Zimbabwe News Update
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A GROUP of 20 property buyers has petitioned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to investigate how the courts have handled a long-running dispute involving a company accused of refusing to cede residential stands in Glen Lorne, Harare, despite receiving full payment more than a decade ago.
The case, which has dragged on for years and been presided over by three High Court judges — Justices Tawanda Chitapi, Siyabona Musithu and Jacob Manzunzu — centres on allegations that the seller failed to service and subdivide the land, ignored a court order compelling transfer of title and later relied on another controversial order whose authenticity is now being questioned.
The petitioners want the JSC to examine how Justice Musithu, in 2024, set aside a consent order granted by his colleague, Justice Chitapi, in 2019 — a move they argue undermined both judicial consistency and their property rights.
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