Africa News
Evicted Zim families turn to court─── 09:12 Sat, 10 Jan 2015
Harare - Around 150 families, who had their homes in central Zimbabwe demolished this week to make way for a game reserve for First Lady Grace Mugabe, are waiting to hear if a judge will rule their case should be heard urgently.
According to Gift Mtisi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, lawyers instituted contempt of court proceedings against police and two ministers in President Robert Mugabe's government over the demolitions.
The families were granted a court order last year preventing the authorities from evicting them from their homes near Mazowe -- where Grace Mugabe already owns an orphanage, a school and a farm -- until they had been allocated alternative land.
Human rights groups and opposition parties have slammed the demolition of the houses belonging to the villagers, some of who have been living at Manzou Estate for the last 14 years.
- Sapa
