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Zimbabwean toddler (2) drowns in a UK lake

A Zimbabwean family has been left devastated after their two-year-old girl who fell into a lake in Northampton, UK in March this year died.The little girl, who has been named as Mandifadza Munhuwa, was found in a lake at Billing Aquadrome after being missing for a short time. The incident happened ...

Epileptic patient drowns

THE body of a 17-year-old girl from Binga district was found floating at Tyba Dam where she had gone for fishing, police said.The girl identified as Linet Miyozi, an epileptic patient, is suspected to have developed a seizure and fell into the dam.Confirming the incident yesterday, Matabeleland Nort...

Toddler drowns in bath tub

A 10-months-old Beitbridge toddler drowned in a bath tub on Saturday morning when he was left to play with a another six-year-old minor in the house by their family maid.The maid filled the bath tub with water and was busy washing clothes outside the house when tragedy struck.The incident occurred a...

Toddler drowns in a bucket

A-one-and-a-half-year-old Chitungwiza toddler last week drowned in a bucket.Acting Harare provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Tarirai Dube confirmed the incident."We  recieved a report of the death of a-one-and-a-half-year-old toddler from Unit N in Chitungwiza who fell in a buck...

Canoe capsizes in Lake Kariba, drowning two

Two men drowned in Lake Kariba after the canoe they were using to cross the water body capsized on Saturday afternoon.Confirming the incident, Matabeleland North provincial police spokesperson Inspector Billie Dube said the two men, Siyalunda Denes Ncube (54) of Gobo village under ChiefSiabuwa and...

Zim father (45) drowns trying to save son (9) in Botswana

A 45-year-old Zimbabwean drowned at Dikgathong settlement along the Thamalakane River while trying to save his nine-year-old son on Sunday after the boat they were in capsized.The Botswana Daily News on Tuesday quoted the Maun station commander Superintendent Kenny Badumetse confirming the death of...

Bosso player drowns in a river

Highlanders Under-14 juniors player Nkosenhle Mwamba drowned in a river while attempting to swim with his schoolmates from Hlangabeza High School in Nkayi last Wednesday.His body was only retrieved by the police sub-aqua unity on Friday and was buried at West Park Cemetery on Sunday morning.Accordin...

Woman drowns on her way to the clinic

A 38-year-old woman from Binga drowned after trying to cross a flooded Chunga River on her way to the clinic.Evelyn Mudenda drowned in the river on Wednesday last week and her body was discovered on Friday.The incident was confirmed by Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Billie Dube.He ...

2 blind men drown

TWO visually impaired men drowned while attempting to swim in a flooded river in Buhera last week.The tragic incident happened in Chief Nyashanu's area on New Year's Eve. Police confirmed the incident and said vulnerable groups of the society should not be taken to flooded rivers and left alone.The ...

Two blind men drown while swimming in a river

Two visually impaired men drowned while swimming in Nyashanga River, Buhera, after they inadvertently ven­tured into the deep end on New Year's Eve.Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Enock Chishiri said Coster Mandiyambira (21) and Obert Ndlovu (20) were bathing in the river along...

Baby drowns in a water bucket

A TEN-MONTH-OLD baby from Mutandahwe village in Chisumbanje drowned in a bucket containing water.The Officer-in-Charge of Chisumbanje police, Chief Inspector Mutseta confirmed the incident that  happened on December 28 last year. "It happened that a Mrs Moyana of Mutandahwe village was sitting ...

Man drowns trying to save his dog

Point Reyes - A man has been swept to sea and drowned while trying to save his dog hit by a rogue wave on a California beach.The US Coast Guard says the man and his wife were walking on the beach on New Year's Day when a wave overtook the dog.The San Francisco Chronicle reports the couple went into ...