The majority of people in Budiriro B, a wetland next to the Marimba River now in flood, have declined the Government’s offer to be evacuated to Budiriro 2 Vocational Community Training centre.
Some of the affected women who spoke to <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/59-budiriro-flood-victims-evacuated-to-safe-place/">The Herald</a> said they feared their marriages will collapse if they go to Budiriro 2 and leave their husbands behind guarding their properties.
Susan Bure said in the flooding last season she accepted evacuation, but when she returned she found that her husband was living with another wife.
Budiriro B lies close to the Marimba River which is now in flood and this prompted the Department of Civil Protection to move in to evacuate the families.
The Department said it will not force the evacuation and so far, only 59 people from 43 families in Budiriro B have accepted the government’s offer to be evacuated.
Department of Civil Protection director Nathan Nkomo said the area is a condemned settlement and people should move to save their lives. He said:
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We are not denying anyone some conjugal rights. If you feel you need them, you are free to go back and have conjugal rights with your partners. It’s unfortunate if we lose people’s lives during this rainy period.
If you are in trouble you will not even think of these useless things. We are not forcing you, you choose what to do in this situation.
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Other residents, however, thanked the Government for the timely intervention.
Authorities intend to permanently resettle the households in Budiriro B at a flat complex in Dzivarasekwa Extension.

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"Our Marriages Will Collapse", Flood-hit Budiriro B Residents Refuse To Be Evacuated

The Civil Protection Unit has suspended a rescue mission at a Kwekwe mine where two artisanal miners died after being trapped underground.
Earlier reports suggested that<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/02/06/at-least-20-miners-trapped-underground-as-mine-shaft-collapses/"> more than twenty people who were conducting illegal mining activities after official operations were stopped in 2007 were trapped underground</a>.
The Herald reported yesterday that the operations were suspended following a directive by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA).
The Director of the Civil Protection Unit, Nathan Nkomo told The Associated Press that they had retrieved “all the bodies” and an injured miner was taken to a hospital.
National police spokesman Paul Nyathi and Nkomo said they could not confirm the number of people underground due to the unregulated nature of the mining.
Meanwhile, some miners continued to mine nearby, unfazed by the deaths of their colleagues. A fellow miner, Davison Chidhakwa said that the death of two miners was not a disaster as people die “all the time in these mines.”
More: <a href="https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/trapped-miners-rescue-operation-suspended-zimbabwe/5278754.html">VOA News</a>

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