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Rautenbach also wants the land for a cattle ranching project, with reports that a herd of 1000 cattle is already in Chisumbanje and 3000 more expected after the villagers have been removed.

The violence, according to the CCC, is being perpetrated by suspected Zanu PF members and the party’s affiliate, Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (FAZ).

Speaking at a discussion titled Sadc and Solving Post-Election Conflict organised on X, formerly Twitter, citizens expressed mixed opinions about the planned post-election protests.

July Moyo President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government was forced to hold crisis meetings after a controversial edict paving the way for the eviction of thousands of Chiredzi villagers caused an uproar. The government wants to remove the more than 12 000 Chilonga villagers from their ancestral lands to make way for a lucerne grass project by a Kwekwe-based dairy firm, Dendairy. On Friday, a Masvingo magistrate temporarily stopped the evictions after ruling that the government should show cause w...