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Mazowe man wins $56k suit against police
Harriet Chikandiwa ·
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have been ordered to pay $56 640 as compensation to a Mazowe man whose car was burnt to a shell by law enforcement agents in 2019.
Harare magistrate Brenda Dhliwayo ordered Matanga to compensate Philemon Jijita for damages caused to his vehicle, which was burnt in 2019 by law enforcement agents, who were evicting illegal miners at Jumbo Mine in Mazowe.
Jijita, who runs a tuckshop at Masasa Farm in Mazowe, sued Matanga and Kazembe in December 2019 for indemnity after police officers burnt his Nissan Hi-Rider vehicle in May 2019.
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