Source: Councillors mull 24 hour municipal police – The Southern Eye

BULAWAYO City Council is mulling deploying municipal police at night to arrest litterbugs, latest council minutes have revealed.

City fathers said there was widespread littering at night, with some litterbugs accused of defecating in plastic bags and dumping them in the streets.

During a full council meeting, councillor Melisa Mabeza called on council to have by-law enforcement teams deployed at night.

“There were a lot of illegal activities that took place after hours,” Mabeza is quoted saying in the minutes.

“I had observed a big truck coming from outside the city offloading sugar cane in the central business district.

“The truck was blocking traffic and littering also took place, most vendors who came from outside the city fouled the environment.”

Councillor Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu also complained about the mishandling of medical waste

“Some of the medical waste found its way to the landfill site this was very dangerous to refuse collection crews and waste pickers at the landfill site,” he said.

“Medical waste should be handled and disposed of properly. The waste should be incinerated.”