Cash-Strapped Gweru Residents Demand 50% Slash In Tariffs

By Staff Reporter
RESIDENTS of Gweru have petitioned the local council requesting a slash in tariffs by at least 50% as most residents are struggling financially.
In a recent letter to Gweru mayor, Josiah Makombe, the director of Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association (GRRA), Cornilia Selipiwe said the tariffs were beyond the reach of most ratepayers.
Early this year, Local Government Minister July Moyo approved the Gweru City Council’s $3.2 billion budget which has seen tariffs going up by more than 60%.
Currently, Gweru City Council is owned over $295 million by government ministries, residents and businesses.
“As residents of Gweru, we write to your good office concerning the implementation of the approved budget that is already in effect,” Selipiwe wrote in the letter to Makombe.

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