Zimbabwe: British Tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten Loses Bid for Harare Mansion – Africa Links 24

HARARE – Controversial British property mogul Nicholas van Hoogstraten has lost his latest High Court attempt to claim ownership of a luxury Harare mansion after a judge ruled that his long-dormant case had lapsed under new judicial rules.

Van Hoogstraten, who once styled himself as Zimbabwe’s biggest foreign landowner, sought to compel the Sheriff of the High Court to transfer Stand No. 4…