Dzikamai Chidyausiku

Hundreds of thousands who lost their homes in the operation are still waiting for government to fulfil rehousing pledge.
Assailed on all sides by a collapsing economy and dissenters in his own party ranks, the Zimbabwean leader may have taken one step too far with his all-out campaign to destroy urban homes.
The destruction of homes in Zimbabwe’s cities is the finale to the government’s long-held plan to crush the opposition.
Government sells its massive demolition programme as regeneration, but many believe it is designed to remove populations from “disloyal” urban constituencies.
Sewage and rotting garbage litter the streets as services and infrastructure continue to crumble.