Chitungwiza Commuter Omnibus Union chairman Mr Lucky Pemba

Property worth thousands of dollars was destroyed yesterday as Chitungwiza was temporarily turned into a war zone after a protest by commuter omnibus crews against a new US$100 annual operating licence fee turned violent. This came as 40 touts, vendors and kombi drivers appeared in court for attacking Harare municipal police officers who were carrying out a clean-up exercise, injuring eight of them. Harare and Chitungwiza have been under MDC-run councils since 2000 with the…