HARARE – Prominent businessman Alex Elias Mashamhanda has taken the Air Force of Zimbabwe to the High Court, accusing military personnel of forcibly taking over Falcon Golf Club in a dispute that allegedly descended into a confrontation over control of the upmarket Harare golf facility. Mashamhanda, a trustee of Falcon Golf Club, filed an urgent chamber application seeking the restoration of the club’s possession after alleging that Air Force personnel invaded the premises, removed doors and ceilings and began repainting buildings in military colours. He cited the Minister of Defence, the Commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe and the Air Force itself as respondents. According to the application filed on Thursday, the alleged takeover began on September 5 when two Air Force Group Captains, identified as Kereke and Dube, entered the premises without the club’s permission. “They invaded our premises without our permission taking down doors and ceilings and started painting the 3rd respondent’s colours on to our buildings,” Mashamhanda said in his founding affidavit. He said the officers told employees that the Air Force was taking over the premises and property belonging to the golf club. Mashamhanda described the development as an alleged “brazen hostile takeover”, arguing that
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