Wild stuff. The Bulawayo City Council’s parking contractor, Tendy Three Investments, just dropped ninety grand on food parcels for twenty five hundred households around Bulawayo and Matabeleland North. Their big boss, Lizwe Mabuza, and the local deputy mayor, Edwin Ndlovu, were all over this. They targeted people having a rough go, like disabled residents, older folks, and orphans, with some aid going out to Hwange and Binga districts. This whole thing was pitched as their slice of the Mayor’s Christmas Cheer Fund.
Apparently, the parking dudes are feeling pretty good about their grip on the city. Mabuza stated they control around sixty percent of the spots now. He admitted that some streets are still a mess for enforcement because the roads are a mess. But get this, they claim compliance is way up. The number of cars they clamp daily fell off a cliff, from up to four hundred down to about a hundred twenty. Mabuza spun this as drivers finally getting with the program on parking rules. He also made a point to say they put bread on the table for four hundred locals, mostly young people, which is a solid flex for a parking company.
The deputy mayor, Ndlovu, was thankful for the handout, calling it a decent gesture for the festive season. He also gave them a nod for supposedly bringing order to the downtown parking chaos. The company framed the entire food drop as part of their corporate social responsibility gig, a way to spread some holiday cheer beyond just the urban center. The mayor’s fund itself is a yearly thing meant to pull in corporate cash to help the vulnerable, working alongside government welfare stuff.
Apparently, the parking dudes are feeling pretty good about their grip on the city. Mabuza stated they control around sixty percent of the spots now. He admitted that some streets are still a mess for enforcement because the roads are a mess. But get this, they claim compliance is way up. The number of cars they clamp daily fell off a cliff, from up to four hundred down to about a hundred twenty. Mabuza spun this as drivers finally getting with the program on parking rules. He also made a point to say they put bread on the table for four hundred locals, mostly young people, which is a solid flex for a parking company.
The deputy mayor, Ndlovu, was thankful for the handout, calling it a decent gesture for the festive season. He also gave them a nod for supposedly bringing order to the downtown parking chaos. The company framed the entire food drop as part of their corporate social responsibility gig, a way to spread some holiday cheer beyond just the urban center. The mayor’s fund itself is a yearly thing meant to pull in corporate cash to help the vulnerable, working alongside government welfare stuff.
