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Mwenezi spine injury victim dies

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Mwenezi spine injury victim dies


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Cephas Shava

07 March 2017, MWENEZI – A 27-year-old Mwenezi man, who was battling to recover from a severe spinal injury sustained in a freak accident while offloading cement from a truck, died on Saturday last week following months of illness.
Phineas Chauke, who is survived by his wife and three children, was laid to rest at his rural home in Mukahamari village, chief Neshuro.
Chauke sustained spinal injuries after the door of the truck’s side trailer hit him below the chest while doing a piece job of offloading cement at Chingwanga hardware at Neshuro growth point some months ago.
While trying to open the truck load, Chauke was hit by the side door of the truck whose load was reportedly made of more than 600 bags of cement. He fell and some bags of cement fell on top of him.
Chauke was initially taken to Neshuro Hospital and then transferred to Masvingo General Hospital from where he was again referred to United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) and later on to Parerenyatwa Hospital where he underwent surgery and discharged.
However, his illness worsened and he developed deep sores on his backside and legs. This prompted family members to take him back to Neshuro where he was discharged for home-based care a fortnight ago but remain stuck at the hospital due to lack of funds. By the time of his death, Chauke was not able to walk or bend.local

Lundi High pupils evacuated as floods cause chaos

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Lundi High pupils evacuated as floods cause chaos

Evacuated pupils wade through the stream from their hostels to the classrooms

Cephas Shava

07 March 2017, MWENEZI – About 270 girls at Lundi Christian High School were forced to swiftly vacate their residences on Monday after fierce waters from the flooded Runde River engulfed the tributary that bisects the main campus and the girls’ hostels.
Twenty-two members of staff staying in houses that are on the same side with the girls hostels had to spend the whole of Monday stuck on that side as the small stream could no longer be crossed.
Sources at the school told TellZim News the decision to move the girls out of their hostels and accommodate them in classrooms was taken after the realisation that the hostels were in danger of being flooded.
“When we realised that water levels were increasing at an alarming rate, we ordered the girls to take their few belongings and some blankets. As soon as all of them crossed to the other side, the stream that divides the hostels and the classrooms side was immediately flooded. They spent the night sleeping in the classrooms,” said a source.
On Tuesday, this reporter saw school uniforms hanging on classroom windows with authorities admitting that the case was bad as the girls could not return to their proper accommodation at least in the short run.
They also said though the tributary was no longer flooded, the girls will continue to sleep in the classrooms while authorities monitor the situation with assistance from the district Civil Protection Unit (CPU).local

OK continuous line to go

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OK continuous line to go

The controversial unbroken traffic line along Hofmeyer Street

Itai Muzondo

07 March 2017, MASVINGO – OK Masvingo has successfully lobbied council to remove the controversial unbroken traffic line along Hofmeyer Street between Leopold Takawira Avenue and Josiah Tongogara Avenue.
The move follows complaints by OK Masvingo that the line was not good for its business because shoppers were being fined for crossing the line while looking for parking space.
Minutes of a recent full council meeting indicate that the line will be removed for good.
 “The City Engineer reported that the continuous centre line on Hofmeyer Street between Leopold Takawira Avenue and Josiah Tongogara was introduced to reduce chaos and instill order on the road since motorists used to turn right at random,” read the minutes.
TellZim News is informed that the move to remove the line is designed to let shoppers freely look for parking space.
“…the request by OK Zimbabwe Limited, Masvingo Branch for the removal of the continuous white line along Hofmeyer Street, between Leopold Takawira Avenue and Josiah Tongogara Avenue be granted,” the resolution reads.
Masvingo Mayor; Hubert Fidze also told TellZim News that the resolution will soon be implemented, saying complaints over the line were also coming from residents.
“We will make sure that the resolution is swiftly implemented because complaints over the line had also been raised by the public. We are here to serve the community and we will definitely do as they ask,” said Fidze.local

Man stabbed over bad music complaints

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Man stabbed over bad music complaints
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Shumirai Zhou

07 March 2017, GWERU – Methias Muzvondiwa (19) and Wellington Muzvondiwa (24) of Chirumhanzu were recently sentenced to four years in prison each after they pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting a man who had complained that Methias was playing unpleasant music at a bar at which they were drinking.
Gweru Magistrate Kudakwashe Nemadire suspended 18 months and ordered the two to perform 12 weeks of community service at Makanya Primary School in Chirumanzu.
The remaining six months were suspended on condition that they each pay US$52.50 fine to Robert Majoni by March 31, 2017 through the Gweru clerk of court.
Appearing for the State, Andrew Marimo told the court that on December 4, 2016 at around 22:00 hrs, Majoni, Methias and Wellington were drinking beer at Chirove bar at Muwani business centre in Chirumhanzu.
A misunderstanding on the type of music played arose among Methias, Wellington, one Onias Takura, Majoni and one Funwell Marunga as they all wanted to operate the music system which was being operated by Methias.
Methias started assaulting Takura with clenched fists several times on the body and Wellington went on to strike Majoni once on the mouth with a clenched fist and they began to fight. It was heard that Methias then came from behind with a knife and stabbed Majoni on the back and escaped.
Takura filed a report to the police leading to the arrest of the two.
Majoni sustained a stab wound on the back and a medical report was produced in the court as exhibit.local

Shocked kombi driver flees accident scene

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Shocked kombi driver flees accident scene

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Paida Mukono

07 March 2017, CHECHECHE – A panic-stricken kombi driver who thought he had caused the death of many passengers in a grisly accident which killed one person and badly-injured 13 more along Ngundu-Tanganda Road last weekend fled the accident scene in shock.
The kombi was travelling towards Chipinge when the accident happened close to the 75 kilometre peg from Croco Motors Chiredzi.
Sources said the driver bolted from the vehicle wreck in which his injured conductor was also trapped and took to his heels thinking he had caused the death of many more passengers.
The kombi was reportedly over-speeding and had 24 passengers on board before it hit a pothole and overturned thrice.
The injured passengers were ferried St Peters Hospital in Checheche.local

Chiredzi RDC buys bikes for councillors

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Chiredzi RDC buys bikes for councillors

Isaac Matsilele


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07 March 2017, CHIREDZI – Chiredzi Rural District Council (RDC) has purchased forty motorbikes for its councillors as part of measures to ease travel and improve service delivery in the vast district.
Chiredzi RDC is one of the biggest districts in the country but is grappling with poor infrastructure that makes some remote parts of the district hardly reachable.
Areas like Chikombedzi and Malipati have some of the worst roads imaginable, and councillors from these areas sometimes turn up for meetings very late due to transport problems.
Council Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Isaac Matsilele said the move to give purchase the bikes came after the realisation that councillors must be able to stay in touch with communities all the time.
 “All our councillors successfully passed their provisional licenses and we have given them their motorbikes,” said Matsilele.business,pictures

Man murders friend for calling self ‘Chibaba’

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Man murders friend for calling self ‘Chibaba’


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06 March 2017, MASVINGO – A Chivi man will this week appear in the High Court of Masvingo for allegedly murdering his friend who was also his neighbour for calling himself “Chibaba”, a chant derived from one of Soul Jah Love’s song lyrics which is understood to be an allusion to a ‘real’ man. 
Thirty two-year-old Lameck Charidza, residing at Giri village under headman Chipundu in Chivi, will be charged for murder as defined in Section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9:23.
On June 3, 2015 at around 1900 hrs, the accused was reportedly drinking beer with the now deceased Prosper Chamaona (24) at Mupanguri Primary School when a dispute arose between the two over who should be called “chibaba”.
The dispute degenerated into a physical fight as Charidza is alleged to have wanted the ‘honourable’ title to be his sole preserve.
Sausseki Nyandoro, a teacher at that school called Berejena police after trying and failing to stop the fight which left the now deceased unconscious.
The two were taken to Matibi Hospital where Chamaona was pronounced dead on arrival.
A post mortem was conducted which showed cervical subluxation.
A psychiatrist at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, Dr Mhaka, however, indicated that the accused was mentally challenged at the time of the offense.local

Service delivery worsens in Zvishavane

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Service delivery worsens in Zvishavane


Exsto Makunzva

06 March 2017, ZVISHAVANE – There seems to be no end in sight to the problems of burst sewer pipes in Zvishavane despite the sacking of council chairperson, Esau Gwatipedza Dube by the Minister of Local Governance Public Works and National Housing, Savior Kasukuwere, on allegations of corruption and incompetence.
Dube was fired in January reportedly at the instigation of Town Secretary, Tinoda Mukutu, for allegedly failing to execute his duties.
There is, however, no evidence to date that service delivery is improving in the town as pools of raw sewage and erratic water supplies of questionable quality being the order of the day.
Roads are also riddled with enormous potholes and things have worsened with the heavy rains that have been pounding the town of late.
A sewage pool near PG Hardware has not been attended to for several weeks and it has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
The pool started as a pot hole which was neglected until it grew bigger with a burst sewer pipe nearby acting as its tributary.
A few meters from the pool lies a fruit and vegetable market with the popular Madeira Restaurant and other food outlets also close by.
A woman who sells food on the streets accused council of prioritising self-enrichment and partisan politics at the expense of service delivery.
“We thought we were going to see improvement now that the chairperson, who was accused of incompetence and corruption, is now gone. But what do we have now beside a deterioration of services and the I don’t care attitude of the bosses?
“It was all about politics and nothing else. The chairperson was fired simply because he belonged to the wrong party,” said the vendor.
No comment could be obtained from Mukutu by the time of going to print.pictures, local

GBDA lobbies for improved service delivery

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GBDA lobbies for improved service delivery

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Peter Chawapiwa

06 March 2017, MPANDAWANA -The Gutu Business Development Association (GBDA) has, as a true representative of the people, successfully lobbied service providers to revise their rates downwards, the association’s chairperson, Isaiah Ngwaru has said.
Speaking to TellZim News recently, Ngwaru said the GBDA had made a number of achievements since its formation.
“We successfully lobbied Zinwa (Zimbabwe National Water Authority) for the reduction of water tariffs from $1.50 to 30c per cubic metre and for fixed water charges to drop from $40 to $17 per month.
“We have also approached council to take over water supply management to Mpandawana from Zinwa starting this year because we are a town now,” Ngwaru said.
Ngwaru said the association had approached The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) to persuade them to build a second feeder line from Mashava as a contingency measure to the existing line which is prone to regular faults.
“Work is already in progress on the second feeder line and this is expected to improve the availability of power in the town,” he said.
Apart from convincing council to stagger the payment of licence fees and rates in the district, Ngwaru said the organisation had also lobbied council to hold at least three stakeholder consultative meetings every year to review progress on commitments and projects.
The meetings, Ngwaru said, will also give authorities a chance to highlight and explain challenges arising.
He said GBDA had invited both the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to hold workshops for the business community.
“As GBDA we will continue to work for the people of Gutu to improve service delivery in the district and the town,” Ngwaru said.business

Mother gives daughter poison to kill school friends

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Mother gives daughter poison to kill school friends


Peter Chawapiwa

GUTU – A Grade 4 pupil at Mutombwa Primary School in Gutu who was tired of her friends asking her to give them a share of her lunch reported the issue to her mother who then gave her a bottle of toxic chemicals with instructions to poison anybody who asked her for a share of her lunch ever again.
Sources said the girl’s classmates confronted her after noticing that she was carrying a bottle with a strange smelling liquid in her satchel.
The girl is said to have responded that the bottle contained some water guard which she used to purify her drinking water.
A report was made to the class teacher who took the matter up with the school head but upon realising that the case was becoming complicated, the pupil took the bottle to a Blair toilet where she emptied the contents and threw the bottle into the toilet.
She then left school to go home after being asked to bring her parents.
When the parents came, they reportedly denied any knowledge of the bottle but TellZim News saw a statement hand-written by the girl and stamped by the school head in which she confesses that her mother had given her the bottle.
 “Ini (name withheld) ndakapiwa chibhodhoro namai musi weChitatu mangwanani vachinditi inda uno isira vanhu vanondikumbira mbuva ini ndakandambo vaudza kuti pane vanhu vanondikumbira mbuva musi weMugovera. Chaiva nezvinhu zvainhuhwa takatombochivhara na(name withheld) tichibva kumba…..
(I [name withheld] was given the bottle by my mother on Wednesday morning. She asked me to administer the contents on the food and give to pupils who asked me to share my lunch with them. I had told her the previous Saturday that some pupils were asking me to share my lunch with them. The bottle contained a foul-smelling liquid.)” reads part of the letter.
Staff at the school managed to retrieve the bottle from the toilet to identfy its contents but it was already soiled.
The headmaster referred the matter to Chin’ai Police Base where officers said they doubted the mental stability of the pupil.
Education officials in Gutu who were contacted for comment said they were still to receive a report on the issue.local

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