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BIKITA – Armed rapists suspected to be part of the gang that has gained notoriety in the Bhuka, Bhati and Steven areas are said to be now operating in Bikita district.
The police recently warned the people in the Duma area at Nyika growth point to be on high alert.
Sources said on February 15, the criminals preyed on a Gwindingwi High School teacher who stays in Kunedzimwe village.
When contacted for a comment, Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula said she had not yet received a report on the matter.local

BIKITA – Monalisa Mapfunde, of Mondo village under Chief Mazungunye, who was doing grade two at Chivaka Primary, last week drowned in Chivaka River reportedly after sneaking out of school bounds.
Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula confirmed the incident and urged parents to warn their children against crossing flooded rivers.
“Parents should warn their children not to cross rivers alone and teachers should make sure pupils do not sneak out of school,” said Mazula.
It is said Monalisa sneaked out of school around 10: 00 hrs to go home alone. She tried to cross Chivaka River and was swept away.
Around 17: 00 hrs, Monalisa’s mother Sylvia Tizwi (34) started to look for her child who had unusually failed to come back home on time.
With the help of fellow villagers, Tizwi found the body of her child along the river the next morning.local

ZAKA – Marasa Tazvitya (32) from Zvidzai Village under Chief Ndanga died last week after an abandoned hut in which he had sought shelter from the rain caught fire after it was struck by a bolt of lightning.
Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula confirmed the incident and urged people to find safer shelter during thunderstorms.
Sources said Tazvitya was heading cattle when he sheltered at an abandoned homestead after it started raining.
The hut in which he was sheltering was struck by a bolt of lightning and a neighbour, David Pungwe went to investigate after he saw the hut on fire.
Upon his arrival, he found Tazvitya lying dead on the floor with multiple burns. he later reported the matter to the police.local

MWENEZI – The head boy of Guiding Star Secondary School was last week convicted by the Mwenezi Magistrates’ Court and sentenced to a wholly suspended three months jail term for assaulting a pupil who had made fun of him.
Tendai Mboweni of Mboweni village under Chief Negari, pleaded guilty to charges of assault when he appeared before magistrate Honest Musiiwa.
The magistrate warned Mboweni that the court was only lenient with him as he was still at school and the victim did not sustain serious injuries.
It was the State’s case that on January 31 at around 08:00 hrs, Mboweni summoned Maslow Dziva to his office and asked him why he had mocked him the previous day at assembly, accusing him of stealing some dolls.
He then struck Dziva using open hands several times on his face and a police report was made leading to Mboweni’s arrest.
Angelinah Makonya appeared for the State.local

MWENEZI – Chemvana Secondary School head, Abel Hlungwani has for several days been missing from work after he allegedly fled when he learnt that auditors who were on their way, TellZim News has learnt.
Though repeated efforts to get a comment from Hlungwani were fruitless as his mobile was on voicemail, reliable sources said the school head fled to avoid meeting the auditors.
Hlungwani is said to have come back later to pack his property and disappear into thin air. He had never been heard from by the time of writing.
District Schools Inspector (DSI), Lackson Zanamwe was not immediately available to comment but Provincial Education Director (PED), Zedius Chitiga could neither confirm nor deny the report.
“I am not sure about such an incident. My office is yet to receive the report,” said Chitiga.
A sources, however, told TellZim News that the school head’s flight had raised suspicions that school funds could have been abused.
“When auditors visited the school on February 9, Hlungwani was absent. He had left the school saying he was going to collect a bank statement. When the auditors arrived, the deputy head phoned him because some financial books were missing.
“Hlungwani promised that he was on his way back but he never came back on that day, and the auditors spent the whole day waiting for him.
“He later came and collected all his property and has never been seen ever since. His house is completely empty,” said the source.local