Four Chitungwiza men have been arrested and appeared in court for the four haare bombings that took place last week, The four are Last Matarutse (40), Abel Jobe (47) Kizito Chinhanga (40), and Thomas Chanetsa, all of Chitungwiza. The four set cars on fire at business premises owned by Tagwirei, Wicknell and Mangundya.
Matarutse appears to be a car dealer, while there is no actual evidence linking the four men to the crimes. The rest of the cars were in the Harare City Council impound yard and their owners were randomly arrested for the bombings without any actual evidence.
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Key events of the day
Topics
1. Catholic church honors Chiwenga after he participated in a fundraising event for the participation of youths in the upcoming Roman Catholic church Jubilee year of the Youth pilgrimage in Rome, Italy.
2. The ZRP is seeking Anywhere Gumbo, the Deputy headmaster of Masase High in Mberengwa for abusing over 35 boys. The matter came to light after an anonymous letter was sent to the Ministry of Education by a fellow teacher who suspected that something was amiss. The school Head, Albion Masukume, has a very strict policy that requires anyone to talk to him if they want to report anything resulting in the boys being abused in silence.
3. The Zimbabwe National Aids Councill has reported that 13 000 teenage pregnancies reported in Manicaland in 2024 compared to 14000 in 2023. 161 of the teens abandoned school for marriage, 16 of them at primary school level. The teen pregnancy prevalence in Manicaland stands at 27% compared to 20% nationally. Mutare and Chipinge have the highest number of teen pregnancies.
4. Organisers clash at ZANU-PF beauty peagent organised by YALI fellow and ZANU-PF Minister Judith Ncube’s daughter Nkanyeziyethu Malunga. Pardon Khaya arrived with friends ( Who included DJ Nospa) and started causing a disturbance where they camped for the whole night.
5. Kennedy Tichaona Maodzwa to be exhumed from Granville Cemetry by Nyaradzo
6. Dr Lindiwe Ncube has developed a cervical cancer screening tool
Business
1. TIMB reports that 77 tobacco farmers have been arrested for side-marketing and 7 buyers have been arrested for buying tobacco from farmers that they did not sponsor.
Africa
1. South Africans turn to gambling for survival. In a study by BettaBets, 55% of participants admitted that they used their grant money for gambling, with 89% of those who engage in gambling being unemployed. On average, each gambler uses R500 for gambling a month. Sun International told the independent newspaper that they founded the National Responsible Gambling Program over 25 years ago.
2. 62 Illegal miners arrested in Chingola, Zambia after they were precvented from resuming their mining activities. The residents of Chingola went on a rampage after they were prevented from mining at Senseli mine, which claimed 30 lives in 2024.
Community
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