Zimbabwe: Villagers Bar Deputy Sheriff, Police From Destroying Homes

18 January 2014

Masvingo — There was drama in Mukanganwi communal lands on Thursday after angry villagers allegedly teamed up and violently stopped the Deputy Sheriff and police from demolishing homes at the centre of a tribal feud between two village heads in Bikita. Irate villagers from Furanayi village allegedly teamed up and threatened to beat up the Deputy Sheriff and police details who were busy demolishing one of the houses at Mr Tongai Masunda's homestead.

The homestead is part of at least 20 others belonging to members of the Masunda family that are in line for demolition after the courts ordered eviction of the owners following a long running boundary dispute between Furanayi and Vanhukwavo villages.

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