FERTILISER producer, Windmill (Private) Limited, has been granted a High Court order to evict accused land baron Windmill (Private) Limited, his agents, employees,and all persons acting in his interests, from its 65,2436-hectare piece of land.
According to Windmill, the dispute arose after the land, known as Lot FA Kinvara, was being fraudulently marketed under the name “Tsikwi Phase 1 (Westgate Extension)” by Kapungu and associates.
They were allegedly purporting to sell residential stands on the property without any legal authority, prompting Windmill to approach the High Court to stop the illegal activities.
The order was then granted under Case No HCH3919/25, in which Kapungu, his associates and all persons acting in his interests were immediately ordered to vacate Windmill’s property.
Should the parties refuse to vacate, the sheriff of the High Court has been authorised to enforce the eviction.
Windmill is a leading local privately-owned agricultural and agrochemical company, which makes and supplies fertiliser and related products.
“The application for a spoliation be and is hereby granted,” the High Court judgment reads.
“The first respondent (Kapungu) his agents, employees, all other persons acting in his interests and claiming any rights occupation or otherwise through him, be and are hereby evicted from a piece of land situate in the district of Salisbury called Lot FA Kinvara measuring 65,2436 hectares registered in the name of the applicant under Deed of Transfer Number 1523/81…
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“…and shall vacate the property immediately upon service of this order failing which the Sheriff of Zimbabwe (the second respondent herein) be and is hereby ordered to effect the eviction forthwith.”
Following the High Court judgment and in a statement sent to NewsDay Business signed by Windmill chief executive officer Kudakwashe Mundowozi, the firm accused Kapungu and his parties of being land barons.
“Windmill (Private) Limited wishes to inform members of the public that it is the lawful owner of the land, Lot FA Kinvara measuring 65,2436 hectors being fraudulently marketed under the name ‘Tsikwi Phase 1 (Westgate Extension)’,” Windmill said.
“The company has become aware of illegal activities by Aspire Mutingwende, Taremedzwa Kapungu and their associates, operating through Redrev (Pvt) Ltd and other fronts, who are purporting to sell residential stands on this property.
“These individuals are land barons and have no legal authority to sell, allocate, or advertise this land on behalf of Windmill.”
Windmill said the High Court judgment was granted on August 7, 2025.
“Members of the public are, therefore, strongly warned against entering into any agreements, making payments or committing to stand allocations being offered by these individuals or their representatives on the Windmill land,” Windmill said.
“Engaging with them exposes home seekers and investors to serious financial loss and future legal disputes, as any such transactions are null and void.”
NewsDay Business understands that Windmill is working closely with the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the Sheriff, and other relevant authorities to enforce the High Court order and protect the public “from these fraudulent schemes”.
However, in a show of defiance, Tsikwi Veterans Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd (Tsikwi), a company formed by the veterans and their families as well as the residents of the constituency of Mt Hampden, issued a statement on behalf of Kapungu.
“Our main goal is to ensure the locality benefits from the urban development happening in the Cyber City area through affordable housing for the youth, veterans, and other vulnerable groups. Our partnership with RedRev Youth and Mr Mutingwende is towards this end as they have championed this cause,” Tskwi said.
“Windmill is against this and continues to fight the fact that Kinvara Estate was acquired by the Government of Zimbabwe during the land reform and allocated through offer letter in 2012 to the current owner, Taremedzwa Kapungu, as pronounced in his offer letter and High Court judgment HC 722/15, as well as the current rescission of August 14, 2025 under Ref HCH 3919/25.
“This cabal of imperialist criminals approach the courts hiding behind a colonial era deed from 1905, acquired in 1992, before land reform.”
Tsikwi said the land reform programme (Thir Chimurenga) was irreversible.
“The veterans did not liberate Zimbabwe for colonial era laws to be upheld over those in a free and constitutional democracy such as that we have today, as enshrined in the second republic,” he said.
“We are ready to take Windmill to the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court if necessary to consolidate our position and protect our land. We are currently working with the Sheriff’s Office as well as the Zimbabwe Republic Police on this matter.”
Land barons in Zimbabwe are powerful, politically connected individuals or syndicates who illegally seize, parcel out and sell land — often leaving desperate home seekers vulnerable to fraud, eviction and financial ruin which has become a widespread menace.
Consequently, reports reveal that many home-seekers have been swindled into purchasing plots on state or private land, with these fraudulent sellers exploiting governance gaps and public desperation to make these sales.
In response, in May, the government put a 90-day moratorium on development permits while it pursued policy reforms to criminalise unauthorised land transactions, signalling the urgency to curtail this growing scourge.
