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The 30-year-old female security guard who died following an attack by an elephant while at work in Hwange on Friday was not equipped to safely discharge her duties, it has emerged.
The now-deceased Lydia Dube was deployed alone at night without a firearm or a radio communication system.
This was said by Farai Maguwu, the founding Director of the Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG). <a href="https://x.com/FMaguwu/status/1728842793240736138?s=20">He posted on X Sunday</a>:
<blockquote>
Lydia Dube (30), was tragically killed by an elephant whilst guarding a broken down crane at Chaba mine in Hwange yesterday.
She was deployed alone at night without a firearm. She also did not have a radio communication system. Perhaps they wanted her to defend the machine with her body.
She is survived by her daughter. Human-wildlife conflict is now rife in Hwange due to various factors which may include climate change and mining near national parks.
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</blockquote>
According to a report by <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/female-security-guard-dies-after-elephant-attack/">The Sunday News</a>, Lydia Dube was pronounced dead on arrival at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Saturday after being transferred from Hwange Colliery Hospital.
The killer elephant has since been put down by Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management (Zimparks) rangers.
A source was quoted as saying Dube who was employed as a security guard was on duty where she was guarding a broken-down crane at Chaba Mine. Said the source:
<blockquote>
She saw an elephant a distance away and disembarked from the machine she was guarding to go to the guard room.
Unbeknown to her, there was an elephant lurking behind her that attacked her before she got to the guard room leaving her for dead.
She was discovered still alive but seriously injured.
</blockquote>
Dube was reportedly rushed to Hwange Colliery Hospital where her condition deteriorated before being transferred to Mpilo where she succumbed to the injuries on arrival.
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Female Security Guard Killed By Elephant In Hwange Was Alone At Night, And Had No Firearm Or Radio - Maguwu

South Mining Mutagech, a company involved in the extraction of coal in Hwange, has reportedly fired 25 of its employees after they asked for protective equipment.
Solidarity Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Prince Mpala told the <a href="https://newsday.co.zw/southerneye/local/article/200013810/workers-dismissed-for-demanding-protective-clothing">Southern Eye</a> that the workers were fired last week on Thursday. He said:
<blockquote>
South Mining Mutagech (Hwange) dismissed employees after they demanded proper protective equipment/clothing.
Twenty-five employees (were) dismissed by a Chinese supervisor while others were reinstated.
The Labour Act is very clear, thus section 104(4a). We are taking this matter to the National Employment Council for the mining industry in Bulawayo.
</blockquote>
Mpala said the law allows workers to resort to collective job action, noting that subject to this Act, all employees, workers committees and trade unions have the right to resort to strike action to resolve disputes.
He also said mine supervisor David Wang asked him (Mpala) to visit the mine to understand what is happening.
Wang claimed that the workers were refusing to work so they had to be dismissed.
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Coal Mine Workers Fired For Asking For Protective Clothing

ZESA Holdings subsidiary, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), says it is generating 951 megawatts (MW) of electricity against a national peak demand of 2 200MW.
The power shortage has resulted in the country experiencing electricity blackouts of up to 18 hours per day in some areas.
Despite the successful synchronisation of Hwange Unit 7 into the national grid, ZETDC call centre supervisor Milton Zata said they were still facing challenges. <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200009437/zesa-only-generating-951mw">NewsDay</a> quotes Zata as saying:
<blockquote>
Unfortunately, we have national grid challenges, resulting in these long outages.
</blockquote>
This comes amid reports that traditional power suppliers – South Africa and Mozambique – recently stopped exporting electricity to Zimbabwe due to arrears.
The blackouts are seriously affecting businesses and industries countrywide.
With Hwange Unit 7 appearing to struggle to feed the envisaged 300MW into the national grid following its upgrade, the power crisis is set to persist as Hwange’s Unit 8 is only expected to go live in October with another 300MW.
The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Power_Company">Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC),</a> a ZESA subsidiary, announced Tuesday that the southern African nation was generating 951 MW of electricity at three power stations as shown below:
<blockquote>
Munyati ……………………………………. 16MW
Bulawayo ……………………………………. 0MW
Harare ………………………………………..  0MW
Kariba …………………………………………. 350MW
Hwange ……………………………………… 585MW
</blockquote>
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<blockquote>
<div>TOTAL …………………………………………. 951MW </div>
</blockquote>
<div>Zimbabwe is experiencing a power crisis due to a lack of investment and outdated equipment. This has resulted in frequent power outages and reduced production in industries, leading to job losses and decreased revenue. Small businesses, hospitals, schools, and water treatment plants have also been affected. </div>
<div>The power crisis has also led to an increase in illegal electricity connections and theft, which is dangerous and contributes to revenue losses.</div>
<div> Resolving the crisis will require significant investment and policy changes in the power sector. </div>
<div>There are several alternative sources of electricity that households and businesses can use in addition to traditional electricity. These include solar power, biogas, mini-grids, wind power, hydropower, and generator sets. </div>
<div>These sources can provide more sustainable and affordable energy, especially in areas where electricity is limited. </div>
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ZESA Generating 951 MW Of Electricity Against Demand Of 2 200MW

The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/ZESA">Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA)</a> has announced that the country’s power outages could ease from March 20 when Unit 7 at the coal-fired Hwange power station will be added to the national grid.
 ZESA spokesman, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/George_Manyaya">George Manyaya</a>, said Hwange Unit 7 is set to begin a “synchronization process” on Monday during which it will feed power to the national grid. Testing could last up to six weeks.
Unit 8, which is also close to completion and is expected to deliver another 300 MW, is set to come on stream in April. <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/zesa-sees-power-crisis-easing-from-march-20-as-hwange-unit-7-fires-up/">ZimLive</a> cites George Manyaya as saying:
<blockquote>
A lot of technical work has been done to ensure we deliver a robust system. Commissioning is a delicate procedure and has to be done diligently.
We’re pleased that we have conformed to the standards. We’re also satisfied that based on tests that have been taking place since December 2022, the Hwange 7 and 8 units have been well-designed and built to world standards. 
There have been challenges in the electricity supply owing to technical challenges at our power stations and Zimbabwe’s capacity to pay for imports. The Hwange expansion project will close the demand and supply gap.
</blockquote>
On Friday, 17 March 2023, Zimbabwe was generating 315 MW at Hwange, 241 MW at Kariba and 11 MW at the coal-powered Harare Power Station for a total of 567 MW before imports and power from independent producers.
The new unit of the Hwange power plant will lift Zimbabwe’s installed capacity to 2 400 MW, although the country continues to generate far less.
The government says the country’s peak electricity demand is 1,700 MW.
Zimbabweans are currently enduring power cuts lasting up to 18 hours due to restricted generation at Kariba hydropower station, constant breakdowns of Hwange’s ageing generators and ZESA’s inability to pay for electricity imports.
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Zimbabwe Power Outages To Ease From 20 March - ZESA

Residents of Hwange and surrounding communities have implored Parliament to enact laws that compel Chinese coal mining companies operating in the area to desist from environmental degradation and respect labour laws.
There are more than 10 mining companies mining and processing coal in Hwange.
Speaking at a consultative meeting conducted by the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development in Hwange, residents urged the government to protect local people and the environment, reported CITE.
Local communities raised a number of issues they want to be addressed, among them, environmental degradation, pollution, failure by mining companies to plough back to the community, destruction of infrastructure such as roads, exploitation and victimisation of labour.
Parliament is consulting citizens towards crafting a Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill that seeks to shape the future of mining activities in the country.
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Hwange Community Pleads For Protection From Chinese Miners

A minor earthquake hit the Lubimbi area in Binga on Sunday night and was felt by residents in Hwange.
The earthquake had a magnitude of 4.0 and no damages to property were recorded, reported <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/earth-tremor-hits-hwange/">the Chronicle</a>.
Matabeleland North Province chief meteorological officer Austin Masikinye said the epicentre of the earthquake was Lubimbi in Binga District, close to Kamativi. He said:
<blockquote>
An earthquake was felt in Hwange and Binga on March 5, 2023, at 2309hrs local time. The epicentre is in Binga, Lubimbi area near Kamativi.
No reports of damage were received, however, more inquiries would be made to determine its intensity in the locality and to determine the exact areas it was felt.
</blockquote>
Residents in almost all Hwange town suburbs said they were shaken by underground movements on Sunday night.
Nolwandle Moyo from Ngumija and Prisca Mpofu, a resident of Cinderella township, about 10km from Ngumija, both said they felt the unusual movement from underground just after 10 PM.
Hwange Local Board spokesperson Dumisani Nsingo, who stays in Empumalanga, said:
<blockquote>
I suddenly remembered the unfortunate events in Turkey and became very scared but thank God the intensity was minimal.
</blockquote>
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck South-Eastern Turkey and Northern Syria last month, killing 50 000 people, among them Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu.
MSD head of forecasting, James Ngoma said earth tremors are common in the Kariba area. He said:
<blockquote>
Kariba is in a seismic tremor area, so now and again earthquakes are recorded. Those below 2.5 on the Richter scale may not be felt by humans but our machines regularly pick on those.
Earthquakes of between 2.5 and 4.5 on the scale are usually felt but we consider them to be minor and cannot cause damage. Anything above that is of concern.
</blockquote>
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Minor Earthquake Hits Binga, Felt In Hwange

The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) says it is at various stages of repairing four units at Hwange Power Station after a series of breakdowns in recent days.
The breakdowns at the thermal power plant, which is the country’s second-biggest plant, literally plunged the country deeper into darkness as it is now operating at just 10 percent of its 920 megawatts capacity.
According to a general supply summary report produced by ZPC, between February 15 and 23 this year, four units at the Hwange thermal power plant were switched off, leaving the plant operating with one.
ZESA spokesperson George Manyaya promised to provide comment to <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/zpc-attends-to-faults-at-hwange-power-plant/">The Herald</a> after “getting a status update from the technical team” on Tuesday, but he had not done so by the time of publishing.
According to ZPC, a unit of ZESA Holdings responsible for generating electricity, Unit 4 was switched off on 15 February after developing a boiler tube leak.
Unit 1 was taken off on February 24 after a high-pressure fan got damaged.
Unit 3 was stopped on February 24 after developing a tube leak while Unit 6 was switched off on February 23 after developing a similar problem.
The damaged units are at various stages of being repaired, said ZPC. Unit 5 tripped in October 2021 due to excessive turbine vibrations.
On Wednesday, 01 March 2023, Kariba hydroelectric plant was generating 280MW.
Kariba’s Unit 4 was taken out on July 20 2022 due to a damaged turbine runner.
Generator 1 was switched off on February 2 2023 for turbine runner inspection. The inspections have been completed and the unit has been placed on annual maintenance.
Unit 8 tripped on 20 December 2022 due to GTx 8 fault and is being replaced.
Unit 6 was taken out on December 16 2022 for an annual overhaul and machine cooling water pipework replacement. Kariba dam level has slightly improved to 13,75 percent.
Meanwhile, Hwange was generating only 72MW this Wednesday while the small power stations, Munyati and Bulawayo are currently switched off for boiler maintenance.
Zimbabwe is importing 50MW from Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa; 180MW from Eskom, between 130-200MW from Electricidade de Moçambique and 1 00MW from Zambia’s state-owned power utility ZESCO.
The country is exporting up to 80MW to Namibia.

Several Units At Hwange Power Station Break Down

Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda has said the expansion of the Hwange Thermal Power Station’s Unit 7 is 99 percent complete, with only the synchronisation of the whole system set to be done.
The Unit is expected to add 300MW to the national grid upon completion.
Addressing journalists in Harare, Soda said the synchronisation will be completed anytime this month. <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/hwange-thermal-power-station-unit-7-99-percent-complete/">The Herald</a> quoted Soda as saying:
<blockquote>
Hwange Unit 7 has actually progressed with all other systems having undergone commissioning tests and they were successful.
One of the critical stages in the commissioning of a power station is the achievement of certain revolutions of the turbine and that was achieved.
We are only left with the synchronisation of the whole system starting from where the coal is burnt, steam is produced, turbines are turned and causes the generator to produce electricity which is evacuated into the grid.
We expect that anytime from now given that the whole system is 99 percent complete; we are only left with one percent which is the synchronisation of the whole system.
</blockquote>
Work on the project started in August 2018 using an initial $199 million from China Eximbank but its completion was delayed by the outbreak of the coronavirus in late 2019.
According to the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) <a href="https://www.zpc.co.zw/">website</a>, on Monday, 13 February, Hwange Thermal Power Station was generating 378MW.

Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 Now 99% Complete - Soda

The five teachers at Ndangababi Primary School at Cross Dete in Hwange District who were ordered to leave the school by disgruntled parents and guardians are reportedly refusing to do so.
The local community recently accused five teachers of incompetence, insubordination, and disrespecting traditional and community leaders and demanded their removal by the Primary and Secondary Education ministry.
School Development Committee (SDC) deputy chairperson Olitha Ndlovu said the teachers were refusing to leave the school despite the fact that the ministry advised them to seek transfers to other schools.
Ndlovu said the teachers in question were Nkosana Toddy Ngwenya, Nelly Chisiwa, Ruvirai Sgauke, Mkhululi Maphosa, and Nyika Ndaguta.
Maphosa and Ngwenya are reportedly from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North, while the other three were from Mashonaland provinces. Said Ndlovu:
<blockquote>
The situation was bad here. Our school had roofs of classroom blocks blown away by strong winds in 2019. It was renovated by council through devolution funds.
But the behaviour of some of the senior teachers who have overstayed at the school is now worrying us.
These teachers do not respect the school head, they do not respect village heads.
Even if the headman visits the school, they utter a lot of disrespectful things.
</blockquote>
She said the teachers are so rude to such an extent that they tell villagers that people in Matabeleland are uneducated.
Ndlovu also revealed that the pass rate and the enrolment were decreasing at Ndangababi Primary School. She said:
<blockquote>
The school usually has 700 plus enrolment, but last year we were at 621, now it’s at 512 because people are transferring their children every day due to the low pass rate.
There are junior teachers who are working, but these seniors are a problem and have a bad influence on the juniors.
This has resulted in us writing a letter to the district schools inspector (DSI) so that they (senior teachers) are removed from the school. They are refusing to leave.
We cannot have teachers who insult us in front of our children when there are a lot of unemployed teachers.
</blockquote>
Hwange DSI Walter Moyo told Southern Eye that he was not in a position to comment on the matter. | <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/southerneye/local-news/article/200006707/hwange-parents-demand-expulsion-of-rude-teachers">Southern Eye</a>

"Rude" Teachers Refuse To Leave Hwange School

Five teachers at Ndangababi Primary School in Cross Dete, Hwange District, were expelled by parents and guardians after they were accused of being incompetent, disobeying orders, and disrespecting traditional and community authorities.
According to the <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/community-chases-5-teachers-away/">Chronicle</a>, the dismissed teachers were only named as Messrs N T Ngwenya, Maphosa, Ndaguta, Ms Sigauke, and Ms Chisiwa.
Parents and guardians said that the teachers seldom ever taught since they spent much of their time on personal concerns, with Ms Chisiwa reportedly spending time at the Cross Dete Business Center selling second-hand clothes.
Parents also expressed concern and blamed the teachers for the school’s pass percentage, which fell sharply from 21% four years ago to 5% last year.
Parents, traditional elders, members of the Dete Residents Association, and representatives from the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education all attended a meeting called by the school development committee last Friday.
The five instructors were given till Monday to depart the school after it was decided during the meeting that they should leave.
Officials from the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education told the meeting that the affected teachers will be transferred to other schools.
11 teachers were initially targeted, but the other survivors survived the chop after they apologized in public and the community apparently decided to give them another chance after.
It is said that Mr G. Ngwenya, the school’s head, had trouble keeping them under control and that the school development committee (SDC) found it difficult to carry out its tasks.
Last year, parents submitted a petition to the government, which Chief Dingane-Nelukoba approved. The community chose to resolve the issue on its own after the government took too long to address it.
Two school heads have left the school in the past 10 years after a fallout with the teachers.
Due to parents withdrawing their children from Ndangababi Primary School, the institution’s enrollment fell from 627 last year to 512 this term.
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Community Expels Teachers From A Local School

Zimbabwe is reportedly negotiating with neighbouring Zambia for additional power imports following indications that the country’s <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kariba_South_Power_Station">Kariba South Power Station</a> could soon be switched off due to low water levels.
Acting Information minister<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Jenfan_Muswere"> Jenfan Muswere</a> told a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday that deliberations had been made and Energy minister Zhemu Soda would update the nation soon.
Apart from the Zambia deal, Zimbabwe is banking on the expected coming online of Hwange unit 7 with an additional 300 megawatts (MW) next month.
Tests are reported to have been run although indications are that after the formal commissioning, the plant will run gradually until it optimises.
Zambia and Zimbabwe have a combined generation capacity of 2 130 megawatts at Kariba, which is on the Zambezi River that separates the two countries.
In July, Zambia declared that it had a surplus of about 1 000 MW.
According to the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Power_Company">Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC)</a> website, Hwange Power Station is generating just 245MW, while other power stations Harare, Bulawayo, Munyati and Kariba are generating 11MW, 0MW, 14MW and 854MW, respectively, to give a total of 1 124MW, against a peak demand of 2 200 MW.
The move to engage Zambia comes after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) chief executive officer Munyaradzi Munodawafa said Zimbabwe had exhausted its 2022 water allocation necessitating the shutdown of the Kariba South Bank Power Station.
However, former Finance minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tendai_Biti">Tendai Biti</a> said Zimbabwe needed a fresh 2 000MW on its national grid to meet rising demand. He told <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200004326/zim-turns-to-zambia-for-power-bailout">NewsDay</a>:
<blockquote>
You should just strike off Kariba, forget about it and look at new projects such as Batoka which can give you 2 000MW split in half between Zimbabwe and Zambia.
</blockquote>
He said the balance comes from alternative sources, including wind, solar and independent power producers.
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Zimbabwe Engages Zambia For Additional Power Imports - Minister

A sixty-seven-year-old widow from Hwange lost almost her entire herd of cattle and goats overnight to a pride of lions.
Jenifer Khupe, from the Chief Mvuthu area in Matabeleland North’s Hwange West district, said the incident happened on the night of 8 September when she was in the process of selling one of her cows in order to buy food.
Speaking to <a href="https://vicfallslive.co.zw/hwange-villagers-lose-livestock-to-marauding-lions/">VicFallsLive</a>, Khupe said their crops were destroyed by elephants during the previous farming season.
She said a total of seven lions killed seven of her 13 herd of cattle that night and 10 goats. Khupe said:
<blockquote>
I was in Plumtree when I received a phone call from my son who told me that lions had killed almost all our livestock.
Our kraal was secured in a way that repels predators. It was secured even at the rooftop, but because these lions are now used to marauding around people’s homesteads even during the day, they have become so daring that they can dig deep to gain entry into the kraals.
My son was sleeping at home and he was awoken by neighbours who heard noise from the kraals and they mobilised themselves to scare the lions away.
</blockquote>
But it was too late to save the livestock from the predators as the villagers found Khupe’s herd of cattle almost wiped out. Said Khupe:
<blockquote>
The lions killed the entire herd of cattle through suffocation and devoured the carcasses, so much that we couldn’t salvage any meat.
As for the goats they just killed seven of them, but left the carcasses untouched.
</blockquote>
A local wildlife conservation organisation bought the cattle carcasses for less than US$150.

Widow Loses 7 Herd Of Cattle, 10 Goats To Lions In One Night

A 29-year-old maid from Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, allegedly raped her employer’s 14-year-old son when they were home alone while two boys were sodomised in a different case.
According to local police, on an unknown date in September at around 1 pm, the complainant was alone in a store room when the accused person opened the door, came inside and locked the door. 
The maid is alleged to have then grabbed the minor, forcibly removed his shirt, and trousers and forced him to have sexual intercourse with her once without protection.
After the act, the accused person told the minor not to tell anyone about the matter, <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/maid-rapes-employers-son-in-cowdray-park/">The Sunday News</a> reported citing said acting Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele. Said the inspector:
<blockquote>
The matter came to light on 6 November when the boy’s father noticed some change in behavior of his child. He then asked his child what was bothering him and the boy narrated the ordeal a report was made to the police leading to the arrest of the accused person.
We urge teenagers and youths not to fear to report such cases and find people to confide to.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, a 20-year-old man from Hwange appeared at the Hwange Magistrates Court facing <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/20-year-old-man-molests-two-juveniles/">two counts of sodomising two boys.</a>
Craig Gandiya (20) from Chibondo in Hwange appeared before regional magistrate Mr Collet Ncube on Thursday on allegations of sexually assaulting two boys aged eight years and below. 
The incidents are alleged to have occurred on different dates sometime this year.
The State represented by Mr Vumizulu Mangena alleges that on dates unknown to the court, Gandiya was at the home of one boy when he called him to the backyard and molested him once.
On yet another date sometime this year, the court heard that Gandiya took another boy, and exposed him to pornographic videos before he undressed him and sodomised him once. 
The matter came to light on 25 August when one of the victims revealed the matter to his brother and it was subsequently reported to the police.
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Maid Rapes Employer's Son, Two Boys Sodomised

A woman from Madumabisa village in Hwange was electrocuted on Wednesday last week after she tried to switch on a light in her fowl run.
According to the police, Lilian Mhlanga (41), had connected a cable from the house to the fowl run where she kept chickens that she wanted to feed on the fateful day.
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson in Matabeleland North Province, Inspector Glory Banda, confirmed the incident to <a href="https://cite.org.zw/hwange-woman-electrocuted-to-death/">CITE</a>. He said:
<blockquote>
On 27 October 2022 and at around 1900 hours, Lilian Mhlanga entered a fowl run intending to feed her chickens.
</blockquote>
While switching on the lights, she was electrocuted and fell down to the floor.
The now deceased’s unnamed daughter later followed her to the fowl run to check on her and found her lying on the floor. Added Insp Banda:
<blockquote>
She tried to hold her by her hand but she was also shocked by the electricity.
</blockquote>
The deceased’s daughter then alerted some neighbours for help. One of the neighbours tripped an electric breaker so that they could remove the body from the fowl run.
An unconscious Mhlanga was rushed to St Patrick’s Hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Police officers and electrical engineers from Hwange Colliery Company Limited attended the scene and observed that the electricity connection from the house to the fowl run was illegal and some electricity conductors were not insulated.
Insp Banda implored members of the public to desist from making illegal electricity cable connections following Mhlanga’s death.

Hwange Woman Electrocuted While Feeding Chickens

A woman from Hwange was electrocuted by a naked electricity cable she had allegedly illegally connected to a fowl run at her house, Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Glory Banda confirmed.
Lilian Mhlanga (41) of Madumabisa village was confirmed dead upon arrival at St Patrick’s Hospital following the incident that happened last Thursday, <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/woman-dies-after-electrocution-from-illegal-connection/">Chronicle</a> reported. Insp Banda said:
<blockquote>
I can confirm that we received a report of a woman who was electrocuted by an electricity cable. Lilian Mhlanga of Madumabisa village Hwange, was electrocuted after she tried to switch on a light in her fowl run intending to give feed to the chicks.
Lilian Mhlanga was then taken to St Patrick’s Hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.
</blockquote>
He said Mhlanga’s daughter discovered her mother’s lifeless body and alerted neighbours who rushed her to the hospital where she was confirmed dead upon arrival.
<h2>What happened:</h2>
It is alleged that on Thursday, and at around 7 pm, Mhlanga entered a fowl run intending to feed her chickens.
She attempted to switch on a light inside the fowl run and was shocked and fell down.
Police said her daughter upon realising that an unusually long time had passed before she could return, followed her to the fowl run to check on her and found her lying on the floor.
The informant touched her by hand and was also shocked by the electricity.
She alerted neighbours who tripped the electricity mains in the house and accessed the body.
He said police and electrical engineers from Hwange Colliery Company Limited which administers the area attended the scene and observed that the electricity connection from the house to the fowl run was illegal.
Some wires were also not insulated.
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) says illegal connections are <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zera-lists-major-causes-of-recorded-electricity-accidents/">among the major causes of recorded electricity accidents</a> in the country.
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Woman Electrocuted By Electricity Cable She Illegally Connected

The <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Meteorological_Services_Department">Meteorological Services Department of Zimbabwe</a> has forecasted thunderstorms in isolated places in the coming days. In a weather report and forecast for the period 23-25 October 2022, the MET department said there shall be some showers in some parts of the country. Pindula News presents the report and forecast below:
<h2>PREAMBLE</h2>
<h2>ZIMBABWE EVENING WEATHER REPORT AND FORECAST ISSUED AT 1600 HRS ON SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 2022 VALID UNTIL TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2022.</h2>
<blockquote>
There were isolated thundershowers in Manicaland Province (from Chisumbanje through to Nyanga) yesterday as moisture was drifting in from the east. This morning moisture drifted into the southern parts of the country, leading to mostly cloudy, windy and mild conditions in provinces such as Matabeleland South, Masvingo and southern areas of Manicaland, with patchy drizzle reaching as far as West Nicholson. However, both the showers in the east and the drizzle to the south were generally light. Meanwhile, a relatively moister cloud band is drifting in from the west.
</blockquote>
<h2>FORECASTS FOR TOMORROW, MONDAY 24 OCTOBER 2022 </h2>
<blockquote>
Thunder clouds are expected to drift in through Matabeleland South and spread to Bulawayo Metropolitan, southern areas of Matabeleland North, central parts of Midlands, Harare Metropolitan and southern districts of Mashonaland East. Isolated afternoon showers are probable with lightning being a major risk. All other areas should be mostly sunny. Country-wide conditions should be hot and humid by day, becoming mild towards evening.
</blockquote>
<h2>IMPACTS</h2>
<blockquote>
• Lightning strikes are a major risk during this period 
• Hot and humid daytime conditions may affect the body’s health, with dehydration and sunburn being common during this period. 
• FIRE SEASON: Dry and hot conditions exacerbate the spread of veldt fires.
</blockquote>
<h2>ACTIONS TO TAKE</h2>
<blockquote>
• When thunder roars it is best to be indoors 
• Keep hydrated and avoid prolonged periods in direct sunlight, especially between the hours of 10:00 am and 3:00 pm when the sun is at peak intensity. 
• Dress appropriately to keep cool during the day, and ensure vulnerable members of society are not overdressed. Wear a sunhat if you need to be engaged in outdoor activities. 
• The public is urged to avoid starting outdoor fires and safeguard against their spread by constructing fireguards that are maintained free from combustible matter and are at least 9 (nine) meters wide.
</blockquote>
<h2>FORECAST OF TOMORROW’S WEATHER IN TILE MAIN CITY CENTRES</h2>
<blockquote>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.62">Sky Conditions</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.69">Temperature</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.87">Max</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.86">31</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.74">33</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.93">31</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.9">32</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.92">33</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.83">34</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.81">34</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.88">33</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">36</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">33</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.92">30</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=53.73">/C</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.81">Min</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.96">17</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.96">19</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">14</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.98">18</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.96">19</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.93">17</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.97">19</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.98">18</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.96">19</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.98">18</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.98">15</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.95">20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.41">Rainfall Amount /mm</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.73">&lt;1</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.64">&lt;5</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.87">&lt;5</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.8">&lt;1</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.82">&lt;5</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.77">&lt;1</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.74">&lt;1</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.67">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.46">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=97.53">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.81">&lt;1</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.71">&lt;5</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
<h2>FORECAST OF TOMORROW’S WEATHER IN HOLIDAY RESORTS</h2>
<blockquote>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.58">Sky Conditions</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.77">Temperature</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.91">Max</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.91">38</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">39</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.82">34</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.95">26</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">32</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.83">34</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.89">29</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.85">33</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">38</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.9">36</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.93">37</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=35.22">/°C</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.81">Min</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.87">20</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">25</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.98">19</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.77">14</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.98">18</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.91">20</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.97">18</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.97">18</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.88">26</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.91">17</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.87">20</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.94">22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.74">Rainfall Amount /mm</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.18">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.49">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.16">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.79">&lt;1</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.84">&lt;1</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.83">&lt;5</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.77">&lt;1</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=97.17">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.23">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.97">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=98.83">0</td>
<td title="Character Accurarcy=99.61">0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
<h2> WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2022</h2>
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Isolated afternoon thundershowers are expected in areas along the main watershed with, a brief cloudy period coupled with hot and humid afternoon conditions. All other areas should be mostly sunny and hot by day, becoming mild towards evening. Brief cloudy periods and an odd shower remain probable over Beitbridge and Gwanda Districts.
</blockquote>
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Baboons are giving people in Hwange and Binga Districts a torrid time as they break into homes through windows and rooftops while searching for food.
The baboons also attack women and children and snatch their satchels.
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) is struggling to curb the baboon menace as traditional methods to stop them are proving ineffective.
Speaking during an interview with <a href="https://vicfallslive.co.zw/index.php/2022/10/16/baboons-wreak-havoc-in-drought-prone-binga-hwange/">VicFallsLive</a>, Zimparks Matabeleland North regional manager Samson Chibaya said they have embarked on an exercise to capture the baboons but it is proving to be difficult. He said:
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Baboons are a perennial nuisance in Hwange urban and other areas such as Binga and Victoria Falls.
They cause damage in hotels, lodges and homes and their behaviour includes the destruction of property and taking food from kitchens, off the buffets and tables.
Capture and translocation are no longer effective because the baboons no longer come to the baits.
Shooting is also ineffective as the baboons are so elusive and flee once they see armed people in uniform.
They are (also) territorial, once a troop is wiped out another different one quickly moves in within a week or two.
</blockquote>
Chibaya attributed the increasing cases of human-wildlife conflict in urban areas such as Hwange to poor refuse disposal and climate change. He said:
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Poor solid waste management is another factor as baboons are attracted to leftover food and edible waste.
Most raids in residential areas happen where houses are not manned, and sometimes in the presence of children and women.
Ecologically, most of the areas around towns have no food and fruits for baboons, hence (they) rely on waste from residential areas.
The problem worsens during the hot and dry season when food is less available.
</blockquote>
Hwange town is surrounded by areas with a high population of wild animals such as the Hwange Colliery Concession, private farms, state land and protected areas under Zimparks and this means that animals such as baboons stray into residential areas, Chibaya added.

Baboons Wreak Havoc In Drought-prone Binga, Hwange

A 38-year-old man from the Nekatambe community in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Hwange">Hwange</a> was arrested after he had allegedly murdered his uncle and cooked his body parts.
According to <a href="https://www.zbcnews.co.zw/suspect-murders-and-cooks-victims-body-parts/">ZBC News</a>, Wished Mumpande was arrested for murder after he reportedly murdered his 62-year-old uncle, Fida Stephen Mumpande.
According to the police, the deceased disappeared while herding cattle along the Gwayi River on July 17.
A search party organised by other relatives led to the discovery of the victim’s clothes and bloodstains in a nearby mountain.
The search party also discovered the victim’s right arm placed on a tree while other body parts including the left arm, backbone, legs and head were found on the spot.
Police also revealed that the accused who is suspected to be mentally challenged was found with cooked human flesh and an axe which was allegedly used in the murder.
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Man Kills Uncle, Cooks Body Parts

The Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 and 8 expansion programme is now at 88 per cent, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has said.
The two units are expected to fully come online by March 2023 and will add around 600MW of power to the national grid when fully operational.
In a statement, ZESA Holdings’ power generating subsidiary, ZPC, said it has started test runs for the main units. It said:
<blockquote>
The USD$1.5 billion Hwange Unit 7 and 8 expansion project which is set to boost the national power grid by 600MW is progressing well, with the construction status now at 88 per cent.
Commissioning of auxiliaries for the Hwange stage 3 plant is now in progress, with the commissioning works for the water treatment plant – a key component in the thermal generation process, expected to be completed in July this year.
Other commissioning works expected to begin in the coming weeks include the boiler auxiliary, as well as back feed energisation — a process which supplies power to run the auxiliaries until the start-up of the main units.
The commissioning of the various plant auxiliaries is a prerequisite to the running of the main units which are expected to be in full operation in March next year.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/hwange-stations-units-78-on-test-run/">The Sunday News</a></h4>

Hwange Power Station’s Units 7 And 8 Now 88% Complete

Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has appointed a commission to assess Hwange Local Board’s (HLB’s) capacity to incorporate the Wankie Colliery Concession Area as well as to be granted town status.
Hwange currently has dual administration. Part of the settlement is under HLB, and other areas are concession areas under the Hwange Colliery Company, National Railways of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Power Company.
HLB Town secretary Ndumiso Mdlalose told The Standard that Hwange qualifies to be granted a town, municipality and city status. He said:
<blockquote>
Even prior to the incorporation of the Hwange Concession Area, that is, at the current status, we still meet requirements stated in [Chapter 29:15 of] the Urban Councils Act.
Among the requirements stated in the Act, where we meet the set standards are the size and density of the population, taking into account the population living in homes.
To this end, Hwange is experiencing massive infrastructural development, most notably housing construction.
The extent to which the municipality is a centre for state services, such as law courts, the provincial headquarters for the police, the biggest prison facility in the province, it has an army establishment, an aerodrome, road and railway infrastructure and stations, among others as required and stated in the Urban Councils Act.
Apart from that, the largest coal-based power station in Zimbabwe is also based here in Hwange.
In view of all the above, we are surely worth far much more than a Local Board.
That is why the minister has set up the commission.
</blockquote>
The HLB runs wards 1 to 7 and has been pushing for town status, and incorporation of the concession areas.
In 2019, Hwange residents petitioned Parliament to finalise the incorporation of wards 8 to 15 located in concession areas to the HLB.
Mdlalose said the dual administration of Hwange has hindered the town’s growth and development.
<h4>More: <a href="https://thestandard.newsday.co.zw/2022/04/10/hwange-eyes-town-status/">The Standard</a></h4>

Hwange Eyes Town / Municipality Status

The Hwange community is worried that their language may disappear completely due to a lack of qualified Nambya teachers.
The Nambya language was elevated to Ordinary and Advanced Level examination level beginning in 2015.
Before that, only Ndebele and Shona were recognised as examinable indigenous languages in schools.
However, research done by The Citizen Bulletin shows that there are few teachers who speak the language.
As a result, learners in Hwange are choosing Ndebele, not their native Nambya.
Gabriel Shoko, one of the custodians of the Nambya culture, said that a lack of qualified Nambya teachers is making it difficult to elevate the Nambya language. Said Shoko:
<blockquote>
I blame the responsible authorities for this. The Nambya language, like any other language, needs a professional teacher to educate the learners.
We appreciate the establishment of Hwange Teachers College and we are hoping that the college will also produce teachers who are not going to help in digging the grave of the Nambya language.
</blockquote>
Onita Sibanda, a parent with a child learning in one of the schools in Hwange, said:
<blockquote>
I would have preferred my child to learn Nambya as a subject but what disheartened me is that most teachers who are teaching Nambya cannot even construct a simple sentence in the language.
My daughter who was in the third grade once had homework in the Nambya subject which was sent via WhatsApp.
Parents asked the teacher to explain the homework but that teacher failed to construct a sentence and explain her homework.
Instead, she confirmed that she did not even know Nambya.
</blockquote>
Nambya is one of the indigenous languages spoken mainly in the Hwange district and in some parts of Binga in northwestern Zimbabwe.
The language is recognised in the Zimbabwean Constitution alongside 15 others.
<h4>More: <a href="https://thestandard.newsday.co.zw/2022/04/03/nambya-at-risk-of-extinction/">The Standard</a></h4>

Nambya Language At Risk Of Extinction

A 50-year-old woman was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant in Hwange on Tuesday.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) which is investigating the case say the assailant ran away after some passers-by rushed to the scene when they heard the deceased screaming. Pindula News presents a police statement on the case:
<blockquote>
The ZRP is investigating a murder case in which a female victim (50) was fatally stabbed several times all over the body with a knife by an unknown suspect along a footpath in a bushy area near Conwall Rd, Colliery, Hwange on 08/02/22
The suspect ran away after passers-by, who heard the victim screaming, rushed to the scene of crime. #notomurder.
</blockquote>
In a different case, ZRP is investigating a robbery case that occurred at Borrow mine, Coleen Bawn, Gwanda on Monday the 7th of this month at around 1900 hours.
It is alleged that three suspects who were armed with machetes, axes and iron rods attacked a complainant who was selling some groceries in a wooden tuckshop. Read a police statement:
<blockquote>
The suspects threatened to kill the complainant while demanding cash. They stole cash amounting to ZAR17 500, a cellphone and various groceries.
</blockquote>
Reported cases of armed robbery have been on the rise nationwide.
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A 50-year-old Woman Stabbed To Death By An Unknown Assailant

Tourists and some residents have been trapped in the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Mana_Pools_National_Park">Mana Pools National Park</a> after the recent heavy rains extensively damaged access bridges leading to the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Food and fresh water supplies have since been affected, The Mirror reports.
Heavy rains experienced last week saw the first bridge along the Harare-Chirundu Highway being damaged.
The damaged bridges are Rukomechi, Marongora and Chemitsi.
Hurungwe District Development officer Mr Andrew Tizora said some of the people trapped in the area were evacuated by boat on Tuesday, while helicopters were needed to access the area. He said:
<blockquote>
The heavy rains led to the destruction of bridges in Mana Pools while some people were booked at the three camps in the area. The situation is so bad that we cannot even assess the extent of damage and the assistance required without the use of helicopters.
We got information this afternoon (yesterday) that some of the people were evacuated by boat through the Zambezi River. However, there are still some people who need to be removed from the area until the situation and infrastructure improves.
</blockquote>
A District Civil Protection Committee is monitoring the situation to make recommendations on how best the affected area can be assisted.
Efforts are underway to restore access to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kariba">Kariba</a> and Gache Gache, which were cut off following rockfalls that covered the Charara-Makande Road at the Jonga Mountain.
Mana Pools National Park is home to diverse wildlife including lions, hippos, elephants, buffaloes and small game. 
More: <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/tourists-stranded-as-rains-damage-bridges/">The Mirror</a>

Tourists Trapped In Mana Pools National Park As Heavy Rains Damage Access Bridges

The thirteen (13) inmates from Hwange’s Mbalila Prison who were struck by lightning while they were having lunch in the prison’s courtyard on Friday afternoon have been discharged from the hospital and taken back to their cells.
Nine (9) of the inmates were admitted to St Patricks Hospital in Hwange and four (4) were sent to Bulawayo’s Mpilo Hospital as their condition was critical.
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Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPC) national deputy spokesperson Superintendent Peter Chaparanganda on Tuesday confirmed to VicFallsLive that all the prisoners were back in their cells. He said:
<blockquote>
They have all stabilised and are recovering fully from their prison cells.
Some of them who were at St Patrick’s Hospital were discharged on Saturday and the others the following day.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) routinely advises the public to take precautions during thunderstorms. In its latest advisory, the MSD warned that
<blockquote>
… lightning is a major risk during this period, When thunder roars, go indoors.
If outdoors, do not shelter under isolated trees or shed. If no shelter is available, try to couch as low as possible with only your toes touching the ground.
</blockquote>
Last week on Friday afternoon <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/11/20/speeding-car-knocks-down-learner-struck-by-lightning-in-chitungwiza/">two learners at Seke 1 High School in Chitungwiza were struck by a bolt of lightning</a> while on their way from the school.
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Hwange Prisoners Struck By Lighting Discharged From Hospital

Thirteen (13) inmates from Hwange’s Mbalila Prison are battling for their lives in hospitals in Hwange and Bulawayo after they were struck by lightning while they were having lunch on Friday.
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) national deputy spokesperson Superintendent Peter Chaparanganda confirmed the development.
He said among the injured male inmates, four of them have been transferred to Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo because their injuries were severe. Said Chaparanganda :
<blockquote>
On 19 November 2021, a bolt of lightning struck Hwange Prison in Matabeleland North province and 13convicted male inmates were affected.
The inmates were inside the prisons’ yard and this happened around 11.30 hours whilst inmates were being fed lunch.
</blockquote>
He said initially the 13 were rushed to a local hospital where the four were transferred to Bulawayo due to the seriousness of their condition.
<h4>More: <a href="https://vicfallslive.co.zw/index.php/2021/11/20/13-hwange-prisoners-struck-by-lightning-4-fighting-for-life/">VicFallsLive</a></h4>

13 Hwange Prisoners Struck By Lightning

The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has warned people living around the Hwange National Park to stop buying game meat from unlicensed dealers to safeguard their health.
This comes after two lions, aged 12 and 15, at the game reserve succumbed to Tuberculosis (TB).
Zimparks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo said there was a danger that other animals at the reserve could have contracted TB and consuming their meat could expose people to the contagious disease. Said Farawo:
<blockquote>
These two lions that tested positive for TB in Nehimbe prove to us that even human beings are not safe.
People should desist by all means from buying game meat because most of it would be poached and there is no abattoir testing that follows after that and for that reason, this disease that we are investigating could be spread quickly to people because by nature lions are carnivores and if they attack any animal, it means that they can easily infect them including those that feed on their killings (like birds and hyenas).
</blockquote>
Farawo said Zimparks was investigating how the two lions contracted TB, which was a first in the country.
The two female lions, estimated to be aged between 12 and 15, were spotted by rangers in the Nehimbe area during routine patrols looking frail.
A team of wildlife medical professionals that conducted tests on the lions established that they had TB.
He said the authority had roped in other conservation scientists to investigate the source of the disease before it spreads rapidly.
<h4>More: <a href="https://vicfallslive.co.zw/index.php/2021/11/19/victoria-falls-tout-hangs-himself-with-belt/">VictoriaFallsLive</a></h4>

Two Lions Succumb To Tuberculosis In Hwange National Park

Independent Power Producer (IPP), Solgas Energy has completed the first phase of its 10MW solar plant in Hwange after feeding 5MW into the national grid since last Sunday.
The solar power plant which is located at Cross Mabale underwent hot testing before successfully feeding 5MW of clean renewable energy into the national electricity grid.
Speaking to The Sunday News in a telephone interview, Solgas Energy chief executive officer Kingston Kamba said:
<blockquote>
The first phase is now complete and connected to the grid. The power plant is adding 5MW of electricity to the national grid.
5MW may seem small as compared to other projects in the region and the world. However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
So, I believe in the context of our country and the journey this young Republic is on, it speaks volumes of our potential and what we can achieve when we work together.
</blockquote>
He said plans were underway to commence the second phase which would coincide with the commissioning of the plant. About US$8.5 million is going to be required to fund the second phase.
The first phase whose construction started earlier this year at a cost of US$7.5 million was supported by Old Mutual.
Solgas Energy was founded by three local entrepreneurs namely Kamba, Petros Kazunga and Tafadzwa Muchinda who are the chief operating officer and chief finance officer respectively.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/new-power-plant-lights-up-hwange/">The Sunday News</a></h4>

New 5MW Solar Power Plant Lights Up Hwange

Two men from Madumabisa outside Hwange town have been sentenced to nine years in jail each after they were caught in a bush in Matetsi with a live pangolin.
Give Dube (28) and Cleopas Mlalazi (25) both of Village 3 Madumabisa were nabbed by wildlife activists after they were found in possession of a female pangolin weighing over 13kg on 8 July this year.
It is not stated what they wanted to do with the pangolin, but it is believed that they wanted to sell it since it was alive.
The two failed to produce a permit allowing them to possess a live pangolin after being asked to do so and were immediately arrested.
The two were armed with an axe and spear when they were caught in Matetsi, about 30km away from their area.
Dube and Mlalazi pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing a protected species when they appeared before provincial magistrate in charge of Matabeleland North Toindepi Zhou at the Hwange Magistrates’ Courts.
Each was sentenced to nine years in jail with nothing being suspended.
Pangolins are protected under the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Act, and the country has one of the strictest laws against pangolin poaching in Africa.
Pangolins are protected by law and possessing or dealing in them illegally attracts a prison sentence of up to 12 years, according to the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks).
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/just-in-two-men-jailed-nine-years-each-for-poaching-pangolin/">Chronicle</a></h4>

Two Men Jailed 9 Years Each For Poaching Pangolin

A pregnant Hwange woman recently lost her job and has become homeless with her two minor children after being abandoned by her family because she tested positive for COVID-19.
The woman and her children, aged six and nine, were picked from the streets by an ambulance on Monday night and are now housed at an isolation centre in the coal-mining town.
The Chronicle cited sources as saying the woman (who cannot be identified for ethical reasons), tested COVID-19 positive upon visiting Lukosi Hospital in Hwange to receive prenatal care.
She worked as a housemaid in Baobab low-density suburb but her employer was the first to kick her out.
The woman moved to her mother’s home in Mpumalanga DRC section where she was also chased away.
Her live-in boyfriend’s who resides in Mpumalanga suburb also sent her packing when she sought refuge at his home.
Hwange District Medical Officer Dr Fungai Musinami confirmed the case. He said:
<blockquote>We got a report that one patient that had been diagnosed COVID-19-positive had been chased away from where she stays.
We managed to pick her up and have accommodated her at Five Miles Isolation Centre with her two children who are COVID-19 negative.
In terms of being isolated with her kids, it’s not really a big problem because we have enough room so that they may not cross-contaminate each other while they are at File Miles.
But obviously on humanitarian grounds, for someone to then be out on the street in the middle of the night with her children while also pregnant, it’s not a good situation. It’s cold and uncomfortable. That was not a good situation for her.
Yes, she might be getting medical care during her pregnancy but family support would have been good at this time. She does not have severe symptoms.</blockquote>
Dr Musinami said they are educating community members not to stigmatise people with COVID-19 but to continue practising WHO precautions to curb the spread of the disease.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/covid-19-stigma-pregnant-woman-becomes-homeless/">Chronicle</a></h4>

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Hwange Thermal Power Station is currently operating at half capacity thereby exacerbating load shedding across the country.
Minister of Energy and Power Development Zhemu Soda said the Government was making efforts to ensure the six existing units at Hwange can deliver their designed 920MW, rather than the half output.
Soda also said work at Hwange Thermal Power Station to add two new units, seven and eight, is ongoing and that the units will add 600MW to the national grid when complete. Said Soda:
<blockquote>Government has taken steps to increase power at Hwange Thermal Power Station. Units 7 and 8 are expected to add 600 megawatts to the national grid when completed.
We are also rehabilitating Units 1 to 6 to restore their total capacity to 920 megawatts because currently, the station is operating at half capacity.</blockquote>
Soda said power cuts will continue as most are caused by new connections from people who would be installing electricity at their properties. On unplanned power cuts, he said:
<blockquote>Unplanned power outages are caused by system disturbances because of loss of connectivity, for example by Eskom in South Africa.
The connectivity will be restored and the outage that happened on Monday has already been restored.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/work-on-power-units-continues/">The Herald</a></h4>

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