The High Court in Chinhoyi dismisses an application seeking the eviction of a farmer from a disputed property in Zvimba. In a judgment delivered by Justice Catherine Bachi Mzawazi, the court rules that a second government-issued offer letter is invalid because it is issued while an earlier allocation covering the same farm remains in force. The court characterizes the second offer letter as a “legal nullity,” finding that it cannot confer valid rights over the land. As a result, the basis for the eviction application is not upheld. The decision effectively leaves the status of the land tied to the earlier allocation rather than the later document. The ruling addresses the dispute that arises when the same property is allocated more than once, and it clarifies that later administrative processes do not override a subsisting allocation. The court’s order therefore rejects the eviction bid.
High Court blocks eviction over double-allocated Zvimba farm, rules second offer letter void
The High Court in Chinhoyi dismisses an application seeking the eviction of a farmer from a disputed property in Zvimba. In a judgment delivered by Justice Catherine Bachi Mzawazi, the court rules tha...
- The High Court in Chinhoyi dismisses an eviction application over a disputed farm in Zvimba.
- Justice Catherine Bachi Mzawazi rules that the farm has been double-allocated.
- A second government-issued offer letter is found invalid because an earlier allocation is still in force.
- The court declares the second offer letter a “legal nullity.”
- Because of the ruling on the offer letter, the eviction bid is rejected.
[New Zimbabwe] The High Court has dismissed an application to evict a farmer from a disputed Zvimba property after ruling that a second government-issued offer letter was invalid because it was granted while an earlier allocation was still in force.
4 hours agoThe High Court has dismissed an application to evict a farmer from a disputed Zvimba property after ruling that a second government-issued offer letter was invalid because it was granted while an earlier allocation was still in force. In a judgment handed down by Justice Catherine Bachi Mzawazi sitting at the Chinhoyi High Court, Bachi […] The post High Court rejects eviction bid over double-allocated farm, declares second offer letter a ‘legal nullity’ appeared first on NewZimbabwe.com.
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