Liquidators of the Post Newspapers yesterday caveated former Post Newspapers editor-in-chief Fred M’membe’s property in Mwika village of Shiwang’andu district in Muchinga Province. A caveat is a type of statutory injunction preventing the registration of particular dealings with real property. It acts as a warning or formal notice to tell the public that there is an interest on a particular land or property for some reason.

Post Newspapers (in liquidation) recoveries and operations manager Robert Chabinga said Mr M’membe’s property in Mwika village was caveated over alleged suspected illegal land allocation. Mr Chabinga said the property is in an area which is hardly accessible and “there is suspicion of illegal practices”. He said the liquidators of the Post Newspapers have suggested that the property should be turned into a health facility to help the community in Mwika village to access healthcare services.

Mr Chabinga said Post Newspapers Limited (in liquidation) has registered its interest over the land allocated to Mr M’membe and wants to obtain a legal opinion of the structure. He said the role of the liquidators is to recover property acquired by alleged dubious means and that the operation is not political.

“Mr Fred M’membe’s property in Muchinga Province has also posed a threat to the community in Mwika village because the fence in the caveated area is electrified near residential areas,” Mr Chabinga said. He said the partial seizure of the property has been pressed on a caveat for the purpose of security while investigations are still ongoing.

Mr Chabinga said traditional leaders in the area also confirmed that the land under which Mr M’membe’s property is situated is not recognised under customary land. He said in a judgment delivered on December 11 this year, the Constitutional Court awarded costs to the Post Newspapers Limited (in liquidation) against Mr M’membe. Mr M’membe’s house in Lusaka has also been caveated over the same