Claim: With all authority vested in me, I have got the right and privilege to seize your property.
Fact-check: Overstepping: no, chiefs do not have powers to seize property to settle debt owed to schools - FactCheckZW
Verdict: the claim by chief vezi maduna that he has authority vested in him to seize property belonging to villagers to pay off debt owed to schools is false. the jurisdiction of the community court does not extend to being a debt collector for government institutions. the jurisdiction of chiefs in settling civil disputes is only limited to the application of customary law.
Organisation: FactCheckZW
Author: Lifaqane Nare
Date published: 2024-01-31T13:51:52