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BY SILAS NKALA THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has exposed Bulawayo City Council’s continued failure to timeously repair burst sewer pipes and collect waste in residential areas, a development which may trigger the outbreak of diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea in the city. Ema made the revelations in a response dated January 25 to a petition submitted by Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) on January 14, demanding the disclosure of its charges against BCC for its failure to address the sewerage burst problems and waste collection. Responding to the petition, Ema Bulawayo manager Sithembisiwe Ndlovu said BCC had a wide range of environmental issues, among them sewage discharge into the environment ranking the highest, resulting in pollution of both surface and ground water sources. “In the positive, BCC has been one of the leading city models in the appropriate management of solid waste until recently (2020) festive season, when it highlighted that they had fuel challenges, of which the challenge was shortlived, but the workers’ strike worsened the situation,” she said. Ndlovu said there was continued discharge of raw sewage into the environment by BCC through malfunctioning pump stations, sewer treatment plants, collapsed sewer pipes and bursts. “The major problem area is the Sauerstown deep section and Silver Crescent in Kelvin West, where sewage is being discharged into the environment, resulting in pollution,” Ndlovu said. “The agency has been engaging BCC on the need to address these challenges and has been issuing orders and tickets to BCC for poor sewerage management. Dockets have also been opened for major discharges. “A total of 34 orders and five tickets have been issued to the council for the period 2011 to 2020.” She said Bulawayo had been thriving to be different from other local authorities in terms of waste management as it came up with good initiatives such as community sweeping groups, use of community trucks for waste collection, Bulawayo solid waste improvement platform and tollfree number and call centre. Ndlovu said during the 2020 festive season, BCC was no longer collecting waste. She said when they engaged the council cleaning department, they were told of fuel challenges and the period saw an increase in the uncollected waste and illegal dump sites across the city, adding that this became worse when the council workers went on strike. The council workers had gone on strike early this month demanding better salaries as the least paid were getting less than $2 000. “The agency has started mapping dumps in most affected areas such Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs so as to prepare orders to serve BCC to clear the waste as it does not condone the prevailing situation in the city,” Ndlovu said. “The agency will continue to follow up pending court cases until they are finalised.” MIHR co-ordinator Khumbulani Maphosa had requested Ema to make available to the public the measures it had taken to hold BCC accountable to its environmental rights violations. “Our request for this
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
The more than 70 men and women who work at the fire station in Lucea, Hanover, should be operating from a more comfortable surrounding very soon, as their current accommodation is poised to undergo a major refurbishing work at a cost of approximately $10 million.
When contacted, Deputy Superintendent Raymond DeSouza, the Jamaica Fire Brigade officer in charge of the Lucea station, said the firemen and women working at that station are looking forward to the refurbishing work as they have long been yearning for a more comfortable environment.
“The intention is to spend $10 million for the upgrade of the Lucea Fire Station, with the scope of work including the changing of windows, general ceiling, extensive electrical, plumbing, painting and tiling, the renovation of the recreation and training areas, among other things,” said DeSouza.
DeSouza also pointed out that on a regular basis they have had to be responding to emergency calls across the parish involving bush fires, fires in dwelling houses and commercial buildings, as well as medical emergencies resulting from motor vehicle accidents.
“As first responders in the parish, the station was required to prepare and submit an emergency plan of action to our superiors in Kingston in regard to the hurricane season, which is now in progress, as well as to outline how the services of the Lucea Fire Station can be improved,” stated DeSouza.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida launched an investigation Wednesday into an upscale nursing home amid reports that it administered coronavirus vaccines to wealthy donors and members of a country…
People’s National Party (PNP) finance spokesperson Mark Golding yesterday said that postponing next week’s general election would not be a wise move despite the uptick in COVID-19 cases in the island. “Calling the election in the middle of a spike...
In the latest news in South Africa on Wedesday 6 January, the country waits on the NCCC's meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
By MESFIN FEKADU AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The family of Sinbad says the comedian-actor is recovering from a recent stroke. The Adkins family says in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday that 'it is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband and father, is recovering from a recent stroke. 'Sinbad is a light source of love and joy for many generations. While he is beginning his road to recovery, we are faithful and optimistic that he will bring laughter into our hearts soon,' the statement continued. The 64-year-old Sinbad, born David […]
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Two days after the suspected arson carried out on the vehicle of TV News reporter Travis Chase, further information surrounding the fire is yet to be made known to the public.
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Roberta Alexander is an internationally famous American opera soprano. After performing in numerous operas in the United States and Europe, she established herself as one of the leading American sopranos in the latter quarter of the twentieth century, both on the operatic stage and as an orchestral soloist. Over her career, Alexander has recorded for most of the major labels of that musical genre, including BMG, Philips, Sony, and Teldec.
Roberta Alexander was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on March 3, 1949. She was born into a musicians’ family: her father was a choral conductor and her mother was a singer. When she was two, her family moved to Ohio where she grew up. She studied music in three institutions: Central State University, then at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor from 1969 to 1971, receiving a Master’s Degree in Music in 1971, and finally at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands with Herman Woltman, beginning in 1971.
At the age of twenty-three, Alexander moved to the Netherlands where she made her debut in the Netherlands Opera in 1975 in La cambiale di matrimonio (Rossini). In 1980 (at the age of thirty-one), she interpreted Pamina in The Magic Flute (Mozart) in the Houston Grand Opera: it marked her debut in the United States as a recognized opera singer. She then made her debut performance with the Santa Fe Opera under conductor John Crosby, singing Daphné (Strauss) in 1981. She played Elettra in Idomeneo (Mozart) in Zürich, Switzerland in 1982. In November 1983, she joined the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to interpret the role of Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Mozart). She made her debut at the Royal Opera in London, UK in 1984 with La bohème (Puccini).
In the 1990s, Roberta Alexander was often cited as one of the most important American sopranos. Her career history as a black singer in an overwhelmingly white opera environment led her to face occasional prejudices and discriminations as in 1996 when people advised her not to do the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier
'LOL work mi deh man. On for the night. Pace slow.'This message, sent at 3:54 pm on Wednesday, August 12, would be the last communication Dr Yakeev Morris, a medical intern at the Annotto Bay Hospital in St Mary.It was posted to the Taylor Hall Block A - Stallion Republic WhatsApp group.
