By Lenon Itai Rwizi
On the 1st of December 2024, the City of Harare announced plans to demolish more than 5 000 houses built on supposedly illegal settlements.
A good number of the houses that have already been demolished in Belvedere and surrounding areas are owned by Zimbabweans living in the diaspora, most of whom were convinced of the status of their properties via various virtual platforms.
Whatever the justification for these demolitions, it is important for potential and future house owners to be extremely diligent before and when buying property in Zimbabwe.
Given the high stakes and the sad recurrent loss of hard-earned savings, it is important for would be property purchasers to follow some of the reasonable steps herein provided in order to minimize loss.
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