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War Vets Co-Op Against Illegal Settlements At Caledonia Farm

The Herald (Harare)
NEWS
July 20, 2004
Posted to the web July 20, 2004
Harare
WAR veterans resettled at Caledonia Farm, adjacent to Tafara high-density
suburb in Harare, said unscrupulous people who were illegally demarcating
pieces of land for themselves at the farm want to tarnish the image of war
veterans and the Government.
Several people have built makeshift houses at the farm saying they have failed
to secure accommodation in different suburbs of Harare. They claimed that
certain individuals, who have since left the farm, allocated the people pieces
of land after they approached them.
The war veterans who were settled at the farm by the Government in 2000 said
they have formed a housing co-operative to build houses for its members.
"We have plans for the whole development, but there seems to be certain people
who are coming to haphazardly settle at the farm, tarnishing our image at the
farm as squatters," said Cde Conrad Gombakomba, chairman of Tongoville Park
Housing Co-operative.
He said the housing co-operative, which has a total of 2 460 members, would
start building permanent houses once the surveying of the land has been
finalised.
The Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing confirmed
that the housing co-operative was registered and was given the mandate to
develop the farm under Government's National Housing Delivery Programme.

   

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