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Five Bodies Recovered After Honda Fit Sinks Into Waterlogged, Abandoned Chrome Pit In Shurugwi

1 week agoWed, 05 Mar 2025 11:41:17 GMT
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Five Bodies Recovered After Honda Fit Sinks Into Waterlogged, Abandoned Chrome Pit In Shurugwi

Five bodies, including a heavily pregnant woman and three of her relatives, have been retrieved from a disused chrome pit in Shurugwi after a Honda Fit plunged into the 30-metre-deep pit on Sunday evening.

Shurugwi District Development Coordinator (DDC) Romeo Shangwa told The Mirror that the fifth body was retrieved on Wednesday morning after water was pumped out of the shaft overnight. The other four bodies were recovered with the help of the Police Sub Aqua Unit.

Shangwa also said that the sixth passenger managed to swim out of the pit when the vehicle submerged.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson for Midlands Province, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko, said the names of the deceased are yet to be released.

The Honda Fit was en route to Zvishavane at the time of the incident.

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Abandoned chrome pits have long been a concern for Shurugwi villagers, who have repeatedly urged the government to ensure they are re-filled.

In January this year, a female inmate from Shurugwi lost her two young children after they drowned while swimming in one of the pits.

In a related incident, Tinashe Chigiya (26) from Makandire Village, Chief Nhema, Shurugwi, had a confrontation with a ZANU PF councillor in January this year following the drowning of a child in the Musavezi River.

Chigiya reportedly blamed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ZANU PF supporters for allowing Chinese nationals to extract sand from the river, leaving behind open pits that pose a danger to children and livestock.

Chigiya is currently in remand prison after being arrested on allegations made by Ward 8 Councillor Audreck Mhaka, who claimed that Chigiya insulted Mnangagwa by calling him a dog.

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19 Comments

Dee · 6 days ago
but why...
Oncemore · 1 week ago
Our comments on Pindura will never reach the ears of the president.
Joza · 1 week ago
RIP
The zebras · 1 week ago
Very sorry kne vafira mugomba iri asi Hurumende inokurambidzai kuchera pese pese asi munoita nharo asi kna maviramo fut moti fut Hurumende dai yafuchira makomba vakachena vacho vakadii kusiya vafuchira
Anonymous · 1 week ago
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Tee1 · 1 week ago
I think Mr Chigiya was arrested for equiting a Dog to Mnangagwa.
Anonymous · 1 week ago
It's time to change this ruining zanupf and it's Chinese friends they careless about Zimbabweans. I wonder what would happen if we leave open pits in China. We will be excited within 36 hours
TZ · 1 week ago
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Tango · 1 week ago
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Tango · 1 week ago
Atletico Madrid 1
Anonymous · 1 week ago
Six people in a Honda Fit?????? No wonder it sank. Must have been an illegal taxi. Charge the driver with murder.
Sir African · 1 week ago
Only an Insane magistrate keeps a man in prison just for calling "Mnangagwa a dog".This piece of legislature was struck off by the high court yet magistrate keep using it to incacerate innocent people in remand prison.
@vhedza · 1 week ago
I wonder a dog can lead a country and caused so many outcry of an alleged violation of a country 's constitution!
Sir African · 1 week ago
FREE BLESSED MHLANGA NOW
Sir African · 1 week ago
FREE TINASHE CHIGIYA NOW
Sir African · 1 week ago
The magistrate keeps a man in remand prison for calling " Mnangangwa a dog"
mutongwizo · 1 week ago
so sad. if these fly by night miners could be taught to practice safe mining methods

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