Harare City Council (HCC) Employees who had stands allocated to them illegal invaded by illegal settlers have sighed relief after the might of Harare law descended heavily on them and Demolished every eye sore In Tafara parts of Harare.
The HCC demolished all ‘illegal’ houses in Tafara which Combined Harare Residents Association president Rueben Akili warned homeseekers not to buy land from land barons.
“It has become a growing trend that as we head towards elections for the past 10 years, there are issues of politically-motivated land invasions,” Akili said.
The HCC yesterday demolished several “illegal” houses in New Tafara.
Phakamile Mabhena Moyo, who is the Acting Town Clerk said the affected families had illegally settled themselves on a piece of land reserved for council employees.
“That area was allocated to City of Harare workers who have valid allocation letters signed allocated to City of Harare workers who have valid allocation letters signed by the director of Housing and Community Services,” Moyo said.
Police threw teargas to disperse them and one of the unfortunate victims who had their property demolished said,
“The police had dogs, guns and they threw teargas canisters at the civilians. My house has been demolished and my three-year-old daughter and I have nowhere to go.”
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