‘Drug dealer’ wins Harare council seat

SUSPECTED drug lord Simbarashe (Dhama) Chanachimwe who had a brush with the law during the COVID-19 lockdown has won the right to represent Mbare in the Harare City Council.

Dhama shocked the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change in the harmonised elections last week after winning Mbare ward 3 seat for the ruling Zanu PF party which last won the seat in the 2013 elections.

Dhama was last year barred from holding political meetings and holding a position in Zanu PF until his disciplinary issues were resolved.

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