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Invasion of ex-Zipra cadre's farm condemned
14 Nov 2015 at 09:46hrs | Views
ZAPU has condemned the invasion of a farm belonging to Zipra ex-combatant, John Gazi, by Zanu-PF supporters, who are claiming the property is too big for one person.
Zanu-PF supporters invaded Honey Bird Kop Farm, located about 40km along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway on Tuesday, and began allocating each other portions of the land.
Iphuthile Maphosa, the Zapu spokesperson, condemned the farm-grab in an interview with Southern Eye, saying the invaders should look elsewhere for land.
"We condemn the farm takeover, and judging from what we have seen before, it will not be surprising that these invaders are not from this region or are either used by people from outside the region. Every Zimbabwean deserves land, but it should be done in an orderly and fair manner to afford all citizens equal access to land and not what we are witnessing in Matabeleland, where outsiders are coming here to displace local people," he said.
Maphosa said the opposition party was fed up with situations where people from outside the region come to "grab everything" from jobs to farms from them.
Zanu-PF supporters invaded Honey Bird Kop Farm, located about 40km along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway on Tuesday, and began allocating each other portions of the land.
Iphuthile Maphosa, the Zapu spokesperson, condemned the farm-grab in an interview with Southern Eye, saying the invaders should look elsewhere for land.
"We condemn the farm takeover, and judging from what we have seen before, it will not be surprising that these invaders are not from this region or are either used by people from outside the region. Every Zimbabwean deserves land, but it should be done in an orderly and fair manner to afford all citizens equal access to land and not what we are witnessing in Matabeleland, where outsiders are coming here to displace local people," he said.
Maphosa said the opposition party was fed up with situations where people from outside the region come to "grab everything" from jobs to farms from them.
Source - Southern Eye
