Residents in Harare’s upmarket Glen Lorne suburb obtain a court order stopping a Chinese-owned company from carrying out construction works on a wetland that is legally protected. The residents are challenging the development in Zimbabwe’s High Court and seek to prevent further activity while the case proceeds.
The interim stop order is granted with the parties’ consent in Chambers before Justice Samuel Deme on Monday. It is linked to an application by 26 residents, led by businessman [name not provided in the supplied excerpts]. The order applies while the residents’ challenge to the project is heard in the High Court, according to the reports.
Both outlets present the same core event: a wetland protection issue and an interim court order halting works by the Chinese-owned company in Glen Lorne. The excerpts do not add differing details on the company’s position, the specific legal grounds for protection, or the timetable for the High Court proceedings beyond the existence of the pending challenge.
