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Battle for seized Zapu property still on: Dabengwa
22 Feb 2011 at 11:02hrs | Views
Zapu has rekindled the fight to reclaim its properties seized by the then Zanu PF government following the amalgamation of PF Zapu and Zanu in 1987 when the parties signed the Unity Accord in 1987.
Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa yesterday told NewsDay that the party's lawyers have started looking for title deeds of the properties in an effort to reclaim them.
Government seized the properties, which included farms and buildings in Bulawayo, following a protracted civil war that led to the massacre of nearly 20 000 civilians suspected to be PF Zapu supporters in Matabeleland and the Midlands provinces.
PF Zapu properties were seized on allegations arms caches were hidden on party farms.
Dabengwa yesterday said party lawyers were battling to locate title deeds to the properties although there were fears the government could have sold most of them.
"I cannot give you the names of the lawyers for security reasons. The fact is they are investigating. If that process is complete we will then go to the courts to claim the title deeds," said Dabengwa.
Zapu's regional coordinator for Matabeleland, Mark Mbayiwa said: "Our lawyers are approaching those who bought the properties. Properties such as Kudu Garage, Magnet House in Bulawayo, Snake Park in Harare and many other properties and farms are ours and are now under other people's title deeds."
Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa yesterday told NewsDay that the party's lawyers have started looking for title deeds of the properties in an effort to reclaim them.
Government seized the properties, which included farms and buildings in Bulawayo, following a protracted civil war that led to the massacre of nearly 20 000 civilians suspected to be PF Zapu supporters in Matabeleland and the Midlands provinces.
PF Zapu properties were seized on allegations arms caches were hidden on party farms.
Dabengwa yesterday said party lawyers were battling to locate title deeds to the properties although there were fears the government could have sold most of them.
"I cannot give you the names of the lawyers for security reasons. The fact is they are investigating. If that process is complete we will then go to the courts to claim the title deeds," said Dabengwa.
Zapu's regional coordinator for Matabeleland, Mark Mbayiwa said: "Our lawyers are approaching those who bought the properties. Properties such as Kudu Garage, Magnet House in Bulawayo, Snake Park in Harare and many other properties and farms are ours and are now under other people's title deeds."
Source - Byo24News
