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IN response to Eyebrows raised as VP opens US$1,8m bridge, ZANDATOTO says: I am all for celebrating success and development. However, a whole Vice-President travelling for over 100km to Mvurwi to officially open an “expensive” small bridge? Imagine the cost of his travel, and that of provincial and district heads, chiefs and village heads among others, per diem, the catering and events management bill — at a time the country lacks basics in hospitals and schools. Of course, they don’t care.

GIRE says: The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has always invited people to bring evidence of corruption. The Pembi bridge is a clear case of how our government officials have been siphoning funds from government coffers — inflating prices. That bridge can’t cost US$1,8 million.

IN response to Govt tightens lockdown measures, MBARE BOY says: I do not think President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is motivated by the need to curb the spread of the coronavirus. If he is serious about containing the spread of the virulent disease, he should start by looking into the grievances being raised by healthcare workers. Doctors and nurses are at the forefront of fighting COVID-19, so they are vital in that regard. Pronouncing a lockdown with a demotivated health workforce is futile. How can the country win the fight against COVID-19 when it has no Health minister, permanent secretary, doctors and nurses? The surge in COVID-19 cases could be attributed to the haphazard co-ordination of the response to the disease.

SHUMBA says: The rising tension within Zimbabwe is motivating President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend the lockdown. Zanu PF misrule has brought this country to its knees. Corruption has skyrocketed to alarming levels and it seems the government is condoning it. It is clear the Zanu PF government is hiding behind the surge in COVID-19 cases to ban the July 31 protests.

COMRADE GIDZA says: It is high time the government intervened and urgently declare the Harare water crisis a state of disaster. The situation is now dire. Residents, especially in high-density suburbs are forced to endure at least three weeks of water-shedding with the city’s supply dams now below capacity. Women are risking their lives as they sleep in queues to access the precious liquid. It is practically impossible to observe social distancing in long winding queues at boreholes.