admin‘Some African leaders coward’
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
PRESIDENT Mugabe has branded some African leaders cowards who are prepared to sell out their countries for financial aid and material benefits.
In an interview broadcast by ZBC last night, the Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces said the leaders’ actions will trigger revolts if youths discover that they are being used to serve imperialists.
He said the current crop of leaders was quite different from revolutionaries who fought for Africa’s independence.
“Not only have they become cowards, but have become sellouts of our own people. Betraying, betraying the nations of Africa. That’s that AU
Poisonous mushroom claims 4 family members
Vimbai Sibanda Herald Reporter
FOUR members of the same family in Mabasa rural area, Zvishavane, died while two others are battling for their lives in hospital after eating poisonous mushroom over the weekend.
Three sisters — Chido (9), Sithembile (12), Memory Mabvumira (16) — and their grandmother Ambuya Maware (65) died soon after eating the mushroom on Saturday.
The mother of the deceased children, Rutendo Moyo and her five-year-old son Given Mabvumira were rushed to White Hospital where they are receiving treatment.
Acting Zvishavane police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Moreen Gumbo confirmed the incident.
She said Ambuya Maware picked the mushroom from a nearby bush on Saturday morning.
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