The High Court has given exiled former minister Saviour
Kasukuwere the greenlight to evict war veterans, who recently invaded his
Corncorpia Farm in Mazowe.
Kasukuwere had approached the court on an urgent basis with
an application seeking leave to evict the invaders pending their Supreme Court
appeal against his victory in the High Court.
The matter was dealt with by Justice Edith Mushore. Mushore
said the order would “operate and be executed pending the outcome of the appeal
in case number SC220/20”.
Last month Kasukuwere, known as Tyson during his time in
Zanu PF, obtained an eviction order against Efanos Mudzimunyi, Kudakwashe
Moyana, Kenneth Mudzimunyi and Akim Mudzimunyi to vacate his farm, which they
invaded earlier this year.
The war veterans, however, refused to move on the basis
that they had lodged a Supreme Court appeal.
According to court papers, the farm was given to Kasukuwere
during the land reform programme but early this year his offer letter was
withdrawn under unclear circumstances and without notice, resulting in the case
spilling into the courts.
After the former Zanu PF commissar won a court order to
evict the war veterans, they went on to file a Supreme Court appeal in a bid to
continue staying at the property, claiming that they also had the right to be
at the same farm through offer letters.
The move by the war veterans then prompted Kasukuwere to
approach the High Court again seeking leave to execute Mushore’s order.
In his founding affidavit, Kasukuwere argued that the
invaders’ appeal could only be described as an abuse of the court’s process.
He also submitted that the invaders were unlawfully
harvesting produce at his farm and that they were disrupting farming activities
in a manner that showed that they were aware that their appeal was simply
intended to buy time within which to harass him. Standard
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