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Government has embarked on a blitz to evict “illegal” settlers from State land amid accusations the exercise is meant to benefit a connected and powerful few.
MASVINGO – Chief Murinye, born Ephias Munodawafa has told Masvingo Magistrate, Ivy Jawona that he was attacked over boundary disputes with other chiefs by seven villagers who manhandled him at a funeral in June last year. He told the court that the attack was premeditated because the family of the deceased person knew that the…
Rautenbach also wants the land for a cattle ranching project, with reports that a herd of 1000 cattle is already in Chisumbanje and 3000 more expected after the villagers have been removed.
A MASVINGO magistrate has suspended the eviction of hundreds of illegal settlers pending the determination of their High Court appeal against government's decision to remove them from their homes. The villagers were on February 7 convicted for illegally occupying State land by magistrate Ivy Jawona, who sentenced them to three months in prison, which were…