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Original Post Date: 2007-02-25 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
February 23, 2007
Zanele Moyo
AN army major-general and his wife, a lieutenant-colonel with the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), have moved onto Zimbili Farm in the Mbembesi area of Matabeleland South province and ordered war veterans and their families who had settled on the farm since 2000 to leave.
Almost 60 war veterans and their families have been affected by the eviction but have said they will not leave the farm.
The war veterans and their families were resettled at the farm in 2000 at the height of the government-sponsored fast-track land reform exercise.
Major-General Nicholas Dube, the senior officer at the centre of the row with the war veterans, is alleged to have threatened to send soldiers to beat up the war veterans and their families if they resisted his orders.
Dube is alleged to have moved onto the farm in November together with his wife identified as Gertrude, also a senior army officer.
War veterans at the farm told the Zimbabwe Independent this week that the soldier had fenced off part of the farm that has a dam where livestock were drinking water from and is now refusing them permission to water their livestock.
The war veterans also accuse Dube of moving into the farmhouse that had been turned into a clinic for the resettled families.
“Dube wants to stay in the farmhouse that was renovated into a clinic by the villagers and was supposed to be officially opened by Ministry of Health officials,” said Vusa Mguni, one of the farmers.
“Lack of a clinic has led to many deaths. So far three pregnant women have died due to lack of medical attention,” said Mguni.
The resettled farmers say they now travel for about 18km to Fingo clinic for medical treatment.
Contacted on the issue, Major-General Dube refused to comment and referred this paper to the Matabeleland South governor, Angeline Masuku, who could not be reached for comment on her mobile phone.
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“At the moment I cannot say anything pertaining to that issue,” he said. “Talk to the Governor for Matabeleland South province, Angeline Masuku,” Dube said.
Minister of State for National Security, Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement, Didymus Mutasa, however said he was not aware of the issue and said the major-general does not have a mandate to evict war veterans from the farm without his knowledge. Mutasa said he would investigate the case.
“The (major)-general does not have the mandate to evict resettled farmers from the farm without my knowledge. As for this case, I do not have any idea about it but I will investigate,” Mutasa said.
Source: All Africa
URL: http://allafrica.com/stories/200702230374.htm…br>
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