Phillip Chiyangwa invading council land

chiyangwa empire

Phillip Chiyangwa stands as one of Zimbabwe’s largest property developers and recently stated that his empire is worth far more than US$15 million.

This in itself is not a problem, however the Bible-bashing tycoon cannot claim he has made his millions of US dollars from anything but illicit trade.

He is currently on a mission to grab as much land as possible in the urban areas of Harare, most of it State or council land.  This is land invasion under a different guise.

The Borrowdale greenbelt council-owned land has been reported as “claimed” by Chiyangwa and he denies any wrongdoing.

The pictures in this post were taken very recently and depict the disputed Borrowdale vlei. The workers camped there claim Phillip Chiyangwa owns the land and they are getting ready to put down boreholes. They could not produce any papers to prove Chiyangwa’s ownership.

This greenbelt is the water catchment for Mazoe dam.

In September this year we wrote about the building boom going on in Harare in a post titled The fact cats are busy building before things go bust. We wrote:

Indeed, this particular bit of green belt is the catchment area for the Mazoe River – development should never be allowed so as to protect this fragile environment, especially considering the dire water conditions in Harare. When the City council valuator was called about the project, he emphatically stated that no permission has been given for it. He claimed that his department had sent a letter denying permission to the developers.