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Harare Residents Trust dismisses council's 48 hour ultimatum and threats of civil imprisonment, urge residents to pay $10 per month

7 years agoWed, 04 Jan 2017 06:17:52 GMT
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Harare Residents Trust dismisses council's 48 hour ultimatum and threats of civil imprisonment, urge residents to pay $10 per month

Harare City Council have threatened residents with outstanding bills with threats of property attachment as well as civil imprisonment.  However, the Harare Residents Trust (HRT) have dismissed the threats as being illegal without a valid court order.  In fact, HRT is urging ratepayers to pay a minimum of $10 dollars per month.  They claim that the city authorities are abusing the money for rates by paying mega salaries to executives.

HRT director Precious Shumba said:

They lost this moral high ground the day they refused to fully disclose the huge salaries and allowance that they are paying to their 72 employees in the higher grades 1-4, which constitute the senior council management.

Without a court order the residents have no obligation to pay to the debt collector except to the Council. Residents should pay at least US$10 per month towards their rates and keep their receipts.

But should not go out of their way to completely pay off the money owed to the City of Harare because it will be abused under the current Council revenue collection and accountability system.

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