My husband
attended the
water crisis meeting on Tuesday and was sad to see that not many of the
younger generation where there
who this most affects in the years to come
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A new turning signal has been installed on The Chase/2nd street
lights by the pizza inn. This is great for the school traffic but unfortunately
few drivers coming from the Mt Pleasant side of The Chase are aware of it.
Almost
every morning for 2 weeks I have witnessed drivers assume the signals are
broken because the oncoming traffic on the Chase begins to move. Our Zim
training has caused us to make this error. Please caution your readers to be
aware of this. Kind regards Taryn
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With the
approaching rains and the prospect of our roads descending into further
disrepair, I wondered if residents would consider "adopting" a pothole? If we each claimed responsibility for the
potholes alongside our verges - filling them in using whatever method is
possible to the individual - would that not help substantially with the
alarming pothole-induced wear and tear on our cars, while also lessening the
danger of not knowing the depth of water-logged potholes? Perhaps this could
become a neighbourhood project? - Tyred-Out
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There
have been gangs of workers in this area
obviously laying cables.
They are dropped off every day but where are the
latrines for them?
They have been in the area for some time. They are using people’s hedges
as lavatories! Where are the PORTALOOS??? I hope that you can do
something for us poor elderly citizens?? A.M.
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National Blood Service Zimbabwe (www.nbsz.co.zw) are also quite often short of
O Positive blood. Whilst this is the most common type it is therefore also has
the highest demand, and last week and the week before I needed for my dad and
they weren’t able to supply for a few days. For those of you that haven’t
donated before, please do yourself a favour and pop down to the NBSZ (on Mazowe
Street North next to Parirenyatwa Hospital) to see what a professional setup
they run. There is nothing to be afraid of, it is essentially a safe, fairly
painless and relatively quick process. Regular Blood Donor
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I have been
in the queue for over 5hours for the Brian adams concert and I cannot believe the
incompetence of Zimbabweans. Every person feels they have the right to push in
and the queue moved 30 people per hour. The sheer loss of logic of daves events
shocked everyone. How useless can they be where they have two people selling
tickets for over 3000 seats. They are selling throughout the night apparantly.
Has no one heard of a ticketing system and organization. Only 160 people have
been served by ten o clock.
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just a
heads up to shoppers
at chisi shops. Yesterday, around 3pm my dad walked in to get bread
from bon marche, when he returned his cell phone, and external hard drive were
gone. Bon marche CCtv captured it all outside. my dad leaving the vehicle, you
can clearly see him locking the car.
they must have had the signal jammers that were mentioned a while
back. a black hyundai sedan pulls up
next to the car, he reaches into the car grabs the phone and hard drive, and
drive away easily. unfortunately no reg number could be seen just a caution to
shoppers,'
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Agree with
Pat re turning lanes and the like being used as
additional driving lanes. Cycle paths seem to suffer the same fate in
parts of town. On Upper East this used to happen until one fine day when
several taxis had several flat tyres... the police responded well when these
drivers complained of malicious damage to their vehicles by giving them all
community service and making them place steel bollards across the cycle path to
stop vehicles from using it. Never a problem since. Regards Spike...
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The last
few weeks have seen crews digging trenches in the Vainona area for
fibre. Today we had an unmarked white vehicle with 2 "gentlemen"
arrive at our gate claiming to be there to install internet which of course we
had never requested. Luckily our domestic was quick thinking and asked for
their phone number saying she was going to call the madam and she would call
them back. ...they were off like a shot. Please, people need to be aware. If
you are expecting internet technicians and you wont be in remind your staff to
check for ids. Maybe the internet providers can let people know when their
technicians are on their way and most importantly let the customers know if
they are unable to make it. Many thanks. Vainona resident
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Please
advise your readers that three guys including a coloured man doing the rounds,
are actually using a Black Nissan Cedric
with tinted windows instead of the claimed black merc which can look
similar.
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With Regards
to keen2bgreen , broken computer
items and sorts , how about donating them to that place (Sorry can't remember
the name) by Jaggers , the disabled kids break them down and learn from them.
We donated a whole bunch last year. With regards to disposable nappies ,
how about going back to the good old days of washable nappies!!?? Regards Cool Cat
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After a holiday
in RSA I'm back. Didn't see a single vehicle with a yellow reg plate on
the whole trip including Ballito and Durban. Not like the "old
days"!! Border post operating very efficiently. No touts!!Through both
sides in less than an hour. Tshipise has been completely refurbished. Lion and
Ele still friendly and comfortable. Road not too bad. A few potholes and lots
of ZRP road blocks - friendly and courteous. The disgrace of the trip was the
roundabout near the old 7 mile hotel/Boka Floors area - wild and
uncontrolled traffic - double and triple parked. What a bad impression it must
create for visitors to Zim.
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Please
could you extend my thanks to the kind gentlemen who stopped to see if I needed
help on Churchill Ave East this Friday (8th) afternoon in the rain. i had
pulled off and was walking along searching the verge as my car had thrown off a
wiper in the rain and i needed to find it to drive home. I'm sure I
looked like a drowned rat as I was being drenched by the vehicles racing past
on the road as well as the rain, when a charming young man in a small dark blue
car stopped to ask if I needed help - even more commendable to offer help as it
was raining. A little further along two young men turning into a house drive
also stopped to offer help and offered to drive me home if I could not find the
wiper. Such lovely manners and such helpful young men made my day - my
sincere thanks to them. Fionna.
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I
am writing to tell you that I too was violated at 1.30 a.m early hours of
Friday morning the 8th November when the perpetrators proceeded to cut
the alarm wires on my electric gate and motor which were attached to the house
alarm. Obviously Safeguard Rapid Response came immediately and I decided
that I should have the protection of a Guard!!! I had the alarm repaired
but at 2.30 a.m. the following morning we were targeted yet again, this time
they cut the wires for my external alarm system which controls all the sensors
on the outside of my house. They also cut my Security light Cables.
How they gained access over my high wall with sensors inside the house and
outside we still do not know. Thankfully for Safeguard they came into the
property again and we decided that we should get a policeman so that Avondale
Police Station was aware that there were criminals hitting on innocent people
in the area. Safeguard went to collect the Policeman!! These
CRIMINALS have terrorised me and I really do not know what to do about this
matter. I have been to lodge a report at Avondale Police Station.
They have said that they would see that a patrol is sent out into our area
which is WEST ROAD, Avondale. There was one other house hit the same
night quite close to me once again the security lights were damaged but they
did not manage to take anything with them. Why should we have
to live in fear as I am now going to have to do? I have had my staff for
many many years and I have had no problems with anyone. These criminals
are obviously hitting on soft targets and what is it that they are after – gate
motors again – I have already lost two and half of another one!!!
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Just
wanted to advise people on Leicester road Emerald hill that we have had two men at our
gate, two days in a row. My domestic spoke to them from the side of
the gate a said it was a coloured man and a black man in suits asking to clean
our carpets. She told
them on
the first day we were not interested but they were back this morning asking
again. I have heard another house was broken into during the day down the
road.. Please be ware. Thanks Kirsty
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