Some 20 houses that were illegally built in a cantonment area next to the National Heroes Acre have been demolished by soldiers. The hous...
Some 20 houses that were illegally built in a cantonment
area next to the National Heroes Acre have been demolished by soldiers.
The house owners had ignored a court order for over a year.
ZNA spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Alphios Makotore yesterday confirmed that
the land was a military zone and warned land barons and corrupt council
officials against illegally creating and selling stands.
“Some corrupt land barons were parcelling out stands and
selling them to desperate home-seekers. If offered a stand near the Heroes
Acre, someone should ordinarily be circumspect,” he said.
One of the affected house owners, Ms Vee Maponga said: “We
bought the stands from a cooperative. The company said it had submitted our
names to council and we were actually expecting waiting list numbers this
week,” she said.
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