Harare Residents Condemn Council Over Eviction Orders

📅 Published: August 19, 2025

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What is important is that the council needs to put its house in order and ensure that its billing system is clear.

At the moment it is opaque and chaotic, and only then can they engage residents on payment,” Akili said.

He added that many Mbare residents were living in poor conditions with little service delivery to justify the charges. “There’s sewer gauging all over the neighbourhood.

The sanitary situation is dire, especially when the wet season starts.

So, at the end of the day, it is not about evicting people but about ensuring that the local authority does what it can so that residents can then meet their obligations,” Akili argued.

He said the council should prioritise creating a transparent billing system that allows residents to verify their payments. “Unfortunately, because of the chaotic nature of the billing system, residents cannot even verify some of the payments they have made.

Even the local authority itself cannot properly interpret its own billing, particularly on who owes and who does not,” he said.

CHRA has urged the City of Harare to halt evictions and service disconnections until the billing dispute is resolved and service delivery is improved. 🔗

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