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Government Bans House Demolitions Without Four-Month Notice

1 month agoMon, 02 Dec 2024 08:49:10 GMT
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Government Bans House Demolitions Without Four-Month Notice

The government has announced a ban on the demolition of houses built on illegally acquired land without providing a four-month notice period.

This is meant to give affected property owners enough time to rebuild and ensure they have decent shelter for their families.

The announcement comes in response to the Harare City Council’s plan to demolish over 5,000 houses starting this week.

The council has already issued 48-hour eviction notices to residents whose homes are allegedly built without approval on land designated for public amenities.

The properties targeted include those in Mabelreign, Kuwadzana, Budiriro, Mabvuku, and Glen View.

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However, in an interview with The Herald last Friday, on the sidelines of the Institute of Architects of Zimbabwe meeting in Harare, Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Garwe criticized the City of Harare’s approach.

He condemned the demolitions, saying that residents should be given adequate notice before such actions are taken. Said Garwe:

We are human beings, and every human being has a right to shelter. There is a lot of excitement from the City of Harare in terms of wanting to demolish people’s homes, they are playing to the gallery, condemning public officials and the Government that we are just issuing statements because there was the Extraordinary SADC Summit recently.

Yes, we appreciate that those houses were illegally built, people who were not following the laid down procedures, and people built on land set aside for other activities social amenities, schools and railway lines; we are aware of that as Government.

Give these people adequate notice to vacate those areas so that they can then come and demolish, while these people are properly settled elsewhere.

Give them three or four months’ notice; but they were giving them four days, five days. Who can build a house in four days in Zimbabwe, and then move to where it is built?

Garwe, however, urged citizens to refrain from purchasing land from land barons, saying such transactions could lead to criminal charges for both buyers and sellers.

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20 Comments

🇿🇼44 · 1 month ago
mamisai kanzuru
Land. Barrow · 1 month ago
makapanyirwa operation yakapera movakazve
Pwanyirwai Dzimba · 1 month ago
sei council ichibata makombi ichitya LandBarron
Dofo · 1 month ago
saka vanopwanya vasikazivi atengesa land inopegwa .itamushe imimi
Land Barro · 1 month ago
ko sei vanenge vakatengesa land yacho vasingataurwe kuti Chimuti akatengesa ye kanzuru munoziwana
Concerned · 1 month ago
It could be that these disadvantaged people might have been given fordged documents and yet unaware of the authenticity of such documents. Land barons are the problem. Why are they left unaccounted, inflicting so much pain on these home seekers?
🇿🇼44yrs · 1 month ago
Vana vevhu ngavadzidze kuti panoitwa musha chekuti itoilet the mvura havasi hohwa hunongomuka zvakamera regai kanzuru ipwanye hamudzidze makaita seiko. Cholera yakungobuda pese pese dho_dhi harisi kuenda kwarinofanirwa kusvka apa migodhi paside pedho_dhi azvibudi. Same kanzuru iyoyo is the same kanzuru inopinda bussy kutukwa memanyoka iwaya futi
Anonymous · 1 month ago
Haa saka Minister akangotaura zvaataura even if not backed by any law zvingamisa here something backed by a court order? Zvekuti 3 kana four months zvinongokuudza kuti inongovewo opinion yake semunhu. If council chooses to go ahead hapana chinoimisa apa
Anonymous · 1 month ago
Kana magona hatinyarare asi endai mberi muti no Demolition chiitai regularise the structures. Uyu Mafume pfungwa pupils saiye. Hauite mari here if you charge kuita regularise panekupedza mari kumatare uchivavarira kuputsa
🤔 · 1 month ago
Ziso rabambo avo rinotyisa sera Mwene. The UCHAZVIONA, I WILL KILL YOU eye 👀
Mp · 1 month ago
how the plans pass if the houses were illegal
satan · 1 month ago
Muramba**** destroyed several houses in towns without even a notice.
WORST · 1 month ago
Minister's law are ultravires,hazvina force of law izvo.HCC get down on land barrons.
🚗🚙🚚🚛 · 1 month ago
The same Government should also ban the de-registration of vehicles without 6 month notice. Give motorists enough time to look for the money ☹️
tavez.com · 1 month ago
hoo
...,. · 1 month ago
government should help the city of Harare and those who built the houses in question with properly interpreting the local government laws without putting politics or emotions into it. the city laws are there for a reason, and government should not encourage and support the breaking of those laws by citizens just because government sees the city council as an opposition which has to be soiled A lot of the social and economic problems are being caused by the suspending, ignoring and changing of existing laws for political gain or for a certain section of people to benefit.
Fk · 1 month ago
Mr Garwe musade kuita kunge.. dusu renyu
Big dog · 1 month ago
Fair

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