The Fix Harare Podcast is back! For this episode, we have partnered with Accountability Lab Zimbabwe to talk about civil servants who are going above and beyond to serve their communities. The idea behind the Integrity Icon campaign is to create public service role models, especially for young people. In this episode you will hear five men and women who have been selected as Integrity Icons. They tell us about what motivates them as civil servants to truly serve their communities....
Oct 20, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In our final episode of the year, we look back at the major issues which affected Harare residents in 2021. Our guest for this episode is long-time community organizer, urban activist, and friend of the podcast, Mike Davies. Join us as we reflect on council, local government and service delivery issues plaguing Harare residents in 2021 and discuss our hopes for the future of the Sunshine City.
Dec 31, 2021•41 min
In this week's episode, we discuss the critical environmental issue of our time: climate change. We talk to Sustainable Development Consultant Anna Brazier, who helps to explain the phenomenon and what we can do to address climate change in our Harare communities.
Sep 17, 2021•26 min
In this week's episode we speak to Dr. Michael Vere, the Acting Provincial Epidemiology and Disease Control Officer at City of Harare. We discuss covid-19's effect on Harare residents since the first covid-related death was announced in March last year and see how far we have come. We also discuss the government's gradual lifting of lockdown and whether it is safe for our kids to go back to school in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic.
Sep 06, 2021•25 min
In this week's episode, we speak to Human Rights and Environmental lawyer Fiona Iliff about how we can protect Harare's wetlands. Harare cannot function without water. These land water 'storage' areas are a critical part of our water ecosystem and building on them can lead to flooding or cause them to dry up.
Jul 08, 2021•25 min
In this week's episode, we look at the demolition of homes under construction in Melfort and other areas in Harare. Our guest this week is Urban Planner, Dr. Percy Toriro who helps break down Harare's acute housing shortage and the City of Harare's response to people building houses in 'unregulated' areas.
Jul 05, 2021•18 min
In this week's episode we discuss the complex balance that is needed to maintain order and cleanliness while also allowing people to make a living in our depressed economy. Listen as we speak with the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Informal Trader's Council, Arthur Muromba about what is to be done about make-shift informal trading sites in Mbare.
Jun 24, 2021•25 min
Service delivery to Harare residents is NOT optional. In the final episode in our series focusing on City of Harare, Managing Editor Henry Munangatire and veteran Community Organizer/Urban Activist, Mike Davies share their insights about the problems at City Council. Listen to hear how they propose how you can push for improved service delivery in your neighbourhood.
Jun 17, 2021•26 min
In this week's episode we speak to City of Harare Spokesperson, Michael Chideme about the management structure of COH. We also ask him about public access to City of Harare's budget and about how the Town Clerk gets appointed.
Jun 14, 2021•20 min
This week we are doing a deep dive into Harare City Council. How does Council actually work? This episode is the 1st of a three-part series that focuses on how Council runs. To help share his insight on this, we invited special guest, Honorable Rusty Markam, MP of Harare North to talk with us on the Fix Harare Podcast.
Jun 03, 2021•24 min
21 out of 46 Harare Councillors have been recalled since 2020. This means that almost half of all Wards in Harare do not have Council representation to make sure their service delivery needs are being met. In this episode we talk to the Director of the Harare Residents' Trust, Precious Shumba about the Council recalls and what residents can do to push for representation in Council.
May 27, 2021•18 min
17-23 May is UN Global Road Safety Week. Harare's roads have become difficult to navigate, from people not following the rules of the road to unregulated traffic. In this episode we talk about the biggest causes of road accidents and discuss how to make our roads safer for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. Our guest Sam Nyaude, Director of the Road Safe Zimbabwe Trust joins us to help talk us through Harare road safety issues.
May 20, 2021•18 min
Harare residents are familiar with only three public transport options: kombis, mushikashika or ZUPCO buses. In this episode we discuss the shortage of safe, affordable transport for all and look at the hazards of allowing unregulated private players such as kombis to operate. To answer some of these questions we speak to Andrew Chibanda, the Acting National Spokesperson of the Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ).
May 14, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this week's episode, we are joined by long-time Community Organizer and Urban Activist, Mike Davies. Mr. Davies' long history of advocating for Harare residents is the lens through which we look at Harare's infrastructure, and begin to imagine the ways in which the city needs to grow and expand its services. We also discuss with him City of Harare's huge revenue and at the same time the breakdown in their ability to provide services to Harare residents.
May 06, 2021•39 min•Ep. 7
Uncollected rubbish is a health disaster waiting to happen. In this week's episode, we discuss how and why Council has been neglecting its role in making sure that rubbish is collected every week from each and every community in Harare. We also discuss what we and all residents can do about it.
Apr 30, 2021•16 min•Ep. 6
Harare residents have been experiencing water shortages since the 1990s. This has affected every single neighborhood in Harare: queues at dawn at communal boreholes, filling buckets when water comes out the tap once a week, paying for water delivery. In this week's episode, Founder of the Community Water Alliance, Hardlife Mudzingwa explains why Harare is not producing enough water for its growing population.
Apr 23, 2021•23 min•Ep. 5
Driving in Harare has become an unpleasant experience due to the number of unrepaired potholes in every neighborhood. Why are City of Harare not repairing our roads? In this episode we go in depth and discuss the real reasons why our city's roads are in such a terrible state.
Apr 15, 2021•15 min
In this week's episode we speak to Dr. Norman Matara, the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR). We look at how ZADHR has been helping to fight coronavirus, how the City of Harare has responded to this health crisis to date, and why getting the vaccine is critical to prevent more people from dying from covid-19.
Apr 09, 2021•18 min•Ep. 3
This week, we speak to Dr. Kudzai Masunda, Head of Epidemiology and Disease Control at the City of Harare. Dr. Masunda gave us an overview of the City's response to the virus, updates about where you can go and get vaccinated, and information about which vaccines are currently available.
Apr 01, 2021•13 min
In the first episode of Fix Harare Podcast we talk about the end of lockdown and the four vaccines currently approved by the government. We explore what vaccines are meant to achieve in our context and discuss the politics of which vaccines are available to citizens.
Mar 26, 2021•14 min
