BY A CORRESPONDENT| High Court Sherrif, McDuff Madega is in the eye of a storm after he transferred 274 hectares of land belonging to the President of Zimbabwe to a company owned by controversial businessman Kenneth Raydon Sharpe without the Deed of Grant.
Madega is currently on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) radar after he abused his position to fraudulently sell private properties attached by the courts.
According to state media reports, at least nine reports that involve improper sale of seized properties have been reported to ZACC.
Madega is accused of working with a cartel of people from his offices, auctioneers and officials at deeds office to target properties attached by the courts.
He is also reportedly pushing the transfer of stand number 654 Pomona Township measuring 274 hectares to Doorex Properties as payment for the construction of Airport road.
Doorex Properties is owned Sharpe who is currently evading justice in Zimbabwe after he connived with City of Harare officials to destroy a show house built by Harare businessman George Katsimberis at the corner of Teviotdale and Whitwell Road, Borrowdale.
In an almost similar style to the numerous cases before ZACC, Madega used his power to push through the transfer of land to Sharpe’s company without a Deed of Grant as is required by the law.
This followed the failure by Local Government, Public Works and National Housing minister July Moyo to avail a Deed of Grant to enable to the transfer to be done.
He then instructed the Registrar of Deeds to use copies of the Deed of Grant instead of the original document which was not available.
“I am the Sheriff for Zimbabwe granted the powers to transfer certain 273.2923 hectares of land called Stand 654 Pomona Township situated in the District of Salisbury: held under Deed of Grant No 2884/2010 dated 1st July 2010 to Doorex Properties Private Limited.
“I hereby certify that the Second Respondent Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing on behalf of The President of Zimbabwe as per case HC 4528/19 has failed to avail the said Deed of Grant No 2884/2010 dated 1st July 2010 to enable transfer to proceed.
“I hereby apply that the Registrar of Deeds proceeds with the transfer using a copy for judicial purposes only in terms of the abovementioned legislation,” wrote Madega in a Deed of Transfer document in the hands of ZimEye.