It was business as usual yesterday at the cash-strapped Chitungwiza Municipality after the local authority started getting back its attached property. This follows President Mugabe's intervention last week when he invoked the Presidential Powers (Temporary Powers) to stay the attachment and sale of the council property. The property was seized by Metbank over a $600 000 debt and Nissam Investment which was demanding $4,2 million for the services it rendered to Chitungwiza.
After the attachment, business came to a halt as council workers struggled to report for duty. In an interview, the acting town clerk Ms Charity Maunga said they were happy to be back in business again.
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