Zimbabwe Cabinet Minister's Restaurant Gutted By Fire
Da Guido Restaurant on fire as shown on the front page of the Sunday Mail yesterday. The restaurant is owned by ZANU PF cabinet minister Francis Nhema, whose workers appeared not bothered at all by the fire, to the extent that they did not call the fire brigade. It was the Sunday Mail reporter and photographer who ended up phoning the Fire Brigade. They took 20 minutes to arrive, and by that time, it was too late. Harare, Zimbabwe, 26 October 2009 A restaurant run by a ZANU PF cabinet minister in the Inclusive Government, Francis Nhema, was gutted by fire on Saturday. The fire, which is said to have started in the ovens of Da Guido Restaurant (it is an Italian joint that bakes pizzas in coal-fired ovens) also extensively damaged a bookshop owned by motivational speaker and businessman Miton Kamwendo and a Hair Saloon, whose owner apparent collapsed upon seeing smoke from the fire from a BP Service Station (Gas Station) nearby. The Sunday Mail reported yesterday that the damage need not...