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Council keeps Manyuchi waiting on residential stand pledge
06 Jan 2016 at 07:13hrs | Views
The Harare City Council is still to fulfill its residential pledge on Zimbabwe's World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion, Charles Manyuchi.
Manyuchi successfully defended his WBC international welterweight title for the second time after pummeling Gianluca Freeza of Italy into submission halfway through their 12-round bout in July.
In recognition of his achievements, the Harare City Council pledged to give him, a residential stand in one of the city's low-density suburbs.
That was a few days after President Robert Mugabe honoured Manyuchi at a banquet held at State House, where he gave the boxer $50 000 in August.
According to NewsDay, five months after Harare City Council made the promise, Manyuchi is yet to get the reward despite several attempts to meet with the council authorities.
"Since hearing about the pledge, which was also widely publicised in the papers I have been trying to engage the Harare City Council officials, but without any success," he said.
"I have spent over $500 in transport costs travelling from Chivhu to Harare to enquire about the stand, but nothing concrete is yet to come out, as they have not been forthcoming.
"The sad part is that some of the officials, who I was told would be handling the issue, have been playing hide and seek, but I hope they let me know the way forward," he said.
City council spokesperson, Michael Chideme said they were still looking for suitable land for Manyuchi.
Manyuchi, who is now based in Chivhu, where he bought two houses from part of the $50 000 he received from Mugabe last year.
Manyuchi successfully defended his WBC international welterweight title for the second time after pummeling Gianluca Freeza of Italy into submission halfway through their 12-round bout in July.
In recognition of his achievements, the Harare City Council pledged to give him, a residential stand in one of the city's low-density suburbs.
That was a few days after President Robert Mugabe honoured Manyuchi at a banquet held at State House, where he gave the boxer $50 000 in August.
According to NewsDay, five months after Harare City Council made the promise, Manyuchi is yet to get the reward despite several attempts to meet with the council authorities.
"Since hearing about the pledge, which was also widely publicised in the papers I have been trying to engage the Harare City Council officials, but without any success," he said.
"I have spent over $500 in transport costs travelling from Chivhu to Harare to enquire about the stand, but nothing concrete is yet to come out, as they have not been forthcoming.
"The sad part is that some of the officials, who I was told would be handling the issue, have been playing hide and seek, but I hope they let me know the way forward," he said.
City council spokesperson, Michael Chideme said they were still looking for suitable land for Manyuchi.
Manyuchi, who is now based in Chivhu, where he bought two houses from part of the $50 000 he received from Mugabe last year.
Source - NewsDay
