MDC-T rallies behind 'corrupt' mayor

The opposition MDC-T has thrown its weight behind its five Bulawayo councillors including deputy mayor, Gift Banda, and threatened to take legal action against government to reverse their suspension.

Banda and his fellow MDC-T councillors Charles Moyo (ward 9), James Sithole (ward 7), Mzama Dube (ward 25) and Reuben Matengu (ward 21), were on Tuesday suspended by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere on allegations of corruption.

Kasukuwere said a government probe team recently deployed to Bulawayo implicated several councillors in shady land deals and tender scams. He said an independent tribunal will be constituted in the next two weeks to investigate the suspended councillors and others who were not suspended, amid revelations that only five councillors had a clean bill.