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Fierce land clashes in Matabeleland breaks out
04 Apr 2017 at 04:20hrs | Views
Suspected Zanu PF youths reportedly injured four villagers in Insangu village in Chief Jahana's area in Shangani during renewed land clashes on Sunday.
The injured were rushed to United Bulawayo Hospitals.
Village head, Ernest Nxumalo, confirmed the incident to NewsDay.
Axes, knobkerries and machetes were used after they sought to meet the traditional leadership and register their intention to repossess their ancestral land from the current settlers.
Nxumalo said the victims claimed that their forefathers had been forcibly evicted from the area during the colonial era and dumped in Nkayi district, and they were now seeking to move back to their land of birth.
"There was serious violence in my village, which is Village 5 today [Sunday]. There are people who came back looking for places to stay. They settled waiting for the chief to allocate them the stands and they pitched some tents," Nxumalo said.
"Violence was started by a teacher at Insangu Primary School, Shame Mathe. He hired about 57 gold panners to attack peaceful villagers with axes, bolt knobkerries and machetes."
The injured were rushed to United Bulawayo Hospitals.
Village head, Ernest Nxumalo, confirmed the incident to NewsDay.
Axes, knobkerries and machetes were used after they sought to meet the traditional leadership and register their intention to repossess their ancestral land from the current settlers.
"There was serious violence in my village, which is Village 5 today [Sunday]. There are people who came back looking for places to stay. They settled waiting for the chief to allocate them the stands and they pitched some tents," Nxumalo said.
"Violence was started by a teacher at Insangu Primary School, Shame Mathe. He hired about 57 gold panners to attack peaceful villagers with axes, bolt knobkerries and machetes."
Source - NEWSDAY
