{"id":42592,"date":"2021-06-27T18:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=42592"},"modified":"2021-06-27T17:39:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T15:39:12","slug":"corrupt-mdc-to-blame-for-home-demolitions-chinamasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/corrupt-mdc-to-blame-for-home-demolitions-chinamasa","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Corrupt\u2019 MDC To Blame For Home Demolitions \u2013 Chinamasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Anna Chibamu<\/b> &#8211; ZANU PF political commissar Patrick Chinamasa says current demolitions that have left hundreds with no homes and vending stalls are a result of corrupt activities by MDC Alliance led local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Government has in the past few days ordered the razing down of structures built on undesignated land even though owners of the properties claim home building had been sanctioned by the relevant authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, vending stalls in Harare and Chitungwiza have been destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>MDC Alliance, which dominates the authorities in which central government has overbearing control, has blamed the demolitions on the Zanu PF led administration.<\/p>\n<p>However, Chinamasa Thursday distanced Zanu PF from the on-going demolitions, instead, blaming its opposition rival for \u201ccorruptly\u201d parcelling out stands to home seekers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMDC run-councils have been corruptly dishing out land. There is no proper documentation on how the land has been dished out,\u201d said the Zanu PF top politician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opposition party specialises in blaming all ills about urban areas\u2019 challenges on the central government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, that is not true and l will take every opportunity in future to make sure that l correct the perception among citizens and you journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former cabinet minister said he was not aware of who was responsible for the clean-up campaign but all he was clear about was the rot brought on local authorities by MDC Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know who is responsible for this clean-up campaign but what l know is that the chaos is due to the MDC government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these developments happened within their jurisdiction, without any action to stop them whilst no proper planning was in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey receive rates which should be going towards service delivery. Our major concerns of urban areas is the poor service delivery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former justice minister said, \u201cthere has been a serious dereliction of duty on the part of MDC and we as Zanu PF are now correcting the anomaly. Central government is now moving in to correct the transgression of the MDC run councils. Any development you now see in urban areas is being done by the central government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MDC secretary for local government, Sesel Zvidzai told reporters early this year that most officials within the country\u2019s local authorities were Zanu PF.<\/p>\n<p>While the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested several MDC Alliance officials on allegations of corruptly selling state land, MDC Alliance places the blame on Zanu PF\u2019s linked land barons who are being accused of running cooperatives in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Many home seekers have fallen victim to the land barons who are alleged to be working with corrupt council officials.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of cases of those arrested are still within local courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Anna Chibamu &#8211; ZANU PF political commissar Patrick Chinamasa says current demolitions that have left hundreds with no homes and vending stalls are a result of corrupt activities by MDC Alliance led local authorities. 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