Harare’s fiscal paradox: A devolved city starved of resources

Since 2017, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has maintained a commission of inquiry into the operations and finances of the opposition-run City of Harare, the country’s capital and largest city. 

For more than a decade, the Zanu-PF government has been locked in a power struggle with the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) over control of Harare. This political friction often results in the withholding of key financial support from the national fiscus and hinders collaboration on essential projects.