{"id":65473,"date":"2022-09-02T16:52:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-injured-after-whirlwind-strikes-classroom-blocks"},"modified":"2022-09-02T19:48:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T17:48:35","slug":"two-injured-after-whirlwind-strikes-classroom-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/two-injured-after-whirlwind-strikes-classroom-blocks","title":{"rendered":"Two Injured After Whirlwind Strikes Classroom Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Two people who were waiting to apply for national identity documents sustained minor bruises when a whirlwind blew the roofs off two classroom blocks at Gomoza Primary School in Lupane on Friday last week.<\/p>\n<p>One of the classrooms was being used as a temporary registration centre by a team from the Civil Registry Department.<\/p>\n<p>Lupane East legislator Mbongeni Dube (ZANU PF) said the school was appealing for funds and materials from well-wishers to be able to repair the damaged buildings. Said, Dube:<\/p>\n<p>The whirlwind came from nowhere and hit the school on Friday. Two blocks had their roofs blown off and in one of the blocks was the mobile registration team carrying out mobile registration. Two people who were waiting to apply for identity documents were injured.<\/p>\n<p>We are happy that there were no serious injuries and no machines or school equipment was damaged although people are still in shock.<\/p>\n<p>We appeal to the Civil Protection Committee and well-wishers to help the school renovate the damaged classroom blocks so that lessons are not disturbed next week.<\/p>\n<p>We are a district that struggles with the pass rate and we don\u2019t want anything that negates the efforts being made to improve the pass rate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Two people who were waiting to apply for national identity documents sustained minor bruises when a whirlwind blew the roofs off two classroom blocks at Gomoza Primary School in Lupane on Friday last week. 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