Lightning: 500 inmates cells destroyed at Whawha Prison in storm. STORM:-One pupil dead, 19 hospitalised in Binga and Nkayi

ONE pupil died while 19 others, including a teacher, were hospitalised following a lightning strike and destructive winds in Binga and Nkayi on Wednesday.There was anxiety at a top prison in Gweru after some of its buildings, some of them cells housing up to 500 inmates, were destroyed in a storm on Thursday. The prisoners slept outside on Thursday night and were busy yesterday trying to reconstruct the roofs over their cells. A bolt of…

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Property, Including 32 TVs, 5laptops, 5 Mobiles Worth $42,000 Recovered From 2 Bulawayo Armed Robbers

POLICE in the Midlands province have recovered property worth more than $42,000 from two notorious Bulawayo armed robbers. Shadreck Chiduza, 49, of O-50 Njube suburb and his accomplice Killias Maphosa, 45, of 122 Nkenyani Road, Mambo in Gweru were arrested two weeks ago and appeared before Gweru Magistrate Chibanda who remanded them in custody to June 20 for trial. Police yesterday said Chiduza and Abednego Ndlovu, who is currently serving a 17-year sentence for robberies…

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