allafrica.com
Jul 25, 2008
Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Wongai Zhangazha TRANSPORT and Communications deputy minister Hubert Nyanhongo has been accused of defying two High Court orders compelling him to vacate a farm in Burma Valley, Manicaland, he seized from a white-commercial farmer, Johan Vorster. Nyanhongo took over Eldorado of Gwindingwi Farm in September last year. Vorster claimed that Nyanhongo illegally took over his banana plantation and during the invasion he lost valuable farming equipment and implements, which included 45 tonnes of fertiliser, 100 tonnes of bananas, six tractors, 15 trailers, a Mazda pick-up truck, irrigation equipment and a seven-tonne CK10 Nissan lorry. The farmer was granted the first court order against Nyanhongo on July 3 and the second one on July 8 this year by High Court judge, Justice November Mtshiya. Vorster...
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