Residents’ Forum, represented by MDC-T secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzora, filed a High Court application, seeking to stop Zanu PF from giving out of stands to its supporters.
Saviour Kasukuwere, the Harare City Council and the Attorney-General were cited as respondents in the application, but neither filed a notice to oppose nor appear before Justice Charles Hungwe yesterday, forcing him to deliver a default judgment with the defendants asked to pay the costs of the lawsuit.
The effect of the ruling, Mwonzora said, was that Kasukuwere could no longer give out urban land to party supporters, which according to sections 264, 265, 274 and 276 of the Urban Councils Act belongs to the municipalities.
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