Please alert your readers, we
had a smash and grab incident at
7.15pm last night at the robot intersection of Churchill Ave and College Road, it only took ten seconds and the
culprit smashed the passengers window and grabbed my wife’s handbag off her
lap. We were the only car at the intersection and didn’t have a clue someone
was so close. We immediately drove to the petrol station next to the Bridge
Spar to access the damage and look for any injuries to my wife and the
attendants were very helpful in assisting in sweeping the broken glass off the
seats and suggesting we go back in the morning to look for no valuables, a big
thank you to them. I went back to the scene at 5am this morning and found her
ID, drivers license, medical aid cards etc along the boundary fence of the UZ,
where there is a hole in the angle iron fence, clearly used as a path way into
the property. Needless to say her hand bag and purse were nowhere to be found.
If there are any UZ officials who read this mail, please get your maintenance
team to weld the broken bars closed to deter these criminals from using the
property as an escape route. Praise God she was not hurt in any way just very
shaken and traumatised.
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There is a way
out for these such unfortunates, if they to choose to accept help.
Concerned parents and the individuals can contact most Doctors and inquire
about Alcoholism and Drug addiction
(which is rampant in Zimbabwe).Test are
done in strict confidence and can ascertain if there is a problem .The Doctor
may suggest that you contact AA and or NA (confidential numbers will be
provided)
If you are not
keen to speak to a Doctor, a 24hr contact number is available on the AA
web site ,Hospital notice boards and most Doctors Surgeries. If you
decide to make contact with these informed people “ ANONIMITY” is strictly the
order of the day. The great thing is you only give your first name(not even
your real name if you don’t want to). So if you want to live a long happy life
give it a try .I did. Please note this
letter is not from a Doctor nor any other person in the medical profession.
(Note from Mike G – see Ndeipi magazine
for more contact details)
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In Reply to the above ”anonymous”
and “tell the real story”:- I think YOU should get your facts straight …. The
youngster involved who I had never seen nor met before (and was not a schoolboy
bully) admitted openly to myself, his parents, the police and a witness
that it was a MISTAKEN IDENTITY and that HE started the incident and then HE
assaulted me because he thought I was somebody else. I HAVE got facts from both
sides, the perpetrator himself and both his parents, all categorically
stating that he thought I was somebody else and then started the incident. The
Tin Roof has indeed got camera’s and the camera’s clearly shows that the
youngster most definitely DID start the incident, get your facts right
please. It was with this camera evidence and the perpetrators admission
to the myself, a witness and the Police that a charge and potential prosecution
was possible. I agree I wouldn’t go after someone unless they deserved
it, in this instance, according to the law, he got what he deserved.
BEFORE YOU PUT SOMETHING ON HERE, REMEMBER IT PAYS TO
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
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Its
interesting that the youth was spared prosecution as he is RESPONSIBLE for his
actions. Question - would the charges have been reduced if the injuries
resulted in death?
I think not. Brian
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The poem
“Children Learn what they Live” - I guess is on the flip side of discipline.
(But this also includes anything viewed on any screen I believe; allowed at
school; experienced with peers; etc).
We live in
a world where more than ever, upbringing is up to the individual. No longer can we leave it to a school or even
church organisation, as we all have differing views within the whole and
exposure to an immense amount of new choices (Take the world wide web for
example). I would however like to see schools (from
nursery upwards) essentially now, set themselves up with:
1)
action centres to deal with the growing problem
of bullying that WILL be there, to ensure that all parties are dealt with
effectively (and kindly) towards best results.
(A child is a child in need of direction regardless, and the
perpetrators in as much need of help as the victim).
2) That each school clearly
outlines its manifesto on discipline (with specifics) for parents to feel more
comfortable with their choices and calls for actions if need be. (A bit scary but doing one’s best)
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Dangerous lamp posts. I am really concerned
about these – so many of them are on the very brink of collapsing, especially
the one on Lomagundi Road, almost at right angles across the road (outside the
Tel One Building). I have phoned and reported several times but nothing
has been done. For fun my sister has been photographing all the lopsided
and dangerous lamp posts as we travel around – she has quite a big album now..
but of course it does not help any if these dangerous posts are not going to be
removed. Most of them are rusted at the base and all the wires torn out
so that there is only a thin strip of metal holding them up...will it take a
tragic accident before the City fathers wake up? What more can one do?
Lorna
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In all the emails I read about bullying I
notice two things:
1. The schools are blamed for not
doing enough
2. The children are derided and
called terrible names like brat etc.
How will they learn any different when they
are called nasty names? Bullying starts from infancy and is lack of
correct discipline. Beating your child senseless or belittling him will
not bring discipline. Unfortunately it is mostly the parents fault (there
are some children though who are truly just terrible, but on the whole they are
not). Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is older he
will not depart from it. If a child is not disciplined correctly, he is
really then being trained in indiscipline and that how he will grow
up. Many parents today are seeing the result of their own rebellious ways
- drinking and partying and defying their own parents when they were teenagers
- now their children are doing the same and worse. The parents are
reaping what they sowed and because they don't like it they fob off the
blame on schools or society as a whole. Please stop blaming schools or
the night clubs for children's bad behaviour. They are only doing what
they have been taught and allowed to do. By the time a child is 16 it's
too late to try and correct him - he is mostly set in his ways. We ALL need to
look a little closer to home - a mirror check might be a good idea. Also
stop calling children "kids" - a kid is a baby goat - is that what
your child is?
- FROM "FED UP SINGLE MUM WHOSE SON WHO WAS BULLIED"
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We are bringing our children up in an
environment where they do not have to take responsibility for their
actions – too often they don’t make their beds, don’t have to
pick up their clothes, don’t have to wash their dirty plates, etc. And in many
instances they do not respect the person that cleans up after them. One of the
outworkings of this is that they have an ingrained lack of respect for other people, and the result is the bullying
syndrome that we are seeing. Added to this is our ‘non-work’ culture over
school holidays (in other countries children do part-time work such as
newspaper rounds from young ages.) Us adults need to take responsibility for
allowing our children to become disrespectful and bored!!
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My feeling is that we need to set a goal to reach a solution to the
bully issue rather than continue the on line idle
non productive gossip. Name
the culprits. Take their facebook photo and display name – photo at …x x x x.
and anywhere else they may like to go. Solicit agreement from landlords of
these places to ensure they are banned preferably for life. Create a facebook
page HARARE BULLIES people can share their opinions. Either way this should be
brought to a conclusion with a result names names names.
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We had supper at Millars Borrowdale
last night (Monday). We were standing near to our vehicle, parked
opposite Leonardo's, around 10.45 pm saying bye to a friend when
3
very young ladies, in very short dresses,
walked past us heading towards Butchers Kitchen!! We were very shocked to
see these young ladies out on the road on a Monday night. Glad it wasn’t my
daughter in view of all the problems I see on these e mails. Linda
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It seems like some parents secretly support their children
with bad behaviour. Parents and children alike should
know that its not being weak when you are polite and nice to other
people. In actual fact some parents like it when their children are
behaving badly they think they are being macho, yet this will come back to bite
in the backside later on in life. God made us parents for a reason to
instil good values in our children so that they in turn become good parents, we
should not mislead them!
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I am amazed
and comforted to know how many wonderful animal lovers there still are left in
Zim, Harare in particular, the way they not only constantly find
lost/stray animals, but advertise them, and then take them to the
vets/SPCA or somewhere safe. It doesn`t happen here! (RSA) Congratulations and
well done you guys, keep it up.
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Editors Disclaimer: Please note that this is a selection of comments
taken from recent emails sent into me by various bambazonke nhasi readers. I
send them out to try and stimulate discussion on issues that I feel are topical
in our current environment. Please try to be sensible with your comments and
offer useful advice without bringing any person(s) or company into disrepute. I
do not necessarily agree or disagree with each comment and cannot check the
veracity of each email. Regards Mike G
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