Inhambane: City council privatizes all children’s playgrounds and parks

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Inhambane: City council privatizes all children’s playgrounds and parks

8:50 CAT | 16 Jun 2016

File photo of children playing in a park in Guiúa's Consolatta Missionairies centre, Inhambane province- For illustration purposes only

Inhambane municipal council voted last week to privatize the management of all children’s playgrounds and public gardens because it lacks the capacity to keep them in operation itself, reports Notícias.

The councilor for Women and Social Action, Joaquina Namburete, explained that vandalism and the difficulties of maintaining public gardens are behind the decision, which is aimed at rehabilitating the facilities.

Namburete cited as an example the poor condition of the Maria da Luz Guebuza playground in the Malembuane neighbourhood, where thieves have stolen some of the equipment, including part of the fence.

“This park is the city’s latest, but already the goals from the football pitch are gone. The perimeter fence was vandalized and the thieves stole them, so the municipality has decided to bring in private security to preserve facilities like these.”

The councilor acknowledged that private management on its own is not the answer to vandalism, and stressed that public awareness and local community vigilance were also needed.

“We will privatize these services, but the council will continue to work with the public to put a stop to vandalism, because the equipment there gives our children a place to play, which is one of the rights in the African Charter which the municipal government and its partners are working to uphold,” she said.

Source: Notícias