High Court blocks minister’s bid to evict war veterans for Billy Rautenbach
By Naledi Nyoni Harare – The High Court has barred lands minister Anxious Masuka from evicting five war veterans from Springs Farm in Goromonzi to pave way for businessman Billy Rautenbach, a known ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Justice Regis Dembure ruled on Thursday that Masuka’s withdrawal of the veterans’ offer letters was “irrational” and […]
War veterans decry tycoon Rautenbach 1,000ha land grab
By Victor Fanuel Harare – A major land dispute is unfolding in Mashonaland East province, where war veterans and black farmers, many of them beneficiaries of Zimbabwe’s fast-track land reform programme are accusing government officials of aiding the illegal transfer of their land to controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach. At the centre of the storm is Springs […]