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Editor — Recently I received an email from my medical aid Cimas to the effect that they have a claim from the laboratory for $204 dated 24/9/2018.
I found this strange that in this day of technology they had not paid the lab for such a long time. I wrote to them registering my displeasure to which they responded by saying claims can be paid within three months.
Though this could have been acceptable back in the day of letter writing the same cannot be said in this day and age when everything is computerised.
Last week a brave ZBC journalist broadcast a volatile crowd comprising mainly young women and girls in a village in Rushinga almost coming to blows over water shortage as they had to contend with long distances to the only borehole which was the only source of water.
I found this deplorable given the promises that politicians made during the election period.
On the following day ZBC showed trucks carting water to the affected areas. On the following day we were shown DDF in Rushinga drilling boreholes.
Though some might see this as commandable I see it differently. Why should action be taken only when the Press highlights a problem?
Where have the funds to undertake this work of not only one borehole but many in the district come from?
Where was the RDC Rushinga when people were suffering.
How much can an independent brave Press do to question some of the wrongs that are happening?
Doctors, laboratories and pharmacies are not our problem when they demand cash upfront who can accept being paid three months late.
The medical aid societies’ ineffeciency is our problem. I challenge the Press to report bravely on issues that affect people daily.
B Mpofu
derick.khumalo