MDC-T councillor faces expulsion

by Staff reporter

2012 July 26 09:26:03 | 2013 Views

An MDC-T councillor is facing expulsion from the party after he was found guilty of misconduct.

Johan Ngozo, chairperson of the council's housing committee, was arrested last year for prejudicing desperate home seekers of more than US$12 000 in botched stand deals.

He was subsequently suspended by the MDC-T pending an investigation by a three-member team led by the party's national executive member, Victor Mapungwana, into his conduct.

Ngozo has since been convicted of other charges in the civil court, leading to his expulsion from the party's Mbizo District where he was vice chairperson.

Sources said Ngozo could eventually get the boot from the party.

Searchmore Muringani, the party's district youth chairperson, said his executive was waiting for a decision on the matter from the national executive council.

"As a district, Ngozo is no longer part of our structures after the civil court found him guilty of charges relating to his illegal sale of stands and some of his property was attached. As a party, we do not condone such acts and we are only waiting for the national executive council to uphold our decision," he said.

The Ngozo saga had created a tiff between council and the party after the municipality had declined to suspend the councillor despite recommendations from the party. The municipality had ignored the directive arguing that council had not been prejudiced by Ngozo's actions.

Meanwhile, another storm is brewing in Gweru following the arrest of Ward 17 councillor, Clemence Kwaru who is facing fraud charges for allegedly swindling a commercial stand seeker of US$1060.

The party's Midlands South executive spokesperson, James Tsuro, said council will only deal with the issue of Kwaru once it has been formally brought before them.

"At the moment, we are not aware of the allegations as we are only reading about them in the press. We will only take appropriate action once a formal report has been tabled before the provincial committee," Tsuro said.

Expulsion Councillor

Source: fingaz