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Harare City Council (HCC) has warned owners of properties in some of the city’s plush suburbs who built houses that were not approved by council that their structures face demolition if they fail to regularise them in terms of building by-laws.
More than 300 families who had illegally settled at Willsgrove Farm in Umguza District were left homeless after they were evicted from the property and their homes were demolished this week.
For many years, Zimbabwe has grappled with the phenomenon of land barons, who have illegally possessed State, council and private land before selling it to unsuspecting home seekers.
Harare City Council (HCC) has opened a Pandora’s Box on the eve of elections set for July 30 after the municipality declared war on illegal settlers residing in Crowborough, Churu and Eyestone Farms.
By Nyasha Chingono Thousands of homes built on wetlands face demolition. The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has, for some time, raised the red flag over the growing environmental hazard posed by the illegal settlements. While EMA has been fining local authorities for allowing settlements on wetlands, this has not helped solve the problem since more colonies […]
By Freeman Razemba More than 3 000 families were left homeless yesterday after their houses built on land belonging to BAK Storage Company along Harare-Masvingo Road were razed to the ground by the Sheriff following a High Court order to evict the illegal occupiers. The houses were built on 70 hectares of land belonging to […]
Harare City Council Acting Town Clerk, Mrs Josephine Ncube, issued a warning on Friday against illegal settlers on council land around Harare. Ncube called on all people that invaded Crowborough, Churu and Eyestone Farms to move out on their own before action is taken. Council complained that human settlement can not be allowed on wastewater […]
Harare City Council (HCC) has given illegal settlers a short notice to leave the land they occupy before it moves in to demolish the illegal houses.
Thousands of Harare church-goers could find themselves in limbo from this week onwards, after the city council gave more than 100 churches operating from illegal premises around the capital a 48-hour ultimatum to vacate their premises or face the full might of the law, as the council strives to restore order in the city. Harare […]
Government and local authorities have been barred from resorting to self-help and demolishing residents’ properties without obtaining a court order.