Harare - Zimbabwe's
infamous potholed roads now have their own Twitter account.
The account, @Zimpotholes
is not too popular yet. It has 58 followers after it was only started this
weekend.
Heavy rains
in the past two weeks have worsened potholes in some parts of the country. This
weekend a video was uploaded to YouTube showing a bus stuck in a big pothole in Mbare, Harare's oldest township.
Watch the
video below.
Harare's
potholed streets were declared a state of disaster by President Robert Mugabe's
government late in January. The road leading to Mugabe's private mansion was
repaired quickly before he arrived home from a month's holiday, leading to
accusations of unfairness.
Those
managing the @Zimpotholes handle encourage Zimbabweans to "send or tweet
us pictures of potholes in your area".
Pictures of some of the southern African country’s scarred and blistered roads will be familiar to many - even if there's no confirmation that these photos were recently snapped.
Beware
though: elsewhere on the web pictures are sometimes circulated of alleged
Zimbabwe potholes that turn out not to have been taken in this country.
