Evicted Ex-Zimasco Workers Homeless

SEVERAL former Zimasco employees in Shurugwi town were left homeless after they were evicted from the company houses they have been occupying.

Many of the former employees and their families are now living in the open while others have moved in with relatives.

Pictures of stranded families have gone viral on social media platforms and one of them is of a young woman, Ms Mercy Mudumbu holding an infant with her furniture in the background.

Then there is another one of an old woman, Mrs Beauty Mubaiwa holding her chin while sitting on a metal dish with some of her blankets on the wall at her former house.

Husbands of both women are former Zimasco employees.

The former employees have been evicted for failing to pay the increased rentals for the mine houses.

Ms Mudumbu gave birth prematurely in the open after she was evicted from the house and she and her baby were later admitted to Shurugwi District Hospital.

Her baby is now two months old. Chronicle