Bridge shuts out pupils

MUTARE — Over 200 pupils at Mwoyoweshumba primary and secondary schools in Mutasa Central had their first term prematurely ending last week after the footbridge the community used was swept away by flash floods.

In separate interviews with NewsDay on Sunday, villagers from Zarika, Mvere and Chidinzwa villages pleaded with the corporate world to help them repair the bridge at the crocodile-infested Honde River to allow their children to resume classes.

“The bridge was swept away on Wednesday night and since then our children have not been going to school,” a villager Susan Masira said.

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