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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 86549, member: 27"]
Social media pressure got Emmerson Mnangagwa to slam the brakes on a demolition drive that was wiping out dozens of homes in Harare.

Mnangagwa steps in over the Harare demolitions
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[*]President Emmerson Mnangagwa ordered the National Employment Council to quit tearing down houses in Hopely and Stoneridge.
[*]Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe confirmed the directive came after Mnangagwa saw the reports and social media images of homes being leveled.
[*]Garwe announced on Wednesday, saying the President directed him to halt the demolitions forthwith.
[*]The government's stated position is that no one should have their house torn down without accountability.
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What was going on in Hopely and Stoneridge
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[*]The NEC, which holds the land title for both suburbs, was behind the demolition drive.
[*]At least 54 households in the two high-density suburbs got caught up in the teardown.
[*]The NEC claimed the cleared land was needed to make way for an industrial project.
[*]Allegedly, no court order had been granted to authorize any of the demolitions.
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Why the government is pushing back
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[*]Minister Garwe said the demolitions ran directly against the government's people-focused development goals.
[*]Mnangagwa's intervention signals that the NEC overstepped its authority by proceeding without proper legal backing.
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