Sun, 28 Jan 2018 10:24:12 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO ABOUT 60 villagers in Chieftainess Mwenda’s area in Chikankata face eviction from their customary land because the land has been bought by Livingstone UPND deputy Mayor Grandwel Chimbala who has obtained title to it. The villagers have now been given a 14-day ultimatum to vacate the land. But villagers are admant that the title could not have been obtained officially as it failed to recognise their occupation of the land which they were working. The villagers have obtained an injunction from the High Court to restrain Mr. Chibamba from chasing them. They have refused to recognise the title and have maintained that it was fraudulently obtained. “Upon hearing the counsel for the plaintiff and upon reading the affidavits filed by Zacchaeus Chiyoba on his own behalf and on behalf of others, it is hereby ordered that an order of interim injunction be, and is hereby granted […]
