Zimbabwe: The Chewore Lodge Dispute, Separating Law From Public Narrative

Chewore Lodge dispute has been portrayed to the public by various local and social media platforms as a stark cautionary tale: a long-standing investor allegedly stripped of his business by a rigid legal system, a Government hostile to private capital and a tourism sector undermined by judicial “technicalities.”

Yet this portrayal bears little resemblance to what the courts were actually asked to decide or what they ultimately ruled.

An examination of the High Court (HH192/25) and Supreme Court…