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Globe and Phoenix Primary School Learners Vulnerable To Cholera

1 year agoThu, 08 Feb 2024 07:49:59 GMT
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Globe and Phoenix Primary School Learners Vulnerable To Cholera

Learners at Sally Mugabe Primary School, formerly Russel Primary School in Kwekwe District, Midlands Province, are vulnerable to cholera after the school received more than 1 000 learners from Globe and Phoenix Primary School.

As reported by The NewsHawks, the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) in Kwekwe District relocated learners from Globe and Phoenix Primary School to Sally Mugabe after classrooms caved in due to illegal mining last year.

However, authorities have not expanded water and sanitation facilities at Russel Primary to accommodate learners from Globe and Phoenix.

This week, Fortune Mpungu, the Kwekwe CPU chairperson, told NewsHawks that the facilities at Sally Mugabe can cater for learners from Globe and Phoenix. He said:

We have provided temporary classroom tents at the school where the pupils have been relocated to and that is Sally Mugabe Primary.

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In terms of water and sanitation facilities, all the students are using the old ones. They are enough.

We are working with the Ministry of Health on preventing cholera at the school. We feel we are on top of the situation.

Besides, plans are already there for the construction of a new school and we are waiting for the rainy season to end so that the work can begin.

Plans and designs for the new school have already been drawn and very soon construction will begin. The stay of the pupils at that school is temporary.

However, The NewsHawks reported sources at Sally Mugabe Primary School as saying a health time bomb is looming at the institution.

The CPU has not provided mobile toilets or water bowsers to cater for the increased number of pupils. Said the source:

We are talking about 1 300 pupils who have been relocated to a school that already had overpopulated children with limited water and sanitation facilities such as ablution blocks.

The number of students is overwhelming the facilities already and general workers are failing to maintain hygiene at the toilets.

When there are water outages, there are no additional supplies that are on standby.

According to the Ministry of Health and Childcare, as of 07 February 2023, Midlands Province had 569 suspected Cholera cases, 17 confirmed cases, 528 recoveries, 0 confirmed deaths and 36 suspected deaths.

Globe and Phoenix Primary School, which was constructed more than a century ago, was abandoned after a classroom block collapsed into a mine shaft on 16 March 2023.

The learners have been learning under tents at Russell Primary School grounds where they have been camped since last year.

The underground tunnels that destroyed the school were dug by illegal gold miners linked to ZANU PF.

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baba jukwa · 1 year ago
shame stereki
zf · 1 year ago
the final act to consummate the crime, and though some may not have been present (as in the case of Hamadziripi and Chigowe who claim to have been in Malawi at the material time), they could all be charged foy Chitepo’s murder. 262. Members of the High Command who gave evidence admitted that on hearing rumours that some of them were to be arrested, they scattered and ran away from Zambia instead of being eager to stay to explain ang assist the Zambian Police. So, the whole evidence (both circumstantial] as well as direct) with regard to the assassination of Chitepo points inevitably and clearly to his colleagues in the DARE and the High Command, especially Tongogara, Chigowe, Mudzi, Gumbo, Kangai and Hamadziripi, (0) Mottvzs or CurrEpo’s KinLErs 263. The Nhari Rebellion and subsequent violent kidnappings were erroneously regarded by the Karanga as having been masterminded by the Manyika leaders in DARE. The people who were kidnapped in Lusaka were Karangas and their close associates, hence, the Karanga backlash against the Nhari group and their Manyika sympathisers. 264. Henry Hamadziripi, in his evidence before the Commission, hit the nail on the head whenheindicated that the motive forthe assassination, of Chitepo was REVENGE. 265. The mutual suspicion and hatred among the tribal groups was a cause of strain and stress for Chitepo, and could very well have given. rise to his remark that he did not know which to sacrifice, his life or the Party. After the mass executions of the Nhari group as well as the close associates of Chitepo, like John Mataure and Edgar Madekurozwa, there was fear that, if Chitepo was left at large, he would quite possibly divulge the criminal activities committed by the ex-ZANU Executive. It was feared that he would incriminate or cast grave suspicion on his former colleagues by implicating them in the atrocities that indeed came to light after his death. Their fear was strengthened by the fact that they were moving into the ANC and were to be subjected to the discipline of that body and not of ZANU’s DARE in which they wielded power. 266. This was not to be left to chance, and the only way to prevent it was to permanently silence Chitepo. The act of forcibly assigning body- guards to him to be with him wherever he went, and to be present at any discussions he held with people, abundantly testifies to this. 267. Moreover, members of the DARE and the Military High Command stood to gain from the rich harvest of a liberated Zimbabwe. They would, hopefully, occupy high posts in the black government because they had been the ‘Zimbabwe Government-in-exile’. They would also rightly claim to have fought and emancipated Zimbabwe from white domination, and made the country independent. Therefore, they would be entitled to the highest offices in the first Government of Zimbabwe. 50
zf · 1 year ago
D. Identity and Motive of Assassins 256. In our fourth term of reference, we were required to investigate and establish the identity and the motive of the person or persons responsible for Chitepo’s death. (a) IDENTITY oF THE ASSASSINS 257. As already stated, the Malawi Authorities told Chitepo that he was lucky to be alive in the company of Hamadziripi and Chigowe who had accompanied him as his ‘bodyguards’ to Malawi. In Blantyre, Chigowe listed people to be executed among whom was Chitepo himself. 258. In a statement to the Commission, Chigowe said, ‘Our Party has “a vow” which the Party studiously prosecutes, that is, any member of the Party whois found in a zig-zagging manner and becomes a stumbling- block, he is to suffer at the hands of the Party.’ Something to the same effect was admitted by Tongogara in his statement to the Mozambique Authorities. The evidence clearly shows that Chitepo and other Manyikas were ‘stumbling-blocks’, more particularly immediately before and after the Nhari Rebellion. 259. The Commission found that Chitepo had been placed in virtual custody of the cadres who were suspicious and hostile to him but who were loyal to the Karanga members of DARE. On his return from Malawi the members of DARE and the High Command were very angry to see that he alone returned, leaving his two colleagues (Hamadziripi and Chigowe) in the custody of the Malawi Authorities. In his letter of the 10th March, 1975, addressed to his wife (Mrs Victoria Chitepo) Chitepo described how he was suspicious and distrustful of his two colleagues (Hamadziripi and Chigowe) who had just travelled with him to Malawi. 260. The members of DARE and the High Command decided on the 15th March, 1975, to kill Chitepo for reasons already stated. On that day, Dauramanzi and Mpunzarima were sent to collect a bomb from Rex Nhongo. They returned on Monday, 17th March, 1975, when Chimurenga handed the bomb to Sadat Kufamazuba for safe keeping until midnight when Chimurenga, Rudo, Short and Sadat planted the bomb on the driver’s side of Chitepo’s car. The four men were acting under the direc- tions of Tongogara. On the same night, Tongogara sent Robson Manyika to Chitepo’s house to go and check whether Chimurenga, Rudo and Short had carried out the mission. Manyika said he did all this and reported back to Tongogara. This account is consistent with the corroborative evidence of the members of DARE and the High Command before the Commission and with their demeanour when they appeared before us. 261. The members of DARE and the High Command could all, therefore, be indicated as principals to the murder of Chitepo because, jointly and severally, they actively desired to bring this about, and did, in fact, bring it about. Although only one individual may have completed 49
.... · 1 year ago
Total failure by our central gvt
Ngatihurei Tife tikunde miyedzo yepano panyika · 1 year ago
Kurumidza nachitepo iwe mhanya
zf · 1 year ago
a. Any Possible Involvement of Racists or Imperialists in Chitepo’s Death 250. In our third term of reference, we were required to investigate and estadlish whether any racist or imperialist agents or counter-revolutionaries or saboteurs were directly responsible for Chitepo’s death. 251. From the evidence adduced before the Commission, none of the possibilities listed above could have been directly responsible for Chitepo’s death, and so all of them could be completely ruled out. The way Chitepo was killed was such that racists, imperialists or their agents could not have done it, unless, of course, it were suggested that those responsible for the crime had been in the pay of a racist or imperialist regime. This could, itself, be far-fetched in this particular case. Certainly there was no clear evidence that those who committed this crime were acting on behalf of racists or imperialists. 252. There was no evidence of counter-revolutionaries or saboteurs being involved, unless these terms were interpreted to include anyone whose action unintentionally results in delaying or confusing the liberation struggle (as Chitepo’s death has temporarily done). In this sense, even a radical member of DARE can be a counter-revolutionary or saboteur. The problem in labelling such a radical as a counter-revolutionary or saboteur is that he might have intended to speed up the revolution but merely miscalculated the reaction of the host country or the effect of his act upon the revolution. Indeed, one of the reasons given to the Commis- sion for assigning bodyguards to Chitepo was to protect him against real counter-revolutionaries and saboteurs. Strong security measures were taken by DARE and High Command in guarding Chitepo’s house. It was impossible for any but those close to him (like his personal friends and close political colleagues) to gain entrance into the premises of his home. 253. In the closing days, Chitepo himself repeatedly remarked to friends, relatives and Government officials that he was afraid for his life at the hands of those politically close to him. It got to a point where the President of Zambia offered him protection. 254. The Malawi Authorities told him that he was lucky to be alive in the company of Hamadziripi and Chigowe who had accompanied him as his ‘bodyguards’ to Malawi. In Blantyre, Chigowe wrote a list of people to be executed among whom was Chitepo himself. 255. The Commission is therefore satisfied that Chitepo’s violent death was not cause by any racist or imperialist agents, counter-revolu- tionaries or saboteurs. Almost all the witnesses whose evidence carried substance discounted this possibility. They had no difficulty in coming to : the conclusion that the crime could only have been committed by persons in the DARE and the Military High Command. These had the means, the motive and the opportunity to carry out the crime. 48

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