbira the embassy official’s mobile phone, were neither answered nor returned.
“They just wrote to us that they were cancelling the function at the last minute , but did not explain the reasons for it. As a result we had to put in our own private money to hold the function,” one of the organisers told ZimEye in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.
Paralympians demand recognition
The venue being a 8kilometres stretch away was not suitable for disabled people and the choice of the stage was neither wheelchair accessible.
Lewis Garaba, the Chef de Mission for the Paralympians was later seen taking an indirect swipe at the organisers for the shocker. He joked stating that “maybe next time Zimbabwe Diaspora Olympic Support Network (ZDOSN) could include Paralympians to their organisation’s name?” Other issues raised were that the function was poorly attended with 14 tables but only 8 occupied. The low turn out meant that only £2700 was raised and the 2 Paralympians Nyasha Mharakurwa and Elliot Mujaji, are to receive only £400 each. The organisation may have suffered a loss as overheads amounted to £1900, £100 short of the hall hire, £2000.
Efforts to obtain an additional comment from the ambassador were fruitless at the time of writing. (ZIMBABWE,ZimEye)
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Is this Charumbira a relative of the Chief???
Maita basa Mavambo UK, these reporters are very good in twisting issues to suit their egos. Marabichi evanhu.
If you mean the Zanoo wives you were trying to force upon Save, nhai chinese midget shagger Chando. Do you mean that yellow slit eyed midget of a wife or she would call it a chinese midget with a zhing zhong fannie.
Utter rubbish! Is President Makoni not a citizen of Zimbabwe? And how could a whole function be re-arranged because of him. Guess who has power! Of course Dr. Makoni! To the analytic he was the genesis of the GNU and he remains a critical ingredient in Zim’s body politic. Watch out, muppets!
Mxm Zanu
You sound very desperate Mukagay in your attempt to defend your polygamist leader and we are very proud of our wives kwete venyu vamunopfimba kuma airport neku ma hair sallon, motuma magistrate negupuro. If i were you i would just shut up for now, your effort should be directed towards advising Chematama on how to prevent a recurrance of such humiliation as he seems to lack credible advisers. He has surrounded himself with parasites who will never tell him the truth for fear of losing their jobs.Believe you me very soon a lot more women will come forward demanding their share of Chematama’s loot.
Dear Reporter.
We were invited by the organisers of the function. Secondly, this function was open to all Zimbabweans and Dr. Makoni is a citizen of Zimbabwe. When the venue was changed, we got an email from the organisers informing us about the change and a new venue was indicated to us. The ambassador should have liaised with the organisers to express his views that Dr. Makoni was not welcome. Using Dr. Makoni’s name
for your own publicity is not the best of journalism ethos, reporter. The title of this article is misleading your readers. Infact, it only serves to convince some people that Dr. Makoni is not a ZANU-PF project.
Bla Miki stop hiding your lust for Chematama, have you not been the one bitchiing about his love for Eriza nhai knob sucker? LOL. Since the honourable PM got hitched you have been throwing your girlish tantrums only wishing it was you. Castle lite ndiyo yawajaira kumwa muchitamba country music naJohn Nkomo uri duche nhai….Castle lite is for women you faggot…ha ha ha.
Kikikikikikiki, Mukadog, huya kuno at available at Ochi City. Huya ndikugochere nyama bharanzi. I drink Castle Lite but can buy you any type yegas raunonwa dinga. Bring your gay partner Nakedog
Bla Miki stop the green bomber profanities and engage your brain matter for a change, does your statement warrant any relevance in the first place? Your retarded zanoid brain thinks that everyone overseas does those kinds of jobs, you are a thick moist fannie for real. Is Simba Makoni not a zimbabwean national just like any other zimbabwean? My business in none of your concern mickey mouse I am not like you kutoshaina….Hanz I am drinking the wise muzepete waters at a four star hotera in bhuruwayo,… nemari yekubhinya nekuuraya inengozi zvayo. Hanzi naChando it took me two whole years courting my oriental midget. Both of your muri maSRB akapenga hupfanyaz wakawanda mhani.
Whatever the case, Tsvangirai will fire them all from those embassies in less than a year. They will be asked to remove all potraits of stupid politicians of yesteryears. Kikiki it shall be painful like a neddle into a baby’s cheek.
Mukadog, l missed the relevance of your comment to the story above. How stupid, all our elderly people in Zimbabwe can take a bath on their own and do not need anyone to take them to the toilet or wipe their assès, so what kind of investment do you want to do in Zimbabwe? Or maybe you want the homosexual industry? That will never happen in Zimbabwe so shut up your dirty and smelly warthog like black mouth. Yes, why would the embassy leave Simba to poke his nose into sport? If it was Coltart then l would have understood but not Mavambo,
We once had a presentation forum on how best can the diaspora business community can invest in zimbabwe. That fish mouthed zanoid of a Charumbira guy who works at the Embassy is a joke to be honest on this presentation he was narrating potential areas of investment without elaborating on the political and legal risks. In the end he had his tail between his legs like a soaking wet dejected circus monkee.
Simba Makoni? What a disruption this was going to be. Some of these parties are formed just for personal recognition. Power struggle only Simba!