Zim condemns the UN's model homes for the homeless...

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HARARE, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe launched another verbal attack on Wednesday on United Nations efforts to house those left homeless by the government's demolition of shanty towns, describing one model house as a "mockery to Africans"...

He said the house, with walls made of bricks and asbestos sheets, fell short of government expectations and human dignity. "This structure is not permanent. We want permanent houses for our people," the minister was quoted as saying. "Comrade Chombo described the house ... as below human dignity, saying the people who designed the structure had been guided by a 'this-is-good-for-the-African' attitude," the newspaper said......