About 200 houses, including fancy mansions, near National Heroes Acre face destruction because people built them illegally on land set aside for expanding Harare Drive. City officials explain that Harare Drive was always planned as a circular road around the city according to the original 1998 road designs. These plans show missing road sections meant to link important areas like Solomon Mujuru Drive at Warren Hills, Gleneagles Road in Southerton, Houghton Park, Mainway Meadows, Retreat, Seke Road, Twentydales Road in Hatfield, and Mutare Road in Msasa.
People built most heavily on road land in the Waterfalls and Retreat areas, where more than 100 houses stand on future road space. Mainway Meadows residents respected the rules by...