Mayor Mafume Reshuffles Council Committees

Mayor Mafume Reshuffles Council Committees

Harare mayor Jacob Mafume is reshuffling the council’s top leadership in a move that has rattled feathers.

“As part of our on-going efforts to ensure that our council committees align effectively with the skills and qualifications of our councillors, I kindly request each of you to submit a list of your top six preferred committees.

“Kindly bear in mind that assigning councillors to committees that match their skills ensures informed decision-making and leads to better outcomes.

“Furthermore, when councillors are involved in committees that align with their interests and strengths, they are more likely to be engaged and contribute meaningfully,” read part of the letter signed on his behalf by his personal assistant, Rongina Saruchera.

Mayor Mafume Reshuffles Council Committees

Council sources said that Mafume wanted to plant his allies in committees he had special interests in so that he could push through his deals without resistance.

He is allegedly targeting the finance, audit, human resources, business, small-and-medium enterprises as well as the housing committees.

The business committee controls council entities such as Rufaro Marketing and City Parking, among others. It also adjudicates tenders.

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Meanwhile, Phillip Chiyangwa is accused of grabbing land from Chinese-owned firm, JC Delonics. JC Delonics first went to court over this land in 2023, claiming that Dr Chiyangwa, through Pinnacle, was claiming ownership of land that they believed was theirs, as it had been allocated to them by the City of Harare. They lost that case and also lost the case in the High Court.