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Zanu PF Senator threatens school headmaster with dismissal
Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA)
November 14, 2006

Residents of Kambuzuma received a swift backlash from Sabina Thembani, the Zanu PF Senator for Mufakose-Rugare-Kambuzuma after they snubbed her meeting held at the Kambuzuma 2 Community Hall on Sunday afternoon.

The residents' meeting, held at Rukudzo Primary School, was jointly organised and hosted by the Combined Harare Residents' Association (CHRA) in liaison with the Kambuzuma Residents Committee, a CHRA branch.

The objective of the meeting was to educate Kambuzuma residents on budget-formulation processes. It was necessitated by the fact that soon the City of Harare will announce its 2007 City Budget.

The Kambuzuma public meeting was initially scheduled to take place at the Kambuzuma 2 Community Hall at 2pm. However, a graduation ceremony due on the same day at the same time forced residents to liaise with the adjacent Rukudzo Primary School to be allowed to host their meeting, and their request was granted.

They also informed the police who gave them the nod. However, on the day of the meeting, about 400 residents turned up at Rukudzo Primary School to share their experiences on the City budget and make their own reflections.

They came early for the public meeting and waited outside the school gate chatting.

At the community hall, Senator Thembani, who had been invited as a guest speaker at the pre-school graduation ceremony, only attracted less than 10 residents, most of them unemployed Zanu PF youths and she was livid.

She immediately summoned the school headmaster and lectured him on the dangers of defying her orders. She ordered the headmaster to tell the residents to disperse within the 'next 10 minutes' or 'he will loose his job'.

The headmaster obligingly told the gathered people to immediately disperse. The meeting ended before it had even started.

CHRA remains committed to holding as many public meetings as possible to educate residents on the city budget formulation processes.

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