Times Of Swaziland: CONFIRMED: GOVT SOLD  HOUSE TO  EX-PS CLIFFORD

CONFIRMED: GOVT SOLD  HOUSE TO  EX-PS CLIFFORD
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Sithembile Hlatshwayo on 06/08/2024 09:09:00


MBABANE – Government has confirmed to have sold one of its properties to
former PS, Clifford Mamba.
It has been confirmed that the house situated near St Mark’s cost around E2.7
million. This was confirmed by the Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of
Housing and Urban Development, Dr Simon Zwane. During an interview, Dr Zwane was
asked why Mamba still occupied the house and he said everything had been done
following all due processes, adding that the valuation was conducted before the
structure and land were sold. He said the ministry also had documents that Mamba
occupied the house legally. He said Mamba paid, as expected, around five per
cent of the total value. Dr Zwane said the house was registered in Mamba’s
name, as the rightful owner.
Disposing
The PS said all processes of disposing of land and property were followed to the
end. Reached for comment, Mamba said he legally owned the house. He said all
processes were done by the competent government authorities. Responding to the
questions about how he was still occupying a house allocated for government
employees, he said the house was his and he had documents to that effect. These
documents, he said, were signed by the rightful people, adding that an offer was
made and it was accepted.  Mamba said if the ownership could be challenged in
court, he would win it.He challenged the people spreading lies to submit proof
of what they were talking about, adding that in his possession were supporting
documents on his ownership of the house.  Mamba said; “I have been a
law-abiding citizen for 32 years and it cannot be that I could do something that
is illegal.”
Evicted
He said he had never been evicted by the Ministry of Public Service, which has
not even taken legal action that someone was occupying their house illegally.
“I am just wondering why people continued to plot such kind of stories that
are not true,” he said. Mamba said the house was not given to him as a gift,
but he bought it or was still paying for it. “I have heard some people saying
that my house is a gift. That is not true and why me?” He said some people
even went as far as describing features of the house in that there was a jacuzzi
and swimming pool, which had never been there.  The former PS said he also
wished there was a pool but wondered where all this was coming from.  Mamba said
he had never seen a single house owned by government that had a swimming pool.