Zimbabwe's potholes will not disappear by going after the road contractor, the Kapenta, whilst the political leaders, big fish go free! W Mukori

 @ David Coltart

“Bulawayo mayor goes after poor road constructor

The matter reignited this week after a citizen raised complaints on X. He posted photos of a failing road between Renkini and Ross Camp. He asked who constructed the road, noting it was barely a year old. The post tagged the City of Bulawayo and Mayor David Coltart.

Coltart responded quickly and promised an investigation. His swift reply impressed many residents. It signalled a new approach to accountability. Coltart has pushed for cleaner governance since taking office. His actions show commitment to transparency. He wants contractors to deliver lasting work.”

Excellent Lord Mayor, it is gratifying to hear you are “going after poor road workmanship”. 

Whilst you are still on this subject, can you also please investigate the sell outs who failed to implement even one token reform during the 2008 to 2013 GNU and, to rub salt and chilli into the wound, have been participating in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy out of greed. It is not as if the sell outs did not know what they were doping - they did. 

 “Look, you can't keep on participating in flawed electoral processes that serve to give big benefits to dictators such as Robert Mugabe. Mugabe has perfected the art of winning elections. So it will be very foolish for the opposition to continue legitimizing these sham elections which don't deliver. This country will go through a serious economic crisis in 2020 caused by Zanu PF. And yet, this is the only country where a government doesn't perform, it is encouraged by a super majority in parliament,” said Tendai Biti in a 2015 interview with Isaac Mugabi.

“So you can't continue subjecting Zimbabweans to processes where their hopes just get crushed.”

Tendai Biti has never explained why he did not follow his own sound advice; you, Coltart, stated the reason in black and white - greed.

“The worst aspect for me about the failure to agree a coalition was that both MDCs couldn’t now do the obvious - withdraw from the (2023) elections. The electoral process was so flawed, so illegal, that the only logical step was to withdraw, which would compel SADC to hold Zanu PF to account. But such was the distrust between the MDC-T and MDC-N that neither could withdraw for fear that the other would remain in the elections, winning seats and giving the process credibility,” you confessed in your Book, The Struggle Continues 50 years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe.

You knew that that Zanu PF was rigging the 2023 elections, that participating would give the regime legitimacy and still you participated out of greed. Even when both SADC and AU election observers condemned the elections as flawed and illegal you still went ahead and took up your gravy train seat. And now the hypocrite is going after shoddy road contractors!

The shoddy work of road contractors is but a microcosm is the cancer that is destroying the nation. The rot has started at the top with the leaders and it is there that we must uproot the corrupt, incompetent and sell out leaders first if Zimbabwe is ever going to recover!