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Pictures: Fresh Demolitions leave 200 families homeless

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AT least 200 families in Budiriro and Aspindale were left homeless today after the Harare City Council razed down their houses

AT least 200 families in Budiriro and Aspindale were left homeless today after the Harare City Council razed down their houses claiming they were illegal structures.

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Council officials said the houses were built on wetlands and on land reserved for a school, clinic and close to water tanks.

Some of the affected families were members of Zanu PF-aligned housing cooperatives – namely Vineyard, Tinopona and Nodville.

HEART RENDING: A family looks helplessly as their house is being demolished
HEART RENDING: A family looks helplessly as their house is being demolished
People mill around while a bulldozer destroys their homes. In the foreground, the Zimbabwean and the Zanu PF flags fly
People mill around while a bulldozer destroys their homes. In the foreground, the Zimbabwean and the Zanu PF flags fly
A Harare City Council worker walks around a house being demolished
A Harare City Council worker walks around a house being demolished
A poster inscribed Vineyard Housing Co-operative stands a few yards from one of the demolished houses
A poster inscribed Vineyard Housing Co-operative stands a few yards from one of the demolished houses

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Affected families stand around their belongings
Affected families stand around their belongings

Children left in the open air after the city concil demolishede more than 100 houses to the ground

A man tries to salvage a door frame before the destruction of his house
A man tries to salvage a door frame before the destruction of his house
A family sits on their belongings soon after the demolition of their house
A family sits on their belongings soon after the demolition of their house