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Naming of roads, suburbs in Beitbridge almost complete
23 May 2016 at 08:30hrs | Views
THE naming of streets, suburbs and business centres in Beitbridge Town is now at its final stages, the town secretary, Mr Loud Ramakgapola, said on Friday.
He said the programme was being implemented in compliance with a Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing directive.
In an interview soon after a stakeholders' consultation meeting, Mr Ramakgapola said the exercise was being carried out under the provisions of Section 212 of the Urban Councils Act (Chapter 29:15).
"We have held a number of consultative meetings with senior citizens, local legislators and other stakeholders, where we have come up with various names, which we have recommended for adoption by our full council next month. The names will then be sent to the Minister of Local Government for adoption between July and August.
"At the moment we have one suburb (Dulibadzimu) and the roads in the high density suburb are not named.
"It's high time we address that issue," he said.
He said the proposed names for suburbs include Matibe, Tshidixwa, Sitauze, Khwalu, Mabidi, Vhembe View, Madinginye, Siyoka, Limpopo View, Dulivhadzimu and Milayo industrial areas.
He said they had chosen clan names and those of traditional leaders in naming the streets, business centres and suburbs.
"Proposed names for the major roads include; Robert Mugabe Way, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, Mahopolo and Tshikwelengwe," he said.
Mr Ramakgapola said the town was rapidly growing and that it was prudent for them to organise it in line with modern development standards.
"The naming of streets and suburbs will also help the local authority to improve service delivery especially the provisions of social amenities, addressing challenges around services such as ambulances, fire brigade and the police to respond to emergency calls.
"Furthermore, services such as postal deliveries cannot be introduced (without street names), thereby hindering our billing among other challenges," he said.
The town secretary said they were still negotiating a public private partnership with a development agent interested in putting up modern signage in the town.
"We expected installation of signage to commence early next year," he said.
In the directive, Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Saviour Kasukuwere also noted that in previous years, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had encountered difficulties in demarcating its boundaries owing to lack of street names and house numbers.
"In undertaking this exercise, the council should select neutral names, divest of any political or anti-social connotations/innuendoes.
"To this end, naming of roads in honour of undeclared heroes/heroines or living personalities save for the President Robert Mugabe will not be acceptable . . ." reads part of the directive.
He said the programme was being implemented in compliance with a Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing directive.
In an interview soon after a stakeholders' consultation meeting, Mr Ramakgapola said the exercise was being carried out under the provisions of Section 212 of the Urban Councils Act (Chapter 29:15).
"We have held a number of consultative meetings with senior citizens, local legislators and other stakeholders, where we have come up with various names, which we have recommended for adoption by our full council next month. The names will then be sent to the Minister of Local Government for adoption between July and August.
"At the moment we have one suburb (Dulibadzimu) and the roads in the high density suburb are not named.
"It's high time we address that issue," he said.
He said the proposed names for suburbs include Matibe, Tshidixwa, Sitauze, Khwalu, Mabidi, Vhembe View, Madinginye, Siyoka, Limpopo View, Dulivhadzimu and Milayo industrial areas.
He said they had chosen clan names and those of traditional leaders in naming the streets, business centres and suburbs.
Mr Ramakgapola said the town was rapidly growing and that it was prudent for them to organise it in line with modern development standards.
"The naming of streets and suburbs will also help the local authority to improve service delivery especially the provisions of social amenities, addressing challenges around services such as ambulances, fire brigade and the police to respond to emergency calls.
"Furthermore, services such as postal deliveries cannot be introduced (without street names), thereby hindering our billing among other challenges," he said.
The town secretary said they were still negotiating a public private partnership with a development agent interested in putting up modern signage in the town.
"We expected installation of signage to commence early next year," he said.
In the directive, Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Saviour Kasukuwere also noted that in previous years, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had encountered difficulties in demarcating its boundaries owing to lack of street names and house numbers.
"In undertaking this exercise, the council should select neutral names, divest of any political or anti-social connotations/innuendoes.
"To this end, naming of roads in honour of undeclared heroes/heroines or living personalities save for the President Robert Mugabe will not be acceptable . . ." reads part of the directive.
Source - the herald
