“My question is: What is being done by government to make
sure that the issue of illegal settlements ends because all these government
departments that are there are failing to resolve this issue?” Mangondo asked.
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
minister Anxious Masuka urged affected farmers to report the invaders to law
enforcement agencies.
“If you go to the Lands office requesting them to come and
evict the person who has settled on a farm unlawfully, you are approaching the
wrong office. It is the duty of the police department to sue those illegal
settlers. Hence, there is a need for people to go and report to the police that
there are people who are illegally settling themselves so that police officers
go and arrest them,” Masuka said.
“The land inspectorate section is another department which
is under the Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
ministry that is there to make sure that the job is being done properly.
“We have seen that most people threaten lands officers when
they visit their farms.” Masuka said the army had been called in to assist the
police to evict land invaders.
“We have four groups working in the Lands, Agriculture,
Fisheries, Water and Rural Development ministry. We have also engaged the
Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force, ZRP, the President’s Department and Prisons
to have a joint operation command to help the honourable minister to make sure
that the lands officer is able to reach the place where the illegal settlers
are settled,” the Lands minister said. Newsday
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