Unleash garbage collectors first before unleashing debt collectors Hosia Mviringi City of Harare has threatened to unleash debt collectors on defaulting Harare residents as they try to recover ZWL$5 billion they say they is owed by households and businesses. Before we explore the idea, there are a few pertinent questions that seek answers. Background The city of Harare is not just an ordinary city in the country. It is the centre of governance and the flagship of development, resilience and self-rule. The city is not only significant to the people of Zimbabwe but it is equally so to the Southern African Development Community of nations. Harare, by its centrality, is the heartbeat of Southern Africa where nations converge for trade and politics. By this token, it can be concluded that Harare is not just an ordinary City in Africa or Zimbabwe. It is Africa and Zimbabwe. The state of Zimbabwe as a nation, economically, politically and socially, is reflected and personified by the sta...