Contents Page 1. 2. Executive summary Recommendations Introduction Meltdown Issues addressed in current report Murambatsvina: a review Motives: declared Motives: undeclared Who was responsible? A The informal sector: updates 1. 2. 3. Operation Sunrise Summary of initial impact of OM on informal trading sector Update on informal trading in Bulawayo: June 2006 Police defiance of Court Order Relations between BUTA and BCC Socio- economic impact of OM on vendors: one year on 4. “Operation Round Up”: Vagrancy – a new target 5. “Operation Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle”: a scandal of ZANU PF patronage and dismal delivery 6. Update on “Operation GHK”: June 2006 Costs involved in being allocated a house or stand How many houses were allocated in Matabeleland and the Midlands? 7. Housing allocation: one scandal after another Who has been allocated houses? Fraudulent allocations in Bulawayo Fraudulent allocations across Matabeleland August 2006: not one OGHK house fit for occupation Future of OGHK housing 8. Urban congestion: the failure of OM to change people’s urban identity 9. Survey of two high density suburbs in Bulawayo Methodology Findings The buildings demolished Occupants of the buildings demolished Where are they now? After the demolitions Quality of life, post demolitions Case examples I to IV Summary of findings 10 The displaced from Killarney and Ngozi Mine: the failure of forced rural relocations to change people’s urban identity Case histories: where are they now? 11. Case histories: Situation one: Cowdray Park Situation two: Matabeleland North, resettlement area Situation three: Matabeleland North, extended family Situation four: Bulawayo urban, 15 year old rape victim 5 8 10 12 12 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 19 21 22 23 25 26 26 28 29 30 32 32 32 33 35 36 37 38 38 39 39 40 41 43 44 49 50 51 54 54 55 56 59