Suspended Gweru councillors appear before tribunal

THE 11 MDC-T Gweru councillors, suspended by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere last year on allegations of corruption and incompetence, appeared before a special tribunal on Monday.

The councillors were initially set to resume their duties last November after Kasukuwere withdrew his appeal at the Supreme Court in Bulawayo, where he had challenged High Court judge Justice Francis Bere’s order directing him to reinstate the city fathers, but were resuspended to allow for the appointment of a tribunal to hear their case.

Chairperson of the caretaker commission running Gweru council affairs, Tsunga Mhangami, told Southern Eye on Tuesday that the tribunal resumed hearings this week, but refused to comment further saying it was beyond his jurisdiction.

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