279 missing Cyclone Idai victims should be declared dead- AG

The Attorney General Virginia Mabhiza has instituted a class action in the High Court of Mutare seeking an order to have 279 victims of Cyclone Idai who have been verified missing by the police to be declared dead.

This move will enable the Registrar of Deaths and Births to legally issue death certificates and any other relevant documentation to the next of kin of the missing persons.

Typical challenges facing the families of the missing victims include but not limited to; failure to obtain birth certificates for their children, failure to access pensions and other benefits of their missing relatives.

It also include failure by the Civil Service Commission to fill vacant positions left by the missing persons.

On March 14 and 15, Cyclone Idai tore through Southern Africa, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.

Winds of nearly 175 km per hour, widespread flooding and landslides destroyed roads, bridges, farmlands, crops, houses, and other infrastructures, some of them beyond repair.

In the worst-affected areas of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, some survivors lost everything, their lives devastated by the cyclone.

They were left in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance.

*Coltart Is A Dictator In The Making : Bulawayo Councillors*

AS chaos continues to rock the troubled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Bulawayo councillors have accused city Mayor David Coltart of being a dictator who never consults anyone on issues and wants things done his way all the time. Some councillors accused Coltart, who many within the opposition party maintain was imposed by party leader Nelson Chamisa, of taking major decisions without consultations, such as the election of an acting deputy mayor when he was going on leave.

They said he did not follow the template that had always been used to determine who becomes an acting mayor.

“We have a dictator in the making despite calling ourselves democrats. Coltart imposes everything yet in terms of the law we are all equal with him only chairing full council meetings or othe
The Attorney General Virginia Mabhiza has instituted a class action in the High Court of Mutare seeking an order to have 279 victims of Cyclone Idai who have been verified missing by the police to be declared dead.

This move will enable the Registrar of Deaths and Births to legally issue death certificates and any other relevant documentation to the next of kin of the missing persons.

Typical challenges facing the families of the missing victims include but not limited to; failure to obtain birth certificates for their children, failure to access pensions and other benefits of their missing relatives.

It also include failure by the Civil Service Commission to fill vacant positions left by the missing persons.

On March 14 and 15, Cyclone Idai tore through Southern Africa, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.

Winds of nearly 175 km per hour, widespread flooding and landslides destroyed roads, bridges, farmlands, crops, houses, and other infrastructures, some of them beyond repair.

In the worst-affected areas of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, some survivors lost everything, their lives devastated by the cyclone.

They were left in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance.

*Coltart Is A Dictator In The Making : Bulawayo Councillors*

AS chaos continues to rock the troubled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Bulawayo councillors have accused city Mayor David Coltart of being a dictator who never consults anyone on issues and wants things done his way all the time. Some councillors accused Coltart, who many within the opposition party maintain was imposed by party leader Nelson Chamisa, of taking major decisions without consultations, such as the election of an acting deputy mayor when he was going on leave.

They said he did not follow the template that had always been used to determine who becomes an acting mayor.

“We have a dictator in the making despite calling ourselves democrats. Coltart imposes everything yet in terms of the law we are all equal with him only chairing full council meetings or othe
The Attorney General Virginia Mabhiza has instituted a class action in the High Court of Mutare seeking an order to have 279 victims of Cyclone Idai who have been verified missing by the police to be declared dead.

This move will enable the Registrar of Deaths and Births to legally issue death certificates and any other relevant documentation to the next of kin of the missing persons.

Typical challenges facing the families of the missing victims include but not limited to; failure to obtain birth certificates for their children, failure to access pensions and other benefits of their missing relatives.

It also include failure by the Civil Service Commission to fill vacant positions left by the missing persons.

On March 14 and 15, Cyclone Idai tore through Southern Africa, leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.

Winds of nearly 175 km per hour, widespread flooding and landslides destroyed roads, bridges, farmlands, crops, houses, and other infrastructures, some of them beyond repair.

In the worst-affected areas of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, some survivors lost everything, their lives devastated by the cyclone.

They were left in need of life-saving humanitarian assistance.