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Bulawayo Indian loses property to illegal invasion
11 Oct 2011 at 06:15hrs | Views
The chairman of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) retired members association, Stalin Zowa, was last week arrested and dragged to court for allegedly grabbing a residential property of an Indian in Bulawayo under the guise of black empowerment, zimmetro has reported.
Zowa (59) was arrested by police last week for evicting Naik Jayanti from her house in Khumalo suburb and later renting out the property.
He appeared before Bulawayo Magistrate Tawanda Muchenwa on Thursday on charges of unlawful entry.
Zowa, who is represented by Hlabezulu Malinga and Job Sibanda and Associates, was remanded out of custody on US$100 bail to October 12. He evicted Jayanti on September 10 last month charging that he had many properties when many blacks in the city did not have accommodation.
His arrest comes barely a week after police in the city also arrested a number of ZANU-PF youths, among them, the party's youth league secretary for economic affairs, Fundani Dewa, for allegedly grabbing buildings from whites and Indians in Bulawayo.
The arrests and eviction of ZANU PF youths from buildings they grabbed has however, sparked divisions among members of the provincial executive.
ZANU PF Bulawayo provincial chairman, Isaac Dakamela, publicly disowned the youths as criminals while other senior provincial party members are said to be against the arrest of their party cadres.
The arrests have triggered fresh attempts by angry ZANU PF youths to remove Dakamela from power, accusing him of protecting interests of members of the white community.
Zowa (59) was arrested by police last week for evicting Naik Jayanti from her house in Khumalo suburb and later renting out the property.
He appeared before Bulawayo Magistrate Tawanda Muchenwa on Thursday on charges of unlawful entry.
Zowa, who is represented by Hlabezulu Malinga and Job Sibanda and Associates, was remanded out of custody on US$100 bail to October 12. He evicted Jayanti on September 10 last month charging that he had many properties when many blacks in the city did not have accommodation.
The arrests and eviction of ZANU PF youths from buildings they grabbed has however, sparked divisions among members of the provincial executive.
ZANU PF Bulawayo provincial chairman, Isaac Dakamela, publicly disowned the youths as criminals while other senior provincial party members are said to be against the arrest of their party cadres.
The arrests have triggered fresh attempts by angry ZANU PF youths to remove Dakamela from power, accusing him of protecting interests of members of the white community.
Source - zimmetro
