BCC rescues Murambatsvina victims

Bulawayo City Council has identified a piece of land to resettle nearly half of the 1 400 victims of double allocation of stands in the chaotic Hlalani Kuhle project in Cowdray Park, it has emerged.

Isiah Magagula, the city’s director of housing and community service, told NewsDay that 648 affected residents would be allocated stands.

“We are sorting that mess,” Magagula said.

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