YOUR FEEDBACK

I FAIL to understand why heavy vehicles and buses still by-pass the VID Depot junction and route. They are supposed to turn right at the Municipal Fire Station, but surprisingly, they go as tray into the CBD right under the nose of traffic officers. It is human error to forget yesteryear tragedies through overnight sleep. Le st we forget that a bus had brake failure and only came to a halt at Mu tare Mar towing to upward steep terrain. Similarly, a haulage truck ram med into a motorcyclist, vehicles, killing and wounding all in its way. It later overturned at former Paint Centre. Must we wait for a tanker to overturn to enforce route adherence?- CTM.

***** Government should intensify efforts to remove defective vehicles from our roads. The main problem lies with the police manning roadblocks every day. Corruption is very rife within this police department. Vehicles that are in very bad state are allowed to ferry people at the expense of their lives. Strict measures must be put in place or else we will continue losing our loved ones on the roads. Defective vehicles must be taken to dumping sites. All unlicensed drivers should also stay off our roads.- Zondi, NHB, Sakubva.

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Satanism has no place in the society. If you are not with us on God’s side, then you are against us on Satan’s side. The devil is evil. Those who practice Satanism must be sentenced to extinction. Those who cherish ever lasting life, eternity must draw close to God and He will reciprocate.- Masenhu.

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Econet’s data systems need a major upgrade as a matter of urgency before we migrate to other networks.- Mwedzi.

***** In N ya maj ur a area, the rate of child marriages is getting high, most of them are 14 to 16 years old. On top of that they are students, so they are losing the root of knowledge which is education. Sex education should be taught to these young girls. To win the temptation is to know where the temptation starts. I want to urge all those below 18 to wait until the time for marriage comes. Education is the root of knowledge. You should be educated because you don’ t know what tomorrow will bring to you.-Patrick Chan di wan a, Osborne Dam.

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The Chevrons might have lost their Test match against Sri Lanka, but I think they had a remarkable and improved cricket tour indeed!- Lovemore Kashawo, Harare.

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Why does Zimbabwe import fish when we have dam sand lakes across the country? Why is the local fish industry losing the battle to poachers? The abnormal should not be made normal if we are to talk about economic growth.- Richard Chauke.

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The Vice President is right when calling on public officials to declare their assets. All those who unscrupulously acquired their property should be stripped of these assets and sent to prison. This should bed one professionally without fear or favour. By doing so we will see progress.- Observer.

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In Manicaland, during the 2016/17 agricultural season, under resourced communal farmers fared well better than farmers under some farmers who were contracted under the Command Agriculture programme. Let us be guided by facts and figures and not emotions. Resources should be channelled to communal farmers, the real farmers. Comparatively, we get the hypothesis that despite weight from their numbers, cost wise communal farmers used lesser inputs compared to farmers who were sponsored under Command Agriculture. A lot of money was used to benefit a few people. Their expected harvest does not measure up to the high input costs. As a result, one cannot rule out the diverting of fuel and other inputs for other purposes or abuse of the Command Agriculture scheme in general. Overall, where we had a good rainfall season, a bumper harvest was inevitable. It is ideal to produce our own food.-Ma huh us he.

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Measures against health implications of using the much hyped energy saver light bulbs, there is no such thing like energy saver. Research on dirty electricity to understand what I am talking about. Personally, I find it difficult to read during the night using LED lamps.Be careful of technology in as much it is inevitably helpful.- 0777361034.

***** Please drivers be careful on the roads. We are so tired of seeing innocent people being killed. Other nations have more cars and worse roads, but road accidents are rare.- Tawanda Mhlanga.

***** By removing vendors who were trading on supermarkets pavements, Mu tare City Council deserve san Oscar. Vendors were selling the same good sat ridiculous ly low prices. The competition was just unfair. Big shops have a lot of over heads to pay. Vendors should only be allowed to trade basic commodities away from established retail shops. In my observation, the vendors’ goods are cheap because they are smuggled into the country.- 0777696915.

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The issue of rapist pastors raping women is bad. Are churches now brothels where sex can be done anytime? Most past ors are now involved with married women, making marriage a condemned institution. Past ors are meant to tend the flock, but they are busy ab using the sheep. The image of the Christian ministry is now in tatters.- Observer.

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This week I witnessed a number of accidents in town. Most of our drivers are just rough. They do not respect others. They do not stop at Give Way and Stop signs, hence the many head-on collisions. Our kombi drivers like to race resulting in some of them overturning. Dangerous parking and stopping on the middle of the road has resulted in serious injuries. I think our drivers need re training on basic road safety rules. Awareness is needed so that our drivers practice caution every time. Our roads are and should not be death traps.- Tawanda Mahoso, Mutare.

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It is clear that most people are being employed because of their connections, not their qualifications. That is the reason why we do not move forward as a country.-Truth.