Zinhanga said
this in a press briefing at civic centre last Thursday.
He also said
council has turned down an offer by Ward 19 councillor and businessman, Solomon
Matsa to offer vendors a hectare from a piece of undeveloped land that he owns
in the CBD.
Matsa made the
offer during an expo held last month after vendors decried that they are being
overlooked in land allocation.
Zinhanga said
council does not have space for vendors in the CBD. He said all the land is
reserved for shopping malls and private players who offer vendors space in the
CBD do so at their own peril.
“We do not have
any new place in town for vendors and if there is any private player intending
to offer space they are doing so at their own peril because we do not have any
that is allocated to vendors in the CBD. The town is meant for shopping malls.
“If councillor
Matsa bought land for the purposes of offering vending space which I doubt then
he is free to do that but if he bought the land for the purposes of erecting a
building then he has to do that or apply for change of use which is not
possible at the moment because of the current ban on change of use by
government through a Statutory Instrument,” said Zinhanga. Masvingo Mirror
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