Lovemore Madhuku calls for demos

Constitutional law expert Lovemore Madhuku has urged Harare residents to organise wildcat demonstrations to force town clerk Tendai Mahachi and his top management team to leave office over poor service delivery.

Speaking at a public discussion forum organised by the Combined Harare Residents' Association on Wednesday, Madhuku said the residents were constitutionally empowered to demonstrate against poor service delivery.

For them to have service delivered, let's be political and demand it.

They are eggs used in Europe. Councillors are allowed to throw eggs at officials, Madhuku said.

Take those eggs and it's not a crime to throw eggs at officials. Just throw eggs at them, journalists will take pictures and that will change a lot, you can even throw bread, it's soft and they can't say its assault, I will defend you on that one.

The residents expressed anger over council management's alleged arrogance and failure to deliver. They also rapped Mahachi's team for allegedly boycotting the meeting although they had been formally invited.

The residents' association said it had invited Mahachi, mayor Bernard Manyenyeni, former mayors Muchadeyi Masunda and Elias Mudzuri, Madhuku and former Chitungwiza acting chamber secretary Last Madzivanyika, among others, to discuss the council's poor services.