The Sunday News
Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Municipal Reporter
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to repossess 179 stands in Cowdray Park after the owners failed to develop them since 2009.
Council officially took over the Cowdray Park Hlalani Kuhle project in 2012, in keeping with the Cabinet decision of May 2009 which had directed that all projects be handed over to local authorities.
According to the latest council report the 179 stands had largely gone undeveloped since the local authority took over the project in 2009.
Some of the beneficiaries who are set to lose their stands were allocated as far back as in 2003.
“A total of 179 stands which had been in segment five had been allocated stands during the year 2012. The stands had been at different levels of development. The beneficiaries had not complied with council resolution and Cabinet decision of May 2009 as the stands had remained undeveloped,” reads the council report.
The local authority however resolved that the beneficiaries will be given first option to re-purchase the stands at a price recommended by city valuer, with the offer valued for three months.
“Failure to take up the offer to repurchase the stands in Cowdray Park they will be repossessed and used to solve outstanding double allocations and the excess be allocated to deserving beneficiaries in the Council waiting list,” reads the report.
