A 33-year-old Harare resident has taken legal action against the City of Harare, demanding more than US$24,000 in damages after falling into an unmarked drainage pit near Mabelreign Shopping Centre. Leocardia Ngonidzashe Mandiwa filed a summons at the Harare Civil Magistrates Court, accusing the local authority of negligence and failure to secure a hazardous drainage opening that allegedly caused her serious injuries.