Kasukuwere suspends Byo deputy mayor

LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has suspended Bulawayo deputy mayor, Gift Banda and four other councillors on corruption allegations, accusing the MDC-T-led council of operating like a mafia.

Banda was suspended yesterday alongside councillors Charles Moyo (ward 9), James Sithole (ward 7), Mzama Dube (ward 25) and Reuben Matengu (ward 21), as Kasukuwere threatened to wield the axe on the remaining city fathers.

Speaking at City Hall yesterday, Kasukuwere said he was not yet done with Bulawayo councillors, whom he accused of a wide range of misdemeanours, including grabbing all available council land for their personal benefit.

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