A fresh land seizure has happened in the Mpapa area of
Mwenezi where four men who claim to be soldiers invaded a
sugarcane plot which belongs to one Ann Brad Field and declared themselves new
owners of the property.
The four men reportedly forced their way into the premises
by hacking off the gate’s lock and demanded that workers accord them unrestricted
access to all properties at the place.
The leader of the group was identified only as Chikura who
reportedly hails from Harare.
Plot supervisor Joram Muvhuzhi said the four men had
visited the plot before and had introduced themselves as soldiers.
“The four men forcefully drove into the premises by cutting
the gate’s locks saying they were now the new owners of the place. They
demanded access to all places at the plot. As I tried to get hold of the
police, I left the place and they started preparing food for themselves. The
owner of the plot was away when all this happened,” Muvhuzhi told TellZim News
by phone.
White sugarcane plot holders in the area continue to face
an uncertain future, with many of them receiving threats of eviction over the
past three years.
In the run-up to the 2018 harmonised elections, some
politicians made several attempts to evict one white farmer from his plot.
Mpapa, which fall under Mwenezi Rural District Council
(RDC) Ward 13, is an area situated between the borders of Triangle and Mwenezi
districts.
It has a total of 17 sugarcane farmers; 13 of them being
Blacks while four are whites. Each farmer has an average sugarcane plot
measuring 35 hectares. TellZim News
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