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Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Harare late on Monday after cutting short his fund-raising trip in order to address the country’s economic crisis and crackdown.
Mnangagwa was welcomed at Harare International Airport by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, former army commander who was in charge during the president’s week-long absence and when the government launched a widespread clampdown in which 12 people were killed, more shot by troops and others dragged from their homes and beaten, according to human rights groups.
Mnangagwa hugged Chiwenga and chatted with him on the runway for 15 minutes. The president then told state broadcasting that his trip to Russia and Kazakhstan was fruitful and will benefit Zimbabwe in the long run. During his trip Mnangagwa met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked him for a loan.
Earlier on Monday the government intensified its crackdown on dissent by charging the leader of the country’s largest labor organisation with subversion, as the courts ruled that the shutdown of the internet was illegal.
Zimbabwe police arrested Japhet Moyo, secretary general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, and charged him with subversion for his role in organizing last week’s national strike.
The arrest and Mnangagwa’s return come after a week of turmoil. During the strike, some people went onto the streets to protest the government’s drastic increase in fuel prices. The government said the demonstrations degenerated into riots, prompting it to launch a sweeping wave of repression. Security forces opened fire on crowds, wounding many bystanders, and went house to house in some neighborhoods, beating up many men, according to witnesses.
‘We just don’t have that kind of money’
The government also imposed an internet blackout across the country. On Monday Zimbabwe’s High Court ordered the government to restore full internet to the country.
The shutdown of the internet was illegal because the Minister of State for Security, who ordered the internet closure, does not have powers to issue such a directive, said the court ruling.
Only President Emmerson Mnangagwa has the authority to make such an order, said the court. Over the weekend the government restored partial internet access, but kept a blackout on social media apps like Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter. The government alleges the internet has been used to organise violent demonstrations.
Zimbabwe’s capital gingerly recovered from the week of tumult on Monday. Most shops and businesses reopened, although many people are stocking up on food items in case of further unrest.
Indicating the severity of Zimbabwe’s economic problems, South Africa confirmed that it turned down Mnangagwa’s request for a loan of $1.2 billion recently. “We just don’t have that kind of money,” South African treasury spokesman Jabulani Sikhakhane told the broadcaster, eNCA.
Activist and pastor Evan Mawarire has been jailed since Wednesday and has been charged with subversion against the government for which he faces 20 years in jail if convicted. Mawarire had used social media to support peaceful protests against the fuel price increases. The case against Mawarire is a “travesty of justice” said his lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa. His application to be released on bail will be heard on Jan. 23.
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In the widespread crackdown, about two-thirds of the more than 600 people who were arrested have been denied bail, said Mtetwa.
When Mnangagwa tweeted on Sunday that he would cut short his European trip and to come back to Zimbabwe, he didn’t mention the violence, saying only that he is returning “in light of the economic situation.” He said his first priority “is to get Zimbabwe calm, stable and working again.”
At Davos, he planned to appeal for foreign investment and loans, but the visit had been expected to be a challenge. His Davos visit a year ago came shortly after he took over from longtime, repressive leader Robert Mugabe, a move cheered by Zimbabweans and the international community.
But Mnangagwa has faced a year of troubles in which his administration failed to improve the collapsed economy, narrowly won a disputed election and violently put down anti-government protests.
The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference last week lamented the government’s “intolerant handling of dissent” and its failure to halt economic collapse, concluding that “our country is going through one of the most trying periods in its history”.
Suspended Deputy National Director for Public Prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba says she is willing to appear before the Zondo commission of inquiry into allegations of state capture should she be given a chance to do so.
Jiba was placed on suspension last year by President Cyril Ramaphosa along with the special director of public prosecutions, Lawrence Mrwebi.
She says provided that her appearance at the Zondo Commission does not conflict with the Justice Yvonne Mokgoro inquiry, which is looking into her fitness to hold office, she is keen to give her side of the story.
During his testimony at the state capture commission last week former Bosasa chief operations officer Angelo Agrizzi testified that Jiba received at least R100 000 and Mrwebi R10 000 to kill an ongoing corruption probe by the National Prosecuting Authority and the Hawks.
READ: ‘She has not received any money’ – Jiba’s lawyer at fitness inquiry
Jiba’s attorney, Zola Majavu, told News24 that his client denied receiving any money.
“She has stated it categorically…and she will at the right time go to the relevant forum where these allegations were made and then have her say there.
“She has no difficulty going there,” Majavu said.
Lawyer pleased with Mokgoro inquiry
Majavu, however, conceded that Jiba was informed that she may be implicated by a witness at the Zondo commission by the commission’s investigators, but was not told about the extent of the implication.
READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Agrizzi to implicate Zuma, Jiba in Bosasa scandal
Jiba is set to come before the commission on February 6, and has indicated that she will not talk to the media about the matter until then.
Majavu said that his team was pleased with the direction which the Mokgoro inquiry was taking.
“Fortunately the inquiry investigators do provide us with statements of various witnesses in advance, so that we understand what it is that they are going to say,” said Majavu.
Majavu said they allowed both his and Mrwebi’s teams to be ready to cross-examine witnesses.
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Cape Town – Proteas batsman Reeza Hendricks acknowledges that playing in the 2019 World Cup in England would be a dream come true.
The tournament gets underway on May 30 when South Africa take on England at The Oval, and with just 9 ODIs left for the Proteas between now and then, Hendricks will be feeling pretty good about his chances of making the squad.
His 45 from 67 in Saturday’s loss to Pakistan in Port Elizabeth did not set the world alight, but it was another example of him scoring runs at the top of the order for the Proteas.
With Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock almost certainly the opening pair at the World Cup next year, Hendricks is hoping to secure the No 3 berth where Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen are also interested parties.
And with Van der Dussen’s innings of 93 off 101 on debut, it didn’t make Hendricks’ bid any easier.
“I was proud to see him make his debut and contribute the way he did. He played really well. I have played a few seasons with him now and I know his capabilities. He showed what he was about in PE,” Hendricks said on Lions team-mate Van der Dussen.
READ: Proteas: Pretorius’s rising CWC push
Since making his debut in August of last year, Hendricks sports an average of 28.90 in 10 ODIs.
Despite his fast start, which saw him record the fastest ton on debut, Hendricks has struggled with consistency making 102, 2, 0, 5, 1, 66, 44, 16, 8 and 45 thus far.
“I’m not looking at it like that. Yes, the World Cup is around the corner but we’ve got a series on our hands and this is an opportunity for us as well,” he said.
“Personally, I am taking it game by game and trying to contribute as well as I can in each opportunity I get. The rest will take care of itself.
“It’s a dream to represent your country at the World Cup, so it would mean a hell of a lot to me,” said the 29-year-old.
“At the end of the day, if I don’t get selected, I know that the player next to me will do the job and I will back them 100 percent.”
The second ODI starts on Tuesday (13:00) in Durban.
Rotating night-shift work together with an unhealthy lifestyle significantly increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, researchers say.
“Most cases of type 2 diabetes could be prevented by adherence to a healthy lifestyle, and the benefits could be larger in rotating night-shift workers,” said study authors led by Zhilei Shan. He is a nutrition researcher at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.
The new study was published in the BMJ.
Combined effects
The researchers noted that previous studies have shown smoking, a poor diet, inactivity, and being overweight/obese increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. Shift work has also been linked with an increased risk, the investigators added in a journal news release.
But the authors said they believe this is the first study to examine the combined effect of an unhealthy lifestyle and shift work on type 2 diabetes risk. The results show it’s especially important for shift workers to follow a healthy lifestyle.
The researchers analysed data from more than 143 000 US women who did not have type 2 diabetes, heart disease or cancer when they enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and NHS II in 1976 and 1989.
Over 22 to 24 years of follow-up, nearly 11 000 of the women were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. For every five years of working rotating night shifts, there was a 31% higher risk of a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.
Each unhealthy lifestyle factor – ever smoking, being overweight or obese, having a poor diet, being inactive – was linked with a 2.3 times higher risk of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The study authors explained that a poor diet was low in fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains, and high in processed meat, trans fats, sugar and salt.
Rotating night-shift work
Women who had any of the four unhealthy lifestyle factors and also worked rotating night shifts had the highest risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the findings showed. Among this group, each individual unhealthy lifestyle factor was associated with a 2.8 times increased risk.
This suggests that some kind of interaction between rotating night shifts and an unhealthy lifestyle factor adds further risk, according to the authors. In this study, rotating night shifts were defined as working at least three night shifts a month, in addition to day and evening shifts that month.
The researchers concluded that rotating night-shift work accounted for about 17% of the combined higher risk of type 2 diabetes, unhealthy lifestyle accounted for about 71%, and the remaining 11% was additional risk associated with the interaction of the two.
According to the report, the increased risk of type 2 diabetes among rotating night-shift workers with an unhealthy lifestyle may be due to disrupted sleep and body-clock rhythms affecting hormones, other metabolic pathways or the balance of bacteria in the gut.
Because this was an observational study, no firm conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect. Also, since all of the nurses were female and mostly white, the findings may not apply to men and other racial or ethnic groups, the researchers noted.
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