STAFF REPORTER
A property development company has pledged to rehabilitate a rundown council park in Harare through its corporate social responsibility.
The company, West Properties, on Friday took over the cleaning and rehabilitation of Greenwood Park following last week’s visit by the company Chief Executive Officer, Ken Sharpe and his mentee, 16-year-old Nokutenda Kadye.
Staffers from the property development company helped to clean up Greenwood Park and the company has pledged to use the first Friday of each month for the exercise and committed to revamping some of the broken structures as part of its corporate social responsibility programme.
Council has come under fire for failure to rehabilitate facilities including parks.
Speaking during a visit to Greenwood Park recently, Sharpe pledged to act and give the park immediate attention and assist the local authority.
“You can see it has all the potential,” Sharpe said.
He added: “All it needs (Greenwood Park) is some management. You know it’s all about management.”
“Leadership starts from the top. In Russia they have a saying that translates in English as the fish rots from its head. So when the fish is rotten, it actually starts rotting from its head. Which means it’s all about (council) leadership.
“We have to take accountability. The people that are responsible for this should never leave it in this state. They need to accept responsibility and sort it out.”
