Villagers, council clash over land

Villagers in Seke communal area have clashed with Manyame Rural District Council officials after the latter forcefully pegged residential stands within villagers' homesteads for resale.

Council officials failed to hold a 2016 budget consultation meeting in Ward 2 after villagers demanded answers as to why the local authority was sub-dividing the villagers' plots without consulting them.

According to the villagers, council officials were encroaching into their homesteads and pegging stands for resale to home seekers from Chitungwiza.