Zanu-PF bigwigs to lose land

Several farmers in Midlands province including Zanu-PF bigwigs must be forced to surrender sizeable portions of their farms owing to increasing demand for land from locals in the region, an audit has recommended.

This was after a land audit committee established that more than 70 farms in the province for exceeded the maximum recommended size of 500 hectares in the face of a growing number of people on the land waiting list.

The province has 12 000 people on the land waiting list.

The list of people exceeding the recommended size, was dominated by top Zanu-PF officials and war veterans.