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"Government Interference In Harare Demolitions Threatens Rule Of Law"

4 months agoTue, 19 Nov 2024 11:21:10 GMT

"Government Interference In Harare Demolitions Threatens Rule Of Law"

The Information for Development Trust (IDT), a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting transparency and accountability in corporate and political governance, has expressed concerns about the central government’s interference in the Harare City Council’s (HCC) efforts to demolish illegal structures. They argue that this interference poses a threat to the rule of law.

The controversy arose after Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe announced that the government had ordered HCC to halt the demolition of homes built on illegally acquired land.

In a statement, IDT suggested that the central government’s intervention appears to be motivated more by image management than by a commitment to good governance. It added:

Critics argue this undermines local authority efforts, perpetuates illegal settlements, and fails to hold land barons accountable.
The interference raises questions about the separation of powers, as political considerations override judicial rulings.
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The opposition-led HCC faces persistent challenges from the ruling government, weakening public trust and service delivery.
While ensuring humane demolitions is essential, undermining the law risks creating a culture of impunity.
The government must address root causes like poverty, corruption, and housing shortages while respecting judicial independence and local authority autonomy.
Failure to strike this balance threatens governance and the rule of law in Zimbabwe.

Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume recently announced that the city council plans to demolish over 5,000 illegal structures, having obtained 37 High Court orders to support the action.

The demolitions are part of an ongoing effort to address illegal constructions that have proliferated across the capital.

However, the decision to halt the demolitions for the time being has raised questions. Speaking at his ministry’s strategic workshop for 2025 in Bulawayo on Thursday, Minister Garwe said that the pause was made to avoid negative publicity as Zimbabwe prepares to host the Southern African Development Community (SADC) extraordinary summit this week.

Garwe also accused the opposition CCC-led Harare City Council of deliberately timing the demolitions to coincide with the summit.

He suggested that the council’s actions were intended to attract unwanted attention, undermining the country’s image on the international stage during such an important event.

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21 Comments

gumlaz · 4 months ago

@z mutemo haubvi kuopposition unogarirwa pasi muparamende wobvumiranwa wochiudzwa vanhu kuti itai izvi saka zvese zvikuitwa izvi hazvinei nekuti kanzuru izere bato ripi asi kuti ivo minister kuti imbomirai kuti musangano wesadc utange wapera zviripachena kuti vakutozviziva kuti zvavarikuita zvakaipa

Anonymous · 4 months ago

Vakuzoona dzimba idzi nhasi diapers kuvakwa. Padzaivakwa vangavasingadzioni here. Kuuraya nyika uku. Mari yese iyi kungoparara kudai. Dai Yamato shandiswa kutenga kombi or shop or kuvhura company nhasi zvingadai zvichibatsira nyika or muridzi wazvo. Asivakarega Mari iyi ichiiswa pavaiona kuti vachapaparadza. Nyika yosimukirasei kanazvichidai. Mwene wenyika kana oparadzwa zvakadai zvorevei.

Patz · 4 months ago

Instead of moving forward with the times our Zimbabwe is moving backwards and the only lucky that we are going to have is when it moves back as far as to reach Rhodesia times

Anonymous · 4 months ago

But if we go back that far, things will be improving?

Anonymous · 4 months ago

It is not ZANU PF who are giving out these stands. City councils are in the equation big time. Council even go to the extend yeku believisa vanhu nekuvapa ma fake council papers zvinoita kuti munhu afunge kuti zviri genuine yet not genuine.

Patz · 4 months ago

Any sane person capable of buying a stand especially in Belvedere would know kuti before you build a house your stand needs to be approved by various departments in Council i.e health, engineering etc. If this procedure was followed he would have been told that there was no allocated stand like that. Those people knew their buildings were illegal but vanenge vachitemba kuti zvichaitwa regularise. They know that they will be risking. Vanenge vachitoti chauya chauya tozozviona mberi saka ngatisanyanye zvedu kuvanzwira tsitsi

Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago

This is not a pig sty, rules should be followed, we cannot have a city were settlements mushroom everywhere just because Zanu PF land barons want to put their lackeys in there who then in turn are forced to vote for the fōōłìšh party. Destroy all illegal settlements we want order in the city. The government should stay away from local governance it is the perogative of the Council not them.

Z · 4 months ago

WHEN STRUCTURES ARE DESTROYED IN THE NAME OF RULE OF LAW THEN TO HELL WITH THATLAW WE ARE TALKING OF 5000 HOUSES BUILT FROM SWEAT FOR PEOPLE TO JUST OWN A ROOF ABOVE THEIR HEADS AND SOME FOOLISH OPPOSITION MISGUIDED PUPPETS WANT TO WANTOMLY DESTROY THAT NONSENSE. ZANUPF HAS PEOPLE AT HEART HENCE THE BRSKES APPLIED IN THE ILLEGAL OPERATIONS. LET THOSE PEOPLE ENJOY THEIR STAY AND JUST STOP THE FARCE, R E G U L A R I S E THOSE STANDS. NYIKA NDEYEDU NEMUTEMO WACHO NDEWEDU SAKA ITAYI KUTI ZVIITE. VATONGI NEVENE VENYIKA TISU. MAIDA KUSVIBISA ZITA RENYIKA MANJE MAKANYANGIRA INOONA. GET OUT MATACHA AVANHU. VAKAPWANYIRWA DZIMBA NGAVAVAKIRWE CHOP CHOP VAGOZIVA GWARA REKUFAMBA NARO NEXT TIME.

Freedom · 4 months ago

You a have a limited memory.You forget zanupf' destroyed more than a hundred thousand good houses country wid Are you telling us that a party that does not buy medicines for hospitals has people at heart

African Observer · 4 months ago

Kana zviri zveku belvedere zvinonzi council acted illegally ka paya without a court order saka gvt kuita intervene hakuna kuipa ipapo and moreover those who are criticizing the government are just armchair critics who are seeking for a little publicity vanhu ngavagare zvekupwanya the so called illegal settlements izvo atove ma drama ayo muchitengesa nyika to the so called land developers.

@Man to Man · 4 months ago

why vakavarega vachivaka dzimba vakatarira vozoti vamisa dzimba tavakuputsa why vaifanira kuva stopper kudeveloper not ku cosita vanhu ndapedza soooo

tango · 4 months ago

They were never allowed to build houses by the council. The council valued 52 residential stands in 2021 with the aim of allocating them. However before allocation brickstone builders and contractors illegally occupied council land using a fake letter from ministry of local gvt. In 2022 brickstone and HARARE city council had meeting with regards to the land. The land baron was told to follow due processes in acquiring council land. however land baron resumed construction in 2023 despite council's advice. so the people who bought and built houses knew very well they were issues with the land.

...,. · 4 months ago

We are suffering because people want to get votes and protect their positions, even when it is no longer election season. Those who support land barons want to have people who can vote for them to stay in certain areas so they can have a chance at winning that area in an election. The supporters of land barons then regularise the irregularly built areas and houses. Those building are given assurance by the land barons and some government officials, and they build to completion without regard to local government or council laws as central government has the power to change laws to suit their desires. If everyone the Constitution of the country can be changed or be ammended any time to suit preservation, what of a mere council law? Depending on how near or how far an election is, people who invest in building can easily lose out. People should be taught the difference between state land and local council land. Those building on council land should be educated that council carries out inspection from when one has not put a brick to when one finishes building. One cannot and should not build a structure in a council area without the stage by stage inspections.

Ediots · 4 months ago

soon ED will announce an operation targeting landbarons. demolitions will resume soon after summit. ngoma ndiyo ndiyo stand yatengwi kuna cheyameni webato ndatenda

👀👀 · 4 months ago

tell them ,dai Pindula ichisheya ma videos l would have sent you a vid ya mnangagwa achiti nukaita chivake vake tichangoita chiputse putse,vangomisirwa musangano uriko uyu,ukapera its game continue

🧐 🤔 🤨 🤪 · 4 months ago

Ma opposition ose that's what they major in just showing of disgrace and demeaning the ruling government, not thinking much of the aftermath of the even they attain power over, kumwe kufunga wo futi Look at Sanctions, they thought would just be a yellow card in football and but has generally confused a pattern of in that we are confused of their existence and won't know who's the taking advantage of such confusion But the had been living trend is drastically convulsions,, but it a lot of just a mere word Sanctions, that poison the lot broth

... · 4 months ago

Talking of Sanctions just shows that you're confused. Zvauri iwe uchatoti ma sanctiins ndiwo arikuita kuti utyore chingezi.

Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago

This one is always blaming sanctions, it's like the word sanction is tattooed in his brain

Buwada Buwada · 4 months ago

As usual ndezve kuda kubata vayenzi kumeso ka izvi

🧐 🤔 🤨 🤪 · 4 months ago

Ko hee, tikazvibvumira chimiro chedu chinoita sei kuvaenzi Tisu vanhu vanenge vonzi garai pasi vanezvinhu zvavo ataure no matter how important or valid a pint you are having is