TORRENTIAL rains accompanied by strong winds left a trail of destruction in Dete, Hwange District in Matebeleland North and Masvingo where several homes had the.
A thunderstorm accompanied by strong winds blew off the roofing of a section of Hwahwa Prison in Gweru last Friday, prison authorities said.Prisoners were moved.
By Matabeleland North Correspondent
Dete: A pride of six lions is reportedly causing havoc around Dete in Hwange where it has killed goats with villagers now living in fear of being attacked.
Six adult male lions and some cubs have reportedly camped at Dete centre where they patrol between the railway line and Marist Brothers Secondary School turn-off in Magoli area, literally making the whole place a no-go area for locals.
The pride has reportedly killed seven goats at the Central Mechanical Engineering Department (CMED) depot where they are usually spotted at night.
Hwange ward 15 councillor Stanley Torima whose area covers Dete and Marist areas said the community is living in fear.
By Matabeleland North Correspondent
Dete: Hundreds of residents in Dete’s Old Township in Hwange district are living in fear as their pole and dagga homes are collapsing due to excessive rains that have been pounding the area.
Dete is a semi urban area with one sprawling high density Old Township whose homes, known as Mtuya (old huts), are largely made of thatch and dagga.
The old township was established in the 1960s and has about 500 houses built initially to accommodate migrant workers who were employed by National Railways of Zimbabwe and Dete Ceramics. Both are state entities.
Its population is largely comprised of elderly people and orphans left behind by former NRZ and now defunct Dete ceramics.
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