Hundreds of ZANU PF supporters in Chegutu East who are facing potential displacement have threatened to withdraw support from President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the general elections scheduled for 2023.
About 300 families who were allocated land in Chegutu may be displaced to make way for a proposed platinum mine for a Chinese firm.
The majority of the plot holders are retired civil servants who depend on small-scale farming.
The disgruntled villagers held a meeting at Hopewell farm in Chegutu where they blamed Mnangagwa for their possible displacement. One of the villagers said:
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Even he (President Emmerson Mnangagwa) if we are evicted, the election is coming, who will vote for him, how will he win the election?
Will the Chinese vote for him? Will one person make him win? They cannot support one corrupt person at the expense of hundreds.
We fought for this land, and you cannot tell us to leave, where do you want us to go as old as we are?
Hurumende ngaiticherechedzewo, murombo haavigwi ari mupenyu munotoumirira kuti afe.
We suffered for this land and our pain cannot go in vain because of one person.
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Another plot holder who spoke during the meeting expressed dismay over the development. He said:
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Yes, we fought the whites and they left, now fellow blacks are fighting us, we cannot be fighting each other.
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Thousands of Zimbabweans across the country have been displaced to make way for big business as the “Second Republic” apparently shows scant regard for local people’s right to land.

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Approximately 300 families in Chegutu East Constituency are facing potential eviction from their plots to pave way for a proposed platinum project by a Chinese firm, <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/300-chegutu-families-face-eviction-by-chinese-mining-project-linked-to-retired-generals-villagers-vow-to-fight-removal/">NewZimbabwe.com</a> reported.
Villagers say the Chinese company is working with a local company linked to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF).
They believe influential retired military generals, with the blessing of two government ministers, are using their political connections to effect the evictions.
One of the plot holders who spoke to NewZimbabwe.com vowed to fight for their land. He said:
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Platinum is drilled from 600 metres to 1000 metres depth, so, it does not affect us as farmers.
This is just a way to take our land under the guise of platinum mining; this is a typical case of powerful people who just want to chase us away.
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Another community member said they have nowhere to go and that they cannot leave their homes and graves. He said:
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Our President (Emmerson Mnangagwa) said the land reform programme is not reversible and no one must be displaced but here four farms are about to be seized by a few people.
We know them; they are retired generals, and they are working together with the Chinese company.
What will happen to us and our loved ones’ graves?
We have been here for so many years; where do you want us to go? What does our culture say about this?
We cannot be removed from our ancestral land by fellow black people simply because they have money.
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The majority of the people are retired civil servants who were allocated their plots by the government.

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Chegutu West Member of Parliament Dexter Nduna has apologised for what he said in Parliament during a heated argument with Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa. During the fracas, Nduna threatened Mliswa with death and boasted that he had killed countless numbers of people some of whom he did not even know.
Nduna said he did not mean what he said but spoke in a fit of rage. He claimed that because it was a fight and therefore, there is no formula to conduct a fight.
On the dismissal of Mliswa’s sister, Mary, from her role as Mashonaland West provincial treasurer, Nduna said she was demoted because of her links with the former G40 cabal. He cited some of the G40 elements who were in good books with Mary, likes of Shadrack Mashayamombe, Marumahoko and Kasukuwere.
Mary was also accused of being a proxy for Temba Mliswa in controlling the province. Nduna claimed that Mliswa had control over the whole of the ZANU PF Mashonaland West province through his sister. He further claimed that the fight in Parliament resulted from Mliswa’s anger that his sister had been flushed out of ZANU PF.
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