Farmer, Mugabe top aide case takes new twist

THE land row between President Robert Mugabe’s top aide, Ray Ndhlukula and Bulilima farmer, David Connolly has taken another twist, with Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Douglas Mombeshora filing for the eviction of the latter’s company, JC Conolly and Sons (Pvt) Ltd, from the disputed property.

Ndhlukula, who is the deputy chief secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, has been locked in a long-running legal wrangle over ownership of Subdivision A of the Centenary Farm with the Conollys, before the High Court recently ordered the farmer to vacate the farm.

In his application filed at the Bulawayo High Court on September 9, Mombeshora said he was authorised by the President to grab the land in terms of Section 2 (a) of the Lands Acquisition Act Chapter 20:10.

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