Kwekwe City Council lost most of its important documents after a fire broke out and destroyed a storeroom on Saturday afternoon.
Kwekwe mayor Angeline Kasipo on Sunday confirmed the fire incident, saying the local authority lost important documents in the inferno whose source was still being investigated. She said:
It’s true. A storeroom containing important documents for the Kwekwe City Council caught fire at the Works Yard Saturday afternoon at around 3 pm.
This comes a week after the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works dispatched a team to Kwekwe to carry out a land and skills audit.
The audit, which is expected to last more than a week, will also focus on devolution and Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) funds, as well as human resources issues.
Kwekwe councillors have demanded to know how the housing department was selling stands.
They suspect that the housing department has been illegally selling industrial, commercial and residential stands.
Insiders say the fire was suspected to be an act of sabotage ahead of the government’s probe team arrival.