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Binga community speaks out on cotton
Bulawayo Agenda
February 17, 2010

In the bid to provide information to its networks, stakeholders and other interested parties, Bulawayo Agenda has reintroduced the Daily Agenda; a compilation of alerts from the chapters and its network of contacts located in areas where Bulawayo Agenda operates from. The Daily Agenda offers an alternative source of information from the mainstream media that is often restricted in terms of outreach as it focuses on the grassroots. The Daily Agenda will provide information on critical governance and developmental issues.

Binga- There has been some dispute over the subsidised seeds that the area received from the Government as some community members have been accused of hoarding seeds that are designed for the poor. The Daily Agenda also learnt that there has been a feud caused from the conflict from the raged community members.

Binga community members have also called for a proper coordination between cotton buyers and farmers within the community as there are different prices for a cotton bale. They said that it is necessary that the major cotton companies and the community have a common market for cotton buying to ensure that their prices are the same. They also called on the cotton buying companies to invest in the community noting that the large trucks that ferry cotton have damaged the poor roads in Binga.

Bulawayo- The civil service strike has taken effect in most of Bulawayo's suburbs and has led to the proliferation of home schools. Parents who spoke to the Daily Agenda said that they have opted for home schooling to ensure that their children do not lose out during the strike. Parents in Bulawayo and Plumtree said that most of their children have lost out in the past and this has also affected their performance at school.

"Our children have lost out in the past and we are afraid that if the strike continues they will not be able to compete with their peers," said a parent who preferred anonymity.

The week old strike has not only affected the education sector but the registrar's office is reportedly closed affecting Zimbabweans who want to take new identity documents.

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