By Sports Reporter
The Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume who has been touting himself as a corrupt free official is reportedly involved in stinking corrupt deeds.
These allegations are coming at a time when Rufaro Stadium which Mafume was claiming is now ready for football has been banned once again for failing to meet some recommendations by PSL.
According to a source close to the development, there are a lot of underhand dealings that the pint-sized mayor is doing, prejudicing council of thousands of dollars.
“Right now Mafume has ditched council business until he gets 16 residential stands in Lonchnvar in a layout plan that has a total of 22 stands, this is not fiction, you can inquire with (Housing Director ) Dzehonye and others. The illegal deal also involves Councillor Mujajati who is the HR committee chair.
“On top of that he is pushing to create a sports committee to be chaired by his ally Stan Manyenga as a looting idea after realising he cant arm-twist the business committee.”revealed the source.
Another source who requested anonymity said the politician-cum-lawyer is using the Rufaro Marketing as his looting trough.
“Mafume is abusing the Rufaro Marketing department, he has been going on talking about refurbishing the Rufaro stadium, but look at the work that was done ,very shoddy, no wonder why PSL has banned it again, infact, just ask him how much has been used, and how much has been contributed by Council, Easy Park and Rufaro. He will not give you the figure because he stole atleast 30% of the total funds.
“For all that noise ,the only thing that’s standing out is the car park where workers who approach him concerning their welfare are sent to collect parking monies, getting between $50 to $100 a day .This is absolutely being done to buy loyalty from employees. This Mafume guy is a fraudster and government needs to intervene before it’s too late.” charged the source.
A local Councillor also confirmed that Mafume was in the habit of instructing Councilors to be given $500 from Rufaro in order to buy their loyalty. “Council is a mess right now, Mafume seems to enjoy ZANU PF protection that’s why he is stealing in plain sight and ZACC let’s him go.” claimed the Councillor who declined to be named for fear of victimisation.
Mafume is not new to scandals having been arrested a few years ago for abuse of office when he wanted to illegally allocate a stand for his sister.