{"id":31074,"date":"2020-12-10T18:16:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=31074"},"modified":"2020-12-10T18:16:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T16:16:52","slug":"chamisa-tours-budiriro-following-house-demolitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-tours-budiriro-following-house-demolitions","title":{"rendered":"Chamisa Tours Budiriro Following House Demolitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The leader of the opposition MDC Alliance, Nelson Chamisa on Thursday toured Budiriro suburb, Harare following the demolition of houses built on illegally acquired land on Tuesday by the Harare City Council.<\/p>\n<p>Chamisa condemned the demolitions saying it was a heartless act that left families with no shelter in the midst of the rainy season. He tweeted:<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m in Budiriro..Heavy downpours here in Budiriro where some families are exposed and suffering after their houses were arbitrarily demolished by authorities\u2026This cruelty and heartlessness is unacceptable!<\/p>\n<p>Following the demolitions, the Secretary for Information, Nick Mangwana, accused Harare City Council of acting \u201cwith so little human consideration\u201d for the current spate of demolitions.<\/p>\n<p>Harare City Council, like many urban local authorities, is dominated by the opposition MDC Alliance councillors and the razing down of structures is suggesting that the party is not people-centred.<\/p>\n<p>The party, however, has since distanced itself from the \u201ccallous, disproportionate demolitions carried out by the Ministry of Local Govt and the Provincial Development Coordinator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MDC Alliance also claimed that \u201cZanu PF land barons\u201d and the central government \u201cwork together to inflict untold suffering on the masses adding that the two actors \u201ccreated this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The party further claimed that the court order to demolish the houses was obtained on the instructions of the Town Clerk, a central government appointee.<\/p>\n<p>MDC Alliance also further insinuates that Mayor Mafume was arrested for speaking out against the demolitions.<\/p>\n<p>Harare City Council and other local authorities around the country have often been criticised for watching illegal structures sprouting and then demolish them when they are complete.<\/p>\n<p><b>More: Nelson Chamisa Twitter<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The leader of the opposition MDC Alliance, Nelson Chamisa on Thursday toured Budiriro suburb, Harare following the demolition of houses built on illegally acquired land on Tuesday by the Harare City Council. Chamisa condemned the demolitions saying it was a heartless act that left families with no shelter in the midst of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,10,15],"tags":[1493,852,64,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-31074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-parties","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-harare-city-council","13":"tag-nelson-chamisa","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chamisa Tours Budiriro Following House Demolitions - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-tours-budiriro-following-house-demolitions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chamisa Tours Budiriro Following House Demolitions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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