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The government has capitulated and granted offer letters to five Mazowe villagers who recently resorted to legal action seeking the arrest and imprisonment of Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi and Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri for disobeying a lawful court order.
Wild animals released into Manzou Farm in Mazowe — that has been appropriated by First Lady Grace Mugabe, are giving villagers a torrid time, with lawyers representing the poor families filing High Court papers last week to force the government to have the animals removed within 48 hours.
The blatant lies by senior Zanu PF political figures and government officials regarding Manzou Farm in Mazowe are finally over after the minister of State for Provincial Affairs for Mashonaland Central, Martin Dinha, finally confirmed that the farm will be given to First Lady Grace Mugabe after all, who will run it as a wildlife sanctuary.
There is a picture circulating on the social media, of a man, standing by the charred remains of what was clearly his hut, his face in his hands, obviously distraught.
The unfolding eviction stories of the Manzou Estate villagers in Mazowe again reveal the underbelly of our own institutions and the quality of governance underpinning the decision.
The High Court has granted a provisional order barring the eviction of families from Manzou Farm in Mazowe that was meant to pave way for President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace’s wildlife sanctuary.
Some Mazowe villagers at Arnold Farm in Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central province, whose dwellings were recently demolished by police, petitioned the High Court on Friday seeking an order for the arrest and imprisonment of Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi and Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri for disobeying a lawful court order.
HARARE – Former Justice deputy minister and Mazowe South legislator, Fortune Chasi, continues to be the only Zanu PF bigwig who has the courage to publicly empathise with poor families being evicted from a Mazowe farm by First Lady Grace Mugabe to pave way for the expansion of her vast business empire in the area.
A Zimbabwe government minister has denied reports that First Lady Grace Mugabe is behind the eviction of villagers at Manzou Farm in Mazowe to make way for her planned private multi-million dollar wildlife sanctuary project.
PRESS STATEMENT – On Wednesday January 7, 2015 more than 200 villagers were illegally and forcibly evicted from Manzou farm in Mazowe district to pave way for one Grace Mugabe to continue with her voracious land grab escapade.