Ngozi Mine squatters hope for ‘proper’ houses

Some 200 squatters living at Ngozi Mine, a Bulawayo City Council rubbish dump site, said they were looking forward to marking the United Nations Habitat Day next Monday with the hope of better living conditions.Staff Reporter
The world marks UN Habitat Day every first Monday of October. A spokesperson for the squatters, Albert Ndlovu, said although conditions had improved at the slum as a result of aid from Amnesty International, they looked forward to commemorating UN Habitat Day with hope that they would get “proper” houses in the near future.

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