War veterans have invaded and started harvesting oranges from Concorpia farm in Mazowe owned by former minister Saviour Kasukuwere. The development comes after the High Court granted an order to stop interference with the farm.
Kasukuwere watches from exile
Self exiled former Local Government and Public Works is watching from South Africa as his former comrades are defying a court order and moving for his assets. He moved to South Africa after the November 2017 military assisted political transition that turned out to be a coup that toppled Mugabe. Kasukuwere was supporting the ascendancy of then first lady Grace Mugabe to take over from her aging husband. Grace was also supported by former Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo and the president. Kasukuwere narrated that his house was fired at by a group of soldiers that were sent to arrest him. He soon went into exile after the incident, but briefly returned after 6 months. He went into exile again and has not returned ever since.
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War veterans invade Kasukuwere farm despite High court order
Kasukuwere was granted a court order stamped on 5 May 2020 in favour of him to stop invasions or resizing of the farm by the Ministry of Agriculture. The war vets have moved to invade his farm and defied the court order. Defying court orders is not unusual in Zimbabwe, as the ruling party members are known to do what they want regardless of the law stating otherwise.
Part of the court order read “This is an urgent chamber for interim relief that pending the return date of this matter, the respondent be interdicted from interfering with my farming operations at remainder of Concorpia Farm in the Mazowe District of Mashonaland Central province measuring approximately 535,94 hectares.”
Kasukuwere confirmed the development on Friday.
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