Working towards a better Bsc

With integrated efforts spruced up by a willing and fired up local government, we could unstintingly change the face of Buhera South Community, Bsc. Undeniably, a force of indefatigably intertwined synergies with one resolute ambition; will – to a doubtless extent, usher in indelible developmental deliverables to our beloved constituency.

There are a lot of undiscovered talents within Bsc that need to be urgently tapped and unlocked to benefit the area, talents that could turn our place into an economic giant capable of employing most if not all of our youths, our brothers and sisters, who have nothing to do, nothing to spend their time on, but whose talents have never been utilised.

Together, we can start working towards that future, towards achieving that better Bsc, a better Community for us all. And it all starts from choosing the best candidate for an MP in the forthcoming elections. Vote wisely!

 

Makanyise's Quotable Quotes - 4th Five

1.   Common sense is not always common.

2.   Learning is a curve that must be negotiated slowly and carefully.

3.   Unless and until you take out all the fantasies you have, your spouse can never be the best person you wanted.

4.   There is nothing in life as important as knowing where and when to end your jokes, 'cause it saves your teeth, just a smidgen of an advice.

5.   The best way in any dispute is engagement, if it fails engage again until you find a common ground.

Social Media takes tall order

With the advent of social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Skype into the lives of people, information is now being disseminated without special regard to journalistic ethics, credence and reliability.

For as long as people get something to talk about, they chew every bit of news that goes through these new corridors of information. They are their own reporters, their own editors, their own readers and I shudder to think if news powerhouses like The Daily News, The Herald, Kwaedza, The Manica Post are still posting the same profit margins or still enjoys the same readership as before.

With information travelling as fast as the clicking of a button, the users of social media merely depend on news feeds that navigate through the cable news network at every click of the moment. That is enough to tell them what has been happening in and the world at every moment of their lives and that has generally become part of their daily living.

Truth or falsehoods, to them life is not straight anyway. They link websites from once credible sources as a way of driving the truth and one would not doubt the truth as a result thereof. If it is lies, they simply brush it aside and console themselves and say that one must never believe everything they read especially on social media.

Who would deny that social media has brought a great impetus into the lives of many people and with technology increasingly growing at such a faster pace, very soon few to no hard copies of newspapers will be printed – only electronic media will take the tallest order?

Gono, unconscious

The controversial Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Dr Gideon Gono was found unconscious this morning at an undisclosed resort hotel due to “cardiogenic shock” – a condition where the heart fails to supply blood to the rest of the body during sexual encounter, or simply put it as shock of “sweetness” during sex.

Impeccable sources at the hotel admitted that Gono was booked into the hotel yesterday evening with a certain strikingly beautiful young lady and has since been admitted at a certain private clinic in the resort town of Victoria Falls , but could not shed more light as to how the shock struck him.

This is not the first time that Gideon Gono’s name has made headlines in the media. First it was in 2010 when he was alleged to be bedding the old man’s queen, Grace Mugabe. He vehemently denied it and accused his detractors of trying to taunt their “good relations” with the first family.

Recently again, Gono is being accused of fathering three children with Dr Millicent Mombeshora, a former Power FM DJ and a wife to Zanu Pf’s Deputy Minister of Health, who is also an MP for Mhangura, Dr Douglous Mombeshora. It is believed their relationship dates back to ten years and the two lovebirds, Gono and Millicent, have been “hanging” secretly until last month’s bombshell.

So probably that explains Gono’s maniac desire for women. He is a bull that can sire any cow within his closet and who can deny his charming, his money, his education – a man of erudition? No one! It was not clear at the time of posting this latest news as to whether Gono had been treated and discharged from the clinic.

Giving Back to the Community

Who looks up to us? – The community we grew up in and giving back to your community is one such great feat that will go a long way in the many lives of our people in Buhera South Constituency.

Our parents played their part in many ways, education being one of the many responsibilities that our parents shouldered even when the chips were down, even when it was next to impossible to educate a child, but they went beyond their means to ensure that we are where we are today. The ball is now in our court and as the young generation, the Generation 40, we need to make our community a better place for all. We need to make Bsc a place devoid of social ills that might bring the entire area to its knees. Social ills such as prostitution, substance abuse must never raise their ugly heads again as we gear towards the selfless uplifting and face-lifting of Bsc. 

It is our responsibility to bring social amenities, technological advancements to the door-step of our community, to bring the much needed cash generating projects to the youths, the women, thereby enhancing and inculcating self-reliance within these quarters. And empowering these people is in itself a milestone in repositioning our community as a haven for economic growth.

Having said that, the million dollar question is always “the how” part of the implementation process. Where do we start? Is it an individual and well-wishers approach or a holistic approach by all members concerned? Indeed it is a collective task, albeit herculean, with every member contributing financially equally or more or less equally or in kind to this initiative. The daggers must then be drawn to ensure proper responsibility and accountability in all our operations. Who is doing what must be rightfully encoded to accentuate a laminar flow of events and tasks.

As forerunners of Giving Back to the Community initiative, we need to demonstrate a high sense of commitment and dedication to the cause so as to lay an insurmountable foundation for the next generation. We must never leave a trail of work-in-progresses, or inchoate thoughts and ideas, but rather a legacy of an indelible mark for posterity and for our kids.

Malema booted out

The NDC of ANC yesterday handed down the toughest verdict on the firebrand of the ANCYL leader, Julius Malema, by expelling him from the ANC for five years for putting the party into disrepute and for sowing divisions within the party.

In a statement Political Analyst Madoda Fikeni said Juju’s political life has been thrown into the political wilderness and it would be very difficult for him to bounce back after such a long time and re-join the political race within ANC. Malema has 14 days in which to appeal his sentence, but many analysts believe his chances of winning the case are too slim to none.

What next for Juju? Some people also think Malema will take the appeal window as a political tactic to remain within the party and to be able to galvanise for support while his stay lasts. Remember there is the elective conference in Mangaung in December and the young Turkey is expecting the unexpected and be elected. But for now, the young boy has gotten more than what he bargained for and only time will tell if he will be able to weather this storm.

Who will rescue Birchenough?

Birchenough Bridge, pictured above, is a spectacular structure built years back by Sir Henry Birchenough in the south tip of Buhera South Constituency, Bsc. This area has been lagging behind in development and not much has been done by the local authorities to put the vibrant area on the spotlight. MPs are voted in and out every election time, but none of them have taken the area seriously.

One resident of Gunura speaking on condition of anonymity said, “the problem with anyone voted into power in Bsc is that they always want to feed themselves and those of their ilk first before they can think of the electorate, the people who voted them”. With this kind of attitude he said that it will take time before Buhera South could be uplifted economically. He jokingly said that it was even better to get someone from outside our borders to represent them in Parliament.  

Recently the current MP for the area Hon Naison Nemadziva’s name was dragged into the mud for failing to produce on time a report on how the US$50 000 Constituency Development Funds was spent. One wonders whether it’s incompetence, incapacity or incapability by our MPs to fail to steer the constituency to greater heights, or is simply greediness and lack of political will and leadership failing them.    

Birchenough is a low lying area which receives little to no rainfall and so farming is not the best means of production in Bsc. One would be surprised why the place is not a resort area by virtue of the uniqueness and ingenuity with which the bridge was built, but again politics has not favoured the place since time immemorial.

To the south of Bsc lies Devuli Irrigation Scheme which is currently doing well despite some hiccups here and there, and just some 15kms to the north of Birchenough, there is another Irrigation Scheme that has become a white elephant - Bonda Irrigation Scheme.

This Irrigation Scheme had come as a relief to many in the areas of Gunura, Nechishanyi, Kufakwatenzi, but alas, the unavailability of water due to engine breakdown at Devure River has rendered the scheme an upstart. Proceeds from the sale of farm produce such as tomatoes, beans, vegetables, maize meal, had helped the people around Bonda Irrigation Scheme in many ways; to pay for school fees for their children, to pay for milling fees and generally it had nutritiously benefited their health.    

The question that many ask is whether there was ever a Parliamentary Vote to complete the Murambinda-Birchenough Bridge Road, a Vote to buy the engine that is supposed to supply water to Bonda Irrigation Scheme, a Vote to finish the Rural Electrification Programme from Zvigayo to Gunura Clinic, Gunura Primary and Secondary, Gunura Shopping Centre and to proceed to Nechishanyi and Nemadziva and up to Mudanda Shopping Centre.