Alpha Omega Dairy (Pvt) Ltd, the firm owned by former president, Robert Mugabe has failed to pay $29 000 in rentals. The firm has since...
Alpha Omega Dairy
(Pvt) Ltd, the firm owned by former president, Robert Mugabe has failed to pay $29 000 in rentals.The firm has since been taken to court by a local property consultancy firm, Levgal Investments (Pvt) Ltd, over the rent at its rented premises in Harare’s Southerton industrial area
Mugabe’s firm Alpha Omega Dairy, two senior employees Stanley Nhari and Joseph Zirebwa are cited as respondents. The Mugabes are yet to enter appearance to defend the case.
Nhari and Zirebwa signed a deed suretyship binding themselves as co-principal debtors to pay $442 every month for the former First Family’s business.
“On October 11, 2012, the plaintiff (Levgal Investments), and the first defendant (Alpha Omega Dairy) entered into a lease agreement. The terms of the agreement of the lease were inter alia that; the first defendant would lease from the plaintiff, immovable property known as Stand No. 3246 Salisbury Township, 30 Simon Mazorodze Road, Southerton, Harare, Zimbabwe,” the firm said in its declaration.
“….In addition to the basic monthly rental, first defendant would pay a monthly sum towards operating costs of the property.”
According to the terms of the lease, monthly rentals were supposed to be paid in advance to Dawn Property Consultancy, free of exchange and bank charges and without deduction whatsoever on or before the first day of every month”.
But, Mugabe’s family business allegedly failed to meet its contractual obligation, prompting the consultancy firm to approach the court for recourse.
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