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February 5, 2019

Four die in kombi accident

Four people died on the spot yesterday, while 13 others were seriously injured and rushed to Kwekwe District Hospital when the right rear tyre of a commuter omnibus they were travelling in burst, resulting in it veering off the road and overturning.

Zim woman who survived breast cancer creates the UK’s first false lashes for chemo patients

An entrepreneurial cancer survivor has created the first false lashes for chemotherapy patients – after receiving her own diagnosis just hours before attending an interview for a place at university.

Mother-of-two Codilia Gapare, now 41, from Cheshire had always dreamed of becoming a lawyer and started studying as soon as she came to the UK from Zimbabwe at the age of 26.

In July 2014, at the age of 36, she finally had the qualifications she needed to apply for university, but just hours before her interview she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

GOVT fears #ZimbabweShutDown 2

Jittery authorities are bracing for another mega protest by angry labour unions and the opposition — who fear that authorities are planning to tighten the country’s repressive laws to stop a repeat of last month’s violent mass actions which left at least 12 people dead and hundreds others seriously wounded.

Rampaging soldiers anger Zimbos

Rights groups have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to immediately send the country’s soldiers back to their barracks, amid heart-rending claims of continuing savage beatings and harassment of innocent civilians.