Mereki a tragic sign of just how things have changed in Harare

KwaMereki was at one time Morgan Tsvangirai's favourite spot. You could see him on an almost everyday basis with his trade unions peers. I went there this afternoon with a colleagues from my work place after a long time and i was just left with a sour taste in my mouth. The place now resembles some kind of a shanty town, where meat is roasted in the open with dust blazing all over the place. But one thing stands out that Mereki is an epitome of just how the city has been mismanaged. If you go to Johannesburg places like Mereki have been turned into some tourist attractions. For example at Waddis in Soweto. The place looks just like an ordinary place from outside but has become famous over the years attracting eminent visitors such as Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown and Paul Scholes an his Manchester United teammates. One wonders why cna't we do it the same way.