Gwanda residents, developer clash over undelivered...

Gwanda residents, developer clash over undelivered stands

Zim Now Writer

Over 300 residents of the Matabeleland South provincial capital of Gwanda have petitioned the local authority and government in connection with residential stands they purchased in 2015 from a Harare-based land developer that are yet to be delivered.

The residents say they are yet to be allocated the stands, which were at Judds Farm from Forit Contracting (Pvt) Limited, adding that there is no development at the site.

The residents also accused the land developer of being evasive, forcing them to petition Gwanda mayor Njabulo Siziba and the Local Government ministry to help in resolving the matter.

“A petition was sent on June 15 2022 to the following offices, the Minister (Matabeleland South Provincial Affairs), the mayor, Forit Contracting Company and the town clerk requesting for assistance concerning the stands,” the latest petition read in part.

The residents said they were at different stages of payment and some had aborted paying after realising that the developer had failed to meet his side of the bargain.

“On November 2, 2022, we wrote to the town clerk a letter requesting for a meeting in order to get updates on the issue. We are still looking forward to their office's response. We humbly seek your intervention. These stands are long overdue. We request the honourable offices to stand for its Gwanda residents and see to it that our plight is resolved,” the petition further reads.