A lightning bolt struck and killed 16 herd of cattle belonging to three families in Mbembesi 1, in Lupane East Constituency. The lightning incident occurred last week on Thursday. Kusile Rural District Councillor for Ward 23 Fibion Ngwenya said.
By early 1921 Britain’s war in Ireland was not just a moral issue, but a financial one. The sheer expense of solving The Irish Question , considering financial reparation for the loss of civilian life and destruction of private property, along with the price tag of the Crown Forces’ operations in Ireland, was staggering.
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There was widespread sadness in South Leitrim and beyond at the death of Vincent Kenny, Corduff, Aghavas. Vincie was a stalwart for Sinn Féin. He came from a Republican background and previous generations of Kennys had been active in the 1920’s in the Tan War and Civil War, Tom Kenny and John Kenny. One was a Sinn Féin Rural District Councillor and the other was interned in the Civil War.
Vincie had reached the age of 88 but in the last six months his health began to fail and he died in Sligo General Hospital on Friday 22
In a heartbreaking development, what was meant to be a fun swimming experience ended in tragedy after a 10-year-old boy drowned while swimming in a stream in Victoria Falls.
Faceofmalawi has established from a local publication New Zimbabwe that the now deceased Pardon Nyoni, who was doing Grade Five at Chimbombo Primary School drowned on Friday while swimming with his friends at Malayitha stream. Pardon is alleged to have suddenly drowned. His friends tried to save him but it was all in vain.
Following the incident, the other children did not report the drowning to the elders as they could not comprehend what had happened. The incident only came to light after a villager found his lifeless body floating under a small bridge.
By Matabeleland North Correspondent
A Victoria Falls family has been thrown into mourning after its 10-year-old boy drowned while swimming in a stream on Friday.
The now deceased boy has been identified as Pardon Nyoni, who was doing Grade Five at Chimbombo Primary School in the area and was staying with his grandmother.
Police who attended the scene found the boy already dead under a small bridge.
A police source said a report was made after a villager found the body floating.
“Some police went to the scene after getting a call from an informer. This was after a villager found the boy’s body floating on water. The boy was in Grade Five at a local school and had gone to swim with other children younger than him when he suddenly drowned. The other children could not save him and they left going back home seeing that the now deceased had disappeared in water,” said a police source.