Leasing of Bulawayo Power Station to private players,Restores the country's productive capacities?

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The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority  is set to lease the Bulawayo Thermal Station before 2015 to private players as stated in the Chronicle newsapaper of 18February 2012.
They are hoping this will increase generation capacity that will cater for the expected industrial revival in the city.
 This however is an opportunity for private players to revive the economy and they can even embrace opportunities in various economic sectors like infrastructure development,roads,bridges,dams construction etc.
The MTP, Mr Phiri said all of the projects are set by the government for the private sector to implement and that the the province was the most affected by economic slow down.
Considering the issue of the debt issue that has been on top news recently, this might be a turning point for Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority.

City Council selling stands that never existed

People will end up losing their faith in the City Councils because they are not sure who to trust anymore.

Recently in the Chronicle newspaper( www.chronicle.co.zw), a story was published about a Land developer who is suspected of swindling clients.

One source is reported to have bought a stand in Upper Rangemore sometime in 2008 but was only shown a bushy area this year after she threatened them with legal action..

Surprisingly, when the people who had bought stands in that area approached the Umguza Rural District Council,they were told that the person who was developing that area was new and so they had to go back to him.

This really reveals lack of professionalism on the part of the City Council that is expected to be a legislative body that governs a city,town,municipality or local government area.

Construction of UFI Makandiwa's 30000seater chapel put to a halt

Multimillion dollar 30000 seater  UFI chapel 

It is shocking and surprising how some buildings under construction were put to a halt for the reason that they are standing on wetlands.Some buildings affected include the beautiful UFI church in Chitungwiza and a hotel opposite to National Sports Stadium in Harare among so many other buildings across the country.The hotel is reported to have been on the second storey level.

According to the Environmental Management,these buildings are not supposed to be on wetlands and they should stop with immediate effect.This is really  unprofessional because the City Council accepted money for the stands,approved the plans, and therefore it is not fair for  the owners of the buildings to be facing the Environmental Management on their own. They should be held responsible for this inconvenience.

A picture of wetlands

My concern is what about all the money that was used in the construction?the time wasted?all the labor?And for the faithful Christians at UFI Makandiwa's church I'm sure they took it as the devil's work at hand.

Hlalani kuhle/Garikai housing,ironical?

Repossession of housing stands at the Hlalani Kuhle/Garikai Housing project in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park has stopped according to the Bulawayo  Home Seekers Consortium Trust (BHSCT).The project started in 2006 when the government wanted to afford low income earners in the country cheaper housing. However there were allegations that the officials of the project were selling these stands to new beneficiaries because the rightful owners could not afford to pay  or contribute anything and also the officials were  building on stands  whose owners died and selling them as finished houses.According to the Chronicle newspaper,residents complained they were not being notified about the decision to take away their stands and would find strangers building on the sit. In the paper,the minister of Local Government Dr Ignatius Chombo, on Wednesday ordered that the repossession of the stands should stop and that those that had been taken away from the beneficiaries be returned.He said that the beneficiaries are low income earners and that they were given about eight years to develop

more pot holes in the road than pedestrians themselves

pot holes in the streets of Zimbabwe have become a common feature in most roads which is something that the City Councils are responsible of.This problem might be looked at as very minor but pot holes are in fact a major problem as they may be dangerous among other disturbing effects.People who have been unlucky enough to hit pot holes hard enough have come off with with flat tyres, cracked rims, cracked suspensions and the list goes on.According to Scott Carmichael who was in charge of the Gaddling tour in 2009,the worst pot holes in the world are found in Zimbabwe.It is going to take a lot to get the roads of Zimbabwe back to an acceptable and safe condition.