Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa undoing some of Mugabe’s land and empowerment reforms
By
Michelle Chifamba
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April 19, 2021 18:40
Against popular outcries, the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is removing Black Zimbabweans from the land in Chilonga to make room for a white-owned dairy farm. His policies have strong differences from his successor, authoritarian Robert Mugabe, who took land from white farmers and gave it to Black Zimbabweans and his cronies.
In February, the president’s office issued statutory instrument 50. It forces the Chilonga inhabitants to vacate the land they traditionally used to make way for a white-owned dairy company named Dendairy. It intends to use the land to grow grass for cows.
The residents say the move is unfair, but the government maintains that the lands are communal and belong to the state.