Urban Mining -Globe and Phoenix School in Kwekwe collapses, closed.

Globe and phoenix primary school has been closed By Memory Mudzani Globe and phoenix primary school has been closed with immediate effect after a grade 5 classroom collapsed in the morning. Fourteen students are reported to have sustained injuries and they have been rushed to Kwekwe general hospital where they are being treated. Civil protection unit Kwekwe committee said that all learning activities at Globe and phoenix primary will be ceased until a geo survey has been done. “ All learning activities at Globe and phoenix primary school has been ceased until a geo survey has been done ,we have requested Redcross to assist with temporary tents for learning purposes ,we are also looking for any alternative learning space within the surrounding idol building and also the DSI will engage with the surrounding school to assist with learning places for students until the solution is found" ,said CPU spokesperson fortune Mpungu In an interview with Solomon Matsa a prominent businessman in kwekwe who is also ward 10 Kwekwe constituency aspiring councilor he said the incident is sorrowful and he has donated funds to assist in medical care for students who have sustained injuries. “The school must be closed because it was condemned a long time ago and we must look for a new place to build the school and I’m offering funds to construct four new classrooms with immediate effect if the place to build the school is found,”said Masta Judith Tobaiwa Kwekwe central constituency MP said she is overwhelmed by the incident that happened at Globe and phoenix,where a grade five classroom block collapsed due to mining activities that are happening at the school. Tobaiwa said that she is requesting for the authorities to listen to the community as she said the school was condemned a long time ago when EMA submitted their reports condemning the school last year when an ECD classroom developed a crack “T he mine is less than 500meters away from the school and it is separated from the school by a fence and according to the law a mine should have certain meter away from the school and the community which is the major cause of this incident because people are practicing illegal mining activities in this area and this should have been prevented if the authorities has listened to the community and the reports that were made a long time ago condemning the school,” said Tobaiwa