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Spate of accidents in Chegutu
Community of Life Trust
June 07, 2012

From late last year to this period there have been a lot of accidents. The majority of which have been occurred along the Chakari road. This road is the only tarred road in our once lovely town of Chegutu. This means that most drivers in this small town find joy driving along this road. Even those without driver's licenses find themselves on the road trying it out in their latest auto acquisitions. Most of these drivers in this small town are either farmers or gold panners popularly referred to as makorokoza (for they are involved in almost everything).

The latest of these infamous accidents has claimed the lives and property of three notable residents. One of those killed recently include a man, who was popular in our town. He was a skilled man. He used to repair stoves, irons and refrigerators for the town's inhabitants, we sadly miss him. The second was a young lady who had just graduated from high school and was just about to start her tertiary education at the UZ. This was most touching of all. The parents had just raised the fees and had bought her all they could from their meager resources, only to lose their precious gift this way.

While another unfortunate widow, who had spent a fortune in trying to upgrade her house so she could rent it out for survival, woke up one morning to see her house damaged beyond her imaginations. I got there and could not figure out what the house actually looked like from the debris.

We can go on and on but then I think the most important and notable thing that we, the Chegutu residents have done is what I think is worthy to take note of. We have campaigned and put up posters and flyers in letter boxes encouraging the residents to put up humps on the road leading or passing through their house. The response has been remarkable. They have started to put up some humps on all the notable roads in the suburbs. This has made it very safe for our kids in the town once more.

However the other thing, we are trying to do is that we approach the town council. We would like the council to compliment our work by putting up road signs that will warn the motorists, so they look out for these humps to curb further incidents and accidents. We also hope to involve the police to put up road blocks in and around the high density where the accidents occurrences have been so high. We are also going to lobby the VID to resume the Learner Driver Provisional Tests in Chegutu again so that most would be drivers get the necessary qualification to operate their machines. Well, Comrades that's what we are doing here, what about you? Until next time.

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