High Court orders protection of Mbare wetland BY ARNOLD FANDISO HIGH Court Judge, Justice Joseph Mafusire has ordered a property developer to demolish some unlawful and illegal structures which had been erected on a wetland in Mbare high-density suburb. T

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High Court orders protection of Mbare wetland BY ARNOLD FANDISO HIGH Court Judge, Justice Joseph Mafusire has ordered a property developer to demolish some unlawful and illegal structures which had been erected on a wetland in Mbare high-density suburb. T

The two lobby groups were represented by Memory Mafo of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR).

The post High Court orders protection of Mbare wetland BY ARNOLD FANDISO HIGH Court Judge, Justice Joseph Mafusire has ordered a property developer to demolish some unlawful and illegal structures which had been erected on a wetland in Mbare high-density suburb. The property developer, Tonderai Nhende and Club 55 Investments Private Limited had started constructing a perimeter wall after obtaining a lease from City of Harare to use stand 41156, located in Mbare for recreational park and wedding venue facilities when they were stopped by the courts from doing so. This compelled Harare Wetlands Trust (HWT) and Community Water Alliance Trust (CWAT) to file an application at the Harare High Court seeking an order stopping Nhende and Club 55 Investments Private Limited from proceeding with construction work on a wetland in the absence of any permits and licences required in terms of section 24 of the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act, Sections 97 and Section 113(2) of the Environmental Management Act and Section 46(2)(b) of the Water Act. The two lobby groups were represented by Memory Mafo of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). A statement by the ZLHR yesterday said Justice Mafusire recently declared that Nhende and Club 55 Investments Private Limited developments on Stand 41156 in Mbare suburb were unlawful as the piece of land forms part of the Mbare wetland in Mukuvisi Catchment area, and also prohibited them from undertaking a development on the piece of land. “The High Court Judge ordered Nhende and Club 55 Investments Private Limited to demolish or cause to be demolished the unlawful and illegal structures constructed on the wetland. “The Mbare suburb wetland is the latest to be saved by ZLHR after the human rights organisation intervened on several occasions to prevent unlawful developments on wetlands, which are important ecosystems and a critical source of water for the City of Harare,” read the ZLHR statement. appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.

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