Manyame Rural District Council has warned members of the public against allocating themselves or being allocated communal land without permission from the local authority. Villagers in Seke are reportedly sub-dividing their homesteads into several residential stands measuring about 1 600 square metres and selling them to home-seekers at prices ranging between US$1 500 to US$2 500.
This has seen aspiring home-owners from Harare pay as much as US$14 000 for small stands.
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