Zimbabwe political victims’ group gives Garwe seven days to resign
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ZimEye
Zimbabwe’s political victims’ collective has given Minister Daniel Garwe seven days to resign, accusing him of overseeing demolitions of homes and stalls without resettlement solutions or suitable commercial spaces. The organisation threatens to ask President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remove him, reports ZimEye.
The Zimbabwe Political Victims Trust (ZPV), a collective of political victims, has given Daniel Garwe, the minister of local government and public works, seven days to resign, accusing him of overseeing the demolition of homes and informal commercial structures, reports ZimEye.
In a statement dated 1 November, the organisation announced that it would ask President Emmerson Mnangagwa to dismiss the minister. It says families and vendors lost their property or livelihoods without receiving replacement housing or viable trading sites.
The ZPV also defended communal land distribution agreements known as “Sabhuku deals” and challenged the use of land laws dating from the colonial era. The ultimatum comes as part of the urban clean-up and redevelopment programme known as “Operation Chenesa Harare”. Daniel Garwe said in September that the operation targeted illegal construction, congestion and unregulated trading, not property owners or informal vendors, according to ZimEye.
