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Patrick Chitumba-Midlands Bureau Chief
KWEKWE was filled with grief yesterday as mourners paid their respects to five Munyati Primary School teachers killed in a tragic road accident on Friday afternoon.
The teachers were travelling in a Toyota Aqua that collided head-on with a Homan Sino truck near Kwekwe on the Harare-Bulawayo highway. Two passengers were also in the truck.
Police identified the dead teachers as Mitchell Maticha (22), Sithabile Nothando Moyo (33) , Everjoice Ngwenya (38) Lesley Mugwidi (29) all from Kwekwe and Tsungirirai Joe (57) of Munyati.
A joint memorial service was held before their bodies were taken to their homes for burial.
Midlands Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Owen Ncube, attended the memorial and expressed grief over the incident, which had robbed families of bread winners.
He said there would be a State-assisted funeral for the teachers.
“On behalf of President Mnangagwa, First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa and indeed the whole of the Midlands Province, I want to convey my sincere condolences to the families of the deceased at this very difficult moment. No one can be a doctor or a minister without being taught by a teacher, we salute them,” he said.
Minister Ncube urged all drivers to exercise extreme caution on the roads.
“Life is sacrosanct, hence the need to be diligent when driving. We, therefore, mourn with the families of the deceased because this is a loss, not only for you, but for Zimbabwe since the deceased were serving members of the Civil Service,” he said.
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