No rooms to rent for Zim cops
08/03/2006 20:00  - (SA)  

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Harare - Police in the Zimbabwean capital are finding it difficult to rent homes because landlords have negative perceptions of them after last year's shack demolitions, say reports on Wednesday.

Superintendent Bobby Murwira of Harare police said: "After Operation Murambatsvina (Restore Order), most members of the public have become negative towards members of the force.

"Accommodation rentals are hiked every time to force them out and that is demoralising."

He was speaking to a parliamentary committee that toured some police stations in Harare on Tuesday.

Because there was not enough space for all members of the force in official police camps, many officers were forced to look for accommodation elsewhere, usually in Harare's high-density suburbs.

The suburbs were hard-hit by Operation Murambatsvina, which was launched in May last year.

According to the United Nations, an estimated 700 000 people lost their homes and jobs under the operation.

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