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It is more than one year since the launching of Operation Murambatsvina, (literally translated as clean-up the filth) or Operation Restore Order. In Harare this programme was put into operation by the Chairperson of the government-appointed Harare Commission but the programme was also implemented countrywide. It was supposedly aimed at putting a stop to illegal activities in contravention of municipal by-laws, such as the erection of illegal structures, illegal vending, touting by commuter omnibus rank marshals, illegal street garaging, illegal cultivation, dealing illegally in foreign currency and prostitution.

This operation caused major devastation and large-scale suffering and led to a highly critical report by the UN Special Envoy on Human Settlement, MsAnna Tibaijuka.

This report makes an audit of whether or not the Government of Zimbabwe has addressed the concerns of the United Nations and implemented the recommendations of the UN Special Envoy.