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Government Orders Harare City Council To Stop Demolitions

4 months agoMon, 18 Nov 2024 08:10:29 GMT
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Government Orders Harare City Council To Stop Demolitions

The government has ordered the Harare City Council to stop its controversial house demolition exercise.

This came after a public outcry over the recent demolition of houses in Belvedere, which the City of Harare claims were built on land illegally acquired from land barons.

The council had initially planned to demolish over 5,000 houses in illegal settlements across the city, citing the need to enforce around 37 High Court orders.

The targeted properties, mostly located in high-density suburbs such as Kuwadzana, Budiriro, Glen View, and Mabvuku, were said to be built on land reserved for public amenities.

In an interview with NewsDay, Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe condemned the council’s actions, describing them as “inhumane.” Said Garwe:

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What City Council is doing is inhumane and it is not acceptable. A person takes six months to build a house and you are watching.

Then you want to come and give them a notice of 7 days to come and demolish the house. You give them a notice to relocate, where can they relocate in that short period?

At least they should give them four or five months so that they can build elsewhere.

Yes, Mafume [Harare major Jacob] has a court order, but it does not give him the right to cause people pain and suffering.

From now on, no house will be demolished. We are stopping them from doing so. That’s the government’s position.

Mafume confirmed the suspension of the demolitions, saying the council would comply with the Local Government Ministry’s order to pause the enforcement of the law for the time being.

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25 Comments

Anonymous · 4 months ago
Iye Mafume dai angofa hake
Dani · 4 months ago
Time being pabatei
Gogodera · 4 months ago
kugocha kunoda kwaamai kwemwana kunodzima moto
MC · 4 months ago
Hakuna land Baron yavari kutaura nezvayo spa council one problem pano vakwa imba inenge yandakaona ichipwanywa ku Belvedere pane mapper anono aprovwa ku council saka vakazvifambisa cy ve council
VR 16 · 4 months ago
Land Barons are well known and are from big names even royal. They should apprehend them if they can but zvakanzi nyoka huru haizvirumi. Uwori hunotsigirwa neGovernment then vozovhiringidza basa reCitg Council. Vanhu ngatiregewo kudyirwa mari nemaLand Barons, tisu tinozochema tirisuzve takazvigokera moto muziso. Haingaite location isina chikoro, pasina maHealth facilities even mashops. Ngatifungei then we partways with aquiring residential stands illegally.
Jaison Ndlovu · 4 months ago
Who are the land barons, anyway?
skun · 4 months ago
they must demolish all illegal structures..failure to do so will only encourage land barons to have their ways 🤷
Sir African · 4 months ago
In the late 80s the former mayor of Harare,Tawengwa wanted to remove shacks that had erupted in and around Harare but Mugabe refused saying they are "our people who vote for us" and by 2005 the people saw the light and voted for the MDC of Morgan Tsvangirai.Mugabe was angered and order operation muramba**** which left millions without shelter.History will repeat itself and Zanu will destroy those illegally built houses.Its just a metter of time.
Sir African · 4 months ago
Kana uchida kuona mai vechidoma rova mwana wacho.Mai ve ma land barons vo chema chema.All the land in Zimbabwe belongs to Zanu pf land barons that is why Garwe who represent land barons in parliament stood up to defend then.
zig · 4 months ago
they just have to arrest all those land barons are they intouchable ? people know the names
👀👀 · 4 months ago
why cant the land barons be cuaght,who are they ,vachaita compensate vanhu vavakabhilivhisa vakapazirwa here,Chokwadi vamwe vanhu denga vachariona asi havangaripindi,hezvo ana Mary Chiwenga havasisina maoko nemakumbo,hokoyoi nedenga kana ropindira,coz manyanya
Patz · 4 months ago
It appears Daniel Garwe the Minister is not privy to the laws of Zimbabwe. When one start to illegally build a house the Council applies for a Court Order to stop/demolish such a structure and you know how long our court take to issue those orders. Panozobuda Court Order munhu anenge atopedza kuwaka achisimbiswa nema land baron. Hapana munhu anovaka asingazive kuti he is erecting an illegal structure which may be destroyed any time. Firstly how can one build a house in the area of City of Harare without an approved plan. Secondly how can one finish a house without stage inspections with council inspectors. Its not like council will watch while someone is building then at some stage demolish as garwe is trying to politick but council would want to approach the owner of the house armed with legal instruments to justify their actions. What Garwe is saying is defying a Court Order which is criminal in itself and trying to gain political ground in a City of the opposition. Next time we will hear these Ministers ordering suspension of sentences for criminals convicted by the Court ndokwazvirikuenda. The Executive, Judiciary and Legislature should operate independently
Chibaa · 4 months ago
Government ndiwo ma land barons Acho Saka hapana hapana .hakuna munhu anoita zve land barons asiri we ZANU PF
👀👀 · 4 months ago
ehe saka uri kuona mazita asiri kubuda,even ku X kana ku news online its only the stories without names,but ndakarwadziwa coz vakabhilivhisa vanhu vakavakavaka dzimba dzakanaka ,now pipo have nowhere to run to,
worst · 4 months ago
Hcc get busy, demolish other houses quick quick in order to restore order in the capital city.Harare harisi farm compound where structures are being constructed without inspections by civil engineers.Minister uyo is offside and has overstepped his authority.Ngaataure zvemvura mumaguta.
ƒяєєℓαη¢є ¢σяяυσтι¢ιαη · 4 months ago
yey a big win for the land barons a big trophy 🏆 for them and some great medals too 🥇🎖️
🇿🇼44yrs · 4 months ago
Vanhu ngavaziye macity bylaws zvirege kunetsa nekuti hatifanirwi kuita kunge hohwa
chaka · 4 months ago
Minister giving green light to land barons to continue selling land which belongs to council.Pobva poiswa commission to investigate council just becoz it not run properly, thats where lawlessness start apo from the gvnt
moto · 4 months ago
Operation muramba**** was done by itself the government it was human
Tintin · 4 months ago
inini ndakabirwa door handle chete mabatiro azvakandiita i can imagine mazi mansion aipwanya kuBelverede😱😱😱
Chiurai · 4 months ago
Taura hako. Kuwana Vana vapwanya window pane. Haurare. Kuwana imba is isipo haurarame

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