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Man Vanishes While Touring Victoria Falls
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Jessica W on 28/03/2012 14:08:00


A Bulawayo man vanished while touring the mighty Victoria Falls rainforest at
the weekend during an outing with his sister, parks and wildlife authority has
confirmed.
Tinashe Chitambo went missing while on a tour of the forest with his sister,
Mitchell Chitambo.
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority public relations manager,
Ms Caroline Washaya-Moyo confirmed Chitambo's disappearance.
“The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority can confirm that on 
March 25 2012, Tinashe Chitambo, together with his sister Mitchell Chitambo
entered the Rainforest as day visitors at around 10am.
After the tour at about 12noon, the two had lunch at the Shearwater Restaurant
and then after lunch Chitambo decided to have another tour of the Falls leaving
his sister behind,” said Washaya-Moyo
She said Chitambo was last seen by a tourist while in the forest, who then
alerted  rangers.
“Afterwards a client came to the entrance gate and reported to the security
ranger that he had seen a man loitering around the falls.
“A search team was sent to the area to look for the man and the search did not
yield any results as Chitambo was nowhere to be seen,” she said.
Washaya-Moyo said her department and the police were jointly searching for
Chitambo.Bula
“The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is working with the
police. The police have started investigations as they sent a search team to
look for Chitambo and investigations are continuing,” she said.