Chilonga villagers lose eviction appeal

BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA
MORE than 12 000 villagers in Chilonga, Chiredzi, face eviction after the High Court yesterday dismissed their application challenging government plans to evict them and pave way for an irrigation project.

The application was dismissed by High Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire without costs.

The villagers, through their lawyer Tendai Biti, had approached the High Court seeking an order to set aside sections 4 and 6(1)(b) of the Communal Lands Act, which designates areas as communal land, arguing that the two sections were unconstitutional.

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