Zimbabwe Transport Minister, Obert Mpofu’s multi-million Dollar building at the corner of 4th Avenue and George Silundika street in Bulawayo, has been condemned and ordered to be demolished, as the structure was fast tracked without architectural approval.

Sources close to the Minister’s management at York House, one of his buildings which was acquired through indigenisation program, told ZimEye.com on condition of anonymity that the legislator constructed his building without approval from the local government, and that inspectors from the local authority passed a judgement on demolishing the illegally built structure.
According to sources in the council who also refused to be named, the construction of this structure was done before full inspection. The building was also fast tracked without the approval of the relevant authorities, thereby causing the current deadlock.
Efforts to get comment, from the legislator, who is also the proprietor, were fruitless as he was not picking his mobile. Bulawayo City Council’s Public Relations section that is responsible for clearance on matters to deal with the engineering department kept delaying and referring all questions to the same department.
The three storey building’s progress has since been put to a halt and also awaiting demolishing to reconstruct after necessary inspection will complete. The Ministry of construction and public housing’s official who refused to be named for fear of victimisation, asked this journalist to forward all questions in writing and also to wait for a response.