via Grace replaces villagers with animals – DailyNews Live 16 January 2015 by Lloyd Mbiba
HARARE – 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.
This means, as the Daily News has reported all along, that Grace will replace the poor families of Manzou with wild animals.
In a sudden about-turn on Wednesday night, Dinha confirmed that Grace had applied for a licence to run an animal sanctuary and had been duly awarded the vast and fertile farm bordering her other multi-million business and farming interests in the area.
He did not say how much this project of moving animals to the farm and repairing infrastructure such as the fencing would cost, and whether Grace would pay for all this.
Hundreds of desperate families have already been removed from the farm, notwithstanding a court order barring the police from ejecting the poor peasants.
“Affirmatively, the first lady has applied for a permit to run part of Manzou. We have recommended that she be given a permit,” the exposed Dinha told VOA’s Studio 7 — after spending days denying that the controversial, illegal and callous evictions were for the benefit of Grace.
He said by next week, the National Parks department would have already released lions and elephants onto the farm.
“As we speak, the Department of National Parks is already putting a fence and by Monday next week lions and elephants will be on that farm.”
Last week, heavily armed police descended on Manzou Farm, indiscriminately and arbitrarily demolishing homes, slashing crops and setting on fire personal belongings of the villagers.
At the time Dinha, along with Zanu PF, denied vehemently that the First Family was in any way involved in the evictions, arguing falsely and rather self-servingly that Grace was a “philanthropist” who would never destroy people’s livelihoods.
This was after High Court Judge Erica Ndewere had on Monday granted a provisional order stopping the evictions if no alternative places of residence were not availed by the state.
A chorus of condemnation to the callous removals, including the displacement of children from their school, as well as the wanton destruction of crops and property, had fallen on deaf ears.
In his new tune, Dinha claimed yesterday that 1 200 families from Manzou had already been resettled, and that only a handful of people were resisting the resettlement.
“These people are mischievous. We have already found them land to settle elsewhere and they are trying to stop us. The relief they got from the High Court was only temporary and not final,” he said.
Former Justice deputy minister and Mazowe South legislator, Fortune Chasi, told the Daily News last week that the government needed to be sensitive to the plight of the affected families.
“I have been to my constituency and have witnessed evidence of the displaced people. Given that the atmosphere is charged and tense, I was unable to do anything.
“There were armed police evicting people and what can I do under those circumstances as I become powerless since the whole matter involves the First Family,” Chasi said.
Grace, in her vitriolic attacks on Chasi in August last year, accused the legislator of “terrorising” her in the area, where she owns a number of farms and runs her Amai Grace Mugabe Children’s Home.
She also disclosed then, and the video of this is available on YouTube, that she wanted the Manzou Farm.
“Zvazvakaita ndakaita apply pane conservancy iri kuseri uko (said to be Manzou) which was being run by the whites,” she said. “Ndikangoona yakagara, then I applied to use it to raise mari yekuchengeta vana pano apa ndobva ndapiwa tsamba inini.
“Saka vanhu vakangozvigarisa vaichera chera imomo vakanzi vabude, iye (Chasi) akati ‘muri kuvaburitsirei? Mugabe nemukadzi wake vari kuda kutora land yese.’ Akaenda kucourt nevanhu vaye kuti kana hazvimboite.
“Iye akapiwa farm naVa(Martin) Dinha akariramba. Akatengwa nemurungu akapiwa mari akati handiride,” she said.
(I applied for a conservancy in this area (Manzou) which was being run by whites. I had seen it lying idle and I applied to use it to raise money to look after children at the Mazowe Children’s Home and I was given an offer letter by authorities. The people who were squatting on that conservancy were then ordered off the property, but Chasi queried why these people were being kicked off the land. He alleged that Mugabe and his wife wanted to take all the land. Chasi went to court with these squatters to resist the takeover of the conservancy. But he was given land by Martin Dinha and he refused because he had been given money by the white owner.)
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Usahwande nekuchengeta nherera iwe uchida kuita mother mazowe. Saka wakuda kutonga nekuti unoziwa kuti unezvimbokoma zvakawanda. Manje hauitonge.
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Tsamba iripachena (Open letter) kuna vaRobert navaGrace Mugabe nemhuri dzenyu . With all due respect to you as fellow citizens of Zimbabwe; vakuru vedu ndanga ndinyerere ndichiona nekunzwa zviitiko zvakawandisisa zvisina kururama, nekuchema kukuru kunevekwadu. Asika panosvika kuti ukarohwa panhongonya unochema, nekuwungudza nekurwadziswa kwaunenge uchiitwa. Tsamba iyi chikumbiro kwa-muri imi “vanoremekedzwa’ nekuda kwedu isu takakusarudzai over and over again, pakukunda nekusakunda; kuti mutitungamirire. Ko gwara remusangano wamunotungamirira imi; tsoro yacho makairasira papi. Ndinongoda kukuitai ( bring you up to speed a little bit) as it seems you have been consumed, by an insane hunger; more hunger and insatiable bottomless greed for material gain, and political stronghold. Zvese munazvo, pfuma yendudzi-dzose mavenayo, chese chingashuwirwe nemupenyu pasi pano you have amassed and have it all and in abundance; I will not name what you have but you know the fact file of all your tangible and intangible assets. Most of this vakweguru, makazviwana nechikonzero chekuti takabvuma isu zvizvarwa zveZimbabwe kuti muti-tungamirire. For one family (certainly you are not a Zimbabwean Dynasty or Chieftaincy) – but through our trusted votes and respect for you; pardon me but it seems to me you have now turned against your very own, isu vakakugarisai pahutungamiri. Taiti aiwa, tagonerwa, hutungamiriri hwave mumaoko mevatema; ivhu raive ndiro chatambudza razo puhwa kuvanhu. Zvino kwete, mawona zvisina kukodzera kuti ivo vana vevhu, varidzi nevagari venzvimbo dzematenganyika aive evachena ayo aka-kamurirwa zvidimbu nezvidimbu zvikaitwa legalized kuruzhinji rwevatema vaitambudzika vakapuhwa matsamba ekunzi mave varimi vema- A1. Moitazve ruchiva rwekuchivabvisa ivavo vanhu vacho panzvimbo idzi; at the alter of looking after zvikara dondo?!!! . Kwete-kwete kureva kwenyu vaGracie kuti varungu vaishandisa nzvimbo iyi seConservancy; so therefore you want to turn the area back from being home and source of primal living for humans kuti dziite mapani emhuka dzesango?!! . Handiti chikonzero chekuti vanhu vapuwe mind kwaive kuti ivavo vacho vaonewo nzvimbo dzekugara nepekuraramira here (shelter and food)chete-chete, maA1 are more or less are in the lines of villages and cater for both habitation and livelihood, these are not commercial entities) through ploughing and tiling the land, these people had found for almost 15 years, a form of livelihood – a basic human right. Hamuone here, kuti imi zvamave kuita zvavakutonyanyo-rwadzisa nekudzinyirira kudarika zvaiitwa nevarungu; who used the fertile agricultural land for wild-animal farming (conservancy at the expediency of black landless people) Chokwadi mokoshesa mhuka pamwana weZimbabwe. Dzorai pfungwa. Musahwande nemumwe kuti murikuda kuchengeta mhuka kuti mugo-dzitengesa so that mari yacho mozoreresa nherera. (Simply put, you dont care much about the poor majority) I would want to strongly believe kuti pamakatanga project yekurera nherera iyi; makavaka nzvimbo yakanaka kwazvo inodhura, taiti aiwa through all your amassed wealth, you are able to take care; in good faith; the homeless and parentless children of the land; which was a very good and noble humanitarian act. Chikonzero chamuri-kupa chekuti murikuda ku-chengeta mhuka dzesango kuti ma-proceed acho murere vana is surely uncomparable to the suffering you are and have metted to the poor, men women and chldren of Manzou farm and other areas. you so want to drive them out of their ‘homes’. You are now the author and the finisher of the esteemed laws of the land. Simply put you and yours are now untouchable and no one dares say no to your instructions. You dont apply to no authority, you are law unto yourself. Pray please educate us then; how have you been taking care of these kids?. Cant you look for an alternative donor funding for this worth cause if you are running out of your ‘funds’. Or can I suggest; you get some of your vast farmlands already in your possession and dedicate this to the needy children’s cause. Your project is no different from SOS Children’s villages; Chinyaradzo Children’s home for example; should they (these other children’s village – also go into Wild Animal Farming projects, so as to level the playing field. (I know you already get a lot of funding for your projects through numerous avenues) Certainly the reason you gave mhayiyo; aah inehutsinye huzhinji. Handingade kukutaurai mazwi anogumbura asi zivai kuti zvamuri-kuronga nekuda kweruchiva, maisa veruzhinji panhamo nematambudziko. Murikushandisa chisimba on a defenceless people who had all faith in you, vaRobert in your leadership. Why the about-turn asekuru. Dai macheuka shure, mobatanidza ndangariro dzenyu, zviro-kwazvo; muchaona pamarasa tsoro yehutungamiri. Isu sevana veZimbabwe, taneta nekushupika kusingapere. We, the majority certainly dont deserve this treatment from you over and above all the other innumerable hardships we have and are currently experiencing. We indeed abide by the laws of the land, and not revolting against you. Your brutality in dealing with issues has no limits. Pfuma yekuita maprojects munayo; why have you now turned against your long suffering poverty stricken citizens. Dzamisai pfungwa; zvamave kuita now has nothing to do with politics, but ru-chiva rwaka-pfurikidza. Idi, hakuna anoti dura rangu remari razara, Asi kuchema kwevamuri kutambudza siku-nesikati kwanyanyisa. I humbly implore you kuti dai macheuka, maita re-look at your actions. Zvinonzi wani, ziva kwawakabva. We are the same people, the same electorate that catapulted you into hutungamiriri hwamaita for more than 35 years, I understand that “Power is not a piece of cake to be shared”, please enjoy this power, but do not use the state ‘machinery & weaponry’ to punish and brutalise innocent villagers. Ingotorai nguva muverenge. Kupindura kana kusapindura zviri-kwamuri. Asi chirevo chinoti ngoma kana yoririsa yavekuparuka.
Ndini fellow citizen. Kadongodongo.