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Crossings
in need of repair He is one person who loves travelling, meeting people and sitting down for a chat if he finds you not too busy. Unassuming, yet convincing and calm, one needs just thirty minutes of his time to understand why Mr. Petho rides five, sometimes six kilometres a day round the city on his bicycle for this ritual. The city is increasingly becoming a danger for him because of traffic control signals that go unrepaired. "Here in Highlands alone there are three pedestrian robots that have never turned green for ages!" he tells The Resident. "There’s one up Glenara Avenue and Enterprise, it's on a blind corner and one has to go round the bend to check if there are any cars coming before you cross. It’s the most dangerous. Then there is the one leading to David Livingstone School, on Enterprise Road, and another one on Hebert Chitepo Rd, leading off from the same school. Both of them have not been working and they pose a real danger to school children" Combined Harare Residents Association has in the past month called on council to repair the city's infrastructure. The call is ignored. School Development Associations should begin to take school children’s safety seriously. A proposal has been made for SDA’s to recruit "lollipop" people from the community who will assist pupils cross the roads in the morning, afternoon and after school. Residents Associations should also consider enlisting some of their representatives in the D’ Branch of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. The D’ branch is a civilian arm of the ZRP that ensures civic discipline and assists residents in the area. The Resident will invite the ZRP to speak more about this feature in the next issue. Residents need to take public safety seriously. Visit the CHRA fact sheet Please credit www.kubatana.net if you make use of material from this website. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License unless stated otherwise.
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