HARARE – Facing a barrage of criticism for the continued inhumane treatment of residents, the City of Harare councillors recently convened a meeting with various stakeholders, including vendors, residents, representatives from the Ladies of the Night collective, among others to specifically remind them of how mistaken they were in thinking that the council has ever cared for them.
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Council members seemed flabbergasted by the hostilities that confronted them, as people of the city laid before them incident upon incident in which their actions had been a betrayal of the basic tenets of Ubuntu including demolishing full-built houses, unregulated clamping of cars, and unattended-to potholes.
In response, council spokeswoman Fadzai Mbiriyekuromba expressed surprise, saying, “The way these people are speaking - you would think they still believe we care! We have been trying to show them for decades now that we’re not here for them, it is frankly embarrassing that they still don’t get it.
“First it was the power cuts and water shutdowns: basics of civilization. Then the potholes, yuck - we just left them. Don’t even get me started on the vendors! Nhai imi, must we physically attack them for them to understand and stop bothering us?
“We literally watch you pour your life savings into building homes with hammers behind our backs. There is no difference between you and the neighborhood rats which, by the way, stop texting us about trash collection.”
At press time, council members were seen chuckling, chikwee style, upon witnessing a clamp placed on the car of a young expectant father who had run into the pharmacy to pick up some medicine for his wife.
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