Kasukuwere to Demolish City Council
6 August 2015
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Bulawayo Town Clerk faces arrest

Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere is expected to overhaul the entire City Council shortly as the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) will this afternoon effect a citizens’ arrest on Bulawayo Town Clerk, Middleton Nyoni, at the Bulawayo City Hall Chambers.
The AAG is citing corruption, and abuse of office and maladministration by both council officials and councillors.
Nyoni is reported to have arrived at work on Monday after a lengthy leave due to ill-health. Mrs Sikhangele Zhou was acting during Nyoni’s absence.
Before muting plans to effect a citizens’ arrest on Nyoni, the AAG filed an urgent High Court chamber application on 31 July 2015 to compel Minister of Local Government, Saviour Kasukuwere and Provincial Administrator for Bulawayo Province, Konzani Dube to exercise their discretionary powers in terms of Section 114 of the Urban Councils Act (Ch 29: 15) and dissolve Bulawayo City Council.”
The Zanu PF aligned pressure group, wants Minister Kasukuwere to dissolve Bulawayo City Council and suspend its councillors pending a public enquiry. This will most likely see the tenure in office of Bulawayo’s 29 councillors, most of who were elected to office on a Movement for Democratic Change (MDCT) ticket, cut abruptly before their terms expire.
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