Villagers take on Chipinge council

MUTARE High Court judge Justice Jester Helena Charewa has interdicted the Chipinge Rural District Council (CRDC) from expropriating communal land belonging to hundreds of Chipinge villagers.

CRDC had plans to urbanise Kondo communal lands without following due process.

The villagers, represented by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), filed an application at the Mutare High Court on May 16, 2022 seeking an order to stop the violation of their constitutional rights.

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