The Minister
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education
Att: Hon. Dr. L. D. K. Dokora MP
Re: OPEN LETTER ON INCOMPLETE MELBOURNE PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOL POOL A DANGER TO TYNWALD NORTH COMMUNITY
I write to complain about the incomplete swimming pool at Melbourne Private Primary School which is not fenced off, posing a threat to the safety of children at the school and in the neighbouring Tynwald North suburb which is in my constituency of Harare West.

I visited the above school on 15 January 2016 after receiving a complaint from a resident. I saw the under-construction pool had no barrier to stop people especially children from falling into the crater which has dangerously protruding steel spikes. The pictures of pool are attached to this letter. I raised this issue with the school authorities who said they have a security guard who patrols the pool area, but this is not adequate. I urged the school authorities to place a barrier around the pool and they made an unhelpful and unfulfilled undertaking that bunting would be wrapped around the hole.
Four months down the line the pool is not fenced off. On numerous occasions after my visit to the school I contacted school authorities who continued to promise to look into the issue but nothing has been done. This pool is a hazard, more so when residents near the school fetch water from the school tap which is near the hole.
I plead with your ministry to urgently attend to this issue before someone is injured.
I request that you furnish me with a response on the action you have taken to address this issue within 7 days.
Yours faithfully
Fungayi Jessie Majome M.P. (Ms.)
Member of the National Assembly, Harare West