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This is exciting to see. Neat, well-designed, walkable pavements can transform an entire city. They make it feel civilised, welcoming, and human. Yet in India, pavements are rarely treated as essential infrastructure. When a road is built or repaired, the dirt and debris are just pushed aside and the...

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HARARE, 12 March,2026. 🎥#SoulShackRadio Yet more videos exposing the decay in Harare. This time right in the shadow of the iconic Hyatt Regency Harare The Meikles ,a hotel that hosts tourists from across the world. The footage shows broken drain covers, street vendors lining the pavements, shattered concrete walkways and open drains right outside the offices of Air Zimbabwe. These drains are not barricaded. They sit exposed along pedestrian paths , a serious danger to the public. With the concrete covers smashed, the drains are being stuffed with waste: maize leaves, cardboard boxes and plastic bags. The result is predictable ,blocked drainage and the same flooding of roads and pavements every rainy season. Ironically, Forbes recently named Zimbabwe the world’s No.1 tourist destination. Visitors come expecting the best of Zimbabwe. The capital city should reflect that. Instead they find broken pavements, open drains and a city slowly falling apart. Those with the power to arrest the decline in our cities see these streets and pavements every day. The deterioration is impossible to miss. The decay has become normalised. Littering, reckless driving and constant noise pollution now pass as everyday life. A capital city is the shop window of a nation. Harare , and many other cities across Zimbabwe ,are presenting a very poor display. There was a time when going into town was something to look forward to. Harare was once known around the world as The Sunshine City. Today a dark cloud hangs over it. It pains me to see the city I grew up in looking like a war zone. Video Credit: Soul Shack Radio.

King Jay🇿🇼

12,762 views • 4 months ago

We must restore order in our city. I was recently insulted and harassed by a group of women simply because I asked them to do the right thing move to the designated backstreets meant for hawkers. Despite their actions, I have chosen to forgive them. It's time we turn a new page and start respecting the law for the greater good of our city. Let me be clear: being poor is not a license to break the law. Poverty should never be used as an excuse to violate public order, disrupt the peace, or damage the aesthetic beauty of Nairobi. If we allow this line of thinking that someone should be excused simply because they are struggling then where do we draw the line? Will we justify theft, violence, or destruction just because the person is poor? In the same way, we cannot justify lawlessness in the streets just because hawkers are trying to earn a living. Nairobi is the capital of Kenya, a city of dignity and potential. We cannot achieve a clean, orderly, and beautiful city if our walkways are overcrowded, waste is dumped indiscriminately, and laws are ignored in the name of survival. Some are criticizing me for insisting on enforcement, saying I should "just let them be." But leadership requires making difficult decisions that protect both the present and future of our city. I will not shy away from doing what is right. Nairobi belongs to all of us, and we must protect its image, its order, and its people rich or poor by upholding the law equally.

Geoffrey Mosiria

30,679 views • 1 year ago

This is Waterfalls, a medium-density suburb in Harare, with big houses on large stands. In colonial times, it was mainly a white suburb. In London terms, you could compare it to somewhere like Croydon, and in Johannesburg to a place like Norwood. Now look at the road in this video. Here is the joke. The Minister of Transport, the man responsible for this disaster, was recently declared Minister of the Year in Zimbabwe. In other words, he was judged the best minister in the entire cabinet under Emmerson Mnangagwa. Just imagine how catastrophically useless the rest of them must be to be beaten by someone presiding over this level of decay. When we talk about incompetence, corruption, and the looting of public funds, some people think we are just politicking. This is what we are talking about. This is supposed to be a relatively affluent suburb. Yet motorists are forced to abandon what is meant to be the road just to get where they are going. Sometimes they have to drive on the wrong side because it is slightly less destroyed, and then they get fined for it. This is not an accident. This is what happens when a country is run by an incompetent, corrupt, and ruthless mafia. This is today’s Zimbabwe. Perhaps it is important for me to share a bit of history. When Zimbabwe became independent in 1980, roads were controlled, repaired, and maintained by local authorities, the city councils. When the ZANUPF government realised how much money was coming from motorists, they took over control of the roads and of the taxes that are supposed to ensure that roads are properly maintained. These include vehicle licence fees, tollgate fees on highways, carbon tax, and taxes from fuel. Every dollar spent at the fuel pump includes a portion that is supposed to go to road maintenance. This is a revenue stream close to a billion dollars every year. There is no shortage of money. Zimbabweans pay four different taxes just to own and use a car. The problem is that this money is looted. This is the money that should be fixing these roads. Instead, it is being stolen. They do not just steal the road tax money. They also steal from motorists again when people are forced to repair damage caused by this dilapidated road infrastructure, and then they congratulate the minister responsible with an award for it.

Hopewell Chin’ono

93,300 views • 6 months ago