Reverend Julius Zimbudzana of Anglican’s St Mary’s church in Highlands yesterday recounted how eight men descended on his family’s residence at the church’s premises in an attempt to illegally evict them.
Zimbudzana said the people, led by a man only identified as Chisadza and a woman called Ruth Jacket spent the day at the church’s entrance. They only left in the evening but returned on Wednesday targeting the pastor’s residence but they failed to produce an eviction order.
He said he had tried to report the case at Highlands police station but was reportedly told that the matter could only be dealt with by “people from above.”
“It was after the arrival of fellow church members that officers from Central Police Station came with more than 50 others in riot gear,” he said. Police spokesman Andrew Phiri referred questions to his counterpart James Sabau whose mobile phone was unreachable.
