YOUR FEEDBACK

COMMON sense is not that common. People queue at banks for hours to get $ 20 and then proceed to a supermarket . Why not go straight to the supermarket? This belief of having cash in our hands must be stopped. Plastic money has to be used. — Tawanda Mahoso, Mutare.

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As we celebrate the ef for ts of our heroes, we should take note of those who lie in unmarked graves and their spirits should be kept alive. Living and depar ted heroes deserve to be celebrated. These Heroes’ Day commemorations are very impor tant to us, especially the youths. As Zimbabweans, we should know that these celebrations have nothing to do with political groupings. Remember, we are all Zimbabweans and let not our heroes die in vain.— Terrence Mwedzi, Osborne Dam.

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July and August are the most heart- breaking months for women involved in cot ton production. It is women who are involved in most agricultural activities and take more time in the f ields, but some husbands are known to disappear for days or months at growth points in beerhalls, while their wives will be painfully taking stock of their wasted labour and time without tangible returns as the money from the white gold will be spent on beer and girlfriends.— Observer.

**** President Mugabe is an institution, a way of thinking whose legacy shall live even after his physical demise.— Mushoz.

**** Manicaland is now a hub of basketball in Zimbabwe. Much respect to coaches, Mushonga, Wemba, Wela, Shuttles, Nash and Stolz. — Observer, Harare.

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Mar ried women, please let us respect our marriages. It is disheartening that dating married women has become a hobby to some of us. We are using all sor ts of tricks to win the hearts of these women. Imagine the pain and hardships we are causing because of our open zip policy. Murders are being committed by some people af ter catching their wives red- handed. Sleeping with anyone besides your wife is wrong. The marriage bed is holy, let us keep it like that and doing so will solve many problems. — Tawanda Mhlanga.

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The ban on kaylites has received mixed feelings from the public. As the debate goes on, I believe that there are other health hazard products that should be banned. Smoking in public is more dangerous to people than eating from a kaylite. The abuse of kachasu and bronco are more hazardous. Women dumping diapers everywhere and ladies of the night dumping used condoms at roadsides should also be looked at. Let us not just look at kaylites. — 0777696915.

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Street vendors have resur faced in the city. Council seems to be losing the bat tle. What I have observed is that the Municipal Police of f icers are being bribed by vendors. Council do something about the working conditions of these of f icers. They are easily bribed by a network of vendors. The area between Dangamvura and Bata is impassable as vendors wares all on the pavements. — Observer.

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Is it not a conflic t of interest when game wardens sell game meat at the entry and depar ture gates of wildlife conservancies? No mat ter what reasons to justif y the practice, this is smar t poaching. — Richard Chauke.

**** Heroes’ Day, we salute all the sons and daughters who sacrif iced their lives during the colonial era to see a free Zimbabwe. — Lovemore Kashawo, Harare.

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A coalition is a group of different people or opposition parties joined together for a common purpose, not a group of MDC opportunists joined together for the purpose of power and looting. If it was a coalition, why is it that the MDCs are excluding other opposition par ties? — Izvo Zvimazobha.

**** Government should be commended for coming up with new laws dealing with rapists. I strongly believe that in remote areas, the number of unrepor ted cases is high and should be uprooted. Rape and other forms of sexual violence should not be allowed to prevail here in Zimbabwe. — Terrence Mwedzi.