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Pothole menace
I enjoyed my drive along the Airport Road the other day. No potholes and no humps — just a smooth flow of traffic. I wish all major roads could be like this. The powers that be should look into the state of our roads urgently otherwise our cars will be destined for the scrap heap in no time, what with the soaring cost of spares. — Stino, Chitungwiza.
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I AM reliably informed that the diamonds we are mining bring in US$1 billion a month. We need US$5 billion for reconstruction and recovery. Can someone please tell me where we are missing the plot and going off rails?— T Tshaka.
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ON Friday January 29, 2010 scores of students on the Presidential Scholarship Fund list waited all day long outside Compensation House at the mercy of the sun, rain and pick pockets. — Distressed, Harare.
Media reforms delayed
THE government is taking too long to implement media reforms because the media remains in a state of arrested development. There will be meaningful development if the media plays an important part in stimulating economic growth by providing a platform where people become exposed to new ideas and trends, which can only come about when people are encouraged to be open-minded. — Pro-Reform.
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THE sooner Zanu PF gets its greedy paws off NetOne the quicker it will be able to provide competitively good service. — Keatley, Mandara, Harare.
CAN someone at Econet do something about subscribers in Dewedzo Valley? We go further in order to find places where we can get network connectivity. Can you please give us a booster station? — Client.
No point whining
THE police should not whine about being under-funded. They could have saved themselves much more if they did not go about buying brand new Isuzus, Toyota Vigos, Land Cruisers, Prados and Mercedes Benz C and E class vehicles for themselves instead of settling for less expensive models. — Mwanawenzira.
Sanctions must stay
ZANU PF should tell us why they want the targeted economic sanctions lifted when they don’t want to lift sanctions they imposed on Zimbabweans. We live under oppressive conditions that they imposed on us. Where else do they want to travel to that they have not been to already? What interests do they want to represent that they have not already represented? Let the sanctions remain. We don’t mind waiting a further two years in order to get our freedom.— Nada.
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ZANU PF is bereft of any ideas that will take this country forward. I ask the MDC-T to simply ignore them and go ahead and do what is good for the country. How can a party at its congress and politburo recommend a deadlock for the talks as if they don’t know that talks were going to be difficult? The MDC-T won the elections and therefore deserves to be there. It is the duty of every Zimbabwean and the media to monitor and expose Zanu PF. — Monitor.
Is US$16 modest?
MODEST pay for civil servants, screamed one local newspaper. Civil servants got a US$16 increment — enough to buy 16 loaves of bread starting April 1, 2010. Elections will come sooner or later. Remember the people you meet when going up the ladder because you will meet them on the way down. — T Tshaka.
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FIVE years after Operation Murambatsvina we still do not have houses. This is despite paying thousands of dollars to Zanu PF scams in the form of housing co-operatives and the so-called Operation Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle. — J P, Harare.
No end to invasions
I want the whole nation to know that farm invasions are still taking place, especially in Rusape where the white commercial farmers are being forced off their commercial farms, for example Alpha Farm. This farm is wanted by a senior official at the District Administrator’s office. They are using youths released from prison under a presidential amnesty. What measures are being taken against a senior government minister in whose name the “offer letters” were allegedly issued? To the Prime Minister, I say let’s see your action.— Witness, Rusape.
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BY demand bring back the Prime Minister’s Question Time but with a slight shift to the President’s Question Time. I used to enjoy the English, eloquence, accurate answers and accountability. — T Tshaka.
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ZANU PF leaders got many farms for free yet some of them can only afford to give their workers a bucket of soya beans and maize-meal as their salary. Is this acceptable? And yet they have the gall to say that whites were hard-hearted. — SA.
Unite not divide
THE media should learn to bring musicians together so that they find their way forward. I am ashamed by the public fight between Ronnie Mudhindo and his former boss, Tongai Moyo.— Mahuma, Guruve.
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A pastor in Cranborne, Harare, is denying the community access to water at the church. What kind of church is this? A church is a refuge for those in need. This pastor should repent. — A A, Harare.
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WE applaud High Court Judge, Justice Chinembiri Bhunu for allowing commonsense and justice to prevail. The Attorney-General has more time ahead of himself than the geriatrics he is trying to please.—Cleka weDowasuro.
THE Harare City Council should extend the replacement of old water pipes to all areas of Harare. I stay in Eastlea and there are perennial rivers of treated water going to waste. – Consumer.
A staffing officer at the Harare Provincial Education offices has a bad habit of postponing everything. Each time the officer has a case to solve the officer does not do so in one attempt. One wonders whether this is professional incompetency or sheer ignorance. Could the relevant authorities look into this matter urgently? Otherwise the officer’s dismal performance sends a wrong signal to the other committed and professional officers housed at Chester House. – Tawanishe, Harare.
IF the government is serious about reviving the economy it should seriously respect property rights. Only an insane investor will put their money where there is no security guarantee of their investment. The Nestle saga is a clear case in point. Even local indigenous entrepreneurs have either put their investment plans on hold or have scaled down as there is no sense of security to commit one’s resources to any meaningful investment. Zanu PF’s empowerment policies are retrogressive as they encourage laziness and looting what others have built. As a black Zimbabwean, I would urge the government to draw up policies that do not scare away investors. – Alarmed, Harare.
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