13 March 2017, Mwenezi – A man who ‘stole’ some sips of popular Super shake beer popularly known as chibatai munhu was severely bashed and left for dead with serious injuries at KwaHungwe Bar, Rutenga, on Sunday afternoon.  
The man, identified as Esau Mbanje from Guramatunhu under Chief Chitanga, was left in a pool of blood after he was beaten by unidentified man who accused him of drinking their beer.
“Mbanje entered the bar and took deep gulps of the beer without permission from the owners. He did the same on a third man and that’s when everybody began to drag while giving him heavy blows,” said an eye witness.
Mbanje sustained a deep scar on his forehead which was reportedly a result of a heavy fall after repeated blows from the outraged drinkers.
Tellzim News saw Mbanje bleeding profusely and struggling to stand on his own before well-wishers helped him to his feet and took him to Rutenga Clinic in a donkey-drawn scotch-cart.local

13 March 2017, ZVISHAVANE – Zvishavane Youth Centre (ZYC) is making strides to develop its art gallery, with keen interest from different art lovers and curators being registered of late, centre facilitator; Clifford Mugiya has said.
Speaking to TellZim News recently, Mugiya said the gallery had witnessed phenomenal growth due to increased interest and exposure form the media.
“The gallery became prominent such that artists and curators of different artifacts are visiting the place with their products,” said Mugiya.
He mentioned stone carver; Happison Banda, musician; Tichaona Mupingo and poet Majoni Ncube as new contributors to the gallery, singling out Ncube as an ‘unsung hero’.
The gallery was also given a boost recently after a visit by Indigenisation Minister, Patrick Zhuwao.
Mugiya described the art gallery, the only one in Zvishavane, as a vital arts and culture information resource centre in the district.
“The gallery is a manufacturer of teaching aids. Teachers and students from Gweru, Mwenezi and Zvishavane visit us to have their teaching models and charts done,” said Mugiya.
He told TellZim News that young children from the age of seven to thirteen are coming from very far to get assistance in bringing out their talents and passions while being taught skills in various art forms.
“We are doing our best to develop talent and contribute to the economy and our society through fine art despite being faced with shortage of resources,” said Mugiya. 
Wood carvings, stone sculptures, drawings and paintings, collages, weaving products and pottery are some of the art pieces on display at the gallery.local

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13 March 2017, ZVISHAVANE – A woman from Muganhu village in Makacha under Chief Mapanzure was recently left nursing serious wounds after her neighbour hit her with a brick and proceeded to beat her over alleged unfair distribution of food aid.
Suwisai Muganhu was dragged before Zvishavane Magistrate Archie Wochiunga and was convicted of assaulting Chipo Sibanda after his own guilty plea.
He was sentenced to 20 days in prison or alternatively to pay a US$100 fine.
Appearing for the State, Stanley Ncube said on January 8, 2017, Muganhu hit Sibanda with a brick on the head and the complainant felt down.
He then started beating the complainant on her head until one villager, Sadam Mlangeni, who had heard the complainant’s cries, rushed to the scene to restrain Muganhu.
This was after Chief Mapanzure called a meeting in the area to discuss the distribution of food aid. Serious disputes emerged at the meeting, with some villagers complaining that committee leaders were corruptly allocating themselves and their relatives more food.
It was heard that Sibanda and Muganhu had found themselves on different sides of the divide at the meeting. After the meeting, Muganhu later waited for Sibanda in the bush where he ambushed her.
Last month, Chief Makumbe of Buhera called for the suspension of food aid, saying it was causing serious divisions in communities with villagers now bewitching each other over the food.local

A commercial diver is a professional who is paid to go underwater to do specific tasks such as construction, retrieval, maintenance, inspection, welding, repairs, deep sea exploration, and photography.
Ratanang Maremane, who is now based at the port in East London, was born and bred in Soweto, South Africa. She is one of the women pioneers in the maritime industry in her career path as a diver for the South African Navy and Transnet.
Maremane is currently employed by Transnet and she is also in her final semester as a Civil Engineering Student at Walter Sisulu University. She wants to merge her commercial diving qualification with the qualification cial Diving School in 2011.
“I wanted to become a fighter pilot so I applied for a learnership programme with the SANDF (South African National Defence Force). After the learnership, I received a contract that instructed me to report to the SA Naval Base in Saldanha Bay.
“I resigned from the SA Navy in 2008 and I worked for the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) from 2009 as a scientific diver.
“Marine life is almost harmless if you don’t disturb it, even sharks. I was on record when I got 30 cm close to a two metre baby shark. I wanted to touch it but my instinct overwhelmed me,” says Maramane.
“Opportunities are there but the youth, particularly from inland, are not aware of certain career fields. I was not aware that there is such a thing as commercial diving before I joined the SA Navy.
“The dangerous nature of the job is also one of the reasons why there are not enough females in the industry. The other challenge particularly for non-white communities is the fear of water and the superstitions that come with it,” says Maramane.local

 by Charles Maregere

Ruth Mutopo