DEFIANTLY CRUSHING VISION 2022

Sir,

Kindly allow me Editor to express my disappointment in the Municipal Council of Manzini for reinforcing our doubts as the public that the 2022 First World vision will be a reality.

I was one of the few who remained optimistic of the ‘impending transformation of Eswatini’, of course after witnessing breathtaking, contemporary and first of its kind buildings mushrooming from city centres to the outskirts of the country.
My assertion, however, was brought to an abrupt halt when I drove along Manzini Central down to the Manzini Bus Rank about a week ago; on that neglected five centimetre road stretch resembling a darts board after a tight competition.
Hopping from one donga to the next, hazily placed on either side of the road, I felt insanely humiliated for bragging of a new Eswatini in three years time.

I wondered how possible was it to outpace the likes of Lesotho, Zimbabwe etc to the First World if our town planners have difficulty maintaining a dot on a hectare of land. That road is a nightmare, a turn-off and a total contrast to Vision 2022. It reflects how ear-deaf Manzini town planners are to the vision.

Note, that Manzini town is a tourist site, therefore it should smell and mirror the tranquility of our First World marathon from all corners, long before touching on the rural areas. Should we the people who use buses and kombis go there to fix that road?
Or should public transport drivers take it upon themselves to clear that in order to save their vehicles from excessive unroadworthy charges orchestrated by blunt town planners? Aren’t the public transport owners paying licence fees?
We cannot take it any longer, we demand that you, the Manzini Municipal Council, repair those potholes urgently and widen the entrance and exit roads to the bus rank to mitigate the busy hour traffic jam on that road.

Mndvoti Lokwatile

Note: In an effort to afford them a right to reply, this letter was emailed to the municipality on August 1. Unfortunately there has been no response.

Ed

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