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Evicted white farmer brings offer letter
10 Jun 2013 at 05:16hrs | Views
The land wrangle pitting a white Beatrice commercial farmer Grant Patterson and a newly-resettled farmer John Hapazari has taken a new twist with the former last week producing an offer letter a day before the expiry of his court deadline to leave the farm.
High Court Judge Justice Francis Bere in April ordered Patterson to wind up operations and vacate Roslin Farm on or before May 30 and pave way for a land reform programme beneficiary, Hapazari who had a valid offer letter issued by the then acquiring authority Minister of State for National Security, Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement in the President's Office in 2008.
Instead of leaving the farm as per the High Court order, Patterson, who has been resisting eviction since 2007, produced another offer later dated May 29, 2013 signed by Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Herbert Murerwa throwing the whole situation into confusion.
Instead of leaving the farm as per the High Court order, Patterson, who has been resisting eviction since 2007, produced another offer later dated May 29, 2013 signed by Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Herbert Murerwa throwing the whole situation into confusion.
Source - herald
