{"id":27260,"date":"2020-09-03T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=27260"},"modified":"2020-09-03T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T20:17:00","slug":"mafume-elected-harare-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mafume-elected-harare-mayor","title":{"rendered":"Mafume elected Harare Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outspoken MDC-Alliance Councillor Jacob Mafume has been elected the new Mayor of Harare after garnering 19 votes against Councillor Enock Mupamawonde who got 14 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Clr Mupamawonde was the Acting Mayor after Councillor Herbert Gomba was recalled by the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe for supporting MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa.<\/p>\n<p>35 councillors were expected to vote but one councillor was absent and sent apology while one ballot was spoilt, leaving 33 proper votes.<\/p>\n<p>In his acceptance speech, His Worship Mafume said he wants to turn Harare around to be a smart city.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Mafume promised to lead a corruption-free council and urged his team to prioritise service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>He said there is a need for stability at the townhouse and though it is a difficult time for workers, he promised to look into their welfare.<\/p>\n<p>The MDC Alliance nominated Mafume to run for the mayorship since he was formerly with PDP (People\u2019s Democratic Party) which was led by Tendai Biti.<\/p>\n<p>This means that Khupe\u2019s MDC-T cannot recall Mafume as they did with Gomba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outspoken MDC-Alliance Councillor Jacob Mafume has been elected the new Mayor of Harare after garnering 19 votes against Councillor Enock Mupamawonde who got 14 votes. 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