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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter
ZANU-PF Harare provincial youth chairman Godwin Gomwe has been dragged to the High Court by a local company seeking to recover close to 200 stands it alleges he forcibly took and parcelled them to his own housing consortium.
It is alleged that Gomwe took 196 stands in Westlea and Tynwald along Bulawayo road and chased away various Johane Masowe Echishanu apostolic sect members who used the grounds as places of worshiping.
In an application filed at the High Court on June 1 by Mr Tapson Dzvetero of Dzvetero and Associates on behalf of Bradha Engineering (PVT) Ltd, Gomwe in his personal capacity, Final Hope housing cooperative, Tawanda (TI), Bright Munemo, Mateyo D and City of Harare, were cited as respondents.
The company is seeking an order compelling Gomwe and his accomplices to return the company’s status quo pending finalisation of the matter.
“1st to 6th respondents are hereby ordered to return Applicant status quo ante prior to this spoliation such that applicant is returned his peaceful, quiet and undisturbed possession, occupation and use of stand numbers 8736 to 8930 being 196 stands of the remainder of Warren Park situate in Westlea Township along Bulawayo road and Tynwald Road, depicted on General Plan TPX 1352,” read part of the draft order.
Gomwe is also sitting on contempt of court charges for defying an order seeking a similar relief in the same court granted earlier this year by Justice Priscilla Chigumba.
Justice November Mtshiya heard the matter sitting in his chambers on Wednesday but deferred the hearing to tomorrow.
Details to follow…
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