59 Beneficiaries of Valley Lane Housing Scheme v Harare Municipal Workers Union and City of Harare and Director of Housing and Social Services and City Valuer and Estates Manager and Town Clerk and Minister of Local Government and Deputy Sheriff

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the 59 Beneficiaries of Valley Lane Housing Scheme constitute a properly cited legal entity capable of bringing the application","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Application brought in name of \"59 Beneficiaries of Valley Lane Housing Scheme\" without individual names"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether Garanewako Mfema had authority to depose to the founding affidavit on behalf of all applicants","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"No resolution or authorization shown for Mfema to represent other 58 applicants"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the application was out of time if applicants were despoiled in 2009","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Spoliation allegedly occurred in August 2009, application filed September 2010"}

Background