FORMER Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jameson Timba’s family last week reclaimed their land from a 73-year-old spirit medium, who had illegally occupied it, claiming he was directed to do so by his ancestors.
by Jairos Saunyama
Provincial magistrate Milton Serima ruled in favour of the Timba family, saying they were the rightful owners of the land.
This was after Paul Timba took Kajahwo Chingodza, together with three of his followers Dzongodza Taonezvi (63), Peter Zindoma (79) and Dadirai Chakanetsa (42), to court demanding that they be evicted from the land.
The victory came after government, through the Ministry of Lands as the witness, brought along evidence pointing that Timba was the owner of the piece of land.
According to court papers, on May 29 this year, the four men, led by Chingodza, converged at Timba’s farm, at Chiparahwe in Marondera, where they occupied some buildings, claiming that the land belonged to their ancestors.
It is alleged the quartet further recruited several people in the area on the pretext that they were going to be offered land.
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As if that was not enough, the four, with several of their followers, who are still at large, later proceeded to Timba’s neighbour, Phillip Chiradza, of Plot 2 Chiparahwe Farm, where they constructed makeshift structures and stayed put.
On June 1 this year, the group was ordered by the police to vacate the farm, but the four men refused to leave, leading to their arrest on June 17.
Shingirai Nyengere appeared for the State.
