The
residents
raised
the
matter
during
a
recent
community
feedback
meeting
convened
by
the
Bulawayo
Progressive
Residents
Association
(BPRA).
The
community
has
a
number
of
children
who
have
been
benefiting
from
proceeds
from
the
Hualin
Quarry
mine
through
a
corporate
social
responsibility
scheme.
Residents
complained
that
there
is
no
longer
transparency
in
the
selection
criteria
of
children
listed
as
beneficiaries
of
the
scheme.
They
alleged
that
some
beneficiaries
are
directly
linked
to
members
of
the
selection
committee
and,
in
some
cases,
are
double-dipping
by
receiving
assistance
from
both
the
Hualin
Quarry
mine
and
the
Better
Education
Assistance
Module
(BEAM).
Addressing
community
members,
Ward
17
councillor
Sikhululekile
Moyo
said
the
ward
development
committee
was
working
together
with
the
mining
company
and
the
Child
Protection
Committee
(CPC)
to
select
vulnerable
children.
However,
a
CPC
representative,
Admire
Chikomana,
disputed
the
claim,
saying
the
committee
had
not
been
involved
in
the
selection
of
beneficiaries.
“I
would
like
to
clarify
that
as
the
CPC,
although
we
are
supposed
to
be
working
with
the
selection
committee,
we
have
not
been
directly
involved,”
said
Chikomana.
BPRA
provincial
secretary
for
health,
Thembelihle
Ndlovu,
said
the
CPC
must
take
action
to
verify
whether
the
children
currently
benefiting
from
the
scheme
genuinely
qualify
and
are
not
receiving
assistance
from
other
programmes.
“CPC
is
the
one
that
was
supposed
to
come
up
with
the
list
of
names
of
beneficiaries
but
in
this
case
that
is
not
what
happened.
We
now
want
CPC
to
go
back
to
their
office
and
say
they
are
failing
to
get
access
to
the
current
beneficiaries’
names
so
that
they
can
assess
whether
they
rightfully
deserve
the
assistance,”
Ndlovu
said.
“We
have
other
children
who
have
dropped
out
of
school
who
should
return,
but
they
are
failing
to
get
that
opportunity
because
of
the
corruption
that
is
going
on.”
Participants
at
the
meeting
demanded
that
community
leaders
investigate
the
matter
and
name
those
allegedly
mismanaging
the
system
for
the
benefit
of
a
select
few.
“We
want
the
people
to
be
named
so
that
this
matter
can
be
addressed.
If
it
means
a
commission
must
be
set
up
then
so
be
it.
We
have
to
get
to
the
bottom
of
this,”
one
participant
said.
“This
is
corruption
at
its
best
and
you
cannot
fight
it
alone
as
a
committee.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
everyone
joins
in
the
fight
against
this
form
of
corruption.
Give
us
those
names
of
the
people
that
are
doing
this
and
we
will
deal
with
it
as
a
collective,”
another
participant
said.