TellZim reporter
Around 32 Nemamwa Secondary School teachers are enduring the burden of travelling to and from work as the school is failing to provide for the educators’ housing needs.
The revelation was made by Chief Nemamwa born Fungai Manjiva on June 18 during the belated commemoration of World Press Freedom Day held at Sikato primary school in Nemamwa.
Manjiva said the situation is so disturbing considering that the area is home to Great Zimbabwe a tourist attraction that realizes foreign currency from tourists almost on a daily basis.
“Our major focus on development is on schools and clinics. Right now we have more than 32 teachers at Nemamwa Secondary who do not have accommodation at the school and have to commute to and from work on a daily basis.
“If we consider that we have a tourist attraction in Nemamwa in form of Great Zimbabwe, an ideal situation would be channelling the proceeds towards addressing such anomalies within our communities. Even if we would look for investors to look into the issue of addressing accommodation challenges on part of those teachers, it is our wish that funds realized from such facilities be used towards construction of houses at the school,” said Chief Nemamwa.
He also suggested that the land which has fallen prey to invaders be protected by government for the purpose of housing stands development for the struggling civil servants.
“We wish government could intervene and stop illegal activities on and acquisition of land so that we use it to help our civil servants. We need to protect our land from invaders and their illegal activities for these government workers to stay on since they help towards community development.
“We wish to have more residential stands and most of the civil servants should invest towards the initiative. That will help develop the status of our communities if we come to a situation that we have a doctor staying there and or even teachers and nurses,” added the Chief.
Illegal mining activities are taking place in the Manyama area where environmental degradation is also taking place.
