Zimbabwe: No justice for the victims of forced evictions 19 At Hatcliffe where people were moved into newly constructed Operation Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle houses in December 2005, shortly before the scheduled visit of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Jan Egeland, people were not initially asked to pay any money. However, in early July 2006 Harare City Council reportedly informed them that they must pay a deposit of Z$15 million (US$150) and a monthly payment of Z$2.5 million (US$25). This family was moved into this clearly unfinished Operation Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle house at Hatcliffe in December 2005, shortly before the visit of Jan Egeland. © AI 2006 Amnesty International also visited an Operation Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle housing site at Chikanga in Mutare where some 300 houses have been built. Approximately half of these houses appeared to be occupied. Some communal water taps had been provided and communal toilets constructed. A local church official working with Operation Murambatsvina victims told Amnesty International that he believes many of the Mutare houses were allocated to police and security officers, but that some have also gone to victims of Operation Murambatsvina. Nine families who had been forcibly evicted from Sakubva, a high density suburb of Mutare, and who since their eviction had been living in a beer hall, were asked to pay Z$5 million (US$50) as a deposit for an Operation Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle house. The victims were unable to afford this so a church group paid the fee for them. The same church group also had to provide funds to help some of the families to finish the houses which were without windows and doors. However in August 2006 Amnesty International learnt that the families are now threatened with eviction from the Operation Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle houses because they have been unable to pay the monthly rental amount of Z$1 million (US$10).55 55 Reported to Amnesty International by community worker, email 31 July 2006. Amnesty International 8 September 2006 AI Index: AFR 46/005/2006