14 Dec 2018
Community Water Alliance efforts in fighting debt Justice in water sector received a thumbs up from Justice Dube in a case pitting Law Society of Zimbabwe and Cephas Madyanyoka v Well-Cash Debt Collectors (HC 11442/17).
The fight against brutal debt management policies by CWA emanate from the fact that there is need to protect rights of the indigent and the strong thinking of a human rights-based approach to development in water sector.
Community Water Alliance engaged Law Society of Zimbabwe, Legal Resources Foundation and Zimbabwe NGO Forum. Meetings to prepare the case were hosted by the Law Society of Zimbabwe. Free legal services were provided by the Law Society of Zimbabwe. Community Water Alliance member Cephas Madyanyoka who was second applicant withdrew under suspicious circumstances.
The learned judge Justice Dube delivered judgment and ordered that:
1) Well-Cash threats of taking legal action as if it were a legal firm violates Section 9(2)(b) of the Legal Practitioners Act.
2) Well-Cash Debt Collectors cease and desist from sending any further letters threatening legal action.
3) Well-Cash shall pay costs of the application.
