Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation (2) Pesiwe Gonye (3) Thomas Kahoma (4) Innocent Kahoma (5) Victor Kahoma (6) Noreen Katsande (7) Trish Katumwa Katsande (8) Makatendeka Katsande v Minister of Local Government and National Housing (2) Zvimba Rural District Council (3) Leengate (Private) Limited (4) Minister of Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the right to shelter for children under s 81(1)(f) of the Constitution is justiciable and enforceable as an independent right","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellants seek protection for minor children from eviction"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the State has a primary obligation to provide shelter to children under parental care","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellants are indigent parents unable to provide adequate shelter"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the court a quo erred in its interpretation of s 74 regarding protection against arbitrary eviction","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellants face eviction without alternative accommodation"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the eviction of the appellants from Haydon Farm would be arbitrary and without due process","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Appellants were given notice to vacate but have no alternative housing"}

Background