A total of thirty nine Arcadia homes were yesterday destroyed by the Harare council , leaving scores of residents homeless allegedly because they were illegally built two decades ago

A total of thirty nine Arcadia homes were today destroyed by the Harare council , leaving scores of residents homeless yesterday allegedly because they were illegally built two decades ago on service land which was reserved for drainage pipes and sewage systems.

Affected residents have lived there on average between threee and twenty years but were given warning letters before the demolitions by the council.

The demolitions, certainly brought back painful memories of the Operation Murambatsvina under deposed Mugabe which left over 700 000 homeless victims in 2005.

According to residents, they were given the go ahead to build but now that Mugabe’s cousin Chombo the former Home Affairs and later and later Finance Minister is under arrest and Mugabe was removed, the houses are being pulled down.

Investigations also revealed that the properties were built on illegal land, with no addresses, rent or water bills being paid
or official building plans relating to the structures, typical of a corrupt Zanu pf regime and how Chombo amassed his wealth.

This now proves what I always say, that Zanu Pf have no life time friends and when they don’t need you, they will abandon you at a time of your greatest need. most of the illegal structures country wide were built by Zanu pf and Mugabe supporters who voted the despot into power each time in an obvious vote buying scheme, so they have no one to blame but their own lack of foresight.

As sad as it appears, it is right to demolish illegal structures no matter how beautiful or expensive the property is because we don’t want to be like a typical third world African nation full of slums. Buildings must be authorised by government, plans given passed by safety authorities and everything checked throughout that standards are met. they knew what they were doing was illegal,..now let them face the music. newzimbabwevision only calls for government to do this in a humane manner and give the people safe alternatives, not throw them out to struggle in these hard times with no alternatives.

We all know that Arcadia is generally coloured community and call for the same rules to apply across the nation on all races, and tribes who have built illegally on farms, land near rivers and along flood plains and other areas where construction was not allowed. A community must not be targeted because of their race. We are all Zimbabweans and the law must apply equally to all.

I recently informed the people of Zimbabwe that President Emmerson Mnangagwa Zanu pf regime had dismissed 3 700 national youth service workers who had been dismissed only in July 2017 by the Public Service Ministry then reinstated by the deposed former president Robert Gabriel Mugabe in July.

It is claimed that the government wage bill by reduced by cutting down the number of unqualified youth officers by 3 739 from 7 269 to 3 530, a saving of US$1, 6 million per month and US$19, 3 million per year

According to the Finance Patrick Chinamasa the government would also lay off 528 members of the Civil Service who did not hold the requisite qualifications in terms of Section 18(4) e (ii) of the Civil Service Regulations would also be retired from government.

All these government plans make sense but in just as much as I argue that the same affected individuals knew all along when they were in such areas that they did not qualify and were only being funded by government to boost the number of votes for Zanu pf as they would all vote for Zanu pf and also being ‘green bombers, would beat up people and force people to vote Zanu pf.

Today ‘green bombers’, unqualified civil servants and those whose houses are being destroyed are only paying for their short sightedness in being used and doing everything illegally, so by right they should not complain. The law is the law and what we need is the restoration of order across our nation and this starts with having regard for the Rule of Law.

It is right to say, now, well done to the new Zimbabwe as they and criminals plus all Zanu pf stalwarts, Zim 1 family and securocrats all knew that they were doomed from day one and the only way that all their illegitimate activity could be sustained was to keep the despot Mugabe in power.

Now that the ’empire has fallen’ with the fall of Mugabe, they are beginning to feel the bite as we restore the Rule of Law. Now they are feeling what they put innocent democratic Zimbabweans through, for the last two decades, and if its what it takes to restore the Rule of Law, let it be!

However because the people of Zimbabwe are educated, and uphold a forgiving Christian peaceful spirit. The Discerning eye newzimbabwevision suggests that while we aim to rebuild the country, let us attempt to regularise whatever was wrongly or illegally done by the illegitimate Mugabe’s Zanu pf regime.

Throwing these people out just like that without alternatives, will simply create thousands of homeless families, beggars, criminals and effectively further punish the innocent, law abiding citizens who will have to shoulder the brunt of these knee jerk responses by government.

In my view, the government should have audited the Public Service Ministry youth and established their genuine qualifications then offered retraining and depoliticise them before reposting them to other areas in government. They should be made to reinvest their energy into rebuilding Zimbabwe, clean up streets, and dilapidated areas like Mbare and siyaso, alleys, under bridges, streets, pavements and other places, including gardening in public areas, schools, hospitals and building houses for the elderly and homeless, disabled, orphans and other marginalised groups, neighbour hood watch and a whole host of other positive practical activities that keep everyone happy, for petty cash just to keep them alive and occupied so that we have less criminals out DISCUSS! By Sibusiso Ngwenya