Students Injured in Kwekwe CBD as Globe & Phoenix School Block Collapses into Mine Shaft
The Grade 5 students were injured when the classroom block they were learning in collapsed into a mine shaft underneath.
Seven students from Globe and Phoenix Primary School in Kwekwe Central Business District were injured after a classroom block they were learning in collapsed into a mine shaft underneath.
A Twitter user calling himself “Mayor of Kwekwe” said:
It's just a matter of time before Kwekwe CBD as a whole collapses as a result of the artisanal mining activities that take place under it. Today Globe and Phoenix Primary School a school in Kwekwe has collapsed, a number of pupils have been injured. Not looking good
It's just a matter of time before Kwekwe CBD as a whole collapses as a result of the artisanal mining activities that take place under it. Today Globe and Phoenix Primary School a school in Kwekwe has collapsed, a number of pupils have been injured. Not looking good pic.twitter.com/lHA1GFPNIi
— Mayor Of Kwekwe (@bxllyville) March 16, 2023
Journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono commented, “ZANUPF thugs who control illegal mining are a law unto themselves!”
A school in Kwekwe, Globe and Phoenix Primary School has collapsed due to illegal underground gold mining activities that weakened the structural integrity of the school blocks.
7 Students have been injured.
ZANUPF thugs who control illegal mining are a law unto themselves! pic.twitter.com/Tk3kW0379u
— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) March 16, 2023
A Kwekwe resident also said: “In Kwekwe we are at risk as one day you will be told of our disappearance due to mining activities being conducted.”
https://twitter.com/strictly059/status/1636323270159941640?t=UkOFTWxIk0CCm0e9Mr6AIA&s=19
Amalagamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) have called for arrests: “Some learners were injured. Are we going to see any arrests?”
A classroom collapses in Kwekwe as one senior ruling party member conducts Gold panning at a School. Lawlessness in Zimbabwe is shocking. The impunity is shocking. Some learners were injured. Are we going to see any arrests @PoliceZimbabwe? @MoPSEZim please attend to #SafeSchools pic.twitter.com/Uqz2oD7g0y
— Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe,ARTUZ (@ARTUZ_teachers) March 16, 2023
