By Rex Mphisa
THE Municipality of Beitbridge (MoB) has advised the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) not to let its livestock roam the town posing danger to traffic.
MoB also asked the Department of Parks and Wildlife to take action on animals invading where people stay but forgot to caution itself about its cattle roaming the central business district.
“We have goats from ZPCS rhat roam all places in town which does not look good. Prisons must take care of those goats, they are a danger to traffic. Parks must also look at animals coming into town,” said Ramakgapola.
Prisons as part of its correctional service educates inmates on animal husbandry, fence making and other handicraft.
But their goats and sheep looked after by inmates as part of their self-sustenance lessons roam the town and at times become a menace to traffic.
He said the municipality is opening up plots where they hope residents and organisations will take up plots for agriculture use.
He hoped Prisons would grab that opportunity and get land in the area around the sewer ponds.
On the ponds he said MoB is looking for Pumps to enable it to redirect sewer not to leak in the Limpopo, an international river.
Some people also raised concerns about tyres burnt at the Prisons complex they believe polluted the air.
Inmates burn tyres to extract the reforcement wire used for fence manufacturing.
“That is resourcefulness but the pollution cannot be ignored,” said a resident.
In wide-ranging remarks Ramakgapola also mentioned the tipper and waste compactor hired from Government were a stop-gap measure and would be returned after between three and six months.
“These have not been permanently hired, no we will return them. We have a shortage of equipment but we want to clean the town. We will return them to Government after three to six months.
Earlier in the mid-term budget review Doubt Moyo the acting town treasurer said licences across all sectors had been reduced in line with Government directives and requests by different stakeholders.