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High court orders eviction in land dispute

A long-running property wrangle in Bulawayo has been settled after the High Court ordered the eviction of a woman who claimed to have bought land nearly 20 years ago, but could not produce valid proof of ownership.Justice Evangelista Kabas…

Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 20:05hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter

Mbare residents face eviction

Harare City Council (HCC) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to tenants living in Mbare flats to settle outstanding rental arrears or face eviction, despite the residents enduring squalid and deteriorating living conditions.In a notice dated Ju…

Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:39hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter

Mafume orders fresh demolitions, evictions

Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has directed the city council to reverse all leases and demolish illegal structures encroaching on Robert Mugabe Square, following a stern directive from Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe.The move follows Min…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 09:56hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter

ZBC loses eviction cases

The High Court has dealt a major blow to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC)'s attempts to evict its former employees from Hatley House flats in Harare, striking off its application for violating procedural rules by unlawfully cons…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:10hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter

Polygamist in trouble for abusing first wife

A Chipinge-based polygamist, Phillip Mhlanga (36), appeared in court after he attempted to abuse his first wife. Magistrate Nixon Mangoti sentenced him to four months in jail, wholly suspended on condition that he maintains good behaviour.…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 20:13hrs | 958 | by Edson Mapani in Chipinge

Bulawayo councillor arrested after axe drama in farm dispute

BULAWAYO - July 18, 2025 - Ward 1 Bulawayo ZANU PF Councillor Mutangi was arrested earlier today following dramatic scenes involving alleged threats with an axe, defiance of a court order, and accusations of abusing the ruling party's name…

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 16:59hrs | 485 | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Court blocks eviction of indigenous Zimbabwe farmers

High Court Justice Regis Dembure has ruled against the eviction of indigenous farmers at Springs Farm in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province, condemning the withdrawal of their offer letters by Land and Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka…

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:53hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter

Plot holders battle eviction

A group of plot holders in Irene Township, Mutasa district, Manicaland province, is fighting to stop their eviction from land they say they legally purchased shortly after Zimbabwe's independence.The dispute pits the plot holders - many of…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:13hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter

Shuvai Mahofa's family faces eviction threat

The family of the late Zanu-PF politician, Shuvai Mahofa, may soon be evicted from a farm she seized during Zimbabwe's land reform era, amid claims that Deputy Minister of Environment, Climate and Wildlife, John Paradza, is orchestrating a…

Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 15:14hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter

High Court reverses Clipsham settlers eviction

The High Court has quashed the convictions, sentences, and eviction orders against 19 settlers from Clipsham after it found that the land in question was not legally gazetted as State land.Justice Sunsley Zisengwe, sitting at the High Cour…

Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 18:50hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter

Vumbachikwe Mine moves to evict workers still occupying company houses after 2022 closure

GWANDA, Matabeleland South - Management at the struggling Vumbachikwe Mine has filed court summons seeking the eviction of two workers from company-owned houses, despite hundreds of others still occupying the premises following the mine's …

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:25hrs | 479 | by Stephen Jakes

9,000 Harare tenants face eviction

Approximately 9,000 residents renting accommodation from the Harare City Council (HCC) are at risk of eviction due to failure to pay rentals, city officials have confirmed.The revelation came from HCC housing manager Edgar Dzehonye, who di…

Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 08:59hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter

Tensions escalate as Zimbabwean villagers resist land takeover

Tensions are mounting in the Malipati area of Chiredzi as a land dispute involving local villagers, their headman, and outside investors threatens to destabilise the community. Several villagers have been summoned by local traditional auth…

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:10hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe orders immediate eviction of illegal rural land occupiers

The Government has issued a stern warning to all individuals occupying State land illegally, particularly in rural areas, demanding that they vacate such land immediately or face prosecution under the law.In a strongly worded statement rel…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 16:19hrs | 60174 | by Staff reporter

Villagers dragged to court for resisting eviction

Thirty-five villagers from Warwick Farm in Zvimba were denied bail on Monday when they appeared before Harare Magistrate Apollonia Marutya, facing charges of inciting public violence in relation to a land dispute.The accused, who are being…

Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:57hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter

Delma Lupepe faces eviction by Obert Mpofu

Once a flamboyant businessman in Bulawayo, Delma Lupepe is now embroiled in a legal battle after allegedly refusing to vacate a rented residential property in Burnside despite owing US$20,000 in unpaid rent. The property, located at Number…

Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 13:12hrs | 3112 | by Staff reporter

Businessman loses mansion eviction, sale appeal

Frank Humbe, a Harare businessman, has suffered a setback in his ongoing legal battle over a disputed property in Borrowdale, as the Supreme Court has dismissed his appeal against the High Court's decision to strike off his application for…

Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:35hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt mass evictions raise dust

HUMAN rights lawyers have lobbied Members of Parliament (MPs) to push for the repeal of the Communal Lands Act amid the mass eviction of people accused of illegally occupying state land across Zimbabwe.Thousands of villagers are staying in…

Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:05hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe reveals plans to evict 'illegal' settlers

Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka has unveiled plans to remove individuals residing illegally on state land, including areas designated for agriculture. This decision comes in the wake of severe flooding and drownings in unauthorized set…

Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:04hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF settlers face eviction

ABOUT 200 settlers at Umvutsha farm, Umguza, in Matabeleland North province, are facing eviction more than a decade after they were allocated pieces of land at the property.They were initially evicted in 2019, but went on to occupy the pro…

Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean court halts ex-minister's eviction

BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu last Friday issued an interdict barring government from evicting former Cabinet minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu from his farm in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province.Mzila-Nldovu, a Zipr…

Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

55 Gwanda families homeless after court ordered evictions

A total of 55 families have been rendered homeless following their eviction from their residences in Feber Plot, Gwanda, due to a court-ordered eviction.Among those affected are 25 schoolchildren attending various primary and secondary sch…

Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Makokoba tenants resist eviction

TENANTS at a Makokoba house whose owner died are reportedly refusing to vacate as Bulawayo City Council (BCC) moves to repossess the property.This is revealed in the latest council minutes in the request for eviction order against "illegal…

Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:05hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF bigwigs evict CCC tenants from Gutu shops

Tenants who support CCC are being evicted from shops owned by Zanu-PF bigwigs in the sprawling district of Gutu.Some of the reasons given for the evictions are that they the tenatnts are allowing their party supporters to drink from the pr…

Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Tenant kills landlord for evicting him

A Bulawayo man (34) allegedly killed his landlord for evicting him from his house.Admire Mnkandla went on the run after his landlord, Mgcini Sibanda (44), was found dead on a toilet seat.On 18 March, Sibanda had allegedly asked Mnkandla wh…

Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

4 000 Zvimba families escape eviction

At least 4 000 families residing at Spitzkop Farm in Zvimba, Mashonaland West have survived a plot by a Zanu-PF-linked housing cooperative to evict them from their plots.This emerged last week when High Court judge Justice Neville Wamambo …

Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's activist Madzibaba veShanduko faces eviction from rural home

CITIZENS Coalition for Change staunch supporter, Godfrey Karembera, is facing eviction from his Guruve rural home for being opposition supporter.Party spokesperson Fadzayi Mhere confirmed the development, stating that the party is yet to e…

Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Muzarabani villagers face eviction

HUNDREDS of villagers in Mashonaland Central province face eviction to pave way for expansion of Muzarabani growth point.The affected villagers through their traditional leaders have sought assistance from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Ri…

Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'350 years to double Matabeleland population'

THE Matabeleland region will need an estimated 350 years to double its population which has been on a slow growth rate mainly due to low fertility rate, cultural practices and migration, among a number of factors.Population and cultural ex…

Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Outcry over Bulawayo parking management

BULAWAYO business owners and residents have claimed that the new city parking management system run by South African company Tendy Three Investment (TTI) in the central business district (CBD) is adversely affecting business.TTI is the com…

Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe's daughter survives eviction

LATE former President Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona Mutsahuni Chikore has survived eviction from a Mazowe farm after the High Court ruled in her favour.Bona and husband Simbarashe Chikore were barred from occupying part of the farm last m…

Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Army evicts Umzingwane villagers

VILLAGERS settling close to the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) cantonment area in Umzingwane, Matabeleland South, face eviction as government moves in to deal with illegal settlements across the country.Land barons and local authorities accu…

Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Malunga gets notice to vacate farm

SHAREHOLDERS of Kershelmar Farm in Nyamandlovu, Matabele land North province, have been issued with a 14-day notice to vacate a portion of the farm allocated to one of the beneficiaries, Dumisani Madzivanyati, a National University of Scie…

Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Siphosami Malunga served with 14 day ultimatum for eviction from farm

Alleged beneficiaries of the Edidakeni Estate, a farm part-owned by Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) boss Siphosami Malunga have served him with a 14 day eviction order.This comes a month after the Government of Zimbabwe…

Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 19:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Villagers face eviction in Ntabazinduna

A NUMBER of villagers in Ntabazinduna, Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, face eviction to pave way for the installation of power lines by the country's power utility.The project is likely to affect about 10 families staying nea…

Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter

MDC Alliance worker resists eviction from party house

An MDC Alliance provincial security officer for Matabeleland North has challenged a decision by provincial secretary-general Dalumuzi Khumalo to evict him from a party property in Hwange to pave way for local legislator Daniel Molokele.Cle…

Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nick Mangwana to evict villagers after farm grab

A group of villagers living on a farm near Chegutu say Zimbabwe government spokesman Ndavaningi Mangwana has ordered them off the land after six years, ZimLive reported.Some 70 families settled on parts of the 2,000-hectare Thorndike Farm …

Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 15:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Evictions fiasco rocks Mnangagwa govt

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was forced to hold crisis meetings after a controversial edict paving the way for the eviction of thousands of Chiredzi villagers caused an uproar.The government wants to remove the more than 12 00…

Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 13:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Ex-Zipra cadre threatened with eviction from Castle Arms

AN ex-Zipra cadre, Better Tshuma, has claimed that Edson Ncube, the caretaker of Castle Arms Motel in Bulawayo which is owned by ex-Zipra liberation fighters, has threatened to evict him for receiving a donation without notifying him.Tshum…

Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Chiyangwa's farm ownership exposed after 'illegal settlers' evictions

THE eviction this week of dozens of families that had settled on Old Citrus Farm in Chinhoyi, controversially owned by property mogul Phillip Chiyangwa, has exposed the local municipality's complicity in the forced removals.This is because…

Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Total service station dealer faces eviction

TOTAL ZIMBABWE is embroiled in a legal wrangle with a petroleum dealer in Bulawayo over the occupation of its property in the central business district.The giant fuel retailer is accusing Dumisani Dube, who is leasing its Fife Street Servi…

Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:48hrs | | by Sytaff reporter

Zanu-PF steps in as 10 000 face eviction

MORE than 10 000 villagers in Insiza District in Matabeleland South face eviction from their homesteads after the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement issued them with eviction orders alleging that they wer…

Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

5 000 settlers face eviction in Insiza, Shangani

OVER 5 000 villagers who illegally settled themselves at Ensangu and Lochard farms in Shangani, Insiza district, are facing eviction as the government seeks to address the issue of chaotic settlements, which happened on white-owned land at…

Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chief Ndiweni fights eviction of white farmers

THE surprise eviction of popular Ntabazinduna farmers, Brain and Carol Davies, who operate Tabas Induna Farm, has attracted the wrath of local chief, Nhlanhla Ndiweni.The couple was served with an eviction notice by one Floyd Ambrose on Tu…

Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:06hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

ZBC partner fights eviction order

The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been taken to court by Blackbury Enterprises after the national broadcaster allegedly clandestinely sought to evict the company despite an agreement to operate a second television channel.Acc…

Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Grace Mugabe's dairy faces eviction

ALPHA Omega Dairy (Private) Limited, a company owned by former President Mr Robert Mugabe and his family, is facing eviction from its Harare offices over failure to pay rent.The dairy firm operates from Number 30 Simon Mazorodze Street, So…

Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

No to ruthless eviction of illegal traders from the streets - NPP

Revolutionary greetings comrades. The blame for the Zimbabwean economic meltdown must be placed where it belongs, at the door steps of Zanu Pf. The blame must rest squarely on the shoulders of Zanu Pf. Corruption coupled with the liquidati…

Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Khulani David Ndhlovu

Grace Mugabe gives Mazowe villagers 24-hour eviction notice

Suspected Zanu-PF militia guarding Arnold Farm in Mazowe yesterday reportedly assaulted some villagers and gave them 24 hours to leave the property which was allegedly grabbed by First Lady Grace Mugabe.The militia also pounced on the hapl…

Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

Another high profile cleric takes over a white-owned farm and evicts farm workers

Zimbabwe:  Jambanja by Bishop Trevor ManhangaThree shell-shocked generations of the Smart family in Zimbabwe have been violently evicted from the remains of their farm in the Rusape district east of Harare by a top cleric, Bishop Trev…

Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Ben Freeth

Woman seeks daughter's eviction

FED up of her daughter's wayward behaviour, a Bulawayo woman was left with no option but to approach the civil court praying for protection.Sinanzeni Hadebe of Mpopoma suburb approached West Commonage Civil Court seeking a protection order…

Published: 05 May 2017 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

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