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Table 1 Charactering Some Harare’s Housing Cooperatives

From: Distributive politics at play in Harare, Zimbabwe: case for housing cooperatives

Name of cooperative

Established (year)

Party of affiliation

Location

Membership

No. of stands allocated

State of development

Veterinary Services

2008

None

Budiriro 3

126

126

No significant progress has been done

Ndezvatenzi

2014

None

Glen View

78

No data

No data

Sangorinopawaneta

2008

None

Glen View

12

12

Servicing nearly complete

Tembwe

2008

ZANU PF

Budiriro 4

185

185

Haphazard development, members have erected illegal structures

Rambaimakashinga

2009

ZANU PF

Budiriro 5

245

99

Servicing complete. 99 housing units completed

Gushungo

2008

ZANU PF

Mabvuku

60

40

Servicing in progress

Gushungo Robert Mugabe

2011

ZANU PF

Mabvuku/Tafara

60

60

Water and sewerage reticulation completed. Houses at various levels

Holy Cross

2011

None

Budiriro 3

50

50

Servicing in progress

Pamuzinda

2002

ZANU PF

Crowborough North Scheme

21

15

8 units complete

Chombouta

2008

ZANU PF

Kuwadzana

240

164

Servicing in progress, Issued with a certificate of parallel development

Kugarikakushinga

1996

ZANU PF

Mabvuku

1,300

423

423 housing units completed

Hebert Chitepo

2012

ZANU PF

Kuwadzana Extension

575

99

Servicing in progress

Mupedzahondo

1998

ZANU PF

Kuwadazana

60

31

31 units completed

Freedom

2014

ZANU PF

Glen View

No data

44

Unknown

Kubatana

2014

None

Chadcombe

No data

25

Unknown

Empowered Women

2014

ZANU PF

Kuwadzana

No Data

12

Unknown

  1. Source: Department of Housing and Community Services (City of Harare) Records.