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President Mugabe

Herald reporter
MORE 3 000 people are set to benefit from a housing scheme in the southern parts of Harare after President Mugabe yesterday made an application for the compulsory acquisition of land that has been demarcated for residential stands. In a Preliminary Notice to Compulsorily Acquire Land under the Land Acquisition Act, President Mugabe made his intention to acquire the land for urban development on the farm formerly known as Amsterdam Farm. A plan of the farm that had already seen more than 5 000 land hungry Zimbabwean build their structures under the Desperate Home Seekers Housing Co-operative will be available for inspection at the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement in Harare from Monday next week.

According to the notice “any owner or occupier or any other person who has interest and right in the said land and who wish to object to the proposed compulsory (or) wish to claim compensation in terms of the acquisition Act, may lodge the same in writing with the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement . . .”

The land was registered under the Deed of Transfer 1100/99 under the name Tipi Trucking (PVT) Limited and Deed of Transfer 4611/54 under HGP Vorstermans (PVT) Limited. The land is the former Twentydales and Amsterdam Farms and is 135,5816 and 102,3821 hectares respectively. Meanwhile, the report of President Mugabe’s intended move to acquire the land for the Armsterdam Park was received with jubilation by residents in the area.

The Desperate Home Seekers Housing Co-operative vice chairman Cde Antony Gono hailed President Mugabe for living up to his promise to work for the people of Zimbabwe.

“We would like to thank President Mugabe for clearly articulating and bringing to fruition Zanu-PF policies to empower the citizens of Zimbabwe. The President wants Zimbabweans to benefit from the party’s empowerment programmes including the land reform, which is on-going, and the indigenisation programmes.”

He said the people in the area would make sure that President Mugabe would win next week’s elections.