adminMr Struggle Dzapasi, an outspoken member of the Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe Housing Co-operative, is the first person to be ordered out of Saturday Retreat Farm
, also known as Ushewekunze, as the battle for the control and ownership of the sprawling settlement intensifies.
CFI Holdings Limited has been in battles with residents of the farm who are declining to pay for the land directly to them. It is also said that residents that are refusing to register with CFI will be ordered out of the farm.
In a letter signed by Mr T Shava, the Project Manager of the Saturday Retreat Estate Development, Mr Dzapasi was given 48 hours to vacate his 1,4 hectare plot.
“It has come to our attention that you are in occupation of Stand Number 3409 Saturday Retreat which stand belongs to Crest Breeders International (Pvt) Limited. Be advised that Crest Breeders International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CFI Holdings Limited.”
“You are in occupation of the land unlawfully and there is no record of your registration with CFI trading as Saturday Retreat Estate. This letter serves to give you a 48-hour notice for you to vacate the property, failure of which we shall instigate legal proceedings against you without further notice,” read part of the eviction order.
Mr Dzapasi dismissed the order as a “mere piece of paper.”
“My lawyers are handling the case. We have thousands of people who are not registered with CFI, why are they trying to evict only a single person. CFI wants to intimidate me. I will take them head-on,” a determined Mr Dzapasi said.
Some Ushewekunze residents are refusing to pay compensation directly to CFI, arguing that it is the prerogative of the state to do so.
Questions sent to Mr Panganayi Hare, the CFI company secretary and spokesperson, had not been responded to by the time of going to print.
Mr Hare is, however, on record maintaining that residents that are refusing to register with CFI will be ordered out of Retreat Farm.
Online Reporter