Mberengwa – Villagers in Mberengwa are pleading with well-wishers and the donor community for financial assistance to complete Madhekwana Clinic in ward 8 in Mberengwa East constituency.
The project which kicked off in March 29, 2016.
In an interview with TellZim News, Mataruse B1 Ward 8 councillor Marline Shava Ziwewera said they are appealing for funds to complete Madhekwana clinic.”The completion of Madhekwana clinic is overdue. We are appealing to the business community and donors to chip in and assist either in cash or kind. Villagers are walking long distances to the nearest clinics and this clinic will be of great help,” said Ziwewera.
To show commitment, the community members have managed to raise US$245.00 which is currently in their pocket and is far from being enough to fund the project.
The clinic is now at roof level and the constructions have since stop, owing to the financial constraints.
“We need about US$7 000.00 to complete the project. We owe our contractors US$2000. 00 in cash and this has negatively affected our project since no operations are taking place,” said Ziwewera.news

Itai Muzondo

MASVINGO – Masvingo City Council announced at the just ended Full Council Meeting that they are forced to demolish all illegal light industrial shops behind Mucheke Bus Terminus in order to allow the City Engineer to peg proper structures.
Areas to be affected are structures adjacent to ‘R’ section houses in ward 1.
“The committee (Public Works and Planning) noted that the situation was bad on the space adjacent the ‘R’ Section houses in Ward 1 where an open space had been occupied illegally by the public who were engaged in various light industrial activities,” read the minutes.
Council management, however, decided to formally allocate the land in question as light industrial sites though councillors are arguing that the process will entail demolishing the existing illegal structures so as to pave way for the City Engineer to peg stands.
“Pegging the land legally is a nobble idea though this will call for council to demolish the existing illegal structures. How will the engineer allocate land under already existing structures,” argued councillors in consensus during the full council meeting.
Management promised to take the suggestion to demolish illegal structures into consideration or they would peg and formalize the already existing activities.
“The City Engineer be instructed to create light industrial stands on the open space between Mucheke light industry and ‘R’ Section houses to formalize the activities,” read the council resolution.news

Kudzai Matava / Peter Chawapiwa

Gutu – In a bizarre incident that has left the local community tongue-tied, a woman from Maravanyika Village under Chief Munyaradzi allegedly killed and feasted on her newly-born baby before throwing the remains in a bucket.
Speaking to TellZim News recently, elders from Maravanyika Village confirmed that they were still in a state of shock saying family representatives and community elders had taken the woman, only identified as Irene, to her family in Gokwe.
Irene was reportedly married to Webster Muzavazi from Muzavazi village but was currently staying in Maravanyika village.

 “This is a suspected case of witchcraft. Irene is said to have been initiated into witchcraft by her relatives at a tender age so upon giving birth to her child at Mutero Mission hospital, she was being pressured by members of her sinister witchcraft group to supply human flesh and ended up giving her own baby,” the source said.
Narrating the strange incident to TellZim News, Webster’s uncle only identified as Baba Rudo Munyaradzi, who was part of the team which escorted Irene to Gokwe said everyone was still in shock.
“When all this happened, I was not around but I can confirm everyone is still in a state of shock. On the fateful  day in question about two weeks ago, lrene was seen running up and down around the yard- she was behaving in a strange way and people suspected that something was wrong. She was then asked about the whereabouts of the newly born baby and she initially claimed that the child had been eaten by dogs. Initially people thought it was a joke but after a search, people bumped into a bucket which was full of blood and the child’s remains. The bucket was hidden behind the door in the house,” said Webster’s Uncle.
 “My elder brother was called to attend to the scene and her husband who was away was also alerted about the incident. Irene was still acting strangely so we had to communicate with her family who instructed us to bury our grandchild and bring them their child. Even when I left her at her rural home in Gokwe, she still appeared distracted,” he said.
Muzavazi Village head who is also a relative to Webster said the incident will be remembered as one of the saddest episodes in both the family and the community history.
“Webster comes from my village but he is now living in Maravanyika village. We are failing to come to terms with this issue up until now. This is the saddest episode of our life, everyone is shocked. I am not sure if Sabhuku Maravanyika is going to take any action against anyone but all I can confirm is that we are not happy,” said Sabhuku Muzavazi.
Village head Maravanyika could not be reached for comment before going to print.
Sources insist that Irene confessed that she was a witch.
“She confessed that she was a witch and said she had started the practice when she was still very young. She said she had no option besides killing her child since it was her turn to sacrifice her child,” said another source.news

Tinomutenda Midzi

CHIVI – Chivi Rural District Council (RDC) chairperson killer Zivhu last week donated building material worth thousands of United States Dollars to Dzingirai Primary School in Chivi South’s Ward 29.
Zivhu, who is also Zanu PF Masvingo provincial treasurer, confirmed that the non-stop factional fights in his party were hindering development in the province and urged people to unite.
“Members of Zanu PF in Masvingo must stop creating divisions within the party. We should work for the people party and promote development in the province. If we were united, more people would have come to donate towards the construction of classroom blocks here,” said Zivhu.news

Tinomutenda Midzi

MASVINGO – In an act of negligence, a couple driving a Toyota Vitz escaped death by a whisker after the vehicle veered off the road and overturned several times before landing on its roof near Masvingo Polytechnic College when the driver left the steering unattended as they engaged in fist-fighting, while the car was in motion last week.
Speaking to TellZim News soon after the accident, the wife blamed her husband for the mishap saying before she accused him of having an extra-marital affair.
 “He (husband) came to town where I sell airtime and told me to get in the car saying he wanted to discuss something. When I got in, he started driving off the place punching me all over with one hand on the handle saying unodanana nabamunini vako (you are having an affair with my young brother), and it is fun that the boy being referred to is young enough to be my son.
The woman goes further saying she tried to escape when they were crossing the bridge just after Chicken Inn along Masvingo-Beitbridge road but the husband kept speeding.
“I then touched his hand trying to save myself and that was when the vehicle veered off the road and overturned. It is a lie that I wanted the car to crash into an oncoming truck,” she said.
The husband denied the accusations saying they had an early fight which he thought they settled at home so he was shocked to see her turning the car to a passing truck to intentionally commit suicide.
“We had a misunderstanding at home and I thought it was over. I was shocked when she pushed me off the handle turning the car sideways. All she is telling the people now is not true,” he said.
The two live in Runyararo West, have children together and the car they were driving in is a tax that belongs to their employer.news