Just a month after President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed over the remaining approximately 480 hectares of Arlington Estate to PPC Zimbabwe, the document revealed that it has been in the Housing Cooperative since 2006.
Nyikavanhu’s housing cooperative now alleges that Regional Minister Daniel Galwe, who invited Mnangagwa to hand over the land, had fraudulently altered the documents to the interests of PPC Zimbabwe.
According to a high court subpoena collected by Newzimbabwe.com, the government provided Arlington’s 530.25 hectares of subdivision E for the construction of the house in 2006. According to a support from the document from the Nyikavanhu Housing Cooperative.
The layout plan should still be signed by the local government ministry, but the offer still exists.
“One of the beneficiaries of this illegal process is PPC Zimbabwe. Nikavanf is illegal as the letter of the cooperative’s offer for the same land was not retracted,” read the summons.
According to court documents, PPC Zimbabwe provided an offer letter dated February 9, 2024. This comes after being charged to confirm that he removed a sign built along the boundaries of the property, claiming it owns it.
A transfer deed from the High Court Sheriff (No: 6168/2024) held in March this year was later presented by PPC Zimbabwe during the lawsuit.
“PPC Zimbabwe changed the complexion of the matter as it continued to manufacture documents during its court application. Nikavanhau’s housing cooperative abandoned the application and became meaningless, so it will file for the waste of the lawsuit.
“It is clear that this was a calculated and appropriate plan to take over the land that was already allocated to Nikavan’s Housing Co-op.”
The last owner of the title was Portland, although cancelled when the land was gazetted for a mandatory acquisition. It was allocated for the expansion of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, with additional runways set up for construction.
The land was allocated for the expansion of the airport, so the government granted the powers of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAAZ) in such cases.
Nyikavanhu Housing Cooperative owns a 2011 letter from CAAZ allowing applications to subdivide the remainder of the Arlington property into residential forests.
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“We recommend that CAAZ clear the application and implement the development according to the requirements stated in the Harare City Council’s Combination Master Plan,” read a letter dated October 26, 2011, and signed by PT Dowe.
Another letter of support from the Ministry of Local Government dated November 30, 2010 shows that Nikavan Housing Cooperative owns and recognizes the land in question.
“This letter will help ensure that Nikavan Housing Cooperative is known and recognized by the office of the governor and the Minister of Residents, and that it is based in Arlington Estate Subdivision E,” reads a letter signed by then district administrator Godfrey Maresa.
A similar letter, shown on newzimbabwe.com, added foul smell and weight to the Nikavan Housing Co-op’s claim that Ghawe may have illegally divided the land into PPC Zimbabwe and dragged Mnangagwa into a messy event.
After the presentation of the land in Mnangagwa, it was praised as a sign of its commitment to promoting industrialization, supporting the private sector and achieving Vision 2030, which attempted to turn Zimbabwe into an upstream income economy by then.
Mnangagwa was given 60 tons of cement by PPC Zimbabwe at the time of handover.
