Gweru mayor rejects $150k Merc

Gweru Mayor Josiah Makombe has rejected a $150 000 Mercedes Benz earmarked for him as an official vehicle and also vowed to block plans to buy top-of-the-range vehicles for the city’s top six directors.

Following an exposé by Southern Eye on Wednesday of the intended purchases of a Mercedes Benz and 4X4 vehicles that were put forward by management as part of the 2019 budget, Makombe convened a hastily arranged Press conference at town house to make the announcements.

“We are not going to buy the vehicles.

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