Court Evicts Mohadi from “His” Plot
Bulawayo, February 12, 2012- High Court Judge Justice Lawrence Kamocha has
ordered co- Home Affairs minister, Kembo Mohadi’s wife Tambudzani Mohadi and
son Campbell to vacate a Beitbridge farm owned by four villagers they
occupied illegally.
Four villagers Given Mbedzi, Alfheli Nare, Kumbirai Ncube and Sorofia Ndou,
who are the applicants, had approached High Court in January seeking an
order barring the Mohadis from evicting them from their Plot Number 1 of Lot
9 of Jopembe Block in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province.
“Remove all your property and locks installed on plot, Number 1 of Lot 9
Jopembe, Beitbridge and refrain from interfering with the gates, doors and
fence on the plot, “ruled Judge Justice Kamocha on Friday.
The High Court Judge also ordered the Mohadis “to refrain from either
themselves or through persons under their control, placing any cattle or
other livestock on applicants’ plots or from in any way interfering with the
farming operations carried out by the applicants or their employees on the
plot.”
In their urgent chamber application filed in January on the villagers’
behalf lf by lawyer Zibusiso Ncube, Mbedzi also alleges that the Mohadis
wanted to shoot him and his colleagues with an AK 47 at his farm but the
firearm jammed twice.
He said they ran for their lives but his 67-year-old mother Philani Ndou
and Soforia were shoved into the Mohadis’ vehicle and taken back to his plot
where his property was strewn all over the yard.
He said the Mohadis and their agents forced the pair to remove the property
at gunpoint. Mbedzi said he feared for his life as the threats by the
Mohadis’ were real.