Uniformed Forces Spearhead Monthly Clean-up Drive in Bulawayo

The uniformed forces continue to lead by example in the National Clean-up campaign held annually on the first Friday of every month.

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), the Zimbabwe Prisons Correctional Services (ZPCS), and the Hope for a Child in Christ (HOCIC) took part in the National clean-up held in Bulawayo on Friday as part of the ongoing tradition.
The President launched the national clean-up programme in December 2018 based on moral persuasion, urging all citizens to clean their environment between 8 am and 10 am on the first Friday every month.

Around 100 forces were cleaning up along Masotsha Ndlovu Avenue near the Highlanders Flea Market in Bulawayo as a move to adhere to the decree by President Mnangagwa that the first Friday of each month is the National Clean-up Day.

Waste and litter threaten the ability of the community to keep global temperature rise above 1.5 degrees Celsius as GreenHouse Gases are emitted throughout the plastic life.

Waste has physical impacts such as animals getting entangled or ingesting plastic chemical harm caused by hazardous additives in plastic products, or biological damage through plastic particles carrying invasive species, or impeding important biological processes such as carbon sequestration.
Speaking during the program, the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) provincial manager Mrs Sitshengisiwe Ndlovu urged the various stakeholders and vendors from the Highlanders Flea market to participate in maintaining an environment free from litter and for them to normalize keeping the country clean.
“By cleaning in our uniforms, we inspire citizens to annually conduct cleaning every day where they live and stay,” she said. She highlighted how this month is an awareness month aimed at spreading the word to citizens on how they should keep the environment free from litter.
“We should be a society that is zero-tolerant to litter, not just in town but everywhere we go, even our homes,” Mrs Ndlovu said.