Distress in the hands of ruthless landlords

The struggle continues for most students as their living conditions in the surrounding suburbs are getting harsh and harsh and by the rise of each new dawn.

 Its now almost a week without electricity at one of students' rented places which accommodates almost 40 students from NUST.

I have been staying at this place for almost two years now and what i'm writing on this page is from an ethnographic perspective not from interviews or third party narrations.

Ever since ZESA installed the pre-paid power system at this house almost a week ago, it has been a black out scenario for the tenants.

A hungry man is an angry man so at the moment these students are not seeing eye to eye with this unconcerned landlord and are considering moving out ( Which is a normal case that students don't usually stay for more than a semester at this place).

To make matters worse, he didn't even address his tenants to apologize for the inconvenience caused. To him all is normal when people are sleeping with empty bellies. A grown up person kurarira maJiggies (Having Junk food for dinner) its not funny.

This is not the only challenge at this 'dormitory' place. Ever since the beginning  of the second semester he hasn't repaired the damaged water pipes and students are surviving on borehole water which has been found unfavorable for consumption.

The previous academic year, the same landlord decided not to pay the water bill and students went for at least a month without water, not to mention that there was no borehole at that moment. Going to school without bathing became normal for those who stayed at this 'refugee camp'.

According to the survey made by this writer, this place is the dirtiest of all the houses that provide accommodation to NUST students.

Commonly known as KwaMpostori this place is being likened to the shacks which were demolished by operation Murambatsvina and the landlord doesn't even care .

"After paying $80 per head, in a room with an average of four people, this is what we get".That is the students' outcry for this week. Guys, what do you say?