Gweru residents demand 50% rates slash

Gweru residents have vowed to take council head-on demanding a reduction in rates, accusing the local authority of being insensitive to the economic plight of ratepayers whose livelihoods have been severely affected by the COVID-19-induced lockdowns.

The local authority last month shot down a request by Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association (GRRA) for the rates to be slashed by 50%.

Speaking at a Press briefing on Tuesday, residents’ leaders said they would rally their members to demonstrate and write a petition to Local Government minister July Moyo over the issue.

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