Zanu-PF bigwigs, securocrats thwart US$35m land audit

The proposed $35 million government land audit has hit a brick wall amid disclosures that Zanu-PF bigwigs and securocrats, who are multiple farm holders, are stifling efforts by Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora to carry out the exercise.

According to sources at the ministry of Lands, the pilot project, which was funded by the UNDP, has faced resistance with attempts to frustrate Mombeshora by senior government and party officials who do not want to comply with the one-owner-one-farm policy.