By Tafadzwa Chigandiwa | Nehanda Sports |
Hwange born Aston Villa midfielder, Marvellous Nakamba reportedly visited President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House after the World Cup qualifier match against Ghana last Tuesday.
Sources told Nehanda Radio that the visit saw Nakamba pleading with Mnangagwa to help stop the operations of a Chinese mining company prospecting for coal at his Katambe Village.
The plea comes at a time when Mnangagwa reportedly gave a Special Grant to the company to mine large quantities of coal. The source said Nakamba was escorted to State House by bodyguards who had came to fetch him at the hotel.
Adding to the comments the source said the agenda of the meeting was to see Nakamba negotiating face to face with the president in order to avoid the alleged displacements of 600 families who are located at Katambe Village.
“After the Ghana game some bodyguards came to the hotel where they fetched Marvellous Nakamba and escorted him to the State House, where it was said he had a meeting with the President,” said the source.
“The visit was for Nakamba to negotiate with the president face to face inorder to stop a Chinese mining company that is already said to be plotting to prospect for coal around Nakamba’s village including his homestead.”
Few days ago, the Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG) executive director, Farai Mugawu took to his twitter handle and highlighted that the Chinese company representatives were seen by villagers surveying the area in search of suitable land to mine the coal.
Mugawu also indicated that the villagers reportedly said the Chinese were seen celebrating near Nakamba’s homestead, a suggestion that the place has good quality and quantity of coal needed.
The 27-year-old Villa star was born in Katambe Village located in Ward 13 in Hwange Rural.
He reportedly studied his grade 1-3 at Dinde Primary School before moving to Hwange town and later on to Bulawayo.
Nakamba’s Katambe homestead now has his aunty, however the player regularly visits the place during the off-season. He was last seen at the homestead in July. Nehanda Radio
I hope he managed to convince him
Buhle Ncube don’t think saw, it seems the Chinese are more special than the natives
Buhle Ncube me too
Haaaa feya Zanu yakutopedza kutengesa nyika kumachina kaa, hakuna ma investors akadaro huori hwega hwega.
Uhmmmm munenge murikunyepawo imi ,,sei mazvitaura nhasi
Sylvester Ndhlovu ko waida kuti zvitaurwe riini nhaii🤣🙈
Tinotendah Gwenzi game re Zim ne Ghana rakadarika riini
Sylvester Ndhlovu the meeting was secret so yaleaker nhasi nyaya yacho
Tinotendah Gwenzi uhmmmm zvimwe zvinhu so,,,takainzwa ye demolition kare ,then nhasi zvozvonzi akataura na President imika
Sylvester Ndhlovu kkkkkkkk we are building a better zimbabwe for everyone
Tinotendah Gwenzi who ???????
vhuvhutai zvenyu ambuya
Anopenga
This is crazy craziness
#NgaapindeHakeMukomana
👏👏👏
@MamoyoT Kkk kkk if u dine with the devil use a long shovel if u eat with a shovel kana urimunhu mute… https://t.co/81BtDNYmEj
@AlvinZhakata ndiye angatoziva chokwadi not imi.
What about those voiceless people in Mutoko, Uzumba?
Ungavakatshela isihlama sehuruti mani endla ezinye into engafuni isizwe samandebele
Another state visit?🧐
We don’t want these Zanu Chinese companies
hahaha matanga kunyepa zvino
Victoria Tarie Shomba kkkkk kunyepa zvinemutsindo.
Victoria Tarie Shomba taurahako
He is now a real warrior who don’t just take stupid commands,
Good luck to him.
One day people will wake up to find their villages have become mines
Nkululeko Mafu hmmmmm I was in Uzumba about 2 years ago .. They are now struggling .. No grazing lands.. Rivers poisoned and diverted !!…
Africa Nxumalo Tshinaka WaTshovani . It’s very sad
Nkululeko Mafu sad, they digging for coal all over Hwange. A disaster in the making
Ester Dube . They do it without proper Environmental Impact Assessments as the law requires.
It’s illegal
Ester Dube . Environmental Impact Assessments demands that any mining undertakings must properly consult all stakeholders before they commense any major activities.
Consultations MUST include ordinary citizens….
Nkululeko Mafu do they care about the environment? China is doing as they please in Africa all thanks to our stupid leaders
Riini?
How about those who don’t have access to the state house,
Well done Naks
Our land matters let’s vote for chamisa and stop these ZANU pf chinese to invade our mother land kana tikasadaro nyika yaenda hazvinei kuti urimusoja kana mupurisa uchazopepuka vauya kuZokubvisa paugere ndinoshamiswa nevanozviti tirimasoja tisu varidzi venyika munofunga kuti kuhwange ,kwachilonga , kuuzumba kwachiyadzwa nedzimwe nzvimbo uko hakuna vaberrki vanevana masoja here kana mapurisa
Tapera Chirevo wataura chokwadi hako👍
Tapera Chirevo vhota wega ka isu unotidii kkkk
David Sibanda makapfungaidzirwa chiutsi chekupusa tingakugonai herr
kuurawa fungwa ne zanu pf kwavakubvuma upofu wakasvinura
Tapera Chirevo taura hako
Its sad Zpf wants Zim to be a Chinese colony and they have accomplished 65% of this mission
David Sibanda usati isu, it’s ini. Dzidza kuzvimiririra. Nxaa.
Tapera Chirevo saka kana Chamisa akapinda anoti kusacherwa ma minerals Ko majobs acho and moneys to develop asi munoti dzinobva kudenga kani……hez going to be worse on these displacements ….I tell you
Chokwadi wataura hako, ndorwadziwa nenyaya yemdara akatorerwa mine ichipiwa mu China yavakapiwa nesvikiro Dzimbabwe, zvichireva now we colonised with Chinese because of our ruling part that’s not good at all
Wataura asi matofo muzivanhu achoaya
Tapera Chirevo wataura dama wangu anonzwa anzwa nyika yedu yakutengeserwa maChina zvinongorwadza macitizens kutambudzwa neGovernment yedu
What about us who can’t visit him, we have to suffer yini?
anohwikwa nani kuwukura kwake
Nhau dzevemajiggies idzi… Kwete vanhu vakuru
The Chinese are funding in building Parliaments that our countries can’t refuse so ,that’s very tactical in building friendships.
Oris Marigold and that parliamentary building is gonna be better I’ve seen it.
Tinashe Dimairo and that Parliament building is just a building that has nothing to do with ordinary citizens. #useless
Oris Marigold Tell me one positive thing that happens in the current parliament
So this government has to sacrifice with ther people to this Chinese coz of that parliament building ,dd zim doesn’t have funds to do it them selves without being captured by these devil cold Chinese
Tinashe Dimairo aww yee the Chinese are building their slowly swinging. And this not for Asahwira vaku amira musha apa vanoziva kuti unoshusha ,unorova hanzvadzi yavo .they are not stupid.
Patrice Lumumba said that if A leader is non corrupt he or she won’t win elections
Tinashe Dimairo the Chinese are selling themselves by building Parliaments SQUAREs (donated))
Kana uchida musikana unogwadaba
Tikwanire Patricia