/ 27 June 1999

TOP HARARE MUNICIPALITY OFFICIALS FIRED

ZIMBABWEAN authorities have suspended 18 top management members of Harare’s municipality for allegedly contributing to maladministration and chaos. The suspension of the 18 senior council workers, just two weeks after government sacked the elected mayor and all his councillors, came amid reports that emergency services were falling apart, with only four out of a total 49 ambulances operational to serve a population of more than two million people. Among the suspended municipal employees were the city treasurer and the director of works, architects, engineers, surveyors and the chief fire officers.