Zanu PF youths to protests over land

Disgruntled ZANU PF youths in Manicaland Province have threatened massive demonstrations against district administrators, accusing them of corruptly dishing out land to their family members and top government officials.

The youths are demanding land.

The threats were made by the party's provincial youth chairman, Mubuso Chinguno, on Sunday while addressing an inter-district conference that was attended by several Manicaland-based Cabinet ministers including Provincial Affairs minister Mandi Chimene.

 "We have issues, ministers here present and other senior government officials. We met our Provincial Affairs minister (Chimene) and she assured us that as youths we were going to benefit in the land distribution programme, but we have noted that district administrators' relatives and senior government officials are the only ones getting land," Chinguno claimed.

"Some district administrators are giving their families multiple farms, their uncles, nephews whilst youths are suffering and this should be investigated. If this continues unabated, we are going to mobilise youths from all the seven districts and demonstrate against the district administrators at their offices. Today, we are not going to name them although we have the names."

The youths also committed themselves to participating in the one million men march set to be hosted in the capital in May in solidarity with Mugabe.