THOUSANDS of Zanu PF supporters, who are living on a farm owned by Crest Breeders International, have been ordered to vacate the area to pave way for urban expansion.
The area is in Harare South constituency which is under
Zanu PF.
According to an eviction order signed by one FN Tapfuma,
who is the Harare deputy messenger of court, the ruling party supporters have
been given 48 hours to vacate the property after Langford Estates Farm
approached the courts claiming ownership.
“Whereas in this action and on the court granted judgment
in favour of the plaintiff against the defendant Crest Breeders International.
For the ejectment of the said defendant and all those claiming occupation
through it from a certain piece of land situated in the district of Salisbury
being the remaining extent of Langford measuring 834 3479 hectares held under
Deed of Transfer No. 2122/63,” the notice partly read.
The eviction is set to affect nearly 1 500 children who are
enrolled at Crest Breeders Primary School including several Grade 7 pupils who
are supposed to sit for their final examinations.
The learning institution has been used as a polling centre
during elections.
The victims, who also include former Crest Breeders
workers, have reportedly appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop their
imminent eviction.
The wrangle at Cresta Breeders International started in
2019 resulting in clashes that claimed the life of a Zanu PF supporter in 2020,
while several others sustained injuries.
The farm is reportedly also being eyed by land barons.
Crest Breeders, once the country’s largest supplier of
day-old chicks, point-of-lay birds and table eggs, closed shop in 2013 leaving
thousands of workers without terminal benefits. Newsday
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