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Land Baron Arrested For Selling 49 Illegal Stands In Crowborough

2 months agoWed, 20 Nov 2024 07:32:01 GMT
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Land Baron Arrested For Selling 49 Illegal Stands In Crowborough

An alleged land baron who unlawfully developed and sold 49 stands in Crowborough, Harare, has been arrested and appeared in court on Tuesday, November 19.

H-Metro reported that Voyage Dhambuza of Warren Park, who has been allegedly running his criminal enterprise since 2016, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi.

The complainant, represented by Housing Director Samuel Nyabezi, is the City of Harare.

In 2016, Dhambuza allegedly formed the New Dawn Housing Pay Scheme, a trust with 49 members. In 2022, he allegedly identified and invaded an open space, Harare City Council land stand number 4273 in Crowborough, measuring 7.4 hectares.

The court heard thatDhambuza opened roads, pegged 49 residential stands of 300 square meters each, and allocated them to desperate home seekers without the council’s authority.

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Despite warnings from the City of Harare, Dhambuza allowed the construction of two houses.

A police report was filed, and investigations revealed that Dhambuza, through his trust, invaded council land without authority, contravening Section 24(1)(4) of the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act Chapter 29:12.

Over the years, councils have struggled with land barons—individuals or groups who illegally sell State or council land to desperate home seekers.

These land barons often sell land that isn’t legally theirs, resulting in the creation of illegal settlements without proper planning or infrastructure.

Many land barons are linked to ZANU PF, allowing them to operate with impunity. They forge documents and exploit home seekers’ lack of knowledge about land laws.

In response, the Harare City Council has been forced to demolish thousands of illegal structures, displacing many families.

This situation has caused a public outcry and led to government intervention to halt the demolitions.

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16 Comments

Anonymous · 2 months ago
All Land barons are ZANU pf...
bounty hunter · 2 months ago
is the land baron a zanu pf?????
hondo · 2 months ago
all this has to b blamed to the ruling party coz vese maland baron's Ivavo they hide behind mussngano uri kutonga and nothing has been done al along
concerned · 2 months ago
ko land baron wekuno Haig park Mabelreign Joyline Munduna arikungoisa macabin nevanhu vacho but hapana toilet achaitwa sei.
STOPOVER · 2 months ago
Dont blame council, normally our courts take time if not years to give court orders for council to eject the illegal settlers.
tavez.com · 2 months ago
yaah point
Stage · 2 months ago
Hcc be at the mentioned places physically and advise the occupiers to stop the illegal building.
INVINCIBLE AMADER · 2 months ago
Hey thats lawlessness in the capital city.Harare City Council also check on other suspected illegal building structures at Cassa near Kintyre estates in Norton
Anonymous · 2 months ago
Norton town council
Ediots · 2 months ago
zanu pf ndiyo no.1 land baron
Tambaoga · 2 months ago
ah 2 years munhu achiita zvaanoda pacouncil land iyo council iri zii mmmmm Ichiregedza vanhu vachibirwa.Council is useles
ZimSketch · 2 months ago
court proceedings will give us better analyses of the story
apes · 2 months ago
City Council is weak an useless they allowed the land barons to do what they want it doesn't make sense they take time to react I know many places in Zimbabwe have landmarks its not harare only
Z · 2 months ago
REPORT WHAT TRANSPIRED IN THE COURT NOT THE RUBBISH YOU ARE NARRATING. ITS THE CASE PROCEDURE THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN NOT YOUR PERSONAL OPINION.
Nzarayebonde · 2 months ago
Kuna Mavis Madzivanzira nee Java akabira vanhu Ku chitungwiza uko .

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