Zanu PF to wipe out Bulawayo housing backlog - Min Sandi-Moyo

Zanu PF has again made a strange pledge by promising to offer more than 100,000 Bulawayo home seekers housing stands.

However, the Bulawayo City Council has a housing backlog of 110,000 meaning that would be drastically reduced.

According to the Chronicle, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs for Bulawayo, Nomthandazo Eunice Moyo, said her office will oversee the allocation of land in the province.

She said her office will be working closely with the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing to ensure success of the project.

Moyo said land has already been identified for new medium and high density suburbs in the city.

"We're working on it together with ministry of local government. We've identified the land and more than 100,000 people are set to benefit. My office is now working with the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing. We should come up with a system of allocating the houses by end of March," said Moyo.

Moyo could not to reveal the criteria to be used to select beneficiaries saying it will be announced later.