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Samukelisiwe Ngwenyama

SHURUGWI – There was shock after four boys working at a carwash in town died last Thursday in a horrific road accident while rushing to Gweru to fix a client’s car which had been damaged when they misused it.
Though no police comment could immediately be obtained, the accident occurred after Shurugwi Hospital environmental health officer Francis Maronde went to the carwash in town and left his Toyota Allion there for cleaning.
The boys who work at the carwash reportedly took advantage of Maronde’s absence to drive around in the vehicle but as fate would have it, damaged the car in the process.
They then reportedly decided to quickly drive the car to Gweru for fixing before the owner came back but little did they know that it would be the end of them all.
As they approached Chikwingwizha, the driver lost control of the vehicle and it skidded off the road, rolled and crashed into a big tree, killing three of them immediately while the other died later at the spot before emergency services had arrived.
The car was damaged beyond repair and the wreckage was yet to be removed from the accident scene by the time of writing.
Among them was a form one student who was identified as son to Sister Esther Thomas who happens to be Maronde’s colleague at work.
Another victim was identified as a tenant at Sister Thomas’s place while the other was son to a Shurugwi Covenant Ministry church pastor.
Maronde could not be reached for comment but sources said the boys were in the habit of abusing their clients’ vehicle whenever they got a chance.
It was also said that none of the four boys had a drivers’ licence.local

CHIVHU – Two cousin sisters who reside in J Extension, are engaged in a bitter feud over a boyfriend allegedly snatched by the elder sister.
Ethel and Moilah Munatsi are potato vendors who usually do their business around Chivhu post office but left work and exchanged blows at Spar in the presence of the said boyfriend last week, only to be restrained by members of the public.
The Munatsi sisters are said to have fought again later at home and were also said to have parted ways in their potato business.
Ethel told TellZim News her younger sister was at fault claiming she was the one who assaulted her first after finding out about the love triangle.
“I had to teach her a lesson, how could she beat me instead of us coming together as sisters and fight our common enemy. I will date that guy till she knows how to deal with matters and the boyfriend is mine even though he used to be hers,” boasted the big sister
She went on to brag about snatching the boyfriend, saying she was the better one of the two.
Moilah, however, insisted she will get her boyfriend back using whatever means necessary.
“She is a prostitute. How could she snatch my guy, a sister for that matter? I will deal with her accordingly and will not let her take him away,” said Moilah.local

TellZim Reporter

MASVINGO – Masvingo Rural District Council (RDC) has been praised for initiating the Plough Back Policy which has been described as a vehicle for development in line with the government policy on decentralisation.
This was said by community members during the commissioning of 2×2 classroom blocks at Harawe Satellite Primary School in ward 14.
The school was established in 2004 with an enrolment of 355 pupils and eight teachers but the current figures stand at 645 pupils and 14 teachers, with ECD alone constituting 192 pupils.
The new classrooms were constructed using plough back funds from the council, local Member of Parliament (MP) Davies Marapira, Schools Improvement Grant and the local community.
Masvingo district senator Clemence Makwarimba, who presided over the event which was attended by other dignitaries including District Administrator (DA) Roy Hove and Chief Chikwanda, thanked council for contributing 18 window frames, door frames, 50 chairs and 50 desks for the block.
The RDC also provided the lorry for the transportation of the materials as well as river and pit sand during the construction work. The council also graded the Zano – Harawe access road to ease travel.
Ward 4 Councillor Cornelus Gwinji expressed satisfaction with the project and thanked all stakeholders for working hand in glove for community development.
He also said Rukovo Clinic, which is in the same ward, had just received 10 rolls of security fence and the actual work of fencing was in progress while construction of Chikwanda Secondary School had received significant assistance from the same fund.
Masvingo RDC CEO Martin Mubviro hailed the decision to plough back 25 percent of all revenue collected from a particular ward for developmental projects, a position that was echoed by council chairperson Peter Marambire.
It was learnt that all 35 wards were engaged in various projects using the plough back funds with ward 13 having just completed a market stall which was now in use at Chikarudzo business centre.
Ward 2 is constructing a waiting mother’s shelter at Zimuto Clinic while ward 22 constructed Magodo bridge.local

Bigboy Murenga

TellZim Reporter

GUTU – Two Serima High school teachers who took up their case to the High Court in resistance against what they called was an unprocedural bid to transfer them to Majada and Chiguhune secondary schools seem to have had the last laugh after the Gutu District Education Inspector (DSI) reversed the move.
Earlier in May, Batsiranai Ngugama and Samson Mubvekeri filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court in Masvingo citing the DSI and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) as the first and second respondents respectively.
Represented by Coghlan & Welsh, known in Masvingo as Ruvengo, Maboke and Company, the two were arguing that they were being procedurally and unfairly being targeted.
They argued that the letters of transfer maliciously claimed that they had requested the transfers when in actual fact they had never requested any.
“They were never consulted about the decisions to transfer them and the transfer is giving them inadequate time to prepare for the transfer as schools are opening on the 9th of May 2017,” reads part of the urgent chamber application.
Though Mubvekeri and Ngugama flatly refused to talk to TellZim News, this reporter managed to get hold of their heads of argument which is replete with emotional language.
“The way we were picked for transfer is not procedural and reflects nepotism, hogwash and malicious geocentricism with purely corrupt thought and motives with the ardent intention of bringing the good name of the ministry and government into disrepute,” reads part of the arguments.
Though the official reasons given for the planned transfer were said to be overstaffing, sources said there was actually a fraught relationship between the two and school authorities who considered them to be “irritating distractions who want to see too much.”local

….Chiredzi DSI drags partner to court

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CHIREDZI – Chiredzi District Schools Inspector (DSI) Petronella Nyangwe is claiming US$40 000 from her business partner Admire Magodhlo following a misunderstanding which cropped up over commission sharing, TellZim can reveal.
The civil court led by Magistrate Tafadzwa Mhlanga heard that sometime last year, Nyangwe of 2 Chache River Triangle, got into an EcoCash deal with Magodhlo and deposited capital of $12 500 into his business.
It is alleged that after an agreeable period, Magodhlo then failed to pay the agreed amount to Nyangwe, forcing her to drag him to court. In his defence Magodhlo, who is a former member of Airforce of Zimbabwe and a seasoned police officer, said he paid the agreeable amount in full to Nyangwe but the misunderstanding cropped up after Nyangwe realised that Magodhlo was getting more commission.
In his defence, Magodhlo also said that Nyangwe was jealousy that Magodhlo was making more profit from the business which motivated her to sue him.
Magodhlo, who was represented by Tsatsawani Ndava of Mangwana Associates, said Nyangwe was lying to the court and he only received $12 500 from Nyangwe which he indeed paid up over an agreeable period.
Nyangwe, who was represented by Ross Chavi of Magwaliba and Associates dismissed Magodhlo’s representations saying they were fabricated lies.
The civil court postponed the case to a later date for continuation of trial.local

Brighton Chiseva

ZAKA – A real life rendition of the American blockbuster  ‘Death at a funeral’ was witnessed last week  when a village head who was attending the burial of a deceased villager was accidentally killed when a car hit him at the deceased’s homestead last Sunday.
Although police confirmation could be found as provincial police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula was out office by the time of going to print, Zaka RDC ward 19 Councillor Peter Imbayarwo said Patrick Chilo had gone to Mapunga village, Chief Ndanga’s area, to pay condolences.
Imbayarwo said a nephew to the deceased’s husband, who had his car parked nearby, asked his uncle – the deceased’s husband – to get into the car for a photo shoot.
“The widower was sitting on the front seat as they took pictures. We suspect that the car had been left in reverse gear and he could have stepped on the pedals resulting in the car moving,” Imbayarwo said.
Other reports said as the photo shoot continued, the car started to move in reverse and ploughed into four unsuspecting mourners, killing Chilo instantly and injuring the other three.
By the time of writing, two of the injured victims had been discharged from Musiso Hospital while the other one was still admitted. Chilo was due to be buried yesterday (Wednesday).local