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Kombi drivers, touts 'hijack' toilet
10 Oct 2013 at 05:19hrs | Views
KOMBI drivers and touts have allegedly "hijacked" a municipal public toilet at Bulawayo's Llewellyn terminus along Samuel Parirenyatwa Road and 2nd Avenue where they are charging commuters R2 for its use, the Southern Eye reported.
This has forced some, commuters and vendors to relieve themselves in nearby bushes posing a serious health risk in the area, particularly as the rainy season approaches.
The terminus is also host to an assortment of food caravans and mobile restaurants.
Llewellyn terminus vendors interviewed said they were being charged for use of the toilets for the past three months.
"The toilets stink, they do not clean them and we have been forced to use the bush because we cannot always pay R2 each time we want use the toilet.
"Now the bush also stinks because many people relieve themselves there," Ottilia Moyo a vendor, said.
The vendors alleged that touts and taxi drivers were cashing in on the neglected toilets.
Bulawayo City Council deputy director of health services Moses Muchena said they would investigate the matter.
This has forced some, commuters and vendors to relieve themselves in nearby bushes posing a serious health risk in the area, particularly as the rainy season approaches.
The terminus is also host to an assortment of food caravans and mobile restaurants.
Llewellyn terminus vendors interviewed said they were being charged for use of the toilets for the past three months.
"The toilets stink, they do not clean them and we have been forced to use the bush because we cannot always pay R2 each time we want use the toilet.
"Now the bush also stinks because many people relieve themselves there," Ottilia Moyo a vendor, said.
The vendors alleged that touts and taxi drivers were cashing in on the neglected toilets.
Bulawayo City Council deputy director of health services Moses Muchena said they would investigate the matter.
Source - southerneye
