Terrence Mawawa

Masvingo City Council has rejected a proposal from an MDC council to name a street in Masvingo after the late iconic MDC Morgan Tsvangirai.

Council sources last week said the proposal made by ward 4 councillor Godfrey Kurauone to name one street after Tsvangirai was flatly rejected by the local authority’ s top management.

The majority of senior officials at the Civic Centre, the city council headquarters, are declared Zanu PF sympathisers.

“The council management has rejected Councillor Kurauone’ s proposal to name a street in Masvingo after Tsvangirai arguing there is no genuine need to do so,” council sources said.

The city council has further pointed out that the renaming of streets must be approved by Central Government.