HARARE, Jul 9 (NewsDay Live)- The Zvimba East Veterans Investment Company (Zevic) has obtained a court interdict to stop some of its former members from tampering with demarcation pegs and disturbing the peace of its land beneficiaries.
The company had approached the court arguing that rogue former members who included Israel Gada, Michael Changadzo, Sindiso Tshabalala, Knowledge Mazire and Joseph Singa were illegally re-pegging the residential stands and changing demarcation pegs.
In his affidavit, Zevic chairperson Joe Chimonyo submitted that sometime in 2024, the company applied for residential stands for its members. On April 10, 2025， the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works offered them 20 hectares on Penrose Farm. They then got another 25 hectares on May 16, 2025.
Chimonyo submitted that Zevic surveyed the land, produced a draft layout plan and pegged total of 2000 stands.
The former members then started claiming ownership of the land.
"It has also come to light that the respondents together with or through their cronies are tampering with the applicant’s pegs and disturbing the peace of the applicant’s land beneficiaries. They are actually re-pegging the land and removing applicant’s pegs," Chimonyo submitted.
"Respondents are busy opening ‘new’ roads on top of the applicant’s roads and stands and subsequently selling the land to those unsuspecting beneficiaries.
"Respondents’ actions are aimed at confusing the bona fide beneficiaries of the said land on the Applicant’s list, disturbing progress by the Applicant, fleecing people of their hard earned cash, prejudicing the Applicant economically and socially as well as disturbing the peace of the applicant and its members," he added.
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In its ruling, the Harare Magistrates Court ordered the former members to stay off the disputed land.
Some of the company's former members were recently arrested for fraud and ordered by the court to reimburse US$13 000 they had unlawfully withdrawn from the Zevic bank accounts.
