{"id":4777,"date":"2024-10-07T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4777"},"modified":"2024-10-07T11:07:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:07:26","slug":"state-to-assist-in-funeral-for-five-bindura-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4777","title":{"rendered":"State to Assist in Funeral for Five Bindura Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Harare Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five young girls from Bindura, tragically killed after being run over by a vehicle on Saturday, have been granted a State-assisted funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The girls, who belonged to the same extended family, were supposed to bw laid to rest yesterday at Makusha Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Christopher Magomo, along with other government officials and Zanu PF representatives, visited the bereaved families to offer their condolences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his heartfelt message, Minister Magomo expressed the profound sorrow felt across the region, stating,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA dark cloud has fallen over Mashonaland Central. The loss of innocent and young souls is an unfathomable pain that resonates deeply within our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tragic incident has sparked discussions about road safety and the need for increased awareness to protect vulnerable pedestrians, especially children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local leaders are calling for measures to ensure safer roads and better traffic management in residential areas to prevent such heartbreaking occurrences in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the community mourns, support for the families affected by this tragedy is pouring in, highlighting the importance of solidarity in times of grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State&#8217;s involvement in the funeral arrangements underscores the collective responsibility to care for those impacted by such devastating events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harare Correspondent Five young girls from Bindura, tragically killed after being run over by a vehicle on Saturday, have been granted a State-assisted funeral. The girls, who belonged to the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4779,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4777\/revisions\/4779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}