ZIMBABWE: Thabani Moyo, "It's disheartening to tell someone you will not attend to his burning house"

BULAWAYO Monday, November 24, 2008 (IRIN) - Thabani Moyo* is a fireman in Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo; like everything else in the country, the fire brigade faces serious operational problems, including a lack of fuel and mass resignations. "When I joined the fire service I was happy, because my dream of fighting fires and saving people's lives had finally come true. I always dreamt of myself driving though red robots [traffic lights], racing in a fire engine with sirens wailing. "My...