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Chilonga villagers wary of govt 'reorganisation

The Zimbabwean government has reaffirmed its commitment to the controversial Chilonga lucerne project, clarifying that the evictions of over 1,000 families remain an integral part of its plans, now framed as a "reorganisation." This shift …

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:04hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter

Chilonga land grab resistance intensifies

EIGHT community leaders from Chilonga area were briefly detained at Chiredzi Police Station on Thursday after continuously resisting the establishment of lucerne plantations on their ancestral land.Lucerne products were torched at Chibwedz…

Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Chilonga villagers turn to ConCourt

CHILONGA villagers in Chiredzi have approached the Constitution Court (ConCourt) to stop their imminent eviction from their ancestral land to pave way for an irrigation project.In January, High Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire dismissed…

Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chilonga anger forces Chiwenga to abort trip

VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga was last week forced to abort a trip to Chilonga communal lands, where over 12 000 villagers are facing eviction after angry traditional leaders told Masvingo provincial leaders they wanted offer letters…

Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:05hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa moves to douse Chilonga flames

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed that no villagers should be displaced by an irrigation project to be implemented by government in the Chilonga area of Chiredzi. Last month, the State came under fire for attempting to displace ove…

Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Villagers decry eviction threats

After toiling in South Africa for four years without amassing any wealth, Richard (not real name) decided to come back to his rural home in Chilonga to venture into farming.During the 2019/2020 farming season, Richard grew sorghum and when…

Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 07:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

CNRG calls for Dendairy to publicly renounce its interest in Chilonga

THE Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) says the threat of evictions remains for Chilonga villagers despite government repealing Statutory Instrument (SI) 50/2021 which had legalised their displacement.CNRG and other organisation…

Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt dangles compensation to Chilonga villagers

GOVERNMENT yesterday in a volte-face agreed to compensate Chilonga villagers in Chiredzi district set to be evicted to make way for an irrigation scheme.This was revealed in Statutory Instrument (SI) 72A of 2021, which replaced SI 51 of 20…

Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

State agents swarm Chilonga

STATE security agents have reportedly deployed heavily in Chilonga, Chiredzi district amid fears that they want to flush out strangers and contain the flow of information on government activities in the area.These include members of the Ce…

Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

SI 50: Govt flops legal litmus test

FOLLOWING an avalanche of Statutory Instruments gazetted by government in recent months, another controversial SI 50 of 2021 failed a litmus test of constitutionality, as it flagrantly violates Sections 71 and 74 of the Constitution.Local …

Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chilonga villagers plot resistance

CHILONGA villagers, whose impending eviction from their ancestral communal lands has caused a major outcry, have vowed to stay put, accusing government of toying with them.Some of the villagers, who spoke to the Zimbabwe Independent this w…

Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chilonga SI amended

Government has published an amended Statutory Instrument aimed at paving way for the development of a massive irrigation scheme on 200 000 hectares in south eastern Lowveld. A few minor errors in the initial Statutory Instrument had attrac…

Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt plots backdoor Chiredzi evictions

THE Zanu-PF government, stung by public outcry and a recent court ruling which annulled its planned mass eviction of Chilonga villagers in Chiredzi, has come up with a subtle ploy to pursue the matter using a "refashioned statutory instrum…

Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Evictions fiasco rocks Mnangagwa govt

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was forced to hold crisis meetings after a controversial edict paving the way for the eviction of thousands of Chiredzi villagers caused an uproar.The government wants to remove the more than 12 00…

Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 13:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF and it's Vile Chiredzi Evacuations.

At a time when a government is supposed to stand in solidarity with the people that they claim voted them into office and assisting them during these covid19 infested times. The Emmerson Mnangagwa led administration is busy trying to push …

Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 12:25hrs | 1 | by Prince Njagu

Govt under fire over evictions

Rights groups have denounced government plans to evict thousands of villagers from their communal land and convert it to industrial animal feed farming.More than 13 000 Shangani people, an indigenous minority group, were last month ordered…

Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chilonga leaders living in fear

CHILONGA community leaders who are at the forefront of resisting goverment's decision to forcibly evict them from their ancestral lands to pave way for commercial production of lucerne grass say they are being harassed by suspected state s…

Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's associates under fire from the public over Chilonga land seizure

OUTRAGE is growing over government's plan to displace over 12 500 villagers in the Chilonga area of Chiredzi to accommodate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cronies at Dendairy.Darren Coetzee, Dendairy boss and a close Mnangagwa business all…

Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:04hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

Govt should not worship capital

THE proposed relocation of Chilonga villagers in Chiredzi district to pave way for a private farming project has attracted a lot of debate given that they are being moved from their ancestral land against their will.The story has taken a p…

Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 3 | by Chief Chiduku

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