HARARE
–
A
commission
of
enquiry
investigating
corruption
in
the
City
of
Harare
has
noted
mayor
Jacob
Mafume
for
supplying
“misleading”
information
after
he
provided
a
wrong
address
for
his
residence.
Mafume
initially
told
the
commission
that
he
resides
at
a
house
in
Belvedere,
before
later
claiming
he
resides
in
Greendale
at
number
110
Coronation
Road.
When
the
commission
carried
out
an
inspection
in
loco,
the
address
at
110
Coronation
Road
was
found
to
be
a
garage
owned
by
one
Peter
Pfukwa.
Mafume
changed
his
story
again,
stating
that
he
had
made
an
error
–
his
address
was
102
Coronation
Road
but
the
commission
declined
his
invitation
to
go
to
that
address.
He
blamed
his
error
on
the
fact
that
he
had
only
recently
moved
to
the
address
as
his
Belvedere
house
was
undergoing
renovations.
Retired
judge
Maphios
Cheda,
leading
the
commission,
told
Mafume
on
Wednesday:
“The
evidence
you
gave
about
your
residence
was
misleading.
“You
will
be
given
a
chance
at
some
stage,
as
you
wanted
to;
it
is
your
democratic
right
to
make
amendments,
corrections,
alterations
or
comments.”
The
interest
in
Mafume’s
residence
comes
after
a
City
of
Harare
official
gave
the
commission
information
accusing
the
mayor
of
taking
a
US$200,000
bribe
in
2019
from
Quill
Associates,
a
company
that
was
supplying
accounting
software
to
the
municipality.
The
informant
claimed
Mafume
used
the
money
to
buy
a
house
at
9
Sky
Master
in
Belvedere.
Journalists
who
visited
the
Belvedere
address
confirmed
construction
work
is
ongoing,
with
new
units
being
added
amid
reports
that
Mafume
wants
to
convert
the
property
to
provide
student
accommodation.