Meanwhile the only hope for Zimbabwe.. President Tsvangirai visits Hopley in Harare South President Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday visited Hopley in Harare South constituency to appreciate firsthand the challenges people in that area are facing on a daily basis. The MDC President was accompanied by the mayor of Harare, Clr Bernard Manyenyeni. The residents said they needed Harare city council to regularize and properly service their settlement, fix the road network, as well as water and sanitation provision. The residents said they greatly appreciated the visit by the MDC leader and pleaded with the mayor that they needed his urgent intervention to help avert the many deaths occurring in the area due to poor and unclean water sources. President Tsvangirai and the mayor later visited Hopley Clinic, the only clinic in the area, where the acting sister-in-charge said diseases like diarrhoea are prevalent in the area and that the clinic has a huge task to service a population of 118 658 people. After the tour, President Tsvangirai urged the mayor to take action and ensure that the people’s health and safety are top priority. He also urged the residents to allow the process of layout of roads and sanitation to be conducted without disruption when council begins work there. He bemoaned the squalid condition in which people lived and outlined that leaders had an obligation to ensure that the people’s lives are improved, regardless of their political affiliation.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:10:41 +0000