The Zimbabwean Constitutional Court has reportedly upheld the eviction of a disabled white commercial farmer who sought compensation after his farm was seized under the country’s controversial land reform programme.
According to the Daily News, William Stander, a double amputee, was accused of contravening the Gazetted Lands Act after he failed to vacate his farm.
Stander had sought to stop his eviction and expropriation of his farm by government, claiming that the seizure of his farm was an infringement of the constitutional rights of people living with disability.
He filed a Constitutional Court application seeking compensation or return of his farm.
No legal merit
But according to a New Zimbabwe.com report the Constitutional Court dismissed Stander’s application, saying his plea had no legal merit.
Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku said no rights had been breached by the notice to compulsorily acquire Strander’s farm.
The prosecutor general’s office said the law had been followed and no human rights had been trashed, adding that Stander was supposed to vacate the farm since it had been taken over by the government…
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