{"id":692000,"date":"2019-08-26T12:56:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T12:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">Former Lands Minister Douglas Tendai Mombeshora and his wife Millicent have been dragged to court in a messy property ownership row with a Harare businessman, Tendai Jemwa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stor"},"modified":"2019-08-26T12:56:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T12:56:13","slug":"zimbabwe-ex-mugabe-minister-mombeshora-dragged-to-court-in-ugly-property-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/26\/zimbabwe-ex-mugabe-minister-mombeshora-dragged-to-court-in-ugly-property-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Ex-Mugabe Minister, Mombeshora Dragged to Court in Ugly Property Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">Former Lands Minister Douglas Tendai Mombeshora and his wife Millicent have been dragged to court in a messy property ownership row with a Harare businessman, Tendai Jemwa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">Jemwa last week approached the High Court seeking a dismissal of the couple&#8217;s application in which they were seeking an order declaring them co-owners of a Borrowdale property with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"33\">Mombeshora first petitioned the same court seeking an order declaring that they co-own a Borrowdale property with Jemwa, who is the current occupier, after he had locked them out of the disputed premises.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-a-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">According to the businessman, the property in dispute is Stand number 110 Quinnington Township of Subdivision K of Borrowdale Estate, commonly referred to as number 80 Quinnington Drive, Borrowdale, Harare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"29\">In his affidavit, Mombeshora had earlier claimed that Jemwa was denying him access to enter, use and enjoy the property despite him being a 50% shareholder of the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"14\">Jemwa claims he bought the house through a public auction conducted by the Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"24\">However, after filing the court papers, Mombeshora never pursued the matter prompting Jemwa to now approach the court seeking a dismissal of the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"37\">The businessman further claims that since filing their answering affidavits, the Mombeshoras have not yet filed heads of argument or set the matter down for hearing as a sign of their intention to have the matter finalised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">&#8220;The respondents have clearly failed to pursue their application to date as they are obliged to at law, thus to ensure the finalisation of this matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"34\">&#8220;I hereby apply for dismissal of the respondents&#8217; court application for a declaratory order under HC4685\/19 for want of prosecution in terms of order 32 Rule 236 of this honourable court&#8217;s Rules,&#8221; Jemwa said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"10\">The matter is yet to be set down for hearing.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.story-footer-link--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Lands Minister Douglas Tendai Mombeshora and his wife Millicent have been dragged to court in a messy property ownership row with a Harare businessman, Tendai Jemwa. 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