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
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 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

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

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