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Residents' Voices - Issue 64
Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA)
November 11, 2011

Residents call for community projects

Emakhandeni residents are calling on various humanitarian organisations to assist them by providing fertilizer and maize seed. Residents said that they welcome initiatives that offer sustainable development in the wards. The BPRA ward chairperson reported that there are orphans that can benefit from these schemes as child welfare is failing to cater for all their needs. It has been said that the ward has a number of volunteers that would gladly take up responsibility in nurturing the maize until harvest time then equitably distribute it to orphans and other vulnerable groups within the community.

Consultation of residents a priority

Commuter operators operating from Sekusile terminus in ward 22 have passed complaints about the lack of community engagement by service providers. It is alleged that one company, not known to residents, erected billboards at the terminus to help commuters locate public taxis. No efforts were made to inform commuter operators of the new development as such the facilities are a white elephant. Commuters do not make use of the notices as they continue to board from undesignated areas. The commuter operators have said that had they been formally notified of the developments they would gladly make use them. They added that all service providers should engage locals in the areas they will be working in.

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