HRE HIKES RATES : RESIDENTS SHOCKED

 An average high-density suburban householder will be paying $1 736 a month from January for basic services, while a family in the modest Mabelreign middle-density suburb will be hit by monthly bills of $4 558 under proposals announced by Harare City Council in its new budget. Already, residents’ associations are attacking the proposals, which are still subject to objections, since council does