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IN response to ‘Schools concealing drug abuse by pupils’, MURUME WEMUNHU says: It’s a Catch-22 situation, if they reveal the cases, it can potentiall­y damage their reputation and “brand”, and anyway, drug abuse is now a very serious societal problem. Schools are not an island. It’s a wake-up call for everyone, even the elite who thought it was a ghetto problem and they were not concerned about it.

IN response to Polls: Last chance for opposition?, TERMINUS MASUKU says: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperso­n Justice Priscilla Chigumba will never run free and fair elections. The only way to humiliate a fraudulent referee is an outright clear win by the opposition. Let’s register to vote and then vote. It can be done.

IN response to Zifa National League in trouble, JOE EXALTED says: Zifa has failed Zimbabwe, a football-loving nation. Fortythree years after independen­ce, there is still no proper stadium. And then we hear some blaming sanctions.

IN response to Boy (11) electrocut­ed, COLLEN SIBANDA says: Such incidences are always in the news and I wonder why fowl runners tend to disregard this very vital thing. Now let me reiterate, once you erect a fowl run, make sure your cables are not in contact with the mesh wire. Use conduits for them to run through.

IN response to Govt sends SOS on education, TEDIOUS SESEDZA says: We don’t remember when last schools, hospitals and police camps were renovated, but they are busy talking about roads, some of which they have failed to complete in the past five years. Surely someone needs two terms in office to complete one highway.

MURAMBATSV­INA VTM says: Government should and can do more. It has the ultimate responsibi­lity, but on the ground, this constituen­cy/ward has a senator, Member of Parliament or councillor who were elected by that community to address these concerns. Their MP gets an allocation of the Constituen­cy Developmen­t Fund, the province and districts get devolution funds from the budget. There is also the local community parents and an old people’s associatio­n. All these people need to take responsibi­lity for this scenario.

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