Zimbabwe police raze 20,000 shacks
Police in Zimbabwe say they have razed more than 20,000 shacks and other structures in what President Robert Mugabe calls an urban cleanup campaign – but what critics at home and abroad have decried as an assault on the poor.
Police Superintendent Oliver Mandipaka, quoted today in a government newspaper, said 21,194 “illegal structures” had been demolished nationwide, and 32,435 people arrested since “Operation Murambatsvina” – drive out trash - began May 19.
